Manson, Cynthia (ed.) - Murder under the Mistletoe / Мэнсон, Синтия (ред.) - Убийство под веткой омелы [1992, EPUB, ENG]

THE SANTA CLAUS CLUB by Julian Symons RUMPOLE AND THE SPIRIT OF CHRISTMAS by John Mortimer SANTA'S WAY by James Powell CARMINE AND THE CHRISTMAS PRESENCE by Charles Ardai THE SHAPE OF THE NIGHTMARE by Francis M. Nevins, Jr. CHRISTMAS PARTY by Martin Werner SUPPER WITH MISS SHIVERS by Peter Lovesey NOEL, NOEL by Barry Perowne THE EMBEZZLER'S CHRISTMAS PRESENT by Ennis Duling THE CHRISTMAS SPIRIT by Thomasina Weber THE SPY AND THE CHRISTMAS CIPHER by Edward D. Hoch BUT ONCE A YEAR ... THANK GOD! by Joyce Porter THE CAROL SINGERS by Josephine Bell MURDER UNDER THE MISTLETOE by Margery Allingham THE ADVENTURE OF THE BLUE CARBUNCLE / Голубой карбункул by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

“Murder under the mistletoe—and the man who must have done it couldn’t have done it. That’s my Christmas and I don’t feel merry thank you very much all the same.” Superintendent Stanislaus Oates favored his old friend Mr. Albert Campion with a pained smile and sat down in the chair indicated. It was the afternoon of Christmas Day and Mr. Campion, only a trifle more owlish than usual behind his horn rims, had been fetched down from the children’s party which he was attending at his brother-in-law’s house in Knightsbridge to meet the Superintendent, who had moved heaven and earth to find him. “What do you want?” Mr. Campion inquired facetiously. “A little armchair miracle?” . . .