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Homicide for the Holidays
There's no escaping mystery, even during the holidays

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Published November 1, 2018​
Edited by by Diana Catt and Brenda Robertson Stewart

The perfect holiday gift for your mystery-loving family members. ​Homicide for the Holidays brings the thrill of mystery to your Christmas season with 12 well-crafted short holiday-themed stories, set in Indiana by Indiana authors. From cozy mysteries to hardboiled police stories, from present-day crime to futuristic drama, this collection features intriguing story-telling and crisp, sharp writing that will thrill and charm even the most humbug of readers. 

The stories in this collection are gifts, homemade for you with love by Hoosier authors and wrapped; sparkling, ticking little time bombs under the tree. You'll find secrets, lies, twists and quite a few Santa suits stained with blood, as well as recipes for treats mentioned within the stories. (If any of the recipes call for arsenic, that ingredient is optional.)
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Indiana stories by Indiana authors:
  • Introduction - Lori Rader-Day
  • ​The Santa Clause - Elizabeth Perona
    Hot Chocolate Crinkle Sandwich Cookies with Cardamom Marshmallow Filling
  • Hacked for the Holidays - Ross Carley
    Carmen Rodriguez's Christmas Cornbake
  • Santa Slayer - T. C. Winters
    Santa's Eggnog
  • Qraven - B. K. Hart
    White Christmas Martini
  • Murder Most Merry - Shari Held
    Red Wine Wassail
    The Mysterious Mincemeat Murder - Joan Bruce
    Mincemeat Tart
    Killer Christmas - Janet Williams
    Bloody Good Christmas Cookies
  • The Reindeer Murder Case - J. Paul Burroughs
    Christmas Reindeer Roast
  • Clause, Santa: MIA - C. L. Shore
    Self-Frosting Anise Cookies
  • Into the Light Darkness Falls - C. A. Paddock
    St. Lucia Buns
  • Killing Santa Claus - MB Dabney
    Christmas Toffee Bars
  • Unexpected Gifts - Stephen Terrell
    Momma's Gotta Pea Soup
The Fine Art of Murder
The Fine Art of Murder
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​Publisher: Blue River Press
6”x 9”, 224 pages
Hardcover: $21.95
ISBN-10 1681571293
ISBN-13 9781681571294
Published: November 1, 2018
Buy the ebook
Ebook: Kindle $3.99
ASIN : B07LHLCKV4​
Published: November 1, 2018​
​BASIC CATEGORY FICTION:
​Mystery Anthology ​
Editor Diana Catt has nineteen short stories in multiple genres appearing in anthologies published by Blue River Press, Red Coyote Press, Pill Hill Press, Wolfmont Press, The Four Horseman Press, Speed City Press and Level Best Books. Her collection, Below the Line, is available on Amazon. She is co-editor of The Fine Art of Murder (2016, Blue River Press) and Homicide for the Holidays (2018, Blue River Press). Her short story “Framed” appeared in The Best by Women in Horror anthology, Killing It Softly 2, (2017, Digital Fiction Publishing Corp). She is co-author of a play, Deadbeat, which debuted at the 2018 IndyFringe Festival. Diana is a microbiologist living southwest of Indianapolis, has a loving family, a socially awkward cat, and is a big fan of crosswords, audiobooks, and traveling.

Editor Marianne Halbert spends too much time pondering the things that go bump in the night. She grew up in the heartland devouring mysteries, sci-fi, and horror, and loves to read and write anything eerie, downright creepy, surprising or moving. Her work has been described as literary horror and quiet horror. Her stories have appeared in numerous anthologies and magazines on the cutting edge of dark speculative fiction.
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Speed City Sisters in Crime is the Indiana chapter of the world-wide mystery/crime writers' association Sisters in Crime. The Speed City chapter was founded in 2005.

Members of the organization are published mystery and crime authors, writers working on mysteries and thrillers, and readers and fans of the literary genre. There are currently 40+ members who live in Indiana or the Midwest.

Speed City Sisters in Crime hosts monthly meetings with speakers on topics of interest to mystery and crime writing. Past speakers have included police officers, prosecutors, investigative reporters, forensic specialists, weapons experts, researchers, and publishing and media professionals.

Visit our YouTube Channel for recordings of our monthly speakers!

  • Home
    • About Speed City SiC
    • Code of Conduct
    • Board Members
    • Welcome from Chapter President
    • Chapter Documents
  • Contact Us
  • Membership
    • Membership Info
    • Member Author Info
    • Member Published Books
    • Critique Group
  • Monthly Meetings
    • 2025 Speakers
    • 2024 Speakers
    • 2023 Speakers
    • 2022 Speakers
    • 2021 Speakers
    • 2020 Speakers
    • 2019 Speakers
    • 2018 Speakers
  • Events
    • 2023 Events
    • 2022 Events
    • 2021 Events
    • 2020 Events
    • 2019 Events >
      • 2019 Nancy Pickard Writing Workshop
      • 2019 Larry Sweazy Short Story Workshop
      • 2019 Guest Speaker L.A. Chandlar
      • Pulaski County Library Award
    • Mystery & Writing Conferences
    • Murder We Wrote Blog
  • Our Anthologies
    • Amber Waves of Graves >
      • Submission Guidelines
      • Cover Submission Guidelines
    • Trick or Treats: Tales of All Hallow's Eve
    • Murder 20/20 Anthology
    • Homicide for the Holidays
    • The Fine Art of Murder
    • Decades of Dirt
    • Hoosier Hoops and Hijinks
    • Bedlam at the Brickyard
    • Racing Can Be Murder
    • Deadbeat (Theatrical)
  • Resources
    • S.S. Van Dine - Twenty Rules for Writing Detective Stories
    • Father Knox's Decalogue
    • Raymond Chandler's Ten Commandments
    • Frank Gruber's 11 Point Formula for Mystery Short Stories
  • 2023 Speakers