The mistletoe murder
Subtitle: and other stories
By: P.D. James
Edition: First large print edition.
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 216
ISBN-13: 9781524708924
Copyright date: 2016
Subjects: Short stories
Description: "As the acknowledged "Queen of Crime," P. D. James was frequently commissioned by newspapers and magazines to write a special short story for Christmas. Four of the best have been collected together for the first time in one volume [...] P. D. James's understanding of human nature illuminates each of these stories, making them ideal reading for the darkest days of the year. Each treats the reader to her masterfully atmospheric storytelling, a mystery to be solved, and enjoyable puzzles to keep the reader guessing. With wry humour, she pays tribute to her English crime-writing forebears, delighting in the secrets that lurk beneath the surface at enforced family gatherings and in old country houses--from the title story about a strained family reunion on Christmas Eve, to another about an illicit affair that ends in murder, and two cases that introduce James's poet-detective Adam Dalgliesh as a young detective sergeant."--
Table of contents: title: The mistletoe murder --; title: A very commonplace murder --; title: The Boxdale inheritance --; title: The twelve clues of Christmas.