The Big Book of Christmas Mysteries
- ISBN-10
- 0345802985
- ISBN-13
- 9780345802989
- Category
- Fiction
- Pages
- 654
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2013
- Publisher
- Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
- Author
- Otto Penzler
Description
Collects the editor's all-time favorite holiday crime stories, including tales by such authors as Arthur Conan Doyle, Sara Paretsky, Peter Lovesey, O. Henry, Damon Runyon, Agatha Christie, and Robert Louis Stevenson.
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- 2013-12-01
- 1280 pages
- Paperback
- Bloomsbury Publishing
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