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Death in Ambush: A Lost Christmas Murder Mystery

Susan Gilruth (author)

Paperback Published on: 10/10/2025

£10.99

6 reviews

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A Golden Age Gem

I love Golden Age of Crime detective fiction and Death in Ambush is up there with Agatha Christie! Loved it. Witty, clever, and full of charm. The perfect ... READ MORE

Jen at Windsor

Atmospheric and enjoyable

This is easily my favourite vintage Christmas mystery of the last few years. There's a satisfying slow burn to the action- one unpleasant man is murdered a... READ MORE

Hayley at Leicester Highcross

Synopsis

In a tranquil Kentish village, Dr Sandys and his wife are preparing for Christmas with their guest, Liane 'Lee' Crauford. Festivities start badly when their party is spoiled by an enigmatic widow new to the village, and the atmosphere hits rock bottom when the pompous local nobleman and ceramic-collector Sir Henry Metcalfe unexpectedly dies. Sensing potential villains among Metcalfe's circle, Lee teams up with Detective-Inspector Hugh Gordon to discover the killer playing merry hell with her holiday in this lost vintage mystery, republished for the first time since 1952.

Publisher information

Publisher: British Library Publishing
ISBN: 9780712355889
Number of pages: 256
Dimensions: 198 x 129 mm
Languages: English

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GOLDEN AGE OF CRIME.

Originally written in 1952 but forgotten about,this is from the Golden Age of Crime writing.Would sit nicely among Christies works.An unliked bully of a ma... READ MORE

ENEFCEE 1956

A delightful novel for the days leading up to Christmas.

‘’Oh, for heaven’s sake! Why do people in love have to be so idiotic? I rather agtree with Hugh when he once said if you found somebody behaving in a thoro... READ MORE

Amalia Gkavea

A delightful novel for the days leading up to Christmas.

‘’Oh, for heaven’s sake! Why do people in love have to be so idiotic? I rather agtree with Hugh when he once said if you found somebody behaving in a thoro... READ MORE

Amalia Gkavea

Very enjoyable

I often read a British Library Crime Classic at Christmas. Most are far fetched and have impossible plot lines but this is the best I've read in a long tim... READ MORE

Ready Eddy

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