Book
A surprise for Christmas and other seasonal mysteries
Call Number
- MYSTERY SURP (CEN)
Publication Information
Naperville, Illinois : Poisoned Pen Press, [2021]
Physical Description
ix, 305 pages ; 21 cm.
Summary
"A Postman murdered while delivering cards on Christmas morning. A Christmas pine growing over a forgotten homicide. A Yuletide heist gone horribly wrong. When there's as much murder as magic in the air and the facts seem to point to the impossible, it's up to the detective's trained eye to unwrap the clues and neatly tie together an explanation (preferably with a bow on top). Martin Edwards has once again gathered the best of these seasonal stories into a stellar anthology brimming with rare tales, fresh as fallen snow, and classics from the likes of Julian Symons, Margery Allingham, Anthony Gilbert and Cyril Hare. A most welcome surprise indeed, and perfect to be shared between super-sleuths by the fire on a cold winter's night"--
Contents
- The black bag left on a doorstep / The hole in the wall / Death on the air / Persons or things unknown / Dead man's hand / The Christmas Eve ghost / Ernest Dudley
- Dick Whittington's cat / A surprise for Christmas / On Christmas Day in the morning / Father Christmas comes to Orbins / The turn-again bell