Here is a list of over 60 new titles representing major genres such as cozy mysteries, traditional mysteries, historical mysteries, and others releasing this month, with six debut series.
As always, I hope there is a new title to suit everyone’s personal taste. Enjoy the adventure!
DECEMBER 1
The Lost Past of Billy McQueen by Neil Alexander
The Survivors by Caroline Mitchell
The Emerald Threads by Lynn Morrison (A Crown Jewels Regency Mystery Book 4)
The Broken Places by Mia Sheridan
Slay, Bells, Ring by Joanne Campbell Slan (A Kiki Lowenstein Mystery Book 18)
DECEMBER 2
Fa-La-La-La-Lola by Melissa Bourbon (A Lola Cruz Mystery Book 7)
Cozy Up to Mystery by Colin Conway (A Cozy Up Mystery Book 8)
DECEMBER 3
I Might Be in Trouble by Daniel Aleman
The Secret of the Three Fates by Jess Armstrong (A Ruby Vaughn Mystery Book 2)
Club Contango by Eliane Boey
Echo by Tracy Clark (A Detective Harriet Foster Mystery Book 3)
Good Lieutenant by E.J. Copperman (A Jersey Girl Legal Mystery Book 6)
A Killer Hold by Leah Dobrinska (A Larkspur Library Mystery Book 3)
The Close-Up by Pip Drysdale
Mistletoe, Mutts and Murder by S.A. Kazlo (A Samantha Davies Mystery Book 6)
Against the Grain by Peter Lovesey (A Detective Peter Diamond Mystery Book 22)
Scotzilla by Catriona McPherson (A Last Ditch Mystery Book 7)
The Rivals by Jane Pek
I Murdered Someone and Never Got Caught by Don Rose
Love the Stranger by Michael Sears (A Queens Mystery Book 2)
Alter Ego by Alex Segura
Perfect Storm by Paige Shelton (An Alaska Wild Mystery Book 6)
Trouble Island by Sharon Short
Buried Road by Katie Tallo
Murder in Season by Mary Winters (A Lady of Letters Mystery Book 3)
DECEMBER 4
Caroling Chaos by D.B. McNicol (A Holiday Corner Christmas Cozy Mystery Book 7)
Frosty Fugitives by Sharon Michaels (A Holiday Corner Christmas Cozy Mystery Book 8)
Holiday Heist by leana Muñoz Renfroe (A Holiday Corner Christmas Cozy Mystery Book 9)
The Mystery at Love’s Manor by D.W. Thompson (An Emma Love Mystery Book 1) *first book in a new series*
DECEMBER 5
Missing: A Perfect Vacation. A Perfect Nightmare by Christy Cooper-Burnett
Face Down Beside St. Ann’s Well by Kathy Lynn Emerson (A Face Down Mystery Book 9)
Murder at the Bee Farm by Sue Hollowell (A Sunny Honey B&B Cozy Mystery Book 1) *first book in a new series*
The Peanut Butter Murders by Corinne Holt Sawyer (A Benbow and Wingate Book 4)
DECEMBER 6
Malicious Intent by Hannah Ellis (A Lily Larkin Mystery Book 2)
DECEMBER 9
Deadly Performance by Kate Parker (A Deadly Series Mystery Book 12)
DECEMBER 10
Death At An Irish Wedding by Ellie Brannigan (An Irish Castle Mystery Book 2)
Formal Fatality by Lynn Cahoon (A Cat Latimer Mystery Book 10)
Love, Lies, and Local News by Barbara Howard
What the Wife Knew by Darby Kane
Booked For Murder by P.J. Nelson (An Old Juniper Bookstore Mystery Book 1) *first book in a new series*
Home for the Homicides by Rosalie Spielman (A Hometown Mystery Book 4)
Pretty Dead Things by Lilian West
DECEMBER 11
A Killer Booking by Ryan Hoffman (A Riley Morgan Mystery Book 5)
DECEMBER 12
A Red Christmas by Rosie A. Point (A Murder Before Christmas Cozy Mystery Book 2)
DECEMBER 16
Again with Feeling by Gregory Ashe (A Last Picks Mystery Book 6)
DECEMBER 17
Mischief at Marsden Manor by Jenna Bennett (A Pippa Darling Mysteries Book 6)
Christmas in the Country by Kathi Daley (An Inn at Holiday Bay Mystery Book 31)
Murder at Winterton Hall by Fiona Veitch Smith (A Poppy Denby Investigates Mystery Book 4)
DECEMBER 19
Miami Interlude by Linda Bennett Pennell
DECEMBER 20
A Silent Christmas by Rosie A. Point (A Murder Before Christmas Cozy Mystery Book 3)
DECEMBER 24
Knife Skills For Beginners by Orlando Murrin (A Chef Paul Delamare Mystery Book 1) *first book in a new series*
Irish Soda Bread Murder by Carlene O’Connor, Peggy Ehrhart, And Liz Ireland
The Case of the Missing Maid by Rob Osler (A Harriet Morrow Investigates Mystery Book 1) *first book in a new series*
Watch Your Back by Terri Parlato
The Matter of the Secret Bride by Darcie Wilde (An Useful Woman Mystery Book 3)
Mrs. Morris And The Venomous Valentine by Traci Wilton (A Salem B&B Mystery Book 9)
DECEMBER 25
Permed to Deadly Perfection by Amber Crewes (A Spring Harbor Cozy Mystery Book 7)
Weekends are Murder by Nellie H. Steele (A Middle Age is Murder Cozy Mystery Book 3)
DECEMBER 26
Tea and Trickery by Wendy Ledger (A Witches of Whittaker Mystery Book 1) *first book in a new series*
DECEMBER 27
Happy Homicide by Jen Pitts (A French Quarter Mystery Book 7)
DECEMBER 31
Bowen River by Annie Seaton
Publication date subject to change
Thank you so much, Dru!
I love checking your list out every month. Thank you, Dru!
Almost overwhelming … but almost delicious as well!
Thanks so much, Dru! 🙂
Thank you for including Murder in Season with all these wonderful reads. Much appreciated, Dru!
These all look so great!