I hope that all the folks on my Block have had/are having a very Merry Christmas or are celebrating their own holiday traditions in the very happiest way. Once again all the Santas in my life have been very generous and have provided me with more of my favorite things (primarily books!) Below is a run-down of the goodies that came my way this year. It looks like I was a very good girl again.
The first to arrive was my Secret Santa from Michelle's True Book Addict's Bookish Secret Santa group on Facebook. Ryan sent me a box full of treats (including Tribble Kibble mints) and...
...The Big Book of Christmas Mysteries edited by Otto Penzler
Next up was our departmental staff and administrators holiday party.
My director went for my love of classic Star Trek and got me the "beaming" mug which sends Kirk, Spock, McCoy, & Uhura beaming from the ship's transporter room to the planet's surface and back again via the wonders of hot and cold temperatures. I've looked at it longingly for ages, but could never justify getting it for myself...Thanks, Jesse!
And in our Secret Santa exchange, Robert gave me a 3-in-1 Detective Book Club edition with Alias Basil Willing by Helen McCloy, Accident by Design by E. C. R. Lorac, and The Watch Sinister by Marie Blizard as well as a reprint copy of Obelists at Sea by C. Daly King.
Christmas from my parents:
A Treasury of Great Recipes 50th Anniversary Edition by Mary & Vincent Price
What Cannot Be Said by C. S. Harris
Appointment with Death by Agatha Christie (audiobook read by Hugh Fraser)
The High Kings (self-named music CD)
The World of Miss Marple jigsaw puzzle
The Cipher Garden by Martin Edwards
The Chief Inspector's Daughter by Sheila Radley
The Knife by Herbert Adams
And from my most generous Santa Hubby:
Hanged for a Sheep by Frances & Richard Lockridge (hardback w/DJ!!)
A Pinch of Poison by the Lockridges (a hardback I never thought to see...for a reasonable price)
Judas Incorporated by Kurt Steel (Dell Mapback!)
Death Plays Solitaire by R. L. Goldman
Murder Without Clues by Joseph L. Bonney
Slay Me a Sinner by Pierre Audemars
Tincture of Death by Ray Harrison
Season for Death by Harrison
Deathwatch by Harrison
Harvest of Death by Harrison
And a huge lot of Raven House books:
Death Audit by James A. Howard
Murder Takes a Wife by Howard
Clutterkill by Gary Paulsen
Dividend on Death by Brett Halliday
Deadly Legacy by Christina Blake
April Thirtieth by Bernard St. James
The Doria Rafe Case by Hilary Waugh
Crimes Past by Mary Challis
Rain with Violence by Dell Shannon
Where There's a Will by Anne Burton
The Cana Diversion by William Campbell Gault
They Love Not Poison by Sara Woods
Murder by Proxy by George Ogan
The Healthy Grave by Margaret Leake
Art for Keeps by C. Burke Block
Murder in Focus by Robert Julian
A Shroud for Mr. Bundy by James M. Fox
The Wheel Is Fixed by James M. Fox
The Bad Samaritan by William Campbell Gault
Send Another Hearse by Harold Q. Masur
Classified Death by Claire Taschdjian
The Cana Diversion by William Campbell Gault (alternate cover)
Run from Nightmare by Maxine O'Callaghan
The Ghost of an Idea by Mary Challis
Top Level Death by Hugh Zachary
And one 4-in-1 Unicorn Mystery Club Edition:
Savage Breast/Map of Mistrust/Paul's Apartment/Love Lies Bleeding
~Manning Long/Allan MacKinnan/Van Siller/Edmund Crispin
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