Christmas Mysteries

Peace on earth, goodwill towards men - NOT! The halls are decked with murder and mayhem in this collection of yuletide mysteries.

Updated December 5, 2023
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Hiss & tell
Brown, Rita Mae
Paper Book
When a series of mysterious deaths spoil the Christmas season in Crozet, Virginia, Mary Minor "Harry" Harristeen and her beloved cats and dogs lend the police a helping paw in this exciting holiday mystery from Rita Mae Brown and her feline co-author Sneaky Pie Brown. "As feline...
Murder most royal
Bennett, S. J.
Paper Book
"One imagines Christmas at the royal family's country house at Sandringham Estate bustling with drama, but Bennett's version raises the stakes... Bennett charmingly portrays relationships between royal family members." -- Washington Post Evidence that an aristocrat has gone missing-...
Blackmail and bibingka
Manansala, Mia P.
Paper Book
It's Christmastime in Shady Palms, but things are far from jolly for Lila Macapagal. Sure, her new business, the Brew-ha Cafe, is looking to turn a profit in its first year. And yes, she's taken the first step in a new romance with her good friend Jae Park. But her cousin Ronnie is back in town...
DASHING THROUGH THE SNOWBIRDS
ANDREWS, DONNA
Paper Book
A dark and snowy night
Goldenbaum, Sally
Paper Book
It's holiday season in the picturesque, coastal town of Sea Harbor, Massachusetts! But in USA Today bestselling author Sally Goldenbaum's latest Seaside Knitters Society mystery, the knitting club sleuths will have to take a break from crafting cozy Christmas gifts to investigate a...
A Christmas deliverance : a novel
Perry, Anne
Paper Book
A courageous doctor and his apprentice fight to save London's poor--and discover that the hearts of men can be colder than a winter chill--in this gripping holiday mystery from New York Times bestselling author Anne Perry. "Perry's Victorian-era holiday mysteries [are]...
A Christmas candy killing
Romeril, Christina
Paper Book
Identical twin sisters Alex and Hannah are the owners of Murder and Mayhem, a mystery bookshop that sells their famous poison-themed Killer Chocolates. But now, there's a real killer in their midst. Shortly before Christmas, their septuagenarian neighbor, Jane, confides to Alex that a murderer from...
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...
GOD REST YE ROYAL GENTLEMEN
BOWEN, RHYS
Paper Book
Georgie is back and hanging the stockings with care when a murder interrupts her Christmas cheer in this all-new installment in the New York Times bestselling Royal Spyness series from Rhys Bowen. Georgie is excited for her first Christmas as a married woman in her lovely new home...
Best in snow
Rosenfelt, David
Paper Book
In this Christmas mystery, lawyer Andy Carpenter and his golden retriever, Tara, are on the beat after a body turns up in the snow and a journalist is the prime suspect. Christmas has come early to the town of Paterson, New Jersey, in the form of a snowstorm that dumps two...
A Christmas legacy : a novel
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...
The Twelve Jays of Christmas
Andrews, Donna
Paper Book
The cast of Donna Andrews' New York Times bestselling Meg Langslow mystery series is back for an unforgettable holiday story in The Twelve Jays of Christmas. Meg and Michael's annual holiday celebration is well underway, with a throng of out-of-town relatives...
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 19th Christmas
Patterson, James
Paper Book
In this #1 New York Times bestseller, the Women's Murder Club gets ready for a quiet Christmas--until a mysterious killer decides to terrorize the city.   As the holidays approach, Detective Lindsay Boxer and her friends in the Women's Murder Club have much...
A cup of holiday fear
Alexander, Ellie
Paper Book
It's Christmastime and everyone is heading to Torte, the most cheerful bakery in town. There's no place like home for the homicide... Ashland, Oregon, looks as pretty as a postcard this holiday season. The halls are decked, stockings hung, and eyes are all aglow--mostly thanks...
Christmas sweets
Fluke, Joanne
Paper Book
New York Times Bestselling AuthorsIn Joanne Fluke's The Twelve Desserts of Christmas, someone has it in for two lovestruck schoolteachers, but Hannah Swensen comes to the rescue with her sleuthing skills -- and festive recipes. In Nightmare on Elf Street by Laura Levine, Jaine Austen's gig as a...
Lark! the herald angels sing
Andrews, Donna
Paper Book
New York Times Bestselling AuthorA Meg Lanslow MysteryIt's Christmastime in Caerphilly and Meg Langslow, full of holiday spirit, is helping out with the town's nativity pageant when she finds a surprise in the manger: a live baby. A note says that it's time for her father to take care of her ―...
Yule log murder
Meier, Leslie
Paper Book
Fresh-baked cookies, pies, and cakes can warm even the frostiest Christmases in coastal Maine. But there's little room for holiday cheer when murder is the new seasonal tradition . . .     YULE LOG MURDER by LESLIE MEIER Lucy Stone is thrilled to...
How the finch stole Christmas
Andrews, Donna
Paper Book
New York Times Bestselling AuthorA Meg Langslow MysterySMLMeg Langslow's husband is escalating his one-man show of Dickens' A Christmas Carol into a full-scale production with their sons Jamie and Josh as Tiny Tim and young Scrooge, and Meg as stage manager. But the actor who's come to town to play...
The mistletoe murder : and other stories
James, P. D.
Paper Book
Four previously uncollected stories from one of the great mystery writers of our time--swift, cunning murder mysteries (two of which feature the young Adam Dalgliesh) that together, to borrow the author's own word, add up to a delightful "entertainment." The newly appointed Sgt....
The Twelve dogs of Christmas
Rosenfelt, David
Paper Book
Defense lawyer Andy Carpenter usually tries to avoid taking on new cases at all costs. But this time, he's happy--eager, even--to take the case that's just come his way. Andy's long-time friend Martha "Pups" Boyer takes in stray puppies that the local dog rescue center can't handle, raises them...
The Christmas mystery : a Detective Luc Moncrief story
Patterson, James
Audiobook
Have yourself a scary little Christmas. In the heart of the holiday season, priceless paintings have vanished from a Park Avenue murder scene. Now, dashing French detective Luc Moncrief must become a quick study in the art of the steal--before a coldblooded killer paints the...
Deck the hallways
Carlisle, Kate
Ebook
In the fourth novel in the New York Times bestselling Fixer-Upper Mystery series, contractor Shannon Hammer must restore the Christmas spirit by clearing her father's name... Don't miss the Hallmark Movies & Mystery Originals starring Jewel, based on the Fixer...
Fields where they lay : a Junior Bender mystery
Hallinan, Timothy
Paper Book
It's December 20th, and the Edgerton Mall isn't exactly full of holiday cheer, despite its two Santas. The mall is a fossil of an industry in decline; many of its stores are closed, and to make matters worse, there is a rampant shoplifting problem. Enter burglar Junior Bender, the unwilling fixer...
Rest ye murdered gentlemen
Delany, Vicki
Ebook
In Rudolph, New York, it's Christmastime all year long. But this December, while the snow-lined streets seem merry and bright, a murder is about to ruin everyone's holiday cheer in the first Year-Round Christmas mystery. As the owner of Mrs. Claus's Treasures, Merry Wilkinson...
Christmas is murder : a Rex Graves mystery
Challinor, C. S.
Paper Book
Christmas ismurder...when you're stranded with a killer Not even a blizzard can keep Rex Graves away from Swanmere Manor, a secluded Victorian hotel in the English countryside owned by the eccentric Dahlia Smithings. But instead of Christmas cheer, the Scottish barrister finds a dead guest...
Mistletoe mysteries
MacLeod, Charlotte.
Paper Book
Every one of the great detectives of literature, from Sherlock Holmes to Hercule Poirot to Nero Wolfe, has endured a holiday marred by murder. Now, modern mystery writers including Mary Higgins Clark, Marcia Muller, Aaron Elkins, and others place their detectives in a Yuletide setting for a special...

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