Poisoned mince pies. A Christmas Eve ghost story that comes suddenly horribly true. A
locked-room puzzle on a train steaming through the winter's night. All these and many more
tales of mystery and malice await in Murder by Candlelight . As the nights draw in and the old
year slips away these ten classic stories - from the greatest writers of the crime genre -
will baffle your mind and chill your blood in equal measure. From a cunningly-disguised killer
to a country house with a lethal secret the mood might be festive ... but the motive is
murder.