Cozy mystery new releases for December! I can’t believe it’s the final month of the year! Well, just in time for the holidays – there are whole bunch of cozy mysteries, both festive and non-festive, coming out this month. Are you ready?
As mentioned previously, I’m now only including new releases I find on NetGalley, in posts by authors/publishers in newsletters/Instagram, OR titles an author emails or DMs me about.
If you have a book coming out and would like to be included please reach out to me on social media (@bookfrolic on Instagram or Bluesky is best) or via email at stephanie@bookfrolic.com. This method means I probably leave out many great books (sorry!) but it saves me a lot more time doing it this way, so I hope you’ll understand. If you spot any cozy mysteries that were left out of my list, feel free to leave a comment and I’ll update the post!
Leave a comment and let me know which books you’ll be reaching for this month!
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Book info, including release date, was correct at time of posting, but may change at any time.
DECEMBER 1-7, 2025
DECEMBER 1
- A Jingle of Justice (novella) by Daryl Wood Gerber
- Dastardly Deeds Down on the Farm – 4 Cozy Farmyard Mysteries by Cynthia Hickey, Linda Baten Johnson, Teresa Ives Lilly, & Janice Thompson
- Divination and Deceit (Crones of a Feather Book 2) by Beth Dolgner
- Dying in High Cotton (Savannah Time Travel Mystery Book 5) by Susan Kiernan-Lewis
- Mystery at Mistletoe Place (Eve Mallow Book 15) by Clare Chase
DECEMBER 2
- A Grim Reaper’s Guide to Cheating Death (SCYTHE Mysteries Book 2) by Maxie Dara
- All My Bones (Old Juniper Bookshop Book 2) by P.J. Nelson
- Death Throws a Bouquet (Rev & Rye Book 4) by Maria Mankin & Maren C. Tirabassi
- Killer Cache (Hazardous Hoarding Book 2) by Michelle Bennington
- Lies in Little Sutherland (Pippa Darling Book 8) by Jenna Bennett
- Murder on Harley Street (Cleopatra Fox Book 11) by CJ Archer
- Murder, She Wrote: The Body in the Trees (Murder, She Wrote Book 62) by Jessica Fletcher & Terrie Farley Moran
- Pearls and Poison (Rose Gallagher Book 4) by Erin Lindsey
- Scot’s Eggs (Last Ditch Book 8) by Catriona McPherson
- Weapon in the Watermelon (Lovely Lethal Gardens Rewind Mystery Book 4) by Dale Mayer
- Wham, Bam, In a Jam (Two Broomsticks Gas & Grill Witch Cozy Mystery Book 12) by Amanda M Lee
DECEMBER 4
- A Poisoning at Castle Gloaming (Jemima Flowerday Book 2) by Kay Blythe
- Face Time With Murder (Bewitched Baubles Book 2) by Sue Hollowell
DECEMBER 5
- Missing in St Ives (St Ives Book 3) by Deborah Fowler
- Willowbend’s Body Disposal Problem (Willowbend Book 1) by Anne Dafydd – first in a new series
DECEMBER 8-14, 2025
DECEMBER 8
- Murder on a Frosty Night (Lady Eleanor Swift Book 24) by Verity Bright
DECEMBER 9
- A Bone to Pick (Mabel McCoy Book 2) by Liliana Hart
- A Grave Deception (Kate Hamilton Book 6) by Connie Berry
- An Ambush of Tigers (Dr Nell Ward Book 7) by Sarah Yarwood-Lovett
- Evil At Teatime (International Foodie Book 3) by Ann Rose
- Murder at the Folly (Rina Martin Book 11) by Jane Adams
- Murder in Manhattan by Julie Mulhern
- The Cold Case and the Corpse (Food Blogger Mystery Book 8) by Debra Sennefelder
- Yule Regret It by Annie McEwen (A Northwoods Mystery, Book 4)
DECEMBER 10
- A Feast to Die For (Velvet Scone Book 4) by E. Hazard
DECEMBER 11
- Digital Hearts & Deception (Seabreeze Cove Book 5) by JC Valentine
- The Unlikely Exposure (Unlikely Murder Club Book 5) by Gina X. Grant
DECEMBER 15-21, 2025
DECEMBER 16
- Christmas Bells (Cottage on Gooseberry Bay Book 20) by Kathi Daley
- The Mysterious Death of Junetta Plum (Harriet Stone Book 1) by Valerie Wilson Wesley – first in a new series
DECEMBER 18
- Gumbo and Grudges (Alphabet Soup Book 7) by Erica J Whelton
- Murder Through the Snow (A Silver Pines Mystery Book 5) by Lyla Blue
- The Hyde Park Murder (Augusta Peel Book 11) by Emily Organ
DECEMBER 19
- Chocolate Eclairvoyant (Auntie Clem’s Bakery Book 26) by PD Workman
DECEMBER 22-28, 2025
DECEMBER 22
- Retool (Last Picks Book 12) by Gregory Ashe
- Silver – And The Christmas Caper (Carlyle & Silver Book 2) by Jack Gatland
DECEMBER 25
- Holidays are Murder (Middle Age is Murder Book 4) by Nellie H Steele
DECEMBER 29-31, 2025
DECEMBER 29
- The Case of the Devious Daughter (WISE Enquiries Agency Book 12) by Cathy Ace
DECEMBER 30
- Crime Rangoon (Noodle Shop Mystery Book 12) by Vivien Chien
- Killer Cube (Board Game Shop Book 2) by CJ Connor
- Midnight Bullet (Meg Butler Cruise Mystery Book 5) by Leena Clover
- Murder by Muffin (Cranberry Creek Word Search Mystery Book 2) by Rosie A Point
- Spells & Shenanigans (Misty Hollow Book 1) by Karen MacInerney – first in a new series
DECEMBER 31
- A Wish Too Late (Witches And Wishes Book 3) by C.A. Phipps
- Poison Politics (Seacastle Mystery,Book 10) by PJ Skinner
