Christmas is a time for family celebrations and, in the world of fiction, ...for MURDER!
Enjoy these mysteries when the days are short and the nights are long and cold.

Novels

A Cat in a Manger (Lydia Adamson)
A Cat Under the Mistletoe (Lydia Adamson)
A Cat on Jingle Bell Rock (Lydia Adamson)
Mistletoe Man (Susan Wittig Albert)
Spence and the Holiday Murders (Michael Derek Allen)
Silent Night (Gary Amo)
Aunt Dimity's Christmas (Nancy Atherton)
The Feast of Stephen (Rosemary Aubert)
The Twelve Deaths of Christmas (Marion Babson)
Dead to the World (North Baker)
The Christmas Train (David Baldacci)
The Christmas Bow Murder (Brian Battison)
Death of a Snob (M.C. Beaton)
A Highland Christmas (M.C. Beaton)
Kissing Christmas Goodbye (M.C.Beaton)
The Mysterious Toyshop (Cyril William Beaumont)
Death at Sandringham House (C.C. Benison)
Jingle Bell Bark (Laurien Berenson)
The Midnight Before Christmas (William Bernhardt)
Carol for a Corpse (Claudia Bishop)
The Corpse in the Snowman (William Blake)
Thou Shell of Death (Nicholas Blake)
The Smiler with the Knife (Nicholas Blake)
Crossworder's Delight (Nero Blanc)
Wrapped Up in Crosswords (Nero Blanc)
The Student Body (J.S. Borthwick)
Pushing Murder (Eleanor Boylan)
Christmas Crimes at Puzzel Manor (Simon Brett)
Mrs. Jeffries and Feast of St. Stephen (Emily Brightwell)
Mrs. Jeffries and the Silent Knight (Emily Brightwell)
A Corpse for Christmas (Carter Brown)
Murder can Be Fun (Carter Brown)
Rest in Pieces (Rita Mae Brown and Sneaky Pie)
Murder Most Merry (Abigail Browning)
Such is Death (Leo Bruce)
A Present for Santa (Jim Burke)
Death in a Willow Pattern (W.J. Burley)
The Christmas Kill (Nick Carter)
A Holiday for Murder
(aka Hercule Poirot's Christmas) (Agatha Christie)
Adventure of the Christmas Pudding (Agatha Christie)
Upon Some Midnight Clear (Constantine, K.C.)
Farewell to Yarns (Jill Churchill)
From Here to Paternity (Jill Churchill)
Merchant of Menace (Jill Churchill)
Iced (Carol Higgins Clark)
All Through the Night (Mary Higgins Clark)
Silent Night (Mary Higgins Clark)
Deck the Halls (Mary Higgins Clark, Carol Higgins Clark)
He Sees You When You're Sleeping (Mary Higgins Clark, Carol H. Clark)
The Christmas Thief (Mary Higgins Clark, Carol Higgins Clark)
Santa Cruise (Mary Higgns Clark, Carol Higgins Clark)
Silver Linings (Charles Cohen)
Upon Some Midnights Clear (K.C. Constantine)
Dead of Winter (Constance Cornish)
Murder Goes Mumming (Alisa Craig)
Off Season (Philip R. Craig)
Starring Miss Seeton (Hamilton Crane)
A Catered Christmas: A Mystery with Recipes (Isis Crawford)
The Alpine Christmas (Mary Daheim)
Nutty as a Fruitcake (Mary Daheim)
Hard Christmas (Barbara D'Amato)
The Body in the Transept (Jeanne M. Dams)
Crimson Snow (Jeanne M. Dams)
Winter of Discontent (Jeanne M. Dams)
Sweet Revenge (Diane Mott Davidson)
A Christmas Mystery in Provence (Mary-Jane Deeb)
Cat in a Golden Garland (Carole Nelson Douglas)
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
'Tis the Season To Be Dying (John Keith Drummond)
Mistletoe and Murder (Carola Dunn)
Crime for Christmas (Leslie Egan)
Smoke Without Fire (E.M. Ferrars)
Crewel Yule (Monica Ferris)
Murder She Wrote: A Little Yuletide Murder (J Fletcher and D. Bain)
Candy Cane Murder (Joanne Fluke, Laura Levine, Leslie Meier)
Sugar Cookie Murder (Joanne Fluke)
The Novice's Tale (Margaret Frazier)
Merry Little Murder (Shirley Freydont)
Inspector Proby's Christmas (John Gano)
The Santa Clause Killer (A.H. Garnet)
"E" Is For Evidence (Sue Grafton)
A Season for Murder (Ann Granger)
Wreck the Halls (Sarah Graves)
Deadly Partners (Christine Green)
Jerusalem Inn (Martha Grimes)
Not A Creature Was Stirring (Jane Haddam)
A Stillness in Bethlehem (Jane Haddam)
The Last Noel (Jean Hager)
Ben Franklin and a Case of Christmas Murder (Robert L. Hall)
An English Murder (Cyril Hare)
The Queene's Christmas: An Elizabeth I Mystery (Karen Harper)
Shakespeare's Christmas (Charlaine Harris)
Christmas Night Murder (Lee Harris)
Sugarplum Dead (Carolyn G. Hart)
Murder in the Air (Ellen Hart)
A Catered Christmas (Tim Hemlen)
A Holly, Jolly Murder (Joan Hess)
O Little Town of Maggody (Joan Hess)
Envious Casca (Georgette Heyer)
Fatal Advent (Isabell Holland)
Murder for Christmas (Edith Howie)
Ransom for a Holiday (Fred Hunter)

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Short Stories

Murder Most Merry (Abigail Browning)
Blue Christmas and Other holiday Homicides (Max Allan Collins)
Murder Under the Tree (Ann Crowleigh)
Murder, Mayhem and Mistletoe (Terence Faherty, et al.)
A Kudzu Christmas (Jim Gilber, Gail Waller, ed.)
Murder for Christmas: 26 Tales of Seasonal Madness (Thomas Godfrey)
Murder for Christmas Vol. 2 (Thomas Godfrey)
A Classic Christmas Crime (Tim Heald, editor)




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