<p>CONTINUING&nbsp;THE&nbsp;DEFINITIVE&nbsp;SERIES&nbsp;OF&nbsp;CLASSIC&nbsp;MYSTERIES&nbsp;BY&nbsp;AMERICAN&nbsp;MYSTERY&nbsp;AND&nbsp;NERO&nbsp;WOLFE&nbsp;AWARD-WINNING&nbsp;AUTHOR&nbsp;CHARLOTTE&nbsp;MacLEOD <br />

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For&nbsp;years，&nbsp;Professor&nbsp;Peter&nbsp;Shandy&nbsp;has&nbsp;been&nbsp;badgered&nbsp;by&nbsp;Jemima&nbsp;Ames，&nbsp;Assistant&nbsp;Librarian&nbsp;and&nbsp;Annual&nbsp;Chairperson，&nbsp;to&nbsp;decorate&nbsp;his&nbsp;campus&nbsp;home&nbsp;for&nbsp;the&nbsp;Grand&nbsp;Illumination&nbsp;which&nbsp;is&nbsp;Balaclava&nbsp;Agricultural&nbsp;College&rsquo;s&nbsp;main&nbsp;fund-raising&nbsp;event.&nbsp;Now&nbsp;he&nbsp;can&nbsp;hold&nbsp;out&nbsp;no&nbsp;longer. <br />

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Goaded&nbsp;to&nbsp;madness，&nbsp;he&nbsp;buries&nbsp;his&nbsp;small&nbsp;brick&nbsp;house&nbsp;under&nbsp;an&nbsp;avalanche&nbsp;of&nbsp;plastic&nbsp;reindeer，&nbsp;flashing&nbsp;lights，&nbsp;and&nbsp;fake&nbsp;Santa&nbsp;Clauses.&nbsp;Hooks&nbsp;up&nbsp;an&nbsp;amplifier&nbsp;blaring&nbsp;&quot;All&nbsp;I&nbsp;Want&nbsp;for&nbsp;Christmas&nbsp;is&nbsp;My&nbsp;Two&nbsp;Front&nbsp;Teeth，&quot;&nbsp;locks&nbsp;the&nbsp;switches&nbsp;at&nbsp;&quot;on，&quot;&nbsp;and&nbsp;escapes&nbsp;to&nbsp;sea&nbsp;on&nbsp;a&nbsp;tramp&nbsp;steamer. <br />

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Shipwrecked&nbsp;and&nbsp;conscience-stricken，&nbsp;he&nbsp;crawls&nbsp;back&nbsp;to&nbsp;face&nbsp;his&nbsp;irate&nbsp;colleagues，&nbsp;and&nbsp;finds&nbsp;Jemima&nbsp;Ames&nbsp;dead&nbsp;on&nbsp;his&nbsp;living&nbsp;room&nbsp;floor.&nbsp;Police&nbsp;and&nbsp;security&nbsp;guards&nbsp;say&nbsp;it&rsquo;s&nbsp;an&nbsp;accident;&nbsp;Shandy&nbsp;says&nbsp;it&rsquo;s&nbsp;murder.&nbsp;President&nbsp;Thorkjeld&nbsp;Svenson&nbsp;says&nbsp;he&rsquo;d&nbsp;better&nbsp;find&nbsp;out&nbsp;the&nbsp;truth&nbsp;without&nbsp;wrecking&nbsp;the&nbsp;Illumination...or&nbsp;the&nbsp;next&nbsp;corpse&nbsp;will&nbsp;be&nbsp;Shandy&rsquo;s.</p>