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CHRISTMAS MYSTERIES - 20 Thriller Classics in One Volume - Murder Mysteries & Intriguing Stories of Suspense Horror and Thrill for the Holidays - cover

CHRISTMAS MYSTERIES - 20 Thriller Classics in One Volume - Murder Mysteries & Intriguing Stories of Suspense Horror and Thrill for the Holidays

Charles Dickens, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Wilkie Collins, O. Henry, Saki Saki, Robert Louis Stevenson, Grant Allen, John Kendrick Bangs, G. K. Chesterton, M.R. James, Arthur Conan Doyle, Thomas Hardy, Catherine Crowe, William Douglas O'Connor, Leonard Kip, Emmuska Orczy, Louisa M. Alcott

Publisher: e-artnow

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This carefully crafted ebook: "CHRISTMAS MYSTERIES - 20 Thriller Classics in One Volume" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents.
Christmas holidays are the best time to enjoy some good mystery tales in the snuggling comfort of your home and family. This edition hence brings to you some of the finest literary gems together in one place to satisfy your cravings for some suspense. Enjoy:
A Christmas Tragedy (Emmuska Orczy)
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle (Arthur Conan Doyle)
An Exciting Christmas Eve or, My Lecture On Dynamite (Arthur Conan Doyle)
What the Shepherd Saw: A Tale of Four Moonlight Nights (Thomas Hardy)
The Story of a Disappearance and an Appearance (M.R. James)
To Be Taken With A Pinch Of Salt: Doctor Marigold's Prescriptions (Charles Dickens)
Mustapha (Sabine Baring-Gould)
Markheim (Robert Louis Stevenson)
The Flying Stars (G.K. Chesterton)
The Thieves who couldn't Stop Sneezing (Thomas Hardy)
Mr Wray's Cash Box or, the Mask and the Mystery (Wilkie Collins)
A Chaparral Christmas Gift (O. Henry)
The Wolves of Cernogratz (Saki)
Ghosts and Family Legends (Catherine Crowe)
Thurlow's Christmas Story (John Kendrick Bangs)
The Mystery of My Grandmother's Hair Sofa (John Kendrick Bangs)
Wolverden Tower (Grant Allen)
Glámr (Sabine Baring-Gould)
The Ghosts at Grantley (Leonard Kip)
Told After Supper (Jerome K. Jerome)
Available since: 12/04/2016.
Print length: 668 pages.

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