A festive anthology of wintery mysteries in one pocket-sized gift edition.Christmas is not always the season of goodwill. As this hugely entertaining collection shows, it can also be the season of mysterious deaths, hidden poison bottles, and blunt instruments.The stories in Classic Christmas Crime Stories have been selected and introduced by writer David Stuart Davies. This collection of ten stories from the golden age of British crime writing features festive whodunits by Margery Allingham and Ngaio Marsh. There are unexplained deaths by all manner of suspect means from famous writers such as Arthur Conan Doyle and Marjorie Bowen, and dastardly Christmas crimes to be solved from esteemed crime writers such as Robert Barnard, Nicholas Olde, and H. R. F. Keating. Each story is brilliantly plotted - some deliciously tense, others laced with humour - and each is bound to thoroughly entertain.Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library, a series of stunning, cloth-bound, pocket-sized classics with gold foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover.
