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A Very Murderous Christmas by Cecily Gayford (Editor)
Category: Fiction | Series: Murder at Christmas Ser.
The Christmas season is one of comfort and joy, sparkling lights and steam rising from cups of mulled wine at frosty carol services. A season of goodwill to all men, as families and friends come together to forget their differences and celebrate the year together.Unless, of course, you happen to be harb ...Show more
Murder Takes a Holiday by Cecily Gayford (Editor)
Category: Crime Fiction
Join us for a summer holiday to die for ...
Murder Under the Christmas Tree: Classic Mysteries for the Festive Season by Cecily Gayford
Category: Fiction | Series: Murder at Christmas Ser.
A murderer who materialises in a field of snow, leaving no footprints. Blackmail on Christmas Eve. A missing jewel discovered in a very festive hiding place. A body slumped in a chair on Christmas morning, still listening to carols. The midnight theft of a gift intended for a saint. Crime doesn't take a ...Show more
Murder at Christmas: Ten Classic Crime Stories for the Festive Season by Cecily Gayford (Editor)
Category: Fiction
Christmas is a season of overindulgence. For most of us, that means an extra mince pie, a second helping of turkey, or perhaps a third glass of mulled wine. But for some among us, the festive season is a time to settle old scores, dispatch new enemies and indulge ... in murder. Here, ten masters of the ...Show more
Murder by the Seaside: Classic Crime Stories for Summer by Cecily Gayford
Category: Crime Fiction
It's the height of summer. As the heat shimmers on the streets and ice cream melts onto sticky fingers, tempers begin to rise and old grudges surface. From Cornish beaches to the French Riviera, it's not just a holiday that's on people's minds ... it's murder.In these ten classic stories from writers su ...Show more
Murder in Midsummer: Classic Mysteries for the Holidays by Cecily Gayford (Editor); Ellis Peters (Contribution by); Ruth Rendell (Contribution by); Arthur Conan Doyle (Contribution by); Dorothy L. Sayers (Contribution by); Margery Allingham (Contribution by); John Dickson Carr (Contribution by); G. K. Chesterton (Contribution by); Michael Innes (Contribution by); Julian Symons (Contribution by)
Category: Fiction
It's the middle of summer. On Cornish sea-fronts, happy children grip melting ice-creams. In the south of France, sunlight filters through leaves as families picnic in the shade. And in the fashionable resorts of the Mediterranean, the beautiful people sun themselves on picture-postcard beaches.And in t ...Show more
Murder in a Heatwave by Cecily Gayford
Category: Crime Fiction | Series: Vintage Murders Ser.
Murder never takes a break
Murder in the Falling Snow Ten Classic Crime Stories by Cecily Gayford
Category: Crime Fiction | Series: Vintage Murders Ser.
It’s only the afternoon, but dusk is already falling and a log fire burning in the grate. Outside, frost coats the tree branches and snow sparkles on the ground. And somewhere in the darkness, a murderer is making plans … Here are ten classic crime stories for the winter months, from the greatest minds ...Show more
Murder on a Winter's Night: Ten Classic Crime Stories by Cecily Gayford
Category: Crime Fiction | Series: Vintage Murders Ser.
In the bleak midwinter ... murder awaits. The halls might be decked, and the mistletoe hung, but in these ten classic crime stories you're more likely to come across a corpse under the Christmas tree than a present. From a Santa Claus with a secret to a violent theft that snowballs into something quite ...Show more
Tales from the Dead of Night - Thirteen Classic Ghost Stories by Cecily Gayford (Editor)
Category: Classics
"These classic chillers will certainly make you look under the bed at night." --Daily Mail From a beautiful antique that gives its owner a show he'd rather forget, to "ghost detective" whose exorcism goes horribly wrong and a sinister masked ball which seems to have one too many guests, these ghost sto ...Show more
Tales from the Dead of Night: Twelve Classic Ghost Stories by Cecily Gayford
Category: Classics
Settle down by the fireside, tuck yourself up in bed - just try not to think about what's lurking just out of sight. From a beautiful antique that gives its owner a show he'd rather forget, to 'ghost detective' whose exorcism goes horribly wrong and a sinister masked ball which seems to have one too man ...Show more
The Dead of Winter - Ten Classic Tales for Chilling Nights by Cecily Gayford (Editor)
Category: Fiction | Series: Vintage Murders Ser.
In the dead of winter, the veil between worlds is as thin as ice
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