Last year I did a very popular post on darker and more thrilling Christmas Murder Mysteries for 2023. I made a new post but this year I also have a list of NEW Cozy Christmas Mysteries. All the books on my list came out for holiday season 2024! And if you are up for a darker holiday book, be sure to check out last year’s list AND my upcoming list of New Classic Christmas Mysteries and Thrillers in 2024!
New Cozy Christmas Mystery Books for 2024
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I’ll Be Home for Mischief by Jacqueline Frost
- Series: Christmas Tree Farm Mystery Series book five
- Setting: Mistletoe, Maine
- Sleuth: Innkeeper Holly Jackson at the Reindeer Games Farm
- Cozy Holiday Highlights: gingerbread bake-off
- Vibe: Hallmark Mystery Movie
- Goodreads Rating: 4.3
- November 2024 by Crooked Lane; 288 pages
Murder at a Scottish Christmas by Traci Hall
- Series: Scottish Shire Mystery Series book six
- Setting: Nairn, Scotland (a quaint seaside village)
- Sleuth: Paislee Shaw, proprietor of the Cashmere Crush yarn shop
- Cosy Holiday Highlights: Hogmanay celebrations (Scottish New Year)
- Vibe: Scottish revelry
- Goodreads rating: 4.3
- September 2024 by Kensington Books; 320 pages
Mr Campion’s Christmas by Mike Ripley
- Series: Albert Campion Christmas, but with Mike Ripley filling in for Margery Allingham, who started the series in the late 1920s.
- Setting: Carterers, a farmhouse in Norfolk UK in the 1960s
- Sleuth: partycrasher and amateur detective Albert Campion
- Cosy Holiday Highlights: this book leans toward a classic mystery, but there is a Boxing Day pilgrimage to a country church
- Vibe: Cold War spy intrigue in a quaint English village
- Goodreads Rating: 4.1
- November 2024 by Severn House; 342 pages
Blue Christmas Bones by Carolyn Haines
- Series: Sarah Booth Delaney #28
- Setting: the Elvis Festival in Tupelo, Mississippi
- Sleuth: Sassy detective Sarah Booth Delaney
- Cozy Holiday Highlights: Holiday Elvis impersonators
- Vibe: comic
- Goodreads Rating: 4.2
- October 2024 by Minotaur Books; 352 pages
A St Ives Christmas Mystery by Deborah Fowler
- Series: none
- Setting: the charming UK village of St Ives
- Sleuth: widow and solicitor Merrin Mckenzie
- Cosy Holiday Highlights: adorable rescue animals, cozy holiday cottages
- Vibe: second chance at happiness; return to hometown
- Goodreads rating: 3.9
- October 2024 by Allison & Busby; 352 pages
Happy Bloody Christmas by Jo Middleton
- Series: none
- Setting: the UK
- Sleuth: Anna Johnson, a harried mom of two
- Cosy Holiday Highlights: a fun family Christmas Eve party, Holiday Movies
- Vibe: a comic Christmas
- Goodreads Rating: 4.2
- September 2024 by Avon Books
A Christmas Murder by Mary Grand
- Series: Isle of Wight Mystery Series book two
- Setting: The Isle of Wight in the English Channel
- Sleuth: Grandmother and amateur detective Susan
- Cosy Holiday Highlights: A traditional Christmas celebration at Bishopstone Manor
- Vibe: Murder in the village
- Goodreads Rating: 4.1
- September 2024 by Boldwood Books; 336 pages
A Corpse in Christmas Close by Michelle Salter
- Series: Iris Woodmore Mysteries book five
- Setting: Winchester UK in the 1920s
- Sleuth: Iris Woodmore, a journalist and amateur detective
- Cosy Holiday Highlights: a Christmas Pantomime
- Vibe: 1920s feminist heroine
- Goodreads Rating: 4.1
- August 2024 by Boltwood Books; 290 pages
Christmas at Glitter Peak Lodge by Kjersti Herland Johnsen
- Series: none
- Setting: the mountains of Norway
- Sleuth: Alpinist Ingrid Berg
- Cozy Holiday Highlights: the book is written in 24 chapters, advent calendar style. It also looks at Norwegian holiday traditions
- Vibe: Scandinavian Festive
- Goodreads Rating: 3.5
- October 2024 by HarperVia; 400 pages, translated from Norwegian.
A Holiday Homicide by Ellie Alexander
- Series: Secret Bookcase Mystery book four
- Setting: Redwood Grove
- Sleuth: Annie Murray, bookstore proprietor
- Cozy Holiday Highlights: a gingerbread house competition
- Vibe: Hallmark Movie
- November 2024 by Storm Publishing, 267 pages
Murder at Midwinter Manor (Miss Merrill and Aunt Violet Mysteries) by Anita Davidson
- Series: Miss Merrill and Aunt Violet book three
- Setting: Midwinter Manor, a British country manor in 1916
- Sleuths: Hannah Merrill, Aunt Violet and Bartleby
- Cozy Holiday Highlights: a Christmas house party
- Vibe: Downton Abbey meets Agatha Christie
- Goodreads rating: 4.4
- September 2024 by Boltwood Books; 283 pages
Death at a Scottish Christmas by Lucy Connelly
- Series: Scottish Isle Mysteries book three
- Setting: Sea Isle, Scotland
- Sleuth: Dr. Emilia McRoy
- Cozy Holiday Highlights: sinister Secret Santa, a blizzard
- Vibe: small town intrigue
- Goodreads Rating: 4.2
- October 2024 by Crooked Lane Books; 246 pages
Need more Christmas Mysteries? Check out these posts!
Best New Thrilling Christmas Mysteries in 2024
Best new COZY Christmas Mystery Books to Read in 2024
Best Cozy Mysteries to Watch in 2025!
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