Having long been a fan of Georgette Heyer's Regency romance novels, I recently started reading her detective novels. Some I have found more enjoyable than others and this is, so far, one of the best. I enjoyed her characters, the plot is complicated (involving a locked room) and the clues are all laid out before the end with no sudden surprise. Heyer always seems to throw in a romance as well and the one in this book is appealing. Personally, I think Heyer's plots are far better than Agatha Christie's, but admit that her police inspectors don't have quite the same appeal as a Hercule Poirot or a Miss Marple. Still, the story should appeal to lovers of detective novels in the country house murder tradition.

Beware! After this arrived, I discovered that I already have it with a different title. This has also been published as 'A Christmas Party'.

Fast delivery with good communication from the delivery company.
A good quality book. A good story, though I am a Georgette Heyer fan of her detective books. I would recommend.

My mother’s favourite author. Made her very happy as she could not get a copy of this elsewhere 😀