Enjoyable Christmas afternoon reading, encompassing over 100 years of classic British detective authors from Arthur Conan Doyle and G.K. Chesterton to Val McDermid. All were entertaining and new to me: the only one that disappointed (despite some nice Oxford scene-setting) was the one by Edmund Crispin, which seemed to have too gaping a plot hole to make a satisfactory whodunit story. MB 31-xii-2022 ( )

Ten crime short stories all set at Christmas. Sherlock Holmes - Cadfael - father Brown - pantomime - country house - they're all here... ( )

A pretty good read (if unseasonable for April). A series of short stories, mostly from golden age writers that feature a mystery set at Christmas. Some of them I have read previously, others were new to me. Collections can sometimes feel uneven, but this didn't have any real stinkers, all thee stories were interesting enough in themselves. A good collection. ( )