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Christmas at The Mysterious Bookshop : 'tis the season to be deadly : stories of mistletoe and mayhem from 17 masters of suspense / edited by Otto Penzler.

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Vanguard Press, c2010.

Mysterious Bookshop -- Fiction.

New York (N.Y.) -- Fiction.

1st Vanguard Press ed.

x, 245 p. ; 25 cm.

Give till it hurts / Donald E. Westlake -- Schemes and variations / George Baxt -- The theft of the rusty bookmark / Edward D. Hoch -- Murder for dummies / Ron Goulart -- As dark as Christmas gets / Lawrence Block -- The holiday fairy / Jeremiah Healy -- I saw Mommy killing Santa Claus / Ed McBain -- The grift of the Magi / S. J. Rozan -- My object all sublime / Anne Perry -- Christmas spirit / Michael Malone -- The lesson of the season / Thomas H. Cook -- Yule be sorry / Lisa Michelle Atkinson -- The long winter's nap / Rupert Holmes -- Cold reading / Charles Ardai -- The killer Christian / Andrew Klavan -- The 74th tale / Jonathan Santlofer -- What's in a name? / Mary Higgins Clark.

"Each year, for the past seventeen years, Otto Penzler, owner of the legendary Mysterious Bookshop in New York City, has commissioned an original story by a leading mystery writer. The requirements were that it be a mystery/ crime/suspense story, that it be set during the Christmas season, and that at least some of the action must take place in The Mysterious Bookshop. These stories were then produced as pamphlets, 1,000 copies, and given to customers of the bookstore as a Christmas present. Now, all of these stories have been collected in one volume--Christmas at the Mysterious Bookshop. Some of the tales are humorous, others suspenseful, and still others mystifying. This charming one-of-a-kind collection is a perfect Christmas gift, appropriate for all ages and tastes."--Inside jacket.

Mystery fiction.

Christmas mystery.

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