{"product_id":"home-for-the-homicides-a-holly-mark-mystery-holly-mark-mystery-1","title":"Home for the Homicides: A Holly \u0026 Mark Mystery (Holly \u0026 Mark Mystery #1)","description":"\n\u003ctable align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"productDetailSmallElements\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBiographical Note\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eELLE COSIMANO is a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e USA Today\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author, an International Thriller Award winner, and an Edgar Award nominee. Elle's debut novel for adults, \u003ci\u003e Finlay Donovan Is Killing It\u003c\/i\u003e, kicked off a witty, fast-paced contemporary mystery series, which was a People magazine pick and was named one of New York Public Library's Best Books of 2021. The third book in the series, \u003ci\u003eFinlay Donovan Jumps the Gun\u003c\/i\u003e, was an instant\u003ci\u003e New York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestseller. Cosimano lives with her husband and two sons in Virginia. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHANNAH MORRISSEY is the \n\u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of the Black Harbor suspense series and other gripping works of crime fiction (coming soon!). Praised for their hauntingly atmospheric settings and gritty Midwestern realism, her novels have helped define a distinct subgenre: Midwestern Noir. A graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where she studied English and Creative Writing, Hannah lives near Milwaukee with her husband and a grumble of pugs. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"A pitch-perfect blend of enemies-to-lovers tension, holiday chaos, and murder most merry, this is rom-com mystery at its finest. Smart, sexy, and wildly fun--we devoured it!\"--Christina Lauren, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Unhoneymooners\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\" \n\u003ci\u003eHome for the Homicides\u003c\/i\u003e is a delightful and charming mystery. Equal parts twisty, romantic, and hilarious, this book begs to be devoured in one sitting, preferably with some hot cocoa and Christmas cookies!\"--Amy Tintera, \n\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \n\u003ci\u003eListen for the Lie\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Move aside Santa Claus and present piles, \n\u003ci\u003eHome for the Homicides\u003c\/i\u003e is now the most fun you can have with Christmas. Morrissey's edgy sharpness combined with Cosimano's talent for humor create a hilarious, propulsive, and surprisingly sexy murder mystery that comes out swinging (lovingly) for all of our most beloved tropes. This book is so pitch-perfect, so addictive, so dang fun that it deserves a place in the holiday canon.\"--Ashley Winstead, \n\u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \n\u003ci\u003eThe Future Saints\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"If you like your Hallmark Christmas movies with a side of murder, \n\u003ci\u003eHome for the Homicides\u003c\/i\u003e is the festive, quirky love child of a holiday whodunit and a steamy romance. Yule have a holly jolly good time!\"--Sara Raasch, \n\u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \n\u003ci\u003eThe Nightmare Before Kissmass\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\" \n\u003ci\u003eHome for the Homicides\u003c\/i\u003e is a holiday present wrapped in a clever mystery! Fun, twisty, and \n\u003ci\u003esexy\u003c\/i\u003e, I raced through this like a kid unwrapping their presents on Christmas morning.\"--Catherine Mack, \n\u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \n\u003ci\u003eThis Weekend Doesn't End Well for Anyone\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Holly and Mark are the bickering, bantering, sexual-tensioning, crime-solving duo of my dreams! The town of Christmas is almost too idyllic to be believed--you're not even supposed to drop an f-bomb, much less \n\u003ci\u003ekill \u003c\/i\u003esomeone. But when rivals Holly and Mark pair up to solve the picture-perfect town's first murder, they end up learning a lot more about each other than just the case. Delightfully zany with clever meta nods to all the favorite tropes of mystery and romance, this genre mash-up is a true gift.\"--Alicia Thompson, \n\u003ci\u003eUSA Today \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \n\u003ci\u003eLove in the Time of Serial Killers\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\" \n\u003ci\u003eHome for the Homicides\u003c\/i\u003e is * \n\u003ci\u003enot\u003c\/i\u003e* your grandma's feel-good holiday Christmas movie--it's \n\u003ci\u003eKnives Out\u003c\/i\u003e, dressed up as a killer elf for the Hallmark holiday special. This F-bomb dropping, panty-dropping, body-dropping rollicking murder mystery will have you singing Ho-Ho-Homicide all season long.\"--Olivia Blacke, Anthony Award-winning author of \n\u003ci\u003eA New Lease on Death\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\"If you love Hallmark Christmas movies, but find yourself thinking, 'This could really use more sex. And cussing. And, I don't know, maybe a dead body?' Have I got the book for you! Equal parts sizzling rom-com and twisty murder mystery, \n\u003ci\u003eHome for the Homicides\u003c\/i\u003e is the genre mashup of my dreams and a holiday must-read.\"--Mia P. Manansala, author of the bestselling Tita Rosie's Kitchen Mystery series \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"This breezy holiday whodunnit is much, much more than meets the eye. From its crackling romantic tension to its self-aware chaos, this story of a murder in America's tackiest tourist trap is fun enough to last me until next Christmas.\"--John Fram, AKA Jack Friday, author of \n\u003ci\u003eThe Bright Lands \u003c\/i\u003eand \n\u003ci\u003e Killer Vibes\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher Marketing\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e'Tis the season . . . for murder.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The festive, quirky love child of a holiday whodunit and a steamy romance.\" --Sara Raasch\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eWhen Special Agents Holly Frost and Mark Shepherd report to the idyllic town of Christmas to investigate a very less than idyllic murder, they're in for more than the average whodunnit.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e Welcome to Christmas, a town so cozy and charming it could be the backdrop of a Hallmark movie, where crime is never in season and it's the holidays all year round. So when a tourist is found stabbed to death by an icicle ornament in the middle of the town nativity scene, the local police are out of their depth--after all, how do you find a criminal in a town where crime doesn't exist? \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe stakes are high: the whole town is relying on Holly and Mark to solve the crime before the annual Jingle Bell Jubilee festival (which naturally the town's entire economic survival relies on), plus, whichever of them cracks the case will receive a promotion to Major Crimes--and there's only one spot. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Holly and Mark are both on thin ice after screwing up on the job. This assignment is their one shot at redemption, if they can put aside their bitter rivalry. And of course, it's not only their careers on the line, it's their hearts, too--regrets of their holiday party hookup last year haunt them like ghosts of Christmas past, so they both want to wrap up this rom-com gone wrong as quickly as possible. But with just twelve days until the festival, the countdown to catch a killer--without killing each other--is on. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Co-authored by \n\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller Elle Cosimano (Finlay Donovan series) and \n\u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller Hannah Morrissey (Black Harbor series), \n\u003ci\u003eHome for the\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eHomicides\u003c\/i\u003e is a sexy, light-hearted romp, with a dash of merriment and murder. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eContributor Bio:\u003c\/strong\u003eCosimano, Elle\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tELLE COSIMANO is a \n\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e and \n\u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author, an International Thriller Writers Award winner, and an Edgar Award nominee. 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