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'The Christmas Mystery'

by James Patterson with Richard DiLallo

Detective Luc Moncrief races through New York and Paris to track down a killer … and find out who is stealing the world's greatest art.

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'The Christmas Mystery' Chapters

Prologue, Chapters 1-4

Manhattan police detective partners K. Burke and Luc Moncrief survey a crowded Bloomingdale’s.

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Snow falls as Moncrief looks at a Monet in the window of an art gallery on 57th street.

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Prester Parker Simon waits to be interviewed by K. Burke and Moncrief.

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Moncrief and Burke pose as art collectors and walk into the art gallery.

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Moncrief sits at a bar, nursing a frosty gin martini—straight up—and reads the news.

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Walking in heavy snow, Moncrief drags a freshly cut tree over to his car.

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Moncrief and Burke walk through the streets in Paris, lit with holiday lights.

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Chapters 35-37, Epilogue

The jeweler places “The Emerald Turtle” ring on Burke’s finger.

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