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All I Want for Christmas is a Little Suspense

Holiday thrillers

Wood Buffalo Regional Library

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  • When Chloe Davis was twelve, six teenage girls went missing in her small Louisiana town. By the end of the summer, her own father had confessed to the crimes and was put away for life, leaving Chloe and the rest of her family to grapple…
    BookNew York : Minotaur Books, 2022.
  • A wealthy family shrouded in scandal; a detective tasked with solving an impossible cold case; and a woman with a dark past collide in Hannah Morrissey's stunning new Black Harbor mystery, The Widowmaker.
    BookNew York : Minotaur Books, 2022. — MORRISSE
  • When her long lost cousin comes back to town just in time for the holidays, Lila Macapagal knows that big trouble can't be far behind in this new mystery by Mia P. Manansala, author of Arsenic and Adobo.
    BookNew York : Berkley Prime Crime, [2022] — MANANSAL
  • Twelve clues. Twelve keys. Twelve days of Christmas. But how many will die before Twelfth Night? The annual Christmas Game is afoot at Endgame House, the Armitages' grand family home.
    BookNaperville, Illinois : Poisoned Pen Press, 2022. — BENEDICT
  • A rich, eccentric family. A time-honored tradition. Or a lethal game of survival? One woman finds out what it really takes to join the 1% in this riveting psychological thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of Something in…
    BookNew York : Ballantine Books, [2022] — STEADMAN
  • One night in December, a corpse is found in Room 622 of the Hotel Verbier, a luxury hotel in the Swiss Alps. A police investigation begins without definite end, and public interest wanes with the passage of time. The truth twists and turns…
    BookNew York, New York : HarperVia, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2022] — DICKER
  • A world-class crime writer...One of the most astonishing plots of modern crime fiction
    BookNew York : Minotaur Books, [2021] — JONASSON
  • Laid off from her department store job, Carmen has perilously little cash and few options. The prospect of spending Christmas with her perfect sister Sofia, in Sofia's perfect house with her perfect children and her perfectly ordered…
    BookNew York : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2021. — COLGAN
  • Solving a murder was never on Lindsey's wish list. But with her reputation on the line during the happiest time of the year, she'll need to bring her best talents to the table in order to sift out the true Christmas Cookie culprit.
    PaperbackNew York : Kensington Publishing Corp., [2021] — HAN
  • Garda Siobhan O'Sullivan's holiday plans hit a sour note when murder rearranges the yuletide carols into unexpected eulogies
    PaperbackNew York : Kensington Publishing Corp., 2021. — OCO
  • Maelyn Jones is living with her parents, hates her job, and just messed up her love life. She is dreading the family's last Christmas at their Utah cabin, but one random wish and she may just get a do-over.
    BookNew York : Gallery Books, 2020. — LAUREN
  • Firing up the Cookie Jar's ovens to attend a lengthy holiday checklist, Hannah Swensen helps loved ones manage seasonal doldrums before she is challenged to identify a skilled antique restorer found near death outside her bakery.
    BookNew York : Kensington Books, [2020] — FLUKE
  • A crackling Christmas mystery that combines murder and blackmail at a holiday office party, in a mashup reminiscent of Big Little Lies and Clue .
    BookNew York : Simon & Schuster, 2019. — HARNETIA
  • As the holidays approach, Detective Lindsay Boxer and her friends in the Women's Murder Club have much to celebrate. Crime is down. The medical examiner's office is quiet. Even the courts are showing some Christmas spirit.
    BookNew York : Little, Brown and Company, 2019. — PATTERSO
  • Like many men and women who've worn a badge for a good part of their lives, Corcoran Liam O'Connor was cursed. Twice cursed, in reality. Cursed with memory and cursed with imagination.
    BookNew York : Atria Books, 2013. — KRUEGER
  • On Christmas Eve, a lawyer helps a battered wife search for her kidnapped son As ex-husbands go, they don't get much worse than Carl.
    eBookMysteriousPress.com/Open Road, 2012
  • Sugar Cookie Murder

    a Hannah Swensen Holiday Mystery With Recipes

    Fluke, Joanne, 1943-
    During the Christmas party at Lake Eden's community center, Hannah Swensen stumbles upon a murder when Martin Dubinski's new wife, a former Las Vegas showgirl, is found dead with Hannah's mother's silver cake knife buried in her cleavage.
    PaperbackNew York : Kensington Books, [2005] — FLU
  • Alvirah Meehan and Reagan Reilly get in the middle of a case involving a beautiful eight-foot blue spruce that has been chosen to spend the holidays as Rockefeller Center's famous Christmas tree.
    BookNew York : Simon & Schuster, [2004] — CLARK