The Christmas Egg Author:Mary Kelly London. 22nd December. Chief Brett Nightingale and Sergeant Beddoes have been called to a gloomy flat off Islington High Street. An elderly woman lies dead on the bed, and her trunk has been looted. — The woman is Princess Olga Karukhim, an emigre of Civil War Russia, and her trunk is missing its glittering treasure... — Out in the dizzying neon a... more »nd festive chaos of the capital, a colourful cast of suspects abounds: the downtrodden grandson, a plutocratic jeweler, Bolsheviks with unfinished business? Beddoes and Nightingale have their work cut out in this tightly paced, quirky, and highly enjoyable jewel of the mystery genre, which includes an introduction by CWA Diamond Dagger Award-winning author Martin Edwards.« less