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The Usual Santas
A Collection of Soho Crime Christmas Capers
47 of 47 copies available
This captivating collection, which features bestselling and award-winning authors, contains laughs aplenty, the most hardboiled of holiday noir, and heartwarming reminders of the spirit of the season.
Nine mall Santas must find the imposter among them. An elderly lady seeks peace from her murderously loud neighbors at Christmastime. A young woman receives a mysterious invitation to Christmas dinner with a stranger. Niccolò Machiavelli sets out to save an Italian city. Sherlock Holmes's one-time nemesis Irene Adler finds herself in an unexpected tangle in Paris while on a routine espionage assignment. Jane Austen searches for the Dowager Duchess of Wilborough's stolen diamonds. These and other adventures in this delectable volume will whisk readers away to Christmases around the globe, from a Korean War POW camp to
a Copenhagen refugee squat, from a palatial hotel in 1920s Bombay to a crumbling mansion in Havana.
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Creators
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Stephanie BarronAuthor
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James R. BennAuthor
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Cara BlackAuthor
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Henry ChangAuthor
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Gary CorbyAuthor
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Colin CotterillAuthor
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Tod GoldbergAuthor
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Timothy HallinanAuthor
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Mette Ivie HarrisonAuthor
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Mick HerronAuthor
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Lene KaaberbølAuthor
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Agnete FriisAuthor
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Martin LimonAuthor
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Ed LinAuthor
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Peter LoveseyAuthor
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Sujata MasseyAuthor
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Stuart NevilleAuthor
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Helene TurstenAuthor
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Jonathan YenNarrator
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John KeatingNarrator
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Barbara CarusoNarrator
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Luis MorenoNarrator
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Elizabeth SastreNarrator
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Carine MontbertrandNarrator
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Ali AhnNarrator
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Brian HutchisonNarrator
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Publisher
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Release date
November 15, 2017 -
Formats
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OverDrive Listen audiobook
- ISBN: 9781501930911
- File size: 350582 KB
- Duration: 12:10:22
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Languages
- English
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Reviews
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This intriguing audio collection of holiday stories is divided into three sections: "Joy to the World" includes stories with acts of kindness, "Silent Night" contains dark holiday noir tales, and "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus" features suspenseful Christmas mysteries. Regardless of what listeners might be craving, they're sure to find it in this festive anthology. Even the rotation of narrators offers a celebratory sampling of sounds and styles. While John Keating's inhalations are often noticeable, his energy infuses Mick Herron's title story with playfulness. And Elizabeth Sastre pulls her audience into the period of Stephanie Barron's "Jane and the Midnight Clear." There's plenty to enjoy, so when the Christmas carols become stale, load up THE USUAL SANTAS for a different kind of holiday cheer. J.F. © AudioFile 2017, Portland, Maine -
Starred review from August 28, 2017
Soho Crime draws from its impressive roster of authors for this outstanding Christmas-themed anthology. The tone of the 18 entries varies considerably, from the lighthearted to the grim. Some contributors use lead characters from their series: Martin Limón features his wisecracking, savvy U.S. Army investigators George Sueño and Ernie Bascom in “PX Christmas,” and Jane Austen plays sleuth in Stephanie Barron’s “Jane and the Midnight Clear.” Others step with ease out of their comfort zone, such as Gary Corby, who takes a break from ancient Greece to feature Niccolo Machiavelli and Cesare Borgia in “The Prince (of Peace).” Ed Lin’s NYPD detective Robert Chow is absent from “Martin,” one of several tales with a wicked twist at the end. Mick Herron perhaps most effectively integrates Christmas themes in the title story, in which a group of mall Santas, whose real identities are unknown to one another, find that there’s a stranger in their midst. Other contributors include Timothy Hallinan, Mettie Ivie Harrison, Sujata Massey, and Colin Cotterill. This is the perfect holiday gift for mystery fans.
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