{"id":26522,"date":"2015-12-17T14:43:13","date_gmt":"2015-12-17T20:43:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/?p=26522"},"modified":"2023-11-14T22:20:55","modified_gmt":"2023-11-15T04:20:55","slug":"christmas-cozy-mystery-recommendations-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/christmas-cozy-mystery-recommendations-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"Christmas Cozy Mystery Recommendations – 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Yikes! It’s only a day over a week until Christmas! I’m way behind with my gift-wrapping, however, for some reason, I seem to have found the time to read my Christmas Cozy Mysteries! (Shows you where my priorities seem to be these days!) I just finished my latest Christmas Cozy, and am now at the find another Cozy to read<\/em>\u00a0stage in my reading process. \u00a0Hmmm…<\/p>\n

\"\"I mentioned before that I have re-read some of my favorite Cozies from the past. I also read some new-to-me Christmas Cozies. I revisited Jessica Fletcher in Cabot Cove while reading\u00a0Donald Bain<\/strong>‘s A Little Yuletide Murder<\/a><\/strong><\/em>, and I had a hankering for re-acquainting myself with\u00a0Leslie Meier<\/strong>‘s Lucy Stone while reading Mistletoe Murder<\/a><\/strong><\/em>. I also caught up with three of my favorite authors while reading Cleo Coyle<\/strong>‘s Holiday Buzz<\/a><\/strong><\/em> (Yes, I was that far behind chronologically!), Joanne Fluke<\/strong>‘s Plum Pudding Murder<\/a><\/em><\/strong> (Another author with whom I’m playing catch-up!), and Margaret Grace<\/strong>‘s\u00a0Manhattan in Miniature<\/a><\/strong><\/em>. That’s a whole lot of Christmas Cozy-reading!<\/p>\n

\"\"As I said in my first paragraph, I’m trying to decide what to read next. I’m not sure if I should attempt another Christmas themed Cozy. I know I have eight days before Christmas, but our daughter is coming home (from D.C.) for a visit on Monday, and I’m really looking forward to having both our son and daughter here for the holidays, so I doubt I’ll get much reading done.<\/p>\n

\"\"With that in mind, I thought I would ask you ALL for some ideas about good Christmas Cozies. I know we have done this before (in 2012 and 2013) but I’m curious to ask this again: Which Christmas Cozies would you recommend for the rest of us to NOT miss reading?<\/p>\n

So, which Christmas themed Cozy Mysteries would you recommend that the rest of us read? If you mention more than one, please list them in order of your preference so that I can post one or two on\u00a0the list. Just post a comment. Thank you!<\/p>\n

Christmas Mystery Book Recommendations:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Susan Wittig Albert: Mistletoe Man<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Stephanie Barron: Jane and the Twelve Days of Christmas<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

M. C. Beaton: A Highland Christmas<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Josie Belle: Buried in Bargains<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Rhys Bowen: Twelve Clues of Christmas<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Emily Brightwell: Mrs. Jeffries and the Feast of St. Stephen<\/a>,\u00a0Mrs. Jeffries and the Yuletide Weddings<\/a>, &\u00a0Mrs. Jeffries and the Merry Gentlemen<\/a>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Isis Crawford:\u00a0A Catered Christmas Cookie Exchange<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Krista Davis: The Diva Cooks a Goose<\/a><\/em>\u00a0&\u00a0The Diva Wraps It Up<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Vicki Delany: Rest Ye Murdered Gentlemen<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Joanne Fluke, Laura Levine, & Leslie Meir: The Candy Cane Murder<\/a>\u00a0&\u00a0Ginger Cookie Murder<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Sally Goldenbaum: Trimmed With Murder<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Martha Grimes: Jerusalem Inn<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Karen Harper: The Queene’s Christmas<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Sofie Kelly: A Midwinter\u2019s Tail<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Kate Kingsbury<\/a>: Pennyfoot Hotel Christmas mysteries<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Charlotte MacLeod: Rest Ye Merry<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Anne Perry<\/a>: Christmas mysteries<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Livia Washburn: Christmas Cookie Killer<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

P.S. If you need help remembering other Christmas themed Cozies, you can take a look at the Christmas Mystery Book List page<\/strong> <\/a>on my site.<\/p>\n

Also, here are the two previous lists we came up with:<\/p>\n

Christmas Mystery Book List Recommendations – 2013<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

The Best Christmas Cozy Mystery Book – 2012<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Yikes! It’s only a day over a week until Christmas! I’m way behind with my gift-wrapping, however, for some reason, I seem to have found the time to read my Christmas Cozy Mysteries! (Shows you where my priorities seem to be these days!) I just finished my latest Christmas Cozy, and am now at the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[6,9,31],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-26522","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-authors","7":"category-books","8":"category-monthly-cozy-recommendations","9":"entry","10":"override"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pI0sr-6TM","jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26522","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26522"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26522\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41685,"href":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26522\/revisions\/41685"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26522"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26522"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26522"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}