Edwards, Martin (ed) - A Surprise for Christmas and Other Seasonal Mysteries / Эдвардс, Мартин (ред) - Сюрприз на Рождество и другие детективы [2020, EPUB, ENG]

The Black Bag Left on a Doorstep by Catharine Louisa Pirkis The Hole in the Wall / Волков лаз by G. K. Chesterton Death on the Air / Смерть в эфире by Ngaio Marsh Persons or Things Unknown / Неизвестные люди или силы by Carter Dickson Dead Man's Hand by E. R. Punshon The Christmas Eve Ghost by Ernest Dudley Dick Whittington's Cat by Victor Canning A Surprise for Christmas by Cyril Hare On Christmas Day in the Morning by Margery Allingham Give Me a Ring by Anthony Gilbert Father Christmas Comes to Orbins by Julian Symons The Turn-Again Bell by Barry Perowne

Sir Leo Pursuivant, the Chief Constable, had been sitting in his comfortable study after a magnificent lunch and talking heavily of the sadness of Christmas, while his guest, Mr. Campion, most favoured of his large house-party, had been laughing at him gently. It was true, the younger man had admitted, his pale eyes sleepy behind his horn-rimmed spectacles, that, however good the organisation, the festival was never quite the same after one was six and a half, but then, what sensible man would expect it to be, and meanwhile, what a truly remarkable bird that had been! At that point the Superintendent had arrived with his grim little story and the atmosphere was spoiled altogether. . . .