Here are 10 heart-pounding novels recommended by NPR staff and critics — perfect for winter reading by the fire.

Are you looking for something to read to ring in the new year? Are you a fan of New Year’s cozy mysteries? Then we have some ...

The holidays are a perfect time to cozy up with a good mystery novel, and this season offers a wonderful variety of whodunits ...

Edited by Otto Penzler, The Big Book of Christmas Mysteries is advertised as the “most complete collection of Yuletide ...

And luckily, for all of us, there are plenty of Christmas themed cozy mysteries that we can enjoy this holiday season.

If you’re looking for a book featuring small-town charm, an amateur sleuth, lighthearted suspense and an eerie case that ...

The mystery takes many twists and turns, and the book within a book is a cozy classic. This book is best for those who enjoy books within a book or want something set in cozy Britain. Anthony ...

The Rabbi Small series is effective at capturing Jewish life in the American postwar era, when the past and the present-day ...

Her newest release, from her Barks & Beans Café cozy mystery series set in Lewisburg, West Virginia, is called “Knight Brew.” It can be ordered from Amazon. She also writes psychological ...

(Mulholland Books) Midnight and Blue ... estate that hosts socialites for Murder Mystery weekends in this witty cozy mystery novel. Kate Atkinson is an English writer of several novels including ...

The stories vary from latter-day noir to cozy murder but they ... the 12 tales themselves, since the book offers situations designed to appeal to mystery fans (author readings, a book store ...