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Shedunnit - Father Christmas

The magical spirit of Christmas is the perfect cover for a murder mystery.

The magical spirit of Christmas is the perfect cover for a murder mystery.

Mentioned in this episode:
鈥 "The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle" by Arthur Conan Doyle, collected in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
鈥 "The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding" by Agatha Christie, collected in The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding and a Selection of Entr茅es
鈥 "The Necklace of Pearls" by Dorothy L Sayers, collected in Hangman's Holiday
鈥 Hercule Poirot's Christmas by Agatha Christie
鈥 Crime at Christmas by C.H.B. Kitchin
鈥 Portrait of a Murderer by Anne Meredith
鈥 An English Murder by Cyril Hare
鈥 Groaning Spinney by Gladys Mitchell
鈥 The Case of the Abominable Snowman by Nicholas Blake
鈥 Mystery in White by J. Jefferson Farjeon
鈥 鈥淎 Present from Santa Claus鈥 by Julian Symons, collected in Murder on a Winter's Night
鈥 L'Assassinat du P猫re No毛l by Pierre V茅ry (English translation, The Murder of Father Christmas by Alan Grimes)
鈥 Murder After Christmas by Rupert Latimer
鈥 Murder for Christmas by Francis Duncan
鈥 鈥淲ho Killed Father Christmas?鈥 by Patricia Moyes, collected in Who Killed Father Christmas?
鈥 鈥淭he Santa Claus Club鈥 by Julian Symons, collected in Crimson Snow
鈥 The Santa Claus Murder by Mavis Doriel Hay
鈥 "鈥楾wixt the Cup and the Lip鈥 by Julian Symons, collected in The Christmas Card Crime and Other Stories
鈥 "The Case of the Man with the Sack鈥 by Margery Allingham, collected in Crimson Snow
鈥 The White Priory Murders by John Dickson Carr
鈥 "The Snapdragon and the C.I.D." by Margery Allingham, collected in Murder at Christmas
鈥 鈥淭he Case is Altered鈥 by Margery Allingham, collected in Silent Nights
鈥 鈥淎mong Those Present was Santa Claus鈥 by Vincent Cornier, collected in Who Killed Father Christmas?

More Festive Shedunnit episodes:
鈥 Crime at Christmas
鈥 Let It Snow
鈥 A Christie for Christmas
鈥 The Murderless Christmas Mystery

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Release date:

23 days left to listen

Duration:

20 minutes

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