The Mistletoe Murder

By P. D. James

Subjects: Short stories, Enquêtes, Investigation, Fiction, mystery & detective, traditional, Novela, Histoires de Noël, Fiction, mystery & detective, short stories, General, Investigación, Romans, nouvelles, Cuentos de Navidad, Asesinato, Collections & Anthologies, Mystery & Detective, Fiction, mystery & detective, collections & anthologies, Christmas stories, French language materials, Murder, Fiction, Meurtre, Dalgliesh, adam (fictitious character), fiction, Fiction, crime, Novela policíaca, Detective and mystery stories

Description: "As the acknowledged "Queen of Crime," P. D. James was frequently commissioned by newspapers and magazines to write a special short story for Christmas. Four of the best have been collected together for the first time in one volume [...] P. D. James's understanding of human nature illuminates each of these stories, making them ideal reading for the darkest days of the year. Each treats the reader to her masterfully atmospheric storytelling, a mystery to be solved, and enjoyable puzzles to keep the reader guessing. With wry humour, she pays tribute to her English crime-writing forebears, delighting in the secrets that lurk beneath the surface at enforced family gatherings and in old country houses--from the title story about a strained family reunion on Christmas Eve, to another about an illicit affair that ends in murder, and two cases that introduce James's poet-detective Adam Dalgliesh as a young detective sergeant."--