Bibliograph

The big book of Christmas mysteries, edited and with an introduction by Otto Penzler

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The big book of Christmas mysteries, edited and with an introduction by Otto Penzler

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

short stories

Main title

The big book of Christmas mysteries

Oclc number

826076413

Responsibility statement

edited and with an introduction by Otto Penzler

Series statement

Vintage crime/Black Lizard

Summary

"Edgar Award-winning editor Otto Penzler collects sixty of his all-time favorite holiday crime stories--many of which are difficult or nearly impossible to find anywhere else"--Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

The carol singers / Josephine Bell -- Waxworks / Ethel Lina White -- Cambric tea / Marjorie Bowen -- The 74th tale / Jonathan Santlofer -- The uninnocent / Bradford Morrow -- Blue Christmas / Peter Robinson -- Noel, noel / Barry Perowne -- Death on Christmas Eve / Stanley Ellin -- The Chinese apple / Joseph Shearing -- And all through the house / Ed McBain -- An early Christmas / Doug Allyn -- The live tree / John Lutz -- Three-dot Po / Sara Paretsky -- Mad dog / Dick Lochte -- Sister Bessie / Cyril Hare -- That's the ticket / Mary Higgins Clark -- Death on the air / Ngaio Marsh -- The thirteenth day of Christmas / Isaac Asimov / The Christmas kitten / Ed Gorman -- The Santa Claus club / Julian Symons -- The flying stars / G.K. Chesterton -- Christmas party / Rex Stout -- The Raffles relics / E.W. Hornung -- The price of light / Ellis Peters -- A present for Santa Sahib / H.R.F. Keating -- The Christmas train / Will Scott -- Markheim / Robert Louis Stevenson -- A chaparral Christmas gift / O. Henry -- The Chopham affair / Edgar Wallace -- A Christmas tragedy / Agatha Christie

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Christmas mysteries

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