the spy who came for christmas by david morrell

This collection of 13 tales tells of accomplishments by extraordinary characters who live in small-town America (just like White herself). →'Nothing With Strings” (Scribner, $24) by Bailey White: Each year, White contributes a holiday story to NPR’s 'All Things Considered” show. →'Immoveable Feast” (Harper, $13.95 ) by John Baxter: Bon vivant Baxter, who specializes in biographies of famous directors (Federico Fellini, Steven Spielberg, George Lucas), recounts in 28 essays his amusing experiences with Christmases abroad. →'Holidays on Ice” (Little, Brown, $16.99 ) by David Sedaris: The popular humor writer compiles a dozen wacky stories (six of them are new) that could happen only around the holidays and be recounted only in the inimitable Sedaris style. At a priest’s request, a niece travels to the remote Irish coast to comfort an ailing aunt and ends up solving a mystery that has long haunted the whole village. →'A Christmas Grace” (Ballantine, $18 ) by Anne Perry: The novelist’s sixth Christmas-themed book is serious but fast-moving.

Martin’s, $22.95 ) by Donna Andrews: The 10th title in the series involves amateur sleuth Meg Langslow’s search for a Santa killer (she hopes he won’t spoil the Christmas pageant). He finds help from a single mother and her son, 12, who face a different kind of danger. →'The Spy Who Came for Christmas” (Vanguard, $15.95 ) by David Morrell: The award-winning thriller novelist tells a Christmas Eve story about a wounded American spy in Santa Fe, N.M., who is trying to keep a baby safe from kidnapping by the Russian mob. Two visiting sleuths must solve a puzzle involving a multimillion-dollar lottery ticket and a missing person. →'Dashing Through the Snow” (Simon & Schuster, $23 ) by Mary and Carol Higgins Clark: The mother-daughter (respectively) mystery writers set their fifth yuletide suspense novel in a small New Hampshire town.

The spy who came for christmas by david morrell