Name: The Usual Santas: A Collection of Soho Crime Christmas Capers
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Author: Mick Herron
ISBN: 9781641293181

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The Usual Santas: A Collection of Soho Crime Christmas Capers

Type

Physical Book

Author

Mick Herron

Publisher

Soho Crime

Year

2021

Language

English

Pages

416

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

20.8 x 14.0 x 3.0 cm

Weight

0.36 kg.

ISBN13

9781641293181

Synopsis "The Usual Santas: A Collection of Soho Crime Christmas Capers"

Finally: the perfect stocking stuffer for the crime fiction lover in your life! With a foreword by CWA Diamond Award-winner Peter Lovesey, these eighteen delightful holiday stories by your favorite Soho Crime authors contain laughs, murders, and plenty more. This captivating collection, which features bestselling and award-winning authors, contains laughs aplenty, the most hardboiled of holiday noir, and heartwarming reminders of the spirit of the season. Nine mall Santas must find the imposter among them. An elderly lady seeks peace from her murderously loud neighbors at Christmastime. A young woman receives a mysterious invitation to Christmas dinner with a stranger. Niccolò Machiavelli sets out to save an Italian city. Sherlock Holmes's one-time nemesis Irene Adler finds herself in an unexpected tangle in Paris while on a routine espionage assignment. Jane Austen searches for the Dowager Duchess of Wilborough's stolen diamonds. These and other adventures in this delectable volume will whisk readers away to Christmases around the globe, from a Korean War POW camp to a Copenhagen refugee squat, from a palatial hotel in 1920s Bombay to a crumbling mansion in Havana. Includes Stories By (In Order of Appearance): Helene Tursten, Mick Herron, Martin Limón, Timothy Hallinan, Teresa Dovalpage, Mette Ivie Harrison, Colin Cotterill, Ed Lin, Stuart Neville, Tod Goldberg, Henry Chang, James R. Benn, Lene Kaaberb l & Agnete Friis, Sujata Massey, Gary Corby, Cara Black, Stephanie Barron and a Foreword and story by Peter Lovesey.

Mick Herron

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Mick Herron is a British writer born in Newcastle on July 11, 1963. He studied English at Balliol College, Oxford and has worked as an editor and fiction writer. He is known for his spy novels, especially the "Slough House" series, which has been adapted into a television series on Apple TV+ with Gary Oldman in the lead role. Among his most notable works are "Down Cemetery Road" (2003), "Reconstructing Amelia" (2013), and "The Secret Hours" (2022). The "Slough House" series includes titles such as "Dead Lions" (2013), "Real Tigers" (2016), and "Spook Street" (2017). Herron has received several awards, including the CWA Gold Dagger for "Dead Lions".

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