📚 These Holiday Mysteries Offer Cozy Chills (AARP Article)

[Winter2024]

FROM THE ARTICLE - SEE ARTICLE FOR MORE!!!

Murder and Mistletoe? We're in! Holiday Mysteries Offer Cozy Chills.

8 seasonal books that are like Hallmark’s Christmas rom-coms—with a touch of crime.

By Nicholas DeRenzo, AARP. Published November 15, 2024.

Mystery writers love a good theme, and the holiday season is a fun one, inspiring books with punny titles like Rest Ye Murdered Gentlemen, The Knife Before Christmas and Yule Be Dead. They’re cozies with Christmas lights, hot chocolate, and festive gatherings — albeit with a touch of treachery lurking below the comfort and joy.

Their allure is similar to that of the holiday romances that flood the Hallmark Channel every year, notes author Tod Goldberg, editor of this year’s Hannukah-set noir anthology Eight Very Bad Nights. “People love the comfort of the familiar,” he says, pointing to the slightly melancholy nostalgia sometimes associated with the season: “The sights, the sounds, the smells of the holidays evoke a unique wistfulness that's perfect for both romance and crime."

https://www.aarp.org/entertainment/books/info-2024/holiday-mystery-books.html

[Winter2024]

I do prefer some cozies, but of late I guess I am getting old - alot of the NEW stuff are NOT.

Gosh, where are my Agatha Christie lookalikes as I have read ALL of her books and luv when I find a NEW author similar to her writing.

Oh well...