I've been reading other bloggers' posts about this book for months and now I've been reading that Mystery in White is becoming a best seller. They had me at the cover illustration, although I downloaded Mystery in White as an e-book. I finally read it last week and I loved it.
What could be cozier than reading about passengers on a train stuck in a terrible snowstorm? Some of them leave the train to hike to another station. They get lost in the storm but find a welcoming, warm, cheery house in the country. Fires lit, kettle boiling, tea laid - but no one is home.
The travellers dry off, get warm, have something to eat, and wait for the owners to return. But they don't. There are some suspicious people among the strangers from the train and a few more people arrive later. Then the bodies start appearing.
I liked this book a lot. I liked the writing style, the characters, the atmosphere of the house in the snowstorm, and the plot. The author wrote many other mysteries and I'm hoping I can track some of them down.
That cover is great! I've also seen this author popping up on various blogs and had already decided to look out for some, no luck in actual bookshops though so I might have to resort to e-books too.
ReplyDeleteIsn't the cover terrific?! I've had a look at my library, my trusty used book store, The Book Trader, and on-line e-books and haven't found any more of his mysteries. I have a feeling I'll have to wait until the British Library reprints another of them.
DeleteI'm so glad you liked it too! I loved it. Yes its very difficult to find his books now we will have to hope the BL reprints more of them! I did get a copy of the paperback from BL through Amazon to read it. I love the gorgeous cover!
ReplyDeleteI guess that makes them more of a treasure if we do find them. I have to admit I'll just keep hoping that they appear as reprints I can easily order!
DeleteThat cover is amazing, though, isn't it? I have a print of a Monet painting that is very similar, a train in the snow, but there are buildings in the background and I don't think the train is stuck. So it's not quite as evocative as the isolated train in the snowdrift on the cover.