British Library Crime Classics: Silent Nights: Christmas Mysteries (Paperback)

from DeltaQueen50

This is the second collection of vintage Christmas short stories assembled by Martin Edwards that I have read. Silent Nights is a fun collection with each story having a connection to the festive season. I was happy to read about so many familiar characters such as Sherlock Holmes in “The Blue Ca...

from thornton37814

This is a collection of mysteries with Christmas settings. "The Blue Carbuncle" by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - A stolen jewel is found in a goose. Sherlock Holmes finds the thief in this tale ending with an unexpected twist (unless you've read the story before which I had). "Parlour Tricks" by Ral...

from cathyskye

Silent Nights is a collection of short stories written by some of the top mystery writers of the Golden Age. Some of the authors will be familiar to you, others won't. Although they're all set during the Christmas season, there is very little holiday spirit to be found in them, so don't pick this...

from patriciau

A nice, cozy collection of classic Christmastime mysteries. I'd read many of them in other anthologies, but was pleased to find a new one here from an author I haven't read in a long time. Marjorie Bowen's "Cambric Tea" is a neat little plot featuring a truly despicable old man. While I enjoyed m...

from Welsh_eileen2

A great selection of Christmas short stories from authors known and unknown to me.My favourites were Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's "Blue Carbuncle" and Dorothy L Sayers' " The Necklace of Pearls".This is one book that I shall be rereading over the Christmas period!I'm so glad that Poisoned Pen publish...