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Murder under the Christmas tree : ten classic crime stories for the festive season / chosen and edited by Cecily Gayford.

Athenaeum of Philadelphia - Fiction Mystery Murder
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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Gayford, Cecily, editor.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Detective and mystery stories, English.
Genre:
Christmas fiction.
Detective and mystery stories.
short stories.
Christmas stories
Detective and mystery fiction
Short stories
Christmas stories.
Short stories.
Physical Description:
278 pages ; 20 cm
Place of Publication:
London : Profile Books, 2016.
Summary:
Murder most festive...A locked room mystery solved with a flourish on Boxing Day. Blackmail on Christmas Eve.A missing jewel discovered in a very festive hiding place.A body slumped in a chair on Christmas morning, still listening to carols.The midnight theft of a gift intended for a saint. Crime doesn't take a holiday, so these - and many more - are the puzzles that make up Murder under the Christmas Tree, a collection of festive mysteries featuring fictional sleuths from Lord Peter Wimsey to Sherlock Holmes, Cadfael to Father Brown. This is the very best of Christmas murder and mayhem - so settle into your armchair, put another log on the fire and take a bite of your mince pie. Just make sure it's not poisoned...
Contents:
The necklace of pearls / Dorothy L. Sayers
The name on the window / Edmund Crispin
A traditional Christmas / Val McDermid
The adventures of the Blue Carbuncle / Arthur Conan Doyle
The invisible man / G.K. Chesterton
Cinders / Ian Rankin
Death on the air / Ngaio Marsh
Persons or things unknown / Carter Dickson
The case is altered / Margery Allingham
The price of light / Ellis Peters.
Local Notes:
Athenaeum copy: Beardwood Fund bookplate.
Other Format:
Ebook version :
ISBN:
9781781257913
1781257914
OCLC:
964360624

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