It's Christmas Eve but not all is merry and bright for Detective Geraldine Steel. With her family abroad and her friends booked up, she finds herself alone in York for the holidays. But when a man collapses at the local fair, it's clear that this isn't a case of winter flu. There's a killer in the crowds. Can Geraldine find the culprit before another life is taken?

A KILLER CHRISTMAS SURVIVING THE HOLIDAYS CAN BE A REAL KILLER Dispatched to an isolated ranch during a fierce Montana blizzard, T-FLAC operative Joe Zorn has been sent to protect a woman who is in impending danger. This isn't an op, but it beats spending the holidays alone at nearby T-FLAC headquarters. Things get complicated fast when the gorgeous, redhead event planner proves to be a dangerous distraction. HOLIDAY TRIMMINGS CAN BE DEADLY SEXY Kendall Metcalf tries to anticipate every contingency when she's commissioned to decorate a clients home for a large, weekend Christmas party. What she doesn't count on is the raging storm, or her intense attraction to the sexy counter-terrorist operative who shows up unannounced. He claims he's there to protect her from the notorious serial killer obsessed with her. The killer who has escaped prison... vowing to finish what he started. THE CLOCK IS TICKING Stranded by the weather, anticipating the arrival of her worst nightmare, Joe and Kendall’s strong attraction roars like a winter fire. Their white-hot passion is impossible to resist, but their sexual chemistry could prove a fatal distraction.

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

It’s Christmas in Allensbury, and the festivities are to die for… When the curtains open on the Fenleys department store Christmas window display, there’s a shock in store. A man lies dead amid the snow and reindeer, stabbed in the back. But who would murder mild-mannered, gentle Adrian Kendall? Crime reporter Emma Fletcher is immediately on the case, determined to find the killer. When a friend becomes the police’s prime suspect, she ploughs ahead with her investigation, desperate to find the truth whatever the cost. Emma has to decide who has been naughty or nice before someone else gets hurt. A Killer Christmas is a seasonal special and the next enthralling adventure in the Allensbury Mysteries crime series.

The search for a criminal becomes a fight for survival. The moment detective Cassidy Bowman links a chain of suspicious deaths to a serial killer, she becomes the deadly assassin’s number one target. But a blow to the head robs her of her memory and she can’t put the pieces of the case back together alone. Can she convince detective Kyle Howard to help her catch the culprit by proving her theory…before the killer succeeds in taking Cassidy’s life? From Love Inspired Suspense: Courage. Danger. Faith. Deputies of Anderson County Book 1: Buried Cold Case Secrets Book 2: Twin Murder Mix-Up Book 3: Detecting Secrets Book 4: Killer Christmas Evidence

It’s Christmastime in Cabot Cove, but there’s more homicide than ho-ho-ho in the newest entry in the USA Today bestselling Murder, She Wrote series. Christmas is not an easy time to sell a house, but in Boston tycoon John Bragdon, Cabot Cove Realtor Eve Simpson has found a buyer for the old Jarvis homestead. Unfortunately, Eve gets a lump of coal in her stocking in the form of Kenny Jarvis, who has been missing for years and presumed dead but has now come back to stop his sister from selling their childhood home. Eve presses on, organizing a welcome dinner for Bragdon and his wife, Rose Marie, to meet the leading citizens of the town, including Jessica Fletcher. Dinner is interrupted by an uninvited guest—not Santa but Kenny, who threateningly promises Rose Marie she will never live in his house. When Rose Marie is found dead a few days later, Kenny is the natural suspect. But Jessica isn′t so sure he′s on the naughty list . . .

'Tis the season for mistletoe...and murder! There will be no peace on Earth if Donna doesn't find a shipping container filled with heat-seeking missiles!

'Just the thing to chase the blues away' M. C. Beaton Following the butler's death and the cook's retirement, the ever-gullible Lady Lavinia replaces them with a power couple who are determined to thrust the crumbling estate into the 21st century. The Dowager Countess reluctantly agrees to hold a big-ticket Christmas gala and silent auction with a mystery celebrity flying in from Monaco as the guest of honour. Needless to say the newcomers' make a few enemies in their quest to change the status quo and when one body is discovered in the Victorian stumpery and a second, in the ha-ha, it seems that their high-flying past is catching up with them. Meanwhile, Kat is dealing with the theft of a valuable doll that had been earmarked for the auction. When it turns out that all the ticket money has vanished and there never was a celebrity guest, it's up to Kat to save the day and bring the cold-blooded killer to justice. Praise for Hannah Dennison: 'The perfect classic English village mystery but with the addition of charm, wit and a thoroughly modern touch' Rhys Bowen 'Downton Abbey was yesterday. Murder at Honeychurch Hall lifts the lid on today's grand country estate in all its tarnished, scheming, inbred, deranged glory' Catriona McPherson 'Will delight fans and new readers alike' People's Friend 'A fun read' Carola Dunn 'Sparkles like a glass of Devon cider on a summer afternoon' Elizabeth Duncan

With A Killer's Christmas in Wales, Elizabeth J. Duncan delivers a delightful holiday-themed mystery. As the townsfolk of the Welsh valley town of Llanelen settle in for the snowiest winter in twenty-five years, an American stranger arrives. Harry Saunders charms the ladies, one of them in particular: Evelyn Lloyd, the town's former postmistress, who was left comfortably off after the death of her husband. After Mrs. Lloyd invests a good deal of money with him, Harry goes missing, as does her money. His body is soon discovered outside the walls of Conwy Castle, and Mrs. Lloyd is implicated in the murder. Although Penny Brannigan and her business partner, Victoria Hopkirk, are busy overseeing the grand opening of their new spa, that doesn't stop Mrs. Lloyd from desperately seeking Penny's help to prove her innocence. It's quite possible that Harry made other enemies while in Llanelen and Penny's investigation unfolds while she juggles her work at the spa, her growing relationship with Detective Inspector Davies, and the Christmas window competition that she signed up to judge.

Home for the holidays And on the trail of a killer… After his missing niece turns up dead, state trooper Hamilton McCade joins the hunt for her murderer. Working the case with Detective Annette Lynley, they quickly discover there’s a serial killer in their town. With Christmas just around the corner, and the attraction between them heating up, Annette becomes a target. But Hamilton won’t let this monster hurt another woman he loves… From Harlequin Intrigue: Seek thrills. Solve crimes. Justice served. Discover more action-packed stories in The Lynleys of Law Enforcement series. All books are stand-alone with uplifting endings but were published in the following order: Book 1: Special Agent Witness Book 2: Christmas Lights Killer Book 3: Murder in the Blue Ridge Mountains