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The horror on the train, great though it may turn out to be, will not compare with the horror that exists here, in this house . The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. Everything felt too planned and the solution to all the murders was the most banal one with unrealistic motives. For most of the book it seemed the mystery was going one way but in the final third, the arrival of Mr. Fortunately, they are able to unravel it all and bring about a conclusion that is satisfactory to almost everybody.
There is a point where it starts talking about ghosts, and I have to be honest and say that I nearly lost interest then, but it was as if someone then saw sense and brought it back to trying to solve a crime. A strange assortment of passengers traveling by train during a blizzard find themselves caught in an acute dilemma when the track becomes impassable. The author takes the time to chronicle just about every character's journey from skeptic to ardent believer in ghosts.A train stuck in the impossible snow, snow that won't let up, strangers together deciding to try to walk to the next station, finding a deserted house, fire laid tea ready to be served, but the house is empty. This book was just what I wanted on a dreary, rainy day, with its interesting setting, curious plot and characters that were out of British central casting. Interesting from a social history viewpoint and it is festive, but not in the same league as Dennis Wheatley or Agatha Christie.
But if you like a book that is marked one way, builds up to an entirely different conclusion, and then changes the conclusion after it’s solved, this is the book for you.
Imagine my delight when I received two British Classic Christmas Crime Mysteries from across the seas from a Tracey in the UK. When the train gets stuck in the huge snowdrifts on the tracks, some of the passengers decide to walk to the next station.
He sort of manages, but I found it most unsatisfying and I rather wished I hadn't stumped up over a fiver for it. Anyhow, if you are looking for social political commentary that will blow your mind and change your life look elsewhere. It’s a setup that leaves scant room for law enforcement officers or for Kyle Westergaard, the 12-year-old paperboy damaged since birth by fetal alcohol syndrome, who’s walked away from the wreck with a prize all too many people would kill for. Jessie describes in her diary her first impression of the place: " Oak beams, log fires, old-fashioned beds and snow -- it's what you want every year but never get except on Christmas cards. Robert Davies, from British Library Publishing, said: "For years, publishers have been concentrating on dark, violent, psychological crime novels, but we spotted a gap in the market for readers seeking escapist detective fiction with superb plots and period atmosphere.Change country: -Select- Albania American Samoa Andorra Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Armenia Aruba Australia Austria Azerbaijan Republic Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belgium Belize Bermuda Bhutan Bosnia and Herzegovina Brazil British Virgin Islands Brunei Darussalam Bulgaria Cambodia Canada Cayman Islands Chile China Colombia Cook Islands Costa Rica Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Dominica Dominican Republic Estonia Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) Fiji Finland France French Guiana French Polynesia Georgia Germany Gibraltar Greece Greenland Grenada Guadeloupe Guam Guatemala Guernsey Haiti Honduras Hong Kong Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jersey Jordan Kazakhstan Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macau Macedonia Malaysia Maldives Malta Marshall Islands Martinique Mexico Micronesia Monaco Montenegro Montserrat Nauru Nepal Netherlands Netherlands Antilles New Caledonia New Zealand Nicaragua Niue Norway Oman Pakistan Palau Panama Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Puerto Rico Qatar Republic of Croatia Romania Saint Kitts-Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Pierre and Miquelon Saint Vincent and the Grenadines San Marino Saudi Arabia Serbia Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Islands South Africa South Korea Spain Sri Lanka Sweden Switzerland Taiwan Tajikistan Thailand Tonga Turkey Turkmenistan Turks and Caicos Islands Tuvalu United Arab Emirates United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Vatican City State Vietnam Virgin Islands (U. I ended up losing track of all the characters and I still am not sure who the dead body buried in the snow drifts was supposed to be.
It's a tremendous premise, and as soon as I picked the book up I remembered having read it before, I think in the mid-1980s. However, the snowfall is so heavy that they lose their way until they come across a house in the country that has its lights burning. I loved this book, maybe it's just the right time of the year to read a snowbound mystery at Christmas but it was great!
A terrific blizzard has brought a train to a halt, with no prospect of its getting started any time in the foreseeable future.
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