Crime At Christmas A Seasonal Box Of Murderous Delights Jack Adrian by Jack Adrian 9781853360312, 1853360317 instant download after payment.

Crime at Christmas, a Box of Murderous (and other) Delights, to take your mind off the rigours of the festive season. Here are eighteen short stories and no old sweats-—absolutely no stories which, however excellent, you must have read a score or more times before. Most have never appeared in book-form and two, by British crime writer James Melville and American suspense-writer Bill Pronzini, have been written especially for this anthology.There are tales of tension, tales of brain-racking ingenuity; grim tales, comic tales, atmospheric tales, undeniably acidic tales, tales with twists to their tails. There is a puzzle-story to ponder over, perhaps while cracking nuts beside the fire. There's even a recipe (and a very good one too; and from a surprising source). And all illustrated in fine style by Brian Denington.
CONTENTSIntroductionNICHOLAS BLAKE A Problem In WhiteJOHN DICKSON CARR Detective's Day OffJAMES MELVILLE Santa-San Solves It'PETER TODD' Herlock Sholmes's Christmas CaseEDWARD D. HOCH The Three TravellersPETER LOVESEY Murder In StoreETHEL LINA WHITE WaxworksJOSEPH COMMINGS Serenade to a KillerEDGAR WALLACE StuffingBILL PRONZINI No Room at the InnCYRIL HARE Sister BessieMARGERY ALLINGHAM Murder Under the MistletoeWILL SCOTT Christmas TrainROBERT ARTHUR A Present for ChristmasJULIAN SYMONS The Santa Claus Club'HERLOCK SHOLMES' The Secret in the Pudding BagANTHONY BURGESS The Great Christmas Train MysteryJAMES POWELL The Plot Against Santa ClausAFTERWORD Biggles' Apple SnowballsAcknowledgementsSourcesSolution to A Problem in White