Spend less time searching for new genre fiction and more time reading it as I watch for newly-released genre fiction in the Kindle Store so you don't have to. Outstanding new releases in mystery fiction include these holiday-themed whodunits:
Cat Telling Tales by Shirley Rousseau Murphy. William Morrow, 2011. Print Length: 389 p. Amazon customer rating: 5 stars (3 reviews). Kindle edition $9.99. Text-to-Speech: Enabled. This is the 18th book in the author's Joe Grey series. The complete series, which began with Cat on the Edge, is available for the Kindle.
"Even the bright seaside village of Molena Point has been hit hard by the economic downturn, bringing a rash of foreclosures in which many residents are abandoning their family pets. While feline P. I. Joe Grey's human friends join together to care for the starving cats, a fire leaves a twelve-year-old boy homeless. The body of his alcoholic guardian is discovered in the smoldering ruins, causing Joe to wonder if escape was really impossible for the elderly woman or if something more sinister occurred..." - Publisher.
The Gingerbread Bump-Off: A Fresh-Baked Mystery by Livia J. Washburn. NAL, 2011. Print Length: 304 p. Amazon customer rating: 5 stars (4 reviews). Kindle edition $9.99. Text-to-Speech: Enabled.
"Not only will Phyllis Newsom's house be featured in the annual Christmas Jingle Bell Tour of Homes, she also has a Christmas Eve bridal shower and a New Year's Eve wedding to bake goodies for. But like her tasty treats, she rises to the occasion. Before the tour gets under way, Phyllis makes a gruesome discovery on her porch: someone has tried to kill her friend. As Santa's naughty list gets longer, Phyllis tries to catch a half-baked killer." - Publisher.
Silent Night by Donna Ball. Blue Merle Publishing, 2011. Print Length: 290 p. Amazon customer rating: 5 stars (9 reviews). Kindle edition $4.99. Text-to-Speech: Enabled.
"It's Christmas time, and for Raine Stockton and her Search and Rescue dog, Cisco, Hansonville, North Carolina is just like a Norman Rockwell painting - except for the rash of thefts of baby Jesus figurines from nativity scenes, an abandoned box of golden retriever puppies that someone leaves beside her mailbox, and a mysterious gift from one of Cisco's a grateful admirers. Raine already has her hands full with her own misbehaving pooches, unexpected house guests, and a complicated new relationship. But when a newborn is abandoned in the manger of the town's living nativity and Raine walks in on what appears to be the scene of a murder, she has more to worry about than keeping the Christmas spirit alive." - Publisher.
A Killer's Christmas in Wales: A Penny Brannigan Mystery by Elizabeth J. Duncan. Minotaur Books, 2011. Print Length: 285 p. Amazon customer rating: 4 1/2 stars (6 reviews). Kindle edition $11.99. Text-to-Speech: Enabled.
"As the townsfolk of the Welsh valley town of Llanelen settle in for the snowiest winter in twenty-five years, an American stranger arrives. Harry Saunders charms the ladies, one of them in particular: Evelyn Lloyd, the town’s former postmistress, who was left comfortably off after the death of her husband. After Mrs. Lloyd invests a good deal of money with him, Harry goes missing, as does her money. His body is soon discovered outside the walls of Conwy Castle, and Mrs. Lloyd is implicated in the murder. Although Penny Brannigan and her business partner, Victoria Hopkirk, are busy overseeing the grand opening of their new spa, that doesn’t stop Mrs. Lloyd from desperately seeking Penny’s help to prove her innocence. It’s quite possible that Harry made other enemies while in Llanelen and Penny’s investigation unfolds while she juggles her work at the spa, her growing relationship with Detective Inspector Davies, and the Christmas window competition that she signed up to judge." - Publisher.
A Christms Homecoming by Anne Perry. Ballantine Books, 2011. Print Length: 224 p. Amazon customer rating: 4 stars (8 reviews). Kindle edition $9.99. Text-to-Speech: Emabled.
"...Caroline travels with her young husband, Joshua Fielding, and his theatrical troupe to Whitby, the Yorkshire fishing village where Dracula the vampire first touched English soil in the sensational novel named after him. Joshua has arranged to produce a stage adaptation of Dracula by the daughter of Whitby millionaire Charles Netheridge during the Christmas holiday, but after the disastrous first read-through of her amateurish script, only the fact that the company is depending on Netheridge’s financial backing for their spring tour keeps them at work. As tempers flare and wind and snow swirl around Netheridge’s lonely hilltop mansion, a black-cloaked stranger emerges from the storm..." - Publisher.
When Elves Attack: A Joyous Christmas Greeting from the Criminal Nutbars of the Sunshine State by Tim Dorsey. William Morrow, 2011. Print Length: 213 p. Amazon customer rating: 4 stars (40 reviews). Kindle edition $9.99. Text-to-Speech: Enabled.
"It’s ho, ho, ho time in this hilarious and wacky Florida holiday tale, featuring bighearted psychopath Serge Storms and his sidekick, Coleman. Like Santa, Serge knows who’s been naughty and who’s been nice. Few can give with the generosity and creativity of Serge, and as December 24 rolls around, he is filling up the Serge sleigh with an unforgettable bag of presents. But before that, it’s all a big free-range Christmas office party, where Serge will be spreading his special cheer. And there’s that last-minute go-for-broke spree at the mall..." - Publisher.
Herald of Death by Kate Kingsbury. Berkley, 2011. Print Length: 304 p. Amazon customer rating: Kindle edition $9.99. Text-to-Speech: Enabled.
"The Christmas Angel is a welcome sight during the winter season - but not this year. A killer is afoot in Badger's End, cutting a lock of hair from his victims and sticking a gold angel on their foreheads. Cecily Sinclair Baxter already promised her husband that she'd take a hiatus from sleuthing. But three killings have created a blizzard of bad publicity - and guests are canceling their hotel reservations. She will have to find the angel of death before he strikes again, leaving murder under the tree..." - Publisher.
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