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'Twas the Knife Before Christmas (Christmas Tree Farm Mystery #2)

It’s out of the cupcake tin, into the fire for Holly White’s best friend, Caroline. Can Holly clear Caroline’s name in time to go caroling? When a body turns up in a larger-than-life candy bowl…

A Cajun Christmas Killing (Cajun Country Mystery #3)

Maggie Crozat is back home in bayou country during the most magical time of the year. In Pelican, Louisiana, Christmastime is a season of giant bonfires on the levee, zydeco carols, and pots of…

A Carol for a Corpse (Hemlock Falls Series #15)

For the Quilliam sisters, there's nothing jolly about this Christmas. Someone with a paintball gun is taking down inflatable Santas all over town. And Meg and Quill are near-broke. At least there'…

A Catered Christmas (Mystery with Recipes Series #3)

As picturesque Longley, New York, gets ready to ring in the holiday season, caterers Bernadette and Libby Simmons are coping with their busiest time of year. If that's not enough to make them run…

A Catered Christmas Cookie Exchange (Mystery with Recipes #9)

The snow is falling and there's a wreath on every door in tiny Longely, New York, and that can only mean one thing: The feisty members of the Christmas Cookie Club Exchange are busy perfecting…

A Chapter on Murder (Bookstore Mystery Series #3)

It’s Christmas in Riddleton and crime novelist turned amateur sleuth, Jen, is in desperate need of a cozy festive season running the town's local bookstore.…

A Charming Christmas (Magical Cures Mystery Novella)

Whispering Falls is having a winter storm warning. Not only from a blizzard, but a thief. . . the Whispering Falls Grinch. Sheriff Oscar Park is snowed in the nearby town of Locust Grove and…

A Christmas Arrangement (Cozy Flower Shop #3)

It's Christmastime in Hillside, but holiday spirit is in short supply for busy flower shop owner Quincy McKay. She's in charge of the town festival and her shop's open house, but her Santa's a no-…

A Christmas Beginning (Christmas Mystery Series #5)

Superintendent Runcorn of Scotland Yard is spending Christmas on the wild and beautiful island of Anglesey. While out on a walk he discovers the body of Olivia Costain, the local vicar’s sister.…

A Christmas Caper (Sugar Martin Vintage #3)

With Christmas fast approaching and her bank accounts woefully low, Sugar Martin is spending her first holiday in Meres Reach, England instead of back home in Oregon. When the festivities are…

A Christmas Escape (Christmas Mystery Series #13)

Lonely Charles Latterly arrives at his small hotel hoping that the island’s blue skies and gentle breezes will brighten his spirits. Unfortunately, there’s no holiday cheer to be found among his…

A Christmas Garland (Christmas Mystery Series #10)

A Christmas Garland, a yuletide tale set in exotic India. This time the mistress of mystery tells the story of a terrible crime that sets the stage for another: that of knowingly accusing an…

A Christmas Gathering (Christmas Mystery Series #17)

A cold case adds an extra chill to the holiday season as bestselling author Anne Perry whisks readers to an elegant home in the English countryside for a Christmas of secrets, soul-searching, and…

A Christmas Grace (Christmas Mystery Series #6)

With Christmas approaching, Emily Radley, Charlotte’s sister is suddenly called from London to be with her dying aunt. Alone, she makes the journey to Connemara, on the west coast of Ireland. A…

A Christmas Guest (Christmas Mystery Series #3)

When vinegar-tongued Grandmama Ellison is obliged to spend Christmas away from home in the wind-swept Romney Marshes, with Charlotte Pitt’s parents, Joshua and Caroline Fielding, her mood becomes…

A Christmas Homecoming (Christmas Mystery Series #9)

A Victorian tale of murder and intrigue taking place on a snowy Christmas in 1897 ... During a bitter snowstorm, a mysterious stranger decends onthe Netheridges' country home in Whitby, where a…

A Christmas Hope (Christmas Mystery Series #11)

Anne Perry’s 'vastly entertaining' (The Star-Ledger) holiday novels are 'as delicious as mince pie and plum pudding' (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel). A Christmas Hope is just as delectable-the…

A Christmas Journey (Christmas Mystery Series #1)

A tranquil weekend party in early December at a magnificent country house is shattered by a suspicious death. A young Lady Vespasia Cumming-Gould must help her friend Isobel who has made a very…

A Christmas Legacy (Christmas Mystery Series #19)

After leaving her position with Charlotte and Thomas Pitt to get married, Gracie thought her days as a maid were behind her. But when her good friend’s daughter, Millie, turns up on her doorstep…

A Christmas Mourning (Amish Mystery Short Story)

Claire Weatherly has come to respect how the Amish of Heavenly, Pennsylvania, value tradition. But not all traditions are necessarily quaint. When a decades-old mystery threatens the well-being of…

A Christmas Odyssey (Christmas Mystery Series #8)

In her beloved Christmas Novels, Anne Perry brings readers both the authentic Victorian charm and the nail-biting suspense that have made her Thomas Pitt and William Monk tales bestsellers for a…

A Christmas Promise (Christmas Mystery Series #7)

Anne Perry’s Victorian Christmas novels have attracted as many faithful readers as her two New York Times bestselling series featuring investigators Thomas Pitt and William Monk. A Christmas…

A Christmas Resolution (Christmas Mystery Series #18)

Detective John Hooper, William Monk's right-hand man at the Thames River Police, has fallen in love with Celia, the cousin of the victim in their most recent murder case. Now Celia has discovered…

A Christmas Return (Christmas Mystery Series #14)

As Charlotte Pitt’s grandmother Mariah Ellison finds herself investigating a long-unsolved slaying, it becomes clear that grappling with intrigue and foul play runs in the family. A festive…

A Christmas Revelation (Christmas Mystery Series #15)

It wouldn’t quite be Christmas without a holiday mystery decorated with all the Victorian trimmings, as only New York Times bestselling author Anne Perry can render it. Now the tradition continues…

A Christmas Secret (Christmas Mystery Series #4)

Dominic Corde is thrilled to ‘fill the robe’ as substitute vicar in the village of Cottisham while the Rev. Wynter is away on leave. Dominic and his new wife Clarice arrive during an exceptionally…

A Christmas Tartan (Scottish Bookshop Mystery Novella)

Christmastime has come to Scotland, and Delaney and all her coworkers at the Cracked Spine, the quirky bookshop in the heart of Edinburgh, are all in the holiday spirit. Between mugs of hot…

A Christmas to Purr About (Klepto Cat Mystery Series #22)

The Ivey family and friends agree to serve the hungry during the holidays, but not without serious consequences that require a little feline and equine intervention. Detective Craig goes missing,…

A Christmas Vanishing (Christmas Mystery Series #20)

Charlotte Pitt’s clever grandmother investigates the sudden disappearance of her dear friend in this chilling holiday whodunit by New York Times bestselling author…

A Christmas Visitor (Christmas Mystery Series #2)

Henry Rathbone arrives to spend Christmas at the Dreghorn family manor house near Ullswater. He is greeted by the news that the master of the house, Judah Dreghorn, has died, presumed accidentally…