Christmas Mysteries

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E-Book Market Research Kindle Market Analysis By Search Words

MYSTERY, THRILLER, SUSPENSE, CRIME

MARKET REPORT

November 2019 Based on 2018's Actual Christmas Sales Data

■ Assess the Kindle market for: Christmas Mysteries ■ Create a "Virtual Bestseller List" for the target keywords based on true Amazon Sales Rank, not display sequence ■ Provide an estimate of the market size and "drop-off": — #1 Bestseller, Top 20, Top 100, Top 500, etc. — Copies sold per day and estimated monthly royalties ■ Develop a comprehensive market profile including: — Kindle category usage and performance — Price levels, page length distribution, short reads share — Typical cover art, top authors and top publishers in the segment — Kindle Unlimited vs. Non-KU and Series vs. Standalone ■ Identify the best keywords for titles and descriptions ■ Provide a Top 100 title database with all key book data points including book descriptions for further research and reference

2 of 83 Context: MTS is a top-selling genre on Kindle

Average Amazon Kindle Sales Rank of Top 100 Titles in Category

3 of 83 Holiday Fiction shows a strong seasonal performance around Christmas

Average Amazon Kindle Sales Rank of Top 20 Titles in Category

Dec Mar Jun Sep Dec Mar Jun Sep Dec Mar Jun Sep Dec Mar Jun Sep Dec Mar Jun Sep Dec 01 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019

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5,000 Literature & Fiction-Genre Fiction-Holidays Trend 6,000

4 of 83 Literature & Fiction-Genre Fiction-Holidays is a high-performing but cyclical bestseller list that has moved from "Hot Niches" into the "Hot Mainstream"

K-LYTICS STRATEGY MAP TIMELINE Competitive Bestsellers 10 Literature & Fiction-Genre Fiction-Holidays December Hot Mainstream July Hot Niches 100

Dec 2015

Dec 2018 Dec 2016 Hot Cells Dec 2017 1,000 Jul 2017 2,000 Jul 2019 Jul 2015 5,000 Jul 2016 Jul 2018

10,000 Amazon Sales Rank* Sales Amazon 20,000

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100,000 Beaten Track Average Average Slow Cells Mainstream 200,000 and Niches Non-sellers 1,000,000 10 100 1,000 2,000 5,000 10,000 20,000 100,000 350,000 Competition (No. of Titles) * Based on top 20 titles in each category monitored over several days

5 of 83 The Genre Fiction category for the Holidays is on track for its next peak

Average Amazon Kindle Sales Rank of Top 20 Titles in Category

May Jul Sep Nov Jan Mar May Jul Sep Nov 2018 2019 10 500 1,000 1,500 2,000 2,500 3,000 3,500 Literature & Fiction-Genre Fiction-Holidays Trend 4,000

6 of 83 Search interest on Google for "Christmas Mysteries" is seasonal but with fairly high peaks compared to generic MTS searches

Google Search Volume By Search Term (Index: Maximum = 100)

Christmas Mysteries: (Worldwide) Mystery books: (Worldwide) 100

0 Nov 2009 Nov 2010 Nov 2011 Nov 2012 Nov 2013 Nov 2014 Nov 2015 Nov 2016 Nov 2017 Nov 2018 Nov 2019

Source: Google Trends

7 of 83 Scope: Approx. 6,900 search results narrowed down to 1,375 items

■ Paid books only One 'virtual bestseller list' from keyword-based and besteller list searches ■ Filter for book title and/or description: INCLUDE KEYWORDS on the Amazon.com Kindle Store Christmas, etc Mystery related words Keyword/Bestseller List Search Results: Data Validation: INCLUDE CATEGORIES = Project "Christmas Mysteries" 4,429 ►►► Focus on database Virtual 6,892 Top to each Apply filters Bestseller List ►►►►► 4,432 ►►►►► 1,375 Eliminate "Christmas" withing MTS categories Search Books 2,463 ►►► duplicates Books Results ■ Exclude when title and/or description contains EXCLUDE KEYWORDS EXCLUDE CATEGORIES Romance, romantic, etc. Children's Books, Nonfiction

■ Sort by Amazon Sales Rank loverather than search display rank

8 of 83 Kindle Market Analysis by Keyword - Database

Market: Christmas Mysteries

# of books # share of total Number search results overall: 6,892 156%

Thereof top results captured (displayed by Amazon, duplicates removed, data validated) 4,432 100%

Books matching keyword criteria in title and/or description: 1,459 33%

Books on free promo: 226 5%

Books for detailed analysis (custom market definition): 1,375 31% i.e. Paid AND book title and/or description contain the target keywords

9 of 83 Market Performance - Overview and Rank Drop-off

Market: Christmas Mysteries

Relative Rank in List out of 1375 Books #1 Overall Amazon Sales Rank (Paid) 9 #20 Sold copies per day (Estimate) 1,825 4,460 29 #100 32,319 4 #500 350,710 0.2 A major market highly concentrated in the top-end #1000 with a clear drop-off towards 1,965,960 rank #100 0.0

10 of 83 Market Size and Financials - Detailed View

Market: Christmas Mysteries

Relative Sales Absolute Amazon Best Sellers Estimated Estimated Author Royalties* Position of Number Rank (Kindle Paid) Sold Copies Per Day Per Month in USD Books with the of Books Target Keyword Best Average Worst Best Average Worst Best Average Worst

Top 1-20 20 9 1,971 4,460 1,825 190 29 $38,142 $7,967 $441

Top 21-100 80 5,044 17,730 32,319 26 10 4 $3,469 $750 $39

Top 101-500 400 33,242 152,117 350,710 4 1 0.2 $743 $92 $2

Rest 875 351,017 2,123,520 5,174,887 0.2 0.1 0.0 $51 $5 $0.1

Total 1,375 Market Total: 5,064 All books sum: $260,192

copies per day royalties Christmas month excl. borrows

* Assumes applying the sales rank of the observation period to the whole month

11 of 83 Kindle Market Analysis by Keyword - Pricing Profile

Market: Christmas Mysteries Share of Occurrences Share of Royalties Price Point Top 20 Best Sellers All Analyzed Books All Analyzed Books $0.99 10% 22% 2% Lower share $1.99 30% 6% 20% Highest of .99 books Most yielding $2.99 0% 20% 4% compared frequent price point. $3.99 20% to the prior 9% price point 18% $4.99 10% year. 6% like last 12% $5.99 0% 3% year. 1% $6.99 0% 2% 1% $7.99 0% 5% 4% $8.99 0% 1% 1% $9.99 0% 3% 4% $10.99 0% 0% 1% $11.99 0% 1% 2% $12.99 0% 1% 1%

Other (in between or above) 30% 23% 0%

Total 100% 100% 69%

12 of 83 Kindle Market Analysis by Keyword - KU vs. Non-KU

Market: Christmas Mysteries Share of Occurrences Share of Royalties Enrollment Top 20 Best Sellers All Analyzed Books All Analyzed Books

KU 40% 35% 31%

Non-KU 60% 65% 69%

Total 100% 100% 100%

13 of 83 Kindle Market Analysis by Keyword - Short Read Share

Market: Christmas Mysteries

Relative Sales Number Share of Short Reads Position of Book of Books (Books with 100 pages or less)

Top 1-20 20 15%

Top 21-100 80 21%

Top 101-500 400 18%

Rest 875 37%

Total 1,375 30% Same share as last year

14 of 83 E-Book Genre Analysis | Page Length Distribution of Top 100 Titles

Market: Christmas Mysteries Amazon Kindle "Estimated Print Length" Average Minimum Excluding the top/bottom Maximum 10% extreme values

20 188 322 Percentage of Books of Percentage

Book Page Length (from, to]

15 of 83 Kindle Category Usage in Target Market

Market: Christmas Mysteries Kindle Categories Usage of Top 100 Bestselling Books for the Keyword

Category Number of Books Using The Category Path - Sorted by Frequence of Usage Level Category Path (Depth)

Most frequent like last year. Mystery, Thriller & Suspense > Mystery > Cozy > Culinary 4 23 Mystery, Thriller & Suspense > Mystery > Cozy > Animals 4 17 Mystery, Thriller & Suspense > Mystery > Amateur Sleuth 3 15 Mystery, Thriller & Suspense > Mystery > Cozy > Crafts & Hobbies 4 12 Mystery, Thriller & Suspense > Mystery > Traditional Detectives 3 12 Mystery, Thriller & Suspense > Mystery > Cozy 3 12 Literature & Fiction > Religious & Inspirational Fiction > Christian > Mystery & Suspense 4 8 Literature & Fiction > Genre Fiction > Holidays 3 7 Mystery, Thriller & Suspense > Mystery > Historical 3 7 Literature & Fiction > Women's Fiction > Mystery, Thriller & Suspense > Women Sleuths 4 6 Literature & Fiction > Contemporary Fiction > Christian 3 3 Literature & Fiction > Genre Fiction > Anthologies 3 2 Literature & Fiction > Humor & Satire > General Humor 3 2 Mystery, Thriller & Suspense > Mystery > Private Investigators 3 2 Literature & Fiction > Women's Fiction > Christian 3 2 Literature & Fiction > Humor & Satire > American 3 2 Literature & Fiction > Historical Fiction > Short Stories 3 2 Mystery, Thriller & Suspense > Mystery > Series 3 1 Mystery, Thriller & Suspense > Thrillers > Technothrillers 3 1 Literature & Fiction > Women's Fiction > Mystery, Thriller & Suspense > Detective 4 1 Humor & Entertainment > Humor > Men, Women & Relationships 3 1 Literature & Fiction > Genre Fiction > War 3 1 Mystery, Thriller & Suspense > Thrillers > Terrorism 3 1 Literature & Fiction > Religious & Inspirational Fiction > Christian > Historical 4 1 etc.

16 of 83 Sales vs. Competition of Categories used by Top 100 Books in the Target Market

K-LYTICS STRATEGY MAP Competitive Bestsellers 10

ID Category path Hot Mainstream

131 Biographies & Memoirs-True Crime-Murder & Mayhem 202 Literature & Fiction-Anthologies & Literature Collections 1049 Literature & Fiction-Religious & Inspirational Fiction-Christian-Historical Hot Niches 1050 Literature & Fiction-Religious & Inspirational Fiction-Christian-Mystery & Suspense 100 1073 Literature & Fiction-Women's Fiction-Mystery, Thriller & Suspense-Detective 1074 Literature & Fiction-Women's Fiction-Mystery, Thriller & Suspense-Women Sleuths Hot Cells 1102 Mystery, Thriller & Suspense-Mystery-Cozy-Animals 1103 Mystery, Thriller & Suspense-Mystery-Cozy-Crafts & Hobbies 1104 Mystery, Thriller & Suspense-Mystery-Cozy-Culinary 1074 1171 Humor & Entertainment-Humor-Men, Women & Relationships 1754 1725 1332 Literature & Fiction-Anthologies & Literature Collections-United States 1755 1461 1355 Literature & Fiction-Contemporary Fiction-Christian 1482 1417 1397 Literature & Fiction-Genre Fiction-Anthologies 1732 1424 1404 Literature & Fiction-Genre Fiction-Holidays 1727 1,000 1417 Literature & Fiction-Genre Fiction-War 1073 1538 1723 1424 Literature & Fiction-Historical Fiction-British 1457 11022480131 1733 1731 202 2,000 1440 Literature & Fiction-Historical Fiction-Religious 1104 1404 1443 Literature & Fiction-Historical Fiction-Short Stories 1440 1457 Literature & Fiction-Humor & Satire-American 1355 1103 10491050 1747 1397 1460 Literature & Fiction-Humor & Satire-Dark Comedy 1559 1724 5,000 1461 Literature & Fiction-Humor & Satire-General Humor 1171 2461 1482 Literature & Fiction-Literary Fiction-Psychological 1332 1538 Literature & Fiction-Short Stories-Single Authors Amazon Sales Rank* Sales Amazon 3941 10,000 1559 Literature & Fiction-Women's Fiction-Christian 1723 Mystery, Thriller & Suspense-Mystery-Amateur Sleuth 1460 Ø Ø 1724 Mystery, Thriller & Suspense-Mystery-Collections & Anthologies 1443 20,000 1725 Mystery, Thriller & Suspense-Mystery-Cozy 1727 Mystery, Thriller & Suspense-Mystery-Historical 1731 Mystery, Thriller & Suspense-Mystery-Private Investigators 1732 Mystery, Thriller & Suspense-Mystery-Series 50,000 1733 Mystery, Thriller & Suspense-Mystery-Traditional Detectives 1747 Mystery, Thriller & Suspense-Thrillers-Historical 3864 Beaten Track 100,000 1754 Mystery, Thriller & Suspense-Thrillers-Technothrillers 1755 Mystery, Thriller & Suspense-Thrillers-Terrorism 2461 Science Fiction & Fantasy-Fantasy-Anthologies & Short Stories Slow Cells Mainstream 200,000 2480 Science Fiction & Fantasy-Fantasy-Superhero 3864 Religion & Spirituality-Christian Books & Bibles-Bible Study & Reference-Biographies-New Testament 3941 Religion & Spirituality-Christian Books & Bibles-Christian Denominations & Sects-Amish and Niches

Non-sellers 1,000,000 10 100 1,000 2,000 5,000 10,000 20,000 100,000 350,000 Competition (No. of Titles) * Based on top 20 titles in each category monitored over several days

17 of 83 Current Top-Performing Authors in Christmas Mysteries

Relative Estimated Monthly Royalties - For Ranking Purposes Average Author Number of Estimated In Top Only Royalty per # Author Page (Click Publisher(s) Paid Books in Sold Copies 40 prior (assuming average sales ranks were maintained and sales rank Sold Copy to Access) Ranking Per Day year was solely achieved by sold copies, i.e. no borrows) ($US) 1 Kathi Daley ■ *** Self-publisher ***, Kathi Daley Books, Henery Press 17 866 2.43 Yes 2 Joanne Fluke ■ Kensington 2 1,834 0.72 Yes 3 Amy Boyles ■ LADYBUGBOOKS LLC 1 149 3.49 No 4 Rhys Bowen ■ Minotaur Books, Berkley 2 74 6.99 Yes 5 Jacqueline Frost ■ Crooked Lane Books 2 59 4.58 No 6 Samantha Price ■ *** Self-publisher *** 1 71 2.79 No 7 Lee Child ■ Delacorte Press 1 245 0.70 No 8 Anne Perry ■ Heyne Verlag, Ballantine Books 22 36 4.64 Yes 9 Bethany Blake ■ Kensington 1 206 0.70 No 10 Nancy Warren ■ Ambleside Publishing 2 36 3.49 No 11 Jean Stone ■ Kensington 1 25 4.20 No 12 Donna Andrews ■ Minotaur Books 5 22 4.66 Yes 13 David Rosenfelt ■ Minotaur Books 2 21 4.63 No 14 Rita Mae Brown ■ Bantam, Ballantine Books 2 77 1.13 No 15 J. New ■ Phantom Press 1 31 2.79 No 16 Ann Charles ■ *** Self-publisher *** 1 25 3.49 No 17 Alice K. Boatwright ■ Cozy Cat Press 1 31 2.70 Yes 18 Meg Muldoon ■ Vacant Lot Publishing, Red Empress Publishing 13 29 2.74 Yes 19 Karen MacInerney ■ Gray Whale Press 1 22 3.49 Yes 20 Agatha Christie ■ Witness Impulse, William Morrow Paperbacks, HarperCollins, Enhanced Mystery Classics 9 16 4.20 Yes 21 James Patterson ■ Little, Brown and Company, BookShots, Blanvalet Taschenbuch Verlag 3 12 5.51 No 22 Shéa MacLeod ■ *** Self-publisher ***, Sunwalker Press 2 26 2.25 No 23 Hope Callaghan ■ *** Self-publisher *** 3 20 2.75 Yes 24 Bobbi Holmes ■ *** Self-publisher ***, Robeth Publishing, LLC 2 17 3.15 No 25 Lorraine Bartlett ■ Polaris Press, Berkley 3 9 5.29 No 26 Margery Allingham ■ Agora Books 1 23 2.09 No 27 Anna Celeste Burke ■ *** Self-publisher *** 1 22 2.09 No 28 A.R. Winters ■ *** Self-publisher *** 1 17 2.38 No 29 Craig Johnson ■ Penguin Books 2 11 3.59 No 30 Margaret Lashley ■ Zazzy Ideas, Inc. 1 10 3.49 No 31 Michelle Griep ■ Shiloh Run Press 1 16 2.09 Yes 32 Laura Childs ■ Berkley 1 7 4.55 No 33 Carolyn L. Dean ■ Freeform Publishing 1 13 2.38 Yes 34 Carolyn Hart ■ Seventh Street Books, HarperCollins e-books 2 44 0.71 No 35 Roger Riccard ■ Endeavour Media 1 76 0.40 No 36 Mary Higgins Clark ■ Simon & Schuster 3 5 5.54 Yes 37 Sally Goldenbaum ■ Berkley 2 7 3.91 No 38 Daryl Wood Gerber ■ Beyond the Page 1 8 3.49 No 39 Miranda James ■ Berkley 1 5 5.03 No 40 Tasha Alexander ■ St. Martin's Press, Minotaur Books 3 37 0.70 No 33%

18 of 83 Current Top-Performing Publishers in Christmas Mysteries

Publisher No.of Number of Estimated Monthly Royalties - For Ranking Purposes Only Sold Copies # (with at least two author names in our ranking for Authors in Example Author(s) Paid Books in (assuming average sales ranks were maintained and sales Per Day Christmas Mysteries) Ranking Ranking rank was solely achieved by sold copies, i.e. no borrows)

1 Kathi Daley Books 1 Kathi Daley 15 859 2 Kensington 53 Alex Erickson, Allyson K. Abbott, Amanda Flower, Ashton Lee 30 2,094 3 Minotaur Books 15 Catriona McPherson, Charlaine Harris, Charlene Weir, Charles Finch 21 133 4 LADYBUGBOOKS LLC 1 Amy Boyles 1 149 5 Crooked Lane Books 4 Barbara Early, Ellen Byron, Jacqueline Frost 5 62 6 Berkley 53 Alice Hoffman, Amanda Lee, Angela Knight, Lora Leigh, Anya Bast, Allyson James, Christine58 Feehan55 7 Ballantine Books 11 Anne Perry, Cherry Adair, Cynthia Keller, Deborah Adams, Jeffrey Marks, Jodi Picoult25 44 8 Delacorte Press 3 Alan Bradley, C. C. Benison, Lee Child 5 248 9 Ambleside Publishing 1 Nancy Warren 2 36 10 Phantom Press 1 J. New 1 31 11 Ann Charles 1 Ann Charles 1 25 12 Cozy Cat Press 4 Alice K. Boatwright, Liz Graham, Sally Carpenter 3 32 13 Vacant Lot Publishing 1 Meg Muldoon 12 29 14 Gray Whale Press 1 Karen MacInerney 1 22 15 William Morrow Paperbacks 3 Agatha Christie, David Handler, Gilly Macmillan 1 9 16 Little, Brown and Company 1 James Patterson 1 9 17 Agora Books 3 Margery Allingham, Nicholas Blake 2 25 18 Penguin Books 11 Craig Johnson, Garrison Keillor, Georges Simenon, India Knight 6 13 19 Bantam 4 Connie Willis, Parnell Hall, Rita Mae Brown, Sarah Graves 3 70 20 HarperCollins e-books 8 Carolyn Hart, Katherine Hall Page, Louis Bayard, Mary Daheim 7 46 21 Endeavour Media 9 Angus MacVicar, Anthony Litton, Christina Britton Conroy, John Gano 8 78 22 Summer Prescott Books 5 Carolyn Q Hunter, Carolyn Q. Hunter, Patti Benning, Summer Prescott, Summer Prescott,6 Carolyn Q17 Hunter, Gretchen Allen 23 Zazzy Ideas, Inc. 1 Margaret Lashley 1 10 24 Shiloh Run Press 1 Michelle Griep 1 16 25 Freeform Publishing 3 Beth Byers, Carolyn L. Dean, Carolyn L. Dean, Beth Byers, Angela C. Blackmoore 1 13 26 St. Martin's Press 4 Janet Evanovich, Mary Kay Andrews, MaryJanice Davidson, Tasha Alexander 2 31 27 Simon & Schuster 3 Jennifer Chiaverini, Mary Higgins Clark 4 5 28 Beyond the Page 5 Daryl Wood Gerber, Gail Oust, Laura Bradford, Rosie Genova, Sheila Connolly 2 8 29 Soho Crime 7 Barbara Cleverly, Helene Tursten, Peter Lovesey, Mick Herron, Cara Black, Stephanie3 Barron 4 30 William Morrow 13 Charles Todd, Christopher Moore, Deborah Crombie, Dennis Lehane 6 5 31 Sourcebooks Landmark 4 Cheryl Honigford, Francis Duncan, Georgette Heyer, Susanna Kearsley 2 4 32 Whitehaven Man Press London 1 L.B. Hathaway 1 10 33 DTS Group Inc. 1 Trudy J. Smith 1 6 34 Sugar Skull Books 1 Kristen Painter 3 7 35 MysteriousPress.com/Open Road 13 Andrew Klavan, Barbara Paul, Charles Todd, Charles Williams 9 19 36 Henery Press 8 Christina Freeburn, Gretchen Archer, Kathi Daley, Kendel Lynn, Shawn Reilly Simmons7 7 37 Regnery History 1 Dwight Longenecker 1 4 38 Vintage 7 Kathryn Petras, Ross Petras, Martin Walker, Nancy Mitford, P. D. James, Sebastian Faulks2 4 39 Better Mousetrap Books 1 T.C. Wescott 1 5 40 Amazon Publishing 1 T E Kinsey 1 43

19 of 83 Most Profitable Sub-Markets And Tropes (1) Themes

Market: Christmas Mysteries Most Popular Themes By Estimated Monthly Royalty Volume

Estimated Total Sub-market / Trope within Sales vs. Share of Books Kindle Royalties Per Christmas Mysteries (shares are not mutually exclusive) Competition Index Month $K (100 = Best) mystery|mysteries 70% 241 76 murder 44% 178 89 crime 21% 80 84 kill 28% 77 60 cozy 15% 69 100 love 23% 42 40 class|society 9% 16 39 sex 3% 8 69 conflict|quarrel|fight|feud 4% 7 37 money|cash|wealth|riches 7% 5 16 Santa 3% 5 31 hate 3% 5 33 suspense 6% 5 17 spell 1.8% 4 52 thriller 5.6% 4 16 affair 1.4% 4 56 jealous 1.9% 3 42 revenge 2.3% 3 26 greed 1.6% 2 30 property|inherit 1.6% 2 23 betrayal 1.2% 2 29 obsession 0.6% 0 13 politics 0.5% 0 16

20 of 83 Top 100 Bestsellers - Book Titles

Market: Christmas Mysteries The 30 Most Frequent Words in the Top 100 Bestseller Book Titles

21 of 83 Bestseller Book Descriptions

Market Christmas Mysteries The 50 Most Frequent Words in the Top 100 Bestseller Book Descriptions Exluding the most frequent words "Book", "Series"

22 of 83 Kindle Market Analysis by Keyword - Search Volume 1 Keyword: Christmas Mysteries Estimated search volume of related keywords on Amazon Amazon Search Term Estimated Monthly Search Volume

christmas books 16,203 christmas book 13,860 cozy christmas 12,033 cozy christmas book 2,996 cozy christmas book 2,996 christmas mysteries 2,838 nightmare before christmas book 2,370 books for christmas 2,183 dog christmas book 2,083 cozy christmas baking 2,064 mouse christmas book 2,049 christmas book series 1,958 amish christmas books 1,915 christmas book set 1,858 christmas murder 1,646 christmas stories book 1,493 christmas cozy 1,447 christmas mystery books 1,355 christmas books for adults 1,319 cowboy christmas book 1,308 a cozy quilted christmas 1,292 best christmas books 1,276 christmas vacation book 1,196 a christmas book 1,152 christmas fiction books 1,150 new christmas books 1,127 christmas mystery box 1,114 gingerbread christmas book 1,091

Source: Merchant Words

23 of 83 Kindle Market Analysis by Keyword - Search Volume (2 of 2) 1 Keyword: Christmas Mysteries Estimated search volume of related keywords on Amazon Amazon Search Term Estimated Monthly Search Volume

classic christmas books 1,081 christmas books paperback 1,049 christmas cocoa murder 1,030 new christmas books 2019 1,004 cozy christmas comforts 882 murder at christmas 842 murder for christmas 762 amish christmas mystery 758 cozy mysteries christmas 655 cozy mysteries christmas 655 merry christmas murder 592 murder under the christmas tree 549 christmas murder mystery 479 christmas cookie murder 479 marry christmas murder 468 christmas murder books 436 christmas carol murder 426 murder mystery christmas 406 christmas mystery novels 382 christmas cake murder 367 the christmas mystery 362 christmas murder mystery books 298 christmas cozy mystery books 293 christmas cozy mystery books 293 christmas caramel murder 235 christmas shop murder 219 a cajun christmas killing a cajun country mystery 174

Source: Merchant Words

24 of 83 Kindle Market Analysis by Keyword - Cover Art

Market: Christmas Mysteries Book Covers of the Top 30 Bestsellers

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25 of 83 Kindle Market Analysis by Keyword - Series Performance

Market: Christmas Mysteries Share of Occurrences Share of Royalties Book Type Top 20 Best Sellers All Analyzed Books All Analyzed Books

Series 70% 51% 83%

Stand-alone 30% 49% 17%

Total 100% 100% 100%

26 of 83 Top 100 Bestsellers: Christmas Mysteries

Holiday Hostage (Zoe Donovan Cozy Mystery Kathi Daley December 18, #2 in Books > Mystery, Thriller & #2 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > #2 in Books > Mystery, Thriller & 2018 Suspense > Mystery > Cozy > Mystery, Thriller & Suspense > Suspense > Mystery > Cozy > 2 Book 31) 0 227 $ 3.99 321 1,282 70% $ 26,914 150 8 5.0 0% Animals Mystery > Cozy > Culinary Culinary

The Inn at Holiday Bay: Boxes in the Basement Kathi Daley November 20, #3 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > #3 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > #3 in Books > Mystery, Thriller & 2018 Mystery, Thriller & Suspense > Mystery, Thriller & Suspense > Suspense > Mystery > Cozy > 3 0 229 $ 3.90 319 1,244 70% $ 26,121 88 4.7 2% Mystery > Cozy > Culinary Mystery > Cozy > Animals Culinary

The Christmas Scorpion: A Jack Reacher Story Lee Child October 2, #1 in Kindle Store > Kindle Short #1 in Kindle Store > Kindle Short #10 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks 2018 Reads > 45 minutes (22-32 pages) > Reads > 45 minutes (22-32 pages) > > Literature & Fiction > Genre Fiction 4 0 317 $ 1.99 245 488 35% $ 5,128 26 514 2.9 46% Literature & Fiction Mystery, Thriller & Suspense > Holidays

A Midwinter's Tail (Lucky Paws Petsitting Mystery Bethany November 27, #4 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > #4 in Books > Mystery, Thriller & #4 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > 2018 Mystery, Thriller & Suspense > Suspense > Mystery > Cozy > Mystery, Thriller & Suspense > 5 Book 4) Blake 0 395 $ 1.99 206 409 35% $ 4,295 352 25 4.7 0% Mystery > Cozy > Animals Animals Mystery > Amateur Sleuth

Southern Magic Christmas (Sweet Tea Witch Amy Boyles December 18, #1 in Books > Mystery, Thriller & #1 in Books > Mystery, Thriller & #1 in Books > Mystery, Thriller & 2018 Suspense > Mystery > Supernatural > Suspense > Mystery > Supernatural > Suspense > Mystery > Supernatural > 6 Mysteries Book 8) 0 590 $ 4.99 149 742 70% $ 15,587 208 7 4.7 0% Psychics Werewolves & Shifters Vampires

Finding Christmas (A Rescue Alaska Mystery Book Kathi Daley December 4, #3 in Books > Mystery, Thriller & #4 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > #4 in Books > Mystery, Thriller & 2018 Suspense > Thrillers & Suspense > Mystery, Thriller & Suspense > Suspense > Mystery > Supernatural > 7 4) 0 809 $ 0.99 115 114 35% $ 1,199 161 37 5.0 0% Supernatural > Psychics Suspense > Paranormal > Psychics Psychics

Sherlock Holmes and the Twelve Days of Roger Riccard December 1, #14 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks #19 in Books > Mystery, Thriller & #38 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks 2018 > Mystery, Thriller & Suspense > Suspense > Mystery > Traditional > Literature & Fiction > Genre Fiction 8 Christmas: An enthralling collection of festive 0 1,356 $ 1.13 76 85 35% $ 897 581 14 4.9 0% Mystery > Traditional Detectives Detectives > Holidays mysteries The Ghost of Christmas Past: A Molly Murphy Rhys Bowen November 14, #14 in Books > Literature & Fiction > #15 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks #18 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks 2017 Genre Fiction > Historical > Mysteries > Mystery, Thriller & Suspense > > Mystery, Thriller & Suspense > 9 Mystery (Molly Murphy Mysteries Book 17) 1 1,429 $ 9.98 72 723 70% $ 15,186 272 101 4.2 6% Mystery > Historical Mystery > Private Investigators

Amish Winter Murder Mystery (Ettie Smith Amish Samantha December 20, #1 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > #1 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > #3 in Books > Christian Books & 2018 Religion & Spirituality > Christian Religion & Spirituality > Christian Bibles > Literature & Fiction > Amish 10 Mysteries Book 19) Price 0 1,475 $ 3.99 71 282 70% $ 5,917 162 7 5.0 0% Books & Bibles > Christian Books & Bibles > Christian & Mennonite Denominations & Sects > Amish Denominations & Sects > Mennonite

Santa Clawed: A Mrs. Murphy Mystery Rita Mae November 4, #8 in Books > Literature & Fiction > #14 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks #18 in Books > Mystery, Thriller & 2008 Genre Fiction > Animals > Mystery, Thriller & Suspense > Suspense > Mystery > Cozy > 11 Brown 0 1,512 $ 1.99 69 138 35% $ 1,446 256 102 4.3 9% Mystery > Cozy > Animals Animals

Christmas at The Grange: A Lady Hardcastle T E Kinsey December 12, #10 in Kindle Store > Kindle Short #14 in Kindle Store > Kindle Singles #20 in Kindle Store > Kindle Short 2017 Reads > Two hours or more (65-100 > Mystery, Thriller & Suspense Reads > Two hours or more (65-100 12 Mystery (Kindle Single) 1 2,690 $ 1.13 43 49 35% $ 515 67 322 4.5 2% pages) > Mystery, Thriller & pages) > Literature & Fiction Suspense

Merry, Merry Ghost (Bailey Ruth Book 2) Carolyn Hart October 27, #10 in Books > Literature & Fiction > #11 in Books > Mystery, Thriller & #91 in Books > Mystery, Thriller & 2009 Genre Fiction > Horror > Ghosts Suspense > Mystery > Supernatural > Suspense > Mystery > Cozy 13 0 2,691 $ 1.99 43 86 35% $ 906 341 91 4.5 3% Ghosts

Twelve Slays of Christmas: A Christmas Tree Farm Jacqueline October 10, #16 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks #64 in Books > Mystery, Thriller & #73 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks 2017 > Mystery, Thriller & Suspense > Suspense > Mystery > Amateur > Mystery, Thriller & Suspense > 14 Mystery Frost 0 2,756 $ 10.41 43 443 35% $ 4,649 320 107 4.6 3% Mystery > Amateur Sleuth Sleuths Mystery > Cozy

27 of 83 Top 100 Bestsellers: Christmas Mysteries

Stockings and Spells: A paranormal cozy mystery Nancy November 28, #10 in Books > Mystery, Thriller & #19 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks #20 in Books > Mystery, Thriller & 2018 Suspense > Mystery > Supernatural > > Literature & Fiction > Horror > Suspense > Mystery > Supernatural > 16 (Vampire Knitting Club Book 4) Warren 0 3,459 $ 4.99 35 177 70% $ 3,707 205 32 4.9 0% Vampires Occult Witches & Wizards

What Child Is This?: An Ellie Kent Mystery (Ellie Alice K. November 15, #45 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks #59 in Books > Mystery, Thriller & #90 in Books > Mystery, Thriller & 2017 > Mystery, Thriller & Suspense > Suspense > Mystery > Traditional Suspense > Mystery > Amateur 17 Kent Mystery series Book 2) Boatwright 1 3,992 $ 3.85 31 121 70% $ 2,546 259 173 4.7 0% Mystery > Traditional Detectives Detectives Sleuths

Decked in the Hall: A Finch & Fischer Mystery J. New November 7, #3 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > #27 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks #31 in Books > Mystery, Thriller & 2018 Crafts, Hobbies & Home > Animal > Mystery, Thriller & Suspense > Suspense > Mystery > Cozy > Crafts 18 (The Finch & Fischer Mysteries Book 1) 0 4,057 $ 3.99 31 124 70% $ 2,605 276 14 4.7 0% Care & Pets > Dogs > Breeds Mystery > Cozy > Crafts & Hobbies & Hobbies

The Christmas Letter: A Cozy Mystery (A Tess and Kathi Daley December 1, #23 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks #31 in Books > Mystery, Thriller & #43 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks 2017 > Mystery, Thriller & Suspense > Suspense > Mystery > Cozy > > Mystery, Thriller & Suspense > 19 Tilly Cozy Mystery Book 1) 1 4,208 $ 3.99 30 120 70% $ 2,529 184 120 4.6 5% Mystery > Cozy > Culinary Culinary Mystery > Cozy > Animals

Amid the Winter's Snow: A Lady Emily Christmas Tasha October 16, #16 in Kindle Store > Kindle Short #24 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks #36 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks 2018 Reads > Two hours or more (65-100 > Mystery, Thriller & Suspense > > Mystery, Thriller & Suspense > 20 Story (Lady Emily Mysteries) Alexander 0 4,460 $ 1.99 29 57 35% $ 602 71 10 5.0 0% pages) > Mystery, Thriller & Mystery > Amateur Sleuth Mystery > Historical Suspense

Under the Ice: The unputdownable thriller for Rachael Blok November 1, #50 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks #51 in Books > Mystery, Thriller & #53 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks 2018 > Mystery, Thriller & Suspense > Suspense > Thrillers & Suspense > > Literature & Fiction > Literary 21 winter 2018 0 5,044 $ 0.99 26 26 35% $ 271 302 7 4.3 14% Thrillers > Technothrillers Technothrillers Fiction > Psychological

A Vineyard Christmas (A Vineyard Novel Book 1) Jean Stone September 25, #29 in Books > Christian Books & #68 in Books > Literature & Fiction > #73 in Books > Literature & Fiction > 2018 Bibles > Literature & Fiction > Short Stories & Anthologies > Women's Fiction > Sisters 22 0 5,263 $ 12.01 25 302 35% $ 3,174 337 18 4.3 5% Mystery & Suspense Anthologies

Don't Let it Snow in Deadwood (The Deadwood Ann Charles November 9, #90 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks #152 in Books > Literature & Fiction #174 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks 2018 > Literature & Fiction > Humor & > Humor & Satire > Humorous > Literature & Fiction > Genre Fiction 23 Humorous Mystery Series Book 10) 0 5,399 $ 4.99 25 123 70% $ 2,584 185 99 4.8 2% Satire > General Humor > Holidays

Lady Rample and the Ghost of Christmas Past Shéa November 19, #19 in Kindle Store > Kindle Short #47 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks #54 in Kindle Store > Kindle Short 2018 Reads > Two hours or more (65-100 > Mystery, Thriller & Suspense > Reads > Two hours or more (65-100 24 (Lady Rample Mysteries Book 5) MacLeod 0 5,638 $ 3.40 24 81 70% $ 1,700 67 2 4.5 0% pages) > Mystery, Thriller & Mystery > Historical pages) > Literature & Fiction Suspense

A Killer Christmas Party: A Jill Andrews Cozy Nicole Ellis November 12, #36 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks #41 in Books > Mystery, Thriller & #125 in Books > Mystery, Thriller & 2018 > Mystery, Thriller & Suspense > Suspense > Mystery > Cozy > Crafts Suspense > Mystery > Amateur 25 Mystery #6 0 5,745 $ 0.99 23 23 35% $ 244 157 5.0 0% Mystery > Cozy > Crafts & Hobbies & Hobbies Sleuths

Campion at Christmas: 4 Holiday Stories Margery November 28, #13 in Kindle Store > Kindle Short #29 in Kindle Store > Kindle Short #66 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks 2018 Reads > 90 minutes (44-64 pages) > Reads > 90 minutes (44-64 pages) > > Mystery, Thriller & Suspense > 26 Allingham 0 5,793 $ 2.99 23 70 70% $ 1,462 63 14 4.1 0% Mystery, Thriller & Suspense Literature & Fiction Mystery > Traditional Detectives

Reindeer Roundup (A Zoe Donovan Cozy Mystery Kathi Daley December 15, #35 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks #49 in Books > Mystery, Thriller & #59 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks 2017 > Mystery, Thriller & Suspense > Suspense > Mystery > Cozy > > Mystery, Thriller & Suspense > 27 Book 27) 1 5,936 $ 3.80 23 87 70% $ 1,822 166 86 4.7 2% Mystery > Cozy > Culinary Culinary Mystery > Cozy > Animals

Mistletoe Murder (Dewberry Farm Mysteries Karen December 11, #64 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks #79 in Books > Mystery, Thriller & #218 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks 2017 > Mystery, Thriller & Suspense > Suspense > Mystery > Cozy > > Literature & Fiction > Women's 28 Book 4) MacInerney 1 6,177 $ 4.99 22 110 70% $ 2,316 226 100 4.8 1% Mystery > Cozy > Animals Animals Fiction > Mystery, Thriller & Suspense > Women Sleuths

28 of 83 Top 100 Bestsellers: Christmas Mysteries

Esimates Only # Book Title Author Retention Publ. Date Average Kindle Sales Revenue Estim. Royalties per Print No of Average % Share Category Rank 1 Category Rank 2 Category Rank 3 (1 = in Top Amazon Edition per Day per Day Royalty Month USD Length Reviews Review of Bad 100, 1 year ago) Sales Rank Price USD USD Level (Sale only; no (Pages) Reviews borrows) (1 and 2 stars) A Merry Christmas Wedding Mystery, Georgie Anna Celeste December 12, #38 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks #65 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks #79 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks 2016 > Mystery, Thriller & Suspense > > Mystery, Thriller & Suspense > > Mystery, Thriller & Suspense > 29 Shaw Cozy Mystery #4 (Georgie Shaw Cozy Burke 0 6,221 $ 2.99 22 66 70% $ 1,380 217 67 4.7 0% Mystery > Cozy > Crafts & Hobbies Mystery > Cozy > Animals Mystery > Series Mystery Series) Malevolent Magic (Cozy Corgi Mysteries Book 9) Mildred November 14, #191 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks #243 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks #250 in Books > Mystery, Thriller & 2018 > Mystery, Thriller & Suspense > > Literature & Fiction > Women's Suspense > Mystery > Cozy 30 Abbott 0 6,923 $ 0.99 20 20 35% $ 209 235 65 4.9 0% Mystery > Cozy Fiction > Mystery, Thriller & Suspense > Women Sleuths

A Christmas Revelation: A Novel Anne Perry November 6, #6 in Books > Literature & Fiction > #67 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks #91 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks 2018 History & Criticism > Movements & > Mystery, Thriller & Suspense > > Literature & Fiction > Historical 31 0 8,341 $ 10.99 17 190 35% $ 1,999 177 82 3.7 13% Periods > Victorian Mystery > Historical Fiction > British

A Berry Deadly Welcome: A Humorous Cozy A.R. Winters March 14, #47 in Kindle Store > Prime Reading #48 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks #66 in Books > Mystery, Thriller & 2018 > Mystery, Thriller & Suspense > > Mystery, Thriller & Suspense > Suspense > Mystery > Cozy > 32 Mystery (Kylie Berry Mysteries Book 1) 0 8,380 $ 3.40 17 59 70% $ 1,232 246 109 4.2 8% Mystery Mystery > Cozy > Culinary Culinary

'Twas the Knife Before Christmas: A Christmas Jacqueline November 13, #48 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks #204 in Books > Mystery, Thriller & #258 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks 2018 > Mystery, Thriller & Suspense > Suspense > Mystery > Amateur > Mystery, Thriller & Suspense > 33 Tree Farm Mystery (Christmas Tree Farm Frost 0 8,837 $ 9.99 17 165 70% $ 3,469 309 44 4.5 0% Mystery > Amateur Sleuth Sleuths Mystery > Cozy Mysteries) 12 Days at Bleakly Manor: Book 1 in Once Upon a Michelle August 18, #38 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks #45 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks #46 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks 2017 > Literature & Fiction > Religious & > Literature & Fiction > Historical > Literature & Fiction > Religious & 34 Dickens Christmas Griep 1 9,418 $ 2.99 16 47 70% $ 986 192 250 4.3 4% Inspirational Fiction > Christian > Fiction > Religious Inspirational Fiction > Christian > Mystery & Suspense Historical

The Silent Christmas: A Jayne Sinclair M J Lee September 28, #78 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks #98 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks #109 in Books > Literature & Fiction 2018 > Mystery, Thriller & Suspense > > Literature & Fiction > Genre Fiction > Genre Fiction > Historical > 35 Genealogical Mystery Novella 0 9,612 $ 0.99 15 15 35% $ 161 135 17 4.9 0% Mystery > Historical > War Mysteries

Lark! The Herald Angels Sing: A Meg Langslow Donna October 16, #46 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks #56 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks #64 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks 2018 > Literature & Fiction > Humor & > Mystery, Thriller & Suspense > > Mystery, Thriller & Suspense > 36 Mystery (Meg Langslow Mysteries Book 24) Andrews 0 9,731 $ 11.99 15 183 35% $ 1,925 288 36 4.9 0% Satire > American Mystery > Amateur Sleuth Mystery > Cozy > Crafts & Hobbies

Traitorous Toys (Cozy Corgi Mysteries Book 2) Mildred December 16, #64 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks #66 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks #71 in Books > Mystery, Thriller & 2017 > Mystery, Thriller & Suspense > > Mystery, Thriller & Suspense > Suspense > Mystery > Cozy > Crafts 37 Abbott 1 9,999 $ 0.99 15 15 35% $ 155 278 138 4.7 1% Mystery > Cozy > Culinary Mystery > Cozy > Crafts & Hobbies & Hobbies

The Ghost of Christmas Secrets (Haunting Bobbi Holmes November 19, #47 in Books > Literature & Fiction > #86 in Books > Mystery, Thriller & #311 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks 2018 Genre Fiction > Horror > Ghosts Suspense > Mystery > Supernatural > > Mystery, Thriller & Suspense > 38 Danielle Book 19) 0 10,039 $ 4.50 15 67 70% $ 1,412 322 44 4.8 5% Ghosts Mystery > Cozy

Deck the Hounds: An Andy Carpenter Mystery David October 16, #32 in Books > Literature & Fiction > #109 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks #143 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks 2018 Genre Fiction > Animals > Mystery, Thriller & Suspense > > Mystery, Thriller & Suspense > 39 (An Andy Carpenter Novel Book 18) Rosenfelt 0 10,130 $ 11.99 15 177 35% $ 1,862 368 98 4.7 3% Mystery > Traditional Detectives Mystery > Cozy > Animals

Mistake in Christmas River: A Christmas Cozy Meg December 13, #162 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks #191 in Books > Mystery, Thriller & #272 in Books > Mystery, Thriller & 2018 > Mystery, Thriller & Suspense > Suspense > Mystery > Cozy > Suspense > Mystery > Amateur 40 Mystery (Christmas River Cozy Book 12) Muldoon 0 10,796 $ 3.94 14 54 70% $ 1,135 240 9 4.8 0% Mystery > Cozy > Animals Animals Sleuths

MISTLETOE, MOONLIGHT, and MURDER: A Carolyn L. December 18, #56 in Books > Mystery, Thriller & #69 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks #78 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks 2016 Suspense > Thrillers & Suspense > > Mystery, Thriller & Suspense > > Mystery, Thriller & Suspense > 41 Ravenwood Cove Cozy Mystery Dean 1 11,000 $ 3.40 13 46 70% $ 958 132 306 4.6 4% Financial Mystery > Cozy > Culinary Mystery > Cozy > Crafts & Hobbies

Big Top Treachery (Circus Cozy Mysteries) CeeCee November 24, #58 in Books > Mystery, Thriller & #84 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks #95 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks 2018 Suspense > Thrillers & Suspense > > Mystery, Thriller & Suspense > > Mystery, Thriller & Suspense > 42 James 0 12,141 $ 0.99 12 12 35% $ 124 154 7 5.0 0% Financial Mystery > Cozy > Culinary Mystery > Cozy > Crafts & Hobbies

29 of 83 Top 100 Bestsellers: Christmas Mysteries

Candy Cane Caper (Zoe Donovan Cozy Mystery Kathi Daley October 15, #88 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks #110 in Books > Mystery, Thriller & #210 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks 2016 > Mystery, Thriller & Suspense > Suspense > Mystery > Cozy > > Mystery, Thriller & Suspense > 44 Book 22) 0 12,941 $ 3.99 11 44 70% $ 929 292 84 4.8 0% Mystery > Cozy > Culinary Culinary Mystery > Cozy > Animals

Mistletoe Mysteries: Tales of Yuletide Murder Charlotte December 6, #42 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks #79 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks #140 in Books > Mystery, Thriller & 2016 > Literature & Fiction > Genre Fiction > Literature & Fiction > Anthologies & Suspense > Mystery > Supernatural > 45 MacLeod 1 13,279 $ 1.99 11 21 35% $ 225 249 45 4.0 8% > Anthologies Literature Collections Ghosts

A Christmas Case: A Posie Parker Novella L.B. October 24, #143 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks #213 in Books > Mystery, Thriller & #460 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks 2017 > Mystery, Thriller & Suspense > Suspense > Mystery > Traditional > Literature & Fiction > Women's 46 Hathaway 1 13,827 $ 3.40 10 35 70% $ 732 126 79 4.5 1% Mystery > Traditional Detectives Detectives Fiction > Mystery, Thriller & Suspense > Women Sleuths

Christmas Crazy (Zoe Donovan Mystery Book 3) Kathi Daley January 17, #95 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks #118 in Books > Mystery, Thriller & #222 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks 2014 > Mystery, Thriller & Suspense > Suspense > Mystery > Cozy > > Mystery, Thriller & Suspense > 47 0 13,859 $ 2.99 10 31 70% $ 642 168 121 4.3 4% Mystery > Cozy > Culinary Culinary Mystery > Cozy > Animals

Silver Bells Mary Burton November 1, #18 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks #37 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks #44 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks 2008 > Literature & Fiction > Anthologies & > Literature & Fiction > Contemporary > Literature & Fiction > Genre Fiction 48 Judy Duarte 0 14,216 $ 0.99 10 10 35% $ 103 401 119 4.4 5% Literature Collections > United States Fiction > Christian > Anthologies

Murder at Melrose Court: A Country House December 3, #150 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks #220 in Books > Mystery, Thriller & #479 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks 2018 > Mystery, Thriller & Suspense > Suspense > Mystery > Traditional > Mystery, Thriller & Suspense > 49 Christmas Murder 0 14,401 $ 3.40 10 33 70% $ 698 181 4 4.5 0% Mystery > Traditional Detectives Detectives Mystery > Cozy

What Four: Family Fruitcake Frenzy (A Val Margaret November 7, #8 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > #26 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks #40 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks 2017 Humor & Entertainment > Humor > > Literature & Fiction > Humor & > Humor & Entertainment > Humor > 50 Fremden Mystery Book 4) Lashley 0 14,621 $ 4.99 10 48 70% $ 1,006 224 48 4.9 0% Men, Women & Relationships Satire > Dark Comedy Comedy

Merry Christmas, Alex Cross James November 12, #176 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks #197 in Books > Mystery, Thriller & #2049 in Books > Mystery, Thriller & 2012 > Mystery, Thriller & Suspense > Suspense > Thrillers & Suspense > Suspense > Thrillers & Suspense > 51 Patterson 0 15,173 $ 8.99 9 83 70% $ 1,736 434 2969 4.3 9% Thrillers > Terrorism Spies & Politics > Terrorism Suspense

Hercule Poirot's Christmas: A Hercule Poirot Agatha December 15, #42 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks #157 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks #164 in Kindle Store > Whispersync 2003 > Literature & Fiction > Historical > Mystery, Thriller & Suspense > for Voice > Read & Listen for Less 52 Mystery (Hercule Poirot series Book 20) Christie 1 15,241 $ 9.99 9 91 70% $ 1,919 272 390 4.5 1% Fiction > Short Stories Mystery > Traditional Detectives

Merry Masquerade in Savannah: A Made in Hope November 19, #42 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks #46 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks #76 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks 2017 > Literature & Fiction > Contemporary > Literature & Fiction > Women's > Literature & Fiction > Religious & 53 Savannah Cozy Mystery (Made in Savannah Cozy Callaghan 1 15,290 $ 3.86 9 35 70% $ 739 345 132 4.8 0% Fiction > Christian Fiction > Christian Inspirational Fiction > Christian > Mysteries Series Book 8) Mystery & Suspense Christmas Caramel Murder (A Hannah Swensen Joanne Fluke September 27, #87 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks #120 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks #151 in Books > Mystery, Thriller & 2016 > Mystery, Thriller & Suspense > > Mystery, Thriller & Suspense > Suspense > Mystery > Cozy > 54 Mystery Book 20) 1 15,600 $ 6.99 9 62 70% $ 1,306 204 505 4.1 17% Mystery > Amateur Sleuth Mystery > Cozy > Culinary Culinary

Yule Be Dead (Victoria Square Mystery Book 5) Lorraine November 27, #89 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks #141 in Books > Mystery, Thriller & #143 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks 2018 > Mystery, Thriller & Suspense > Suspense > Mystery > Cozy > Crafts > Mystery, Thriller & Suspense > 55 Bartlett 0 15,653 $ 7.99 9 71 70% $ 1,487 300 16 4.7 0% Mystery > Amateur Sleuth & Hobbies Mystery > Cozy > Crafts & Hobbies

Christmas in Absaroka County: Walt Longmire Craig Johnson December 4, #46 in Kindle Store > Kindle Short #168 in Kindle Store > Kindle Short #318 in Books > Literature & Fiction 2012 Reads > Two hours or more (65-100 Reads > Two hours or more (65-100 > Genre Fiction > Westerns 56 Christmas Stories (A Penguin Special) (Walt 0 16,007 $ 3.99 9 34 70% $ 723 75 343 4.5 5% pages) > Mystery, Thriller & pages) > Literature & Fiction Longmire Mysteries) Suspense

30 of 83 Top 100 Bestsellers: Christmas Mysteries

In the Nick of Time (THE 12 MYSTERIES OF Susette August 1, 2018 #47 in Kindle Store > Kindle Short #94 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks #124 in Books > Christian Books & Reads > Two hours or more (65-100 > Literature & Fiction > Religious & Bibles > Literature & Fiction > 58 CHRISTMAS Book 1) Williams 0 16,498 $ 0.99 8 8 35% $ 87 83 26 4.3 4% pages) > Mystery, Thriller & Inspirational Fiction > Christian > Mystery & Suspense Suspense Mystery & Suspense

Homeward Hound: A Novel ("Sister" Jane Book Rita Mae November 20, #47 in Books > Literature & Fiction > #98 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks #180 in Books > Literature & Fiction 2018 Genre Fiction > Animals > Mystery, Thriller & Suspense > > Genre Fiction > Small Town & Rural 59 11) Brown 0 17,042 $ 13.99 8 112 35% $ 1,178 321 22 4.0 9% Mystery > Amateur Sleuth

The Lola Cruz Christmas Story, A Prequel (Lola Melissa November 28, #25 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks #26 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks #32 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks 2010 > Literature & Fiction > Historical > Mystery, Thriller & Suspense > > Literature & Fiction > Women's 60 Cruz Mysteries) Bourbon 0 17,099 $ 1.16 8 9 35% $ 97 50 30 3.5 17% Fiction > Short Stories Mystery > Collections & Anthologies Fiction > Mystery, Thriller & Ramirez Suspense > Detective Wreath Between the Lines (A Cookbook Nook Daryl Wood November 8, #152 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks #188 in Books > Mystery, Thriller & #626 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks 2018 > Mystery, Thriller & Suspense > Suspense > Mystery > Cozy > > Literature & Fiction > Women's 61 Mystery 7) Gerber 0 17,632 $ 4.99 8 38 70% $ 807 213 68 4.7 0% Mystery > Cozy > Culinary Culinary Fiction > Mystery, Thriller & Suspense > Women Sleuths

The Cat of Christmas Future (Whales and Tails Kathi Daley November 21, #154 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks #188 in Books > Mystery, Thriller & #322 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks 2017 > Mystery, Thriller & Suspense > Suspense > Mystery > Cozy > > Mystery, Thriller & Suspense > 62 Cozy Mystery Book 14) 1 18,384 $ 3.99 7 29 70% $ 615 210 68 4.6 6% Mystery > Cozy > Culinary Culinary Mystery > Cozy > Animals

Gabriel's Secret (THE 12 MYSTERIES OF Alexa Verde July 23, 2018 #112 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks #147 in Books > Christian Books & #664 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Literature & Fiction > Religious & Bibles > Literature & Fiction > > Mystery, Thriller & Suspense > 63 CHRISTMAS Book 2) 0 18,531 $ 0.99 7 7 35% $ 76 142 33 4.9 0% Inspirational Fiction > Christian > Mystery & Suspense Mystery > Cozy Mystery & Suspense

Christmas Moon (Vampire for Hire Book 4.5) J.R. Rain November 25, #142 in Books > Mystery, Thriller & #146 in Books > Mystery, Thriller & #202 in Books > Mystery, Thriller & 2013 Suspense > Mystery > Supernatural > Suspense > Mystery > Supernatural > Suspense > Mystery > Supernatural > 64 1 18,854 $ 2.99 7 21 70% $ 447 111 206 4.4 4% Vampires Werewolves & Shifters Ghosts

Eggs on Ice (A Cackleberry Club Mystery Book 8) Laura Childs December 4, #108 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks #166 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks #200 in Books > Mystery, Thriller & 2018 > Mystery, Thriller & Suspense > > Mystery, Thriller & Suspense > Suspense > Mystery > Cozy > 65 0 18,949 $ 12.99 7 92 35% $ 966 300 20 4.2 0% Mystery > Amateur Sleuth Mystery > Cozy > Culinary Culinary

Christmas Shop Murder: A Small Town Minnesota Linnea West November 13, #528 in Books > Mystery, Thriller & #684 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks #694 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks 2018 Suspense > Mystery > Amateur > Mystery, Thriller & Suspense > > Literature & Fiction > Women's 66 Cozy Mystery 0 19,394 $ 4.04 7 28 70% $ 584 163 6 4.1 17% Sleuths Mystery > Cozy Fiction > Mystery, Thriller & Suspense > Women Sleuths

Home for the Holidays: A Garden Girls Cozy Hope December 10, #115 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks #152 in Books > Christian Books & #171 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks 2015 > Literature & Fiction > Religious & Bibles > Literature & Fiction > > Mystery, Thriller & Suspense > 67 Mystery (Garden Girls Christian Cozy Mystery Callaghan 0 19,506 $ 3.99 7 27 70% $ 573 266 117 4.7 3% Inspirational Fiction > Christian > Mystery & Suspense Mystery > Cozy > Culinary Series Book 10) Mystery & Suspense The Cat of Christmas Past (Whales and Tails Cozy Kathi Daley November 1, #175 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks #209 in Books > Mystery, Thriller & #252 in Books > Mystery, Thriller & 2015 > Mystery, Thriller & Suspense > Suspense > Mystery > Cozy > Suspense > Mystery > Supernatural > 68 Mystery Book 6) 0 19,695 $ 3.99 7 27 70% $ 567 244 120 4.7 1% Mystery > Cozy > Culinary Culinary Witches & Wizards

A Holiday Yarn: A Seaside Knitters Mystery Sally November 2, #110 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks #184 in Books > Mystery, Thriller & #187 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks 2010 > Mystery, Thriller & Suspense > Suspense > Mystery > Cozy > Crafts > Mystery, Thriller & Suspense > 69 Goldenbaum 0 19,970 $ 10.86 7 72 35% $ 759 275 59 4.3 5% Mystery > Amateur Sleuth & Hobbies Mystery > Cozy > Crafts & Hobbies

The Twelve Dogs of Christmas: An Andy David October 18, #51 in Books > Literature & Fiction > #199 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks #285 in Books > Mystery, Thriller & 2016 Genre Fiction > Animals > Mystery, Thriller & Suspense > Suspense > Mystery > Traditional 70 Carpenter Mystery (An Andy Carpenter Novel Rosenfelt 1 20,156 $ 7.99 7 53 70% $ 1,105 335 227 4.7 2% Mystery > Traditional Detectives Detectives Book 16)

31 of 83 Top 100 Bestsellers: Christmas Mysteries

The Meaning of Our Tears: The True Story of the Trudy J. May 1, 2016 #74 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks #139 in Books > Biographies & #2452 in Kindle Store > Kindle > Biographies & Memoirs > True Memoirs > True Crime > Murder & eBooks > Mystery, Thriller & 72 Lawson Family Murders of Christmas Day 1929 Smith 0 20,827 $ 5.49 6 35 70% $ 730 332 106 4.3 7% Crime > Murder & Mayhem Mayhem Suspense > Mystery

The Cat of Christmas Present (Whales and Tails Kathi Daley November 11, #188 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks #224 in Books > Mystery, Thriller & #386 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks 2016 > Mystery, Thriller & Suspense > Suspense > Mystery > Cozy > > Mystery, Thriller & Suspense > 73 Cozy Mystery Book 10) 0 20,989 $ 3.99 6 25 70% $ 526 230 100 4.7 0% Mystery > Cozy > Culinary Culinary Mystery > Cozy > Animals

A Christmas Tragedy: A Miss Marple Story (Miss Agatha June 11, 2013 #8 in Kindle Store > Kindle Short #22 in Kindle Store > Kindle Short #217 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks Reads > 45 minutes (22-32 pages) > Reads > 45 minutes (22-32 pages) > > Mystery, Thriller & Suspense > 74 Marple Mysteries) Christie 1 21,509 $ 0.99 6 6 35% $ 63 30 61 4.1 7% Mystery, Thriller & Suspense Literature & Fiction Mystery > Traditional Detectives

Santa Sleuth (Zoe Donovan Mystery Book 18) Kathi Daley December 1, #204 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks #244 in Books > Mystery, Thriller & #411 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks 2015 > Mystery, Thriller & Suspense > Suspense > Mystery > Cozy > > Mystery, Thriller & Suspense > 75 0 22,187 $ 3.99 6 23 70% $ 493 262 86 4.7 2% Mystery > Cozy > Culinary Culinary Mystery > Cozy > Animals

A Thanksgiving in Provence: A Maggie Newberry Susan November 19, #240 in Kindle Store > Kindle Short #521 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks #566 in Books > Literature & Fiction 2018 Reads > Two hours or more (65-100 > Literature & Fiction > Genre Fiction > Genre Fiction > Holidays 76 Holiday Novella (Maggie Newberry Mysteries Kiernan-Lewis 0 22,214 $ 2.99 6 18 70% $ 369 72 6 4.8 0% pages) > Literature & Fiction > Holidays Book 28) Murder: Up on the Rooftop (THE 12 MYSTERIES Lilly York November 13, #66 in Kindle Store > Kindle Short #241 in Kindle Store > Kindle Short #798 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks 2018 Reads > Two hours or more (65-100 Reads > Two hours or more (65-100 > Mystery, Thriller & Suspense > 77 OF CHRISTMAS Book 4) 0 22,219 $ 0.99 6 6 35% $ 61 74 2 4.5 0% pages) > Mystery, Thriller & pages) > Literature & Fiction Mystery > Cozy Suspense

A FRIGHTFUL NOEL: The Detectives of Hazel Hill - Liz Bradford December 12, #72 in Kindle Store > Kindle Short #154 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks #197 in Books > Christian Books & 2018 Reads > Two hours or more (65-100 > Literature & Fiction > Religious & Bibles > Literature & Fiction > 78 Prequel Novella 0 23,517 $ 1.99 5 11 35% $ 115 90 3 4.6 0% pages) > Mystery, Thriller & Inspirational Fiction > Christian > Mystery & Suspense Suspense Mystery & Suspense

That Silent Night: A Lady Emily Christmas Story Tasha October 20, #73 in Kindle Store > Kindle Short #128 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks #214 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks 2015 Reads > Two hours or more (65-100 > Mystery, Thriller & Suspense > > Mystery, Thriller & Suspense > 79 (Lady Emily Mysteries) Alexander 0 23,733 $ 1.99 5 11 35% $ 114 72 48 4.1 8% pages) > Mystery, Thriller & Mystery > Amateur Sleuth Mystery > Historical Suspense

Fatal Festive Donuts (A Donut Truck Cozy Mystery Cindy Bell November 27, #228 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks #236 in Books > Mystery, Thriller & #237 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks 2017 > Mystery, Thriller & Suspense > Suspense > Mystery > Cozy > Crafts > Mystery, Thriller & Suspense > 80 Book 2) 1 23,839 $ 0.99 5 5 35% $ 56 234 26 4.5 4% Mystery > Cozy > Culinary & Hobbies Mystery > Cozy > Crafts & Hobbies

Santa Demon: A Mark Vedis Supernatural Short John P. November 16, #84 in Kindle Store > Kindle Short #234 in Books > Science Fiction & #244 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks 2018 Reads > Two hours or more (65-100 Fantasy > Fantasy > Superheroes > Science Fiction & Fantasy > 81 Story (Southeast Asia Paranormal Police Logsdon 0 24,297 $ 0.99 5 5 35% $ 55 66 16 4.7 0% pages) > Science Fiction & Fantasy Fantasy > Superhero Department Short Stories Book 1) Noah K. Six Cats a Slayin' (Cat in the Stacks Mystery Book MirandaSturdevant October 23, #137 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks #246 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks #347 in Books > Mystery, Thriller & 2018 > Mystery, Thriller & Suspense > > Mystery, Thriller & Suspense > Suspense > Mystery > Traditional 82 10) James 0 24,510 $ 14.36 5 75 35% $ 789 304 75 4.6 3% Mystery > Amateur Sleuth Mystery > Traditional Detectives Detectives

A Stillness in Bethlehem (The Gregor Demarkian Jane Haddam March 5, 2013 #247 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks #353 in Books > Mystery, Thriller & #367 in Books > Mystery, Thriller & > Mystery, Thriller & Suspense > Suspense > Mystery > Traditional Suspense > Mystery > Private 83 Holiday Mysteries Book 7) 0 25,201 $ 1.99 5 10 35% $ 106 368 10 4.6 0% Mystery > Traditional Detectives Detectives Investigators

We Witch You A Merry Christmas - A Short Story Adele Abbott December 9, #80 in Kindle Store > Kindle Short #259 in Books > Mystery, Thriller & #263 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks 2015 Reads > Two hours or more (65-100 Suspense > Mystery > Cozy > Crafts > Mystery, Thriller & Suspense > 84 0 25,451 $ 0.99 5 5 35% $ 52 94 52 4.6 0% pages) > Mystery, Thriller & & Hobbies Mystery > Cozy > Crafts & Hobbies Suspense

32 of 83 Top 100 Bestsellers: Christmas Mysteries

Intermezzo: Family Matters: A Wisteria Tearoom Patrice December 18, #291 in Books > Mystery, Thriller & #942 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks #956 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks 2018 Suspense > Mystery > Supernatural > > Mystery, Thriller & Suspense > > Literature & Fiction > Women's 86 Interlude Greenwood 0 25,615 $ 3.39 5 17 70% $ 354 3 5.0 0% Ghosts Mystery > Cozy Fiction > Mystery, Thriller & Suspense > Women Sleuths

Warm Hands Cold Heart: A Marshall House Tracy L. Ward October 9, #144 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks #234 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks #383 in Books > Literature & Fiction 2018 > Mystery, Thriller & Suspense > > Mystery, Thriller & Suspense > > Genre Fiction > Historical > 87 Christmas Mystery (Marshall House Mystery 0 25,835 $ 0.99 5 5 35% $ 51 184 3 4.6 0% Thrillers > Historical Mystery > Historical Mysteries Book 7) Coasts of Christmas Past: From the Tales of Dan Rodney Riesel April 12, 2014 #397 in Books > Mystery, Thriller & #399 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks #602 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks Suspense > Mystery > Private > Mystery, Thriller & Suspense > > Literature & Fiction > Genre Fiction 88 Coast 0 26,983 $ 3.38 5 16 70% $ 332 214 62 4.2 8% Investigators Mystery > Private Investigators > Holidays

Stockings - Two Haward Mysteries Christmas Natasha December 20, #59 in Kindle Store > Kindle Short #106 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks #207 in Kindle Store > Kindle Short 2011 Reads > 30 minutes (12-21 pages) > > Science Fiction & Fantasy > Reads > 30 minutes (12-21 pages) > 89 Short Stories Duncan- 0 27,082 $ 1.16 5 5 35% $ 57 20 4 2.5 50% Science Fiction & Fantasy Fantasy > Anthologies & Short Literature & Fiction Drake Stories How the Finch Stole Christmas!: A Meg Langslow DonnaSophie October 24, #143 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks #154 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks #275 in Books > Mystery, Thriller & 2017 > Literature & Fiction > Humor & > Mystery, Thriller & Suspense > Suspense > Mystery > Cozy > Crafts 90 Christmas Mystery (Meg Langslow Mysteries Andrews 1 27,313 $ 7.99 5 37 70% $ 773 282 74 4.7 0% Satire > American Mystery > Amateur Sleuth & Hobbies Book 22) Angela's Christmas Adventure: An Angela Clara Benson November 27, #10 in Kindle Store > Kindle Short #24 in Kindle Store > Kindle Short #274 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks 2016 Reads > One hour (33-43 pages) > Reads > One hour (33-43 pages) > > Mystery, Thriller & Suspense > 91 Marchmont Short Story (An Angela Marchmont 1 28,116 $ 0.99 4 4 35% $ 46 36 34 4.3 3% Mystery, Thriller & Suspense Literature & Fiction Mystery > Traditional Detectives Mystery) Christmas Cozy (Zoe Donovan Mystery Book 11) Kathi Daley November 1, #270 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks #315 in Books > Mystery, Thriller & #524 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks 2014 > Mystery, Thriller & Suspense > Suspense > Mystery > Cozy > > Mystery, Thriller & Suspense > 92 0 28,285 $ 3.86 4 17 70% $ 358 202 123 4.5 3% Mystery > Cozy > Culinary Culinary Mystery > Cozy > Animals

Suite Revenge: A Cruise Ship Cozy Mystery (Cruise Hope November 27, #84 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks #87 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks #182 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks 2016 > Literature & Fiction > Women's > Literature & Fiction > Contemporary > Literature & Fiction > Religious & 93 Ship Christian Cozy Mysteries Series Book 8) Callaghan 1 28,295 $ 3.99 4 18 70% $ 370 300 223 4.8 1% Fiction > Christian Fiction > Christian Inspirational Fiction > Christian > Mystery & Suspense

Wreck The Halls: A Moose River Christmas Cozy Jeff Shelby December 14, #90 in Kindle Store > Kindle Short #301 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks #328 in Kindle Store > Kindle Short 2018 Reads > Two hours or more (65-100 > Literature & Fiction > Short Stories Reads > Two hours or more (65-100 94 Novella 0 29,804 $ 0.99 4 4 35% $ 43 92 2 5.0 0% pages) > Mystery, Thriller & > Single Authors pages) > Literature & Fiction Suspense

Mystery of the Magi: The Quest to Identify the Dwight November 6, #4 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > #5 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > #13 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks 2017 History > Ancient Civilizations > Africa Religion & Spirituality > Christian > Religion & Spirituality > Spirituality 95 Three Wise Men Longenecker 1 30,043 $ 14.99 4 62 35% $ 648 226 53 4.3 11% Books & Bibles > Bible Study & > Inspirational > Biography Reference > Biographies > New Testament A Mind Reader's Christmas: An Eric Beckman Al Macy November 8, #650 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks #716 in Books > Literature & Fiction #829 in Books > Mystery, Thriller & 2017 > Literature & Fiction > Genre Fiction > Genre Fiction > Holidays Suspense > Mystery > Supernatural 96 Mystery 1 30,223 $ 3.99 4 16 70% $ 343 237 154 4.6 2% > Holidays

The Omen Days: A Christmas Ghost Story J.T. Ellison December 8, #96 in Kindle Store > Kindle Short #349 in Books > Mystery, Thriller & #349 in Kindle Store > Kindle Short 2015 Reads > Two hours or more (65-100 Suspense > Mystery > Supernatural > Reads > Two hours or more (65-100 97 0 30,855 $ 1.99 4 8 35% $ 83 100 22 4.6 0% pages) > Mystery, Thriller & Ghosts pages) > Literature & Fiction Suspense

Deck the Hallways (A Fixer-Upper Mystery Book Kate Carlisle November 1, #185 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks #895 in Books > Mystery, Thriller & #1173 in Kindle Store > Kindle 2016 > Mystery, Thriller & Suspense > Suspense > Mystery > Amateur eBooks > Mystery, Thriller & 98 4) 1 31,654 $ 7.99 4 31 70% $ 650 299 169 4.5 5% Mystery > Amateur Sleuth Sleuths Suspense > Mystery > Cozy

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Candy Canes and Christmas: A Pelican Cove Short Leena Clover December 11, #13 in Kindle Store > Kindle Short #31 in Kindle Store > Kindle Short #306 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks 2018 Reads > One hour (33-43 pages) > Reads > One hour (33-43 pages) > > Mystery, Thriller & Suspense > 100 Cozy Mystery (Pelican Cove Short Story Series 0 32,319 $ 0.99 4 4 35% $ 39 38 4 5.0 0% Mystery, Thriller & Suspense Literature & Fiction Mystery > Cozy > Culinary Book 2)

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September Christmas Cake Murder (A Hannah 25, 2018 It’s Christmas many years ago, and topping young Hannah Swensen’s wish list is becoming the go-to baker in Lake Eden, Minnesota. Swensen Mystery Book 23) But as Hannah finds out, revisiting holiday memories can be murder . . .

With her dream of opening The Cookie Jar taking shape, Hannah’s life matches the hectic December hustle and bustle in Lake Eden—especially when she agrees to help recreate a spectacular Christmas Ball from the past in honor of Essie Granger, an elderly 1 9 local in hospice care. But instead of poring over decadent dessert recipes for the merry festivities, she instantly becomes enthralled by Essie’s old notebooks and the tale of a woman escaping danger on the streets of New York. Hannah’s surprised by Essie’s secret talent for penning crime fiction. She’s even more surprised when the story turns real. As Hannah prepares to run a bakery and move out of her mother’s house, it’ll be a true miracle if she can prevent another Yuletide disaster by solving a mystery as dense as a Christmas fruitcake . . .

December Holiday Hostage (Zoe Donovan Cozy 18, 2018 A man dies during a dinner party Zak and Zoe are attending, Alex has a famous friend staying with her, a suspicious federal agent Mystery Book 31) shows up creating more questions than answers, and what should be a fairly cut and dried murder investigation turns into a complicated mess which makes it difficult to tell the good guys from the bad guys. 2 227 Meanwhile, Levi and Ellie are thrilled when Baby Denton makes an early appearance, and Zoe's mom Madison is at the end of her rope after taking over as chairperson for Hometown Christmas, which for unknown reasons, seems to be fraught with problems. It's funny, it's family, it's a Zak and Zoe holiday mystery.

November The Inn at Holiday Bay: Boxes in the 20, 2018 After suffering a personal tragedy Abby Sullivan buys a huge old seaside mansion she has never even seen, packs up her life in San Basement Francisco, and moves to Holiday Bay Maine, where she is adopted, quite against her will, by a huge Maine Coon Cat named Rufus, a drifter with her own tragic past named Georgia, and a giant dog with an inferiority complex named Ramos. What Abby thought she needed was alone time to heal. What she ended up with was, an inn she never knew she wanted, a cat she couldn't seem to convince to leave, and a new family she'd never be able to live without. In book 1 of this series, a local girl has been murdered and the small seaside community is up in arms. When Abby finds boxes in the 3 229 basement of her new home, which seem to provide a clue as to who might have killed the girl, Abby plants herself firmly in the middle of what has turned out to be a complicated investigation. Although Abby isn't a cop, or even a private detective, she isn't unfamiliar with the investigative process. As a New York Times Bestselling mystery writer she knows how to conduct research. As the widow of a homicide detective, she knows the questions to ask. Join Abby, Georgia, Rufus, and Ramos, as they help Officer Colt Wilder track down a killer before kills the next victim in what looks to be a annual spree.

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October 2, The Christmas Scorpion: A Jack Reacher 2018 In a new short story available exclusively as an ebook, Jack Reacher’s spending the holidays in California. The last thing he expects is Story a blizzard—or a visit from the world’s deadliest assassin. Don’t miss a thrilling preview of Lee Child’s highly anticipated new Jack Reacher novel, Past Tense! On Christmas Eve, Jack Reacher stumbles into a no-name bar in the California desert, desperate to take refuge from an unexpected 4 317 snowstorm. Reacher came to Barstow for a little R&R. Instead, he’s sequestered in a dark little roadhouse with a bartender, a bewildered elderly couple—and two members of Britain’s Royal Military Police. They tell Reacher they were escorting a VIP to a top- secret meeting at a U.S. military base when they became separated from their charge. That’s when the threat came in from a notorious assassin: the Christmas Scorpion. Now they need a miracle to save the day. Or maybe all they need is Jack Reacher.

November A Midwinter's Tail (Lucky Paws Petsitting 27, 2018 To bark or not to bark . . . Mystery Book 4) Professional pet sitter Daphne Templeton loves the holidays in Sylvan Creek, Pennsylvania. And nothing gets her into the spirit more than the town’s annual Bark the Halls Ball. The whole community will be there to wag their tails, especially this year’s special guest—Celeste “CeeCee” French, founder of a national chain of pet care franchises, who’s returning home to announce plans for a bright new flagship store. But not everyone’s celebrating CeeCee’s homecoming. Daphne’s friend Moxie Bloom, owner of Spa and Paw, a unique salon for 5 395 people and their pets, has plenty to growl about. So when CeeCee is found face down under Sylvan Creek's town Christmas tree, stabbed with a distinctive pair of professional-grade pet shears, suspicion lands squarely on Moxie. Despite Daphne’s promises to Detective Jonathan Black, she quickly reprises her role as amateur sleuth. Ably assisted by her basset hound sidekick, Socrates, she must hurry to prove her friend’s innocence before a killer barks again . . . Includes recipes for homemade pet treats! “Doggone charming from start to finish!” —Cleo Coyle, New York Times bestselling author on Death by Chocolate Lab

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December Southern Magic Christmas (Sweet Tea 18, 2018 It’s Christmas in Magnolia Cove and Pepper Dunn is ready. She’s making her list and checking it twice. Witch Mysteries Book 8) Giant snowmen? Check. Magical snow? Check. Murder? Check. Wait—what? 6 590 Axel’s parents are visiting for the holiday and Pepper wants things to go smoothly. But when his mom insults the town Scrooge things turn rocky fast. Worse, when the town Scrooge is murdered, fingers quickly point to Axel’s mom. Now it’s up to Axel and Pepper to find the real murderer before his mom winds up paying the price for a crime she didn’t commit. Can Pepper and Axel save the day or will the magical season of Christmas turn into the deadliest ever known to Magnolia Cove? Find out now!

December 4, Finding Christmas (A Rescue Alaska 2018 Christmas arrives early in Rescue Alaska as the search and rescue team are tasked with finding a missing Santa. With a new mystery Mystery Book 4) to solve, and a holiday decorating contest to bring light to the long days of winter, the town is steeped in holiday cheer until a surprising murder puts a damper on the annual festivities. Meanwhile, Harmony tries to help Houston find the Christmas spirit, while Harley is surprised by a visitor from the north. Rescue Alaska is the eighth series by USA Today Bestselling Author Kathi Daley. It is a fast moving mystery series with a paranormal 7 809 twist which takes place in a small town in northern Alaska where visitors come to hike and ski. Harmony Carson is a lifelong resident who volunteers as a member of the local search and rescue team. Harmony has a unique gift which she often considers a curse. She is able to 'see' the individuals she is meant to help rescue, and more often than not she can feel their fear and their pain as well. When she isn't aiding in a rescue, Harmony works at Neverland - the bar owned by her brother in law Jake, and volunteers at the local animal shelter. Harmony lives in a rustic cabin with six dogs, four cats, six kittens, eight rabbits, and a blind mule named Homer.

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December 1, Sherlock Holmes and the Twelve Days of 2018 Twelve festive mysteries for your Christmas wish list… Christmas: An enthralling collection of Roger Riccard, having published two previous Sherlock Holmes novels, The Case of the Poisoned Lilly and The Case of the Twain festive mysteries Papers, has again taken pen in hand to bring forth a series of twelve short stories from the Christmas seasons of Holmes’ career. From a case endangering Queen Victoria to his old arch-nemesis Moriarty, follow Sherlock as he encounters the most unfathomable mysteries, all portrayed with Riccard’s trademark style and immersive historical detail. Just who did shoot Sir James Piersall at the stroke of midnight? And can Holmes and Watson prevent an assassination at Christmas Eve dinner - without knowing which of the royal guests is the intended target? Brimming with wit, intrigue and mystery, Sherlock enthusiasts will be transfixed and delighted by this collection.

8 1,356 Praise for Roger Riccard:

"Roger Riccard is an extremely good pastiche writer. Personally, I think the best since the late Val Andrews passed over Reichenbach" - Joel Senter, publisher of the Sherlockian E-Times Roger Riccard is an American author. Having graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism and History from California State University, his career spans teaching, journalism and business writing. Inspired by his British ancestry, he took an interest in the works of Arthur Conan Doyle from an early age, later writing Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Poisioned Lilly and Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Twain Papers. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife, Rosilyn.

November The Ghost of Christmas Past: A Molly 14, 2017 From Rhys Bowen, the author of In Farleigh Field, comes the next Molly Murphy mystery: The Ghost of Christmas Past. Murphy Mystery (Molly Murphy Mysteries Book 17) Semi-retired private detective Molly Murphy Sullivan is suffering from depression after a miscarriage following her adventure in San Francisco during the earthquake of 1906. She and her husband, Daniel, are invited for Christmas at a mansion on the Hudson, and they gratefully accept, expecting a peaceful and relaxing holiday season. Not long after they arrive, however, they start to feel the tension in 9 1,429 the house’s atmosphere. Then they learn that the host couple's young daughter wandered out into the snow ten years ago and was never seen again. Molly can identify with the mother's pain at never knowing what happened to her child and wants to help, but there is so little to go on. No ransom note. No body ever found. But Molly slowly begins to suspect that the occupants of the house know more than they are letting on. Then, on Christmas Eve, there is a knock at the door and a young girl stands there. "I'm Charlotte," she says. "I've come home."

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December Amish Winter Murder Mystery (Ettie 20, 2018 Tragedy strikes again in the Amish community when Ebenezer Fuller is found behind his barn, murdered. Smith Amish Mysteries Book 19) Ettie Smith is convinced she knows the identity of the killer until she learns surprising facts about Ebenezer's past. The more Ettie learns about him, the more things don't add up. Hidden secrets, false identities, and a surprise visitor, all add up to a busy winter for Ettie Smith and her sister, Elsa-May. Other books in the Ettie Smith Amish Mysteries series: Book 1: Secrets Come Home Book 2: Amish Murder Book 3: Murder in the Amish Bakery Book 4: Amish Murder Too Close Book 5: Amish Quilt Shop Mystery Book 6: Amish Baby Mystery 10 1,475 Book 7: Betrayed Book 8: Amish False Witness Book 9: Amish Barn Murders Book 10 Amish Christmas Mystery Book 11 Who Killed Uncle Alfie? Book 12 Lost: Amish Mystery Book 13 Amish Cover-Up Book 14 Amish Crossword Murder Book 15 Old Promises Book 16 Amish Mystery at Rose Cottage Book 17 Plain Secrets Book 18 Fear Thy Neighbor

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November 4, Santa Clawed: A Mrs. Murphy Mystery 2008 Bestselling authors Rita Mae Brown and her feline partner, Sneaky Pie Brown, are back for the holidays in a mystery featuring Mary Minor “Harry” Haristeen, the sleuthing cats Mrs. Murphy and Pewter, and corgi Tee Tucker. Can they save the season from a killjoy who’s decided to gift the festive little town . . . with murder? As Harry well knows, there’s hardly a place on earth cozier than Crozet, Virginia, at Christmastime. The snowflakes drifting lazily down, the soft glow of the winter light, the sound of old carols in the streets…even cats Mrs. Murphy and Pewter get into the spirit batting ornaments and climbing the holiday tree. In fact, it’s this year’s tree that Harry and her husband, Fair, have gone to fetch when they find the one they’ve chosen grimly decorated with a dead body. The tree farm is run by The Brothers of Love, a semimonastic organization that tends to AIDS patients. The brothers live in a monastery 11 1,512 atop the scenic Blue Ridge Mountains. Harry is surprised to find an old high-school friend associated with The Brothers of Love. Christopher Hewitt wasn’t a bad man, but good works weren’t exactly one of his priorities. But then, if even Scrooge could turn over a new leaf, certainly Chris could. And after the scandal that all but destroyed his life, there were probably few in Crozet who needed the gift of a second chance more. Harry knows she shouldn’t take it personally, but it was her tree that someone left the corpse under. Now, as the season grows merrier, a murderer is growing bolder. One by one, prominent men of Crozet are being crossed off Christmas shopping lists and added to the morgue. And if Harry and her four-legged helpers aren’t very good—and very careful—this Christmas may be her last.

December Christmas at The Grange: A Lady 12, 2017 It’s Christmas 1909, and for once Lady Hardcastle—respectable gentlewoman, amateur spy—and her lady’s maid, Florence Armstrong, Hardcastle Mystery (Kindle Single) are setting sleuthing aside. They are invited to the festivities up at The Grange, as guests of Sir Hector and Lady Farley-Stroud.

But barely have corks been popped and parlour games played when a mysterious crime comes to light. Someone has broken in while the revellers were distracted and made off with a priceless pearl necklace. Lady Hardcastle and Flo are determined to catch the 12 2,690 thief—but with so many Christmas guests encamped at The Grange, is it possible that the felon is hiding in plain sight?

With the clues stacking up, Lady Hardcastle bears down on her culprit. But just as the pieces come together, it begins to look as if there is something more devious afoot at The Grange…

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October 27, Merry, Merry Ghost (Bailey Ruth Book 2) 2009 “If I were teaching a course on how to write a mystery, I’d make Carolyn Hart required reading.” —Los Angeles Times

Merry, Merry Ghost by Agatha, Anthony, and Macavity Award winner Carolyn Hart, is the spirited second appearance of spectral sleuth, 13 2,691 Bailey Ruth Raeburn, who would never let a little thing like being dead keep her from enjoying the Yuletide holiday or solving a dastardly crime. The light and funny follow up to Hart’s critically acclaimed Ghost At Work—which Publishers Weekly named One of the Best Books of 2008—Merry, Merry Ghost is a true Christmas treat, and Bailey Ruth is a most welcome addition to Carolyn Hart’s coterie of beloved series protagonists, joining septuagenarian sleuth “Henrie O” Collins and the Darlings of “Death on Demand” fame.

October 10, Twelve Slays of Christmas: A Christmas 2017 When Holly White’s fiancé cancels their Christmas Eve wedding with less than two weeks to go, Holly heads home with a broken heart. Tree Farm Mystery Lucky for her, home in historic Mistletoe, Maine is magical during Christmastime—exactly what the doctor prescribed. Except her plan to drown her troubles in peppermints and snickerdoodles is upended when local grouch and president of the Mistletoe Historical Society Margaret Fenwick is bludgeoned and left in the sleigh display at Reindeer Games, Holly’s family tree farm. When the murder weapon is revealed as one of the wooden stakes used to identify trees on the farm, Sheriff Evan Grey turns to Holly’s 14 2,756 father, Bud, and the Reindeer Games staff. And it doesn’t help that Bud and the reindeer keeper were each seen arguing with Margaret just before her death. But Holly knows her father, and is determined to exonerate him.The jingle bells are ringing, the clock is ticking, and if Holly doesn't watch out, she'll end up on Santa's naughty list in Twelve Slays of Christmas, Jacqueline Frost’s jolly series debut.

August 30, Cremas, Christmas Cookies, and Crooks (A 2017 From USA TODAY Bestselling Author Harper Lin: the 6th cozy mystery in the popular series set in a charming beach town! Cape Bay Cafe Mystery Book 6) It’s almost Christmastime in Cape Bay, and another murder has everyone in town talking. A despised new drama teacher at the local high school is killed in the school’s parking lot. The police arrest a beloved teacher, Mrs. Crowsdale, but everyone else thinks she is too nice to murder anyone. Mike, however, says they have solid evidence that proves she did it. 15 2,763 Sammy is particularly devastated. Mrs. Crowsdale was her favorite teacher and still her hero. Sammy begs Fran to find the real culprit. Fran isn’t so sure. Mike would be angry with her for butting in on another case. And what if more danger befalls her? After all, there are some pretty dangerous people in town… Includes 3 special holiday recipes!

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November Stockings and Spells: A paranormal cozy 28, 2018 A Holiday Market mystery (Vampire Knitting Club Book 4) With crafts, toys, hot chocolate And a killer!

The Vampire Knitting Club decide to take part in Oxford’s Holiday Market, selling exquisite hand knit scarves, sweaters and gift items. Their most popular item is the hand knit Christmas stocking, brightly colored and extra long to squeeze in a few extra small gifts. But when a sales clerk in another booth is found strangled with one of the stockings, Lucy Swift and her undead detectives are on the 16 3,459 case, determined to find out who would do such a terrible thing. And why. In the meantime, Lucy’s working hard at her spell book, learning to be a witch, with the help of her black cat familiar and her new assistant. Meritanum is a three thousand year old Egyptian witch and she’s having trouble with some of the concepts of modern life, such as traffic, Smart Phones and anything powered by electricity. Life at Cardinal Woolsey’s knitting shop, in Oxford, England, is as colorful as the most garish Christmas sweater. Join in the fun. This cozy mystery has no sex or gore, just lots of humor and fun. Grab your copy today!

November What Child Is This?: An Ellie Kent Mystery 15, 2017 It's Christmas in the Cotswold village of Little Beecham . . . a season to celebrate with caroling, mistletoe, and mince pies. In this sequel (Ellie Kent Mystery series Book 2) to UNDER AN ENGLISH HEAVEN, newlywed American Ellie Kent is looking forward to her first English village Christmas, but a missing Oxford student and an abandoned baby soon draw her away from the fireside into danger. When a body is discovered on Boxing Day, Ellie comes to believe that all these events may be linked through a group of teenage girls who identify with Shakespeare's tragic Ophelia. The police scoff at her theory, so Ellie pursues her own investigation to identify their secret Hamlet, who may be a killer. 17 3,992 "Not only is Alice Boatwright a good detective writer, but a first-class storyteller as well. A great find. – M.C. Beaton, author of the Agatha Raisin and Hamish Macbeth mysteries Don't miss the first Ellie Kent mystery! 2016 winner of the Mystery and Mayhem Grand Prize for best mystery In UNDER AN ENGLISH HEAVEN, life brings the skeptical American Ellie Kent to a village in the Cotswolds as the vicar's new wife, but death keeps her guessing how long she'll be there.

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November 7, Decked in the Hall: A Finch & Fischer 2018 A festive start to a brand new series from the bestselling author of ‘The Yellow Cottage Vintage Mysteries.’ Mystery (The Finch & Fischer Mysteries It’s Christmas in Cherrytree Downs and everyone is looking forward to the annual dinner dance at the village hall. But tragedy strikes Book 1) when one of the villagers dies. Mobile librarian Penny Finch, an avid mystery reader, immediately suspects foul play. With bumbling PC Bolton out of his depth, and Inspector Monroe new to the area, it’s up to Penny and her rescue puppy Fischer to help solve the crime. But under the surface of this idyllic English village lurk secrets and lies. 18 4,057 Will Penny be able to dig beneath the shine to get to the murky truth? Can Fischer help sniff out the red herrings and unearth the clues they need to catch a murderer? Or will their nose for trouble lead them down the wrong track entirely? Get your paws on the first cozy mystery featuring sleuthing duo Finch & Fischer, and follow them as they attempt to solve a series of crimes in the six villages and hamlets that make up Hampsworthy Downs.

December 1, The Christmas Letter: A Cozy Mystery (A 2017 If you love small towns, endearing relationships, food, animals, and a touch of murder, you will love this new mystery series by Kathi Tess and Tilly Cozy Mystery Book 1) Daley, author of the popular Zoe Donovan Cozy Mystery Series. 19 4,208 Set in the small town of White Eagle Montana, the series features Tess and her dog Tilly, who spend their days delivering the latest gossip along with the daily mail. When a close friend is murdered, Tess and Tilly join forces with the reclusive genius in town to sleuth out the truth behind the shocking murder that is rocking the community as it prepares for the annual Christmas Festival. October 16, Amid the Winter's Snow: A Lady Emily 2018 In Amid the Winter's Snow, an uplifting Christmas story in Tasha Alexander’s acclaimed series, Lady Emily and her husband Colin take Christmas Story (Lady Emily Mysteries) on a case that proves the enduring power of love.

Emily and Colin Hargreaves are looking forward to nothing more than spending a relaxing Christmas at their country estate, Anglemore Park, eating mince pies and playing with their sons in the falling snow. Their solitude is interrupted by a knock on the door one night, when the villagers of nearby Dunsford Vale come to them with strange tales of a barghest--a mythical black dog with red eyes and 20 4,460 enormous teeth and claws--that has been wreaking havoc on the town.

Never ones to be taken in by local superstitions, Colin and Emily team up to find an explanation behind the bizarre events. When a grieving young woman in town receives a mysterious and beautiful gift after a visit from the barghest, Emily and Colin begin to suspect that the beast is more man than monster. Racing through the candlelit streets of Dunsford Vale and the windswept heaths of Anglemore, the couple must follow the clues and uncover the truth to restore Christmas cheer.

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November 1, Under the Ice: The unputdownable thriller 2018 'Twisty, atmospheric and haunting ... I devoured this thriller in one tense sitting' ERIN KELLY. for winter 2018 It is the week before Christmas and the cathedral city of St Albans is blanketed by snow. But beneath the festive lights, darkness is stirring. The frozen body of a young girl is discovered by the ice-covered lake.

The police scramble for clues. A local woman, Jenny, has had visions of what happened the night of the murder. But Jenny is an exhausted new mother, whose midnight wanderings pull her ever closer to the lake. Can Jenny be trusted? What does she really know?

Then another girl goes missing, and the community unravels. Neighbour turns against neighbour, and Jenny has no idea who to believe. As Christmas Eve approaches, Jenny discovers a secret about her past – and why she could be key to everything...

21 5,044 PRAISE FOR UNDER THE ICE:

'Twisty, atmospheric and haunting ... I devoured this thriller in one tense sitting' Erin Kelly.

'An outstanding debut, so atmospheric it made me literally shiver' Angela Clarke.

'A fantastically evocative book that twists you expertly up in the world of its vivid characters, making you feel the unfolding plot blow by blow' Gytha Lodge.

'Packed with atmosphere, suspense and a cold that chills the heart. Under the Ice announces Rachael Blok as an exciting new voice in crime fiction' Lesley Thomson.

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September A Vineyard Christmas (A Vineyard Novel 25, 2018 In the midst of a Christmas blizzard: A baby on the doorstep. Book 1) It’s taken a long time and a little heartache, but Annie Sutton is finally following her dream of living on Martha’s Vineyard. She fell in love with the island’s singular beauty while using it as a setting for two of her novels. In her cozy rented cottage on Chappaquiddick, she’s settling in for her first Vineyard winter—complete with a fierce nor’easter on the way, forecast to bring high winds and deep snow. But the blizzard also brings something unexpected to Annie’s front porch: a basket, encircled by a ribbon, containing a baby girl. The note reads: “I named her Bella, after my grandmother. Please help her, because I can’t.” 22 5,263 Adopted as a child, Annie is grateful for wonderful parents who raised her as their own. Yet she also hopes to spare little Bella the feelings of abandonment that still haunt her. And so, rather than take the baby to the police, Annie decides to keep her and try to find the birth mother, giving her a chance to change her mind. But it’s not easy keeping a secret in a close-knit, island community, especially amid the bustle of Christmas. Before the holiday ends, there will be revelations, rekindled hope, and proof that families—the ones we are born into and the ones we claim for ourselves—are the gifts that truly matter . . .

November 9, Don't Let it Snow in Deadwood (The 2018 "I laughed (a lot), cried (a little), and wanted to stab a certain family member. This story brings all the feels!” --Renee George, USA Deadwood Humorous Mystery Series Book Today Bestselling Author 10) It’s Christmas Eve and Violet Parker has one request on her list for Santa—to make it home to her kids. Unfortunately, “home” is also the lair of her life-long nemesis, her sister Susan (aka the devil’s concubine). Standing in Violet’s way is Old Man Winter, who slammed the Black Hills with a show-stopping blizzard. However, a little snow isn’t 23 5,399 going to ground her sleigh, not with family counting on her to deliver Santa’s goods. Trying to keep Christmas from turning into a candy cane calamity, Violet battles her demons and struggles through the chaos storming around her. Can she make it through the holiday without cracking anyone’s nut? "Keep your fingers crossed this whole holiday doesn't blow up in our faces." --Violet Parker

November Lady Rample and the Ghost of Christmas 19, 2018 When Aunt Butty gets an idea in her head, there is simply no stopping her. At least, Lady Rample has never found a way. And what Past (Lady Rample Mysteries Book 5) Aunt Butty wants is a proper, old-fashioned English country Christmas. So it’s no surprise when Lady Rample finds herself celebrating the holidays deep in the Cotswolds. And naturally, Aunt Butty requires everything to be perfect, from the Yule log to the wassail. 24 5,638 Unfortunately, the two women get more than they bargain for when a visitor from Lady Rample’s past follows her from London, intent on wreaking havoc. Enjoy the latest Lady Rample Mystery, a warm and funny holiday cozy mystery set in 1930s England.

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November A Killer Christmas Party: A Jill Andrews 12, 2018 A Merry Christmas with family, fun and foul play. Cozy Mystery #6 Jill is deep into preparations for Christmas parties at the Boathouse Event Center when a trip to the local retirement home with her son's 25 5,745 preschool class turns up a deadly surprise. For once, Jill has no tie to the murder victim, until a surprise connection to a family member is revealed. With the chaos of the Christmas season intensifying, will she be able to discover the real murderer in time to have a Merry Christmas with her family? November Campion at Christmas: 4 Holiday Stories 28, 2018 Perhaps it’ll start being Christmas now you’re here… And who better to spend a cosy Christmas with than ingenious and affable investigator, Albert Campion. Featuring two classic Campion mysteries and two special holiday tales, this short story collection from Queen of Crime, Margery Allingham, is the perfect Christmas treat for any Golden Age Crime enthusiast. Filled with traditional British charm, snow covered crime scenes, and just a touch of Christmas magic, these festive stories are perfect for the season. This collection includes ‘On Christmas Day in the Morning’, ‘Happy Christmas’, ‘The Case of the Man with the Sack’, and ‘Word in 26 5,793 Season: A Story for Christmas’. Reviews for Margery Allingham: 'Margery Allingham stands out like a shining light. And she has another quality, not usually associated with crime stories, elegance' – Agatha Christie 'My very favourite of the four Queens of Crime is Allingham' – J. K. Rowling 'Always of the elect, Margery Allingham now towers above them' – The Observer

December Reindeer Roundup (A Zoe Donovan Cozy 15, 2017 It's funny, it's family, it's a Zak and Zoe Christmas Mystery. Mystery Book 27) A reindeer invasion, baby on the way, small town decked out for the holidays, and killer on the loose, all come together in this fun and 27 5,936 heartwarming Christmas Cozy Mystery.

December Mistletoe Murder (Dewberry Farm 11, 2017 It's beginning to look a lot like... Murder. Mysteries Book 4) It's Christmastime, and farmer Lucy Resnick is living the life she's always dreamed of. When she's not selling her jams, soaps, and mistletoe bundles at the Buttercup Christmas Market, she's enjoying cozy evenings by the fire with her knitting group--or her handsome veterinarian boyfriend Tobias Brandt. But less than a week before Christmas, a pall falls over the festive atmosphere when local man 28 6,177 Randy Stone turns up with a knife in his back... and a sprig of mistletoe in his hair. Local sheriff Rooster Kocurek, never the brightest bulb on the string, is convinced it's an open-and-shut case--murder by jealous wife-- but Lucy suspects otherwise. She soon discovers that Randy's life was more tangled than last year's Christmas lights... and that unless she wraps up the case fast, there might be more than one funeral this holiday season.

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December A Merry Christmas Wedding Mystery, 12, 2016 The Star of Marvelous Marley World's Latest Feature Film Goes Missing! Georgie Shaw Cozy Mystery #4 (Georgie Shaw Cozy Mystery Series) And there’s less than a month to go before Georgie Shaw and Detective Jack Wheeler’s Christmas wedding. With Georgie’s boss “Mad Max” Marley involved, the whole affair becomes much more complicated.

>>>Can They Find Her Before The Wedding?

Determined to keep the wedding plans from being derailed, Georgie pays Max a visit on the set of Marvelous Marley World’s newest

29 6,221 feature film, The Lonely Swan Prince. The sudden disappearance of the movie’s leading lady plunges Georgie and Jack into the middle of a mystery. Where’s the missing diva? If she didn’t vanish on her own accord whodunit and why?

>>>Book 4 in the award-winning Georgie Shaw Series by USA Today bestselling author, Anna Celeste Burke, is sure to please cozy mystery fans everywhere!

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November Malevolent Magic (Cozy Corgi Mysteries 14, 2018 Christmas week sparkles with holiday decorations, sweet potato pie, lively tourists, and murder… Book 9) Estes Park is a wonderland of twinkling lights and softly falling snow, and Winifred Page wants nothing more than to snuggle up in the mystery room with Watson at her feet—after all, Katie’s pastries are tempting pieces of heaven, especially beside a warm fire. But Christmas is fast approaching, and Fred is out on a cold morning visiting neighboring stores and planning a celebration at the Cozy Corgi Bookshop and Bakery. Fred is welcoming the holiday spirit and appreciating the friendships, love, and support she’s found during her first year in her new 30 6,923 hometown. But the night’s festivities become a scene for local drama, and by morning a trip to the magic shop to collect a present has Fred and Watson stumbling upon a murder scene. In an unexpected twist, Fred is asked to investigate, but the suspect list keeps growing, and every one of them would give Ebenezer Scrooge a run for his money. With Fred still coming to grips with a recent betrayal, shifting through all the curmudgeons to crack the case may take more holiday magic than she and Watson possess. (This culinary cozy mystery includes a recipe for delectable sweet potato pie.)

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November 6, A Christmas Revelation: A Novel 2018 “Perry’s Victorian-era holiday mysteries [are] an annual treat.”—The Wall Street Journal In this intriguing, uplifting holiday mystery from bestselling author Anne Perry, an orphan boy investigates a woman’s kidnapping—and discovers there’s more at stake than a disappearance. 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 as mayhem is once again found under the mistletoe, and intrigue stalks the cobblestone streets and gaslit parlors of old London Town. Formerly a river urchin living on the banks of the Thames, nine-year-old Worm has never experienced a family Christmas. But thanks to a job at Hester Monk’s clinic in Portpool Lane, he’s found a makeshift family in kindly volunteer Miss Claudine Burroughs and 31 8,341 curmudgeonly old bookkeeper Squeaky Robinson. When Worm witnesses the abduction of a beautiful woman by a pair of ruffians just days before Christmas, he frantically turns to Squeaky for help. A one-time brothel owner, Squeaky knows the perils of interfering in nasty business, but he can’t bear to disappoint Worm—or leave the boy to attempt a rescue on his own. What neither of the would-be saviors expects, however, is that the damsel in distress already has her dilemma well in hand . . . and is taking steps to bring her captors to justice for crimes far worse than kidnapping. But the rogues, as cunning as they are deadly, are not to be underestimated. The aid of cynical old Squeaky and hopeful young Worm just might make the difference between a merry triumph over evil and a terrible yuletide tragedy.

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March 14, A Berry Deadly Welcome: A Humorous 2018 Welcome to Sarah’s Eatery, where the food is to-die-for! Cozy Mystery (Kylie Berry Mysteries Book 1) Escaping a dreadful marriage and an angry ex-husband, Kylie Berry moves to the small town of Camden Falls, Kentucky, to run her cousin’s café, Sarah’s Eatery. Only one problem: Kylie can’t cook to save her life, and the longtime chef walks out on Kylie’s first day.

"Winters will have you giggling into your book!"

Answering the call for a new chef, in walks lovely Rachel Summers, a friendly local brownie-addict who immediately gets the job. But when Rachel is found dead a few hours later, all fingers point to Kylie and her killer brownies. Could Kylie have made a major kitchen blunder and poisoned the woman? Did a bitter former employee tamper with her pantry? Or was there more to Rachel than the kind smile and eager-to-please attitude she sported at the interview? 32 8,380 With the help of the few remaining café regulars, Kylie sets out on a journey to uncover the truth behind who killed Rachel Summers! This is a laugh-out-loud cozy mystery featuring a strong female protagonist, some unusual friends and family, and a mystery that needs solving! It has no graphic gore, bad language or sex.

Praise for A.R. Winters:

"The perfect balance of being lighthearted, but still a serious page-turning mystery." - Jaycie D, Amazon.com "A fun cozy mystery with engaging and entertaining characters" - lq, Amazon.com "A cute light read with a final twist at the end." - Stacey Puleio, Amazon.com

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November 'Twas the Knife Before Christmas: A 13, 2018 A Christmas delight, ’Twas the Knife Before Christmas will charm the stockings off readers of Joanne Fluke and Leslie Meier. Christmas Tree Farm Mystery (Christmas 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? Tree Farm Mysteries) When a body turns up in a larger-than-life candy bowl filled with peppermints on the town square, Holly White is horrified to learn her best friend Caroline is the main suspect. Everyone in town, including Mistletoe, Maine’s sheriff, saw Caroline fighting with the victim on the night of his death. Worse, a custom kitchen knife, engraved with Caroline's initials was found with him. Now, just ten days before Christmas, Holly’s up to her jingle bells in holiday shenanigans and in desperate need of a miracle. Juggling 33 8,837 extra shifts at her family’s Christmas tree farm and making enough gingerbread jewelry to satisfy the crowd is already more than she can handle―and now she has to find time to clear her best friend of murder. Add in her budding relationship with the sheriff, and a personal stalker dressed as Santa Claus, and Holly’s ready to fly south until springtime. But her Sherpa-lined mittens come off when Caroline is taken into custody. Can Holly wrap up the case in time for Christmas…even after she gains the true killer’s attention? Find out in ‘Twas the Knife Before Christmas, Jacqueline Frost’s second pine-scented Christmas Tree Farm mystery.

August 18, 12 Days at Bleakly Manor: Book 1 in Once 2017 ". . .a setting and plot that would make Agatha Christie herself sit up and take notice." Upon a Dickens Christmas —RT Book Reviews

A mysterious invitation to spend Christmas at an English manor home may bring danger...and love? England, 1851: When Clara Chapman receives an intriguing invitation to spend Christmas at an English manor home, she is hesitant yet feels compelled to attend—for if she remains the duration of the twelve-day celebration, she is promised a sum of five hundred pounds. 34 9,418 But is she walking into danger? It appears so, especially when she comes face to face with one of the other guests—her former fiancé, Benjamin Lane. Imprisoned unjustly, Ben wants revenge on whoever stole his honor. When he’s given the chance to gain his freedom, he jumps at it—and is faced with the anger of the woman he stood up at the altar. Brought together under mysterious circumstances, Clara and Ben discover that what they’ve been striving for isn’t what ultimately matters. What matters most is what Christmas is all about . . . love. Pour a cup of tea and settle in for Book 1 of the Once Upon a Dickens Christmas series--a page-turning Victorian-era holiday tale--by Michelle Griep, a reader and critic favorite.

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September The Silent Christmas: A Jayne Sinclair 28, 2018 In a time of war, they discovered peace. Genealogical Mystery Novella When David Wright finds a label, a silver button and a lump of old leather in a chest in the attic, it opens up a window onto the true of joy of Christmas.

Jayne Sinclair, genealogical investigator, has just a few days to unravel the mystery and discover the truth of what happened on 35 9,612 December 25, 1914.

Why did her client’s great grandfather keep these objects hidden for so long? What did they mean to him? And will they help bring the joy of Christmas to a young boy stuck in hospital?

This is the fifth Jayne Sinclair Genealogical Mystery but it can be read and enjoyed as a stand alone novel.

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October 16, Lark! The Herald Angels Sing: A Meg 2018 Away in a manger, asleep on the hay, Meg Langslow finds a little gift. Langslow Mystery (Meg Langslow Mysteries Book 24) For four previous Christmases, New York Times bestselling author Donna Andrews has delighted readers with holiday mysteries, full of Christmas cheer and starring her quirky characters. Now she gives us another hilarious new adventure in her award-winning Meg Langslow series with Lark! The Herald Angels Sing.

It’s Christmastime in Caerphilly and Meg, full of holiday spirit, is helping out with the town's festivities. While directing a nativity pageant and herding the children participating in it, she finds a surprise in the manger: a live baby.

A note from the mother, attached to the baby girl’s clothes, says that it’s time for her father to take care of her—and implicates Meg’s brother, Rob, as the father. And while a DNA test can reveal whether there's any truth to the accusation, Rob's afraid the mere 36 9,731 suspicion could derail his plan to propose to the woman he loves. Meg quickly realizes it's up to her to find the baby's real identity.

She soon discovers that the baby—named Lark according to the fateful note—may be connected to something much bigger. Something that eventually puts a growing number of Meg’s friends and family in danger. And before long, Meg realizes she can’t fix things single- handedly. Meanwhile, a war is brewing between Caerphilly and its arch-rival Clay County—and it's not a snowball fight. Can Meg bring everyone together in time for the holidays?

As in her previous Christmas mysteries, Andrews continues to write “firmly in the grand tradition of Agatha Christie’s Christmas books” (Toronto Globe and Mail) with a book that will put cozy lovers everywhere in a holly jolly mood.

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December Traitorous Toys (Cozy Corgi Mysteries 16, 2017 It’s Christmas in Estes Park, Colorado: cozy fires, twinkling lights, soft snowfall, and… murder. Book 2) The winter holidays in charming Estes Park lulls Winifred Page and her corgi, Watson, into thoughts of spiced chai and gingerbread as they settle into their new home. Fred’s dream bookshop is becoming a reality, and with Christmas only days away, her only concerns are spending time with family, enforcing Watson’s diet, and finding the perfect gifts. The toy store beckons Fred and her friend Katie, who dash in out of the cold, during a shopping spree to discover handmade toys, cuddly stuffed animals… and a dying man on the floor. 37 9,999 When Katie’s desperate attempts to save the man ends in her being taken in for his murder, Fred once again dons her detective hat. She puts aside her Christmas list and—with Watson sniffing around—begins a list of suspects. But as quickly as clues point to one person, new discoveries shift the spotlight to another. With Katie’s freedom in the balance, Fred has little time to think about gifts or to enjoy the holiday lights and music. A killer is on the loose, one who became violent in a picture-perfect Christmas toy shop, and Fred and Watson can’t begin to predict what might happen next… (This culinary cozy mystery includes a recipe for delectable gingerbread.)

November The Ghost of Christmas Secrets (Haunting 19, 2018 It’s hard to know who to trust when you’re worth billions. Christmas brings uninvited family members to Marlow House, vying for Chris Danielle Book 19) Glandon’s favor. One of them may have already killed for it. 38 10,039 In the midst of the mystery Lily is distracted with one question—what isn't Danielle telling her?

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October 16, Deck the Hounds: An Andy Carpenter 2018 "The perfect holiday gift for animal lovers.” – Publisher’s Weekly Mystery (An Andy Carpenter Novel Book 18) This Christmas mystery, featuring criminal defense lawyer Andy Carpenter and his faithful golden retriever, Tara, showcases Rosenfelt’s trademark humor and larger-than-life characters.

Reluctant lawyer Andy Carpenter doesn’t usually stop to help others, but seeing a dog next to a homeless man inspires him to give the pair some money to help. It’s just Andy’s luck that things don’t end there. Soon after Andy’s encounter with them, man and dog are attacked in the middle of the night on the street. The dog defends its new owner, and the erstwhile attacker is bitten but escapes. But

39 10,130 the dog is quarantined and the man, Don Carrigan, is heartbroken.

Andy’s wife Laurie can’t resist helping the duo after learning Andy has met them before… it’s the Christmas season after all. In a matter of days Don and his dog Zoey are living above Andy’s garage and become two new additions to the family. It’s not until Andy accidentally gives away his guest’s name during an interview that things go awry; turns out Don is wanted for a murder that happened two years ago. Don not only claims he’s innocent, but that he had no idea that he was wanted for a crime he has no knowledge of in the first place. It’s up to Andy to exonerate his new friend, if he doesn’t get pulled into the quagmire first.

David Rosenfelt’s signature wit, charm, and cleverness are back again in this most exciting installment yet.

December Mistake in Christmas River: A Christmas 13, 2018 An old cold case. A violent robber on the loose. And a dark small town secret that's dangerous enough to kill over - the latest installment Cozy Mystery (Christmas River Cozy Book in the best-selling Christmas River Cozy Mystery series is the most explosive one yet. 12) Twenty-five years ago, Millie Delgado stepped off a bus in Christmas River and was never seen again. She was the first girl to go missing in the small Central Oregon town that year, but not the last. When the missing girl's sister arrives in town years later searching for answers, pie baker extraordinaire Cinnamon Peters and her 40 10,796 husband Sheriff Brightman are compelled to help her find out the truth once and for all. Little do they know what they've signed up for. Because Christmas River is a town full of secrets. And they're about to stumble on one of its most dangerous ones. Book 12 in the Christmas River series is a thrilling tale of crime, passion, and the lengths we go to protect the ones we love.

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December MISTLETOE, MOONLIGHT, and MURDER: A 18, 2016 THIRD book of the Ravenwood Cove series Ravenwood Cove Cozy Mystery ONE ... terrible mudslide TWO... feet sticking out of it 41 11,000 THREE... carats of perfect diamonds Amanda hadn't expected snow for Christmas on the Oregon Coast, but her first winter in Ravenwood Cove brings out long-dead secrets that someone is desperately trying to hide...no matter the cost. Hot chocolate, merry decorations, and purring cats give way to police investigations and a search for a ruthless killer.

November Big Top Treachery (Circus Cozy Mysteries) 24, 2018 Christmas at the Circus! What if the holly berry meant more than a cozy Christmas tradition? When Trixie, billed by the Concello circus as the world’s smallest Lady Godiva, finds a large ruby on the circus grounds, she thinks she’s one of the luckiest people on earth. Until she learns the stone’s past is stained as holly-red as the jewel itself. 42 12,141 When the police get involved, suspicion is cast not just on Trixie, but on her other friends at the circus. The pressure is on with Trixie getting threats from an anonymous source. When the calliope player is murdered, Trixie knows the threats she has been receiving aren't just to scare her... she'll be the next to die if she can't find out the truth about the stone and unmask the murderer.

November Spicy Christmas Murder 29, 2018 You'll feel the burn in this exciting Christmas Cozy Mystery! Hot sauce shop owner, Margo, never expected to find herself having to hide out for her own safety during the Christmas season. When 43 12,266 it comes to homicide, however, Sheriff Carlsbad isn't taking any chances. Will Margo be able to help determine just exactly who is trying to hunt her down before Christmas Day, or will she and the sheriff be too late? Find out in this intense holiday Cozy Mystery! October 15, Candy Cane Caper (Zoe Donovan Cozy 2016 You will be drawn into this small town Christmas mystery when Levi finds the body of bakeshop owner Candy Kane dead in the pantry. Mystery Book 22) Meanwhile things go from crazy to insane when Scooter's dad comes to town, Zoe tries to find the perfect gift for Zak, and everyone is 44 12,941 pulled into the fun and magic of Hometown Christmas. It's funny, it's family, it's a Zak and Zoe Christmas mystery.

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December 6, Mistletoe Mysteries: Tales of Yuletide 2016 Have yourself a mysterious little Christmas with fifteen whodunits from New York Times–bestselling authors Sharyn McCrumb, Mary Murder Higgins Clark, and more! Peace on Earth isn’t everyone’s cup of tea in Charlotte MacLeod’s “A Cozy for Christmas.” Peter Lovesey’s “The Haunted Crescent” delivers a holiday ghost story with a twist. A training session for department-store Santas turns up Saint Nicks who are anything but angels in Isaac Asimov’s “Ho, Ho, Ho.” Marcia Muller’s “Silent Night” finds a tough private investigator searching San Francisco’s Tenderloin district—and discovering something unexpected. 45 13,279 A long-married couple’s ship finally comes in—only to spring a mysterious leak—in Mary Higgins Clark’s “That’s the Ticket.” Scottish superstition catches up with a cat burglar in Sharyn McCrumb’s “A Wee Doch and Doris.” These and many more stories will keep you turning pages and gathering evidence of yuletide mayhem. So when holiday shopping brings out your inner Grinch, hunker down with a hot toddy—and leave the murder to the experts. This festive collection includes stories by Charlotte MacLeod, Peter Lovesey, Dorothy Salisbury Davis, Eric Wright, John Lutz, Howard Engel, Mary Higgins Clark, Bill Pronzini, Sharyn McCrumb, Henry Slesar, Edward D. Hoch, Aaron Elkins, Susan Dunlap, Isaac Asimov, and Marcia Muller.

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October 24, A Christmas Case: A Posie Parker Novella 2017 WHO SAYS CHRISTMAS HAS TO BE COZY?

Christmas Eve, 1923

Prepare for tales of unexplained murders, long-concealed mysteries, strange visitors in the night, and a secret in Posie’s own past which haunts her to this very day…

Join Posie Parker, London’s premier female Private Detective, and Chief Inspector Lovelace of New Scotland Yard as they spend Christmas Eve at Rebburn Abbey, home of the Earl and Countess of Cardigeon. Each house guest is invited to share a personal mystery, but what unfolds turns out to be less a cozy cornucopia of fire-side Christmas cheer than a series of curiously interlinked and unsettling mysteries. 46 13,827 But then, who promised that any of the tales had to be cozy?

And could it be, even at Rebburn Abbey on Christmas Eve, that the past can overshadow the present, casting dangerous shadows on those who don’t suspect? Does danger and the presence of evil lurk here?

This is a stylish Golden Age of Crime mystery which will appeal to fans of Agatha Christie and Downton Abbey. 'A Christmas Case' is a novella in the Posie Parker Mystery Series, and can be enjoyed as a stand-alone story in its own right.

If you love an action-packed historical cozy crime with a feisty protagonist, download a sample or buy 'A Christmas Case' now.

January 17, ˃˃˃ Other books by L.B. Hathaway available on Amazon: Christmas Crazy (Zoe Donovan Mystery 2014 Every year between the dates of December 1 and December 24, a strange and wonderful insanity hits Ashton Falls. Most refer to this Book 3) phenomenon as Christmas Spirit, but Zoe has been around long enough to know that spirit usually translates to insanity, which brings 47 13,859 on a phenomenon she likes to refer to as Christmas Crazy. After Hometown Christmas is threatened when Santa is killed four days prior to the annual event, Zoe is pulled into a murder investigation with more twists and turns then the narrow road leading to the valley below.

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November 1, Silver Bells 2008 In the air, there’s a feeling of Christmas . . . so settle into your coziest armchair and enjoy four captivating tales that will make your holidays merry and bright . . . “Silver Bells” by Fern Michaels For years, movie star Amy Lee wondered what it would be like to leave her shallow Hollywood life and go back home to Apple Valley, Pennsylvania. This Christmas, she plans to find out. And Hank Anders, her high-school boyfriend, is now ready to give her a welcome she’ll never forget . . . “Dear Santa . . .” by JoAnn Ross Mystery author Holly Berry’s SUV has broken down in the little hamlet of Santa’s Village, Washington. Holly hates the holidays—that is until lodge owner Gabriel O’Halloran and his five-year-old daughter rekindle her belief in passion, magic, and Christmas wishes . . . 48 14,216 “Christmas Past” by Mary Burton Photographer Nicole Piper just received a very unwelcome Christmas gift—a letter that holds clues to an elusive killer’s identity. Uncovering the truth means enlisting homicide detective David Ayden’s help, and embarking on a road trip that will take them both into the heart of danger and desire . . . “A Mulberry Park Christmas” by Judy Duarte Every Christmas, the folks living on Sugar Plum Lane pull out all the stops when decorating. After a bitter breakup, Alyssa Ridgeway’s heart just isn’t in it this year. But running into her first love, James “Mac” MacGregor, fills her with memories of the tender Christmas kiss they once shared . . .

December 3, Murder at Melrose Court: A Country 2018 It's 1920 and Christmas is coming. Major Lennox finds a body on his doorstep - why on his doorstep? Was it to do with the Countess? House Christmas Murder Was it about the ruby necklace? Lennox must go to Melrose Court, home to his uncle, Lord Melrose, to uncover the mystery. But then 49 14,401 the murders start and it snows and suddenly everything becomes very complicated...

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November 7, What Four: Family Fruitcake Frenzy (A Val 2017 Most Definitely Contains Nuts. Fremden Mystery Book 4) All Val wants is a quiet holiday away from her oddball family. But that just ain't gonna happen. After a close brush with a crazy cousin in St. Pete, Val and her boyfriend Tom travel to Hicksville to find the annual "Family Fruitcake" competition already well underway. And there’s more than a few fruits and nuts in the running.... But the biggest contest is between Val and her mom. As their battle of wills heats up, unexpected ingredients get thrown into both women’s batter. It may be time to call in a game warden…. Who'll win? Who'll get their just desserts? And will Val’s half-baked family finally prove too much for Tom to handle, or will he rise to the occasion? What Four: Family Fruitcake Frenzy is a satirical look at something we've all come to love and dread -- spending time with our nutcase relatives during the holidays. It's told through the eyes of Val, a middle-aged woman who can't escape her redneck roots, no matter how far out on a limb she climbs. 50 14,621 If you like deeply flawed characters and laugh-out-loud situations, you’ll love What Four. It’s the fourth book in Margaret Lashley’s hilarious Val Fremdens Mystery Series. Give yourself the gift of laughter. Buy a copy and head down the road to Crazyville today! Praise for What Four: "I have NEVER related to a character more than I related to Val in this story. I laughed, and cried, until tears ran down my cheeks." "This book did not disappoint! In a style much like Janet Evanovich, her characters leave you laughing out loud and find you wishing to meet them." "I haven't laughed this hard in awhile. Val's mother and aunts are hoots. People, you've got to read this book! What a great way to end the year, with laughter." "This author has a zany and wonderful way with words. Very cleverly written but thoughtful as well. Her characters were amazing." "From nutty cuz’s to old friends and family, the ride is great fun." "It doesn't get much better than this. Another crazy romp through Val land." November "It is so funny I could not put it down." Merry Christmas, Alex Cross 12, 2012 On Christmas Eve, Alex Cross must risk everything to solve a mystery and stop a hostage situation from spiraling out of control.

It's Christmas Eve and Detective Alex Cross has been called out to catch someone who's robbing his church's poor box. That mission behind him, Alex returns home to celebrate with Bree, Nana, and his children. The tree decorating is barely underway before his phone rings again: a horrific hostage situation is quickly spiraling out of control. 51 15,173 Away from his own family on the most precious of days, Alex calls upon every ounce of his training, creativity, and daring to save another family. Alex risks everything-and he may not make it back alive on this most sacred of family days. Alex Cross is a hero for our time, and never more so than in this story of family, action, and the deepest moral choices. Merry Christmas, Alex Cross is a holiday classic for thriller fans everywhere.

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December Hercule Poirot's Christmas: A Hercule 15, 2003 In Hercule Poirot’s Christmas, the holidays are anything but merry when a family reunion is marred by murder—and the notoriously Poirot Mystery (Hercule Poirot series Book fastidious investigator is quickly on the case. 20) Christmas Eve, and the Lee family’s reunion is shattered by a deafening crash of furniture and a high-pitched wailing scream. Upstairs, 52 15,241 the tyrannical Simeon Lee lies dead in a pool of blood, his throat slashed.

When Hercule Poirot offers to assist, he finds an atmosphere not of mourning but of mutual suspicion. It seems everyone had their own reason to hate the old man. . . .

November Merry Masquerade in Savannah: A Made 19, 2017 ~~Read This Cozy Mystery FREE with Kindle Unlimited~~ in Savannah Cozy Mystery (Made in Savannah Cozy Mysteries Series Book 8) "If you like clean cozy mysteries that keep you guessing until the end, you’ll love Hope Callaghan’s Books!”

“Merry Masquerade in Savannah” is Book 8 in the Made in Savannah Cozy Mysteries Series

BONUS: RECIPE INCLUDED! When a murder takes place at Savannah’s event of the season, the “Merry Masquerade” party, Carlita and Mercedes must help solve the mystery before the killer strikes again. ------Carlita, Mercedes, and Tony are gearing up to celebrate their first Thanksgiving at their new home in historic Savannah, Georgia. Along 53 15,290 with the excitement of the upcoming holiday season, there’s a lingering sadness because part of their family won’t be there to celebrate. When Carlita’s friend, Victoria “Tori” Montgomery, invites the Garlucci family to her “Merry Masquerade” party at Montgomery Hall, Carlita is thrilled to have something to take her mind off the approaching holiday. Despite a recent theft and an assault on her butler, Tori moves forward with her party plans, a grand affair and a gathering of Savannah’s elite. The Merry Masquerade turns out to be everything it was billed to be and more, when one of Tori’s employees is found murdered inside the pool house. Is the murder linked to the recent break-in and the butler’s attack at Montgomery Hall? Could the killer be living under Tori’s roof? Or was it a masked party guest trying to make it look like an inside job? Join the Garlucci women as they help one of Savannah’s most prominent residents track down a killer!

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September Christmas Caramel Murder (A Hannah 27, 2016 Christmas normally descends on Lake Eden, Minnesota, as gently as reindeer alighting on a rooftop—but this yuletide season the only Swensen Mystery Book 20) thing coming down Hannah Swensen’s chimney is a case of murder . . .

The holidays have arrived, and Hannah and her good pal Lisa have agreed to provide all the goodies for the town’s annual production of A Christmas Carol. But before anyone can say “Bah, humbug!” a Santa-sized sackful of trouble ensues. Like the fact that Lisa’s husband will be playing Mr. Claus to his ex-girlfriend Phyllis Bates’ Mrs. Claus. Or that before the curtains even go up Phyllis is found 54 15,600 dead in the snow—wearing a costume that the real Mrs. Claus would put on the naughty list. Soon after, the suspects pile up faster than snowdrifts in a blizzard, while a merry murderer remains on the loose. With clues even harder to find, it might take a visit from ghosts of Christmas past to wrap up this mystery in time for the holidays . . . Includes a Dozen Holiday Recipes from The Cookie Jar!

“Tasty . . . Hannah is irresistible as a cookie fresh from the oven.” —Publishers Weekly

November Yule Be Dead (Victoria Square Mystery 27, 2018 A Christmas crime shocks the merchants of a quaint shopping district in this latest installment of The New York Times bestselling Book 5) Victoria Square series. It's Christmastime, but not everyone is jolly--especially not Vonne Barnett. Her dead body has been found in Victoria Square. Katie Bonner, the manager of Artisan's Alley, happens to be at the tea shop Vonne's mother, Francine, owns when the news is delivered. 55 15,653 Vonne left a trail of men behind her so the suspects are many--but the clues are few. A broken teacup leads Katie to one of the suspects, but before she can investigate, she's attacked. Katie may be closing in on a murderer, but time is ticking because the murderer is definitely closing in on her.

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December 4, Christmas in Absaroka County: Walt 2012 It’s holiday season in Absaroka County and Sheriff Walt Longmire gets personal in this delightful collection of four short stories from Longmire Christmas Stories (A Penguin New York Times–bestselling author Craig Johnson. Special) (Walt Longmire Mysteries) Full of Longmire’s dry wit and good heart, Christmas in Absaroka County is a holiday must-have for every Longmire and Craig Johnson fan, and it also includes the first chapter of The Cold Dish, the first novel in the Longmire Mystery Series. Readers glimpse a softer side of Sheriff Walt Longmire as he grapples with the death of his wife, Martha, and his sometimes turbulent but ever-loving relationship with his daughter, Cady. In these four stories—“Ministerial Aid,” “Slick-Tongued Devil,” “Toys for Tots,” and 56 16,007 “Unbalanced” (three of which have been sent to Johnson’s fans over the years in the author’s “Post-it” e-mails)—Walt is alternately at his best and his worst. He helps a somewhat delusional elderly victim of domestic abuse while sporting a bathrobe and a mean hangover on New Year’s Day. He’s sidelined by grief when his wife’s obituary reappears in the paper and there’s an unexpected knock on his door two days before Christmas. He strives to help even those who don’t want it when he picks up a young female hitchhiker, and he’s forced into some last-minute Christmas shopping by the Greatest Legal Mind of Our Time, during which he might just end up saving a young Navy chaplain’s Christmas.

October 7, Christmas Carol Murder (A Lucy Stone 2014 "I like Lucy Stone a lot, and so will readers." --Carolyn Hart Mystery Series Book 20) It's Christmas in Tinker's Cove, Maine, and Lucy Stone is excited about her acting debut in the town's production of A Christmas Carol. But a real life Scrooge has everyone feeling frosty, and with a murderer on the loose, Lucy will have to unwrap her sleuthing skills faster than she can say, "Bah! Humbug!" Lucy normally loves planning for the holidays, but this year, Tinker's Cove has fallen on hard times. With so many residents struggling to 57 16,422 make ends meet, Christmas festivities are a luxury some can't afford. But the story's not so bleak at Downeast Mortgage, whose tightfisted owners, Jake Marlowe and Ben Scribner, are raking in profits from everyone's misfortune. Half the town is in their debt, so when the miserly Marlowe is murdered, the mourners are few and the suspects are many. . . "Engaging. . .a satisfying conclusion." --Publishers Weekly "Longtime Lucy Stone readers will be happy to catch up on life in Tinker's Cove in this cozy Christmas mystery." --Library Journal

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August 1, In the Nick of Time (THE 12 MYSTERIES OF 2018 Special price of 99¢ for a limited time! CHRISTMAS Book 1) Faith Tillerson loves her job as a school teacher but it doesn’t leave much opportunity to meet eligible bachelors—unless you count divorced fathers and perhaps a stalker. Nick Claussen knows he’s a workaholic but what’s a guy to do when murder doesn’t take a holiday? Hopefully they’ll be able to get through the holidays alive. THE 12 MYSTERIES OF CHRISTMAS series: • Book 1: IN THE NICK OF TIME by Susette Williams • Book 2: GABRIEL’S SECRET by Alexa Verde • Book 3: GUARDING CANDY KANE by V.B. Tenery 58 16,498 • Book 4: MURDER: UP ON THE ROOFTOP by Lilly York • Book 5: TIDINGS OF JOY by Susette Williams • Book 6: HOLLY IN HIDING by P. Creeden • Book 7: STARR WITNESS by Susette Williams • Book 8: NOELLE ON THE RUN by Alexa Verde • Book 9: GOLDEN BELLES ARE WRINGING by Gina Conroy • Book 10: DEATH BY FIGGY PUDDING by P. Creeden • Book 11: SWEET REVENGE by Lilly York • Book 12: MERRY WITHOUT MALICE by P. Creeden

November Homeward Hound: A Novel ("Sister" Jane 20, 2018 “Sister” Jane Arnold returns in a colorful mystery featuring four-legged sleuths—and the breathtaking thrill of the chase—from the New Book 11) York Times bestselling author of Crazy Like a Fox. As winter deepens over the Blue Ridge Mountains, even the threat of snowstorms cannot derail this year’s Christmas run, not as long as Sister Jane has a say in it. With spirits high and traditions strong, a glorious parade of hunters in full holiday regalia gathers on the grounds of Tattenhall Station. But a blinding blizzard brings an early end to the sport. More disturbing: A horse soon returns without its rider. Gregory Luckham, the president of a powerful energy company pushing for a pipeline through central Virginia, is the missing hunter. His 59 17,042 presence on the hunt has been controversial to say the least, and few would bemoan his passing. A search is organized for what is presumed will be a dead, frozen body. What is discovered, however, chills everyone to the bone—and points toward murder. With more than a few opinions offered by hunters, horses, hounds, and foxes, Sister Jane sets out to track down a killer and untangle a mystery packed as hard as snow—full of secrets, old wounds, and avarice. Steeped in the local history of Virginia’s horse country, Homeward Hound is a delightful immersion into a storied world no one knows better than Rita Mae Brown, accompanied by the indelible animal characters she brings vividly to life.

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November The Lola Cruz Christmas Story, A Prequel 28, 2010 The Lola Cruz Christmas Story is a short, holiday prequel to Living the Vida Lola. Lola is summoned by a woman from her past and (Lola Cruz Mysteries) becomes part of her own Christmas story as she leads Margo Callaghan to safety. 60 17,099

November 8, Wreath Between the Lines (A Cookbook 2018 The Agatha Award–winning author of Pressing the Issue returns to the Cookbook Nook, where Jenna Hart is busy decking the halls and Nook Mystery 7) ducking a killer . . . The holidays are Jenna Hart’s favorite time of year, but just as she’s decorating the Cookbook Nook for all the festive events, her imperious older sister makes a surprise visit, anxious that her husband’s been more naughty than nice. To make matters worse, her father’s good friend Jake shows up on her doorstep with a frantic report that his friend has been murdered—trussed with Christmas lights and impaled with a tree star. Worried that Jake was the intended victim, Jenna makes a list of suspects and checks it twice. Swapping her Santa’s hat for a sleuthing cap, she gets busy investigating Jake’s long-lost sister, his Grinch of a neighbor, and a stamp collector who covets Jake’s most treasured piece. When Jake himself is poisoned and nearly dies, Jenna knows she’ll have to do whatever it takes to corner the culprit before it’s lights out for Jake . . . Includes tantalizing holiday recipes! 61 17,632 Praise for Daryl Wood Gerber and the Cookbook Nook Mysteries: “There’s a feisty new amateur sleuth in town and her name is Jenna Hart. With a bodacious cast of characters, a wrenching murder, and a collection of cookbooks to die for, Daryl Wood Gerber’s Final Sentence is a page-turning puzzler of a mystery that I could not put down.” —Jenn McKinlay, New York Times bestselling author of the Cupcake Mysteries and Library Lovers Mysteries “In Final Sentence, the author smartly blends crime, recipes, and an array of cookbooks that all should covet in a witty, well-plotted whodunit.” —Kate Carlisle, New York Times bestselling author of the Bibliophile Mysteries “Readers will relish the extensive cookbook suggestions, the cooking primer, and the whole foodie phenomenon. Gerber’s perky tone with a multigenerational cast makes this series a good match for Lorna Barrett’s Booktown Mystery series . . .” —Library Journal “So pull out your cowboy boots and settle in for a delightful read. Grilling the Subject is a delicious new mystery that will leave you hungry for more.” —Carstairs Considers Blog About the Author: Agatha Award–winning and nationally bestselling author Daryl Wood Gerber is the author of the Cookbook Nook Mysteries, the French

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November The Cat of Christmas Future (Whales and 21, 2017 As with The Cat of Christmas Past and The Cat of Christmas present, while this holiday cozy features a mystery, it does not feature a Tails Cozy Mystery Book 14) murder. It is Christmas on Madrona Island and the spirit of Christmas is out in full force. A cat who looks a lot like a cat from Cait's past comes to visit just as Cait and Cody are getting ready for a full lineup of holiday events. When Cait learns of the cat's true purpose for coming into 62 18,384 her life she realizes she will need to set some of her usual routines aside in order to prevent a tragedy from occurring in the future. Meanwhile the entire Hart Family is gathering at Maggie's as a series of personal events causes each of member of the family to seek temporary refuge in the large house.

Gabriel's Secret (THE 12 MYSTERIES OF July 23, 2018 Unlike her relatives, who either joined the lucrative jewelry business or became thieves, rookie cop Ava Davis chose public service. CHRISTMAS Book 2) Sent undercover on her first assignment to catch a notorious thief expected at the hotel in Christmas Tyme, Colorado, Ava intends to prove the police didn't make a mistake by hiring her. With her family history looming over her, she doesn't have time to reconnect with her childhood friend and first crush, Gabriel Lark. After being wrongfully accused, former cop Gabriel wants nothing to do with the police and longs for restful holidays. But when a series of thefts at the hotel threaten his new livelihood, he needs Ava's help to find the thief. Once deceived, can he trust her? Then an extravagant hotel guest is murdered, her jewels missing, and Ava is attacked… Can Ava and Gabriel solve their issues-and the mystery-before Christmas? And all before something from Gabriel's past can destroy his and Ava's future… THE 12 MYSTERIES OF CHRISTMAS series: • Book 1: IN THE NICK OF TIME by Susette Williams • Book 2: GABRIEL’S SECRET by Alexa Verde 63 18,531 • Book 3: GUARDING CANDY KANE by V.B. Tenery • Book 4: MURDER: UP ON THE ROOFTOP by Lilly York • Book 5: TIDINGS OF JOY by Susette Williams • Book 6: HOLLY IN HIDING by P. Creeden • Book 7: STARR WITNESS by Susette Williams • Book 8: NOELLE ON THE RUN by Alexa Verde • Book 9: GOLDEN BELLES ARE WRINGING by Gina Conroy • Book 10: DEATH BY FIGGY PUDDING by P. Creeden • Book 11: SWEET REVENGE by Lilly York • Book 12: MERRY WITHOUT MALICE by P. Creeden

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November Christmas Moon (Vampire for Hire Book 25, 2013 Book 4.5 in the bestselling "Vampire for Hire" series! 4.5) Mother, wife, private investigator...vampire. Seven years ago, federal agent Samantha Moon was the perfect wife and mother, your typical soccer mom with the minivan and suburban home. Then the unthinkable happens, an attack that changes her life forever. And forever is a very long time for a vampire. 64 18,854 Now with Christmas just around the corner, Samantha Moon finds herself taking on a very strange case. A mysterious family treasure has been stolen, something priceless that's been passed down through the generations, something buried in secrets. Samantha's reward is simple: she gets half of whatever it is...if she can find it first. And just as the holidays threaten to consume her, Samantha is approached by a very mysterious man, someone who knows all her secrets, a man who might not be a man at all. This Christmas, Samantha Moon's world is about to be rocked...

December 4, Eggs on Ice (A Cackleberry Club Mystery 2018 The Christmas season at the Cackleberry Club café is marred by murder in the latest book in the New York Times bestselling series. Book 8) Some say that casting crusty attorney Allen Sharpe as Scrooge in the Kindred Players production of "A Christmas Carol" is just playing to type. He's not the most beloved man in town. In fact, you'd have a dickens of a time finding someone who liked him. Still it's a shock when the Ghost of Christmas Past stabs him during the first rehearsal. Suzanne, co-owner of the Cackleberry Club café, Kindred's favorite combination diner, craft store and bookshop, chases the murderer out of the building but loses him in the alley. 65 18,949 As the days pass the list of suspects grows longer. Is it the disgruntled partner? The former secretary whom Sharpe sexually harrassed? Or is it fellow owner of the Cackleberry Club, Toni's almost ex-husband, Junior? The women of the Cackleberry Club are determined to find the killer before he can add another victim to his Christmas list.

November Christmas Shop Murder: A Small Town 13, 2018 Tessa Schmidt, lover of all things seasonal, is happy to hear that Shady Lake is going to have their very own Christmas shop. Sue Minnesota Cozy Mystery Peterson is going to turn the Used-A-Bit, her second hand store, into a Christmas shop set to open on Black Friday. Tessa’s family owns a bed and breakfast and she has decided to undertake the large task of decorating for the holidays, so the new shop is just what she needs. Unfortunately, the landlord of the building has died and the new landlord, Claire Freeman, is not willing to cut Sue any slack on her past due rent. Once December is over, Sue’s store is out and Claire’s self-service dog washing and grooming salon is moving in. As if Tessa isn’t busy enough decorating and working at the bed and breakfast along with volunteering to help Sue set up the Christmas 66 19,394 shop, her mother slips on a patch of ice and breaks her leg leaving all of the family holiday preparations to Tessa. Tessa has so much on her plate that it is almost overflowing. But then Black Friday comes and Claire is found dead in the Christmas Shop just before the grand opening. Multiple people close to Tessa come under suspicion, so once again she finds herself investigating a murder to make sure that everyone can be home in time for Christmas. Will Tessa be able to solve the murder while maintaining her holiday cheer?

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December Home for the Holidays: A Garden Girls 10, 2015 “If you like clean cozy mysteries that keep you guessing until the end, you’ll love the Garden Girls Cozy Mystery Series” Cozy Mystery (Garden Girls Christian Cozy Mystery Series Book 10) Home for the Holidays is Book 10 in the Garden Girls Cozy Mysteries Series

BONUS - RECIPES INCLUDED! ------Christmas in the cozy town of Belhaven is a magical season, but this year it will be extra special for "Garden Girl" Gloria Rutherford. The much-anticipated wedding to the love of her life, Paul Kennedy, will soon take place and all of Gloria's children and their families will be coming home to celebrate. Paul, only days away from retiring from Montbay County Sheriff's Department, drops a bombshell on Gloria when he tells her he's being 67 19,506 investigated for criminal activity. Not wanting to drag Gloria into his crisis, Paul all but calls off the wedding and then suddenly disappears. A heartbroken Gloria is ready to throw in the towel and run away until her friends, The Garden Girls, step in, determined to get to the bottom of Paul's investigation, clear his name and get the wedding back on track. Will the girls be able to salvage Gloria's special day or will she soon be saying "Bah Humbug" instead of "I do?"

The Garden Girls Cozy Mystery Series contains no foul language, sex, or gore...Just clean, cozy mysteries!"

~~Read This Christmas Mystery FREE with Kindle Unlimited~~

November 1, The Cat of Christmas Past (Whales and 2015 It's Christmas on Madrona Island and Cait and friends have plans to embrace the magic of the season. The only dark spot on their Tails Cozy Mystery Book 6) celebration is the fact that a miserly old landlord is set on evicting an apartment building full of tenants just days before Christmas. Cait makes it her mission to save the old building and is aided by a cat named Ebenezer as they try to convince the old man to change his mind. Things look hopeless when she realizes that an unsolved mystery may be behind the man's gruff exterior. Cait vows to solve the 68 19,695 mystery as a means of softening the man's heart and saving the apartments. An impossible task? Maybe. But Cait knows that miracles are real and anything can happen at Christmas. Note for mystery purists: This story involves a cold case mystery which is linked to a modern day problem but does not contain a present day murder.

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November 2, A Holiday Yarn: A Seaside Knitters Mystery 2010 Holiday time is magical in Sea Harbor, as the Seaside Knitters turn winter yarns of deep reds, greens, and golds into gifts. But when murder comes to this small New England town, they must set aside their needles to pursue justice—and restore joy to the season. In Sea Harbor the scent of snow fills the salty air, and at Izzy’s Seaside Yarn Studio, the Knitters feast on cookies, knit their gifts, and plan their holiday gatherings. Across town, Mary Pisano is sparing no expense to transform the estate she inherited from her grandfather into a bed-and-breakfast. When the Pisano family gathers for their annual meeting, Mary offers to put up her cousins in the 69 19,970 refurbished family home, hoping to dispel any ill will over her inheriting the estate. But hard feelings are likely the cause when Mary’s cousin Pamela is found dead on the B and B’s snowy back porch. While the Seaside Knitters begin unraveling the case, Izzy Chambers is knitting her brow over her own mystery—the mystery of love. As the holiday draws nigh, the four friends will need all their crafty know-how to solve the crime and restore holiday peace—and the magic of mistletoe—to Sea Harbor.

October 18, The Twelve Dogs of Christmas: An Andy 2016 Defense lawyer Andy Carpenter usually tries to avoid taking on new cases at all costs. But this time, he’s happy—eager, even—to take Carpenter Mystery (An Andy Carpenter the case that’s just come his way. Andy’s long-time friend Martha “Pups” Boyer takes in stray puppies that the local dog rescue center Novel Book 16) can’t handle, raises them until they’re old enough to adopt, and then finds good homes for them. Not everyone admires the work Pups does as much as Andy does, however. With Christmas just around the corner, one of Pups’s neighbors has just reported Pups to the city for having more than the legal number of pets in her home under the local zoning laws.

Andy happily takes Pups’s case, and he feels confident in a positive outcome. Who could punish someone for rescuing puppies, after 70 20,156 all, especially at Christmastime? But things get a lot more complicated when Randy Hennessey, the neighbor who registered the complaint against Pups, turns up dead. Pups had loudly and publicly threatened Hennessey after he filed his complaint, and Pups was also the one to find his body. All the evidence seems to point to Pups as the killer, and suddenly Andy has a murder case on his hands. He doesn’t believe Pups could be guilty, but as he starts digging deeper into the truth behind Hennessey’s murder, Andy may find himself facing a killer more dangerous than he ever imagined.

With his trademark wit, larger-than-life characters, and clever plotting, David Rosenfelt delivers another gripping mystery.

December Christmas in Port Scuttlebutt (Double 20, 2018 At the grand opening of The Port Playhouse, Shelby Gunner directs her first Christmas play to a packed house. Spirits are high after the Barrel Mysteries Book 4) show and amid the hubbub and excitement someone leaves a baby outside her dressing room door. Later that night, a young woman and her newborn are discovered missing. As snow piles up and the temperature drops, time is of the 71 20,719 essence to bring them home safely. A suicidal man found unconscious near Lake Superior may be the last person to have seen them, and he can’t help because he made a wish… that he had never been born.

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The Meaning of Our Tears: The True Story May 1, 2016 On a snowy Christmas Day in 1929, Charles Davis Lawson, a respected tobacco farmer in rural North Carolina, murdered everyone in of the Lawson Family Murders of his family except one son. He left the world to consider the reason behind his extremely surprising and brutal act. Since that time, a Christmas Day 1929 huge and lonely mass grave has existed quietly in a small family cemetery deep in the North Carolina woods, and it has left generations of people wondering why. On the tombstone, the epitaph reads: "Not now, but in the coming years, It will be in a better land, We'll read the meaning of our tears, and then sometime we'll understand." This sad tale became an even more mysterious one after the gruesome murder scene was left intact for Depression Era tourists to visit and walk through. 72 20,827 Sixty years later, more than could ever have been imagined surfaced from interviews with the elderly friends and family of the murderer. Many of whom finally had the courage to tell what they had known for many years. After so many long years, the Lawson family tragedy was documented in the original compelling 376 page collectible hard-cover edition of THE MEANING OF OUR TEARS. The beginning of this book sets the historical stage with true stories of the families involved. The book chronicles the lives of the people involved as they struggled to work and live in the foothill tobacco farming community. Of value also is that this book gives the reader a sense of what life was like in area during that era. Other heart-wrenching tragedies tested this family in many ways and preceded the mass murder. Once you are fully engaged in the story, the actual crime is amazingly reconstructed for the reader using the voices of family members, friends, period photographs, the information given by actual eye witnesses of the aftermath, and the funeral that was attended by thousands. Few murders have ever had so much information come forward so long after the crime was committed. Offered only in limited amounts as a collectible book, and having become very sought-after over the years -- for the first time -- the author is allowing November this book to be offered in ebook form at an affordable price. The Cat of Christmas Present (Whales and 11, 2016 With less than two weeks until Christmas Cait stumbles across a man who had been washed up onto the beach. The man is very much Tails Cozy Mystery Book 10) alive, but after suffering a blow to the head, he cannot seem to remember who he is or how he came to be on the island. Cait and 73 20,989 visiting cat Clarence set out to discover Prince Charming's identity only to find that their charismatic guest may not be so charming after all. A Christmas Tragedy: A Miss Marple Story June 11, 2013 Previously published in the print anthology The Thirteen Problems. (Miss Marple Mysteries) 74 21,509 At a health resort, Miss Marple becomes suspicious that a man she meets is planning on murdering his wife.

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December 1, Santa Sleuth (Zoe Donovan Mystery Book 2015 It's Christmas in Ashton Falls and the entire Zimmerman household is gearing up for their first Christmas as a newly formed family unit. 18) While Zak is busy decking the halls, Zoe is busy tracking down a killer while still taking the time to make certain a little girls Christmas 75 22,187 wish comes true. It's funny, it's family, it's a Zak and Zoe Christmas.

November A Thanksgiving in Provence: A Maggie 19, 2018 This year’s Provencal Thanksgiving at Maggie and Laurent's is not the usual mail-order turkey and hard-to-find cranberry sauce. When Newberry Holiday Novella (Maggie unexpected and decidedly unpleasant dinner guests arrive equipped with an agenda at the traditional American feast, Maggie is faced Newberry Mysteries Book 28) with a shocking discovery that threatens to not only ruin the holiday for everyone—but destroy the very fabric of treasured friendships for years to come. 76 22,214 Laurent’s recipe for his classic American Thanksgiving dressing is included in this lighthearted novella about lessons learned, forgiveness and being thankful for what we have. This book is a clean read: no graphic violence, sex or strong language Genre: light culinary cozy mystery, women amateur sleuth, cozy animal (dog)

November Murder: Up on the Rooftop (THE 12 13, 2018 Nikole (Nik) Saynnt had always longed for the Christmases of post cards: snow topped roofs, chopping down a Christmas tree and MYSTERIES OF CHRISTMAS Book 4) mistletoe hanging in the doorway. Growing up in the city, she often settled for black sedans instead of horse drawn sleighs and sleek drinks in tall glasses rather than hot chocolate topped with whipped cream. 77 22,219 After a short career at a posh boutique hotel in New York City, Nik finds herself the proprietor of the Mistletoe Bed & Breakfast Lodge. She sets about proving herself to the folks of Christmas Tyme, Colorado—as well as to herself—in throwing the best old-fashioned Christmas Eve party the town has ever seen. She’s made a list and checked it twice so everything should go as planned. Unfortunately for Nik, something has gone awry up on the rooftop!

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December A FRIGHTFUL NOEL: The Detectives of 12, 2018 Can a gang execution, a pregnant witness, and a mountain-brewed snow storm be the perfect recipe for a Christmas miracle? Hazel Hill - Prequel Novella Doug Ramirez, a detective for the Hazel Hill Police Department, and his wife, Paige, an EMT for the HHFD, thought they'd be dancing the night away even when the rest of North Carolina was hunkering down for a massive snow storm, but when Doug is called out to investigate a body in gang ridden area of the city, the dancing will have to wait. Doug and his partner, Rebecca Palmer, arrive on the scene of a gang execution and find a scared and pregnant witness to the murder. Their focus changes from hunting a murder to protecting this young girl from the killers. The snow storm swirling overhead only increases the risk on everyone's lives. Will they all make it through the night alive?

78 23,517 You won't want to put this novella down! A prequel to Liz Bradford's NOT ALONE, read A FRIGHTFUL NOEL no matter where you are in the series.

The Detectives of Hazel Hill Series A FRIGHTFUL NOEL - Prequel Novella NOT ALONE - Book One PURSUED - Book Two (coming 2019) ON YOUR KNEES - Book Three (coming 2019)

October 20, That Silent Night: A Lady Emily Christmas 2015 'Tis the season for murder, mayhem, and mistletoe across the pond from New York Times bestselling author Tasha Alexander Story (Lady Emily Mysteries) In this new short story from Tasha Alexander, Lady Emily -- called "Victorian London's most colorful and delightfully eccentric sleuth"* -- and her dashing husband Colin are spending a few days in London, doing some last-minute Christmas shopping and making the most of the time alone, when they find themselves in the middle of an unexpected mystery. The couple is just getting cozy, not at all bothered by the storm outside. But when Lady Emily looks out the window to see a woman standing in the blowing snow, without a coat, an eerie feeling falls over her, and she rushes out to help, only to find that the woman has disappeared. Colin is convinced her eyes were playing 79 23,733 tricks on her, but Emily is haunted by the woman's image. Clearly, there is something spooky afoot, and she is determined to get to the bottom of it. . . .

Complete with the vivid descriptions and period detail Lady Emily fans have come to expect from this series, That Silent Night is a delicious morsel of a mystery, with an irresistible ghost story at its heart.

*Jacqueline Winspear, New York Times bestselling author of the Maisie Dobbs series

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November Fatal Festive Donuts (A Donut Truck Cozy 27, 2017 Christmastime at the holiday market means mistletoe, colorful lights and…a dead body. Mystery Book 2) It is almost Christmas and Joyce and Brenda are excited to get a coveted spot at the local holiday market. Business is thriving and they are looking forward to celebrating the holidays. But Christmas becomes the last thing on their minds when a dead body is found on ‘Donuts on the Move’. Not only is their truck shut 80 23,839 down, but they become the prime suspects. With the evidence stacking up against them and a detective who thinks they’re guilty, they decide to take things into their own hands and find the murderer. Joyce and Brenda’s investigations lead them straight towards danger. Will they find the killer before they land up in handcuffs or even become victims themselves? Recipe Included: Baked Gingerbread Donuts with Ginger Glaze

November Santa Demon: A Mark Vedis Supernatural 16, 2018 What’s even Better than loving Santa? Being Santa! Short Story (Southeast Asia Paranormal Police Department Short Stories Book 1) Bert the demon loves Christmas. The gifts, the music, the yearly seafood buffet, the orgy...what's not to like? But, like all children, he eventually finds out Santa isn’t who he thought. The good news is, unlike everyone else, Santa Claus actually is his mom. Even better, she wants Bert to take over the job. The bad news is there’s more to the job than stuffing stockings and getting his bells jingled. 81 24,297 So what's a demon to do? Drag his friend Mark Vedis along for the ride, of course. Join Bert, Mark, and the Santa team as they go through hell in their quest to bring a merry Christmas to all. Especially for Bert.

Buy Santa Demon for an oddly festive ride into the world of Mark Vedis today!

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October 23, Six Cats a Slayin' (Cat in the Stacks 2018 Charlie Harris and his Maine Coon cat, Diesel, are busy decking the halls for the holidays when an unexpected delivery and a shocking Mystery Book 10) murder conspire to shake up the season in this all new installment of the New York Times bestselling series. December twenty-fifth is right around the corner, and Charlie is making his list and checking it twice. He is doing his best to show some peace and goodwill toward his nosy neighbor Gerry Arbitron, a real estate agent who seems to have designs on his house (and maybe on him, as well), while preparing for a very important role, indeed--his first Christmas as a grandfather. The last thing Charlie expects is to gain several new additions to his family. Charlie finds a box on his doorstep with five kittens inside 82 24,510 and a note begging him to keep them safe. With Diesel's help, Charlie welcomes the tiny felines into the Harris household just as Gerry decides it is time to throw a lavish holiday party. Determined to make her mark on Athena, Gerry instead winds up dead at her very own party. Though attempts to dig into her past come up empty, Charlie and his girlfriend, Helen Louise, witness two heated exchanges involving Gerry before her death: one with a leading citizen and another with the wife of a good friend. Will one of these ladies wind up on the sheriff's naughty list? Charlie and Diesel have to wrap up the case before the special season is ruined by a sinister scrooge.

March 5, A Stillness in Bethlehem (The Gregor 2013 In a small New England town, a Christmas controversy is grounds to kill Demarkian Holiday Mysteries Book 7) Bethlehem, Vermont, is a sleepy little town, distinguished from the neighboring hamlets by its Christmas pageant. The holiday spectacular dates back generations; as the village’s only tourist attraction, it brings in much of the money that keeps Bethlehem afloat. The festivities are held on publicly owned land, which might be a slight violation of the separation of church and state, but no one has 83 25,201 ever complained until Tish Verek comes to town.

Verek is a true-crime writer from New York, and not long after she kicks up a fuss about the pageant, she’s shot dead in an apparent hunting accident. Anyone in Bethlehem could have fired the fatal bullet, and it’s up to ex–FBI investigator Gregor Demarkian to decide which Christmas-obsessed villager is really a grinch in disguise.

December 9, We Witch You A Merry Christmas - A Short 2015 A short Christmas story featuring all of your favourite characters from the Witch P.I. Mystery series. Story Jingle bells, jingle bells... 84 25,451 Jill and Mrs V are both in big trouble until salvation comes from the most unlikely quarter. ...custard creams all the way.

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November Slay Bells (A Christmas Village Mystery 23, 2018 “If there is a list of perfect books for Christmas, then I am pretty sure Slay Bells is on that list.” – GOODREADS review Book 1) ‘Twas the week before Christmas and all through the village, the night settled in over swirling-smoke chimneys.

The air was alive with pine and with holly, with sugar and cinnamon and cider, by golly!

Along snowy lanes and through shadows it crept, past windows behind which each villager slept,

Where sleeping dogs lie and cats rest a’purring—

Tonight, in Christmas Village, a killer is stirring. 85 25,606 Nestled betwixt an opulent garden with meandering footpaths and an ancient grove of plum trees, Plum Cottage Inn is plum-full with lodgers in for the Christmas Festival. There are no vacancies...until one by one the lodgers start dying in inexplicable ways.

Short as a stump, round as a wheel, sweet as a candy cane, and a sharp as a whip, Maribel Claus loves a good puzzle. Can Mrs. Claus solve the mystery and save Christmas?

If you enjoy the classic Golden Age small village and English country house mysteries as well as lighthearted cozies of our present day, you will fall in love with the Christmas Village Mysteries. And your love affair starts right here with Slay Bells.

Slay Bells includes diagrams of the murder scenes and a one-of-a-kind BOOK GROUP CHALLENGE.

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December Intermezzo: Family Matters: A Wisteria 18, 2018 Between Christmas and New Year's, Ellen Rosings travels a landscape of doubt. Can she and Tony truly forge a permanent Tearoom Interlude relationship, and will their families support or oppose their intention to marry? ------Dear Readers – PLEASE NOTE: ~ This is not a mystery. The next Wisteria Tearoom Mystery will be A Black Place and a White Place, coming out in 2019. ~ This is not a novel. It’s a novella, about a third as long as a novel. That's why it costs less than the novels. 86 25,615 ~ This is not “leftovers.” It is not text that was edited out of a novel. It’s all original material that is focused on the characters in the series. ~ Where it fits: this story falls between book 6, As Red as Any Blood, and book 7, A Black Place and a White Place. ~ Finally, if you have not encountered the Wisteria Tearoom books before, this is not the best one to start with. Any of the mysteries—the full-length novels—is a better choice. Since they’re sequential, I recommend starting with book 1, A Fatal Twist of Lemon. - Patrice Greenwood

October 9, Warm Hands Cold Heart: A Marshall 2018 1868 - Recently married and awaiting the birth of her first child, Margaret Davies takes a position at Wendall Hall, a privately funded House Christmas Mystery (Marshall House charity for unwed, expectant women in a small town east of Edinburgh. With Christmas around the corner and a number of birthing Mystery Book 7) rooms empty, Margaret and head midwife, Violet Bane, turn their attention to the babies in the nursery ensuring they arrive at their adoptive homes in time for the holidays. 87 25,835 Wendall Hall’s Christmas preparations take an unexpected turn, however, when a body is discovered in a snow bank outside the Hall’s side door the day following a harrowing storm. It doesn’t take long for Margaret to realize not everything is what it seems at the benevolent charity. Decades old secrets lurk in the shadows of the old manor house, secrets that go far beyond penniless women trying to hide their scandalous pregnancies, secrets Violet Bane had meant to take with her to the grave.

April 12, Coasts of Christmas Past: From the Tales 2014 Dan Coast is all set to spend Christmas just the same way he has every year for the past few years; alone and drunk. But when of Dan Coast uninvited, unexpected guests arrive and throw a wrench into his holiday plans he is forced to sober up (slightly), and throw on a smile. 88 26,983 Just when it seems nothing else could go wrong, a close friend is injured in what appears, to the police, to be a drug deal gone bad. Dan Coast and his sidekick, Red jump into action to find the truth while their friend lays unconscious in the hospital.

December Stockings - Two Haward Mysteries 20, 2011 In one story meet Remy and Theo as six year olds trying to meet Father Christmas and in the other see them come to terms with being Christmas Short Stories the guardians of Blackwood during their first Christmas as such. The Haward Mysteries is a set of Contemporary Fantasy, short stories and bargain priced novels full of magic and mystery with a side 89 27,082 of CSI thrown in. Follow the Agatha Christie style whodunits of the novels, delve into the artfully rendered sorcerous science of the magical crimes and explore the enchanted world of the Haward Twins as they face supernatural trials in both their professional and private lives. Stockings was released in Dec 2011 as a FREE Christmas gift for fans of the Haward Mysteries. 75 of 83 Top 100 Bestsellers - Book Descriptions

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October 24, How the Finch Stole Christmas!: A Meg 2017 As in her previous Christmas mysteries, Six Geese a-Slaying, Duck the Halls, and The Nightingale Before Christmas, Andrews Langslow Christmas Mystery (Meg continues to write “firmly in the grand tradition of Agatha Christie’s Christmas books” (Toronto Globe and Mail). Langslow Mysteries Book 22) New York Times bestselling author Donna Andrews takes us home to Caerphilly for the holidays in her new hilarious Christmas mystery How the Finch Stole Christmas!

Meg's husband has decided to escalate his one-man show of Dickens' A Christmas Carol into a full-scale production with a large cast

90 27,313 including their sons Jamie and Josh as Tiny Tim and young Scrooge and Meg helping as stage manager.

The show must go on, even if the famous—though slightly over-the-hill—actor who's come to town to play the starring role of Scrooge has brought a sleigh-load of baggage and enemies with him. And why is Caerphilly suddenly overrun with a surplus of beautiful caged finches?

How the Finch Stole Christmas! is guaranteed to put the "ho ho hos" into the holidays of cozy lovers everywhere with its gut-bustingly funny mystery.

November Angela's Christmas Adventure: An Angela 27, 2016 Angela's Christmas Adventure contains spoilers from the Angela Marchmont Mysteries, and so is best enjoyed as a sequel to the Marchmont Short Story (An Angela series. Marchmont Mystery) Angela Marchmont is looking forward to spending a nice, cosy Christmas à deux in Saratoga Springs, but before she can set off she 91 28,116 finds herself caught up in the search for her elderly neighbour's missing diamond ring. Can Angela find it and help a young couple celebrate their own happy Christmas? This is a short story of ten thousand words, or seven chapters—just right for an afternoon curled up on the sofa!

November 1, Christmas Cozy (Zoe Donovan Mystery 2014 Christmas in Ashton Falls is always a magical time of year. The first big snow has arrived, the tree in the town square has been Book 11) decorated, the window displays completed, and Hometown Christmas is just around the corner. Zoe finds herself knee deep in holiday shopping and Children’s wishes as she and Zak play host to nine year old Scooter Sherwood and his friend Alex. Although a bit hectic, 92 28,285 the magic of Christmas is in full bloom and things couldn’t be more perfect until Zoe finds the body of history teacher Holly Jolly in the Ashton Falls High School Christmas Tree lot run by best friend Levi Denton and is pulled into a dangerous holiday investigation.

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November Suite Revenge: A Cruise Ship Cozy Mystery 27, 2016 ~~Read This Christmas Mystery FREE with Kindle Unlimited~~ (Cruise Ship Christian Cozy Mysteries Series Book 8) "If you like Christmas mysteries, you'll love this Cruise Ship Christmas novel by Hope Callaghan!"

Suite Revenge Is Book 8 In The Cruise Ship Christian Cozy Mysteries Series

BONUS: Recipe Included! After a brief break back home, Millie Sanders returns as Assistant Cruise Director aboard the “Siren of the Seas” mega cruise ship. She 93 28,295 can’t wait to get back into her routine and to see her good friends Cat and Annette, but also the love of her life, Captain “Nic” Armati. When Millie’s daughter, Beth, and her family decide to book a week long cruise aboard Millie’s ship the same week Millie returns, she’s excited to introduce her family to her cruise ship family. Millie’s joy turns to shock when she discovers not only is her beloved family joining her for the cruise, but also her ex-husband, Roger, and his fiancée, Delilah. Things quickly go from bad to worse when Delilah is found dead and Roger is convinced Millie is to blame. Will Millie and the ship’s crew members be able to prove her innocence…or will her ex-husband get his suite revenge?

December Wreck The Halls: A Moose River Christmas 14, 2018 It's the most wonderful time of the year...until a grinch steals Christmas… Cozy Novella The holidays are here, and Daisy and her family can’t wait for Moose River’s annual holiday festival and parade. But when a scrooge decides to undeck the halls and steal the town’s decorations, including Moose River’s very own giant Santa Claus, the celebration is immediately put in danger. No one knows what's happened to the missing items. And no one is claiming responsibility. But everyone in town knows that if there are no decorations, there’s no Christmas. Period. 94 29,804 Daisy realizes if she wants to save the holiday, she’ll need to figure out exactly what happened to Santa and his missing reindeer. She quickly discovers an awful lot of people might have reason to sabotage the town’s festivities. An ousted member of the Christmas planning committee. A bitter ex-wife. And even Santa Claus himself. With the clock counting down, Daisy knows she needs to work fast. Because Christmas is depending on her. **This is a 25,000 word short holiday story featuring the characters of the Moose River Mystery series. It's a quick read that will have you laughing out loud and put you in the mood for the holidays!**

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November 6, Mystery of the Magi: The Quest to Identify 2017 "How utterly refreshing and encouraging to read Fr. Longenecker's extraordinary ruminations on something we all thought we the Three Wise Men understood, and obviously hardly begin to understand, until now. That he has dug so deep—so we can see things we have never seen before—is a testament both to his archaeological implacability and genius and to the happy fact that God has hidden endless treasures in the Scriptures for our benefit. —Eric Metaxas, New York Times bestselling author of Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy and Martin Luther Modern biblical scholars tend to dismiss the Christmas story of the “wise men from the East” as pious legend. Matthew’s gospel offers few details, but imaginative Christians filled out the story early on, giving us the three kings guided by a magical star who join the adoring shepherds in every Christmas crèche. For many scholars, then, there is no reason to take the gospel story seriously. But are they right? Are the wise men no more than a poetic fancy? In an astonishing feat of detective work, Dwight Longenecker makes a powerful case that the visit of the Magi to Bethlehem really 95 30,043 happened. Piecing together the evidence from biblical studies, history, archeology, and astronomy, he goes further, uncovering where they came from, why they came, and what might have happened to them after eluding the murderous King Herod. In the process, he provides a new and fascinating view of the time and place in which Jesus Christ chose to enter the world. The evidence is clear and compelling. The mysterious Magi from the East were in all likelihood astrologers and counselors from the court of the Nabatean king at Petra, where the Hebrew messianic prophecies were well known. The “star” that inspired their journey was a particular planetary alignment—confirmed by computer models—that in the astrological lore of the time portended the birth of a Jewish king. The visitors whose arrival troubled Herod “and all Jerusalem with him” may not have been the turbaned oriental kings of the Christmas carol, but they were real, and by demonstrating that the wise men were no fairy tale, Mystery of the Magi demands a new level of respect for the historical claims of the gospel.

November 8, A Mind Reader's Christmas: An Eric 2017 Eric Beckman, a mind-reading private investigator, is spending Christmas in snowy Vermont with his wife and daughter. He needs a Beckman Mystery break from solving cases, but the townspeople convince him to look into the village mystery: Every holiday season, someone switches the baby Jesus with one of the other figures in the town’s nativity scene. With the help of his ten-year-old daughter, also a mind reader, he soon learns that some of the residents of the small town are not 96 30,223 who—or even what—they seem to be. There’s something supernatural going on in Newburn, Vermont. His investigation causes an escalation of strange happenings, and soon, swapped manger figures are the least of the town’s worries. If Beckman can’t adjust his view of the world—force himself to believe in things he never thought possible—the Christmas vacation could turn out to be his family’s last. A Mind Reader’s Christmas may be read as a standalone book or as Book Four in the Eric Beckman series.

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December 8, The Omen Days: A Christmas Ghost Story 2015 Autumn disappeared from his life once. And he's not going to let her do it again. Zack Aukey hates Christmas—despises it, actually. December carries painful memories of his first love Autumn Cleary, who left him during the holiday season. But when Autumn mysteriously shows up in Nashville on Christmas night bearing gifts and apologies, Zack 97 30,855 knows this is a holiday he won't soon forget. And then he sees the police report. From New York Times bestselling author J.T. Ellison comes her first Christmas story, marrying the magic of the season with her signature thriller twist.

November 1, Deck the Hallways (A Fixer-Upper Mystery 2016 In the fourth novel in the New York Times bestselling Fixer-Upper Mystery series, contractor Shannon Hammer must restore the Book 4) Christmas spirit by clearing her father's name... Don't miss the Hallmark Movies & Mystery Originals starring Jewel, based on the Fixer-Upper Mystery series!

Even during the holidays, Shannon is more spackle than sparkle, which is why she leaps at the chance to transform a grand old 98 31,654 Victorian mansion into ten charming apartments for homeless families. Filled with the spirit of the season, all of Lighthouse Cove turns out to help—including her best friends, a troupe of far-from-angelic Santa Claus impersonators, and her father, Jack. But their merriment is soon dashed by a heated scuffle between Jack and the miserly president of the bank who’s backing the project. When the man is murdered, all eyes are on Jack, and visions of prison time dance in Shannon's head. Now, she needs to pull off a crime-solving miracle, before her father’s Christmas goose is cooked...

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December Shabby All the Way: A Shabby Hearts 10, 2018 It's Christmas on the bayou...and there's a Grinch on the loose! Paranormal Cozy Mystery Christmas decorations and packages go missing at Shabby Hearts Trailer Park and Campground, and naturally everyone blames Bigfoot. A dirty Santa game at the Lake Dennis Senior Center gets completely out of hand. Aunt Mavis launches Operation Mistletoe with fatal results. Cyrus considers hanging up his thong for good, but a special request puts him back in the spotlight...and Arcadia isn't happy about it. A sketchy fruitcake makes the rounds, and Lucky is in the running for the Bad Dog of the Year Award.

It's Christmas at Shabby Hearts, y'all!

Shabby All the Way is Book Four of the Shabby Hearts series. Read all the Shabby Hearts books!

99 32,107 Shabby Hearts Series

A Touch of Shabby

Shabbier by the Minute

Shabby by Night

Shabby All the Way

Shabby and Starstruck (Coming Soon)

December Candy Canes and Christmas: A Pelican 11, 2018 For fans of Hallmark Christmas movies - a light hearted holiday story to get you in the spirit of the season. Cove Short Cozy Mystery (Pelican Cove Jenny King is trying hard to raise enough money for the local children's home. When a confused old man arrives on her doorstep, she Short Story Series Book 2) welcomes him with open arms. Is Jenny's guest a trickster like her boyfriend suspects, or is he just a lost soul, looking for a warm haven? 100 32,319 Curl up with this short cozy read this season and share it with your family and friends. **Candy Canes and Christmas is a light hearted short story set in the town of Pelican Cove. This is a bonus read for fans of the Pelican Cove Cozy Mystery series. If you are new to the series, this might be a fun way to enjoy the setting and meet the characters. Happy Holidays!

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