Prepare your case file by printing it out, and then head online using the details provided in your pack to start your investigations. Wellcome Collection is a free visitor destination that explores the connections between medicine, life and art. I was also missing some form of symbolism or higher literary meaning, which the likes of Dostoevsky and Wilde manage to incorporate so superbly in their own short stories.

From a Santa Claus with a grudge to a cat who knows who killed its owner on Christmas Eve, these are stories to enjoy - and be mystified by - in front of a roaring fire, mince pie to hand. Detectives from the Met’s Specialist Crime Command are leading the investigation, and Detective Chief Inspector Brian Howie asked for anyone with any information to come forward. Val McDermid has one of the most powerful tales with her contribution entitled 'A Wife In a Million'.

In 2016, Val received the Outstanding Contribution to Crime Fiction Award at the Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival and in 2017 received the DIVA Literary Prize for Crime, and was elected a Fellow of both the Royal Society of Literature and the Royal Society of Edinburgh. He had a old friend who got thrown into jail when there business went bust, and hasn’t been heard of for years until he starts getting letters out of the blue threatening is life. This is a good collection, part of a series of anthologies put together to bring seasonal stories into one book, or seven. My favourite was "The Trinity Cat" by Ellis Peters and I also enjoyed the ones by Ian Rankin, Val McDermid and Laurence Block.

Chief Superintendent Seb Adjei-Addoh, local policing commander for Southwark, said patrols will be increased in the area over the coming days. This family have a painting that looks exactly like their landscape until it suddenly it starts to snow in the painting, causing much sir around the household, especially when it starts to snow outside. From a Santa Claus with a grudge to a cat who knows who killed its owner on Christmas Eve, these are stories to enjoy - and be mystified by - in front of a roaring fire, mince pie in hand.Overall I have enjoyed the book, and the 5 star stories, including the Ellis Peters one, The Trinity Cat, at the start, more than make up for the less good ones. This is a tragic incident and my thoughts are with the woman’s family and friends at this incredibly difficult time,” he said. This one Father Brown goes to visit a local man who has lost his two elder brothers, who were killed by their adoptive brother.