A review by thecommonswings
Murder for Christmas by Thomas Godfrey

4.0

It’s taken me quite a while to get through this monster of a collection, partly because it’s a big volume and partly because it’s rather too rich to read all in one go. Some stories work better than others, but I admire how it goes from the classics - Blue Carbuncle, a Nero Wolfe novelette - to some comic moments via a couple of unexpected classic writers as well. I suspect it will now serve in the way it was designed to serve, as a book to dip into to read certain classics during the festive period (much like my wife’s horror collection which I believe is a companion volume to this), as I think smatterings throughout Christmas as a buffet will work better than as a substantial and rather over laden meal in one go