The Christmas Card Crime

The perfect time for this collection is over Christmas 18. We start in 1909, all these 12 stories are old out of print classic crime just like the others in these books edited by Martin Stories that have been forgotten or slipped through the cracks. Few have not been able since they first were publi......more

Another good winter/Christmas collection of mystery stories from the British Library Crime Classics, edited and with brief author biographies by Martin Edwards. This is an almost universally interesting collection, with only one story that I found only ok. The others ranged from good to clever to gr......more

Loved this and all the Detection Club information Martin Edwards gave along with each story.......more

I have two things to get off my chest. In the interest of full disclosure, The Christmas Card Crime and Other Stories proves not as good as editor Martin Edwards’ previous holiday anthology, Silent Night (2015). Also, I received this book from NetGalley, British Library and Poisoned Pen Press in exc......more

A third collection from the British Library's Crime Classics series. Edwards has selected another fine collection of Christmas crimes, holiday horrors, and seasonal slayings to delight every vintage detective fiction lover's heart. I'm pretty sure I've read several of these before, but nearly all we......more