At Christmastime, as young girls are disappearing, Rose is having disturbing dreams that reveal where their dead bodies can be found.

Who shot a gangster in a department store? Why was he disguised as Santa Claus? What crime was he planning, and who ordered his murder? It's Christmas, but crime hasn't taken a holiday. When a gangster disguised as Santa Claus is gunned down in a department store, Alvin Soh and his investigators begin unwrapping a mystery loaded with intrigue and thrills. Why does the dead man's brother ask for help? Why does the body count keep rising? And why is Alvin's life in more danger than ever?

"Curl up by the fire (and lock all the doors) for this Christmas cracker of a book." —C.S. Green, author of Sleep Tight Twelve clues. Twelve keys. Twelve days of Christmas. But how many will die before Twelfth Night? Agatha Christie meets Clue in this delightful, tense manor house murder mystery. The annual Christmas Game is afoot at Endgame House, the Armitages' grand family home. This year's prize is to die for—deeds to the house itself—but Lily Armitage has no intention of returning. She hasn't been back to Endgame since her mother died, twenty-one years ago, and she has no intention of claiming the house that haunts her dreams. Until, that is, she receives a letter from her aunt promising that the game's riddles will give her the keys not only to Endgame, but to its darkest secrets, including the identity of her mother's murderer. Now, Lily must compete with her estranged cousins for the twelve days of Christmas. The snow is thick, the phone lines are down, and no one is getting in or out. Lily will have to keep her wits about her, because not everyone is playing fair, and there's no telling how many will die before the winner is declared. Including additional scavenger hunts for the reader, this clever murder mystery is the perfect gift for fans of classic mysteries, festive Christmas books, and armchair detective work.

As Christmas approaches a terrifying killer must be stopped . . . As the snow starts to fall, the mutilated body of a young woman is discovered on a construction site. Then the demolition of the old Chase Asylum reveals further human remains. It starts to become clear that there's a link between the two deaths . . . And perhaps also to the asylum's old warden, who disappeared decades earlier. Detective Jake Austin is on the hunt for a clever, twisted killer, and it's going to be anything but a peaceful Christmas time . . . What readers are saying... 'WOW' 'Shocking and brilliant' 'So absorbing, thrilling, no punches pulled' 'Full of suspense and suspects' 'A roller coaster read' 'Couldn't put it down'

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.

In the sixth mystery in the New York Times bestselling Royal Spyness series, Lady Georgiana Rannoch cannot wait to ring in the New Year—before a Christmas killer wrings another neck… Scotland, 1933. While her true love, Darcy O’Mara, is spending his feliz navidad tramping around South America and her mother is holed up in a tiny village called Tiddleton-under-Lovey with droll playwright Noel Coward, Georgie is quite literally stuck at Castle Rannoch thanks to a snowstorm. It seems like a Christmas miracle when she manages to land a position as hostess to a posh holiday party in Tiddleton. The village should be like something out of A Christmas Carol, but as soon as she arrives things take a deadly turn when a neighborhood nuisance falls out of a tree. On her second day, another so-called accident results in a death—and there’s yet another on her third, making Georgie wonder if there's something wicked happening in this winter wonderland... Includes an English Christmas companion, full of holiday recipes, games, and more!

Detective Jock Mitchell, after serving eight years in the Washington, DC, Metropolitan Police Department (DCPD), left DCPD to pursue a career as a homicide detective. He landed in the historic city of Fredericksburg, Virginia, with his wife, Latisha. After being named the sheriff department's only homicide detective, his work was largely relegated to solving B&Es and robberies. Detective Mitchell hadn't found the fulfillment he sought. On a cold winter morning in December, Detective Mitchell found himself at the center of a brutal and terrifying killing. Little did he know, it was just the beginning of a killing spree. How many would face the killer's rath before he was caught, if ever? As the bodies piled up, the city desired a festive Christmas and holiday season, but the killer, aptly named the Christmas Killer, desired revenge and was killing the season's holiday business. The inexperienced detective had no answers, only victims. Was he really cut out to be a homicide detective? Critics' Views: Fascinatingly entertaining. Brilliantly written. Clever plot and engaging. Kudos to new mystery author, J. R. Mitchell Fletcher.

Another Christmas mystery is brewing in Cottage Grove ... Tasha had only been teasing her pal, Lorena, when she’d called her brew “deadly.” Who knew the new camp director in town would soon be found poisoned to death—and Lorena, the camp cook—would be a suspect? After her own brush with death the year before, Tasha had promised her boyfriend, Marc, she would stay far away from sleuthing. But with Marc out of town, and all eyes on Lorena, what choice does she have? With Christmas coming, and a criminal on the loose, can Tasha solve the mystery … before the killer strikes again? "A perfect holiday season escape." ~ Amanda Flower, USA Today Bestselling Author, about The Christmas Thief

" Santa's on his way, but the house Cat shares with her best friend and a monthly writing retreat isn't even decorated yet. Christmas is coming early to Cat Latimer's Writers Retreat. Cat and the gang aren't feeling the Christmas spirit. First up on her to do list, the last retreat of the year. A group of non-fiction authors dying to get into the Covington library. When one writer is found dead before the first retreat session, Cat must find the killer before he puts her on his naughty list"--