Mystery in White: A Special Christmas Edition
By (Author) J. Jefferson Farjeon
Introduction by Martin Edwards
British Library Publishing
British Library Publishing
12th January 2026
14th October 2025
United Kingdom
Fiction
Crime and mystery: private investigator / amateur detectives
Classic crime and mystery fiction
Hardback
Width 135mm, Height 204mm
'The horror on the train, great though it may turn out to be, will not compare with the horror that exists here, in this house.'
On Christmas Eve, heavy snowfall brings a train to a halt near the village of Hemmersby. Several passengers take shelter in a deserted country house, where the fire has been lit and the table laid for tea - but no one is at home. Trapped together for Christmas, the passengers are seeking to unravel the secrets of the empty house when a murderer strikes in their midst.
J. Jefferson Farjeon (1883 - 1955) was the author of more than sixty crime and thriller novels. His work was highly acclaimed in his day; Dorothy L. Sayers wrote that 'Jefferson Farjeon is quite unsurpassed for creepy skill in mysterious adventures'. Farjeon is now best known as the author of Number Seventeen, a play that was adapted for the big screen by Alfred Hitchcock.