THE MISTLETOE MURDER and OTHER STORIES, BY P.D. James, Forward by Val McDermid (2016 1st Ed.)

Author: P.D. James. Forward by Val McDermid. Published by Alfred A. Knopf Canada, 2016, 1st Edition. Printed in USA. Almost New Condition HARDCOVER BOOK,  Almost New Condition Dust Jacket. Clean inside, tight spine. Size: 7.5 x 4.75 inch, 152 pages.  

THE MISTLETOE MURDER and OTHER STORIES, BY P.D. James, Forward by Val McDermid,  by P.D. James is a collection of four previously uncollected Christmas mystery stories featuring country-house intrigue, dark family secrets, and detective Adam Dalgliesh, and beautifully bound in a smaller-sized hardcover, perfect for your bedside reading on those cold nights when you just can't sleep.

Contents: Four excellent short stories written for magazines and newspapers over the years:

• "The Mistletoe Murder": A young war widow visits her grandmother's house on Christmas Eve and stumbles into a classic Agatha Christie-style puzzle.
• The Clerk's Secret Story: A respectable, censorious clerk hides a secret taste for pornography, which complicates his decision to come forward as a witness to a murder.
• The Novelist's Story: A best-selling crime novelist recounts a real murder she was involved in fifty years prior.
• Adam Dalgliesh Cases (Two Stories): Features the young poet-detective Adam Dalgliesh, including one where his godfather asks him to re-examine a notorious past murder linked to an inheritance. [1, 2]

DID YOU KNOW? Phyllis Dorothy James White, Baroness James of Holland Park, known professionally as P. D. James, was an English novelist and life peer. Her rise to fame came with her series of detective novels featuring the fictional British police commander and poet, Adam Dalgliesh.

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ISBN: 9780345812032  

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