The Christmas Egg: British Library Crime Classic

Written by Mary Kelly

Narrated by David Thorpe

In a gloomy flat off Islington High Street, Chief Inspector Brett Nightingale and Sergeant Beddoes find an old woman dead. The Princess Olga Karukhin, who fled from Russia at the time of the Revolution, has lived in terror of being discovered ever since. Olga's grandson, Ivan, appears to have run from the scene, but is later seen returning to the flat as though oblivious to the terrible crime. Taking place between 22nd and 24th December, Nightingale's enquiry takes him across London, culminating in the wrapping of the mystery on Christmas Eve.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Soundings
• Release date: Dec 1, 2019
• ISBN: 9781407984339

Mary Kelly

Mary Kelly received an MLIS from Wayne State University in 2002, and also has an MBA from Wayne State. Mary is an Adult Services Librarian at the Plymouth District Library.

Reviews for The Christmas Egg

[Pamela Myers · Rating: 1 out of 5 stars]

This novel is so poorly written and boring, I could not finish listening to it.