Who Killed Father Christmas? And Other Seasonal Mysteries
The red robe concealed the blood until it made my hand sticky. Father Christmas had been stabbed in the back, and he was certainly dead.
The murder of Father Christmas at one of London’s great toy shops is just one of many yuletide disasters in this new collection of stories from the Golden Age of crime writing and beyond. Masters of the genre such as Patricia Moyes and John Dickson Carr present perfectly packaged short pieces, and Martin Edwards delivers a sackful of rarities from authors such as Ellis Peters, Gwyn Evans and Michael Innes.
The answer to any classic crime fiction fan’s Christmas wish – and the only way for you to answer Who Killed Father Christmas? – this new anthology is set to muddle, befuddle, surprise and delight.
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p.@softrosemint
An entirely charming and cozy collection of Christmas crime and mystery stories. Martin Edwards' continued efforts in collecting these are truly impressive.
Favourite stories: "On The Irish Mail" by Garnett Radcliffe, "The Christmas Thief" by Frank Howel Evans, "The Christmas Spirit" by Anthony Gilbert, "Gold, Frankincense, and Murder" by Catherine Aird, "Secrets in the Snow" by J. Jefferson Farjeon, "Who Killed Father Christmas?" by Patricia Moyes, "Death at Christmas" by Glyn Daniel, "The Bird of Dawning" by Michael Gilbert, "The Christmas Train" by Will Scott, and "A Present for Ivo" by Ellis Peters (so nearly all)