The Long Shadow: A Christmas Story with a Difference
By (Author) Celia Fremlin
Faber & Faber
Faber & Faber
28th November 2018
5th October 2023
Main - Re-issue
United Kingdom
General
Fiction
Classic crime and mystery fiction
Crime and mystery: cosy mystery
Comic (humorous) crime and mystery
823.914
Paperback
256
Width 129mm, Height 198mm, Spine 15mm
215g
Jolted from sleep by the ringing of the telephone, Imogen fumbles through the dark, empty house to answer it. At first, she can't quite understand the man on the other end of the line. Surely he can't honestly be accusing her of killing her husband. Ivor died in a car crash two months ago - she may not be adjusting to widowhood very well, but Imogen certainly didn't murder him.
As the nights draw in, Imogen finds her home filling up with unexpected Christmas guests - but they may be looking for more than just holiday cheer. Has someone been rifling through Ivor's papers Who left the half-drunk whiskey bottle beside his favourite chair And why won't that man stop phoning Imogen, insisting he can prove her guilt
Celia Fremlin (1914-2009) was born in Kent. Her first published novel of suspense was The Hours Before Dawn (1958), which went on to win the Mystery Writers of America's Edgar Award for Best Novel in 1960. Over the next thirty-five years Fremlin published a further eighteen titles.