| International Standard Book Number |
9781613165720 (hardcover)
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| International Standard Book Number |
1613165722 (hardcover)
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| Title Statement |
Christmas crimes at the Mysterious Bookshop / edited by Otto Penzler.
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| Edition Statement |
First Mysterious Press edition.
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| Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice |
New York : The Mysterious Press, an imprint of Penzler Publishers, 2024.
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| Physical Description |
xi, 320 pages ; 19 cm.
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| General Note |
"Twelve tales of seasonal suspense set in the world's oldest mystery bookstore"--Cover.
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| Formatted Contents Note |
Black Christmas / Midnight clear / Wolfe trap / Secret Santa / Gift of the wiseguy / Snowflake time / Christmas party / Here we come a-wassailing / Christmas puzzle / Hester's gift / Sergeant Santa / End game / Otto Penzler -- by Jason Starr -- by Lyndsay Faye -- by Loren D. Estleman -- by Ace Atkins -- by Rob Hart -- by Laura Lippman -- by Jeffery Deaver -- by Thomas Perry -- by Ragnar Jonasson -- by Tom Mead -- by David Gordon -- by Martin Edwards. Introduction /
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| Summary, Etc. |
"The oldest mystery bookstore in the world, The Mysterious Bookshop, has for most of its forty-five-year history commissioned an original short story as a holiday gift for its customers, written exclusively for the store and never published elsewhere -- before now. The prompt for the story requires three elements: that it be set at Christmastime, that it involve a crime of some kind, or the suspicion of one, and that it be set at least partially in the bookstore. And from these loose structural guidelines, diverse tales took flight. The dozen tales included in this volume -- by celebrated crime fiction authors such as Laura Lippman, Lyndsay Faye, Ragnar Jonasson, and Jeffery Deaver -- are among the finest to be produced in this annual tradition, sure to charm any reader looking for a holiday-themed escape. -- Page [4] of cover.
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| Subject-Corporate Name |
Mysterious Bookshop Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Christmas stories.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Criminal investigation Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Secrecy Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Bookstores Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Geographical Term |
New York (N.Y.) Fiction.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Detective and mystery fiction.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Short stories.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Christmas fiction.
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| Added Entry, Personal Name |
Perry, Thomas, 1947- author.
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| Added Entry, Personal Name |
Edwards, Martin, 1955- author.
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| Added Entry, Personal Name |
Lippman, Laura, 1959- author.
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| Added Entry, Personal Name |
Atkins, Ace, author.
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| Added Entry, Personal Name |
Deaver, Jeffery, author.
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| Added Entry, Personal Name |
Penzler, Otto, editor.
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| Added Entry, Personal Name |
Gordon, David, 1967- author.
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| Added Entry, Personal Name |
Mead, Tom, author.
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| Added Entry, Personal Name |
Estleman, Loren D., author.
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| Added Entry, Personal Name |
Ragnar Jonasson, 1976- author.
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| Added Entry, Personal Name |
Hart, Rob (Fiction writer), author.
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| Added Entry, Personal Name |
Starr, Jason, 1966- author.
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| Added Entry, Personal Name |
Faye, Lyndsay, author.
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| Added Entry, Corporate Name |
Mysterious Bookshop.
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