TY - BOOK AU - Gayford, Cecily TI - Murder at Christmas: ten classic crime stories for the festive season edited by SN - 9781788163392 U1 - Fiction GAY-C PY - 2019/// CY - London PB - Profile Books KW - Fiction KW - Crime Fiction KW - Collection of Stories - Crime Fiction KW - Detective and mystery stories KW - Detective and mystery stories, English KW - Christmas stories, English KW - Thriller Fiction N1 - AChristmas is a season of overindulgence. For most of us, that means an extra mince pie, a second helping of turkey, or perhaps a third glass of mulled wine. But for some among us, the festive season is a time to settle old scores, dispatch new enemies and indulge ... in murder. Here, ten masters of the genre serve up mystery and mayhem aplenty. From a dowager's missing diamonds to a Christmas party gone horribly wrong, these classic crime stories will delight, puzzle and satisfy long after the last strands of tinsel have been packed away. Christmas is a season of overindulgence. For most of us, that means an extra mince pie, a second helping of turkey, or perhaps a third glass of mulled wine. But for some, the festive season is a time to settle old scores, dispatch new enemies and indulge ... in murder.

Here, ten masters of the genre serve up mystery and mayhem aplenty. From a dowager's missing jewels to a festive dinner gone horribly wrong, these classic crime stories will delight, puzzle and satisfy long after the last strands of tinsel have been cleared away ER -