Mystery For Christmas And Other Stories
Review by Diane G. (icesk8tr)
While some of you are getting ready for Christmas, some of us are reading mysteries about it! Mystery For Christmas And Other Stories is a collection of twelve Christmas mysteries. These short stories were selected from Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine, and Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine. These authors have some clever stories involving the Christmas spirit, death of Santa Claus, and thieves.
There are heartwarming stories with lessons on good will towards others that are less fortunate. You have a story on how a boy saw Mommy kill Santa Claus, but he does not learn what happened to the weapon for 40 years. Santa is murdered in another story that involves embezzling funds from their employer. A story brings up questions of how Marley died in the Christmas Carol. Mystery for Christmas has a Christmas party that includes crime and framing someone.
These stories were cute, entertaining, and made you think. The authors who wrote these stories include John D. MacDonald, Rex Stout, George Baxt, Anthony Boucher, Patricia Moyes, and 7 more. I enjoyed reading this book, and would recommend it to others!
