Murder in Midsummer: Classic Mysteries for the Holidays

It’s the middle of summer. On Cornish sea-fronts, happy children grip melting ice-creams. In the south of France, sunlight filters through leaves as families picnic in the shade. And in the fashionable resorts of the Mediterranean, the beautiful people sun themselves on picture-postcard beaches. And in those long, hot summer nights … murder walks abroad. Away from familiar surroundings, and as the temperature rises, old grudges come to the surface, new hatreds reach boiling point – and clever minds start to make dangerous plans.

These ten classic mysteries, from some of the finest crime writers, prove that no matter where you travel to – there’s no rest for the wicked.