I don't know about you, but when I'm sitting all cozy in my sweater and jeans and sipping luscious Earl Gray tea, I don't want to read a story set in the humid, hot months of summer. Likewise, if in July I'm relaxing in a beach chair and enjoying breezes off the ocean, I'm not interested in stories set in the snow-friendly months of winter.
Today it's December 16th and the temperature's dropping. YAY! Time to get lost in books where the characters shiver in the 45 degree weather and drink hot chocolate or mulled cider in front of a warm fire (hopefully not a destructive one). Can't you just feel the heightened tension when the protaganist drives her Ford Focus down icy roads, sliding around tight curves and flying through red lights trying to outrun the big, black SUV following her every movement? I can imagine the scene a whole lot better if the temperature outside matches the one in the book.
So for those who are in the cold right now, here are some stories set in the frigid depths of winter. The forecast? A dusting of snow mixed with cold, cruel hearts and frosty relationships...
Killer Sweet Tooth (A Daphne Martin Cake Mystery) by Gayle Trent
Dead Bolt (A Haunted Home Renovation Mystery) by Juliet Blackwell
Let's Play Dead (A Museum Mystery) by Sheila Connelly
Bitter Harvest (An Orchard Mystery) by Sheila Connelly
Winter Study (An Anna Pigeon Mystery) by Nevada Barr
The Wicked Winter (A Roger the Chapman Medieval Mystery) by Kate Sedley
Stork Raving Mad (A Meg Langslow Mystery) by Donna Andrews
Shot Through Velvet (A Crime of Fashion Mystery) by Ellen Byerrum
Armed and Glamorous (A Crime of Fashion Mystery) by Ellen Byerrum
The Fashion Hound Murders (A Josie Marcus, Mystery Shopper Mystery) by Elaine Viets
Make, Take, Murder (A Kiki Lowenstein Scrap-N-Craft Mystery) by Joanna Campbell Slan
I'm sure this is only the tip of the iceberg for stories set in the cold months of winter. Did I miss your favorite book? Please comment and let us know...and stay warm!!
Next Friday: MYSTERIES WITH MESSAGES