The Mistletoe Murder and Other Stories

THIS IS A BORZOI BOOK PUBLISHED BY ALFRED A. KNOPF AND ALFRED A. KNOPF CANADA

Copyright © 2016 by The Estate of P. D. James

All rights reserved. Published in the United States by Alfred A. Knopf, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, New York, and in Canada by Alfred A. Knopf Canada, a division of Penguin Random House Canada Limited, Toronto.

Originally published in hardcover in Great Britain by Faber & Faber Ltd., London, in 2016.

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Cataloging-in-Publication Data is on file at the Library of Congress

ISBN 978-0-451-49414-6 (hardcover)

ISBN 978-0-451-49415-3 (ebook)

Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication

James, P. D.

[Short stories. Selections]

The mistletoe murder and other stories / P.D. James.

Issued in print and electronic formats.

ISBN 978-0-345-81203-2

eBook ISBN 978-0-345-81205-6

I. Title. II. Title: Short stories. Selections.

PR6060.A56M57 2016 823'.914 C2016-903900-5

Ebook ISBN 9780451494153

This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

Cover image: A Sprig of Oak Mistletoe and Its Berries by Mary E. Eaton/NGS Image Collection/The Art Archive at Art Resource, New York

Cover design by Carol Devine Carson