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
Dashing Through the Snowbirds is the next merry installment of Donna Andrews's New York Times bestselling Meg Langslow mystery series. Christmas in Caerphilly is wonderful! Unless you're a Canadian whose inconsiderate boss is forcing you to spend the holiday there...
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]...
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 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
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...
How the finch stole Christmas! : a Meg Langslow mystery
Andrews, Donna
Paper Book
As in her previous Christmas mysteries, Six Geese a-Slaying, Duck the Halls, and The Nightingale Before Christmas, Andrews continues to write "firmly in the grand tradition of Agatha Christie's Christmas books" (Toronto Globe and Mail). New York Times<...
The mistletoe murder : and other stories
James, P. D.
Paper Book
The newly appointed Sgt. Dalgliesh is drawn into a case that is "pure Agatha Christie." . .. A "pedantic, respectable, censorious" clerk's secret taste for pornography is only the first reason he finds for not coming forward as a witness to a murder ... A best-selling crime novelist describes the...
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...
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...

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