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Murder under the Christmas Tree
Murder under the Christmas Tree: Ten Classic Crime Stories for the Festive Season | Cecily Gayford
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Murder most festive... A locked room mystery solved with a flourish on Boxing Day. Blackmail on Christmas Eve. A missing jewel discovered in a very festive hiding place. A body slumped in a chair on Christmas morning, still listening to carols. The midnight theft of a gift intended for a saint. Crime doesn't take a holiday, so these - and many more - are the puzzles that make up Murder under the Christmas Tree, a collection of festive mysteries featuring fictional sleuths from Lord Peter Wimsey to Sherlock Holmes, Cadfael to Father Brown. This is the very best of Christmas murder and mayhem - so settle into your armchair, put another log on the fire and take a bite of your mince pie. Just make sure it's not poisoned...
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kezzlou85
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#WinterGames2024 #HolidayBookDragons #ChristmasCheer
Day 18: Tree. Well says it all in the title. I like to mix up holiday romance with a bit of murder this time of year.
@LiseWorks @Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Eggs Great cover 🌲🖤🌲 1d
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Andrew65
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10 classic stories that take place at Christmas, including authors such as Arthur Conan Doyle, Marjory Allingham, G K Chesterton etc bit also a story from Val McDermid and Ian Rankin.

Sone good stories but as always with short stories you are often wanting more.

11th book finished for #DashingDecember
#WinterGames

PuddleJumper 💙❄️💙 12mo
Catsandbooks 🍭❄️❤️ 12mo
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Ruthiella Sounds great! 🎄💀🔪🎅🏻 12mo
DieAReader 🥳🥳🥳 12mo
kezzlou85 I have this book. I really liked some of the stories. 12mo
Andrew65 @kezzlou85 I agree some were very good, especially with characters from other books. 12mo
BookmarkTavern How fun! 🎉🎉🎉 12mo
TheAromaofBooks Yay!!! 12mo
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VeraNyx
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Panpan

Ibwas trying to be festive with this collection of Christmas themed crime stories. Not all had murder. They were all dated and boring stories.

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kezzlou85
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#WondrousWednesday thanks for the tags @Eggs and @Crazeedi
1: ooh tricky one. I'm loving Karin Slaughter at the moment. But I guess I'd have to say the Queen of murder Agatha Christie
2: I panned a couple but I can't remember the titles. Panned because the stories just didn't appeal one made light of flouting covid rules.
3: My health, its been a rough year with an operation gone wrong leading to major surgery but I'm here and alive.

Crazeedi I have been where you were, I hope your healing continues and you regain full health❤ 3y
Eggs Wishes and hope for your healing ❤️‍🩹 3y
kezzlou85 @Crazeedi I hope you're better now too then. Thanks getting there just slower and of course wasn't expecting the major surgery but that's life. I have abnormal organs apparently. 3y
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kezzlou85 @Eggs aww thanks so much. 3y
Crazeedi @kezzlou85 I have a weird body too😏 3y
kezzlou85 @Crazeedi glad it's not just me then. Hope it's not giving you too much trouble. 3y
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kezzlou85
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There's ten short stories in this and I enjoyed most of them. I think my favourite was adventure of the blue carbuncle. Many well recognised authors and characters. #WinterGames2020 #MerryReaders. Already counted 3 stories so 175 points plus 5 hours for #Averymerrybingo and another bingo square. @Clwojick @Jadams1776 226pts

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Started this and full of short stories so lots of points to be had. Three down so 75 pts already. Dec 2nd totals are 75 pts short stories, #crushtherush 30, #ReadYourWay 30, friends festive episode 5, only fools and horses festive episode 5. Total 145 pts.
#WinterGames2020 #MerryReaders
@Clwojick

erzascarletbookgasm Ooooh this book sounds like a good comfort read! 4y
Clwojick Awesome! ♥️❄️ 4y
kezzlou85 @erzascarletbookgasm I'm enjoying it so far. Lots of famous authors. 4y
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kezzlou85 @Clwojick thank you. 4y
veritysalter I love these collections, some classic, some more modern. I‘ve found lots of new (to me) mystery writers through them ♥️ 4y
kezzlou85 @veritysalter me too. This is the first one for me but am loving it. 4y
veritysalter I read ‘A Very Murderous Christmas‘ and ‘Ghosts of Christmas Past‘ last year for #WinterGames and have bought ‘Murder on Christmas Eve‘ and ‘Murder at Christmas‘ for this year. The British Crime Library books are excellent too. 4y
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Madison91
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Panpan

I picked this up in a hospital waiting room while I was waiting to get seen for a broken bone. It was the best option of a bad bunch of old romance novels, and I should have gone with the romance 😅 it would not have been finished if the wait wasn‘t so long 👎🏼

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ElizaMarie
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Although I‘m not a huge fan of short stories ... this collection was great. Great little Christmas read. I‘m excited to make this another tradition of the books I read (or parts of) next year as well

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ElizaMarie
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He is judging me for not paying attention to him and reading instead :/ I actually really like these little stories

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Jhullie
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Recommendations please: We have hot, Summer Christmases here in Australia 🇦🇺 so for a change of season I am looking for some Wintery Christmas books, preferably mystery and murder. Which are your favorites?

Lizpixie I‘m also reading this one for the first time this Xmas 7y
Christine As a Californian I asked for the same recently and was recommended Burial Rites ... I plan to start it soon! (edited) 7y
JaclynW This picture! 😄 I've also enjoyed 7y
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shiree
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a little festive suspense tonight.