THE MISTLETOE MURDER & OTHER STORIES

By P.D. James

This great little holiday book gives readers not one, but four mysteries by P.D. James that you’ll thoroughly enjoy!

The title story, The Mistletoe Murder, presents the answer to an extremely old cold case in regards to a mystery author who’s in a house where an antiques dealer was beaten to death with a heavy object.

A Very Commonplace Murder begins with an alibi witness. This witness has not come forward to tell what he saw as he was looking through a window and caught sight of a murder in progress. By holding back, the real killer may not be brought to justice.

The third story, The Boxdale Inheritance, pulls readers into the world of Chief Superintendent Adam Dalgliesh’s godfather, who asks Adam to reinvestigate a notorious killing that might help his godfather settle a problem. It seems that his godfather has been named as an heir to a fortune, but the man feels badly taking the money seeing as he thinks it was stolen to begin with. Adam agrees to look into the old case, and readers will be thrilled with the end of the tale and what Adam chooses to unveil.

Last, but definitely not least, comes The Twelve Clues of Christmas. After there was a suicide inside a huge old house, the chief superintendent comes upon the incident by accident. He’s traveling to his sister’s house to enjoy the Christmas holiday, but this pure Agatha Christie-type investigation causes his instincts to come alive.

It is always a fantastic holiday gift to get a P.D. James story in one’s hand. But to have four makes for one of the best holidays ever. This quartet of puzzles will definitely please all mystery fans, even going so far as to offer up one that you may just have to solve all by yourself.