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Cozy Mysteries December 2024 |
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Rockin' around the chickadee
by Donna Andrews
After a body is found in Meg Lanslow and Michael's yard, can Meg still keep her pregnant sister-in-law, Delaney, calm in the middle of a murder investigation, all while trying to catch the killer?
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The Christmas jigsaw murders
by Alexandra Benedict
"A puzzling new Christmas mystery from USA Today bestselling author Alexandra Benedict! Rest. In. Pieces. On 1st of December, renowned puzzle setter, loner, and Christmas curmudgeon Edie O'Sullivan finds a hand-delivered present on her doorstep. Unwrapping it, she finds a jigsaw box and, inside, six jigsaw pieces. When fitted together, the pieces show part of a crime scene - blood-spattered black and white tiles and part of an outlined body. Included in the parcel is a message: 'Four, maybe more, people will be dead by midnight on Christmas Eve, unless you can put all the pieces together and stop me.' It's signed, Rest In Pieces. Edie contacts her nephew, DI Sean Brand-O'Sullivan, and together they work to solve the clues. But when a man is found near death with a jigsaw piece in his hand, Sean fears that Edie might be in danger and shuts her out of the investigation. As the body count rises, however, Edie knows that only she has the knowledge to put together the killer's murderous puzzle. Only by fitting all the pieces together will Edie be able to stop a killer - and finally lay her past to rest"
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The knife before Christmas
by Kate Carlisle
Contractor Shannon Hammer hopes for a peaceful Christmas with her fiancé, Mac, until murder throws a wrench in her holiday plans.
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The most wonderful crime of the year
by Ally Carter
The bridge is out, the phones are down and the most famous mystery writer in the world just disappeared out of a locked room two days before Christmas, in a novel by the best-selling author of The Blonde Identity.
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A slay ride together with you
by Vicki Delany
Rudolph, New York shop owner Merry Wilkinson's best friend Vicky Casey is newly engaged to Chef Mark Grosse and is moving into the historic Cole House, but soon a murder complicates things, in a mystery by a national best-selling author.
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Gingerbread danger
by Amanda Flower
As Christmas preparations are underway in the small town of Harvest, Ohio, an Amish person is killed outside a candy factory, and Bailey King must investigate. Original.
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Eight very bad nights
by Tod Goldberg
"Curated by New York Times bestselling author Tod Goldberg, this collection of twelve delightful and twisted Hanukkah capers will entertain you through all eight nights of the Festival of Lights. This captivating collection, which features bestselling and award-winning authors, contains laughs aplenty, the most hardboiled of Hanukkah noir, and poignant reminders of the meaning of the Festival of Lights. Includes stories by David L. Ulin, Ivy Pochoda, James D.F. Hannah, Lee Goldberg, Nikki Dolson, J.R. Angelella, Liska Jacobs, Gabino Iglesias, Stefanie Leder, and Jim Ruland, plus a foreword and story by Tod Goldberg"
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Blue Christmas bones
by Carolyn Haines
Sarah's Christmas cheer gets rocked by a jewel heist at the Elvis Festival, forcing her to solve a mystery amongst suspicious minds in the latest addition to the long-running series following Lights, Camera, Bones. 40,000 first printing.
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Murder at a Scottish Christmas
by Traci Hall
"All Paislee wants for Christmas is for her new home to be finished, but it looks like she'll have to wait for New Year's Day. Whether the paint on the walls has dried or not, she'll host a feast for her twelve-year-old son Brody, Grandpa, their black Scottish terrier Wallace, and friends--including police station receptionist Amelia Henry and her brother McCormac, whose black locks can fulfill the Scottish first-footer tradition that a tall, dark-haired man should be the first person to enter your home on New Year's to bring good luck. But McCormac's luck is about to run out. During Hogmanay--when the Scots welcome the New Year with dancing, bonfires, and midnight fireworks--he collapses as the sky brightens in a blaze of color. A shooter has used the noise of the fireworks to hide a gun's blast. Amelia is inconsolable, and Paislee vows to do whatever she can to help DI Zeffer solve the murder--even if it puts her in the killer's sights next..."
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A merry little murder plot
by Jenn McKinlay
Briar Creek library director Lindsey Norris tries to encourage a grumpy and reclusive writer in residence to join in the town's Christmas festivities and discovers she has a stalker, in the 15th addition to the series following Fatal First Edition.
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The mistletoe mystery
by Nita Prose
A Secret Santa gift exchange raises questions about who Molly the Maid can and cannot trust, in a story about the true spirit of the season
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'Twas the bite before christmas
by David Rosenfelt
When one of the Tara Foundation's best foster volunteers, Derek Moore, is arrested for murder during the annual Christmas party, lawyer Andy Carpenter, believing in Derek's innocence, discovers he's in the witness protection program and vows to clear his name and catch a killer before this case goes to the dogs. Simultaneous.
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