Waggish tales of dogs, Christmas, and murder--by sixteen of today's best-loved crime novelists! A temperamental Yorkie provokes Yuletide mayhem at an English country house . . . A puppy forgotten in Santa's bag helps quell a coup at the North Pole . . . During a snow-white Christmas, a Portuguese water dog noses out murder at a Vermont inn . . . and many more, including:
"Clicker Training" by Parnell Hall
"The Emerald Collar" by Leslie O'Kane
"Yellow Snow" by Jeffrey Marks
"O Little Hound of Bethlehem" by Taylor McCafferty
"Toy Pincher" by H. Robert Perry
"The Fencing Crib" by Mark Graham
"Red Shirt and Black Jacket" by Virginia Lanier
"The Village Vampire and the Yuletide Yorkie" by Dean James
"Psycho Santa's Got a Brand-New Bag" by Deborah Adams
"Midnight Clear" by Jane Haddam
"Fowl Play" by Patricia Guiver
"The Reunion" by Lillian M. Roberts
"Good Dog Wenceslas" by Melissa Cleary
"Habits" by Jeremiah Healy
"Eye Witness" by David Leitz
These thrilling tales of canine derring-do give dog lovers the treat of celebrating Christmas with sleuthhounds of many breeds--as they sniff out crime and render holiday justice.
Author Biography
A member of Mystery Writers of America and Sisters in Crime, Jeffrey Marks is a freelance writer and interviewer whose work has been published in The Armchair Detective, Mystery Scene, Mystery Readers Journal, and other magazines devoted to crime fiction. His own short stories have appeared in Kracked Mirror Mysteries and other periodicals. Mr. Marks's biography of Craig Rice, one of the most popular female authors of the World War II era, was published in France by Librairie des Champs Elysees. A graduate of Miami University and Xavier University, he lives in Cincinnati. He is also the editor of Canine Crimes, a previous anthology of dog-related mysteries.
