The Large E book of Christmas Mysteries

The Edgar Award-winning editor collects sixty of his all-time favourite vacation crime tales—from Arthur Conan Doyle and Thomas Hardy, to Sara Paretsky and Ed McBain. • “Anybody who cares about one of the best thriller writing of the previous century and past could be fortunate to obtain this thick quantity throughout the holidays.” —The Washington Publish

This assortment touches on all facets of the vacation season, and all kinds of mysteries. They’re suspenseful, humorous, horrifying, and poignant.
Included are puzzles by Mary Higgins Clark, Isaac Asimov, and Ngaio Marsh; uncanny tales within the custom of A Christmas Carol by Peter Lovesey and Max Allan Collins; O. Henry-like tales by Stanley Ellin and Joseph Shearing, tales by pulp icons John D. MacDonald and Damon Runyon; comedian gems from Donald E. Westlake and John Mortimer; and plenty of, many extra. Virtually any form of thriller you’re within the temper for–suspense, pure detection, humor, cozy, non-public eye, or police procedural—might be present in these pages.
 
FEATURING:
–        Unscrupulous Santas
–        Crimes of Christmases Previous and Current
–        Festive felonies
–        Lethal puddings
–        Misdemeanors beneath the mistletoe
–        Christmas circumstances for traditional characters together with Sherlock Holmes, Brother Cadfael, Miss Marple, Hercule Poirot, Ellery Queen, Rumpole of the Bailey, Inspector Morse, Inspector Ghote, A.J. Raffles, and Nero Wolfe.