Winter's here and what better way to pass the time than curling up with a hot mug of cocoa and a great mystery/thriller! Here are some wonderful winter themed mysteries to pass the time until spring.
Bury Your Dead-It is Winter Carnival in Quebec City, bitterly cold and
surpassingly beautiful. Chief Inspector Armand Gamache has come not to
join the revels but to recover from an investigation gone hauntingly
wrong. But violent death is inescapable, even in the apparent sanctuary
of the Literary and Historical Society— where an obsessive historian’s
quest for the remains of the founder of Quebec, Samuel de Champlain,
ends in murder. Could a secret buried with Champlain for nearly 400
years be so dreadful that someone would kill to protect it?
A Spoonful of Murder-When Lucky Jamieson inherits her parents' soup shop, By the Spoonful,
she realizes it's time to take stock of her life. Should she sell her
parents' house or move in herself? Does she really want to run a
restaurant business? And what about her grandfather Jack, who seems to
be showing signs of Alzheimer's? But her life decisions are
moved to the back burner after an icy blonde tourist is found frozen to
death behind the soup shop. and Lucky is bowled over when her soup chef,
Sage DuBois, is led out of the kitchen by the police. As suspicion and
speculations snowball, Lucky decides that the only way to save her
employee and her business is to find out herself who iced the
tourist--and landed her chef in the soup...
The Snowman-One night, after the first snowfall of the year, a boy named Jonas wakes
up and discovers that his mother has disappeared. Only one trace of her
remains: a pink scarf, his Christmas gift to her, now worn by the
snowman that inexplicably appeared in their yard earlier that day.
Inspector Harry Hole suspects a link between the missing woman and a
suspicious letter he’s received. The case deepens when a pattern
emerges: over the past decade, eleven women have vanished—all on the day
of the first snow. But this is a killer who makes his own rules . . .
and he’ll break his pattern just to keep the game interesting, as he
draws Harry ever closer into his twisted web. With brilliantly realized
characters and hair-raising suspense, international bestselling author
Jo Nesbø presents his most chilling case yet—one that will test Harry
Hole to the very limits of his sanity.
Death Comes Silently-Business is slow for Annie Darling's mystery bookstore,
Death on Demand, as winter rolls into Broward's Rock, South Carolina. To
boost her sales, Annie decides to host a book signing for the island's
resident writer. During the signing, Gretchen Burkholt, a fellow
volunteer at the local charity shop, Better Tomorrow, leaves Annie
multiple voicemails about scandalous news she's dying to share. So, when
the event wraps up, Annie heads over to hear the latest scoop...only to
find Gretchen dead on the floor, an axe by her side. Annie, with the
help of her husband, Max, uncovers a mysterious plot involving an
overturned kayak, a stolen motorboat, a troubled love affair, and a
reckless teenager. Annie will have to keep her eyes peeled and use every
trick in the book to track down a cold-blooded killer in the dead of
winter.
The Ice Princess-Returning to her hometown of Fjallbacka after the funeral of her
parents, writer Erica Falck finds a community on the brink of tragedy.
The death of her childhood friend, Alex, is just the beginning. Her
wrists slashed, her body frozen in an ice-cold bath, it seems that she
has taken her own life. Erica conceives a book about the beautiful but
remote Alex, one that will answer questions about their own shared past.
While her interest grows into an obsession, local detective Patrik
Hedstrom is following his own suspicions about the case. But it is only
when they start working together that the truth begins to emerge about a
small town with a deeply disturbing past.
Enjoy!
Angela ; )
5 comments:
I don't think I ever thought about looking for winter-themed books, but that's awesome. Everyone talks about "beach books" and summer books, etc., but when it's *hot* out, these would be perfect! Great way to get your *shivers* on several levels. :)
I am very aware of the different seasons when writing and reading! Henning Mankell does a great job of this in his books too :) I have a winter book planned. I just hope I get to write it at -30 rather than 30C!
"Cool" post, Angela. :-) Thanks for the recommendations (although I had already read Bury your Dead -- it's my favourite Louise Penny book to date).
I have to be careful when I'm writing to keep the season firmly in mind, or I'll have a snow-filled ditch in July!
What a great idea. Thanks for the recommendations.
I haven't read any of these but somehow cold and winter really fits with murder.
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