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December 2020 New Book Releases

Finished Off in Fondant (Courtney Archer Mystery #2)

Hosting a friendly competition reality cooking show could be the perfect career boost for Chef Courtney Archer--but when her co-host is found murdered, Courtney must work through layers of deception to find the real culprit.

Despite a…

A Big Fat Greek Murder (Goddess of Greene St. Mystery #2)

The New York Times bestselling author of the Flower Shop Mystery series returns with the second installment in her new Goddess of Greene St. Mystery series starring single mom Athena Spencer, who returns to Michigan to work at her family's garden…

A Catered Book Club Murders (Mystery With Recipes #16)

If anything can be said about endearingly predictable Margo Hemsley, it’s that she always serves elaborate desserts at her mystery book club meetings. That’s why everyone fears the worst after she doesn’t pick up her order from Bernie and Libby…

A Deadly Edition (Blue Ridge Library Mystery #5)

The pursuit to acquire a rare illustrated book turns deadly, and on the eve of her upcoming wedding, library director Amy Webber is drawn into a web of treachery and betrayal that could derail her happy day--and maybe just claim her life.

A Fashionable Fate (Rosa The Cuban Psychic #1)

A psychic, a fashion gala and the death of a runway model.

This is not what Boutique owner, Rosa de los Reyes hoped for when she organized the Colten Island Fashion Show.

To save the gala and stop the killer from striking again,…

A Whisker of a Doubt (Cat Cafe Mystery #4)

It's promising to be a picture-purrfect Christmas at New England's favorite cat cafe . . . but instead of jolly old st. Nick, residents are being visited by murder. The fourth in a mystery series from author Cate Conte, A Whisker of a Doubt is…

A Wicked Yarn (Craft Fair Knitters #1)

A killer may craft the perfect crime, but as every knitter worth her yarn knows--murder wool out.

Mother's Day should be a cinch for the good folks of the Crandalsburg Craft Fair, and knitting enthusiast Lia Geiger has a good feeling…

Absence of Alice (Sarah W Garage Sale Mystery #9)

For bargain hunter extraordinaire Sarah Winston, starting life over in Ellington, Massachusetts, has been a true trash-to-treasure success story, except when there's a run on dead bodies...

Sarah's latest client, Alice Krandle, is…

Bait and Witch (Witch Way Librarian Mystery #1)

Librarian Josie Way moved to small-town Oregon to lay low. Instead, thanks to newfound magic abilities—and a killer on the loose—she’s leapt out of the frying pan and into a cauldron of trouble . . .
 
Josie Way loved working among…

Battered Bluff (Donut Shop Mystery Series #51)

When Suzanne and Jake accept an invitation from Jake’s old friend to visit him at his new lodge on top of a mountain, they figure they may have a chance at a second honeymoon, but once they arrive at Balsam Bluff, they realize privacy is the last…

Chilled to the Cone (A Bakeshop Mystery #12)

Pastry chef and amateur sleuth Juliet Capshaw finds herself on thin ice as she attempts to solve her latest case of small-town murder in Ellie Alexander's Chilled to the Cone: A Bakeshop Mystery.

The deep freeze has…

Closely Harbored Secrets (Seaside Café Mystery #5)

Everly Swan just wants to make Halloween-themed treats and specialty teas for her customers. But when it seems that she's being haunted by the phantom of a sailor straight out of a ghost story, her plans are capsized. Could this be the bitter end…

Cold Wind (Alaska Wild Mystery #2)

Beth Rivers is still in Alaska. The unidentified man who kidnapped her in her home of St. Louis hasn’t been found yet, so she’s not ready to go back.

But as October comes to a close, Benedict is feeling more and more like her new home.…

Cookies in the Cottage (Inn at Holiday Bay #13)

After suffering a personal tragedy Abby Sullivan buys a huge old seaside mansion she has never even seen, packs up her life in San Francisco, and moves to Holiday Bay Maine, where she is adopted, quite against her will, by a huge Maine Coon Cat…

Courting Can Be Killer (Amish Matchmaker Mystery #2)

Millie Fisher has plenty to keep her busy through her golden years, whether it's minding a pair of rambunctious goats, meetings with her quilting circle, and matchmaking. But the witty widow always makes time to solve the odd murder...

Death at a Country Mansion (Daisy Thorne #1)

Welcome to Daisy Thorne’s Ooh La La hair salon in the charming village of Edgemead in Surrey, England, where you’ll find the latest styles, the juiciest gossip — and the most tantalizing murder clues . . .
 
No one would ever accuse…

Death By Magic (Josiah Reynolds Mystery Series #14)

Josiah goes to a fundraiser for abandoned Thoroughbred horses and meets Rudy Lee; whereupon, he tells her a fortune teller at the event prophesied he will be murdered. But while Josiah tells Rudy the fortune is utter nonsense, she can’t help…

Gingerbread Fudge and a Holiday Grudge (Poppy Peters Mystery #6)

The Christmas Eve party at Buttercup Manor is tradition. Murder is not.

Be ready or be fudged. It’s the week of the annual Gingerbread Festival in the sweet southern town of Buttercup Ridge and Poppy has been hired…

Grounds for Murder (A Coffee Lover's Mystery #1)

Barista Lana Lewis's sleuthing may land her in a latte trouble as Tara Lush launches her new Coffee Shop mysteries.

When Lana Lewis' best -- and most difficult -- employee abruptly quits and goes to work for the competition just days…

Heather and Homicide (Highland Bookshop Mystery #4)

The new novel in the acclaimed Highland Bookshop mystery series finds a true-crime author murdered in the charming seacoast town of Inversgail—can the women of Yon Bonnie Books discover the killer’s identity before he or she strikes again?

Hidden Treasure (Josie Prescott Antiques Mystery #13)

When antiques expert Josie Prescott finds a mysterious trunk, no one thinks it could lead to murder. Josie, the owner of Prescott’s Antiques & Auctions, and her new husband, Ty, have finally found their dream home, a Victorian beauty on the…

Hush-Hush (The Village Library Mystery #4)

At first, librarian Ann Beckett is delighted her director hired another full-time staff member. The Whitby Library is a busy place and another librarian should make life much easier there.

Instead, she soon discovers that the new hire,…

Murder at Veronica's Diner (Ferrara Family Mystery #4)

Alberta Scaglione thinks her cooking is better than anyone’s in Tranquility, New Jersey—but she doesn’t mind an occasional visit to Veronica’s Diner. Too bad today’s special is murder . . .
 
During the breakfast rush…

Murder Can Haunt Your Handiwork (A Haunted Craft Fair #3)

Rising up against the beautiful backdrop of the Blue Ridge Mountains, the Biltmore Estate is a magnificent mansion in Asheville, North Carolina, built as a summer home for George Washington Vanderbilt II—yes, of those Vanderbilts—during…

Murder Is a Must (A First Edition Library #2)

Determined to make the First Edition LIbrary a success, Hayley Burke wasn’t expecting to have to solve an old friend’s murder in this all-new mystery from USA Today bestselling author Marty Wingate.

Hayley Burke, curator of…

Murder on the Ballot (The Myrtle Clover Mystery #17)

Octogenarian Myrtle Clover is so annoyed by the infighting at tiny Bradley, North Carolina’s town council meetings that she decides on a radical course of action: she’ll run for the open seat on the council. After all, she taught most of the…

Murder with Oolong Tea (Daisy's Tea Garden Mystery #6)

The faculty of Willow Creek High School are having a get-together after the spring concert with refreshments provided, courtesy of Daisy's Tea Garden. Oolong tea and chocolate biscuits are just what the staff needs to help them unwind from Althea…

Murdered Mayor (High Desert Mystery #13)

The famous cowboy movie star
Had become the dearly beloved mayor of Palm Springs.
Too bad he was murdered.
But who could have done it and what was their motive?
Greed? Political rival? An environmental extremist?
Son…

Premeditated Mortar (Fixer-Upper Mystery #8)

Shannon Hammer is about to embark on one of the biggest projects of her career. Her best friend Jane Hennessey has purchased one wing of the Gables, formerly the old state insane asylum, located on a bucolic hillside two miles northeast of…

Red Roses (A Hope Herring Mystery #4)

This is book 4 in the Hope Herring cozy mystery series by USA TODAY Bestselling Author J.A. Whiting and Nell McCarthy.
It is February in North Carolina and Valentine’s Day is fast approaching The holidays are hard for Hope since…

Rhubarb Pie Before You Die (Garlic Farm Mystery #2)

Inheriting her late aunt’s Massachusetts farm is no gift for app developer Mabel Skinner, who is about to learn that even the best-grown garlic can’t ward off murderous intent…
 
Mabel’s hope of finding an enthusiastic farmer to buy…

Ropes, Riddles, & Robberies (Camper & Criminals Mystery #15)

Welcome to Normal, Kentucky~ where nothing is normal. A Campers and Criminal Mystery Series is another brainchild of USA Today Bestselling Author Tonya Kappes. If you love her quirky southern characters and small town charm with a mystery to…

Sand In My Suitcase (Stella Kirk Mystery #3)

Her dear friend is dead. She finds the body. Follow Stella Kirk and Detective Aiden North as they uncover Paulina McAdams' secrets. Will a diary reveal her life story once the code is broken? In their search for answers, Stella and Aiden untangle…

Sweet Violet's Ghost (Sweet Cove Mystery #19)

It is September in Sweet Cove and Angie and Jenna are taking a walk after work to the town park and up the hill to the cemetery overlooking the ocean. Their daughters are growing fast and are already crawling and saying words. Angie and Jenna…

To Fetch a Felon (Chatty Corgi Mystery #1)

Emma Reed and her beloved Corgi move from London to Cornwall with the dream of opening a tea shop—but first they’ll have to collar a criminal in the first book in a charming new series.
 
Emma leaves London and her…

Vitamin Sea (Beaver Island Mystery #1)

What happens when a retired intelligence agent has to join forces with a nerdy GenX couch potato?

Freshly minted retiree Irma Abercrombie wasn’t looking for drama when she invited Violet Blackheart—an engineer with a serious vitamin D…

Wedding Bear Blues (Teddy Bear Mystery #4)

In the fourth shamelessly adorable Teddy Bear Mystery, teddy bear shop manager and amateur sleuth Sasha Silverman vows to find out who killed the best man in a Valentine's Day wedding when a heartless, ice-pick wielding killer ruins the big day…

Wine Tastings Are Murder (Poppy McAllister Mystery #5)

It's vintage Poppy when the gluten-free baker and B&B owner tries to solve a murder at a Cape May winery in Libby Klein's fifth deliciously witty, paleo-themed Poppy McAllister Mystery.

When Poppy and Aunt Ginny agreed to host a…