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“Christmas is Murder” by Val McDermid<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n A book of twelve short stories with different themes: detective, revenge, supernatural and historic. The settings were varied. Several readers felt that short stories worked well for bedtime reading. The stories were generally felt to be well written, but not chilling. Members who enjoyed other books by Val McDermid, felt that these tales were not up to her usual standard. Our favourite story was \u2018Holmes for Christmas\u2019 because it incorporated real historical events and the famous Sherlock Holmes. Our least favourite was \u2018The Girl Who Killed Santa Claus\u2019, since it was too predictable. Score 6\/10.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n “Christmas is Murder” by Val McDermid A book of twelve short stories with different themes: detective, revenge, supernatural and historic. The settings were varied. Several readers felt that short stories worked well for bedtime reading. 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