lining.
Armitage said, “So you were going to peddle this stuff to young men and women at the university, were you? Charming, I must say. Now you can come back to the Yard and tell us all about your employers—if you want a chance at saving your own neck, that is.”
Miss MacArthur was goggling at me. “Oh, Mr. Borrowdale!” she squeaked. “Have I gone and done something wrong?”
I never did like Miss MacArthur.
[i] Ed. note: A joyful note to anachronism—shortly after this story was written.
Table of Contents
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
INTRODUCTION
A WINTER’S TALE – Ann Cleeves
GRIST FOR THE MILLS OF CHRISTMAS – James Powell
AS DARK AS CHRISTMAS GETS – Lawrence Block
RUMPOLE AND THE SPIRIT OF CHRISTMAS – John Mortimer
DEAD ON CHRISTMAS STREET – John D. MacDonald
MISS CRINDLE AND FATHER CHRISTMAS – Malcolm Gray
MYSTERY FOR CHRISTMAS – Anthony Boucher
THE CASE IS ALTERED – Margery Allingham
CHRISTMAS COP – Thomas Larry Adcock
THE THEFT OF THE CHRISTMAS STOCKING – Edward D. Hoch
THE CHRISTMAS BEAR – Herbert Resnicow
THE SHAPE OF THE NIGHTMARE – Francis M. Nevins, Jr.
CHRISTMAS GIFT – Robert Turner
SANTA’S WAY – James Powell
I SAW MOMMY KILLING SANTA CLAUS – George Baxt
SUPPER WITH MISS SHIVERS – Peter Lovesey
APPALACHIAN BLACKMAIL – Jacqueline Vivelo
ON CHRISTMAS DAY IN THE MORNING – Margery Allingham
SANTA CLAUS BEAT – Rex Stout
WHITE LIKE THE SNOW – Dan Stumpf
RUMPOLE AND THE CHAMBERS PARTY – John Mortimer
THE SPY AND THE CHRISTMAS CIPHER – Edward D. Hoch
INSPECTOR TIERCE AND THE CHRISTMAS VISITS – Jeffry Scott
CHRISTMAS PARTY – Martin Werner
THE ADVENTURE OF THE BLUE CARBUNCLE – Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
THE EMBEZZLER’S CHRISTMAS PRESENT – Ennis Duling
BELIEVING IN SANTA – Ron Goulart
PASS THE PARCEL – Peter Lovesey
THE THEFT OF SANTA’S BEARD – Edward D. Hoch
A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH – Georges Simenon
MURDER UNDER THE MISTLETOE – Margery Allingham
WHO KILLED FATHER CHRISTMAS? – Patricia Moyes
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