Stumped for a holiday-themed mystery to read? Janet Rudolph's Mystery Fanfare blog has a comprehensive listing, broken down into five parts, all of which you can access here.
Stumped for a holiday dish to serve at your next party? The Mystery Lovers' Kitchen blog has their usual complement of terrific ideas (and books to accompany them), from Easy Layered Eggnog Latte Cocktails to Iced Gingerbread Cookie Sticks. And Omnivoracious has "12 Days of Cookie Recipes" for your holiday baking.
Stumped for that last-minute gift for the book lovers on your list? Check out NPR's picks for Best Mysteries of 2014.
The Criminal Element blog is sponsoring a "Yule Be Sorry" sweepstakes through December 30, with the lucky winner taking home seven crime fiction books.
The December 2014 issue of Suspense magazine includes author features with James Lee Burke, Peter James, Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child, and Stuart Neville. You'll also meet the winner of the Crimson Scribe Award as he talks writing with Anthony J. Franze; read part II of the "All-American: How Greg Pappas Went From Football Star to the Only American in Pablo Escobar's Medellín Cartel" by Jon Land; plus 20 pages of reviews and more.
Jen's Book Thoughts wants to hear your favorite books of the year. She'll collect all the nominations and add them to her own end-of-the-year Books in Review blog posts.
Another writer for that blog, Jake Hinkson, picked out "7 Noir Holiday Films," for those of you who need a break from all that "merry" and "ho ho ho."
Kings River Life is celebrating the holidays with several crime-themed short stories, including "Gracie's Gift from the East," by Gary Hoffman, and "You Better Watch Out" by Aileen Baron.
In celebration of the 50th anniversary of A Charlie Brown's Christmas, NPR had a restrospective and also encouraged listeners to submit their own "sad Christmas tree" photos via Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram.
The Guardian takes note of the fact that the bestselling book in the UK this Christmas is a book reissue from the 1930s, Mystery in White: A Christmas Crime Story by J Jefferson Farjeon.
The All Things Crime blog made a list (and checked it twice) of the "Top 10 Wacky Christmas Crimes," from the Santa Claus bank robber to a Christmas shopping light-saber assult. You can't make this stuff up.
Chuck Wendig takes a look at Christmas music for people who hate Christmas music.
What says "Christmas holiday" (at least in the Northern Hemisphere) more than cold weather and snow? And Scandinavia tends to have a lot of both. Editor Janet Rudoph has posted a call for submissions of reviews and articles for the next Mystery Readers Journal, which will be themed around Scandinavia.
The latest e-issue of Yellow Mama is available, with some holiday treats and four "powerful, thought-provoking stories."
The new crime poem over at the 5-2 is "You Didn't Mean to Kill Anyone" by Roger Netzer.
In the Q&A roundup this week, Tina Whittle chats with Omnimystery News about the latest book in her Tai Randolph and Trey Seaver series, Deeper Than the Grave, and Jay Brandon discusses his new political thriller, Shadow Knight's Mate.
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