The Alpine Xanadu, by Mary Richardson Daheim

The Alpine Xanadu, by Mary Richardson Daheim

Emma Lord is not a plucky girl with a terrific shoe collection, nor is she a sharp old lady with her knitting. She’s a tough middle-aged reporter who has finally found love, and who approaches her job as editor and publisher of a small town weekly paper with all...
Wreck the Halls, by Sarah Graves

Wreck the Halls, by Sarah Graves

Everyone in the town of Eastport, Maine, had always said it would only be a matter of time till Faye Anne Carmody’s abusive husband Merle killed her. When Jacobia Tiptree walks into the Carmodys’ butcher shop and finds blood everywhere, she assumes...
Skipping Christmas, by John Grisham

Skipping Christmas, by John Grisham

When Luther and Nora Krank learn that their only child won’t be joining them for Christmas, they decide to skip Christmas and spend the money on a cruise instead. The hijinks that ensue (and there are plenty of hijinks) poke fun at the materialism and...
We Wish You a Merry Murder

We Wish You a Merry Murder

Susan Henshaw’s friends from the country club are back from their Caribbean cruises and have gotten their minks out of storage, so it must be time for the annual Christmas cookie exchange, the even that kicks off the holiday season in her upscale Connecticut...
Avalanche, by Patrick McManus

Avalanche, by Patrick McManus

Bo Tully, sheriff of Blight County, is on his way to a ski resort when an avalanche strands him, his unusual sidekicks, all the staff and guests at the resort — and possibly the murderer as well. Bo has to handle the murder (and a very clever murder it is) as...
Bah, Humbug! by Heather Horrocks

Bah, Humbug! by Heather Horrocks

Kyle Miller is a successful writer with a Christmas demon that is giving him writer’s block: the death of his mother 22 years ago on Christmas Eve. His family is demanding that he host the annual family Christmas (it’s been his turn for years), but he...