‘On the first day of Christmas my true love sent to me…..’

From a partridge in a pear tree to twelve drummers drumming, here is a collection sure to satisfy even the Scroogiest of readers. Taking the classic Christmas song as inspiration, these twelve stories offer an often mischievous and always entertaining look at the festive season.

Contributors include Val McDermid, Mike Gayle, Jake Arnott, Patrick Neate, Ben Richards, Annabel Giles, Stella Duffy and Lauren Henderson.