How Still We See Thee Lie

by Allana Martin, Tom Mitcheltree, Connie Shelton

Four top mystery authors bring together four original stories of suspenseful Christmas tidings featuring characters from favorite, ongoing mystery series, in a collection that is sure to top the wish lists of mystery enthusiasts!

The Christmas Bonus
A Merry Little Christmas
Holidays Can Be Murder
Too Many Santas

Genres: Christmas, Mystery

377 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published November 1, 2002

About the author

Allana lives in Marfa, Texas, with her husband.

Her first novel, Death of a Healing Woman, won the Western Writers of America Medicine Pipe Bearer Award.

She is a former journalism teacher.

Reviews

[Caro · Rating 2 out of 5]

This was an ok book. Good stories. I liked reading these and they're good for passing time. I wasn't too drawn in though and this one took me a while to read. Great for those nothing else to do kinda days. Good luck.

[Kerri Reid · Rating 3 out of 5]

4 short Christmas mysteries - good, quick reads

[Vicki Gooding · Rating 4 out of 5]

3 of the 4 stories in this book is pretty good. One was ok, but the whole book is a fun and easy holiday's mystery reads.

[Sally906 · Rating 3 out of 5]

Four murder/Mystery stories with a Christmas theme:

The Christmas Bonus by Allana Martin – D
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 FBI and drug smugglers – to refuse means death to accept means imprisonment. And that would be a bad thing why?

A merry little Christmas by Tom Mitcheltree – C
Everybody in town loved Adam Shipper – except his cold-blooded murderer. English professor Paul Fischer is asked to do some sleuthing to find out who disliked Adam Shipper and finds secrets that could just make this Christmas his last.

Holidays can be murder by Connie Shelton – B
Charlie Parker is delighted to have her mother-in-law come and stay for Christmas. Her pregnant next door neighbour, however, would prefer to find her own mother-in-law dead under the tree. Trouble is, she gets her wish and is the prime suspect.

Too many Santas by Elizabeth Gunn – D
When the department store Santa of Rutherford, Minnesota, goes missing, he is found tied and gagged and stuffed in the Christmas tree. Jake Hines is called to investigate a holiday mystery with too many Santas and really wish he hadn’t bothered!!!

[Connie · Rating 4 out of 5]

I am the author of one of the novellas in this Christmas anthology. My story, called Holidays Can Be Murder was later published separately as a book. The story finds Charlie and Drake at home in Albuquerque for the holidays, but a murder right next door sends Charlie searching for clues and solving another mystery

[Allison · Rating 5 out of 5]

Enjoyable! Loved al the stories although the last one, having to do with bridge, completely flummoxed me as I know next to nothing about bridge.