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Portrait of a murderer : a Christmas crime story

Part of the British Library Crime Classics series
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'Powerful and impressive ...there is a fine inevitability in the plot structure which gives it true tragic quality' - Dorothy L.

SayersAdrian Gray was born in May 1862 and met his death through violence, at the hands of one of his own children, at Christmas, 1931.

Thus begins a classic crime novel published in 1933, a riveting portrait of the psychology of a murderer.

Each December, Adrian Gray invites his extended family to stay at his lonely house, Kings Poplars.

None of Gray's six surviving children is fond of him; several have cause to wish him dead.

The family gathers on Christmas Eve - and by the following morning, their wish has been granted.

This fascinating and unusual novel tells the story of what happened that dark Christmas night; and what the murderer did next.

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071235686X / 9780712356862
Paperback / softback
823.912
25/09/2017
United Kingdom
English
Classic crime
288 pages
19 cm