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Sleep Like the Dead (Charleton House Mystery #3)

He would make a lovely corpse…
When visitors gather deep in the frozen Derbyshire countryside for a sleepover in the opulent Long Gallery of Charleton House, joined by some notable guests…

Snow Place to Die Series #13

B&B hostess Judith McMonigle Flynn's ready to hang up her oven mitts, but irrepressible Cousin Renie needs help catering the telephone company's annual winter retreat at secluded Mountain Goat…

Snowballs and Scotch Mist (The Belchester Chronicles #3)

The batty old biddies are at it again... In this third 'cocktail' mystery, Lady Amanda Golightly receives an invitation to spend Burns' Night in Castle Rumdrummond in Scotland. Although she is…

Snowed In with Murder (Otter Lake Mystery #3)

There’s no retreat and no surrender when Erica Bloom finds herself stuck in a snow storm with a stone-cold killer. . . Erica has returned to Otter Lake, New Hampshire, to rekindle her romance with…

Snowmen In Paradise (Tj Jensen Paradise Lake Mysteries # 2)

Winter Carnival comes to Serenity and with it Tj finds her schedule busier than ever. Not only is her ski and snowboard team heavily involved in demonstrations and local competitions, but her rag…

Something Read, Something Dead (Lighthouse Library Mystery #5)

Winter falls on North Carolina’s Outer Banks as Lucy Richardson and her friends joyfully help her favorite cousin, Josie O'Malley, plan her wedding. The owner and head baker of Josie's Cozy Bakery…

Spouse on Haunted Hill (Haunted Guesthouse Mystery Series #8)

Where Alison Kerby’s ex-husband goes, trouble follows. This time, unfortunately, he’s brought that trouble right to her doorstep. On the run from a business deal gone bad, Steven, aka 'the Swine…

Stake & Eggs (Cackleberry Club Series #4)

New York Times bestselling author Laura Childs presents the best way to start your day-with a hearty breakfast and a side of hard-boiled murder. Suzanne, Toni, and Petra found a second life after…

Strangers on a Skein (Black Sheep Knitting Series #12)

Romantic entanglements and handcrafted murder tie the Black Sheep knitters in knotswhen the local farmers’ market becomes a haven for a killer . . .
 
Phoebe Myers,…

Sweet Additions (Sweet Cove Mystery #17)

It is deep winter in Sweet Cove and Angie and Jenna Roseland are expecting their babies in a few weeks, but before the new additions arrive, Chief Martin needs their help. A well-regarded non-…

Sweet Friend of Mine (Sweet Cove Mystery #8)

Although it is winter in Sweet Cove, Massachusetts, the Roseland sisters and Mr. Finch are still busy running their businesses. The group is planning a mini-vacation together at a ski resort until…

Sweet Hide and Seek (Sweet Cove Mystery #9)

The Roseland sisters and Mr. Finch have returned home rested and happy after a mini-vacation at a ski resort. Their feelings of peace and calm are cut short when a new bed and breakfast guest…

Tell Me, Pretty Maiden (Molly Murphy Series #7)

It’s wintertime in New York, and for the first time since Irish immigrant Molly Murphy started her early-twentieth-century detective agency, she is completely snowed in with work. While she’s very…

The Alpine Xanadu (Emma Lord Series #24)

Winter in the small mountain aerie of Alpine should be as quiet as new-fallen snow on the Cascades, but from the Grocery Basket to the Venison Inn, the town is humming. At the Alpine Advocate,…

The Body in the Bonfire (Faith Fairchild Series #12)

Caterer and small-town minister's wife Faith Fairchild might never have accepted the job teaching a course on Cooking for Idiots at Mansfield Academy had it not been for Daryl Martin. An African-…

The Body in the Snowdrift (Faith Fairchild Series #15)

Caterer Faith Fairchild has a bad feeling about her father-in-law's decision to celebrate his seventieth birthday with a family reunion ski week at the Pine Slopes resort in Vermont - the…

The Cats that Played the Market (The Cats That Mystery Series #4)

Karen Anne Golden’s sweet, romantic, cozy mystery 'The Cats that Played the Market' is a cat lover’s delight. A blizzard blows into Indiana, bringing gifts, gala events, and a ghastly murder to…

The Champagne Conspiracy (Wine Country Mystery Series #7)

Winter has come to the Montgomery Estate Vineyard in Atoka, Virginia. Lucie Montgomery and winemaker Quinn Santori have decided to make champagne, a first for the vineyard. But then Gino Tomassi,…

The Chocolate Snowman Murders (Chocoholic Series #8)

The much anticipated Winter Arts festival is here, and as treasurer of Winterfest, Lee is up to her elbows in mix-ups behind the scenes. When the art show's guest juror shows up drunk, Lee lets…

The Corpse Wore Tartan (Liss MacCrimmon Series #4)

Can there be such a thing as too many men in kilts? Normally Liss MacCrimmon, proprietor of Moosetookalook, Maine's one and only Scottish Emporium, would say no. But that's before one of them…

The Grudge (Seacliff High Mystery #5)

Alyson and the gang head to a ski resort in the Colorado Rockies the week after Christmas. Before they even make it to the house they will be staying at for the week, they stumble across a body in…

The Hobby Farm Murders (Shirley Steele Mystery #1)

What could be more perfect for retired banker Shirley Steele than moving from Nebraska to
Minnesota and settling on a hobby farm near her son and daughter-in-law? No matter that the…

The Madness of Crowds (Armand Gamache Series #17)

You’re a coward.
Time and again, as the New Year approaches, that charge is leveled against Armand Gamache. 
It starts innocently enough. 

While the residents of the Québec…

The Quotient of Murder (Sophie Knowles Mystery Series #4)

Dr. Sophie Knowles loves using puzzles to make math fun for students. But when winter seizes Henley College, she must thaw out a cold case to track down a killer-her most difficult puzzle yet...…

The Skeleton Paints a Picture (Family Skeleton Mystery #4)

Georgia Thackery, adjunct English professor, has a new job teaching at Falstone College of Art and Design, known as FAD to its students and faculty. Living in a borrowed bungalow during winter in…

The Sleuthing Game (Tess and Tilly Mystery #16)

Tess, Tony, and Tilly head to Lake Tahoe where they join Shaggy for a video game convention. The convention has been promoted as a place to get a first look at the video games that have…

The Winter Ground Dandy Gilver Mystery Series #4)

NOTE: February 2013 - This book is not available as an e-book or new paperback. Check your local library. Times are hard for a struggling family circus in the long, cold winter of 1925. Pa and Ma…

The Witch Tree (Anna Denning Mystery #1)

Four days before Christmas in Elk Park, Colorado, genealogist Anna Denning discovers a client’s body. When she starts asking questions no one wants answered, she becomes the killer’s next target.…

Thread on Arrival (Mainely Needlepoint Mystery #8)

Ike Hamilton is a part of the Haven Harbor community just like anyone else, though he’s fallen on hard times and has to make do on disability checks and deposit bottles. Most of the locals do what…

To Catch a Witch (Wishcraft Mystery Series #8)

Wishcrafter Darcy Merriweather might be a witch with the ability to grant wishes for others, but wishing isn’t going to help her catch a killer… When wishcrafter Darcy Merriweather’s personal…