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No Sanity Clause by Ian Rankin- a modern story in which a man recently released after serving his time leans back into theft during a hotel Christmas party and crosses paths with two people, one of whom gives him another chance.
This is a tragic incident and my thoughts are with the woman’s family and friends at this incredibly difficult time,” he said. This one I didn’t like as much, it was a story within a story, slow and didn’t really capture my attention.It was full of short stories, all based around Christmas and the blurb made it sound gruesome, cold blooded and scary. This family have a painting that looks exactly like their landscape until it suddenly it starts to snow in the painting, causing much sir around the household, especially when it starts to snow outside.
The short stories in this book are concise and they all deal with either murder or tragic incidents – just what I was looking for and yet… I did not enjoy this book as much as I wanted to. Set in a little town, with a stray cat that lives at the church, but spends his time at an old lady's house where he gets fed. In this digital and printed play at home adventure, you'll meet Sir Robert Peel who will set you on your case to solve the festive crime.
Chief Superintendent Seb Adjei-Addoh, local policing commander for Southwark, said patrols will be increased in the area over the coming days. What hits home is that the Detective on the case has an unemployed wife at home who could very easily have been pushed to the same lengths as the suspect in custody. It was interesting to have Rebus pop up in his own inimitable way and the ending of that story was satisfying in a way only Rebus can. Some of them seemed like they should have been longer but instead have been reduced, too densely packed for a good short story. There are six, seven to eight suspects all who have read and handled the manuscript throughout the night, though none of them took it.
Since our earliest beginnings, every documented society has gathered to perform elaborate rites and ceremonies - from mass worship to body modification - yet ritual poses a deep paradox: why do we give the utmost importance to otherwise pointless activities?Prepare your case file by printing it out, and then head online using the details provided in your pack to start your investigations. We meet a cat that helps uncover the truth, strange “Footprints in the Sky”, a valuable unique manuscript and a thoughtful making story about “On a Christmas day in the morning. I can’t say I really liked it, then again it’s a book with 10 short stories and each story has a different approach. There is a lovely story by Ellis Peters(The Trinity Cat),a rather sad one by Margery Allingham(On Christmas Day in the Morning),a closed room mystery by Julian Symons (the Santa Claus Club),a classic golden age one by John Dickson Carr (The Footprints in the Sky) and some stories by " newer" authors (Ian Ranking,Val Mcdermid.
Overall I have enjoyed the book, and the 5 star stories, including the Ellis Peters one, The Trinity Cat, at the start, more than make up for the less good ones. While the world sleeps, snow falls gently from the sky, presents lie under the tree … and murder is afoot. With this knowledge the police man takes the cat to the girlfriend who runs to her bedroom and find the old lady's stuff.An entertaining anthology of Christmas-themed mysteries, both from the Golden Age (like GK Chesterton and Margery Allingham) to more modern (Val McDairmid, Ian Ranken), and despite the title, not all of them involve actual murders! This is the third year where there have been a glut of 'Christmas crime' stories have been published but it's clear that the well is more or less running dry now.
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