Christmas crimes at the mysterious bookshop : twelve tales of seasonal suspense set in the world's oldest mystery bookstore / edited by Otto Penzler.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Starr, Jason, 1966- author.

Faye, Lyndsay, author.

Estleman, Loren D., author.

Atkins, Ace, author.

Hart, Rob (Fiction writer), author.

Lippman, Laura, 1959- author.

Deaver, Jeffery, author.

Perry, Thomas, 1947- author.

Ragnar Jónasson, 1976- author.

Mead, Tom, author.

Gordon, David, 1967- author.

Edwards, Martin, 1955- author.

Contributor:

Penzler, Otto, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bookstores--Fiction.

Bookstores.

Christmas stories.

New York (N.Y.)--Fiction.

New York (N.Y.).

christmas stories.

Genre:

Short stories.

short stories.

Detective and mystery fiction.

Christmas fiction.

Physical Description:

xi, 320 pages ; 19 cm

Edition:

First Mysterious Press edition

Place of Publication:

New York : The Mysterious Press, [2024]

Summary:

"Twelve festive crime stories set in New York City's beloved mystery bookstore"-- Provided by publisher.

"The oldest mystery bookstore in the world, The Mysterious Bookshop, has for most of its forty-five-year history commissioned an original short story as a holiday gift for its customers, written exclusively for the store and never published elsewhere--before now. The prompt for the story requires three elements: that it be set at Christmastime, that it involve a crime of some kind, or the suspicion of one, and that it be set at least partially in the bookstore. And from these loose structural guidelines, diverse tales took flight. The dozen tales included in this volume-- by celebrated crime fiction authors such as Laura Lippman, Lyndsay Faye, Ragnar Jonasson, and Jeffery Deaver-- are among the finest to be produced in this annual tradition, sure to charm any reader looking for a holdiay-themed escape. -- Page 4 of cover.

Contents:

Black christmas / by Jason Starr

Midnight clear / by Lyndsay Faye

Wolfe trap / by Loren D. Estleman

Secret santa / by Ace Atkins

Gift of the wiseguy / by Rob Hart

Snowflake time / by Laura Lippman

Christmas party / by Jeffery Deaver

Here we come a-wassailing / by Thomas Perry

Christmas puzzle / by Ragnar Jónasson

Hester's gift / by Tom Mead

Sergeant Santa / by David Gordon

End game / by Martin Edwards.

Notes:

Subtitle from cover.

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copy: Beardwood Fund bookplate.

ISBN:

9781613165720

1613165722

OCLC:

1458668784