To try to get me into the Christmas mood I’ll be reading some Christmas related books, sadly so far the only one that I have in the house unread is Silent Nights Christmas Mysteries edited by Martin Edwards and it’s a British Library Crime Classic. This is one that I didn’t get around to reading last year, but I’m half-way through it now and finding it to be a good read.
This collection of short stories features the writers below, some of whom I’ve never even heard of before.
Arthur Conan Doyle
Ralph Plummer
Raymund Allen
G.K. Chesterton
Edgar Wallace
H.C. Bailey
J.Jefferson Farjeon
Dorothy L. Sayers
Margery Allingham
Ethel Lina White
Marjorie Bowen
Joseph Shearing
Nicholas Blake
Edmund Crispin
Leo Bruce
I missed this one when it came out and keep meaning to read it. Glad you’re enjoying it so far – it’s that mix of well known and forgotten authors that makes these collections so appealing, I think.
FictionFan,
I’ve finished it and I now have a few more ‘new to me’ authors to look out for at secondhand bookshops.
I did read this one when it first came out and I liked a lot of the stories. You have reminded me that I have a few books of Christmas stories that I can read.
tracybham,
I’m trying to get into the Christmas mood but so far it’s not working!