Айзек Азимов - The Big Book of Christmas Mysteries

Catherine Aird: “Gold, Frankincense and Murder” by Catherine Aird, copyright © 1995 by Catherine Aird. Reprinted by permission of K. H. McKintosh and Aitken Alexander Associates, Ltd.

Doug Allyn: “An Early Christmas” by Doug Allyn, copyright © 2009 by Douglas Allyn. Reprinted by permission of the author.

Isaac Asimov: “The Thirteenth Day of Christmas” by Isaac Asimov, copyright © 1981 by Isaac Asimov. Reprinted by permission of the Estate of Isaac Asimov.

Robert Barnard: “Boxing Unclever” by Robert Barnard, copyright © 1995 by Robert Barnard. Reprinted by permission of Robert Barnard and Gregory and Company, Authors’ Agents.

Josephine Bell: “The Carol Singers” by Josephine Bell, copyright © 1964 by Josephine Bell. Reprinted by permission of Curtis Brown Group, Ltd., London, on behalf of the Estate of Josephine Bell.

Marjorie Bowen: “Cambric Tea” by Marjorie Bowen, copyright © 1928 by Marjorie Bowen. Reprinted by permission of Mrs. Sharon Eden.

Agatha Christie: “The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding” by Agatha Christie, copyright © 1923 by Agatha Christie and © 1961 by Agatha Christie Limited. Reprinted by permission of HarperCollins Publishers, Ltd.

Agatha Christie: “A Christmas Tragedy” by Agatha Christie, copyright © 1932 by Agatha Christie Limited. Reprinted by permission of HarperCollins Publishers, Ltd.

Mary Higgins Clark: “That’s the Ticket” by Mary Higgins Clark, copyright © 1989 by Mary Higgins Clark. Reprinted by permission of the author.

Max Allan Collins: “A Wreath for Marley” by Max Allan Collins, copyright © 1995. First published in Dante’s Disciples , edited by Edward Kramer and Peter Crowther; White Wolf Publishing. Reprinted by permission of Max Allan Collins and Dominick Abel Literary Agency, Inc.

Joseph Commings: “Serenade to a Killer” by Joseph Commings, copyright © 1957 by Joseph

Commings. Reprinted by permission of the Archdiocese of St. Petersburg, Florida, on behalf of the author’s sister’s estate.

Colin Dexter: “Morse’s Greatest Mystery” by Colin Dexter, copyright © 1993 by Colin Dexter. Reprinted by permission of the author.

Stanley Ellin: “Death on Christmas Eve” by Stanley Ellin, copyright © 1950 by Stanley Ellin. First appeared in Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine . Reprinted by permission of Curtis Brown, Ltd.

Ed Gorman: “The Christmas Kitten” by Ed Gorman, copyright © 1997 by Ed Gorman. First published in Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine . Reprinted by permission of the author and Dominick Abel Literary Agency, Inc.

Ron Goulart: “A Visit from St. Nicholas” by Ron Goulart, copyright © 1993 by Ron Goulart.

Cyril Hare: “Sister Bessie” by Cyril Hare, copyright © 1949 by Cyril Hare. Reprinted by permission of the author’s estate and A. P. Watt Ltd.

Edward D. Hoch: “The Christmas Client” by Edward D. Hoch, copyright © 1996 by Edward D. Hoch. Reprinted by permission of Patricia M. Hoch.

H. R. F. Keating: “A Present for Santa Sahib” by H. R. F. Keating, copyright © 1989 by H. R. F. Keating. Reprinted by permission of Sheila Mitchell.

Andrew Klavan: “The Killer Christian” by Andrew Klavan, copyright © 2007 by Amalgamated Metaphor. Reprinted by permission of the author.

Gillian Linscott: “A Scandal in Winter” by Gillian Linscott, copyright © 1996. Reprinted by permission of the author.

Dick Lochte: “Mad Dog” by Dick Lochte, copyright © 1993 by Dick Lochte. Reprinted by permission of the author.

Peter Lovesey: “The Haunted Crescent” by Peter Lovesey, copyright © 1989 by Peter Lovesey. Reprinted by permission of Peter Lovesey and Gelfman-Schneider Literary Agency.

Peter Lovesey: “The Proof of the Pudding” by Peter Lovesey, copyright © 1995 by Peter Lovesey. Reprinted by permission of Peter Lovesey and Gelfman-Schneider Literary Agency.

John Lutz: “The Live Tree” by John Lutz, copyright © 1989 by John Lutz. First published in Mistletoe Mysteries , edited by Charlotte MacLeod, the Mysterious Press. Reprinted by permission of John Lutz and Dominick Abel Literary Agency, Inc.

John D. MacDonald: “Dead on Christmas Street” by John D. MacDonald, copyright © 1952 by John D. MacDonald; copyright © renewed 1980 by Maynard MacDonald. Reprinted by permission of Maynard MacDonald and Diskant Associates.

Ngaio Marsh: “Death on the Air” by Ngaio Marsh, copyright © 1948. Reprinted by permission of the Estate of Ngaio Marsh and Aitken Alexander Associates, Ltd.

Ed McBain: “And All Through the House” by Ed McBain, copyright © 1994 by Hui Corporation. Reprinted by permission of the author’s estate and Gelfman-Schneider Literary Agency.

Susan Moody: “More Than Flesh and Blood” by Susan Moody, copyright © 1995 by Susan Moody. Reprinted by permission of the author.

Bradford Morrow: “The Uninnocent” by Bradford Morrow, copyright © 2011 by Bradford Morrow. Reprinted by permission of the author.

John Mortimer: “Rumpole and the Spirit of Christmas” by John Mortimer, copyright © 1992 by John Mortimer. Reprinted by permission of the Estate of John Mortimer and United Agents.

Norvell Page: “Crime’s Christmas Carol” by Norvell Page, copyright © 1939 by Popular Publications, Inc. First published in Detective Tales; copyright © renewed 1967 and assigned to Argosy Communications, Inc. All rights reserved. Reprinted by arrangement with Argosy Communications, Inc.

Sara Paretsky: “Three-Dot Po” by Sara Paretsky, copyright © 1984 by Sara Paretsky. First published in The Eyes Have It , edited by Robert J. Randisi, the Mysterious Press. Reprinted by permission of Sara Paretsky and Dominick Abel Literary Agency, Inc.

Ellis Peters: “The Price of Light” by Ellis Peters, copyright © 1979 by Ellis Peters. First published in Winter’s Crimes #11 , Macmillan. Reprinted by permission of United Agents.

Ellis Peters: “The Trinity Cat” by Ellis Peters, copyright © 1976 by Ellis Peters. First published in Winter’s Crimes #8 , Macmillan. Reprinted by permission of United Agents.

Ellery Queen: “The Adventure of the Dauphin’s Doll” by Ellery Queen, copyright © 1948 by The American Mercury, Inc.; copyright © renewed 1975 by Ellery Queen. Reprinted by permission of Frederic Dannay Literary Trust and the Manfred B. Lee Family Literary Property Trust, represented by Joshua Bilmes.

Mary Roberts Rinehart: “The Butler’s Christmas Eve” by Mary Roberts Rinehart, copyright © 1944 by The Mary Roberts Rinehart Literary Trust. Reprinted by permission of The Mary Roberts Rinehart Award.

Peter Robinson: “Blue Christmas” by Peter Robinson, copyright © 2005 by Eastvale Enterprises, Inc. First published by Crippen & Landru. Reprinted by permission of Peter Robinson and Dominick Abel Literary Agency, Inc.

Damon Runyon: “Dancing Dan’s Christmas” by Damon Runyon, copyright © 1932 by Damon Runyon. Copyright © 2008 by American Rights Management Co., LLC. Reprinted by permission of Viking Penguin, a division of Penguin Group (USA), Inc.

Jonathan Santlofer: “The 74th Tale” by Jonathan Santlofer, copyright © 2008 by Jonathan Santlofer. Reprinted by permission of the author.

Joseph Shearing: “The Chinese Apple” by Joseph Shearing, copyright © 1949 by Joseph Shearing. Reprinted by permission of Mrs. Sharon Eden.

Rex Stout: “Christmas Party” by Rex Stout, copyright © 1957 by Rebecca Stout Bradbury and Barbara Stout; copyright © renewed 1985 by Rebecca Stout Bradbury and Barbara Stout. Reprinted by permission of Rebecca Stout Bradbury and Barbara Stout.

Julian Symons: “The Santa Claus Club” by Julian Symons, copyright © 1960 by Julian Symons. Reprinted by permission of Curtis Brown Group, Ltd, London, on behalf of the Estate of Julian Symons.