Title: The Christmas Kid and Other Brooklyn Stories Writer: Pete Hamill Publishing House: Little, Brown and Company Date of Publication: October 30, 2012 Rating: 5 stars ‘’In that lost city of memory, the wind is always blowing hard from the harbor and the snow is packed tightly on the hills of Prospect Park. They are…
Month: January 2024
Stories for Winter and Nights by the Fire
Title: Stories for Winter and Nights by the Fire Writer: Various, edited by Simon Thomas Publishing House: British Library Publishing Date of Publication: October 26, 2023 Rating: 5 stars ‘’When the sun goes down, it is very cold and then I easily start crying because the winter moon presses my heart. The winter moon is…
Who Killed Father Christmas and Other Seasonal Mysteries
Title: Who Killed Father Christmas and Other Seasonal Mysteries Writer: Various, edited by Martin Edwards Publishing House: British Library Crime Classics Date of Publication: October 11, 2023 Rating: 5 stars ‘’The night was cold and frosty with a frozen moon like a bulkhead light set in a bowl of steel. The broken arch of the…
The White Priory Murders – A Mystery for Christmas
Title: The White Priory Murders: A Mystery for Christmas Writer: John Dickson Carr Publishing House: British Library Crime Classics Date of Publication: October 10, 2022 (January 1, 1934) Rating: 3 stars ‘’H.M.’s room, spacious in decayed finery, is in the most ancient part of the damp old rabbit-warren, once a part of Whitehall Palace: it looks…
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