Shakespeare’s Christmas by Charlaine
Harris
While attending her sister's wedding the cleaning lady
and karate expert, Lily Bard of Arkansas, investigates an unsolved kidnapping
which occurred eight years earlier. It seems both the child and the kidnapper
are in town.
Silent Night by Robert B. Parker (new!)
It's December in Boston, and Spenser is busy planning the
menu for Christmas dinner when he's confronted in his office by a young boy
named Slide. Homeless and alone, Slide has found refuge with an organization
named Street Business, which gives shelter and seeks job opportunities for the
homeless and lost. Slide's mentor is being threatened, and Street Business is
in danger of losing its tenuous foothold in the community, turning Slide and
many others like him back on the street.
The Snow White Christmas Cookie by David
Handler
A blizzard-marked first Dorset Christmas for Des Mitry is
overshadowed by the drug-related death of Mitch's neighbor, a shoplifting
Kylie, and a mail thief whose activities are linked to a prescription drug
gang.
Spirit of Steamboat by Craig Johnson (new!)
A holiday entry in the best-selling series finds Sheriff
Walt Longmire making the acquaintance of a scarred young woman who raises
questions about his predecessor while imparting the story of a tragic car
accident during a blizzard that marked Walt's first year as sheriff.
The Spy Who Came for Christmas by David
Morrell
As holiday celebrations take place in Santa Fe, Agent
Paul Kagan is on the run with a baby the Russian mafia wants to destroy and
turns to a mother and her young son for help during a violent night where they
all must work together to keep the child safe from harm.
A Stillness in Bethlehem by Jane Haddam
Arriving in Bethlehem, New Hampshire, to witness the
town's nativity play, FBI agent Gregor Demarkian and his friend, Father Tibor
Kasparian, find their vacation plans postponed by murder most foul.
Sugar Cookie Murder by Joanna Fluke
During the Christmas party at Lake Eden's community
center, Hannah Swensen stumbles upon a murder when Martin Dubinski's new wife,
a former Las Vegas showgirl, is found dead with Hannah's mother's silver cake
knife buried in her cleavage.
The Twelve Clues of Christmas by Rhys
Bowen
While serving as an assistant to the hostess of a large
Christmas house party in Tiddleton-under-Lovey, Georgie gets the attention of
her retired detective grandfather after dead bodies begin showing up.
Twelve Drummers Drumming by C.C. Benison
Father Tom Christmas—recent widower and now single father—is
the new vicar of the English village of Thornford Regis. He soon realizes that
the idyllic village is not the refuge he'd hoped for when the 19-year-old
daughter of the choir director is murdered and one of his parishioners appears
to be the killer. This series first has been followed by Eleven Pipers Piping and Ten
Lords A-Leaping, which came out this month.
Visions of Sugar Plums by Janet
Evanovich
A holiday adventure finds Stephanie Plum struggling to
remove an intruder from her apartment and falling for a mysterious newcomer.
Voices by Arnaldur Indriðason
The Christmas rush is at its peak in a grand Reykjavík
hotel when Inspector Erlendur is called in to investigate a murder. The hotel
Santa has been stabbed to death, and Erlendur and his fellow detectives find no
shortage of suspects between the hotel staff and the international travelers
staying for the holidays.
When Elves Attack by Tim Dorsey
Thrill killer and Sunshine State historian Serge A.
Storms, the endearing psychopath, delivers his special brand of Christmas
cheer. More outrageous than Santa Claus in a Speedo, this book serves up a
Yuletide feast of "pure gonzo humor.” For fans of hilarious crime fiction
black comedy.
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