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The usual Santas : a collection of Soho Crime Christmas capers.
Call Number
- MYSTERY USUA (CEN, OSH)
Publication Information
New York, NY : Soho Crime, [2017]
Physical Description
ix, 400 pages ; 20 cm
Summary
"Nine mall Santas must find the imposter among them. An elderly lady seeks peace from her murderously loud neighbors at Christmastime. A young woman receives a mysterious invitation to Christmas dinner with a stranger. Niccolò Machiavelli sets out to save an Italian city. Sherlock Holmes's one-time nemesis Irene Adler finds herself in an unexpected tangle in Paris while on a routine espionage assignment. Jane Austen searches for the Dowager Duchess of Wilborough's stolen diamonds. These and other adventures in this delectable volume will whisk readers away to Christmases around the globe, from a Korean War POW camp to a Copenhagen refugee squat, from a palatial hotel in 1920s Bombay to a crumbling mansion in Havana" --
Contents
- Elderly lady seeks peace at Christmastime / Usual Santas / PX Christmas / Chalee's nativity / Cuban Marquise's jewels / Mother's curse / There's only one Father Christmas, right? / Martin / Queen of the hill / Blue memories start calling / Bo sau (Vengeance) / Red Christmas / When the time came / Hairpin holiday / Prince (of peace) / Cabaret aux assassins / Jane and the midnight clear / Supper with Miss Shivers