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

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