Rest You Merry

by Charlotte MacLeod

Book Overview

CONTINUING THE DEFINITIVE SERIES OF CLASSIC MYSTERIES BY AMERICAN MYSTERY AND NERO WOLFE AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR CHARLOTTE MacLEOD For years, Professor Peter Shandy has been badgered by Jemima Ames, Assistant Librarian and Annual Chairperson, to decorate his campus home for the Grand Illumination which is Balaclava Agricultural College's main fund-raising event. Now he can hold out no longer. Goaded to madness, he buries his small brick house under an...

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0380475308
• ISBN13: 9780380475308
• Release Date: January 1988
• Publisher: Avon Books
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 4.2" x 7.0"

Customer Reviews

Laughing Around the Christmas Tree.

Welcome to Balaclava Agricultural College, the setting of one of the funniest mystery series in existence. REST YOU MERRY is the debut appearance of Professor Peter Shandy and all of his colleagues who will tickle your funny bone until you've collected them all. Then read them twice and return for more. Best medicine for the holiday hassle is an annual dose of Peter when he finally gives in and decorates for the season, complete with "All I Want for Christmas is My Two Front Teeth," turns the sound up full blast and takes an ocean voyage. Peter is ship wrecked and returns home to find a body in his living room, irritate neighbors and mayhem. I have no idea how many times I've seen THE NUTCRACKER, or A CHRISTMAS CAROL, but REST YE MERRY will always cleanse the palate. Nash Black, author of TRAVELERS and SINS OF THE FATHERS.

Funny mystery

I have alsways enjoyed spoofs obout Christmas, and this one had me laughing so hard that I cried. Prof. Peter Shandy did what I always wanted to do about December 23rd, when the pressures of this "giving season" are really getting to me. It is also a really good mystery with a plot, cleverly drawn characters and a satisfactor ending. I recommend it highly (especially in the third week of December).

A great screwball mystery!

If you like eccentric, crazy characters, and good mystery, this is a great book!