Death in Ambush

Name: Death in Ambush
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A Lost Christmas Murder Mystery

By Susan Gilruth

Series: British Library Crime Classics

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Format: Paperback / softback

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A classic country-house Christmas murder mystery light-hearted but with a clever mystery at its heart. A genuinely lost novel found in the British Library collections, republished here for the first time since its original publication in 1952.

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In a tranquil Kentish village, Dr Sandys and his wife are preparing for Christmas with their guest, Liane 'Lee' Crauford. Festivities start badly when their party is spoiled by an enigmatic widow new to the village, and the atmosphere hits rock bottom when the pompous local nobleman and ceramic-collector Sir Henry Metcalfe unexpectedly dies. Sensing potential villains among Metcalfe's circle, Lee teams up with Detective-Inspector Hugh Gordon to discover the killer playing merry hell with her holiday in this lost vintage mystery, republished for the first time since 1952.

Series: British Library Crime Classics

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780712355889

Publisher: British Library Publishing

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 10 October 2025

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: British Library Publishing

Illustration: Illustrations

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 256

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Classic Fiction Crime & Thriller Fiction General Fiction Police Procedural Series: British Library Crime Classics Susan Gilruth

About the Author

Susan Gilruth was the pen name used by the English writer Susannah Margaret Godley (19111992) for her seven crime and detective novels published between 1951 and 1963. While her 1956 novel A Corpse for Charybdis was adapted for the radio and broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1968 and The Snake is Living Yet (1963) was reprinted in a Japanese series alongside titles by Michael Innes and E. C. R. Lorac in the 2000s, her books have become rare collector's items, and her stories gems to be rediscovered by a new readership.