Friday, April 25, 2025

Ten top mysteries set in the bleak midwinter

Bailey Seybolt grew up in New York City. She studied literature at Brown University and creative writing at Concordia University. She’s worked as a travel writer in Hanoi, a tech writer in San Francisco, and many writerly jobs in between. She now lives with her family in Vermont, not far from Lake Champlain.

Coram House is her debut novel.

At CrimeReads Seybolt tagged "ten wintry mysteries that will have you reaching for a blanket." One title on the list:
The Coldest Case (Tessa Wegert)

Two influencers decide to spend the winter on a tiny, remote island in New York’s Thousand Islands, cut off from the mainland by miles of ice and snow. What could possibly go wrong? Part of Wegert’s Shana Merchant series, this novel also stands alone.
Read about another title on the list.

The Page 69 Test: The Coldest Case.

--Marshal Zeringue