and the first(albeit scruffy) items are ready….
Christmas is back in town…
MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR 🎉!
This has been a very special year for all us,across continents and oceans, countries and villages. But there is light, a small light but nevertheless light at the end of this weird tunnel. So from now on,well now(?) it can only go uphill…
I wish you and all the creatures you care about all the best for 2021 🥂
Murder on Christmas Eve by Cecily Gayford
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It is the time of the year for wintery,Christmas stories and short stories are well adapted to represent the different aspects of the Christmas spirit.
There are ten stories in this edition and I found perhaps two of them less attractive. Not too bad for an anthology. They are or charming and very Christmas minded or dark and very wintery.
There is a lovely story by Ellis Peters(The Trinity Cat),a rather sad one by Margery Allingham(On Christmas Day in the Morning),a closed room mystery by Julian Symons (the Santa Claus Club),a classic golden age one by John Dickson Carr (The Footprints in the Sky) and some stories by ” newer” authors (Ian Ranking,Val Mcdermid…).
All in all a very good compilation of Christmas mysteries.
Happy New Year!
I know that I have been a bit absent these last few weeks. Unfortunately my mother passed away two weeks ago and I have no idea how to deal,even how to begin to deal,with this loss…
That said,I wish you all a very happy New Year and that all your wishes(whatever they are)may come true.
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