Murder by Candlelight

Ten Classic Crime Stories for Winter

Cecily Gayford

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01 June 2025

Fiction & Literature; Crime & Mystery; Classic horror & ghost stories

Series: Vintage Murders

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As the nights draw in and the old year slips away, the haunting season begins. Twigs scrape at windowpanes in the darkness, mysterious footprints are found in the snow, and all sorts of mysteries, monsters and nastiness are in the offing.

Bringing together ten classic tales of mystery, murder and mayhem from the greatest writers in the genre, Murder by Candlelight will puzzle your mind and chill your blood in equal measure. Whether spine-chillingly supernatural or all-too-human, the ghastly protagonists of these stories are always one step ahead.

Featuring work from classic authors of the genre such as Dorothy L Sayers, Carter Dickson, Cyril Hare, Ethel Lina White, Simon Brett, Freeman Wills Croft, Sapper, JS Fletcher, Catherine Aird, and Fergus Hume.

Edited by: Cecily Gayford
Imprint: Profile
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: Main
Dimensions: Height: 208mm, Width: 134mm, Spine: 24mm
Weight: 181g
ISBN: 9781805222552
ISBN 10: 1805222554
Series: Vintage Murders
Pages: 224
Publication Date: 01 June 2025
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Edited by Cecily Gayford and featuring work from classic authors such as Dorothy L Sayers, Cyril Hare, Simon Brett and more.Cecily Gayford studied English at the University of Oxford, where she immersed herself obsessively in the gothic, morbid and mysterious side of literature. Now a Publishing Director, she has worked at Profile Books for eleven years. A life-long scaredy-cat, she once saw a ghost in a hotel room.

Reviews for Murder by Candlelight: Ten Classic Crime Stories for Winter

With Cecily Gayford in charge, we are on safe ground * Daily Mail * Praise for Vintage Murder series * : * An excellent collection of short stories by ten top-class writers -- Marcel Berlins * The Times Books of the Year * Looking forward to Christmas? [The Vintage Murder series] is a fine way to start it. It's a cracker -- Amy Myers Perfect for a quick fix of golden-age crime ... this collection of short winter chills is well worth reading by candlelight before turning in on Christmas Eve -- Janice Hallett, author of The Appeal and The Twyford Code * The Sunday Times * Short, clever and puzzling murder tales test the brains of the most avid crime reader ... delectable -- Sarah Morgan * On Magazine * Has everything you might want ... take this little book to the beach [and] relax in the sun while reading of battered corpses -- Craig Brown * Mail on Sunday *