Collection of fifteen classic British mystery tales featuring a Christmas themes.

"Originally published in London in 1936 by Collins"--T.p. verso.

The blue carbuncle / Arthur Conan Doyle -- Parlour tricks / Ralph Plummer -- A happy solution / Raymund Allen -- The flying stars / G.K. Chesterton -- Stuffing / Edgar Wallace -- The unknown murderer / H.C. Bailey -- The absconding treasurer / J. Jefferson Farjeon -- The necklace of pearls / Dorothy L. Sayers -- The case is altered / Margery Allingham -- Waxworks / Ethel Lina White -- Cambric Tea / Marjorie Bowen -- The Chinese apple / Joseph Shearing -- A problem in white / Nicholas Blake -- The name onthe window / Edmund Crispin -- Beef for Christmas / Leo Bruce.