Deadly Traditions by Wendy H. Jones and Sheena Macleod

Deadly Traditions

by Wendy H. Jones & Sheena Macleod

Have Yourself A DEADLY Little Christmas

Snuggle up this festive season with this new cozy mystery collection. Deadly Traditions: A Cozy Mystery Christmas Anthology.

Celebrate the holidays with mistletoe, mayhem, and murder. Join twelve authors as they cozy up by the fire with their festive short mysteries that feature treasured holiday traditions. Serve up a slice of fatal fruitcake and deck the halls with danger, because the holiday season has never been so much fun. With twelve fabulous authors contributing to Deadly Traditions: A Cozy Mystery Christmas Anthology, set during the holiday season, how can you possibly go wrong? Sit back and relax and maybe nibble on a cookie or two. Includes -

Larceny and Gingerbread Lattes by Justine Maxwell

When her town’s annual gingerbread house competition erupts into chaos, coffee truck barista and amateur sleuth Hazel Hewitt can’t help but stick her nose in. Who is responsible for this Christmas calamity? And is there a bigger mystery afoot?

Silent Snickerdoodle by Ellie Ballard

When restaurateur and reluctant sleuth Marnie Tipton enters the Clear Springs Holiday Cookie Exchange, she expects more fierce competition than friendly exchange. But when the contest judge suddenly collapses, Marnie suspects a Grinch has come late?

Santa Claus Is Not Coming To Town by Sage So

It’s three days before Christmas, and Santa is nowhere to be found. Can grinchy aspiring forensic sleuth Audrey Nott follow the clues to find the jolly old elf before the holiday falls to fragments?

Have Yourself A Scary Little Christmas by Gayle Leeson

Max, the Ghostly Fashionista, tells a story about how her dad’s past came back to haunt him one Christmas Eve.

A Pickle In A Pear Tree by Erin Scoggins

Killing The Carol by Sam Cheever

A yacht decked out in tinsel. A romantic Christmas

FaLaLaLala the songbird’s dead. It seems like a bad joke. I mean, Carol Ling? What cruelty of parental whim would make people name a kid Carol when her last name was Ling? But that’s not really the point, is it? the point is her death. Or really murder. Somebody must have decided that killing Carol was the best way to …er…kill caroling. If anything would induce me to murder it’s hearing myself caterwauling Christmas songs in front of an endless array of unfortunate victims. The term, “mating cats” comes to mind. Though, I’m pretty sure mating cats are more in tune than I am.

O Deadly Night by Estelle Richards

Gwen Russo, a retired opera singer, runs into trouble while caroling in the snow at her new retirement community.

proposal. ‘Tis the season for a holiday heist this bride-to-be won’t soon forget.

Mrs Claus Saves Christmas by Wendy H. Jones

Enjoy a virtual visit to the North Pole. The elves are on strike, there’s been a murder in the North Pole, and to top it all, Rudolph’s been arrested. With just three days to go, Christmas is on the brink of disaster. With the only option being to cancel Christmas, Santa doesn’t know which way to turn next but the indomitable Mrs Claus steps in. Will millions of children wake up to empty stockings on Christmas Day or will Mrs Claus solve the crime and save Christmas?

A Christmas Dinner To Die For by Sheena Macleod

A Christmas Day dinner in the Scottish village of Pine Meadows turns into a murder most fowl when one of the guests is found dead. Christmas is coming and retired teacher, Holly Barnes’s, to-do -list is growing fatter than the poultry farmer’s geese. But she couldn’t be more excited, it’s her favourite time of year. As well as helping to organise the Church Christmas Carol Concert, Holly is hosting a Christmas Day meal using her mother’s recipes, which are to die for. When one of her guests is murdered, the sleepy Scottish village of Pine Meadows is thrown into chaos. With only three days to go before her friends arrive and another one of them may be murdered, Holly is compelled to turn sleuth and investigate. She discovers mysterious goings on in the night. Are foxes after the poultry or is something more sinister going on? Can Holly discover the identity of the killer in time or is her festive meal destined to become a Christmas dinner to die for? Welcome to Victoria Town, Va., where Victoriana meets murder… Christmas is a busy time in the quaint Victoria Town, Va., with the residents preparing for shoppers and festivities. Irene Calhoun, owner of “Mourning Arts,” is preparing to host a Christmas card-making party for the women of the town. Stumbling over a dead body in her back office was not in the plan. Irene feels a sense of responsibility because the body was found in her shop and the police are getting nowhere. She rolls up her sleeves and pieces together a curious puzzle, its deadly pieces consisting of betrayal, drugs…and chickens.

A Little Christmas Villainy by Melicity Pope

When Holly Sharpe agrees to escape L.A. for a winter break at her English friend’s family villa in Italy, she finds herself unravelling a series of mysterious events threatening to ruin Christmas. Will Christmas in Italy end up a “Fatale Natale”?

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Mistletoe And Murder by Dianne As-

Marge Kirkwood gets more than she bargained for under the mistletoe at the Fenwater Association Christmas party: a bothersome blast from the past, and a murder to investigate. A nostalgic festive mystery set in small-town Canada in 1983.

This original collection of festive cozies produced by Grace Abraham Publishing is available for a limited time only. https://bookgoodies.com/a/B0B2LHQ2G9