Big Book of Christmas Mysteries 100 of the Very Best Yuletide Whodunnits
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Biographical note
Otto Penzler is the proprietor of the Mysterious Bookshop in New York City, founder of the Mysterious Press, and a two-time Edgar award-winner. He may be reached at www.MysteriousBookshop.com.Some famous names appear, as do quite a few writers unknown or unjustly forgotten and there are many gems. This is not a literary meal to be consumed too quickly. A diet of four stories a day is suggested
The Times, Books of the Year
What better Christmas gift for crime fiction addicts than this mighty tome... Hugely enjoyable'
Irish Independent
Anyone who cares about the best mystery writing of the past century and beyond would be lucky to receive this thick volume during the holidays
Washington Post
It should keep thriller fans entertained well into the New Year
Herald, The Year's Best Books for Gifts
There's something for every festive mood in this must-read collection... This is the best Christmas crime anthology in print today'
Urban Fox
A great book to keep you company on those drawn out winter evenings... Full of tales that are especially worthy of reading aloud'
This England
A special reissue from Head of Zeus's bestselling anthology collection of the 100 best Yuletide whodunnits.
A Times Book of the Year 2014.
This Christmas crime anthology stars Poirot, Marple, Rebus, More, Rumpole, Sherlock, Cadfael and many, many more. Festive felonies, unscrupulous santas, deadly puddings, and misdemeanors under the mistletoe...
From Victorian detective stories to modern mysteries, police procedurals to pulp fiction, comic gems to cozy crime, there's something for every festive mood in this must-read collection starring sixty of the world's favourite detectives.
Featuring an all-star cast of authors including Isaac Asimov, Mary Higgins Clark, Arthur Conan Doyle, G.K. Chesterton, Colin Dexter, Thomas Hardy, H.R.F. Keating, Ngaio Marsh, John Mortimer, Ellis Peters, Sara Paretsky, Robert Louis Stevenson and – of course – Agatha Christie, this is the biggest and best Christmas crime anthology in print today.