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050 00 $aPR1309.D4$bS54 2015
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245 00 $aSilent nights :$bChristmas mysteries /$cedited and introduced by Martin Edwards.
264 1 $aLondon :$bThe British Library,$c2015.
300 $a287 pages ;$c19 cm.
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
490 1 $aBritish Library crime classics
505 0 $aIntroduction / Martin Edwards -- The blue carbuncle / Arthur Conan Doyle -- Parlour tricks / Ralph Plummer -- A happy solution / Raymund Allen -- The flying stars / G.K. Chesterton -- Stuffing / Edgar Wallace -- The unknown murderer / H.C. Bailey -- The absconding treasurer / J. Jefferson Farjeon -- The necklace of pearls / Dorothy L. Sayers -- The case is altered / Margery Allingham -- Waxworks / Ethel Lina White -- Cambric tea / Marjorie Bowen -- The Chinese apple / Joseph Shearing -- A problem in white / Nicholas Blake -- The name on the window / Edmund Crispin -- Beef for Christmas / Leo Bruce -- Solutions.
520 $aChristmas is a mysterious, as well as magical, time of year. Strange things can happen, and this helps to explain the hallowed tradition of telling ghost stories around the fireside as the year draws to a close. Christmas tales of crime and detection have a similar appeal. When television becomes tiresome, and party games pall, the prospect of curling up in the warm with a good mystery is enticing - and much better for the digestion than yet another helping of plum pudding. Crime writers are just as susceptible as readers to the countless attractions of Christmas. Over the years, many distinguished practitioners of the genre have given one or more of their stories a Yuletide setting. The most memorable Christmas mysteries blend a lively storyline with an atmospheric evocation of the season. Getting the mixture right is much harder than it looks. This book introduces readers to some of the finest Christmas detective stories of the past.
650 0 $aDetective and mystery stories, English.
650 7 $aDetective and mystery stories, English.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst00891515
655 7 $aChristmas fiction.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01981983
655 7 $aChristmas stories.$2gsafd
655 7 $aDetective and mystery fiction.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01726581
655 7 $aShort stories.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01726740
655 7 $aShort stories.$2lcgft
655 7 $aDetective and mystery fiction.$2lcgft
655 7 $aChristmas fiction.$2lcgft
700 1 $aEdwards, Martin,$d1955-$eeditor.
830 0 $aBritish Library crime classics.
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