Christmas Time and Christmas Crime

If you're in the Christmas spirit but holiday romances aren't your thing, check out these mysteries instead.

Updated November 20, 2024
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A Christmas escape
Perry, Anne
Paper Book
A Christmas return
Perry, Anne
Paper Book
As Charlotte Pitt's grandmother, Mariah Ellison, finds herself investigating a long-unsolved slaying, it becomes clear that grappling with intrigue and foul play runs in the family. A festive Christmas package left on Mariah's doorstep contains an ominous present, sparking memories of a twenty-year...
A Christmas message
Perry, Anne
Paper Book
In the spirit of the season, New York Times bestselling author Anne Perry presents readers with the gift of another holiday mystery, taking them to the Holy Land for an intriguing and miraculous journey of discovery.   The year is 1900, and Victor Narraway is giving...
A Christmas gathering
Perry, Anne
Paper Book
A Christmas legacy
Perry, Anne.
Paper Book
Thomas and Charlotte Pitt's former maid takes a new job as Christmas approaches--but not everyone in the household may survive the holidays in this tension-filled novel from bestselling author Anne Perry. "Perry's Victorian-era holiday mysteries [are] an annual treat."--The...
Twisted tea Christmas
Childs, Laura
Paper Book
An attack on the host of a fancy tea party sends Theodosia Browning looking for answers in the latest entry in the New York Times bestselling series. Tea maven Theodosia Browning and her tea sommelier, Drayton Conneley, are catering a Victorian Christmas party...
Christmas scarf murder
O'Connor, Carlene.
Paper Book
The Christmas mystery
Patterson, James
Paper Book
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. In the heart of the holiday season, priceless paintings have vanished from a Park Avenue murder scene. Now, dashing French...
Christmas cupcake murder
Fluke, Joanne
Paper Book
Featuring over a dozen cookie and dessert recipes from The Cookie Jar-Hannah Swensen's famous bakery, this festive new Christmas mystery from the Queen of Culinary Cozies is just the holiday treat you need this season! "Don't miss this charming mystery, which will also...
Christmas cake murder
Fluke, Joanne
Paper Book
It's Christmas many years ago, and topping young Hannah Swensen's wish list is becoming the go-to baker in Lake Eden, Minnesota. But as Hannah finds out, revisiting holiday memories can be murder . . . With her dream of opening The Cookie Jar taking shape, Hannah's life matches...
CHRISTMAS GUEST
SWANSON, PETER.
Ebook
THE PERFECT STOCKING FILLER FOR BOOK LOVERS 'The twist will make you rethink everything.' New York Times Book Review 'A murder mystery set at a cosy Christmas country estate? We're so here for it.' Cosmopolitan 'Funny, clever and gripping.'...
A Christmas resolution : a novel
Perry, Anne
Paper Book
A smitten woman is about to marry a dangerous man--unless Detective Hooper and his new wife, Celia, can prevent it--in this wickedly tangled holiday mystery from bestselling author Anne Perry. Detective John Hooper, William Monk's right-hand man at the Thames River Police, is...
The Christmas murder game
Benedict, Alexandra
Paper Book
Christie meets Cluedo at Christmas!
Everyone This Christmas Has a Secret
Stevenson, Benjamin.
Paper Book
If Knives Out and The Thursday Murder Club kissed under the mistletoe... My name's Ernest Cunningham. I used to be a fan of reading Golden Age murder mysteries, until I found myself with a haphazard career getting stuck in the middle of real-life ones. I'd hoped,...
Closing in
Thompson, Eirin
Paper Book
Caroline has a good life - a job she likes, a daughter she'd do anything for. In the midst of the Christmas rush, covering events and parties, the local journalist is looking forward to the holidays and having some quality time with the ones she loves. But Caroline's good life is not...

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