Merry Murder ed. Cynthia Manson (Seafarer, October 1994, 0-8289-0883-4, $7.98, 436pp, hc, an)
Stories selected from Mystery for Christmas (Signet 1990), Murder at Christmas, (Signet 1991) and Murder Under the Mistletoe (Signet 1992).
- 1 · Rumpole and the Spirit of Christmas [Horace Rumpole] · John Mortimer · ss Regina v Rumpole by John Mortimer, Lane, 1981
- 14 · Supper with Miss Shivers · Peter Lovesey · ss Woman’s Own December 24 1990, as “The Christmas Present”
- 25 · The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle [Sherlock Holmes] · Arthur Conan Doyle · ss The Strand Magazine January 1892
- 47 · A Matter of Life and Death · Georges Simenon; translated by Geoffrey Sainsbury · na Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #98, January 1952
translated from the French (“Sept Petites Croix dans un Carnet”, Un Noël de Maigret, Presses de la Cité, 1951).
- 109 · I Saw Mommy Killing Santa Claus · George Baxt · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September 1990
- 118 · Dead on Christmas Street · John D. MacDonald · nv Collier’s December 20 1952
- 135 · The Christmas Bear · Herbert Resnicow · nv Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine January 1990
- 151 · Mystery for Christmas · Anthony Boucher · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 1943
- 168 · On Christmas Day in the Morning [Albert Campion] · Margery Allingham · ss The Evening Standard December 23 1950
- 179 · Santa Claus Beat · Rex Stout · ss What’s New December 1953, as “Tough Cop’s Gift”
- 184 · Who Killed Father Christmas? · Patricia Moyes · ss Who Done It? ed. Alice Laurance & Isaac Asimov, Houghton Mifflin, 1980
- 195 · ’Twixt the Cup and the Lip · Julian Symons · nv The Illustrated London News Christmas 1963, as “Father Christmas Comes to Orbins”
- 225 · Auggie Wren’s Christmas Story · Paul Auster · ss The New York Times December 25 1990
- 233 · Murder at Christmas [Phillip Bethancourt; Jack Gibbons] · C. M. Chan · na Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine January 1991
- 280 · Father Crumlish Celebrates Christmas [Father Crumlish] · Alice Scanlan Reach · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 1968
- 300 · The Plot Against Santa Claus [Christmas Stories] · James Powell · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 1971
- 324 · Christmas Cop · Thomas Adcock · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1986
- 337 · But Once a Year…Thank God! [Constance Morrison-Burke] · Joyce Porter · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine mid December 1991
- 358 · Christmas Party · Martin Werner · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine mid December 1991
- 367 · Kelso’s Christmas [Sgt. George Kelso] · Malcolm McClintick · nv Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine January 1985
- 383 · The Spy and the Christmas Cipher [Jeffrey Rand] · Edward D. Hoch · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine mid December 1990
- 400 · The Carol Singers · Josephine Bell · nv The Illustrated London News Christmas 1963
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