Crime for Christmas
By: Edited by Richard Dalby
Edition: First edition
Publisher: Michael O'Mara Books
Published: October 17, 1991
Place of publication: London, England, UK
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 280
Copyright date: 1991
First sentence: The sentiment express in that lovely passage from Samuel Rogers's 'Human Life' could also be applied to much-loved books, and rather belies the somewhat cynical remark which is attributed to him: 'When a new book is published, read an old one.'
Notes: £13.99
Printing statement: "First published in 1991"
Table of contents: label: Foreword
title: Peter Cushing OBE
pagenum: vii; label: The Trinity Cat
title: Ellis Peters
pagenum: 1; label: A Happy Solution
title: Raymund Allen
pagenum: 14; label: The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle
title: Arthur Conan Doyle
pagenum: 27; label: An Upright Woman
title: H.R.F. Keating
pagenum: 45; label: A Book for Christmas
title: Charistopher Hallam
pagenum: 67; label: A Pair of Muddy Shoes
title: Lennox Robinson
pagenum: 73; label: The Unknown Murderer
title: H.C. Bailey
pagenum: 80; label: The Buoy That Did Not Light
title: Edgar Wallace
pagenum: 101; label: A Christmas Tragedy
title: Agatha Christie
pagenum: 112; label: The Ghost’s Touch
title: Fergus Hume
pagenum: 127; label: The Grotto
title: Pamela Swewll
pagenum: 140; label: The Show Must Not Go On
title: David G. Rowlands
pagenum: 144; label: Red Lily
title: Dick Donovan
pagenum: 154; label: The Black Bag Left on a Doorstep
title: C.L. Pirkis
pagenum: 177; label: The Grave by the Handpost
title: Thomas Hardy
pagenum: 198; label: Mr Wray’s Cash Box
title: Wilkie Collins
pagenum: 209; label: Solution of the Endgame in ‘A Happy Solution’
pagenum: 279; label: Acknowledgments
pagenum: 280