Who Killed Father Christmas?

And Other Seasonal Mysteries

Martin Edwards

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British Library Publishing
10 October 2023

Fiction & Literature; Classic crime

Series: British Library Crime Classics

'The red robe concealed the blood until it made my hand sticky. Father Christmas had been stabbed in the back, and he was certainly dead.'

The murder of Father Christmas at one of London's great toy shops is just one of many yuletide disasters in this new collection of stories from the Golden Age of crime writing and beyond. Masters of the genre such as Patricia Moyes and John Dickson Carr present perfectly packaged short pieces, and Martin Edwards delivers a sackful of rarities from authors such as Ellis Peters, Gwyn Evans and Michael Innes.

The answer to any classic crime fiction fan's Christmas wish - and the only way for you to answer Who Killed Father Christmas? - this new anthology is set to muddle, befuddle, surprise and delight.

Edited by: Martin Edwards
Imprint: British Library Publishing
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Volume: 118
Dimensions: Height: 190mm, Width: 130mm,
ISBN: 9780712354783
ISBN 10: 0712354786
Series: British Library Crime Classics
Pages: 288
Publication Date: 10 October 2023
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Martin Edwards is series consultant for the British Library Crime Classics series. In 2020 he was awarded the Diamond Dagger Award by the CWA for continued dedication and contribution to crime writing. The Golden Age of Murder, his study of the Detection Club, won the Edgar, Agatha, H R F Keating and Macavity awards. His history of the mystery genre, The Story of Classic Crime in 100 Books, was published by the British Library in 2017.