Welcome to Litsy!

Unique premise - gentleman to footman to house guest to detective. I enjoyed the lighthearted banter, but for some reason this book just didn‘t fully click with me. Still recommended. 😊

Thank you for giving it to me @Gissy !

Pretty good.

Thank you so much @StillLookingForCarmenSanDiego for this awesome #LCS #LittleChristmasSwap package! I'm excited for this classic locked room mystery (don't you just love the Classic British Crime series covers 😍), and some great candy choices! We all know Reese's shapes are the best Reese's, right? 😉

Thanks for organizing @bookish_wookish 🎉

What a lovely package @Gissy !! I love everything! You always find such neat treasures. The candlesticks are so unique! I can‘t wait to see them alight with tapers. The bookmarks and page tabs are perfect! And the turron - yum, yum, yum!
Thank you for including each one of the kids - so cute and thoughtful! As you can see, Ted approves of his gift!
And I am so very excited for every one of the books, and they all have such pretty covers! 😍

I'm in the mood for a mystery (and working through my "from the library" stack).

At an old estate being headed by a cranky rich woman, a woman goes missing from a closed room with 11 people in it. How? Cupboards, sofas, priest holes and ice houses all play a part. The amateur detective is a bankrupt, bon vivant who becomes involved because he has had to take a job at the estate as a footman. This is a pleasing tangle of theft and romance and stock manipulation. See if you can solve what Agatha Christie could not.

A serviceable Golden Age mystery. It rattled along nicely and I was entertained. A good library borrow.

I‘m willing the snow to melt while I enjoy this classic murder mystery. Yet another cozy Saturday with tea, and a blanket. Where art thou, Spring? 🌿❄️

#currentlyreading #covercrush #classics

Totally influenced by @LeahBergen with this recent purchase. Which maybe that should be Litsy hashtag? 😉The mention that this one stumped Agatha Christie completely piqued my interest. I‘m so glad you shared this one, Leah. I‘m really looking forward to reading it.

This was a fun satisfying romp of a mystery! Quick listen.

In which I show off a few of the books I received for Christmas: Part Two.

A republished country house mystery from 1927, famous for having stumped Agatha Christie.

This Golden Age mystery was originally serialised in the papers; a mystery so baffling that even Agatha Christie couldn't solve it. Well, neither could I 😂 This was a jolly good lark—witty dialogue, hijinks, winter in a country house with a bunch of characters thrown together, an amateur sleuth, an intimidating lady of the house, séances gone wrong, hidden passageways, romance, & even shenanigans in the world of finance. Fluffy but satisfying.