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

Mentioned in this episode:

— "The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle" by Arthur Conan Doyle, collected in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

— "The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding" by Agatha Christie, collected in The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding and a Selection of Entrées

— "The Necklace of Pearls" by Dorothy L Sayers, collected in Silent Nights

— Hercule Poirot's Christmas by Agatha Christie

— Crime at Christmas by C.H.B. Kitchin

— Portrait of a Murderer by Anne Meredith

— An English Murder by Cyril Hare

— Groaning Spinney by Gladys Mitchell

— The Case of the Abominable Snowman by Nicholas Blake

— Mystery in White by J. Jefferson Farjeon

— “A Present from Santa Claus” by Julian Symons, collected in Murder on a Winter's Night

— L'Assassinat du Père Noël Pierre Véry [English trans. The Murder of Father Christmas]

— Murder After Christmas by Rupert Latimer

— Murder for Christmas by Francis Duncan

— “Who Killed Father Christmas?” by Patricia Moyes, collected in Who Killed Father Christmas?

— “The Santa Claus Club” by Julian Symons, collected in Crimson Snow

— The Santa Claus Murder by Mavis Doriel Hay

— "‘Twixt the Cup and the Lip” by Julian Symons, collected in The Christmas Card Crime and Other Stories

— "The Case of the Man with the Sack” by Margery Allingham, collected in