"A Christmas Memory" is about a young boy, referred to as "Buddy," and his older cousin, who is unnamed in the story but is called Sook in later adaptations. The boy is the narrator, and his older cousin — who is eccentric and childlike — is his best friend. They live in a house with other relatives, who are authoritative and stern, and have a dog named Queenie.
Two orphans, Polly and Doug, live with their stepmother Lynne; Polly collapses with identical mystery symptoms that killed her father. The kids' visiting uncle, Whitney Cameron, is warned that the symptoms match strychnine poisoning, however that poisoners are seldom detected and barely convicted. positive enough, no case may be created against the plain suspect; thus what will Whitney do to save lots of ensuing victim?
Philip Hannon, a blind playwright living in London, overhears a part of a conversation , that leads him into a desperate race, to search out a kidnapped kid. When he gets no facilitate from the police, he along side his butler, and his ex fiancée, conceive to track down the crooks.
