Anthony Award
1990 · Novel · Nominee
About This Book
The holiday blues can be murder in this classic mystery from Margaret Maron, the award-winning author of the popular Deborah Knott series.
A relic of Manhattan's Gilded Age, the venerable, art-filled Erich Breul House is hosting a grand Yuletide party...until somebody fatally bludgeons art historian Dr. Roger Shambley. Summoned to the case is erudite Lt. Sigrid Harald of the NYPD, who is familiar with the dead professor's ruthless reputation and his many enemies. Her investigation soon reveals that shortly before his death Shambley had discovered an astonishing artwork—one that would have made him world famous. Now, in a complex mystery of countless suspects and secret motives, Sigrid must sort through all the holiday bustle...and unwrap a killer who threatens to make this white Christmas run red.
A relic of Manhattan's Gilded Age, the venerable, art-filled Erich Breul House is hosting a grand Yuletide party...until somebody fatally bludgeons art historian Dr. Roger Shambley. Summoned to the case is erudite Lt. Sigrid Harald of the NYPD, who is familiar with the dead professor's ruthless reputation and his many enemies. Her investigation soon reveals that shortly before his death Shambley had discovered an astonishing artwork—one that would have made him world famous. Now, in a complex mystery of countless suspects and secret motives, Sigrid must sort through all the holiday bustle...and unwrap a killer who threatens to make this white Christmas run red.
