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Ho, Ho, Ho and Merry Murder

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From: Chicago Sun-Times
Date: 19921220
Author:Edward S. Gilbreth

New mysteries timed for Christmas include a collection of Yuletide stories by top mystery writers past and present, and a Simon Brett novel strewn with intricate puzzles linked to Christmas weekend in a country hotel.

Crime for Christmas (St. Martin's, $18.95), edited by Richard Dalby, should delight just about anyone who relishes curling up with a cozy on a wintry night. Reprints of stories by A. Conan Doyle, Agatha Christie, Ellis Peters, H. R. F. Keating, Edgar Wallace and 11 others feature each spinning a traditional mystery tied to merry-merry time.

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