The Best Christmas Cozies
Here are some holiday cozy mysteries that we would love to find in our stockings:
Mrs. Claus and the Santaland Slayings
From the Mrs. Claus Mystery series by Liz Ireland
April Claus is still adjusting to life at the North Pole with her new husband, but it becomes more complicated when a cantankerous elf dies mysteriously and Santa looks like the prime suspect. Now, she’ll have to find out what really happened and if other deaths are related, while trying to stay off the naughty list.
2. Plum Pudding Murder
From the Hannah Swensen Mysteries by Joanne Fluke
When the owner of a local Christmas tree lot is found murdered and a family friend could be implicated, it’s up to Hannah to find the real killer - while still making sure she bakes enough cookies and Minnesota Plum Pudding for her Minnesota town.
3. Blackmail and Bibingka
From A Tita Rosie’s Kitchen Mystery series by Mia P. Manansala
Lila would love to focus on her new business, Brew-ha Cafe, and preparations for the Winter Bash, but the sudden arrival of her cousin in town not only creates drama but involves her family and new friends in a murder inquiry.
4. Eggs on Ice
From the Cackleberry Club Mystery series by Laura Childs
A rehearsal for A Christmas Carol goes horrible wrong when the type-cast miserly attorney playing Scrooge is murdered on stage! This exciting beginning leads Suzanne and Toni to take a break from their cafe and craft shop to discover what really happened.
5. The Christmas Murder Game
Twelve clues. Twelve keys. Who will survive until the twelfth night of Christmas? With the promise of answers to her mother’s death, Lily Armitage returns to her ancestral home of Endgame House to take place in the annual Christmas Game with her estranged family. However, this year, the prize is not presents, but the deed to the mansion, which could prove deadly for all those involved.
6. Deck the Halls
By Carol Higgins Clark and Mary Higgins Clark
Three days before Christmas, Regan Reilly (the private investigator from Carol Higgins Clark’s A Regan Reilly Mystery series) teams up with Alvirah Meehan (the lottery winner and amateur sleuth from Mary Higgins Clark’s Alvirah & Willy series) to save Regan’s father and his chauffeur from bumbling but dangerous kidnappers.
7. Holiday Favorites: Six Mysteries from Your Favorite Series
An anthology of Christmas novellas by authors at Summer Prescott Book Publishing
A sweet and charming collection of holiday stories by multiple authors that are sure to put you in a jolly mood. This includes mysteries by Summer Prescott (Chocolate Fudge Murder - Frosted Love, Book 20), Patti Benning (Gourmet Holiday Murder - Papa Pacelli’s Pizzeria, Book 6), Carolyn Q. Hunter (Killer Christmas Pie - Pies and Pages, Book 5), Gretchen Allen (A Flurry of Murder - Sundae Afternoon, Book 6), Thea Cambert (Murder Sets the Stage - Rooftop Garden, Book 2), and Allyssa Mirry (Cocoa Chaos - Parties on the Pier, Book 1.)
What are some other holiday mysteries that we should ask Santa for?