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Title:

The usual Santas : a collection of Soho crime Christmas capers / forward by Peter Lovesey.

Publisher:

Soho PressInc.,

Copyright Date:

2017

Description:

ix, 400 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm

Subject:

Detective and mystery stories.
Christmas stories.

Other Authors:

Lovesey, Peter, author.
Tursten, Helene, author.
Delargy, Marlaine, translator.
Herron, Mick, author.
Limon, Martin, author.
Hallinan, Timothy, author.
Dovalpage, Teresa, author.
Harrison, Mette Ivie, author.
Cotterill, Colin, author.
Lin, Ed, author.
Neville, Stuart, author.
Goldberg, Tod, author.
Chang, Henry, author.
Benn, James R., author.
Kaaberbøl, Lene, author.
Friis, Agnete, author.
Massey, Sujata, author.
Corby, Gary, author.
Black, Cara, author.
Barron, Stephanie, author.

Contents:

"I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus" : And Other Holiday Secrets. "Joy to the World" : Various Acts of Kindness at Christmas. Peter Lovesey, "Supper with Miss Shivers". Mick Herron, "The Usual Santas", Martin Limon, "PX Christmas", Timothy Hallinan, "Chalee's Nativity", Teresa Dovalpage, "The Cuban Marquise's Jewels", Mette Ivie Harrison, "A Mother's Curse". "Silent Night" : The Darkest of Holiday Noir. Colin Cotterill, "There's Only One Father Christmas, Right?", Ed Lin, "Martin", Stuart Neville, "Queen of the Hill", Tod Goldberg, "Blue Memories Start Calling", Henry Chang, "Bo Sau (Vengeance)", James R. Benn, "Red Christmas". "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus" : And Other Holiday Secrets. Lene Kaaberol & Agnete Friis, "When the Time Came", Sujata Massey, "Hairpin Holiday", Gary Corby, "The Prince (of Peace)", Cara Black, "Cabaret aux Assassins", Stephanie Barron, "Jane and the Midnight Clear", Peter Lovesey, "Supper with Miss Shivers".

Summary:

This captivating collection, which features bestselling and award-winning authors, contains laughs aplenty, the most hardboiled of holiday noir, and heartwarming reminders of the spirit of the season. Nine mall Santas must find the imposter among them. An elderly lady seeks peace from her murderously loud neighbors at Christmastime. A young woman receives a mysterious invitation to Christmas dinner with a stranger. Niccolò Machiavelli sets out to save an Italian city. Sherlock Holmes's one-time nemesis Irene Adler finds herself in an unexpected tangle in Paris while on a routine espionage assignment. Jane Austen searches for the Dowager Duchess of Wilborough's stolen diamonds. These and other adventures in this delectable volume will whisk readers away to Christmases around the globe, from a Korean War POW camp to a Copenhagen refugee squat, from a palatial hotel in 1920s Bombay to a crumbling mansion in Havana.

ISBN:

9781641293181
1641293187

Locations:

CBPF522 -- Coralville Public Library (Coralville)