Father Christmas

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 Hangman's Holiday
— 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 by Pierre Véry (English translation, The Murder of Father Christmas by Alan Grimes)
— 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 Crimson Snow
— The White Priory Murders by John Dickson Carr
— "The Snapdragon and the C.I.D." by Margery Allingham, collected in Murder at Christmas
— “The Case is Altered” by Margery Allingham, collected in Silent Nights
— “Among Those Present was Santa Claus” by Vincent Cornier, collected in Who Killed Father Christmas?

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

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