2025 Fall/Winter book recommendations from your faithful reviewer and Poisoned Pen Bookstore bookseller, John Charles, and from New York Times bestsellers Jayne Ann Krentz and Christina Dodd. Think gift books for your mom, your best friends, everyone on your holiday list!
MURDER AT DONWELL ABBEY by Vanessa Kelly
https://store.poisonedpen.com/item/N72jacmRMGB1TATUzwq0dg
THE SHOP ON HIDDEN LANE by Jayne Ann Krentz
https://store.poisonedpen.com/item/uFul1NHY3vAiGYugRnYDXg
Jayne would like to say that, in addition to a story of fast-paced psychic romantic suspense, there is a DOG IN THIS BOOK. His name is Bruce.
WHILE IT WAS SNOWING by Julia London
https://store.poisonedpen.com/item/K-li6NXAP9oc9p-PkCI0sg
THE DEVIL IN OXFORD by Jess Armstrong
https://store.poisonedpen.com/item/MWp_c1qAP1zCXsw-Lplk1g
WITCHES OF DUBIOUS ORIGIN by Jenn McKinlay
https://store.poisonedpen.com/item/p5lAnqxqGBQHGDYK4KWguA
Let’s switch for a moment; here are Jayne’s two recommendations:
THE VERMILION SEA by Megan Chance
https://store.poisonedpen.com/item/NOOZpsDSEgs8qQgEdrDoMw
THE HONG KONG WIDOW by Kristen Loesch
https://store.poisonedpen.com/item/wCIDqQu6pg–DIYZrIJ3ag
Some more from John:
GOOD SPIRITS by B.K. Borison
https://store.poisonedpen.com/item/1sM1NJwkMQfWaci5teZ_3w
DATE NIGHT IN DECEMBER by Jaqueline Snowe
https://store.poisonedpen.com/item/1iqMaW6srnPBU1-FvasyQg
THE DRAMATIC LIFE OF JONAH PENROSE by Robyn Green
https://store.poisonedpen.com/item/1sM1NJwkMQcDtbBbVhjDJQ
Let’s pause for a couple of recommendations from Christina Dodd.
OTHERWISE ENGAGED by Susan Mallery
https://store.poisonedpen.com/item/b_uk_a4uVkvRFQ5UX5jjKQ
MUCH ADO ABOUT MISTLETOE by Christina Dodd 😁
Yes, I know, it’s mine. But Jayne and John don’t read eBooks, and ’tis the season for a Montague family-centric, funny, heartwarming Christmas tale. MUCH ADO ABOUT MISTLETOE: enjoy it today!
More from John!
AND THEN THERE WAS THE ONE by Martha Waters
https://store.poisonedpen.com/item/gQpiPqSJBXj4FwcaG0ZqgQ
THE WASP TRAP by Mark Edwards
https://store.poisonedpen.com/item/DFe05H_njq7MVN1MQMRp-Q
THE BELLES by Lacey N. Dunhamhttps://store.poisonedpen.com/item/gQpiPqSJBXjkKXmo7YnAbQ
GIRL NEXT DOOR by Rachel Meredith
https://store.poisonedpen.com/item/1sM1NJwkMQe-5CESRQ7moQ
CHRISTMAS PEOPLE by Iva-Marie Palmer
https://store.poisonedpen.com/item/MWp_c1qAP1wyEac_OV6d6A
THE MAN NEXT DOOR by Sheila Roberts
https://store.poisonedpen.com/item/b_uk_a4uVkv6pwT1WLmJdA
HOT DESK by Laura Dickerman
https://store.poisonedpen.com/item/gQpiPqSJBXj9VZglbhrt5g
MADE YOU LOOK by Tanya Grant
https://store.poisonedpen.com/item/BQmk5nUNoKGOUpDqAfDH9A
A BOX FULL OF DARKNESS by Simone St. James
https://store.poisonedpen.com/item/DayRjyMnwHkX-nj5JTowdw
SECOND CHANCE ROMANCE by Olivia Dade
https://store.poisonedpen.com/item/Vus7kAU5V3W1sz7PbbEQLg
THE BOOKBINDER’S SECRET by A.D. Bell
https://store.poisonedpen.com/item/f9p-FNF8Slpv6zivr4GU3A
*All links go the Poisoned Pen Bookstore where they have many of the books autographed. They ship both in the U.S. and internationally.
