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Group Read: Silent Nights - edited by Martin Edwards
Stories in this collection:
- The Blue Carbuncle by Arthur Conan Doyle
- Parlour Tricks by Ralph Plummer
- A Happy Solution by Raymund Allen
- The Flying Stars by G.K. Chesterton
- Stuffing by Edgar Wallace
- The Unknown Murderer by H.C. Bailey
- The Absconding Treasurer by J. Jefferson Farjeon
- The Necklace of Pearls by Dorothy L. Sayers
- The Case is Altered by Margery Allingham
- Waxworks by Ethel Lina White
- Cambric Tea by Marjorie Bowen
- The Chinese Apple by Joseph Shearing
- A Problem in White by Nicholas Blake
- The Name on the Window by Edmund Crispin
- Beef for Christmas by Leo Bruce

The (completely optional) Prompts:
1. Partridge in a Pear Tree: Alliterative Title
2. Two Turtle Doves: Buddy Read
3. Three French Hens: Translated work or set in a different country
4. Four Calling Birds: Read in nature/Go for a walk
5. Five Gold Rings: Foil on the cover
6. Six Geese a Laying: Have a cozy time eating Christmas treats and watch a cozy mystery.
7. Seven Swans a Swimming: Have a soak in the bath, go for a swim, or walk in the rain.
8. Eight Dingoes Dancing: Wild card read
9. Nine Ladies Dancing: Have a festive night in or out to get into the festive cheer.
10. Ten Lords-a-Leaping: Story with nobility
11. Eleven Pipers Piping: Listen to cozy Christmas music while reading
12. Twelve Drummers Drumming: Listen to a crime narrative

Books Recommended:
Alliterative Title (Partridge in a Pear Tree):
Acqua Alta by Donna Leon
Mistletoe Murders by P.D. James
Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz
From Doon With Death by Ruth Rendell
The Mitford Murders by Jessica Fellowes

Translated work or Set in a different Country (3 French Hens):
Agatha Raisin and the Quiche of Death - M.C. Beaton (England)
Sidney Chambers Grantchester series - James Runcie (England)
Three Pines series - Louise Penny (Canada)
Inspector Lynley series - Elizabeth George (England)

Foil on the Cover (5 Gold Rings):
The Mistletoe Murders - P.D. James
The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding - Agatha Christie

Story with Nobility (10 Lords a Leaping)
And Only to Deceive - Tasha Alexander
Mr. Churchill's Secretary - Susan Elia MacNeal
A Morbid Taste for Bones - Ellis Peters
An English Murder - Cyril Hare
Strong Poison - Dorothy Sayers
Why Didn't They Ask Evans? - Agatha Christie
The Anatomist's Wife - Anna Lee Huber
Her Royal Spyness - Rhys Bowen

Listen to a Crime Narrative (12 Drummers Drumming)
Maisie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear
Mr. Churchill's Secretary - Susan Elia MacNeal
A Morbid Taste for Bones - Ellis Peters
The Mitford Murder - Jessica Fellowes
Agatha Raisin - M.C. Beaton