Author: C. S. Challinor Publisher: Llewellyn Worldwide ISBN: 0738713597 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 218
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Christmas is murder-- when you're stranded in East Sussex with a killer. When guests at a secluded Victorian hotel start dying, all hopes for a jolly holiday are dashed.
Author: Bruce Hammack Publisher: Bruce Hammack ISBN: 1958252220 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 266
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Sun, sand… and deadly secrets. Blind private investigator Steve Smiley is pulled into another case when his partner's father suspects an employee has been selling company secrets and hires Smiley to sniff out the mole. But after an employee is left beaten and comatose, it becomes clear there's more at stake than just corporate sabotage. To smoke out the culprit, Smiley and his partner hatch an elaborate plan - gather the suspects on a private Caribbean island under the guise of an elite leadership retreat. But when the assault victim suddenly dies, they realize a cold-blooded killer lurks among the participants. As the weeklong leadership gauntlet of grueling mental and physical challenges ramps up, nerves fray and resentments boil over. The stakes escalate when two of the suspects are targeted by an unidentified assailant. Now it's a race for Smiley to solve the mysteries and unmask a killer before more blood is spilled on the sand.
Author: Mel McCoy Publisher: Mel McCoy ISBN: Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 178
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It’s beginning to look a lot like murder… It’s the off-season in Cascade Cove, and a disgruntled magician, Rufus the Magnificent, is in town to perform his final magic show. But things aren’t that magnificent for the people of the Cove when a body is found on the dangerous rocky terrain leading to the old Beachside Beacon. Sarah is excited to enjoy her first Christmas in Florida, and her spontaneous grandpa and sassy cousin go above and beyond to make it her best one yet. Although stringing lights on palm trees and flamingoes with Santa hats are not on Sarah’s list of typical Christmas traditions, she is excited to partake in the annual Surfing Santas event. That is, until she runs into a mysterious figure who may or may not be the killer. As the whole town prepares for the festivities, Sarah and Adam team up to locate the elusive suspect and wrap up the case before the holiday season is a bust. Could this peculiar person who’s lurking around the small beachside town be the murderer? Or do they hold the answers to the magician’s secrets behind the magic? Join Sarah and the rest of the gang at Larry’s Pawfect Boutique in this exciting Whodunit Pet Cozy Mystery Series. Get nestled in your favorite chair, grab a cup of hot cocoa, and escape into the cozy beachside town of Cascade Cove!
Author: Carlene O'Connor Publisher: Kensington ISBN: 1496723600 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 354
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'Tis the season for hot chocolate and mouthwatering treats. But sometimes too much of a good thing can be downright deadly . . . CHRISTMAS COCOA MURDER by CARLENE O’CONNOR Siobhán O’Sullivan’s hopes for a quiet Irish Christmas are dashed when the local Santa turns up dead in a carnival dunk tank of hot cocoa. Now instead of hunting down holiday gifts, she’s pursuing a heartless killer. Seems the dead Santa was no angel either, stealing neighborhood dogs to guide his sleigh. But was it his holiday antics—or worse—that led to his death by chocolate? CHRISTMAS COCOA AND A CORPSE by MADDIE DAY When local businessman Jed Greenberg is found dead with a Chocolate lab whimpering over his body, the police start sniffing around Robbie Jordan’s country restaurant for answers. Was it something in Robbie’s hot cocoa that killed Jed, or was it Cocoa the dog? As the suspects pile as high as her holiday tree, Robbie attempts to get to the bottom of the sickly-sweet murder . . . DEATH BY HOT COCOA by Alex Erickson A Christmas-themed escape game seems like the perfect pre-holiday treat for bookstore café owner Krissy Hancock and her best friend. But when the host is found dead in a pool of hot cocoa, it’s up to Krissy and her team to catch the killer—or escape before getting killed. There’s nothing like a hot cup of murder to warm up the holiday season!
Author: Harper Lin Publisher: Harper Lin Books ISBN: Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 98
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From 3x USA TODAY Bestselling Author Harper Lin: FREE 1st in the series novella in a 4-book holiday mystery series. Includes Holiday Drink Recipes! After breaking up with hunky movie star Nick Doyle, superstar singer Emma Wild returns to her hometown for Christmas to get away from it all. In Hartfield, a small town in Ontario, Canada, she gets caught up in a murder case after a fan's drink is poisoned at the Chocoholic Cafe, owned by Emma's sister Mirabelle. Who is the killer and was the drink originally intended for Emma? To add to the chaos, Sterling Matthews is the detective on the case. He'd shattered her heart nine years ago and inspired all her hit singles, but now they must work together to find the murderer before the murderer finds Emma. This is the first book in the Emma Wild 4-book Holiday Series. Book 1: Killer Christmas Book 2: New Year's Slay Book 3: Death of a Snowman Book 4: Valentine's Victim Save and own the complete 4-Book Emma Wild Holiday Series Box Set! keywords: christmas cozy mystery cozy mystery series with recipes small town cozy mystery free cozy mystery first book holiday mystery novella Christmas murder mystery chrismas holiday mystery holiday cozy mystery with romance
Author: Harper Lin Publisher: Harper Lin Books ISBN: Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 721
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Read 3 Christmas-themed cozy mysteries from 3 popular series by USA Today bestselling author Harper Lin. Save and Buy the Box Set! Retail value: $15 USD. BOOK 1: Cremas, Christmas Cookies, and Crooks is the 6th book in the Cape Bay Café Mysteries. When Fran moves back to her idyllic beach town to take over the family café, she also develops a knack for solving bizarre murders. In Cremas, Christmas Cookies, and Crooks, 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. However, Mike, the town’s lead detective, says they have solid evidence that proves she did it. Sammy, an employee at the cafe, 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… BOOK 2: Fur-miliar Felines is the 7th book in the Wonder Cats Mysteries. Cath Greenstone, her cousin Bea, and her hippie aunt Astrid live in Wonder Falls, a small town near the mystical Niagara Falls. They run the Brew-Ha-Ha café, and naturally, they’re witches hiding in plain sight along with their three magical cats, Treacle, Peanut Butter, and Marshmallow. Cath’s power is the ability to communicate with animals. She often converses with their cats, also magically inclined, and they help uncover more than one secret lurking in wonderful Wonder Falls. In Fur-miliar Felines, it’s Christmastime, but something strange and sinister is in the air. Treacle, Cath’s courageous black cat, can’t see what it is, but he feels a dangerous presence out there in the snow-blanketed streets. Aunt Astrid also feels dark ripples in the dimensions. The Greenstone witches suspect this creature is somehow tied to the disappearance of two high school students. Soon, one of them turns up dead, half-eaten. The holiday spirit is in full effect in Wonder Falls, but so is a puzzling and gruesome murder mystery. BOOK 3: Crime Before Christmas is the 4th book in the Bookish Café Mysteries, a cozy series with romance. Maggie Bell loves working at a bookshop in the charming town of Fair Haven, Connecticut. After her beloved boss passes away, his son, Joshua Whitfield, moves into town and turns Maggie’s world upside down. He wants to turn part of the store into a cafe and sell books about vampires and silly romances. Maggie is horrified. Can a quiet book lover fall for a rugged carpenter… who doesn’t even like to read?!? In Crime Before Christmas, Fair Haven is celebrating its annual Ice Fishing Jubilee right before Christmas. When a bad-mannered lawyer is found frozen to death inside his fishing shack, the police soon discover he was really shot. The prime suspect is local ice fishing legend Jim Campbell, but Maggie thinks he is innocent. The culprit could be the long-suffering wife or the mistress, and soon, Maggie is off doing her own investigating, dragging Joshua along for the ride. As her boss, Joshua couldn’t possibly be romantically interested in her. So why did he hold her so close at the town dance? As Christmas nears, Maggie catches a killer and also a kiss under mistletoe. Keywords: Cozy holiday mysteries, christmas cozy murder mysteries box set, cozy christmas mysteries with dogs, cozy mysteries with cats, mysteries with talking cats, new Christmas cozy mysteries 2022, cozy mystery Christmas book bundle, holiday cozy mystery bundle, Christmas holiday cozy mystery with romance, cozy mysteries box sets, holiday cozy mystery, witches holiday cozy mystery books, new Christmas cozy mysteries, Christmas cozy mysteries 2022, heartwarming cozy Christmas mysteries, cozy mystery Christmas books
Author: Bellamy Bloom Publisher: ISBN: Category : Languages : en Pages : 254
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An innkeeper who reads minds. An ornery detective. And a trail of bodies. Cider Cove is the premiere destination for murder. Each book in the series can be read individually so dive on in! ***Includes RECIPE*** My name is Bizzy Baker, and I can read minds-not every mind, not every time but most of the time and believe me when I say it's not all it's cracked up to be. The holidays have arrived in Cider Cove and so has the owner of the Country Cottage Inn. He's instructed me to throw a holiday gala to remember in hopes to wow his fancy friends but the festivities come to an abrupt end when a killer joins the party. Christmas is afoot and so is murder. Bizzy Baker runs the Country Cottage Inn, has the ability to pry into the darkest recesses of both the human and animal mind, and has just stumbled upon a body. With the help of her kitten, Fish, a mutt named Sherlock Bones and an ornery yet dangerously good looking homicide detective, Bizzy is determined to find the killer. The Country Cottage Inn is known for its hospitality. Leaving can be murder.A laugh out loud cozy mystery by New York Times Bestseller Addison Moore and her partner in cozy crime, USA TODAY Bestseller Bellamy Bloom.- Cosmopolitan Magazinecalls Addison's books, "...easy, frothy fun!" Cider Cove, Maine is the premiere destination for fun and relaxation. But when a body turns up, it's the premiere destination for murder.
Author: Shannon Symonds Publisher: By the Sea Cozy Mystery Series ISBN: 9781958626214 Category : Languages : en Pages : 0
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This year, Christmas in Esther and Sophie's beach town is anything but jolly.Despite enjoying the Parade of Lights, cutting fresh Christmas trees, and eating delicious treats, murder has darkened the Christmas spirit in Necanicum. With all the strange goings on, Sophie and Esther take seasonal jobs at the newest business in town: a books and bakery shop. But when someone starts killing the competition at another bookstore, the girls know they must find answers before Santa comes to town. Was it the bad boy baker with the wrench in the library? Or was it the new school principal with the Christmas cookies by the fire? Make room for some old-fashioned traditions and sleuthing as Sophie and Esther race to solve the mystery before this Christmas becomes someone's last chapter.
Author: Sally J. Smith Publisher: Gemma Halliday Publishing ISBN: 1943587817 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 204
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From USA Today bestselling authors Sally J. Smith & Jean Steffens comes a ho-ho-hilarious Mystic Isle Mystery... 'Tis the season at The Mansion on Mystic Isle, and Melanie Hamilton, resident tattoo artist at the resort renown for its supernatural atmosphere, can feel the holiday spirit everywhere in the Louisiana bayou. The festive mood runs deeper than just the tinsel, mistletoe, and twinkling lights, as the milk of human kindness is flowing with gift giving, good cheer, and donations. But when Papa Noël turns up as dead as the Ghost of Christmas Past, and all the bounty from a recent charity drive is stolen, Melanie turns to Jack Stockton, the resort's handsome general manager, to help her find the killer and get it all back. Who wanted Papa Noël dead and why? Was it the bag of loot they were after, and Papa just got in the way? Or was it a more personal attack on the jolly man in the red suit? Not only does Mel find herself in a fight to prove one of her co-workers innocent, but she's also in a race against a ticking clock to save the life of a sick child. Before long, she closes in on the killer—or maybe it's the killer closing in on Mel! Mystic Isle Mysteries: Mystic Mayhem (book #1) Mystic Mojo (shorts story in the Killer Beach Reads collection) Mystic Mistletoe Murder (book #2) Mystic Mischief (book #3) Mystic Deception (book #4) What critics are saying about Sally J. Smith & Jean Steffens: "Charming, cunning and clever, MYSTIC MAYHEM is a smartly paced murder mystery." —Romance Junkies "Sally J. Smith and Jean Steffens bring the beauty of the bayou alive with this cozy murder mystery. If you like flirting and fun with your dose of fear this is a must-read." —Night Owl Reviews