Eight top Christmas thrillers & crime novels

Carolina Ciucci is a teacher, writer and reviewer based in the south of Argentina. She hoards books like they’re going out of style. In case of emergency, you can summon her by talking about Ireland, fictional witches, and the Brontë family. At Book Riot she tagged "eight wonderful Christmas thrillers and crime novels (yes, cozy mysteries included) to add a bit of Sherlockian flair to [her] festivities." One title on the list:

Christmas Presents by Lisa Unger

Madeline Martin does not want to deal with Harley Granger. She can think of many other things she’d like better than to re-live the worst time of her life with a true crime podcaster, especially one known for his unethical practices. But Granger wants to know what happened the night Madeline was left for dead by Evan Handy, and she, well, she needs to know what’s been happening since.

Read about another novel on the list.

--Marshal Zeringue