December 2025 list by Bonnie Bradford |
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And to All a Good Bite
by David Rosenfelt
Reluctant lawyer Andy Carpenter investigates a murder that left a dog stranded. It's time to close this case for good and bid it a good night. Andy Carpenter series.
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Bog Queen
by Anna North
When a body is found in a bog in northwest England, Agnes, a forensic anthropologist, is called to investigate. But this body is not like any she's ever seen. As Agnes faces the deep history of what she has unearthed, she's also forced to question what she thought she knew.
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A Christmas Witness
by Charles Todd
December 1921: Being single and a new Chief, Inspector Rutledge of Scotland Yard gets the short straw at Christmastime, and is called upon to go to the Kentish home of a lord recovering from an attempt on his life--a man is convinced someone is trying to kill him.
Inspector Ian Rutledge series.
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Come Through Your Door
by Carlene O'Connor
As veterinarian Dimpna Wilde delves deeper into a twisting case, she feels someone watching her, targeting her business, her animals, her family—even her sanity, willing to do anything to stop her from disclosing a terrifying truth. County Kerry series.
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Crescent City Christmas Chaos
by Ellen Byron
Have yourself a merry little...murder? It's Christmas. It's cozy. It's culinary. It's chaos!
Vintage Cookbook Mystery series.
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Death on a Scottish Train
by Lucy Connelly
What appears to be a case of deadly allergies on the Storyteller’s Train attraction, is soon revealed as murder. As Dr. Emilia McRoy unravels the mystery, the killer sets their murderous intentions on her!
Scottish Isle Mystery series.
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Dying Cry
by Margaret Mizushima
Newlyweds Mattie and Cole Walker are snowshoeing in a remote canyon when a shattering scream pierces the air. The Timber Creek County investigative team springs into action, uncovering a trail of greed that leads to a killer who threatens Mattie's cherished new family.
Timber Creek K-9 Mystery series.
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Epilogue to a Christmas Murder
by Lauren Elliott
As bookstore owner Addie Greyborne shares the loving lesson of The Gift of the Magi, the spirit of the season falls prey to a thief and a killer...
Beyond the Page Bookstore Mystery series
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Fallen Star
by Lee Goldberg
A fifty-five-gallon drum washes up in the Malibu Lagoon stuffed with the corpse of Gene Dent, the key player in a bribery scandal that ensnared several local politicians. Detectives Eve Ronin and Duncan Pavone know the case--and all the likely suspects--well. And so the investigation begins. Eve Ronin series.
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Five Golden Wings
by Donna Andrews
Two of Meg’s cousins are getting married, and both have chosen Caerphilly for their Christmas destination wedding...on the same day, in the same venues. Things were going badly even before Meg stumbles over the murdered body of the wedding photographer.
Meg Langslow Mystery series.
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In Deadly Fashion
by Rosemary Simpson
Heiress Prudence MacKenzie and ex-Pinkerton Geoffrey Hunter are about to become more than partners as investigators--they are to be wed at Trinity Church in Lower Manhattan. But a killer has designs on ruining the wedding as well as their lives...
Gilded Age Mystery series.
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The Man Next Door
by Sheila Roberts
Love in the Time of Serial Killers meets Rear Window in this delightful romp about a recently broke divorcee who moves in with her house-bound mother only to spend their days spying on her grumpy, mysterious, and sexy new neighbor.
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Merry Murder Season
by Lynn Cahoon
Jill Gardner--or as she's now known, Jill King--is working to provide gifts for needy kids this Christmas. But someone's about to puncture the holiday spirit...
Tourist Trap Mystery series.
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Murder at the Christmas Emporium
by Andreina Cordani
It's Christmas Eve at the Emporium, where a select few shoppers are browsing its handcrafted delights. But when they attempt to leave, they find the doors are locked. For those that survive the night, it will be a Christmas to remember.
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Murder in Matrimony
by Mary Winters
Countess-turned-advice columnist Amelia Amesbury has a wedding to plan alongside a new murder to solve. Busy, busy! Lady of Letters Mystery series.
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The Tattered Cover
by Ellery Adams
It was a dark, rainy night at Nora Pennington's Miracle Books when a mysterious death brings the Secret, Book, and Scone Society into the Halloween season on the trail of a murderer... Secret, Book and Scone Society series.
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Two Truths and a Murder
by Colleen Cambridge
Agatha Christie's trusted housekeeper, Phyllida Bright, has become an amateur sleuth in her own right, using her little grey cells to solve crimes. When a party game leads to murder, she decides to crash the investigation and solve the crime. Phyllida Bright Mystery series.
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A Wonderful Christmas Crime
by Jacqueline Frost
Innkeeper Holly White has a lot to be joyful about this season, until an attempted robbery then a murder throws the town into uproar. Will she and her friends be able to stop the killer and uncover the motive, or will the killer strike again and paint the town a bloody red?
Christmas Tree Farm Mystery series.
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