num_pages: 192
description: A relic of Manhattans Gilded Age, when Edith Wharton and Henry James chronicled its inhabitants, the Erich Bruel House on Gramercy Park contained three floors of glorious artand one Christmas corpse. While the mansion was being decorated with antique ornaments, and preparations were being made for a lavish holiday party, someone killed the obnoxious art historian Dr. Roger Shambley. Lieutenant Sigrid Harald of the New York Police Department comes up with a long list of suspects, and must sort through all sorts of motives, including academic rivalry, infidelity, art fraud, and good old fashioned spite.
title: Corpus Christmas
titlecomplete: Corpus Christmas (Sigrid Harald, #6)
genres: Fiction, Mystery Thriller, New York, Adult Fiction, Holiday, Christmas, Suspense, Cozy Mystery, Mystery
ratings_count: 783
series: Sigrid Harald
awards: awardedAt: 631180800000
name: Anthony Award
category: Best Novel, awardedAt: 599644800000
name: Agatha Award
category: Best Novel
publisher: Severn House