{"product_id":"classic-christmas-crime-stories-9781529097566","title":"Classic Christmas Crime Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Designed to appeal to the book lover, the Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of beautifully bound pocket-sized gift editions of much loved classic titles. Bound in real cloth, printed on high quality paper, and featuring ribbon markers and gilt edges, Macmillan Collector's Library are books to love and treasure. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChristmas is not always the season of goodwill. As this hugely entertaining collection shows, it can also be the season of mysterious deaths, hidden poison bottles and blunt instruments... \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe stories in\u003ci\u003e Classic Christmas Crime Stories \u003c\/i\u003ehave been selected and introduced by writer David Stuart Davies. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis collection of ten stories from the golden age of British crime writing features festive whodunits by Margery Allingham and Ngaio Marsh. There are unexplained deaths by all manner of suspect means from famous writers such as Baroness Orczy and Marjorie Bowen, and dastardly Christmas crimes to be solved from esteemed crime writers such as Robert Barnard, Nicholas Olde and H. R. F. Keating. Each story is brilliantly plotted - some deliciously tense, others laced with humor - and each is bound to thoroughly entertain.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David Stuart Davies,Various\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e MacMillan Collector's Library\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/17\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.20h x 3.90w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781529097566\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDavid Stuart Davies is the prolific author of numerous novels, plays and non-fiction books, and he has contributed to many short story anthologies. An expert on Sherlock Holmes, he's an invested member of the Baker Street Irregulars and a member of The Detection Club. For twenty years he was the editor of the Crime Writers' Association's monthly publication \u003ci\u003eRed Herrings\u003c\/i\u003e. He has a new series of Golden Age mysteries featuring private detective Rupert Wilde, the first of which is The Dead of Winter.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"David Stuart Davies \/ Hardcover \/ English","offer_id":47474224857245,"sku":"9781529097566","price":29.97,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_ce1d990b-0522-4d01-b0e4-d466e4050aac.jpg?v=1765395168","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/classic-christmas-crime-stories-9781529097566","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}