The Mistletoe Murder: And Other Stories

by James, P. D.
ISBN: 9781101973806
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Throughout her illustrious career as the Queen of Crime, P. D. James was frequently commissioned by newspapers and magazines to write a special short story for Christmas. Now, for the first time, four of the best are collected here. In "The Twelve Clues of Christmas," James's iconic Scotland Yard detective, Adam Dalgliesh, is drawn into a case that is pure Agatha Christie. In "A Very Commonplace Murder," a respectable clerk's secret taste for pornography is only the first reason he finds for not coming forward as a witness to a terrible crime. "The Boxdale Inheritance" finds Dalgliesh reinvestigating a notorious murder at the insistence of his godfather--only to uncover the darkest of family secrets. And in the title story, a bestselling crime novelist describes the crime in which she herself was involved some fifty years ago.

Playful and ingenious, shot through with narrative elegance and sly humor, The Mistletoe Murder is a treat for P. D. James's legions of fans--and anyone who enjoys the pleasures of a masterfully wrought whodunit.

  • Format: TradePaperback
  • Author: James, P. D.
  • ISBN: 9781101973806
  • Condition: Used
  • Dimensions: 8.00 x 0.50
  • Number Of Pages: 160
  • Publication Year: 2017

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  • A Murder or More for Christmas

    Adriana H. - 4 years 10 months ago

    P.D. James delivers four brilliant vignettes, all with endings that make perfect sense but nearly impossible to guess at the outset. A Christie for Christmas was a tradition for decades as the Dame herself gifted readers with a new mystery for the holidays. P. D. James holiday mysteries have the Golden Age feel of a Christie but with her own signature style. My favorite of the four was the first, the mystery of a body in the library during an intimate family Christmas. I picked up this book for my Christmas treat, planning to read just one but loved each so much that I couldn't help but keep going. A must-read for readers of mysteries new and old.

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