The snow is thick, the phone line is down, and no one is getting in or out of warbeck hall'. '.strtoupper('w')ith friends and family gathered round the fire, all should be set for a perfect christmas, but as the bells chime midnight, a mysterious murder takes place'. '.strtoupper('w')ho can be responsible'? '.strtoupper('t')he scorned young lover'? '.strtoupper('t')he lord's passed over cousin'? '.strtoupper('t')he social climbing politician's wife'? '.strtoupper('t')he czech history professor'? '.strtoupper('t')he obsequious butler'? '.strtoupper('a')nd perhaps the real question is can any of them survive long enough to tell the tale?