num_pages: 288
description: Christmas is a time of goodwill to all men ... or is it?As the nights draw in throw another log on the fire and settle back into your armchair to enjoy this collection of ten classic Christmas mysteries in which crime's best known sleuths from Rebus to Holmes and Cadfael to Father Brown uncover murder and mayhem galore.Whether it's a Christmas goose with a surprising secret cargo a murdered pantomime dame or a killer who departs the scene of the crime without leaving a single footprint these stories will puzzle and delight in equal measure. And along the way there'll be enough carols and Christmas pudding mistletoe and mulled wine to warm the heart of a stone-cold killer ... perhaps.
language: English
title: Murder Under the Christmas Tree: Ten Classic Crime Stories for the Festive Season
publisher: Profile Books