An English Murder

"This is another one set at a country house over Christmas, a scenario beloved of mystery writers, because it provides a conveniently limited circle of suspects and a nicely festive atmosphere. Get the weekly Five Books newsletter However, this one was published in 1951 and tackles the ways in which British society has been changed by the Second World War . Hare takes on aristocratic antisemitism and the post war economic slump as well as delivering an entertaining murder mystery ."