The Christmas Card Crime and Other Stories (British Library Crime Classics)
November 11, 2019 - Comment
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Entertaining seasonal selection This anthology of eleven winter mysteries , with Introduction and individual notes by Martin Edwards, provides the discerning reader with a well-chosen array of 20th century British short stories. Of the eleven, two were by authors whose works I had not read before, and only two are by women. I had encountered only one of the tales previously.Two entries I considered weak: unfortunately one of them is the title story. Overall, it is an entertaining and most readable selection at an…
This Christmas Card has so much to offer. 4.5 stars would be a fairer assessment for me of this well chosen ( overall) anthology. As ever the introductions from Martin Edwards add so much more to the enjoyment . The first reviewer has skilfully listed all the authors with comments with which I agree for the most part .For me the stories by SelwynJepson/Cyril Hare/Julian Symons /John Bingham/Ronald Knox are all clear 5 star winners; concise/pithy /yet all with that added extra which a great short story should have. 4 stars…
Enjoyable read! This was yet another enjoyable and readable book of short stories and I do hope that they keep on publishing them! There is something very satisfying about a well written short story! I liken them to the literary equivalent of a delicious snack!