It is December 1884, and we have a murder to solve. First, a house: a brand-new country estate, with all the latest technological innovations – electric light-bulbs, running water, dumb-waiters, hydraulic lifts. Second, a family: celebrated inventor Sir Russell Morgan, his grown-up children, his elegant new wife. Next, their guests: the great and the good […]
Cragside, the house that inspired a novel
Cragside is a Victorian marvel, built to combine Mock Tudor with modern engineering. Kate Lumsden explains how this unusual house, at the forefront of technology in its time, inspired her latest novel, The Christmas Tree Murders. The moment you step into the grounds at Cragside, you know this place is special. The gardens and woodland […]