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BIG BOOK OF CHRISTMAS MYSTERIES - OTTO PENZLER ...

Have yourself a crooked little Christmas with The Big Book of Christmas Mysteries.   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. From classic
Victorian tales by Arthur Conan Doyle  Robert Louis Stevenson  and Thomas Hardy  to
contemporary stories by Sara Paretsky and Ed McBain  this collection touches on all aspects of
the holiday season  and all types of mysteries. They are suspenseful  funny  frightening  and
poignant.   Included are puzzles by Mary Higgins Clark  Isaac Asimov  and Ngaio Marsh  uncanny
tales in the tradition of A Christmas Carol by Peter Lovesey and Max Allan Collins  O.
Henry-like stories by Stanley Ellin and Joseph Shearing  stories by pulp icons John D.
MacDonald and Damon Runyon  comic gems from Donald E. Westlake and John Mortimer  and many 
many more. Almost any kind of mystery you're in the mood for--suspense  pure detection  humor 
cozy  private eye  or police procedural-can be found in these pages.    FEATURING: -
Unscrupulous Santas - Crimes of Christmases Past and Present - Festive felonies - Deadly
puddings - Misdemeanors under the mistletoe - Christmas cases for classic characters including
Sherlock Holmes  Brother Cadfael  Miss Marple  Hercule Poirot  Ellery Queen  Rumpole of the
Bailey  Inspector Morse  Inspector Ghote  A.J. Raffles  and Nero Wolfe.

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