
December 1951 issue



Merry Christmas from U.N.C.L.E., Robert Vaughn

debut of the Great Detective, as Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson first meet and agree to room together at 221B Baker St.

2000 Ballantine hardcover, first printing
debut novel by Phillips, surely a contemporary noir classic
Christmas Eve heist, Wichita, 1979 – what could go wrong?

1990 St. Martins hardcover, 1st print

1990 St. Martin’s mass market reissue
An ex-cop, burned out in a dead-end job, is enticed by an alluring co-worker into a plan to rob the chain of stores for which they work on Christmas Eve. Great dark comic noir.