Meredith, Anne. <br/><br/>
Portrait of a murderer :  a Christmas crime story / 
Anne Meredith; with an introduction by Martin Edwards. 
 - 243 pages. ;  20 cm. 
 - British Library Crime Classics .
<br/><br/> Originally published in 1933 by Victor Gollancz. 
<br/><br/>P.B P.B 
<br/><br/> 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. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0712352457 071235686X 9780712352451 9780712356862 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Christmas stories.<br/>Father and child--Fiction.<br/>Murder--Fiction.<br/>Murderers--Fiction.<br/>Christmas stories.<br/>Father and child.<br/>Murder.<br/>Murderers.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Fiction.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PR6025.A438  / M47 2017