December will be another really great month for holiday-themed Cozy Mysteries, with five new holiday Cozies by site authors! Unsurprisingly, most of these will be Christmas Cozies.

First up, Lorraine Bartlett and Gayle Leeson will be releasing the fifth book in Lorraine Bartlett’s Victoria Square Mystery Series, Yule Be Dead. This Christmas season will be a bit subdued at Victoria Square, as the daughter of one of the local shop owners has been discovered on the days leading up to the holidays. Katie Bonner, manager of a local collection of booths and shops, will need to sort out a number of potential suspects, including a number of the dead woman’s former romantic interests. Lorraine Bartlett writes a number of other series under various names, including the Lotus Bay Mystery Series, the Booktown Mystery Series (under the pseudonym Lorna Barrett), and the Jeff Resnick Mystery Series (under the name L. L. Bartlett), while Gayle Leeson writes the Down South Cafe Mystery Series, the Daphne Martin Cake Mystery Series and the Myrtle Crumb Mystery Series under the name Gayle Trent, and the Embroidery Mystery Series under the name Amanda Lee.

Next up, Laura Childs will be releasing the 8th in her Cackleberry Club Mystery Series, Eggs on Ice. It isn’t entirely surprising when a local curmudgeonly attorney is stabbed to death, though his that it occured during a rehearsal for a presentation of “A Christmas Carol” is a bit surprising. Suzanne, owner of the Cackleberry Club and amateur sleuth will need to hunt down the true killer, both to bring justice and to help clear her fellow owner’s soon-to-be ex-husband from the suspect list. Laura Childs also writes the Tea Shop Mystery Series and the Scrapbooking Mystery Series.

The last of the Christmas themed Cozies will be Claws for Celebration, the 3rd in Linda Reilly‘s Cat Lady Mystery Series. Lara Caphart, manager of the High Cliff Shelter for Cats, is preparing for Christmas and the town’s annual holiday cooking competition, but the celebration ends prematurely when the last-minute fill-in judge turns up dead, apparently due to one of the festive treats. Unfortunately, the primary suspect is one of Lara’s mother’s best friends, so Lara will need to find the true murderer to make sure every has a happy holiday! Linda Reilly also writes the Deep Fried Mystery Series, which stars a worker at a Fish & Chips restaurant in the Berkshires of Massachusetts.

That may be it for Christmas-themed Cozies, but there’s one more holiday release in December this year, the Halloween themed Do No Harm, the 2nd in Dawn Eastman‘s Dr. Katie LeClair Mystery Series. When an ex-con patient of Katie’s who still professes his innocence disappears and a college student investigating his previous supposed crimes turns up dead, the ex-con seems the most likely suspect, but Katie doesn’t feel comfortable jumping to that conclusion. Dawn Eastman also writes the Family Fortune Mystery Series, starring an ex-policewoman, her tarot card reading mother, and her pet psychic aunt.

If you’re interested in looking for more Christmas themed Cozies, be sure to visit the theme page on my site: Christmas Themed Cozies…

And for Halloween Cozies, be sure to visit the page for the Halloween Themed Cozies!

November won’t be big for new Cozy Mystery series, but it will have a fair share of holiday themed Cozy mysteries, all of them Christmas themed!

First, Bethany Blake will be releasing A Midwinter’s Tail, the fourth in her Petsitting Mystery Series. Pet sitter Daphne Templeton is looking forward to the holiday season in Sylvan Creek, Pennsylvania, and the entire community is celebrating the visit of Celeste “CeeCee” French, the founder of a national pet care franchise, but the celebrations are about to come to a premature end when CeeCee is found dead under the town’s Christmas tree.

Next, Rita Mae Brown will be releasing the 11th in her Sister Jane Mystery Series, Homeward Hound. Sister Jane is preparing for the holiday season by arranging the annual Christmas run, a parade of hunters through the local woods. Unfortunately, the event itself is interrupted by a blizzard, and one horse returns without a rider… and when the missing rider is found, all clues point towards murder. Rita Mae Brown also writes the Mrs. Murphy Mystery Series, starring Mrs. Murphy and her talking pets.

Lynn Cahoon will be releasing Santa Puppy, a novella in her Tourist Trap Mystery Series. Jill Gardner has volunteered her “Coffee, Books, and More” shop for a Christmas adopt-a-pet party. Jill decides to try to hunt down the identity of one of the pets former owners, but has very few clues to go on. Lynn Cahoon is also the author of the Cat Latimer Mystery Series and the Farm-to-Fork Mystery Series.

Next up, Jacqueline Frost will be releasing ‘Twas the Knife Before Christmas, the 2nd in the Christmas Tree Farm Mystery Series. A corpse has turned up in the giant candy bowl filled with peppermints in the town square, and Christmas tree farm worker Holly’s best friend seems like the most likely suspect. Now, as the holiday season fast approaches and with it the most busy time of the year for the farm, Holly will need to juggle personal time and work time to find the true killer and make sure her friend has a happy holiday. Jacqueline Frost also writes the Kitty Couture Mystery Series under the name Julie Chase, and the Geek Girl Mystery Series, Patience Price Mystery Series, and Protectors of Cade County Mystery Series under the name Julie Anne Lindsey.

Finally, Daryl Wood Gerber will be releasing Wreath Between the Lines, the 7th in the Cookbook Nook Mystery Series. Cookbook store owner Jenna Hart is preparing for the holiday season when she’ll need to balance work and arriving family (in the form of her imperious sister), when she hears from her father’s good friend Jake that one of his own friends has turned up dead, wrapped in lights and impaled on a Christmas star. Concerned for Jake, Jenna will need to hunt down the killer to keep the Christmas season a jolly one.

If you’re interested in looking for more Christmas themed Cozies, be sure to visit the theme page on my site: Christmas Themed Cozies

So, here’s the last of the Holiday-themed Cozies coming out in October! It feels like I’ve been discussing these forever, but this is it – four more Christmas Cozies coming out!

First, Sarah Fox will be releasing Yeast of Eden, the 4th in the Pancake House Mystery Series. Marley McKinney’s pancake house, The Flip Side, has new competition in the form of Wally Fowler, the self-proclaimed waffle king, who has returned to his hometown of Wildwood Cove for the first time in years. The police seem to find it suspicious when Wally turns up dead in his kitchen, so Marley will need to find the real killer to help out her friend Lisa, who it turns out had a sordid history with the Waffle King. Sarah Fox also writes the Literary Pub Mystery Series, starring a pub owner in Vermont, and the Music Lover’s Mystery Series, starring a violinist.

Next up will be A Gift of Bones by Carolyn Haines, the 19th in the Sarah Booth Delaney Mystery Series. The close approach of Christmas in Zinnia, Mississippi, leaves Sarah Booth preparing for the season. But the holiday festivities will need to be delayed when a friend’s relative has gone missing – and now there’s a ransom demand indicating she might be in serious danger. Carolyn Haines also writes the Pluto’s Snitch Mystery Series, starring a young widow after WWI in Mobile, Alabama, and, as Caroline Burnes, the Fear Familiar Romantic Suspense Series, starring a research suspect cat and her rescuer.

Miranda James will be putting out Six Cats a Slayin’, the 10th in the Cat in the Stacks Mystery Series. Charlie Harris and his Maine Coon cat, Diesel, are preparing for the holiday season, though it isn’t made easier by a nosy real estate agent neighbor who seems to be snooping around in the hopes of picking up his house on the cheap. When the snoopy real estate agent turns up dead, Charlie will need to figure out “who dunnit” to bring back any possibility of holiday cheer to their day. Miranda James also writes the Southern Ladies Mystery Series, the Trailer Park Mystery Series (as Jimmie Ruth Evans), the Bridge Club Mystery Series (as Honor Hartman), and (as Dean James) the Simon Kirby-Jones Mystery Series and the Deep South Mysteries.

Finally, David Rosenfelt will be putting out Deck the Hounds, which will be the 18th in the Andy Carpenter Mystery Series. Criminal defense lawyer Andy Carpenter finds himself drawn into helping out a homeless man, Don, and his dog, Zoey, at the behest of his wife, Laurie, only to learn that the man is wanted for a murder years prior. Surprisingly, Don not only claims he didn’t commit the crime, but that he didn’t even know he was wanted for the crime to begin with.

If you’re interested in looking for more Christmas themed Cozies, be sure to visit the theme page on my site: Christmas Themed Cozies