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Narrated by:
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John Curless
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By:
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Francis Duncan
About this listen
A classic mystery for the festive season: mulled wine, mince pies...and murder.
Mordecai Tremaine, former tobacconist and perennial lover of romance novels, has been invited to spend Christmas in the sleepy village of Sherbroome at the country retreat of one Benedict Grame. Arriving on Christmas Eve, he finds that the revelries are in full flow - but so too are tensions amongst the assortment of guests. Midnight strikes and the party-goers discover that it's not just presents nestling under the tree...there's a dead body, too. A dead body that bears a striking resemblance to Father Christmas. With the snow falling and the suspicions flying, it's up to Mordecai to sniff out the culprit - and prevent someone else from getting murder for Christmas.
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Murder for Christmas
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A Good "Who Dun It" with lots of festive vibes!
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I didn’t see the end coming
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Sometimes it was hard to keep up with the characters names. There are a lot of characters.
Good Story
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love this simple whodunit
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More Please
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This book was such a great find! Written by Francis Duncan (pseudonym for William Underhill) who wrote his first detective story in 1936, as a bit of a sideline, while he worked at another job. Lost to readers for many years, he seems to have been rediscovered, and becoming acquainted with old Mordecai Tremaine (the male version of Miss Marple?) was fun.
Do not look for this book to seem modern—it isn’t. The writing has the form popular at the time, in which the characters speak with the somewhat proper, even fussy, sort of polite style that may now sound a little stilted. Yet it’s such a pleasure to listen, keeping in mind that that book was written in an era when that was the norm.
There are lots of characters in this book, but luckily the narrator handles them very well. Everyone has assembled in this Grand house, in the village of Sherbrooke, to celebrate Christmas. Many do not initially know each other. But they all know that old Benedict loves a really big party for Christmas, and all are prepared to help him celebrate, until of course, the inevitable murder occurs, and then the reader joins Mordecai Tremaine in having to figure out the whodunnit part.
This book was fun to listen to. I’m hoping to find more in this short series featuring Mordecai Tremaine. If you enjoy discovering another author who wrote during the great classic British mystery period (think Agatha Christie, Dorothy Sayers, and others) you will love this book.
Loved this classic mystery
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What made the experience of listening to Murder for Christmas the most enjoyable?
The narrator was excellent! The main character familiar and yet unique. The story line held my interest.What other book might you compare Murder for Christmas to and why?
Any book with Mordecai Tremaine. I am currently doing a search for books with the same narrator.What about John Curless’s performance did you like?
He is an excellent "story teller" he made me believe he was not just reading the book but telling me an compelling story.Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?
Not one moment, no.Any additional comments?
More books with Mordecai please.Loved it
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