The Folio Book of Christmas Crime Stories

This anthology collects crime and detective stories set at Christmas or in the days around it. Typical pieces use parties, closed country houses, shops, and winter streets as the scene of theft, murder, or a puzzle that a professional or amateur investigator must unwind before the holiday ends. Contributors include writers of classic English detection and later crime fiction, so the methods range from clue-puzzle to harder urban investigation. The stories are independent. The book is a seasonal sampler of crime short fiction, not a single serial about one detective and not a history of the genre.

Three-quarter bound in blue cloth with printed paper cover. Dark blue slipcase.