Candy Slain Murder
As December sweeps through South Lick, Indiana, Robbie’s life seems merry and bright like the string lights glistening around town. But strange happenings signal a bumpy ride into the holidays. …
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Mrs. Claus and the Santaland Slayings
Love is full of surprises, though few compare to realizing that you’re marrying the real-life Santa. April Claus dearly loves her new husband, Nick, but adjusting to life in the …
Silent Knit, Deadly Knit
Pamela has been in merry spirits since her artsy daughter Penny returned home from college for the holidays. But their mother-daughter bonding time gets cut short when a terrified Penny …
Murder in the First Edition
Addie’s getting into the spirit for the upcoming Charity Auction—especially since she’s got an 1843 copy of Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol to donate. Her former colleagues at the Boston …
Christmas Cocoa Murder
Christmas Cocoa Murder by Carlene O’Connor Siobhán O’Sullivan’s hopes for a quiet Irish Christmas are dashed when the local Santa turns up dead in a carnival dunk tank of hot …
A Merry Murder
The Pennyfoot halls are decked with boughs of holly, a magnificently decorated tree graces the lobby, and the hotel’s bookings are finally looking up. Owner of the Pennyfoot, Cecily Sinclair …
The Candy Cane Caper
With Christmas approaching, Sadie is preparing for a large blended-family gathering, including many new grandchildren, in their home in Fort Collins, Colorado. Even with the festive chaos, Sadie drops everything …
Here Comes Santa Paws
As Melanie attempts to deck the halls in a house overrun by pampered Poodles, her event planner friend, Claire, is busy playing Santa—beard, and belly not included—for the wealthiest clientele …
Tide and Punishment
It’s Christmastime in Charm, North Carolina, and while Everly Swan would prefer to focus on decorating her iced tea shop for its first holiday season, Great-Aunt Fran has decided to …
The Skeleton Stuffs a Stocking
Dr. Georgia Thackery is back at home with her parents after finding a new adjunct position at Bostock College. Everyone is excited about their first family Christmas with nothing to …
Silent Night, Deadly Night
It’s the week before Thanksgiving, and Merry Wilkinson, the owner of Mrs. Claus’s Treasures, is preparing for a weekend reunion of her mother’s college friends. But when the group of …
A Midwinter’s Tail
Pet sitter Daphne Templeton loves the holidays in Sylvan Creek, Pennsylvania. And nothing gets her into the spirit more than the town’s annual Bark the Halls Ball. The whole community …
Wreath Between the Lines
The holidays are Jenna Hart’s favorite time of year. As she’s decorating the Cookbook Nook for all the festive events, her imperious older sister makes a surprise visit, anxious that …
‘Twas the Knife Before Christmas
When a body turns up in a larger-than-life candy bowl filled with peppermints on the town square just before Christmas, Holly White is horrified to learn that her best friend …
In Peppermint Peril
This Christmas, Callie Aspen returns to her childhood home in Heart’s Harbor, Maine, where her great-aunt runs Book Tea, a vintage tearoom where every sweet treat contains a bookish clue. …
Six Cats a Slayin’
Charlie is doing his best to show some peace and goodwill toward his nosy neighbor Gerry Arbitron, a real estate agent who seems to have designs on his house (and …
Death of a Neighborhood Scrooge
Scotty Parker is a former child star who once played Tiny Tim, but now he’s grown up into the role of neighborhood Scrooge. He cuts the wires on his neighbors’ …
Bells, Spells, and Murders
Lee Barrett has landed her dream job at Salem’s WICH-TV. As the new field reporter, she’ll be covering events live as they happen. On her holiday checklist is an interview …
As the Christmas Cookie Crumbles
All is merry and bright in Jewel Bay, Montana. At Murphy’s Mercantile, AKA the Merc, manager Erin Murphy is ringing in the holiday season with food, drink, a wedding, and …
Deja Moo
Maddie Kosloski is not a fan of San Benedetto’s Christmas Cow, the thirty-foot straw cow that sits in the town square every December. The cow displaces her paranormal museum as …
A Christmas Railway Mystery
December 1860. The morning shift at the Swindon Locomotive works sees an army of men pouring out of terraced houses built by the GWR. This is a town and planned …
How the Finch Stole Christmas
Christmas is coming to Ruby Lake, and the only things on Birds & Bees owner Amy Simms’ wish list are peace, quiet, and her beau. What she gets is murder. …
