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Bark Humbug: An Andy Carpenter Mystery
by David Rosenfelt
Reluctant lawyer Andy Carpenter helps a desperate sister investigate the widely publicized murder of a gubernatorial candidate in Bark Humbug, the latest Christmas mystery in David Rosenfelt's bestselling series.
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Countdown to Christmas Murder
by Leslie Meier
With all four kids out of the house, Lucy Stone’s suddenly empty nest has put a damper on her usual zest for Christmas. She’s got plenty of article ideas to keep her busy though, plus, there’s the self-proclaimed “reputation changer” who promises he can clean up any negative press. It all seems a bit too convenient to Lucy, who decides an investigation is in order. Now, as Lucy gets closer to the truth, she finds herself in a life-threatening situation that would definitely spoil Christmas—permanently.
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Do You See What I See?: A Novella
by Peter Swanson
From New York Times bestselling author Peter Swanson comes a fantastically creepy holiday story of a writer tasked with helping a famous novelist finish his next book. But when two dead bodies turn up at the seaside manor, he must uncover the killer before the clock ticks down to Christmas Day.
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The Dying Light: A Detective Matthew Venn Novel
by Ann Cleeves
DI Matthew Venn peels back layer upon layer to discover the dark secrets one family is keeping in this searing new novel, brimming with energy and taut with claustrophobic tension.
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The Ghost and the Dead Librarian
by Cleo Coyle
Owner of a small-town Rhode Island bookstore, Penelope Thornton-McClure hosts a historian who's promoting her new book that includes local secrets. When the author is murdered, Penelope teams up with the ghost of 1940s PI Jack Shepard, who was killed in the shop, to solve the case. This spin-off of the author's Haunted Bookshop series marks the 1st book in the Haunted Bookshop Detective series.
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Ghost Barn: A Dave Gurney Novel
by John Verdon
Retired NYPD detective Dave Gurney becomes ensnared in a case of murderous political intrigue tearing apart a once bucolic Upstate New York town The final, thrilling chapter in the fair play Dave Gurney saga finds the storied detective, often compared to Sherlock Holmes, confronted with an intractable nemesis while trying to fix his splintered marriage.
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The Girl in the Lake: A Holmes, Margaret & Poe Mystery
by James Patterson
Mysteries trail Brendan Holmes, Margaret Marple, and Auguste Poe wherever they go. At a remote lodge in upstate New York, the embattled private investigators have taken refuge. When the discovery of a body in the lake puts the detectives back in the headlines and under suspicion, the elusive killer issues his despicable orders: stop solving crimes--and start committing them.
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The Hollow: A Harry Bosch Novel
by Michael Connelly
Retired LAPD detective Harry Bosch delves into the darkest chapter of his past in this electric thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Michael Connelly.
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Home for the Homicides: A Holly & Mark Mystery
by Elle Cosimano
When Special Agents Holly Frost and Mark Shepherd report to the idyllic town of Christmas to investigate a very less than idyllic murder, they're in for more than the average whodunnit.
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It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Murder
by Ally Carter
A billionaire's grandson and the housekeeper's daughter square off in this cat-and-mouse holiday romance-mystery from the New York Times bestselling author of The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year.
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Miss Wolcott's Ghost
by Louise Penny
There's a body in Lost Nation. Where? demands Armand as he scribbles on the pad by his bed. But the line goes dead before Chief Inspector Gamache can question the caller. The head of homicide for the S ret du Qu bec has no idea where Lost Nation is, or who woke him in the small hours of the morning at his home in Three Pines. What he does know is that the man was terrified. And so Armand is thrust out of a deep sleep and into the surrounding forests in search of the mythical Lost Nation. And a body.
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Peg and Rose Deck the Halls
by Laurien Berenson
Sisters-in-law Peg and Rose are preparing for Christmas in Connecticut, with the annual dog-show fundraiser as a highlight. But when the jingle bell tolls for a party guest, a murder investigation breeds trouble in the latest Senior Sleuths Mystery from bestselling author Laurien Berenson.
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Return to Breakneck Island: A Treasure Hunters Club Mystery
by Tom Ryan
Long-buried secrets resurface in this alluring mystery from the bestselling and award-winning author of The Treasure Hunters Club that welcomes readers back to Maple Bay--a seaside town that has all the cozy charm of Jessica Fletcher's Cabot Cove, with almost as many murders.
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The Vanished Sister
by Sherry Thomas
Charlotte Holmes--aka Sherlock Holmes--becomes entangled in a puzzling missing person case that hits close to home for her beloved Mrs. Watson in this Victorian-set mystery from the USA Today bestselling author of A Ruse of Shadows.
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Where There's Smoke: A Coldren County Novel
by Rachel Louise Adams
A lot has happened in Dolores Hawthorne’s life since the events of last Halloween. She’s divorced, traded being a forensic pathologist for a job as a medical examiner, and now lives in small-town Wisconsin, close―but not too close―to her family. Dolores doesn’t have much in the way of work, but that all changes when a body is found at the local slaughterhouse.
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