Christmas at The Mysterious Bookshop : 'tis the season to be deadly : stories of mistletoe and mayhem from 17 masters of suspense
(2010)
Fiction
Book
Call Numbers:
MYSTERY/CHRISTMAS/SC
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
New York : Vanguard Press, 2010
EDITION
First Vanguard Press edition
DESCRIPTION
x, 245 pages ; 25 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9781593156176, 1593156170
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Features over fifteen mystery short stories set during Christmas, with some of the action taking place at the editor's real-life Mysterious Bookshop in New York City
CONTENTS
Give till it hurts /
Donald E. Westlake -- Schemes and variations /
George Baxt -- Theft of the rusty bookmark /
Edward D. Hoch -- Murder for dummies /
Ron Goulart -- As dark as Christmas gets /
Lawrence Block -- Holiday fairy /
Jeremiah Healy -- I saw Mommy killing Santa Claus /
Ed McBain -- Grift of the Magi /
S. J. Rozan -- My object all sublime /
Anne Perry -- Christmas spirit /
Michael Malone -- Lesson of the season /
Thomas H. Cook -- Yule be sorry /
Lisa Michelle Atkinson -- Long winter's nap /
Rupert Holmes -- Cold reading /
Charles Ardai -- Killer Christian /
Andrew Klavan -- The 74th tale /
Jonathan Santlofer -- What's in a name? /
Mary Higgins Clark