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Get Cozy with 12 of the Best Christmas Mysteries
Best-selling mystery writers have penned some killer holiday stories
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Just as popular singers give their sales a boost by recording Christmas songs and albums, many best-selling authors do the same by using Christmas settings and themes in some of their novels and short stories. The cozy mystery genre has countless examples of these. Cozies go with Christmas like raindrops on roses, and many mystery readers look forward to these releases each year.
But beware! Not all Christmas cozies are created equal. Some of them are so bad that their authors should be on the naughty list. So, in service to readers with discriminating tastes, here are twelve Christmas stories that deserve the Sugarplum Fairy seal of approval. Enjoy!
- A Highland Christmas by M.C. Beaton
Set in the tiny Scottish Highlands village of Lochdubh, the book’s protagonist, police officer Hamish Macbeth faces a quiet and dreary holiday as…