Wonder Women Sixty’s TOP Holiday Cozy Mysteries

Snowed in? Fogged in? Too cold to brave the weather?  Stay in your jammies, we’ve got the solution – be snug as a bug in your rug with these delightful holiday mysteries!

Some of these are new releases, some are older – but one thing they all have in common, they are all simply well-done and entertaining, especially during those long winter months! We LOVE these and think you will, too!

OUR FAVORITE HOLIDAY MYSTERIES – Alphabetically by author

1. The Christmas Card Crime & Other Stories – British Library Crime Classics (compilation)
2. As the Christmas Cookie Crumbles, A Food Lovers’ Village Mystery – Leslie Budewitz
3. A Cajun Christmas Killing, A Cajun Country Mystery – Ellen Byron
4. Crossed Skis, An Alpine Mystery – Carol Carnac (British Library Crime Classic)
5. Death At A Scottish Christmas – Lucy Connelly
6. Stories for Christmas or Five Tales of Christmas by Charles Dickens – various versions and publishers.
7. Ho Ho Homicide, a Liss MacCrimmon Mystery – Kaitlyn Dunnett
8. Slashing Through The Snow, A Christmas Tree Farm Mystery – Jacqueline Frost
9. Stalking Around the Christmas Tree, A Christmas Tree Farm Mystery – Jacqueline Frost
10. I’ll Be Home For Mischief – Jacqueline Frost
11. Murder At The Christmas Cookie Bake-Off, A Beacon Bakeshop Mystery – Darci Hannah
12. Ringing in Murder, A Pennyfoot Hotel Mystery – Kate Kingsbury (Victorian setting)
13. Silent Nights Are Murder – Libby Klein
14. Murder After Christmas – Rupert Latimer (British Library Crime Classic)
15. Death of a Neighborhood Scrooge, A Jaine Austen Mystery – Laura Levine
16. Murder At An Irish Christmas, An Irish Village Mystery – Carlene O’Connor
17. The Big Book of Christmas Mysteries edited and intro by Otto Penzler (A Vintage Crime/Black Lizard original)
18. A Christmas Carol Murder – Heather Redmond (set in Dickens-times)
19. Murder In Berkeley Square – Vanessa Riley (The Lady Worthing Mystery)
20. A Christmas Candy Killing, A Killer Chocolate Mystery – Christina Romeril

FAVORITE NEW COZY CHRISTMAS MYSTERY for 2024:  Murder In Berkeley Square by Vanessa Riley (The Lady Worthing Mystery Series)

OUR PICK FOR THE BEST COZY MYSTERY CHRISTMAS SERIES:  Christmas Tree Farm Mysteries by Jacqueline Frost

GIFT IDEAS for Book Lovers: If you’re giving a book as a gift, why not make up a gift bag or gift basket. Add some treats that the recipient might enjoy with their books. Here’s some ideas to get you started: Old-school book markers, gourmet coffee, hot coco or teas, biscuits, cookies, gourmet popcorn, muffins, scones. Fresh breads or pastries from the local bakery.

GET CHEESY: Perhaps they’d enjoy some wine and cheese with their reading. Embellish with gourmet crackers, jarred olives and festive cocktail napkins.

And “NO,” it isn’t tacky to give “yourself” plenty of books for Christmas! Curl up with a good book and: LET IT SNOW! LET IT SNOW! LET IT SNOW! 

Read full length book reviews for some of these books and MORE under our “books category.”