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Mystery for Christmas

by · 1990

Selected for Christmas seriesNext:Shivers for Christmas(1995) →

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Richard Dalby – Foreword

Charles Dickens – The Black Veil

Mrs. J. H. Riddell – The Banshee’s Warning

Erckmann-Chatrian – The Citizen’s Watch

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Thomas Hardy – What The Shepherd Saw

Edward Lucas White – The Picture Puzzle

Dolf Wyllarde – Ellison’s Christmas Dinner

Marjorie Bowen – Marwood’s Ghost Story

Margery H. Lawrence – The Man Who Came Back

Joseph Shearing – The Chinese Apple

Ronald Duncan – Diary Of A Poltergeist

Muriel Spark – The Leaf-Sweeper

Derek Stanford – The Illuminated Office

H. R. F. Keating – The Case Of Seven Santas

Sydney J. Bounds – Mage Of The Monkeys

Maggie Ross – Nostalgia

Roger F. Dunkley – The Reluctant Murderer

John S. Glasby – Cyanide For Christmas

Elizabeth Fancett – The Cloak Of DeSouvre

Roger Johnson – The Soldier

Ron Weighell – The Case Of The Fiery Messengers

David G. Rowlands – The Codex

John Whitbourn – Peace On Earth, Goodwill To Most Men

Mary Williams – Christmas Rose

Genre
mysterymysteryMore like thisLess of thishorrorhorrorMore like thisLess of this
Themes
ChristmasChristmasMore like thisLess of this
Setting
1990s1990sMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 292 pages
Form
short storiesshort storiesMore like thisLess of this

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