Christmas Stalkings: Tales of Yuletide Murder - Hardcover

1989's Mistletoe Mysteries, a collection of all-new Yuletide mystery stories written by today's top practitioners of the cozy mystery, was a runaway success with critics and fans. Now bestselling novelist Charlotte MacLeod returns to her editor's seat with Christmas Stalkings.

Charlotte MacLeod (1922 2005) was an internationally bestselling author of cozy mysteries. Born in Canada, she moved to Boston as a child, and lived in New England most of her life. After graduating from college, she made a career in advertising, writing copy for the Stop & Shop Supermarket Company before moving on to Boston firm N. H. Miller & Co., where she rose to the rank of vice president. In her spare time, MacLeod wrote short stories, and in 1964 published her first novel, a children s book called "Mystery of the White Knight. """In "Rest You Merry" (1978), MacLeod introduced Professor Peter Shandy, a horticulturist and amateur sleuth whose adventures she would chronicle for two decades. "The Family Vault "(1979) marked the first appearance of her other best-known characters: the husband and wife sleuthing team Sarah Kelling and Max Bittersohn, whom she followed until her last novel, "The Balloon Man", in 1998.