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,…mehr
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.
OTTO PENZLER is the editor of eleven other Vintage Crime/Black Lizard anthologies, including The Big Book of Pulps, The Big Book of Black Mask Stories, and, most recently, The Big Book of Ghost Stories. He lives in New York City.
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INTRODUCTION Otto Penzler
A Traditional Little Christmas THE ADVENTURE OF THE CHRISTMAS PUDDING Agatha Christie GOLD, FRANKINCENSE AND MURDER Catherine Aird BOXING UNCLEVER Robert Barnard THE PROOF OF THE PUDDING Peter Lovesey THE ADVENTURE OF THE DAUPHIN’S DOLL Ellery Queen MORSE’S GREATEST MYSTERY Colin Dexter MORE THAN FLESH AND BLOOD Susan Moody THE BUTLER’S CHRISTMAS EVE Mary Roberts Rinehart THE TRINITY CAT Ellis Peters 91
A Funny Little Christmas THE BURGLAR AND THE WHATSIT Donald E. Westlake DANCING DAN’S CHRISTMAS Damon Runyon A VISIT FROM ST. NICHOLAS Ron Goulart THE THIEVES WHO COULDN’T HELP SNEEZING Thomas Hardy RUMPOLE AND THE SPIRIT OF CHRISTMAS John Mortimer A REVERSIBLE SANTA CLAUS Meredith Nicholson
A Sherlockian Little Christmas A SCANDAL IN WINTER Gillian Linscott THE CHRISTMAS CLIENT Edward D. Hoch THE SECRET IN THE PUDDING BAG & HERLOCK SHOLMES’S CHRISTMAS CASE Peter Todd CHRISTMAS EVE S. C. Roberts THE ADVENTURE OF THE BLUE CARBUNCLE Arthur Conan Doyle
A Pulpy Little Christmas DEAD ON CHRISTMAS STREET John D. MacDonald CRIME’S CHRISTMAS CAROL Norvell Page SERENADE TO A KILLER Joseph Commings
An Uncanny Little Christmas THE HAUNTED CRESCENT Peter Lovesey A CHRISTMAS IN CAMP Edmund Cox THE CHRISTMAS BOGEY Pat Frank THE KILLER CHRISTIAN Andrew Klavan THE GHOST’S TOUCH Fergus Hume A WREATH FOR MARLEY Max Allan Collins
A Scary Little Christmas THE CAROL SINGERS Josephine Bell WAXWORKS Ethel Lina White CAMBRIC TEA Marjorie Bowen THE 74TH TALE Jonathan Santlofer THE UNINNOCENT Bradford Morrow BLUE CHRISTMAS Peter Robinson
A Surprising Little Christmas NOEL, NOEL Barry Perowne DEATH ON CHRISTMAS EVE Stanley Ellin THE CHINESE APPLE Joseph Shearing
A Modern Little Christmas AND ALL THROUGH THE HOUSE Ed McBain AN EARLY CHRISTMAS Doug Allyn THE LIVE TREE John Lutz THREE-DOT PO Sara Paretsky MAD DOG Dick Lochte
A Puzzling Little Christmas SISTER BESSIE Cyril Hare THAT’S THE TICKET Mary Higgins Clark DEATH ON THE AIR Ngaio Marsh THE THIRTEENTH DAY OF CHRISTMAS Isaac Asimov THE CHRISTMAS KITTEN Ed Gorman THE SANTA CLAUS CLUB Julian Symons
A Classic Little Christmas THE FLYING STARS G. K. Chesterton CHRISTMAS PARTY Rex Stout THE RAFFLES RELICS E. W. Hornung THE PRICE OF LIGHT Ellis Peters A PRESENT FOR SANTA SAHIB H. R. F. Keating THE CHRISTMAS TRAIN Will Scott MARKHEIM Robert Louis Stevenson A CHAPARRAL CHRISTMAS GIFT O. Henry THE CHOPHAM AFFAIR Edgar Wallace A CHRISTMAS TRAGEDY Agatha Christie
A Traditional Little Christmas THE ADVENTURE OF THE CHRISTMAS PUDDING Agatha Christie GOLD, FRANKINCENSE AND MURDER Catherine Aird BOXING UNCLEVER Robert Barnard THE PROOF OF THE PUDDING Peter Lovesey THE ADVENTURE OF THE DAUPHIN’S DOLL Ellery Queen MORSE’S GREATEST MYSTERY Colin Dexter MORE THAN FLESH AND BLOOD Susan Moody THE BUTLER’S CHRISTMAS EVE Mary Roberts Rinehart THE TRINITY CAT Ellis Peters 91
A Funny Little Christmas THE BURGLAR AND THE WHATSIT Donald E. Westlake DANCING DAN’S CHRISTMAS Damon Runyon A VISIT FROM ST. NICHOLAS Ron Goulart THE THIEVES WHO COULDN’T HELP SNEEZING Thomas Hardy RUMPOLE AND THE SPIRIT OF CHRISTMAS John Mortimer A REVERSIBLE SANTA CLAUS Meredith Nicholson
A Sherlockian Little Christmas A SCANDAL IN WINTER Gillian Linscott THE CHRISTMAS CLIENT Edward D. Hoch THE SECRET IN THE PUDDING BAG & HERLOCK SHOLMES’S CHRISTMAS CASE Peter Todd CHRISTMAS EVE S. C. Roberts THE ADVENTURE OF THE BLUE CARBUNCLE Arthur Conan Doyle
A Pulpy Little Christmas DEAD ON CHRISTMAS STREET John D. MacDonald CRIME’S CHRISTMAS CAROL Norvell Page SERENADE TO A KILLER Joseph Commings
An Uncanny Little Christmas THE HAUNTED CRESCENT Peter Lovesey A CHRISTMAS IN CAMP Edmund Cox THE CHRISTMAS BOGEY Pat Frank THE KILLER CHRISTIAN Andrew Klavan THE GHOST’S TOUCH Fergus Hume A WREATH FOR MARLEY Max Allan Collins
A Scary Little Christmas THE CAROL SINGERS Josephine Bell WAXWORKS Ethel Lina White CAMBRIC TEA Marjorie Bowen THE 74TH TALE Jonathan Santlofer THE UNINNOCENT Bradford Morrow BLUE CHRISTMAS Peter Robinson
A Surprising Little Christmas NOEL, NOEL Barry Perowne DEATH ON CHRISTMAS EVE Stanley Ellin THE CHINESE APPLE Joseph Shearing
A Modern Little Christmas AND ALL THROUGH THE HOUSE Ed McBain AN EARLY CHRISTMAS Doug Allyn THE LIVE TREE John Lutz THREE-DOT PO Sara Paretsky MAD DOG Dick Lochte
A Puzzling Little Christmas SISTER BESSIE Cyril Hare THAT’S THE TICKET Mary Higgins Clark DEATH ON THE AIR Ngaio Marsh THE THIRTEENTH DAY OF CHRISTMAS Isaac Asimov THE CHRISTMAS KITTEN Ed Gorman THE SANTA CLAUS CLUB Julian Symons
A Classic Little Christmas THE FLYING STARS G. K. Chesterton CHRISTMAS PARTY Rex Stout THE RAFFLES RELICS E. W. Hornung THE PRICE OF LIGHT Ellis Peters A PRESENT FOR SANTA SAHIB H. R. F. Keating THE CHRISTMAS TRAIN Will Scott MARKHEIM Robert Louis Stevenson A CHAPARRAL CHRISTMAS GIFT O. Henry THE CHOPHAM AFFAIR Edgar Wallace A CHRISTMAS TRAGEDY Agatha Christie
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