A relic of Manhattan's Gilded Age, the Erich Bruel House on Gramercy Park contained three floors of glorious art—and one Christmas corpse. Now it's up to Lieutenant Sigrid Harald to wrap up this homicide before the killer strikes again in this classic mystery by the author of "Rituals of the Season."
Synopsis
A relic of Manhattan's Gilded Age, the Erich Bruel House on Gramercy Park contained three floors of glorious art—and one Christmas corpse. Now it's up to Lieutenant Sigrid Harald to wrap up this homicide before the killer strikes again in this classic mystery by the author of "Rituals of the Season."
Wall Street Journal
One of the pleasures of Corpus Christmas is its well-drawn cast of art-world characters, as colorful a bunch of pompous types as ever enlivened a Daumier caricature.
About the Author, Margaret Maron
Margaret Maron grew up on a farm near Raleigh and lived in Brooklyn for many years. Returning to her North Carolina roots prompted Marcia to write a series based on her own background, the first of which, BOOTLEGGER'S DAUGHTER, was a Washington Post bestseller and swept the major mystery awards for 1993. DEATH'S HALF ACRE is the fourteenth book in the acclaimed Deborah Knott series. Visit her website at margaretmaron.com.
When a famous art historian is murdered at Breul House, NYPD lieutenant Sigrid Harald must sort through the holiday bustle to unwrap a killer.
Wall Street Journal
One of the pleasures of Corpus Christmas is its well-drawn cast of art-world characters, as colorful a bunch of pompous types as ever enlivened a Daumier caricature.
