The Twelve Crimes of Christmas Author:Carol-Lynn Rossel Waugh (Editor), Isaac Asimov (Editor), Martin Harry Greenberg (Editor) A dozen of the best mystery writers in the business get into the holiday spirit in Avon's The Twelve Crimes of Christmas. They will be decking the halls, trimming the tree -- and burying the bodies. Includes works by Dorothy L. Sayers, Stanley Ellin, Ellery Queen and others. — Stories include: — * Introduction: Noel, Noel! by Isaac Asimov — * C... more »hristmas party by Rex Stout
* Do your Christmas shoplifting early by Robert Somerlott
* The necklace of pearls by Dorothy L. Sayers
* Father Crumlish celebrates Christmas by Alice Scanlan Reach
* The Christmas masque by S.S. Rafferty
* The dauphin's doll by Ellery Queen
* By the chimney with care by Nick O'Donohoe
* The problem of the Christmas steeple by Edward D. Hoch
* Death on Christmas Eve by Stanley Ellin
* The adventure of the unique Dickensians by August Derleth
* Blind man's hood by John Dickson Carr
* The thirteenth day of Christmas by Isaac Asimov« less