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The Usual Santas

A Collection of Soho Crime Christmas Capers

The Usual Santas( )
Author: Lovesey, Peter
ISBN:978-1-4328-4515-5
Publication Date:Nov 2017
Publisher:Cengage Gale
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:USD $30.99
Book Description:

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...
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Book Details
Pages:573
Detailed Subjects: Fiction / Holidays
Fiction / Mystery & Detective / Collections & Anthologies
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):5.8 x 8.6 x 1.2 Inches
Book Weight:1.1 Pounds
Author Biography
Lovesey, Peter (Author)
Peter Lovesey was born in Whitton, Middlesex in 1936. He was a teacher before becoming a full-time writer.

Lovesey's first mystery novel was Wobble to Death which introduced Victorian detective Sergeant Cribb. He later introduced Peter Diamond and Bertie in his novels to follow. He also writes under the pseudonym Peter Lear. His works have been translated into 22 languages and several of them were adapted for television and film.

Lovesey's works have earned him numerous awards. He is a three time winner of the CWA Silver Dagger. He also won the CWA Gold Dagger in 1982 and the 2000 CWA Cartier Diamond Dagger Award in recognition of his career in mystery writing. He is the recipient of the Anthony Award, McAvity Award, Ellery Queen Readers' Award and the Mystery Writers of America Golden Mysteries Short Story Prize. Internationally, he has won the Grand Prix de littérature Policiére and the Prix du Roman d'Adventures.

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