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Sixteen delightful holiday short stories by some of your favorite Soho crime authors! This captivating collection of short mysteries and crime capers - which features New York Times best-selling authors, Crime Writers Association Gold and Diamond Dagger winners, and Edgar Award nominees - contains laughs aplenty, the most hardboiled of holiday noir, and heartwarming reminders of the spirit of the season.

He was one of the most fascinating figures in 20th-century political history. Yet today, Elias Demetracopoulos is strangely overlooked - even though his life reads like an epic adventure story.... 

"A Secret Section of Central Park Reopens" is from the May 10, 2016 Lifestyle section of The New York Times. It was written by James Barron and narrated by Fleet Cooper.

"Swirling Snowstorm Draws White Curtain over the East Coast" is from the Travel section of The New York Times. It was written by James Barron and Rick Rojas and narrated by Barbara Benjamin-Creel.

"Leading a Shift at a Newspaper as Media Evolves" is from the October 19, 2016 Business section of The New York Times. It was written by James Barron and narrated by Caroline Miller.

One-cent magentas were provisional stamps, printed quickly when a shipment of official stamps from London did not arrive in British Guiana. They were mostly thrown out with the newspapers; one stamp survived. Through the stories of the eccentric characters who have bought, owned, and sold the One-Cent Magenta, James Barron delivers a fascinating tale of global history and immense wealth, and of the human desire to collect.