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Santa Clues. by Various , Martin Harry Greenberg (Editor) , Carol-Lynn Rossel Waugh (Editor) Browse related Subjects. Here are 21 original mysteries in a holiday collection by some of the biggest names in mystery and suspense. Including works by John Lutz and others, this collection takes Santa out of his workshop and puts him in the middle of fiendishly clever mysteries and murders. Read More. Here are 21 original mysteries in a holiday collection by some of the biggest names in mystery and suspense. Including works by John Lutz and others, this collection takes Santa out of his workshop and puts him in the middle of fiendishly clever mysteries and murders. Read Less. All Copies ( 13 ) Softcover ( 13 ) Choose Edition ( 1 ) Book Details Seller Sort. 1993, Signet Book. Edition: 1993, Signet Book Mass-market paperback, Very Good Details: ISBN: 0451177088 ISBN-13: 9780451177087 Pages: 272 Publisher: Signet Book Published: 11/01/1993 Language: English Alibris ID: 16049031217 Shipping Options: Standard Shipping: €3,60 Two Day Air: €13,50. Choose your shipping method in Checkout. Costs may vary based on destination. Seller's Description: Very good. -Cover Edge Wear. ► Contact This Seller. 1993, Signet Book. Edition: 1993, Signet Book Mass-market paperback, Very Good Details: ISBN: 0451177088 ISBN-13: 9780451177087 Pages: 272 Publisher: Signet Book Published: 11/1993 Language: English Alibris ID: 16407517499 Shipping Options: Standard Shipping: €3,60. Choose your shipping method in Checkout. Costs may vary based on destination. Seller's Description: Very good. Shows some signs of wear from usage. Is no longer bright/shinny. Edge wear from storage and shelving. ► Contact This Seller. 1993, Signet Book. Edition: 1993, Signet Book Mass-market paperback, Good Details: ISBN: 0451177088 ISBN-13: 9780451177087 Pages: 272 Publisher: Signet Book Published: 11/1993 Language: English Alibris ID: 16498747319 Shipping Options: Standard Shipping: €3,60. Choose your shipping method in Checkout. Costs may vary based on destination. Seller's Description: Good. All pages and cover are intact. Possible slightly loose binding, minor highlighting and marginalia, cocked spine or torn dust jacket. Maybe an ex-library copy and not include the accompanying CDs, access codes or other supplemental materials. ► Contact This Seller. 1993, Signet Book. Edition: 1993, Signet Book Mass-market paperback, Very Good Details: ISBN: 0451177088 ISBN-13: 9780451177087 Pages: 272 Publisher: Signet Book Published: 11/1993 Language: English Alibris ID: 16674904047 Shipping Options: Standard Shipping: €3,60. Choose your shipping method in Checkout. Costs may vary based on destination. Seller's Description: Very Good. ► Contact This Seller. 1993, Signet Book. Edition: 1993, Signet Book Mass-market paperback, Very Good Details: ISBN: 0451177088 ISBN-13: 9780451177087 Pages: 272 Publisher: Signet Book Published: 1993 Language: English Alibris ID: 16686409649 Shipping Options: Standard Shipping: €3,60. Choose your shipping method in Checkout. Costs may vary based on destination. Seller's Description: Very good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. 1993, Signet Book. Edition: 1993, Signet Book Mass-market paperback, Fair Details: ISBN: 0451177088 ISBN-13: 9780451177087 Pages: 272 Publisher: Signet Book Published: 1993 Language: English Alibris ID: 16678981283 Shipping Options: Standard Shipping: €3,60. Choose your shipping method in Checkout. Costs may vary based on destination. Seller's Description: Fair. Former library book; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. 1993, Signet Book. Halethorpe, MD, USA. Edition: 1993, Signet Book Mass-market paperback, Fair Details: ISBN: 0451177088 ISBN-13: 9780451177087 Pages: 272 Publisher: Signet Book Published: 1993 Language: English Alibris ID: 16655040442 Shipping Options: Standard Shipping: €3,60. Choose your shipping method in Checkout. Costs may vary based on destination. Seller's Description: Fair. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. 1993, Signet Book. Edition: 1993, Signet Book Mass-market paperback, Good Details: ISBN: 0451177088 ISBN-13: 9780451177087 Pages: 272 Publisher: Signet Book Published: 1993 Language: English Alibris ID: 16464597219 Shipping Options: Standard Shipping: €3,60 Trackable Expedited: €7,20. Choose your shipping method in Checkout. Costs may vary based on destination. Seller's Description: Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972. Used books may not include companion materials, some shelf wear, may contain highlighting/notes, and may not include cd-rom or access codes. 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Choose your shipping method in Checkout. Costs may vary based on destination. Posts. See John Dwyer, Virtuous Discourse: Sensibility and Community in Late Eighteenth-Century Scotland (Edinburgh: J. Donald, 1987); Gladys Bryson, Man and Society: The Scottish Inquiry of the Eighteenth Century (Princeton: Princeton . Author : Karen HALTTUNEN. Publisher: Harvard University Press. ISBN: 9780674038172. Category: History. Katherine Hall Page Presents Malice Domestic 11 Murder Most Conventional. Castle Rannoch, Perthshire, Scotland September 1934 I have a confession to make . I'm actually not too fond . “ Scotland the Brave .” I don't know whether the hundred or so people camped on our grounds greeted it more favorably than I did . Author : Verena Rose. Publisher: Wildside Press LLC. ISBN: 9781479421602. Category: Fiction. Murder Most Confederate. Murder Most Celtic Abigail Browning. AUTHORS ' Bios Peter Tremayne is the . His stories of Tallifer , the wandering minstrel , have appeared in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine and Murder Most Scottish . His story " The Dancing Bear , ” a . Author : Abigail Browning. ISBN: 0307290220. Category: Christmas stories. Murder Most Medieval. . a Crime , Cat Crimes Through Time , and The Year's 25 Finest Criman and Mystery Stories , volumes 3 and 4. His stories of Talifer , the wandering minstrel , have appeared in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine and Murder Most Scottish . Author : Martin Harry Greenberg. Publisher: Murder Most. ISBN: 1581820879. Category: Fiction. Murder Most Confederate. His stories of Talifer , the wandering minstrel , have appeared in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine and Murder Most Scottish . His story “ The Dancing Bear , ” a Tallifer tale , won the Edgar Award for short fiction for 1994. His other series . Author : Martin Harry Greenberg. Publisher: Murder Most. ISBN: 1581821204. Category: Fiction. Murder Most Foul. Horatio's interpretation of history is more nearly existential, despite his calling at times on God as a witness and protector . arousing in her subjects both adulation and misogynist anxieties about what the Scottish Presbyterian clergyman John . Author : David Bevington. Publisher: OUP Oxford. ISBN: 9780191620546. Category: Literary Criticism. Murder Most Foul. They also knew that the Scottish banks , with a singular lack of that canniness which is supposed to be a characteristic of the nation , did not take the numbers of the notes which they issued . It seemed a simple matter to dash up to Scotland . Author : George A. Birmingham. ISBN: STANFORD:36105010311392. Category: Trials. Mary Queen of Scots. On the night of 10 February 1567 an explosion devastated the Edinburgh residence of Henry Stewart, Lord Darnley, second husband of Mary, Queen of Scots. Author : Alison Weir. Publisher: Random House. ISBN: 9781446449219. Category: Biography & Autobiography. Scottish Literary Journal. As one assassin employs diversionary tactics , the other indulges in murder most foul ( the blow comes from the rear ) . The murder is brutal in itself but the brutality is enhanced by the messy carelessness which leaves the murder weapon . ISBN: UCSC:32106012615388. Category: Dialect literature, Scottish. In Scotland Again. This murder was perhaps the most terrible in Scottish history . Rizzio's murder twenty - one years later was admittedly a political assassination of the first magnitude , but Rizzio was only an Italian minstrel and Beaton was the Pope's . Author : Henry Vollam Morton. ISBN: MSU:31293035934938. Category: Scotland. The Scottish Gallovidian Encyclopedia. Francis Grose , the celebrated antiquary , gives a good account of it in his Antiquities of Scotland . . which conjured up scenes of ancient barbarism , and murder , more than this one ; it seems as if it had been built for the sole purpose of conducting savage deeds . It was the seat of the Black Douglass , one of the most horrible devils that ever appeared in Scotland ; he made his very king tremble for him . Author : John Mactaggart. ISBN: NYPL:33433069243792. Category: Galloway (Scotland) The Historical Castles and Mansions of Scotland. Acting upon this second confession , Douglas was carried to Edinburgh and tried there upon a charge of murder . . Fire - raising at this time was looked upon with peculiar dread , and the earlier enactments of the Scottish Kings had obtained a special sanction after the disasters caused by the . The name of Evelick must still be associated with the recollection of “ murder most foul EVELICK CASTLE . Author : Alexander Hastie Millar. ISBN: HARVARD:32044081258915. Category: Angus (Scotland) Murder Ink. he Scots , as any Scott will tell you , are an exceptional race . They remain distinctively themselves although linked geographically and historically to a richer nation to the south , and in no area of life are they more " separate ” than in their . Author : Dilys Winn. Publisher: Crescent. ISBN: 0517347857. Category: Detective and mystery stories, American. Five Euphemias. Women in Medieval Scotland , 1200-1420 Elizabeth Sutherland. to Smithfield . But Scotland now had a martyr and a cause . Blind Harry the . MURDER MOST FOUL Support for the Scottish cause however also came from another source . Author : Elizabeth Sutherland. ISBN: STANFORD:36105024323169. Category: Scotland. Scottish Beekeeper. Murder Most Foul Milk - Fed Random Notes L. M. THAKE Beekeeping in. · Murder most foul hath been done on my bees , " Macbeth might have said ; but fouler far would be the murder I would do , could I but lay hands on the perpetrator of this . Blog Archives. The toaster oven in question. I have no idea how old it is, but it’s…OLD. Whether or not you believe in the supernatural, I think it’s safe to say that you’ve probably had at least one thing happen to you that defies explanation. Do I believe in the supernatural? Yes, I do. I have since I had something I had no explanation for happen to me in college back in 1989 (which is too terrifying for me to write about. I think there’s maybe one interview someplace in which I bring it up, but that’s it); and in 2007, on a dark road late at night, a person in a white runner’s outfit ran in front of my car. I slammed on the brakes, and, heart racing, I leapt from the driver’s seat to find out if the person was okay. There was no person in white runner’s shorts, and there was no sound of the crunching of leaves in the nearby woods. I called “hello?” without response. There was no one on that road but me. No head-scratching experiences since then—until last week. I was with my sister and brother and their families at my aunt’s house for what you might call an early Thanksgiving. In its glory days, the three- family house was the social center of a large Italian family. There were Sunday dinners, all-nighter New Year’s Eves, endless pinochle games, summer picnics in the screen house, fresh vegetables from the garden and jugs of plain awful homemade wine. The generations that were responsible for all of that are pretty much gone, but the house, built very early in the 20 th century, still stands. So does a bunch of stuff in the basement. My brother and his family were rummaging around down there, finding things like original Burger King Star Wars glassware in mint condition, century-old cookbooks, and Disney board games no one’s seen since the 1950s. I was standing in the kitchen. Just as I saw them emerge from the basement, I heard the bell on the ancient toaster oven go off. My first thought was that my aunt—who is now suffering from a form of dementia—had perhaps gotten up and come into the kitchen and turned on the toaster oven. I knew, though, that this wasn’t possible—I’d just spent the past hour with her, and she hadn’t moved from her chair. I said something to Maryanne. She said, “Sometimes that bell just goes off.” And it is possible someone could have jostled it earlier in the day, when we were all cooking in the kitchen. Then I touched it, and it was hot. Which would’ve been fine—except that it was unplugged . I called my husband Nathan, who’s a retired paranormal investigator. He gave me a list of things to check, so we all discussed the possibilities: was it sitting in direct sunlight? No. It’s over the spot in the basement where the furnace is, so are the cabinets underneath hot from heat that could be coming up through the floor? No. Did Uncle Lou, who came over to the area a few minutes prior to get a glass of water, use the toaster oven? We asked; the answer was no. Had either of my brother’s sons played with it? We asked; no, and anyway, they were down in the basement the whole time. A toaster oven might retain heat. Has it been used in the past twelve hours? No; its last use was two days prior, and no toaster oven retains heat for over 48 hours. Could it have a short? Well, sure, yes, but how does a toaster oven, which doesn’t have any battery back-up, have a short and get hot when there’s no power source ? So there you have it. Absolutely no explanation. If anybody has any ideas, I’m all ears. Otherwise? I’m chalking this one up to the supernatural. Share this: Like this: Short Film: Ghost Story by Steven Cameron Ferguson. This just under 12-minute short film was shot on location in Glasgow, Scotland, and was nominated for a Royal Television Society award. Sweet rather than scary, this ghost story is probably the perfect accompaniment to your morning coffee. http://vimeo.com/13292694. Share this: Like this: Review: In Haunted Houses: The Greatest Stories, Spooky Dwellings Get a Fresh Coat of Paint. I suppose it could be argued that there isn’t a “new” way to write a haunted house story—how many unique things can you really do with a haunted house, after all?—but after reading Haunted Houses: The Greatest Stories , edited by Martin H. Greenberg, if such an argument were ever to be presented, I’d be on the side of the defense. This collection isn’t short on classics—Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s “The Yellow Wallpaper,” Lovecraft’s “The Rats in the Walls” and Stoker’s “The Judge’s House”—nor is it short on some standardly-hallmarked, but still fun, pieces: Henry Slesar’s “The Right Kind of House” if you love a nail-biting mystery; Robert Aickman’s “The School Friend” if you love a little odd romance; “The Haunting of Shawley Rectory” if you like a ghost hunt; Michael Raeves’ “The Tearing of Graymare,” if you like a good scare. But it’s the several stories with unique takes that make this collection a must-have. Robert Bloch’s “Lizzie Borden Took an Axe,” while I found had one unbelievable moment as a character leaps to rather sudden conclusion (I would have founded this with at least one mention or thought earlier on in the story so it didn’t feel like it came out of nowhere), is a riveting page- turner while simultaneously creating a sense of leaden, pondering dread in the middle of a summer day through the use of a decay motif. And the subtly-foreshadowed ending is a total shocker. I won’t provide any other spoilers here except to note that the story is not about Lizzie Borden, but if you really want to make this one hell of a ride, you’d do well to read Angela Carter’s “The Fall River Axe Murders” first (Carter’s short was first published in 1981 and again in 1985; Bloch’s was first published in 1946. Who knows if Carter read Bloch’s story, but I find the connection between the two makes me think Carter may have been directly inspired). Joyce Carol Oates’ “The Doll” is what you’d expect of her unique psychological horror, but when applied to the haunted house story, it’s definitely not what you’d expect (think about the story’s title a little bit and you might figure out why)—and deals a wallop of a commentary on the long reach of our childhood’s shadows. Similar in theme is William F. Nolan’s “Dark Winner,” which isn’t surprising, since he’s the genius behind Logan’s Run . What is surprising about “Dark Winner” is the storytelling itself. I won’t spoil it, but I will say that it’s tough to pull of this particular style and not bore the crap out of your readers. Nolan not only nails it, he gets the job done quick and dirty. I couldn’t put the story down. Charles L. Grant’s “The Children, They Laugh So Sweetly” also looks at the haunted house in connection with children, but through the eyes of—if I even mention it, I’ll blow the story’s surprise ending. Years ago, I’d read Jack L. Chalker’s “No Hiding Place” and had loved it—and given its completely odd take on the Haunted House, I’m not surprised it was included in this collection (it appeared in his 1988 collection Dance Band on the Titanic , which had, that year, been a birthday gift from my Dad): this one will trash everything you know about haunted house lore. The most fun piece, though, is Margaret St. Claire’s “The House in Bel Aire.” This is one take on a haunted house story that was so fresh I had to read it twice. For all the haunted house tales I’ve read over the years, I can’t think of any even remotely reminiscent of this one. I have never read anything like this and I’m pretty sure you haven’t either. Anthologies and collections can be uneven, and this one is no exception. Just as there are solid and creative stories in this collection, there are weaker ones, too. I felt that Edward Bryant’s “Teeth Marks,” which started off in a gripping, chilling voice, collapsed because it was told from alternating POVs; it was like walking on an uneven floor. Elizabeth Bowen’s “The Cat Jumps,” despite its well-developed atmosphere, was peopled with cardboard characters, lacked suspense, and had a what-the-hell-does-this-have-to-do-with-the-last-five-pages-I-just-struggled-through? ending. I didn’t mention all the stories in here; there are a few more, and Greenberg’s introduction alone, in which he examines why tainted home stories are scary, makes the purchase of this book a worthwhile endeavor. So if spooky dwellings are your thing, you should own this collection. Santa Clues by Martin Harry Greenberg. Jan. 27, 1942: Ida Greenberg testifies in the trial of Benjamin “Bugsy” Siegel (d. 1947) and Frank “Frankie” Carbo (d. 1972) in the killing of her husband, Harry “Big Greenie” Greenberg, who was shot to death in his driveway at 1804 N. Vista Del Mar on Nov. 22, 1939. Prosecutors say the union labor racketeer demanded $5,000 to keep from informing on what he knew about Murder Inc. Carbo was accused of shooting Greenberg five times in the head and Siegel was charged with leading the killers to Greenberg’s house and driving one of the getaway cars. Al Tannenbaum, who received immunity in exchange for his testimony, said he brought the murder weapons to Los Angeles from New York and gave them to Carbo and Siegel. My favorite quote: “Prosecutors later explained that Mrs. Greenberg did not know her husband was engaged in the union labor racketeering enterprises in New York under the direction of Louis (Lepke) Buchalter and Jacob Gurrah.” A legal dispute is blocking the burial of Judge Joseph Franklin Rutherford, head of the Jehovah’s Witnesses, who died Jan. 9. Rutherford wished to be buried the next day on a hillside at his San Diego mansion, but neighbors complained that the burial would lower property values. Bruno Walter is arriving on the Santa Fe Chief to appear as guest conductor with the Los Angeles Philharmonic. Jimmie Fidler says: Freddy Martin has assigned all royalty from his recordings of “When There’s a Breeze on Lake Louise” and “Heavenly, Isn’t It?” from RKO’s “The Mayor of 44th Street” to President Roosevelt’s Infantile Paralysis Fund.