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

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Profile Books, 2016.

Murder -- Fiction.

9781781257913 (LRP trade pbk.)

1 volume ; 20 cm.

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.

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...

Mystery fiction.

Christmas stories.

Gayford, Cecily.

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