It’s 1929, and Lord Edgington, retired Scotland Yard superintendent, is taking his grandson Christopher Prentiss on the grand tour of Europe. But like their experiences in England over the years, murder seems to follow.
The two are in Milan; Christmas is near, and they’re both surreptitiously trying to buy presents for each other. But mysterious and anonymous letters appear in their room; they’re asked to come to Switzerland to prevent one and perhaps more murders. They’re soon on their way, with Lord Edgington’s staff in tow.
It’s an Alpine hotel in Switzerland at Christmas, and a snowstorm is due that will cut all communications off. No soon do they arrive when Christopher saves a guest from being crushed under a family chandelier. Another guest on her way to the hotel is found dead on one of the last trains before the expected snowstorm.
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What they soon discover is that all the guests, including Lord Edgington himself, are tied to the theft of a tiara owned by the Princess Royale some 20 years earlier. And someone among the guests is planning to kill each of the others to eliminate any possibility of discovery.
The Alpine Christmas Mystery is the third novel in the Lord Edginton Abroad series by British author Benedict Brown. The series is something of an offshoot of the original series which was set entirely in England. It has all the trademarks of both Lord Edgington series – crimes largely among the upper class, Christopher getting himself in funny predicaments (this one has him skiing when he’s never learned), a little levity to lighten the serious crimes and investigations, and well-researched historical settings.
In addition to the Lord Edgington stories, Brown has written eight Izzy Palmer mystery novels three novellas, and five Marius Quin mysteries. A native of south London, he lives with his family in Spain. The Lord Edgington mysteries are likely aimed at both the general reader as well as the young adult audience. And they’re well-researched stories, full of information about the mid-to-late 1920s.
Related:
Murder at the Spring Ball by Benedict Brown.
A Body at a Boarding School by Benedict Brown.
The Mystery of Mistletoe Hall by Benedict Brown.
Death on a Summer’s Day by Benedict Brown.
The Tangled Treasure Trail by Benedict Brown.
The Curious Case of the Templeton-Swifts by Benedict Brown.
The Crimes of Clearwell Castle by Benedict Brown.
The Snows of Weston Moor by Benedict Brown.
What the Vicar Saw by Benedict Brown.
Blood on the Banisters by Benedict Brown.
A Killer in the Wings by Benedict Brown.
The Christmas Bell Mystery by Benedict Brown.
A Novel Way to Kill by Benedict Brown.
The Puzzle at Parham Hall by Benedict Brown.
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