Deb Lewis’ December Book Picks

Are you ready to look at book suggestions for December? Deb Lewis from The Poisoned Pen has some suggestions. You can check them out at the Webstore. https://store.poisonedpen.com/

Thank you, Deb. She says there are “lots of bones ahead”.


All My Bones by PJ Nelson 

Madeline Brimley, new owner of a bookstore in a small Georgia town, finds herself playing sleuth when a friend is charged with the murder of a much-disliked woman.

and Booked For Murder PJ Nelson

Lilian Jackson Braun Award finalist, Indie Next pick, Library Reads pick, SIBA Read This Next! selection -Madeline Brimley returns to the small town Georgia bookstore she inherited, discovering that small towns hold deadly secrets.

Evil Bones by Kathy Reichs

#1 New York Times bestselling author Kathy Reichs returns with a twisty, magnetic thriller featuring forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan, who finds herself enmeshed in a series of grisly animal killings that escalate into something far more sinister. (Signed copies available.)

Silent Bones by Val McDermid

“Powerful, moving and wise – Val McDermid’s books are always enthralling.”—Harlan Coben

“A beautifully structured, witty and twisty novel.”—Ann Cleeves

The new installment in the “relentlessly engrossing series” (Wall Street Journal) finds Karen Pirie and her team investigating the murder of a journalist paved under a motorway—but was it his work or his private life that put him there? 

Beast of the North Woods by Annelise Ryan 

When a local fisherman is mauled to death, it seems like the only possible cause is a mythical creature in the latest puzzling entry in this USA Today bestselling series.

The Italian Secret by Tara Moss

An old family secret leads from the streets of Sydney to Italy’s sun-drenched Neapolitan coast, in this immersive historical mystery from #1 international bestselling author Tara Moss.

The List of Suspicious Things by Jennie Godfrey

What could be more magical than a writer who can flip from hilarity to darkness and back on the same page? Jennie Godfrey does this and more…in a voice that is as authentic as it is unforgettable.” —Jenny Jackson, New York Times bestselling author of Pineapple Street

“We’ll make a list. A list of all the people and things we see that are suspicious. And then… we’ll investigate them.”

Stocking Stuffer: Everyone In The Group Chat Dies by LM Chilton

From the breakout author of Swiped comes a compulsively readable, surprisingly funny, and genuinely thrilling pageturner about a TikTok true crime investigator, a ’90s serial killer that may not be as dead as everyone would like, a text thread from hell, and long buried secrets that just won’t stay in the grave where they belong.