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Who Killed Father Christmas? And Other Unseasonable Demises
by Patricia Moyes

Early in Patricia Moyes's career, Vivian Mort wrote that she "put the who back into whodunit," and The Encyclopedia of Mystery and Detection called her "one of the finest practitioners in the classic form." Who Killed Father Christmas? contains twenty short stories ranging from holiday homicides to Caribbean crimes to village villainies... read more.

All Current Books
Title Author
A Killing Climate: The Collected Mystery Stories Eric Wright
Adam and Eve on a Raft: Mystery Stories Ron Goulart
All Creatures Dark and Dangerous Doug Allyn
Banner Deadlines: The Impossible Files of Senator Brooks U. Banner Joseph Commings
Byline: Mickey Spillane Mickey Spillane
Carpenter and Quincannon - Professional Detective Services Bill Pronzini
Challenge the Widow-Maker Clark Howard
Come Into My Parlor Hugh B. Cave
Cuddy–Plus One Jeremiah Healy
Dead Yesterday Mignon G. Eberhart
Diagnosis: Impossible Edward D. Hoch
Do Not Exceed the Stated Dose Peter Lovesey
Dr. Poggioli: Criminologist T.S. Stribling
Famous Blue Raincoat Ed Gorman
Fortune's World Michael Collins
Hildegarde Withers: Uncollected Riddles Stuart Palmer
In Kensington Gardens Once… H.R.F. Keating
Jo Gar's Casebook Raoul Whitfield
Karmesin: The World’s Greatest Criminal – or Most Outrageous Liar Gerald Kersh
Kill the Umpire: The Calls of Ed Gorgon Jon L. Breen
Kisses of Death: A Nathan Heller Casebook Max Allan Collins
Long Live the Dead Hugh B. Cave
Lucky Dip and Other Stories Liza Cody
Marksman and Other Stories William Campbell Gault
Masquerade: Ten Crime Stories Max Brand, edited by William F. Nolan
McCone and Friends Marcia Muller
More Things Impossible Edward D. Hoch
Murder All Kinds William DeAndrea
Murder on the Short List Peter Lovesey
Murder, ’Orrible Murder Amy Myers
Murder, Ancient and Modern Edward Marston
Murder, Mystery and Malone Craig Rice
Murders and Other Confusions Kathy Lynn Emerson
My Mother, The Detective - The Complete "Mom" Short Stories James Yaffe
Nine Sons: Collected Mysteries Wendy Hornsby
Problems Solved Bill Pronzini and Barry N. Malzberg
Quintet: The Cases of Chase and Delacroix Richard A. Lupoff
Renowned Be Thy Grave; Or, The Murderous Miss Mooney P.M. Carlson
Shoveling Smoke: Selected Mystery Stories Margaret Maron
Sleuth’s Alchemy: Cases of Mrs. Bradley and Others Gladys Mitchell
Slot-Machine Kelly Dennis Lynds writing as Michael Collins
Stakeout on Page Street Joe Gores
Suitable for Hanging Margaret Maron
Tales Out of School Carolyn Wheat
The 13 Culprits Georges Simenon, trans. by Peter Schulman
The Adventure of the Murdered Moths and Other Radio Mysteries Ellery Queen
The Archer Files: The Complete Short Stories of Lew Archer, Private Investigator, Including Newly Discovered Case Notes Ross Macdonald, edited by Tom Nolan
The Avenging Chance and Other Mysteries from Roger Sheringham's Casebook Anthony Berkeley
The Casebook of Sidney Zoom Erle Stanley Gardner, edited by Bill Pronzini
The Celestial Buffet and Other Morsels of Murder Susan Dunlap
The Complete Curious Mr. Tarrant C. Daly King
The Concise Cuddy: A Collection of John Francis Cuddy Stories Jeremiah Healy
The Confessions of Owen Keane Terence Faherty
The Couple Next Door: Collected Short Mysteries Margaret Millar
The Curious Conspiracy and Other Crimes Michael Gilbert
The Danger Zone and Other Stories Erle Stanley Gardner
The Dark Snow and Other Mysteries Brendan DuBois
The Detections of Francis Quarles Julian Symons
The Evidence of the Sword Rafael Sabatini, edited by Jesse F. Knight
The Grandfather Rastin Mysteries Lloyd Biggle Jr.
The Iron Angel and Other Tales of the Gypsy Sleuth Edward D. Hoch
The Mankiller of Poojegai and Other Stories Walter Satterthwait
The McCone Files Marcia Muller
The Newtonian Egg and Other Cases of Rolf Le Roux Peter Godfrey
The Old Spies Club and Other Intrigues of Rand Edward D. Hoch
The Pleasant Assassin and Other Cases of Dr. Basil Willing Helen McCloy
The Reluctant Detective and Other Stories Michael Z. Lewin
The Ripper of Storyville and Other Ben Snow Mysteries Edward D. Hoch
The Sedgemoor Strangler and Other Stories of Crime Peter Lovesey
The Sleuth of Baghdad: The Inspector Chafik Stories Charles B. Child
The Spotted Cat and Other Mysteries from Inspector Cockrill's Casebook Christianna Brand
The Tragedy of Errors Ellery Queen
The Trinity Cat and Other Mysteries Ellis Peters, edited by Martin Edwards & Sue Feder
The Velvet Touch Edward D. Hoch
The Verdict of Us All, Stories by the Detection Club (edited by) Peter Lovesey
Who Killed Father Christmas? And Other Unseasonable Demises Patricia Moyes
Who Was Guilty? Two Dime Novels Philip S. Warne/Howard W. Macy

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