{"id":6851,"date":"2012-12-19T10:05:13","date_gmt":"2012-12-19T16:05:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.lib.luc.edu\/locl\/?p=6851"},"modified":"2026-01-12T15:37:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T21:37:15","slug":"staff-picks-susans-12-cozy-christmas-mysteries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/noteworthy\/2012\/12\/19\/staff-picks-susans-12-cozy-christmas-mysteries\/","title":{"rendered":"Staff Picks: Susan’s 12 Cozy Christmas Mysteries"},"content":{"rendered":"

To close out 2012, we asked library staff members to write lists\u2013of anything they want. Today we feature Susan Wardzala’s twelve cozy Christmas mysteries.<\/em><\/p>\n

Susan is a reference librarian at Lewis Library.<\/p>\n

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12 Cozy Christmas Mysteries<\/strong><\/p>\n

Atherton, Nancy. Aunt Dimity’s Christmas<\/a><\/em> (2000)
\nISBN-10: 0140296303
\nA series of mysteries (frequently not involving murder) staring Lori Atherton and her “late” Aunt Dimity.<\/p>\n

Bowen, Rhys. Twelve Clues of Christmas<\/a><\/em> (a Royal Spyness Mystery) (2012)
\nISBN-10: 0425252787
\nLady Georgiana (Georgie) Rannoch is 34th in line for the throne of England and trying to survive during the Great Depression.<\/p>\n

Braun, Lilian Jackson. The Cat Who Tailed a Thief<\/a><\/em> (2011)
\nISBN-10: 0747253919
\nJim Qwilleran (retired reporter\/turned millionaire from “down-under” and his two siamese cats solve mysteries in the north western town of Pickax in Moose County. Don’t worry the cats don’t talk. <\/p>\n

Casey, Elizabeth Lynn. Let It Sew<\/a><\/em> (Southern Sewing Circle Mysteries) (2012)
\nISBN: 0425251713 <\/p>\n

Christie, Agatha. Hercule Poirot’s Christmas<\/a><\/em> (1938)
\nISBN’s differ for the many editions, but one is 0062074016
\nIt’s Agatha Christie, what more can I say?<\/p>\n

Ferris, Monica. Crewel Yule – Needlecraft Mystery<\/em><\/a> (2005)
\nISBN-10: 042526351
\nBetsy Devonshire, owner of the shop Crewel World, solves the 8th mystery in the Needlecraft series. <\/p>\n

Haddam, Jane. <em>Not a Creature Was Stirring<\/a><\/em> (1990)
\nISBN-10: 9993087971
\nThe first in holiday-based series about Gregor Demarkian, the retired FBI agent known as the Armenian-American Hercule Poirot.<\/p>\n

Harper, Karen. Queene’s Christmas<\/a><\/em> (Eliizabeth I Mysteries) (2004)
\nISBN-10: 0312994729
\nQueen Elizabeth and her privy counsel secretly investigate murders and conspiracies in the 6th of this series.<\/p>\n

MacLeod, Charlotte. Rest You Merry<\/a><\/em> (Peter Shandy Mysteries) (1978)
\nISBN-10: 0743434730
\nOn Christmas Day, a University scrooge finds a murdered librarian.<\/p>\n

Perry, Anne. Christmas Homecoming<\/a><\/em> (2011)
\nISBN: 9780344424638
\nThe story includes several characters from the authors’ Victorian series starring policeman, Thomas Pitt and his (high-society and soon-to-be) wife Charlotte (the longest sustained crime series by a currently living writer.)<\/p>\n

Willig, Lauren. Mischief of the Mistletoe: A Pink Carnation Christmas<\/a><\/em> (2011)
\nISBN-10: 0451234774
\nA series of mysteries about a history scholar writing her dissertation on a group of British spies, each named after different flowers (Pink Carnation, Black Tulip, Night Jasmine, etc). Think Jane Austin Meets the Scarlet Pimpernel.<\/p>\n

Wolzien, Valerie. We Wish You a Merry Murder<\/a><\/em> (1991)
\nISBN-10: 0449147238
\nThis 16-book series stars suburban housewife Susan Henshaw.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

To close out 2012, we asked library staff members to write lists\u2013of anything they want. Today we feature Susan Wardzala’s twelve cozy Christmas mysteries. Susan is a reference librarian at Lewis Library. 12 Cozy Christmas Mysteries Atherton, Nancy. Aunt Dimity’s Christmas (2000) ISBN-10: 0140296303 A series of mysteries (frequently not involving murder) staring Lori Atherton […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39,"featured_media":6856,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":""},"categories":[48,5016],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/noteworthy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6851"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/noteworthy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/noteworthy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/noteworthy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/39"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/noteworthy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6851"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/noteworthy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6851\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17791,"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/noteworthy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6851\/revisions\/17791"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/noteworthy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6856"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/noteworthy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6851"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/noteworthy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6851"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/noteworthy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6851"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}