Sleep No More: Six Murderous Tales

In this posthumously published compilation (after The Mistletoe Murders and Other Stories), the clues sometimes lead the reader astray, and the innocent may actually be guilty. In "The Yo-Yo," an old man looks back at a childhood Christmas holiday that challenged his sense of right and wrong and forever changed his life. "The Victim" describes a mild-mannered teacher in love with a beautiful yet mistreated woman. "The Murder of Santa Claus" is a locked-room mystery turned on its head by the "honesty" of a child. James ventures lightly into the realm of horror with "The Girl Who Loved Graveyards," as the main character, obsessed with caring for the dead, revisits her childhood home. A bully is the focus of "A Very Desirable Residence," although, the identity of the culprit may surprise you. Finally, an elderly man makes sure that he will be relocated from his depressing retirement home by his ungrateful children in "Mr. Millcroft's Birthday."