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...
Sugar plum poisoned
McKinlay, Jenn
Paper Book
It's Christmastime, and this holiday season, things are heating up for the bakers at Fairy Tale Cupcakes, in the newest Cupcake Bakery Mystery from New York Times bestselling author Jenn McKinlay. When up-and-coming singing sensation Shelby Vaughn arrives in town for two...
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
Christmas scarf murder
O'Connor, Carlene
Paper Book
They're coziest of wintertime accessories...unless, of course, they become accessories to murder! USA Today bestselling author Carlene O'Connor teams up with Maddie Day and Peggy Ehrhart for a holly jolly Christmas collection of seasonal stories, as their beloved series sleuths each...
A dark and snowy night
Goldenbaum, Sally
Ebook
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
Ebook
Their chocolates are to die for--but things aren't so sweet when a real killer comes to town, in this debut mystery perfect for fans of Joanne Fluke and Laura Childs. Identical twin sisters Alex and Hannah are the owners of Murder and Mayhem, a mystery bookshop that sells their...
Christmas dessert murder
Fluke, Joanne
Paper Book
The perfect stocking stuffer for fans of culinary capers, this holiday omnibus from New York Times bestselling author Joanne Fluke featuring two classic mysteries set in Hannah Swensen's Cookie Jar bakery in Lake Eden, Minnesota- Christmas Caramel Murder and Christmas Cake Murder...
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...
A Christmas Carol Murder
Redmond, Heather
Paper Book
The latest novel from Heather Redmond's acclaimed mystery series finds young Charles Dickens suspecting a miser of pushing his partner out a window, but his fiancee Kate Hogarth takes a more charitable view of the old man's innocence . . . London, December 1835- Charles...
Twisted tea Christmas
Childs, Laura
Paper Book
Theodosia Browning and her tea sommelier, Drayton Conneley, are catering a Victorian Christmas party for Drucilla Heyward, one of the wealthiest women in town. Drucilla is so pleased with the party that she reveals her secret plan to Theodosia - she has brought the cream of Charleston society...
God rest ye, royal gentlemen
Bowen, Rhys
Paper Book
Georgie is excited for her first Christmas as a married woman in her lovely new home. She suggests to her dashing husband, Darcy, that they have a little house party, but when Darcy receives a letter from his aunt Ermintrude, there is an abrupt change in plans and they find themselves invited to...
Best in snow
Rosenfelt, David
Paper Book
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...
Deck the donuts
Bolton, Ginger
Paper Book
In the sixth criminally delicious Deputy Donut Mystery series by Ginger Bolton, 'tis the season for the delectable desserts Emily Westhill and her cuddly cat serve up at their donut shop-but someone naughty on Santa's list has come to town... It's Christmastime again in...
Murder at an Irish Christmas
O'Connor, Carlene
Paper Book
Garda Siobhán O'Sullivan's holiday plans hit a sour note when murder rearranges the yuletide carols into unexpected eulogies ... This December in Kilbane, if you're planning to warm up with a cuppa tea at Naomi's Bistro, you may have a bit of a wait--the entire O'Sullivan brood has...
The Twelve Jays of Christmas
Andrews, Donna
Paper Book
When Christmas comes : a Yuletide mystery
Klavan, Andrew
Paper Book
A Wall Street Journal holiday gift book selection A sleuthing English teacher will need a Christmas miracle to prove a condemned man innocent in this "terrific holiday-themed novel" (Publishers Weekly Starred Review) from Edgar Award-winner Andrew Klavan. ...
A garland of bones
Haines, Carolyn
Paper Book
Spunky southern private investigator Sarah Booth Delaney tackles a string of strange accidents while celebrating the holiday season in Carolyn Haines's cozy A Garland of Bones Sarah Booth has traded in hosting this Christmas season for a road trip with her besties. Each...
Candy slain murder
Day, Maddie
Paper Book
An entertaining series perfect for fans for Joanne Fluke that highlights delicious new recipes for you to try this holiday season! A merry Christmas mystery is the festive read you need this time of year... "The lavish food descriptions and appended recipes are the best...
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 cow bells
Bryan, Mollie Cox
Paper Book
Christmas is a time for new beginnings, so after her big breakup, Brynn MacAlister takes the gouda with the bad. With her three Red Devon cows, she settles in bucolic Shenandoah Springs, eager for a new life as an organic micro-dairy farmer and cheese-maker. Then her dear cow Petunia's bellows set...
Christmas sweets
Fluke, Joanne
Paper Book
Gathered in one volume for the very first time, here are three yuletide tales of mystery, murder, and romance, featuring your favorite sleuths . . .   THE TWELVE DESSERTS OF CHRISTMAS by JOANNE FLUKE It's the perfect mix of naughty and nice...
Death of a neighborhood Scrooge
Levine, Laura
Paper Book
"I'm crazy about Laura Levine's mystery series. Her books are so outrageously funny." --Joanne Fluke   Freelance writer Jaine Austen is feeling festive about spending Christmas house-sitting at a posh Bel Air mansion, accompanied by her friend Lance and...
Premeditated peppermint
Flower, Amanda
Paper Book
Christmas is Bailey King's favorite time of year. For her first Yuletide in Harvest, Ohio, the former big-city chocolatier is recreating a cherished holiday treat- peppermint combined with molten white chocolate. But her sugar high plummets when her former boyfriend walks into the candy shop...
Lark! the herald angels sing : a Meg Langslow mystery
Andrews, Donna
Paper Book
New York Times bestselling author Donna Andrews returns with another Meg Langslow mystery written "firmly in the grand tradition of Agatha Christie's Christmas books" (Toronto Globe and Mail). It's Christmastime in Caerphilly and Meg, full of holiday spirit, is...
Murder in her stocking
McKevett, G. A.
Paper Book
Christmas has arrived in sleepy McGill, Georgia, but holiday cheer can't keep temperamental Stella Reid from swinging a rolling pin at anyone who crosses her bad side-and this season, there are plenty. First an anonymous grinch vandalizes a celebrated nativity display. Far worse, the scandalous...
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! : a Meg Langslow mystery
Andrews, Donna
Audiobook
Meg's husband has decided to escalate his one-man show of Dickens's A Christmas Carol into a full-scale production with a large cast including their sons Jamie and Josh as Tiny Tim and young Scrooge and Meg helping as stage manager. When a famous, although slightly over-the-hill, actor comes to town...
Wagging through the snow
Berenson, Laurien
Paper Book
With a demanding teaching job at Connecticut's elite Howard Academy and five poodles scampering around the house, Melanie barely has energy for the upcoming Christmas rush. But she unwraps an unexpected challenge when her brother and ex-husband, elated by the recent success of their country café,...
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
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...
Deck the hallways
Carlisle, Kate
Paper Book
In the fourth novel in the New York Timesbestselling Fixer-Upper Mystery series, contractor Shannon Hammer must restore the Christmas spirit by clearing her father's name... Don't misstheHallmark Movies & Mystery Originals starring Jewel, based on the Fixer-Upper Mystery...
Fields where they lay : a Junior Bender mystery
Hallinan, Timothy
Ebook
"Burglar Junior Bender may just be our favorite literary P.I."--Entertainment Weekly It's three days until Christmas and Junior Bender, Hollywood's fasttalking fixer for the felonious, is up to his ears in shopping mall Santas, Russian mobsters, desperate holiday shoppers, and...
Mistletoe mysteries
MacLeod, Charlotte.
Ebook
Have yourself a mysterious little Christmas with fifteen whodunits from New York Times-bestselling authors Sharyn McCrumb, Mary Higgins Clark, and more! Peace on Earth isn't everyone's cup of tea in Charlotte MacLeod's "A Cozy for Christmas."  Peter...

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