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This is Wolfmont's third anthology of winter holiday crime fiction to benefit the Toys for Tots. All publisher profits from the sale of this great anthology are donated to the Toys for Tots Foundation. In this volume, you have thirteen crime stories of the holidays season, from robbery to supernatural vengeance to redemption to outright murder. The thirteen authors are: Marian Allen, Janice Alonso, Allan E. Ansorge, Gayle Bartos-Pool, Tony Burton, Austin S. Camacho, S. M. Harding, Peg Herring, Gary R. Hoffman. M. E. Kemp, Terrie Farley Moran, Radine Trees Nehring and Helen Schwartz.

 

Dying In a Winter Wonderland made the 2008 Top Ten Bestsellers (Softcover) list
for the Independent Mystery Booksellers Association!

Janice Alonso	Marian Allen
Helen Schwartz	Radine Trees Nehring
Terrie Farley Moran	M. E. Kemp
Gary R. Hoffman	Peg Herring
S. M. Harding	Austin S. Camacho
Gayle Bartos-Pool	Allan E. Ansorge
Tony Burton

Foreword by noted toy and play expert, Dr. Stevanne Auerbach, also known as "Dr. Toy."

In case you didn't know, Wolfmont has, for the last three years, published anthologies of short crime fiction, with the theme of crimes around the winter holiday season. By the sale of those books, we have been able to donate a total of nearly $6,700 to the Toys for Tots Foundation.

Our goal in 2008 was to raise at least $3,000 more for these kids, and we made it, overtopping our goal to reach $3,300.

One thing that's wonderful, is that we have stories not only of Christmas crime, but Chanukah, Kwanzaa and even Winter Solstice crimes! The talent of each author is matched only by his or her generosity in donating a story to such a worthy cause.

Ebook version also available

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What others are saying...

"Thirteen talented authors donated stories for this year's anthology, including Tony Burton, who compiled and edited their work. Their stories range from gritty and serious to whimsical, puzzling or downright funny. Some have a historical setting, but others could happen this holiday season... in your town."

—Jackie Houchin
Reviewer, Valley News

"This is Burton's third Christmas anthology for the benefit of the Toys for Tots. If that alone doesn't entice you into buying the book, the well-written and entertaining stories should. The stories in DYING IN A WINTER WONDERLAND lifted my spirits and put me in a Christmas mood. It's a fun holiday read that I highly recommend."

—Victoria Kennedy
Reviewer, The Midwest Book Review

"There are two great reasons to stuff a lot of Christmas stockings with DYING IN A WINTER WONDERLAND. One, it's a top-notch anthology of thirteen winter holiday crime stories. Two, a portion of the proceeds from the sales will go to the U. S. Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots Program. That's a winning combo if I ever saw one!"

—Bill Crider,
Anthony Award-winning author of the Sheriff Dan Rhodes mysteries
and many, many other books

"Each story is a tantalizing present waiting to be unwrapped. Christmas, Hanukah, and Kwanzaa all get their due--as well as the Yule traditions of the ancient Scots. Faux Santas--including strip-joint waitresses in Santa beards--rub elbows with wise men from the east in the guise of armed desperadoes bearing gifts. Marley and Tym, complete with crutch, take on new roles. And, most amusingly, Santa’s reindeer provide names, starting with Helen Dasher, for an ad hoc team that conspires to give a holiday-spoiling charlatan his come-uppance."

—Peggy Ehrhart
author of Sweet Man Is Gone

"Editor Tony Burton has done it again, amassed a wonderful collection of stories by a stellar set of authors about murder and mayhem during the winter holidays, including Christmas, Hanukah, and Kwanzaa. Dying in a Winter Wonderland has something for every crime fiction addict with all the trimmings, from thieves disguised as Santa to strippers in elf costumes. Bodies appear, disappear, and reappear in sleighs, vans, and snowbanks, but the holiday spirit lives on in this wonderland of whodunnits."

- Beth Groundwater,
author of A Real Basket Case and
To Hell in a Handbasket

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