A
Christmas house party has been planned in the English countryside that has
brought together a motley crew of characters that seem to share a mutual
disdain for each other. When one guest
in murdered, the local police call in Inspector Hemingway from Scotland Yard to
solve the crime. Which one of the house guests
is the murderer?
This
is the first Georgette Heyer mystery that I have read, but I am a huge fan of
her Regency romance. I’ll admit this one
read a bit slow for me and I think I need to try out another of her mysteries
to see if I like them or not. The fact
that almost all of the characters were extremely unlikeable made it hard for me
to get into the novel. The mystery
itself was very clever. I had a
suspicion about the murderer, but they way it was all put together was unique
and very interesting.
Overall,
A Christmas Party was a clever mystery with unlikeable characters. I need to read more of Heyer’s mysteries to
determine if I like them or not.
Book
Source: Purchased from Amazon.com.
