Is there anything more Christmasy than curling up under the tree with a good Christmas book?
Imagine this: It’s Christmas Eve and after receiving a brand-new book from your family, you cozy up in your favorite reading nook or in front of the fire with a mug of hot cocoa and spend the rest of the evening reading. There is nothing quite as comforting and Christmassy as curling up under the Christmas tree with a good Christmas book. The festive atmosphere of the holidays, combined with the warmth of the fire and the twinkling lights of the Christmas tree, provides an ideal setting for settling down with a good holiday read.
A Christmas Book Flood
Icelanders have a Christmas tradition called Jolabokaflod, which translates to “Christmas book flood” in English. On Christmas Eve each year, families come together to exchange books and celebrate with joy. This originated during World War II when paper was one of the few resources not rationed. As a result, books became a popular and meaningful gift to give, making Icelanders into bookaholics ever since.
This Christmas season, don’t forget to make your own book flood – full of stories, knowledge, and love! You can fill it with all sorts of books – Whether it’s a classic like Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, fairy tale, or popular novels. Throw in some non-fiction titles as well, such as a songbook or a cookbook. Choose books that will bring joy and spark conversations for your family and friends.
Snuggling up under the tree with a good Christmas book can provide hours of entertainment and create lasting memories. So this holiday season, make time to curl up under your tree with your favorite Christmas book – it’s sure to be one of your most treasured traditions!
Classic Christmas Books
Classic Christmas books are a wonderful way to celebrate the holiday season and bring some of the magic of Christmas into our lives. Charles Dickens’ ‘A Christmas Carol,’ J.R.R Tolkien’s ‘Letters from Father Christmas,’ O Henry’s ‘The Gift of the Magi’—there is a classic Christmas book for everyone. These stories capture the essence of Christmas past and present and will help you get into the true spirit of Christmas!
And More
Looking for recommendations on some books to read? Look no further (actually yes, scroll down and look further. Lots of great books to read below; both Christmas themes and special holiday deals.)
Santa Shortbread
Will the Grinch steal Christmas?
Somebody is stealing Christmas gifts from the Bald Eagle Falls children. At the rate that presents are disappearing, there soon won’t be a gift left in Whoville. Err, Bald Eagle Falls.
Gluten-free baker Erin Price and her friends are on the case to try to unmask the Grinch and bring him to justice, and toys to the children. But time is not on their side. Soon it will be Christmas Eve—will the winner be the Grinch or Santa?
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Yule’s Sinister Spell
Season of darkness, season of light
It’s Reg’s first Yule, and she should be learning all about the festivities in Black Sands. But her interest in the holiday falls by the wayside when Starlight falls ill.
What kind of a monster poisons a psychic’s cat?
When Starlight first got sick, Reg thought that she was the cause of it. She should have been watching him more carefully. She should have found out about household plants and chemicals that could hurt her familiar. She was clearly a negligent owner.
But it soon becomes clear that there is some darker force at work, and Reg is going to need all of her resources to find the culprit before it is too late if she is to have any chance of saving her furry companion’s life.
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Dog-Free Dinner
Vic is looking forward to Christmas with her new Bald Eagles Falls family. Erin—not so much. But she wants to make it a special day for Vic. But an unexpected turn in events changes all of their carefully-laid plans.
This Christmas short, part of the Auntie Clem’s Bakery series, is only available through my website. The series—and your holiday—won’t be complete without it.
Like baking mysteries? Cats, dogs, and other pets? Award-winning and USA Today Bestselling Author P.D. Workman brings readers back to small town Bald Eagle Falls for another culinary cozy mystery to be solved by gluten-free baker Erin Price and her friends.
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Hercule Poirot’s Christmas
In Hercule Poirot’s Christmas, the holidays are anything but merry when a family reunion is marred by murder—and the notoriously fastidious investigator is quickly on the case.
Christmas Eve, and the Lee family’s reunion is shattered by a deafening crash of furniture and a high-pitched wailing scream. Upstairs, the tyrannical Simeon Lee lies dead in a pool of blood, his throat slashed.
When Hercule Poirot offers to assist, he finds an atmosphere not of mourning but of mutual suspicion. It seems everyone had their own reason to hate the old man. . . .
The Murder Before Christmas
If you’ve got a problem, Charlie Kingsley probably has a tea that’ll help make it right.
EXCEPT when it comes to love. She does NOT do love potions.
Not even for Courtney, her pregnant new client who showed up three weeks before Christmas seeking a love potion because her husband was cheating on her.
So, Courtney asked about poison, instead.
She said she was joking. That’s what happens between wives and husbands. They get angry and talk about killing each other. They don’t really mean it.
It seems to make sense … until Courtney’s husband turns up dead on Christmas Eve.
He was poisoned, of course.
And who is the number one suspect? Courtney. Of course.
But did she actually do it? Or is she being set up?
It’s up to Charlie to sort through all the twists and turns in a case that gets more complicated the deeper she digs.
Mr. Dickens and His Carol
A beloved, irresistible novel that reimagines the story behind Charles Dickens’ Christmas classic
Charles Dickens is not feeling the Christmas spirit. His newest book is an utter flop, the critics have turned against him, relatives near and far hound him for money. While his wife plans a lavish holiday party for their ever-expanding family and circle of friends, Dickens has visions of the poor house. But when his publishers try to blackmail him into writing a Christmas book to save them all from financial ruin, he refuses. And a serious bout of writer’s block sets in.
Frazzled and filled with self-doubt, Dickens seeks solace in his great palace of thinking, the city of London itself. On one of his long night walks, in a once-beloved square, he meets the mysterious Eleanor Lovejoy, who might be just the muse he needs. As Dickens’ deadlines close in, Eleanor propels him on a Scrooge-like journey that tests everything he believes about generosity, friendship, ambition, and love. The story he writes will change Christmas forever.
Christmas Presence
Four Christmas mysteries to bring good cheer
What makes Christmas special?
- Is it the tree and the decorations?
- Is it the excitement of giving and receiving presents?
- Is it the gathering of family and friends?
Experience four different takes on Christmas: the pleasure of shutting up shop and exchanging gifts, the whirl of Christmas shopping in London, a present hunt in nineteenth-century India, and a Sherlock Holmes tale featuring a pudding with a twist! Each story links to a different mystery series, but the stories can stand alone too.
This short, feel-good collection is perfect for enjoying with a slice of Christmas cake, or for reading with your feet up after a session of Christmas shopping or present wrapping – or for popping under the tree!
Mint Frosting and Murder
Christmas at the castle wouldn’t be the same without a little slaying…
It’s almost Christmas at Audley Castle in the picture-perfect village of Audley St. Mary, and I’m looking forward to a fun, festive time. The Douglas fir in the grand hallway is festooned with decorations, presents sit under the frosted branches, fires crackle in fireplaces, and there’s snow.
So much snow! I’m a fan of a little festive frosting, but fifteen inches falling in less than a day means flights get canceled, roads are blocked, and plans change. But I’m determined to make the best of things, including helping Princess Alice learn how to frost Christmas cupcakes.
When Alice’s former school friends surprise us by making it through the blizzard, they bring fizz and chatter, some of it not so merry and bright. The friend with the sharpest tongue, Delphine Augustus, is silenced forever when she’s discovered dead in her bed on the night of her arrival.
Was it an overdose, or does the cake Princess Alice made that’s been smeared across the victim’s face hold a worrying clue?
With Campbell Milligan, the head of castle security, bedridden after a car accident, the phone lines down, and no one’s mobile working, I’m put in charge of figuring out what happened to Delphine!
With my trusty four-legged sidekick by my side (and my new husband), I’m determined to find the killer and ensure this Christmas is remembered for all the right reasons.
Skipping Christmas
Imagine a year without Christmas. No crowded malls, no corny office parties, no fruitcakes, no unwanted presents. That’s just what Luther and Nora Krank have in mind when they decide that, just this once, they’ll skip the holiday altogether.
Theirs will be the only house on Hemlock Street without a rooftop Frosty, they won’t be hosting their annual Christmas Eve bash, they aren’t even going to have a tree. They won’t need one, because come December 25 they’re setting sail on a Caribbean cruise. But as this weary couple is about to discover, skipping Christmas brings enormous consequences—and isn’t half as easy as they’d imagined.
The Case of the Peculiar Pantomime
Now you see it, now you don’t!
When Katherine and Connie, proprietors of the Caster & Fleet Detective Agency, hear from an old music-hall acquaintance just before Christmas, they expect nothing more than a good night out. However, the eerie noises and mysterious figures at the Merrymakers Music Hall are causing consternation among audience and actors alike.
Meanwhile, Katherine and Connie have their own domestic mysteries to solve. Why is Katherine’s father leaving his belongings all over London? And why has Connie’s daughter gone silent? Add the difficulties of present-buying, and the detective duo are distinctly ruffled.
Can Katherine and Connie solve the mystery and calm all the restless spirits – including their own – before the curtain falls and Christmas is ruined?
The Case of the Peculiar Pantomime is a Christmas novelette in the world of the Caster & Fleet mystery series, set in 1890s London.
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Out With the Sunset
There’s nothing like jumping straight into the deep end.
Margie Patenaude is new in town and wasn’t expecting to get called to a murder scene on her daughter’s first day of school.
It’s an ugly murder in a beautiful setting. How can Calgary’s park-goers feel safe with a murderer still on the streets—or pathways? Margie and the team are on the case while at the same time she and her daughter try to acclimatize to the new city.
If she wants her coworkers to believe that she’s not just a ‘diversity hire,’ she needs to show them what she’s made of and track this killer down.
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Murder at the Playgroup
Beneath the pink wafers lurks death…
Pippa Parker never wanted to move to the chocolate-box village of Much Gadding in the first place. When she meets the locals, she’s absolutely sure. There’s just one problem; she’s eight months pregnant.
The village is turned upside down when Barbara Hamilton, pillar of the community, is found dead at Gadding Goslings playgroup. No one could have murdered her except the people who were there. Everyone’s a suspect, including Pippa…
With a baby due any minute, and hampered by her toddler son, can Pippa unmask the murderer? Will Much Gadding return to normal? And does anyone in Much Gadding even know what normal is?
Murder At The Playgroup is the first humorous mystery featuring Pippa Parker, mum and amateur sleuth, and set in the quiet but eccentric English village of Much Gadding.
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What the Cat Knew
Reg Rawlins, professional con, has really gotten herself into a bind this time.
The fortune teller gig started as a scam, but she suddenly finds herself tangled up in the case of Warren Blake, a man who she thought was dead. It turns out he may still be alive, but in mortal peril.
Reg has always taken the quick exit, the easy way out, but running out on this racket might mean someone else’s death.
Staying in it might mean hers.
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Like paranormal mysteries? Psychics, witches, fairies, and more! Award-winning and USA Today Bestselling Author P.D. Workman waves her wand to transport readers to the myth- and magic-filled small town of Black Sands for a paranormal cozy mystery to be solved by Reg Rawlins and her friends.
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The Case of the Four Fingers
Meet a detective duo – a century apart!
When new constable Steph is sent to mark time at a Liverpool police station on the verge of closing, she sees it as the death of her career. Then she meets Nora, the hundred-year-old ghost of a police officer, who’s determined to get a few more cases under her belt.
Together they investigate the Case of the Four Fingers, a macabre episode which has haunted Nora for over sixty years. It resulted in a young man’s death – and never went to trial.
However, Steph finds this cold case the least of her problems: having a ghost colleague isn’t easy. Nora’s bossy, out of step with modern life, and has a habit of disappearing whenever her boss turns up. Finally, Steph learns something that makes her question their whole relationship.
Can Steph and Nora learn to trust each other? Will they solve the case before the police station is sold to developers? And what will happen if they do?
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Every Trick in the Book
Turning over a new leaf doesn’t always go according to plan…
When Jemma James takes a job at Burns Books, the second-worst secondhand bookshop in London, she finds her ambition to turn it around thwarted at every step. Raphael, the owner, is more interested in his newspaper than sales. Folio the bookshop cat has it in for Jemma, and the shop itself appears to have a mind of its own. Or is it more than that?
Gradually Jemma starts to make a difference … and then the anonymous letters start arriving. Who is behind them, and why?
As the threats escalate, and the shop becomes increasingly turbulent, Jemma and Raphael must work together to find the culprit. And what else will Jemma find in her investigations?
Every Trick In The Book is the first in the Magical Bookshop humorous mystery series, set in modern London.
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