Christmas Stalkings - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0002323753 ISBN 13: 9780002323758

Publisher: Collins Crime, 1992

Synopsis

Anyone who suspects Christmas is not quite the season of goodwill we all claim it to be will find ample confirmation in this collection of Christmas crime stories. Contributions from Reginald Hill, Robert Barnard, John Malcolm, Charlotte MacLeod and Patricia Moyes are included.

About this title

About the Author:

Charlotte MacLeod (1922 2005) was an internationally bestselling author of cozy mysteries. Born in Canada, she moved to Boston as a child, and lived in New England most of her life. After graduating from college, she made a career in advertising, writing copy for the Stop & Shop Supermarket Company before moving on to Boston firm N. H. Miller & Co., where she rose to the rank of vice president. In her spare time, MacLeod wrote short stories, and in 1964 published her first novel, a children s book called "Mystery of the White Knight. """In "Rest You Merry" (1978), MacLeod introduced Professor Peter Shandy, a horticulturist and amateur sleuth whose adventures she would chronicle for two decades. "The Family Vault "(1979) marked the first appearance of her other best-known characters: the husband and wife sleuthing team Sarah Kelling and Max Bittersohn, whom she followed until her last novel, "The Balloon Man", in 1998.

About this edition

• Publisher: Collins Crime
• Publication date: 1992
• ISBN 10: 0002323753
• ISBN 13: 9780002323758
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 264
• Editor: McLeod Charlotte