Have yourself a mysterious little Christmas with fifteen whodunits from New York Times-bestselling authors Sharyn McCrumb, Mary Higgins Clark, and more! Peace on Earth isn’t everyone’s cup of tea in Charlotte MacLeod’s “A Cozy for Christmas.” Peter Lovesey’s “The Haunted Crescent” delivers a holiday ghost story with a twist. A training session for department-store Santas turns up Saint Nicks … department-store Santas turns up Saint Nicks who are anything but angels in Isaac Asimov’s “Ho, Ho, Ho.”
Marcia Muller’s “Silent Night” finds a tough private investigator searching San Francisco’s Tenderloin district–and discovering something unexpected.
A long-married couple’s ship finally comes in–only to spring a mysterious leak–in Mary Higgins Clark’s “That’s the Ticket.”
Scottish superstition catches up with a cat burglar in Sharyn McCrumb’s “A Wee Doch and Doris.”
These and many more stories will keep you turning pages and gathering evidence of yuletide mayhem. So when holiday shopping brings out your inner Grinch, hunker down with a hot toddy–and leave the murder to the experts.
This festive collection includes stories by Charlotte MacLeod, Peter Lovesey, Dorothy Salisbury Davis, Eric Wright, John Lutz, Howard Engel, Mary Higgins Clark, Bill Pronzini, Sharyn McCrumb, Henry Slesar, Edward D. Hoch, Aaron Elkins, Susan Dunlap, Isaac Asimov, and Marcia Muller.
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Got this for the Charlotte Macleod story but enjoyed several of the rest.
Good selection of authors, very entertaining
Did not really enjoy it
would love to read this book but can not get it to open on my Nook…..wish I could get it……
Great book with individual stories. Loved it
Some treasures, some just ok. Most are trick stories rather than acusl mysteries.
I was disappointed with this collection. I only liked a couple of them.
Most of the stories never captured my full interest.
Really enjoyed the twists and turns of this book and the characters were great. This is the first book I have read by this author, it won’t be the last.
Mysteries taking place during the Christmas season.
Quick read. Some stories with surprise endings.
I liked some of the stories especially Mary Higgens Clark’s but not all. Some were different and really original.
A very diverse collection and all interesting. Enjoyed each one.
Light, easy to read short stories. Good while watching my great grandsons.
This was a series of short stories. Most of the stories really didn’t feel like they had much substance, and at the end of each, I felt like I was missing something.
Not one of my favorite books. Did not enjoy reading it.
Don’t like sex only books
Wanted some light reading over the holidays. This fit the bill. Some better than others but m I stay fun short stories.
The editor chose stories that have not been the typical Christmas anthologies.
An easy read for the holidays.