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Detective and mystery stories.
Christmas stories.
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The usual Santas [la...
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The usual Santas [large type] : a collection of Soho Crime Christmas capers / [edited by Peter Lovesey] ; foreword by Peter Lovesey.
Waterville, Maine : Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2017.
Subjects
Detective and mystery stories.
Christmas stories.
ISBN:
9781432845155 (large print ; hardcover)
1432845152 (large print ; hardcover)
Description:
599 pages (large print) ; 23 cm
Contents:
Foreword / by Peter Lovesey -- Joy to the world: Various acts of kindness at Christmas. An elderly lady seeks peace at Christmastime / Helene Tursten -- The usual Santas / Mick Herron -- PX Christmas / Martin Limon -- Chalee's Nativity / Timothy Hallinan -- The Cuban Marquise's jewels / Teresa Dovalpage -- A mother's curse / Mette Ivie Harrison -- Silent night: The darkest of holiday noir. There's only one Father Christmas, right? / Colin Cotterill -- Martin / Ed Lin -- Queen of the hill / Stuart Neville -- Blue memories start calling / Tod Goldberg -- Bo Sau (Vengence) / Henry Chang -- Red Christmas / James R. Benn -- I saw Mommy kissing Santa Claus: and other holiday secrets. When the time came / Lene Kaaberbøl & Agnete Friis -- Hairpin holiday / Sujata Massey -- The prince (of peace) / Gary Corby -- Cabaret aux assassins / Cara Black -- Jane and the midnight clear / Stephanie Barron -- Supper with Miss Shivers / Peter Lovesey.
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This captivating collection -- which features eighteen bestselling and award-winning Soho Crime authors -- contains laughs aplenty, hardboiled holiday noir, and heartwarming reminders of the spirit of the season. Nine mall Santas must find the imposter among them. A young woman receives a mysterious invitation to Christmas dinner with a stranger. Niccoló Machiavelli sets out to save an Italian city. Jane Austen searches for the Dowager Duchess of Wilborough's stolen diamonds. And more adventures that will whisk readers away to Christmases around the globe.
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