Murder Under the Christmas Tree
Cecily Gayford (Ed.)
Published 3 November 2016 by Profile Books
Read from 24 December 2016 to 24 December 2016
“I had called upon my friend Sherlock Holmes upon the second morning after Christmas, with the intention of wishing him the compliments of the season. He was lounging upon the sofa in a purple dressing-gown, a pip-rack within his reach upon the right, and a pile of crumpled morning papers, evidently newly studies, near at hand.
Beside the couch was a wooden chair, and on the angle of the back hung a very seedy and disreputable felt hard-felt hat, much the worse for wear, and cracked in several places.
A lens and forceps lying upon the seat of the chair suggested that the hat had been suspended in this manner for the purpose of examination.”
On the first day of Christmas,
my true love sent to me
A murder under the Christmas tree!
On the second day of Christmas,
my true love sent to me
Two priceless pearls,
And a murder under the Christmas tree!
On the third day of Christmas,
my true love sent to me
Three names on a window,
Two priceless pearls,
And a murder under the Christmas tree!
On the fourth day of Christmas,
my true love sent to me
Four invisible postmen,
Three names on a window,
Two priceless pearls,
And a murder under the Christmas tree!
On the fifth day of Christmas,
my true love sent to me
Five precious blue stones,
Four invisible postmen,
Three names on a window,
Two priceless pearls,
And a murder under the Christmas tree!
On the sixth day of Christmas,
my true love sent to me
Six lightning strikes,
Five precious blue stones,
Four invisible postmen,
Three names on a window,
Two priceless pearls,
And a murder under the Christmas tree!
On the seventh day of Christmas,
my true love sent to me
Seven dead fairy godmothers,
Six lightning strikes,
Five precious blue stones,
Four invisible postmen,
Three names on a window,
Two priceless pearls,
And a murder under the Christmas tree!
On the eighth day of Christmas,
my true love sent to me
Eight wireless sparks,
Seven dead fairy godmothers,
Six lightning strikes,
Five precious blue stones,
Four invisible postmen,
Three names on a window,
Two priceless pearls,
And a murder under the Christmas tree!
On the ninth day of Christmas,
my true love sent to me
Nine glass shards,
Eight wireless sparks,
Seven dead fairy godmothers,
Six lightning strikes,
Five precious blue stones,
Four invisible postmen,
Three names on a window,
Two priceless pearls,
And a murder under the Christmas tree!
On the tenth day of Christmas,
my true love sent to me
Ten mysterious notes,
Nine glass shards,
Eight wireless sparks,
Seven dead fairy godmothers,
Six lightning strikes,
Five precious blue stones,
Four invisible postmen,
Three names on a window,
Two priceless pearls,
And a murder under the Christmas tree!
On the eleventh day of Christmas,
my true love sent to me
Eleven candlesticks,
Ten mysterious notes,
Nine glass shards,
Eight wireless sparks,
Seven dead fairy godmothers,
Six lightning strikes,
Five precious blue stones,
Four invisible postmen,
Three names on a window,
Two priceless pearls,
And a murder under the Christmas tree!
Murder Under the Christmas Tree features cosy crime stories from Dorothy L. Sayers, Edmund Crispin, Val McDermid, Arthur Conan Doyle, G.K. Chesterton, Ian Rankin, Ngaio Marsh, Carter Dickson, Margery Allingham and Ellis Peters. A nice quick read for lovers of locked-roomed mysteries and golden era crime.
