ANNE MEREDITH

«Adrian Gray nació en mayo de 1862 y murió violentamente a manos de uno de sus propios hijos el día de Navidad de 1931. El crimen fue espontáneo e impremeditado, y el asesino se quedó mirando primero

Hardback edition with an additional essay by President of the Detection Club, Martin Edwards.Adrian Gray was born in May 1862 and met his death through violence, at the hands of one of his own children, at Christmas, 1931. Thus begins a classic crime novel published in 1933, a riveting portrait of the psychology of a murderer. Each December, Adrian Gray invites his extended family to stay at his lonely house, Kings Poplars. None of Gray's six surviving children is fond of him; several have cause to wish him dead. The family gathers on Christmas Eve - and by the following morning, their wish has been granted. This fascinating and unusual novel tells the story of what happened that dark Christmas night; and what the murderer did next.

Publicada en 1934, esta es una de las primeras muestras de novela policiaca «invertida», donde la identidad del asesino es conocida desde la primera página y el suspense se elabora a partir de sus co