Download or read book Portrait of a Murderer written by Anne Meredith and published by British Library Crime Classics. This book was released on 2017-09-10 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Adrian Gray was born in May 1862 and met his death through violence, at the hands of one of his own children, at Christmas, 1931.Thus begins a classic crime novel published in 1933, a riveting portrait of the psychology of a murderer. Each December, Adrian Gray invites his extended family to stay at his lonely house, Kings Poplars. None of Gray's six surviving children is fond of him; several have cause to wish him dead. The family gathers on Christmas Eve - and by the following morning, their wish has been granted.