How Still We See Thee Lie (Mass Market Paperback)

by Allana Martin (Author), Tom Mitcheltree (Author), Connie Shelton (Author)

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The Christmas Bonus
Allana Martin

When a stranger hands trading post owner Texana Jones a suitcase full of money from a local drug lord, she's caught in a deadly no-man's-land between the feds and drug smugglers in this gripping south-of-the-border holiday mystery . . .

A Merry Little Christmas
Tom Mitcheltree

Everybody in town knew Adam Shipper was a saint -- even his cold-blooded murderer. As a cure for the holiday blues, English professor Paul Fischer does some sleuthing and finds secrets that could just make this Christmas his last.

Holidays Can Be Murder
Connie Shelton

The lights of Albuquerque are aglow for Christmas and Charlie Parker is delighted to have her mother-in-law for the holidays. Charlie's best friend, however, would prefer to find her own mother-in-law dead under the tree. Unfortunately, she gets her wish . . .

Too Many Santas
Elizabeth Gunn

When the department store Santa of Rutherford, Minnesota, goes missing, it's a child's happy shout that calls attention to the red-suited figure just visible within the branches of the Christmas tree. Jake Hines is called to investigate a holiday mystery with too many Santas . . .

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 384 pages
• Publisher: Worldwide Library (November 1, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0373264372
• ISBN-13: 978-0373264377
• Product Dimensions: 6.4 x 4 x 1.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,074,841 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars A true treat for mystery buffs, November 10, 2002

By	Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews

How Still We See Thee Lie is a true treat for mystery buffs. Four outstanding writers are anthologized with stories themed to the Christmas holidays -- but well worth reading any time of the year! In Allana Martin's "The Christmas Bonus", a stranger hands Texana Jones a suitcase full of money and she finds herself caught up in a deadly feud between the feds and the drug smugglers. In Tom Mitcheltree's "A Merry Little Christmas", Paul Fischer must do some sleuthing to find out way Adam Shipper, whom the whole town knew to be a good and saintly man, was murdered, or else this could be Paul's last Christmas on Earth! In Connie Shelton's "Holidays Can Be Murder", Charlie Parker has a friend who seemingly wants to find the dead body of her mother-in-law under the Christmas tree... ! In Elizabeth Gunn's "Too Many Santas", Jake Hines is called to investigate the disappearance of a child only to find himself dealing with way to many department store Santas -- one of which is deadly.

3.0 out of 5 stars Not as riveting as I would have liked..., January 20, 2003

By	Doris Jean E. SANDELL "doughjean" (New Brunswick, NJ United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

It was an all-around good read, but I tend to go easy on short stories b/c they are so hard to write. ButI was honestly hoping for something a little more gripping. These were a little too tame, contrasting with the implications of the stories on the cover art and then synopses on the back.