Christmas Detective

A heart-warming Victorian Christmas mystery with a touch of peril, this story is performed by award-winning narrators Simon Prebble and Wendy Tremont King. When Sir Henry Baskerville, now happily married, invites Sherlock Holmes to Baskerville Hall, that infamous baronial mansion in darkest Devonshire, the entire Baker Street team accepts his invitation for a family holiday. But Sir Henry has an ulterior motive and the powers of evil are at work.

In this #1 New York Times bestseller, the Women's Murder Club gets ready for a quiet Christmas—until a mysterious killer decides to terrorize the city. As the holidays approach, Detective Lindsay Boxer and her friends in the Women's Murder Club have much to celebrate. Crime is down. The...

When Laurel Claus trades the North Pole for the charming village of Snowberry Cove, she’s dreaming of cinnamon-scented mornings and a peaceful new life running her bakery, The Jolly Gingerbread. But when the town’s beloved Santa is found dead behind her shop, Laurel - and her anxious gingerbread sidekick, Crumb - land at the top of the suspect list. With Christmas magic fading, a trail of enchanted clues, and a grumpy-but-handsome police chief who isn’t sure whether to arrest her or protect her, Laurel must solve the case before the killer ruins Christmas for everyone. Perfect for ...

'Tis the season for mince pies, mulled wine... and murder! A dead body. A locked Christmas stall with no way in or out. A cunning killer who's gone before the tea's gone cold. Christmas in Southbourne should be all twinkly lights and festive cheer, but Fiona, Daisy, and Partial Sue—the retired trio who run Dogs Need Nice Homes charity shop— have little to celebrate. What with the elusive "Southbourne Stalker" prowling the streets of their sleepy seaside town, they're in need of a little seasonal magic.

It's almost Christmas, and Gwinny Tuffel's thoughts are on what she'll buy for DI Birch and whether she can adopt another furry friend. But sorting through her late father's papers leads her into his mysterious past, pointing to an enigmatic liaison with someone now living in a Somerset commune. Gwinny and DI Birch find themselves unexpectedly snowed in with a group of retired spies, along with an energetic Cocker Spaniel, and embroiled in a murder case. Will they uncover the culprit and escape in time for Christmas?

“Mummy – Daddy – there’s Santa! He’s hurt!” A young girl travelling home with her family, witnesses a man dressed as Santa Claus lying in an alleyway, his throat slashed. Noel Winters had been doing the rounds, playing Santa. His final engagement was at a private party hours before his murder. Winters had a reputation for heavy drinking and female company, and it had recently cost him his marriage. Local gossip suggests he had plans to be up and down a few chimneys over the festive period. DCI Tyler and DS Mills struggle to narrow down the suspects, including a bitter Santa ...

Christmas at a snowed in country house. You know what happens next… Not necessarily. Agatha Aston is invited to spend the weekend before Christmas with some old friends. Accompanied by her Machiavellian Basset hound, Talleyrand, Agatha encounters murder, ghosts and romance at a country house where nothing is as it seems. While Agatha has her hands full solving a murder, Talleyrand has his own problems in the shape of Bismarck, the hosts’ unfriendly German Shepherd. Expect fireworks. Containing a short ghost story within a story, The Christmas Murder Mystery is a twisty box of delights, ...

The lights are strung. The gifts are wrapped. But for these families, the guest at the door wasn't Santa Claus. For most, December is a season of warmth, reunion, and joy. But for homicide detectives, the winter break is often a time of high stress, simmering resentments, and tragic outcomes. In TRUE CRIME - Holiday Horror, author Logan Carter pulls back the curtain on the dark side of the festive season. From frozen rural fields to the neon-lit panic of modern cities, this collection documents twenty of the most harrowing cases ever opened under the cover of the season. Inside, you will ...

A murder a week before Christmas shatters Pine Grove’s twinkle-lights—and puts a chef back in detective mode. The holiday rush is on at The Good Chef Restaurant when former detective–turned–restaurateur Lily Good gets the call: local businessman John James is dead, and nothing about the scene—or the timing—feels merry. With Detective Lance Phillips leading the case and the press swarming Main Street, Lily steps in as Pine Grove PD’s civilian consultant, trading her chef’s knife for a notebook between courses of carrot-ginger soup and scallops with angel-hair. Rumors swirl ...

A light, cozy mystery series in a quaint Bavarian Christmas town with a fun loving, amateur female sleuth, her adorable rescue cocker spaniel, and enough garden gnomes to fill a museum. Book 1 - Deck the Santa Chloe Carson is excited for her long-awaited family reunion. But as they gather in a snow-clad village to plan their aging mother’s dream of opening a restaurant, the old lady’s habit of spreading garden gnomes around town leads to a panicked pilgrimage. And the mayhem continues when their visit to the nutcracker museum reveals Kris Kringle has come to an unmerry demise. With a ...

Christmas in Stoke-on-Trent turns deadly as heavy snow falls. A killer targets three victims, linked by forty-year-old sins: a poisoned pensioner with a hidden past; a charity worker, hung by Christmas lights; and a carer with a dark secret, tortured to death. Private Detective Tom Blake and criminologist Martha Lennox hunt a killer who’s a literary executioner. The meticulously staged crimes blend Classic Agatha Christie mystery with the moral fury of Dickens’ A Christmas Carol. Sinister warning notes at each scene declare: “I am the Jacob Marley of Death, and there will be more ...

Dive into the complete Nosy Neighbor Mystery Series, where bestselling author Cynthia Hickey delivers laugh-out-loud humor, heart-pounding suspense, and unforgettable small-town whodunits. Follow Stormi Nelson, a bestselling romance writer turned amateur sleuth, as she juggles quirky neighbors, unexpected romance, and murder cases that strike a little too close to home. From discovering dead bodies in vats of chocolate to surviving skincare parties gone wrong, unmasking obsessed stalkers, and navigating family vacations turned deadly, Stormi’s life in Oak Meadows Estates, Arkansas, is ...

Olivia Sanders, a young actress with a passion for detective novels, is hired by Lady Frances Calloway to find out who killed her aunt Mary, a 70-year-old woman who was apparently loved by everyone. The woman died two weeks earlier, during afternoon tea, poisoned with a powerful dose of arsenic, but Inspector Burton of Scotland Yard is still in the dark. Olivia must conduct an investigation alongside the police and travel from London to Blackwood, a village a few miles from the capital. She is accompanied by her best friend Violet, a hairdresser who has improvised as her assistant. The plan...

Silent Night turns deadly when a killer joins the chorus… When the Golden Ring Carolers arrive at Lena Larsen's Victorian guest house for their holiday retreat, she expects a peaceful week of seasonal songs and festive preparation. Instead, she gets a murder mystery wrapped in red velvet ribbon. The victim? Clara Whitmore, the group's controlling founder and lead soprano, whose talent for discovering secrets was matched only by her skill in wielding them against others. With a growing list of suspects—including a bitter ex-fiancé, an ambitious understudy, and a cousin trapped in ...

Thinking of jingle bells and mistletoe? Cozy up with these juicy mysteries loaded with yummy recipes, available via KINDLE UNLIMITED. Christmastime Murders is a limited edition of three bestselling cozy murder mysteries that have entertained thousands of readers. Expect plenty of lovable quirky characters, small town warmth, gripping suspense, Yuletide spirit and baffling puzzles riddled with red herrings. Titles in the anthology - CRANBERRY SAGE MIRACLE 5 stars – ‘Great surprise ending’ After surviving a couple of turbulent years, cafe owner Anna Butler is looking forward to ...

Sherlock and Lucy must defeat two ruthless organizations on two continents in this season two finale of the Sherlock and Lucy series. Their clever archenemy, the evil Lord Sonneborne, will fight them to the bitter end. But the Baker Street team is equally determined. Their own lives, and the life of Lucy's mother, are at stake, in a struggle to change the future of the British Empire.

A broken hero. A betrayed artist. A fifty-year-old secret that could burn everything to the ground. Noelle Parker has lost everything. After her ex-partner stole her business and her designs, she flees to the only place she can afford: a wind-swept island in the middle of nowhere. But her "fresh start" turns out to be a crumbling ruin of a workshop, and her new landlord is the most powerful man on the island—a tyrant determined to intimidate her into leaving before she even unpacks. Deputy Finn is known around town as "The Jinx." Ever since he accidentally set the Christmas Market on fire...

Colorful Christmas lights dapple the family homes in the idyllic lakeside town of Sweet Haven when Jennifer Dean, a young librarian at the local elementary school, is brutally murdered. There are witnesses and her boyfriend Travis Blake confesses to the crime...but something doesn't quite add up. Blake is a third generation Army Ranger, awarded the Silver Star for his heroism in Afghanistan - how could a beloved son of this tight-knit burgh commit such a grisly deed?

Every homicide detective's worst nightmare is to get a note that says "I will kill one body a month unless you stop me..." Detectives Nick Rudd and Duncan Crane of the NYPD got that note one cold day in January and they were now being forced with the impossible task of racing against the clock to stop a deranged serial killer from taking out half of New York. With no real victim pattern, no evidence, and nothing to lead them in a solid direction, the detectives were at a loss, but Detective Rudd wouldn't give up. Working around the clock, Nick Rudd was determined to stop this deranged ...

In the heart of Bloomwood, Christmas is nothing short of magical, with twinkling lights on every porch, sweet tea served warm with cinnamon, and Blossom & Thorne’s famous mistletoe arch. Sisters Iris and Poppy Thorne are up to their elbows in poinsettias and holiday cheer, with their quirky assistant Dolly humming carols off-key and the kids giddy for the town’s Christmas Market and Tree Lighting Ceremony. But when a local businessman collapses beneath the mistletoe, dead before the tree’s even lit, the season’s sparkle takes a sinister turn. Now the mistletoe is more murder weapon ...