Asesinato de Santa Claus, El in Bloomington, MN

La tía Mildred ya avisó que nada bueno podía salir de las reuniones navideñas de la familia Melbury en su residencia de campo Flaxmere. Así que cuando un invitado, disfrazado de Santa Klaus, descubre a Sir Osmond Melbury, el patriarca de la familia, con una bala en la cabeza el día de Navidad, las festividades se sumergen en el caos. Casi todos los presentes pueden beneficiarse de la muerte de Sir Osmond, excepto Santa Klaus, que ha sido la única persona que parece haber gozado de la oportunidad de disparar. Varios miembros de la familia tienen sus propias sospechas sobre la identidad del asesino, y el jefe de policía de Haulmshire, que los conoce demasiado, desea en poco tiempo entender mejor sus motivos. En medio de la desconfianza, la sospecha y el odio, aparece no uno, sino dos Santa Klaus.
Aunt Mildred declared that no good could come of the Melbury family Christmas gatherings at their country residence Flaxmere. So when Sir Osmond Melbury, the family patriarch, is discovered-by a guest dressed as Santa Klaus-with a bullet in his head on Christmas Day, the festivities are plunged into chaos. Nearly every member of the party stands to reap some sort of benefit from Sir Osmond's death, but Santa Klaus, the one person who seems to have every opportunity to fire the shot, has no apparent motive. Various members of the family have their private suspicions about the identity of the murderer, and the Chief Constable of Haulmshire, who begins his investigations by saying that he knows the family too well and that is his difficulty, wishes before long that he understood them better. In the midst of mistrust, suspicion and hatred, it emerges that there was not one Santa Klaus, but two.