Christmas Detective

Miss Penny is invited to celebrate Christmas at Oakfield Manor. To everyone's shock and horror, her uncle, Lord Muskerry, falls dead in the drawing-room, a victim of a poisoned glass of port wine. With the help of her clever cat companion, Onyx; her aunt's faithful dog, Toby; and her good ghost friend from the eighteenth century, Lady Caroline, Miss Penny makes full use of her paranormal and detecting skills to unmask the evil-doer.

When miserly millionaire Barnaby Galen is found dead in his dilapidated mansion, two corpses are on the scene - the murder victim and the murder weapon. Staring into the skeleton face of a horror prop called Granny, Galen dies of fright, leaving only enemies and suspects behind. With echoes of Scrooge and the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come, Blue Christmas is a witty, heartfelt romantic mystery that will make fans of Emma Jameson's best-selling series want to stand up and cheer.

The Adventure of the Midnight Visitor By Dr. John H. Watson Edited from the personal accounts of John H. Watson, M.D. With notes by Sherlock HolmesDescription On a snow-laden Christmas Eve in 1895, Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson receive an unexpected visitor at 221B Baker Street—one whose very existence challenges Holmes's rigid logical worldview. When the mysterious Kris Kringle reveals that Professor Moriarty has stolen a powerful artifact capable of manipulating time itself, Holmes must confront a case where the impossible and improbable collide. As London's greatest detective races ...

Dimpson McCabe - Dimpsie - has invited his closest friends of the theatre world to join him for Christmas at his castle on a private island some hours' drive from Edinburgh. The festivities have barely begun when Dimpsie is found draped atop the Christmas tree, electrocuted by the lights. It's labelled Accidental Death, but in the swirling snow suspicion is dancing among the flakes. The dogged Inspector Smith begins to circle, seeking to find the leading man or prima donna responsible.

Nero Wolfe and Archie Goodwin star in these four gems. In "The Christmas Party", Wolfe condescends to uncharacteristic theatrics, which aren't enough to clear him from suspicion of murder. The "Easter Parade" tempts Wolfe to commit larceny for an orchid. "A Fourth of July Picnic" has Wolfe scheduled for to appear as an orator. But his day in the sun is rained out by murder. The last selection, "Murder Is No Joke", is a whodunit in a couturier's salon, where a murderer is dressed to kill and kill again.

Enjoy billionaires and heroes as they journey to find love. ★★★★★Bonus—Lawfully Smitten, an all-new Lawkeeper romance and Disaster City Search and Rescue Prequel. Also included are 3 Sweet, Contemporary Christmas Romances. Celebrate the holidays by enjoying award winning and international bestselling author, Jenna Brandt's heartwarming collection. The Billionaire's Birthday Gift: Nate and Stella used to be in love, until Nate picked his career over her. He wants a second chance to prove he's changed but she's not sure she's willing to gamble her heart on the man who broke it. ...

Penrose & Pyke have until Christmas Eve to save the orphans’ home, by unravelling a tangle of tinsel and trickery. Private detective Charlie Pyke was looking forward to spending a quiet Christmas with his fiancée, Grace Penrose. Instead, Charlie and Grace must stop a dubious deal, find a sneak thief and foil a mischievous brother, with the help of a pair of inquisitive orphans and the spirit of a dear departed grandmother. If they can decipher the clues and make it through the dessert course, they just might survive their first family Christmas together. Tinsel and Trickery is a half-...

Lori Shepherd and her family spend Christmas in the cottage willed to her by her late Aunt Dimity, but when she discovers a stranger barely alive in the snow, she teams up with a priest and together they unveil the tragic secret that led the stranger to her door.

Enjoy the third book in this fictional comedy series of mystery novels, as we join Lady Ashcroft, and her friends for a Christmas Eve party. Plymouth, 1950, a large yacht plays host to a small crowd of wealthy guests. All wearing masks, to create the atmosphere of excitement, awaiting a murder to take place. Who are the suspects, and who is the victim? Is there anyone that can be trusted when all goes horribly wrong? Terry is on his way for some advice, and is caught up in an explosive conclusion, as the yacht heads for an escape, and towards an impending doom! Detective James Young has his...

A duo of amateur sleuths must follow their noses to solve a murder in the first installment of this small-town cozy mystery series. Childhood friends Leigh Hill and Paloma Finch left their high-pressure, big-city jobs to pursue a quieter life running the Wicked Wick candle shop in the small town of Fall Haven. Rumors about a giant chain warehouse store moving to town have the mom-and-pop business owners on edge, but the community is stringing up lights, baking pies, and setting up booths in the town square to sell their wares at the annual Winter Festival. When a prominent local ...

Police Officer Brooke Patterson is dedicated to her calling to help others, despite having to deal with the difficulties of being female in a male-dominated profession. To help her de-stress from her job, Brooke's friends talk her into taking a vacation the weekend before Christmas. The trio head to Clear Mountain Resort to ski, spend time at the spa, and relax. When they arrive and their suite isn't ready, the front desk clerk suggests they go on a sleigh ride-a new feature of the resort. Little does Brooke know, the last-minute activity will change her life forever. After a difficult ...

Dolphin Bay Philanthropist Strangled in Bed! 5 stars - 'Expect chilling danger, unexpected surprises, gripping thrills, romance, laughter, heart touching moments and murder. ' Christmas is around the corner and cafe owner Anna Butler has big plans for the holiday season. When a beloved local philanthropist is murdered in his sleep, Anna is shocked and sad but decides she is too busy to go sleuthing this time. Then an odious stranger turns up at the café and makes her an offer she cannot ignore. Anna plunges into the investigation against the wishes of her family. Interviews with the ...

The year is 1904. Twenty-three-year-old Jemima Pitt, the daughter of Thomas Pitt, head of Britain's Special Branch, is crossing the Atlantic. She is traveling with an acquaintance, Delphinia Cardew, who is to marry the aristocratic Brent Albright in a high-society New York wedding - a grand affair that will join together two fabulously wealthy families, titans of the international financial world. But Jemima senses a mysterious shadow darkening the occasion.

A castle in the Scottish Highlands cut off by snow. 12 guests gather for the festive season. All of them have secrets. Can DCI Dani Bevan escape a house party when celebration turns to murder? DCI Dani Bevan and her partner, James, are spending the week after Christmas at Strathain House in the Scottish Highlands, guests of the industrialist, Bernard Raven. As soon as they arrive, odd events start to happen and suspicions are aroused about their fellow guests. The weather in their remote Highland location worsens and Dani finds herself trapped at a house party where she doesn’t know who ...

CHRISTMAS MOURNING is the eighth instalment of Andrea Frazer's Falconer Files, a detective series chock-full of picture-postcard villages, dastardly deeds, and a delightful slice of humour. Praise for Andrea Frazer's twisty and compelling crime novels: ***** 'The best laugh I have had for a long time. Great story very well written' Reader Review ***** 'I loved the book. A good British mystery. Characters are great. All mystery lovers would enjoy this' Reader Review ***** 'I have read all of the Falconer Files and they are all excellent. Well written with lovable and quirkycharacters' Reader...

Christmas with the family? Penny Küfer is quite surprised when she is invited to a fancy celebration with her estranged mother, of all people. Waldenstein Castle, the party location and home to Penny's latest stepfather, turns out to be a palace right out of a fairy tale. The assembled guests, however, seem rather eccentric, and what's more, one of them is a ruthless killer. But he hadn’t reckoned with Penny....

Aggie is hired to be a private nurse to an ailing millionaire’s wife. But she's not the one who dies. The couple is ensconced in a mansion in the small town to evade their enemies in the city. The marriage is anything but happy and she grows attached to the wife while repelled by the husband and baffled by the numerous silent servants who don’t seem to do anything but scuttle away. As Christmas approaches, everyone’s peace is shattered by a death at the big house. It isn’t who anyone expected would die, and it certainly wasn’t from natural causes. There are plenty of suspects ...

Enjoy three stories of romance, mystery, and the magic of Christmas! THE OXFORD STREET COFFEE HOUSE DETECTIVES Two young women and one young man lead unobtrusive lives working at a Victorian coffee house, for the owner Mr. McDougal. But when a famous painting is stolen, they must assume their other identities--for they moonlight as apprentice detectives under the employ of Mycroft Holmes. THE ROOKS OF MISSELTHWAITE - PART 1: IN THE FORGOTTEN GARDEN Lilias Lennox and her sister Evelia have lost everything. Their parents are dead, their brother is serving in India, and now their sole ...

In this story, listeners will discover the solutions to several Sherlockian mysteries.

A flubbed robbery investigation has left Detective Ann Essex in rehab with a broken hip. Detective William Dancer is on desk duty as a result with not much to do these last few days before Christmas but work out, write, bake cookies, and try to decide on his future career path. A trip north to Buckelsmere from Philadelphia will involve Bill with Ann once again in murder, this time a little too close to home. While Detective Ann Essex and Detective Bill Dancer try to unravel the mystery and solve the murders this holiday season, other ongoing new characters are introduced: daughter Robin, ...