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COZY MYSTERY EXAMPLES
All Through The Night: A Suspense Story by Mary Higgins Clark
A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle
Dashing Through the Snow by Mary Higgins Clark
Deck the Halls by Mary Higgins Clark
Murder on the Orient Express: A Hercule Poirot Mystery by Agatha Christie
Premeditated Myrtle by Elizabeth C. Bunce
The Christmas Thief: A Novel by Mary Higgins Clark
Twas the Knife Before Christmas: A Christmas Tree Farm Mystery by Jacqueline Frost
Twelve Slays of Christmas: A Christmas Tree Farm Mystery by Jacqueline Frost
Yule Be Dead by Lorraine Bartlett
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