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Title:

Silent nights : Christmas mysteries / edited with introductions by Martin Edwards.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

Poisoned Pen Press,

Copyright Date:

2015

Description:

vi, 290 pages ; 21 cm.

Subject:

Detective and mystery stories, English.
Short stories, English.
Christmas--Fiction.
Christmas stories, English.
Mystery fiction.
Short stories.

Other Authors:

Edwards, Martin, 1955- editor.
Doyle, Arthur Conan, 1859-1930. Blue carbuncle.
Plummer, Ralph. Parlour tricks.
Allen, Raymund. Happy solution.
Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith), 1874-1936. Flying stars.
Wallace, Edgar, 1875-1932. Stuffing.
Bailey, H. C. (Henry Christopher), 1878-1961. Unknown murderer.
Farjeon, J. Jefferson (Joseph Jefferson), 1883-1955. Absconding treasurer.
Sayers, Dorothy L. (Dorothy Leigh), 1893-1957. Necklace of pearls.
Allingham, Margery, 1904-1966. Case is altered.
White, Ethel Lina. Waxworks.

Notes:

"Originally published in London in 1936 by Collins"--Title page verso.

Contents:

Beef for Christmas / Leo Bruce. Parlour tricks / Ralph Plummer -- A happy solution / Raymund Allen -- The flying stars / G.K. Chesterton -- Stuffing / Edgar Wallace -- The unknown murderer / H.C. Bailey -- The absconding treasurer / J. Jefferson Farjeon -- The necklace of pearls / Dorothy L. Sayers -- The case is altered / Margery Allingham -- Waxworks / Ethel Lina White -- Cambric Tea / Marjorie Bowen -- The Chinese apple / Joseph Shearing -- A problem in white / Nicholas Blake -- The name on the window / Edmund Crispin -- Beef for Christmas / Leo Bruce.

Summary:

Collects fifteen classic British mystery tales featuring a Christmas themes.

Series:

British Library crime classics.

ISBN:

1464204993
9781464204999 (softcover)

LCCN:

bl2015048921

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)

TCPG826 -- Bettendorf Public Library Information Center (Bettendorf)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)