The Mystery Shop wish you a safe and healthy 2021. May Mystery and Mayhem only happen in crime fiction! Mysteries, Crime Fiction, Thrillers and Movies that take place at the New Year. Crime Fiction Set at the New Year Marian Babson: Line up for Murder Bain, Donald and Jessica Fletcher. Murder She Wrote: Death of… Continue Reading…
The Mystery Shop wishes you a happy, safe and mysterious 2021! Edith Lovejoy Pierce We will open the book. Its pages are blank. We are going to put words on them ourselves. The book is called Opportunity and its first chapter is New Year’s Day. Mark Twain New Year’s is a harmless annual institution, of… Continue Reading…
Boxing Day is the day after Christmas, December 26, when “servants and tradesmen traditionally would receive gifts from their superiors.” Today it’s a national holiday in most of the British Commonwealth and former British colonies. As far as why it’s called Boxing Day, there are several different theories: A ‘Christmas Box’ in Britain is a… Continue Reading…
