A Very English Murder

A classic detective story based on one of the bestloved Golden Age crime writers Cyril Hare novel An English Murder originally published in 1951 The setting of An English Murder seems at first to be a very conventional one A group of family and friends come together for Christmas at a country house Warbeck Hall The house is owned by Lord Warbeck a dying and impoverished peer who wants to be among loved ones for what he thinks will be his last Christmas The holiday decorations are up and snow is falling fast outside The guests range from the Lords difficult son to a visiting Czech historian There is of course a faithful butler and his ambitious daughter But when the murders begin there is nothing at all conventional about them or the manner of their detection