A review by kategci
Mystery in White by J. Farjeon

3.0

This a classic Christmas mystery I was going to read for Christmas 2018, but I could not get into it. Similar in style to Agatha Christie's Poirot and Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes, I felt this book skimmed their greatness, but never completely achieved it. Murders from 20 years prior were solved along with a contemporary murder, but while there was a man in charge, Mr. Maltby who seemed to deduce things, he did not always back up his theories with solid evidence. A train gets stuck outside of London on Christmas Eve and 6 strangers are forced to seek shelter in a freshly abandoned house. Creepy things happen which did hold my interest and kept me turning the pages. A recommended holiday read.