Counterfeit Christmas / Charlotte MacLeod -- The running of the deer / Reginald Hill -- Liz Peters, PI / Elizabeth Peters -- Angels / Medora Sale -- The only true unraveller / John Malcolm -- The January sale stowaway / Dorothy Cannell -- The Santa Claus caper / Bill Crider -- Family Christmas / Patricia Moyes -- Miss Melville rejoices / Evelyn E. Smith -- Two in the bush / Eric Wright -- The fabulous Nick / Mickey Friedman -- A political necessity / Robert Barnard -- Fruitcake, mercy, and black-eyed peas / Margaret Maron.