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Tour Spotlight: A Killer For Christmas by Kim Harrington

A Killer for Christmas: A Novel
Cozy Mystery
Stand-Alone Novel
Setting – Maine
Publisher: ‎ Crooked Lane Books
Publication date: ‎ September 22, 2026
Print length: ‎ 320 pages
Hardcover ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 979-8892425025
Paperback ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 979-8892425032
Digital ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 979-8892425049

Wrapped in red has a bloody new meaning in this contemporary holiday romance with a murderous twist, perfect for readers who enjoyed The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year.

Christmasville, Maine, is the only place where Kelsey Hendricks has ever felt happy. When she loses both her job and her boyfriend, the move is a no-brainer, especially when she sees a listing for a position as Christmasville’s social media manager. Surrounded by twinkling lights and candy canes and with the perfect job, this tinsel town is working its magic on Kelsey. With two heartthrobs vying for her attention, her life is now just like a Christmas movie.

Except for the murders.

The first one is dismissed as an accident. But after the second, and definitely the third, it becomes abundantly clear that Santa is leaving coal in someone’s stocking this year.

Determined to bring back the holly jolly spirit to the town before tourists begin canceling their reservations, Kelsey must sleuth her way out of a chilling murder mystery and back to a holiday rom-com.

This charming and clever mystery-romance where a cozy winter wonderland warms the heart while suspense chills the bones is the perfect read for the holiday season.

About The Author, Kim Harrington

Kim Harrington is the author of A Killer for Christmas, her debut adult mystery, as well as Clarity, Perception, The Dead and Buried, and Forget Me for teens and Revenge of the Red Club, the Sleuth or Dare series, and Gamer Squad series for younger readers. Her books have been sold to ten countries and optioned for television. She lives in Massachusetts with her family, where she’s hard at work on her next mystery novel.

Author Links
Website: https://kimharringtonbooks.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kimharringtonauthor/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/authorkimharrington
Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/kimharringtonbooks.bsky.social
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/3111339.Kim_Harrington

The Sunday Salon / The Sunday Post #62

What is the Sunday Salon? The Sunday Salon is a place to link up and share what we have been doing during the week. It’s also a great opportunity to visit other blogs and join in the conversations going on there. Hosted by Readerbuzz.

What is the Sunday Post? The Sunday Post is a blog news meme hosted by Caffeinated Reviewer. It’s a chance to share news~ A post to recap the past week on your blog and showcase books and things we have received. Share news about what is coming up on your blog for the week ahead. Join in weekly, bi-weekly or for a monthly wrap up.

Monday I went to work, then came home. My husband didn’t have to work late so he was actually home for dinner. Tuesday I went to work, then came home, immediately changed and got in the car to take my son’s girlfriend to the train station an hour away from us so she could head home. Wednesday I went to work, then came home, immediately changed and got in the car with my husband to head to the camp ground (we had to move the camper to our original spot now that it’s not flooded, and set everything back up for this upcoming weekend). We were there almost three hours! Thursday I went to work, then ran errands right after leaving work- food shopping and random camping stuff needed to get done. Friday I went to work, then came home, immediately changed and got in the car to go camping!

I am halfway through this ARC and will have a review posted by next week.

A library book, which is book 2 in the Naughty of Nice series. And an Amazon First Reads short story choice for October.

The Sunday Salon / The Sunday Post #61

Final Check In: Short Story September #ShortStorySeptember

Library Stats and Savings For September 2026

Books Acquired In September 2026

My Fall TBR List

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*subject to change

Tour Spotlight: A Killer For Christmas by Kim Harrington
Review: Do You See What I See?: A Novella by Peter Swanson
WWW Wednesday – October 7, 2026
Review: The Woman Inside My Home by D.L. Fisher
Off The Grid One More Time: Camping Weekend 2026
Books From The Backlog
The Sunday Salon / The Sunday Post #63

Off The Grid Again: Camping Weekend 2026

I will be off the grid, out in the woods, camping with my husband again. Last time not much reading was done as we had to deal with a nor’easter and our campsite getting flooded out. But this time, make no mistake, I WILL be getting as much reading done as I can manage. I love reading outdoors!

Enjoy your first week of October!

Monthly Wrap Up: September 2026

Good morning, readers! I started the month off strong with a few Short Stories for #ShortStorySeptember… but after that my reading became out of a whack. I was so busy this month with going back to work and getting set up and ready for our camping trips. Thank goodness audiobooks are a thing!

If you’re not following me on Storygraph, you should! This is my page.

My Fall TBR List

These are all the books I would like to read this autumn season. Some are thrillers, some are horror, a few are for a read-along I am participating in, and some just have fall whimsy. Talk about a mood readers list, LOL!!!!

Have you read any of these?

Books Acquired In September 2026

Good morning readers! These are all of the books that I acquired/received/borrowed onto my shelves, virtual and/or physical, for the entire month of September:

I borrowed all of these from Libby.

I borrowed these from my local library.

I chose this book for my First Reads choice this month. Not my usual genre but I’ve been in a autumnal mood lately.

I was approved for these two this month!

I was sent the widget of this one thanks to Tonya at Thriller Book Lovers!

Acquired: 10

Total spent this month: $0.00

Total spent this year: $0.00

Library Stats and Savings For September 2026

I absolutely LOVE using my library for all my books and audiobook needs. I do not have a lot of money to blow on a hobby, so I found a good way to support my community, my library and my reading habit! The library has a ton of resources and I always check there first for audiobooks I want to listen to or books I want to read. Libby is my friend and I have multiple library branches hooked up to my account for maximum borrowing.

I thought it’d be fun to post monthly updates about my library stats, on top of keeping up with my official challenge page.

And I have read 80% of the books I have checked out at the library this year!

This month (and next) Angel and Anne are hosting a Bingo board through Library Love Challenge. This is my current progress!

Final Check In: Short Story September #ShortStorySeptember

Thank you to Rebecca from Bookish Beck for hosting this year!

These are the short stories I ended up reading in September. All of these are great books and I enjoyed reading them!

The Sunday Salon / The Sunday Post #61

This week consisted of going to work in the morning of course. Then when I got home from work I was running around doing errands for camping and then actually packing for our first camping trip of the year. I have been SO PUMPED to go camping as my soul has needed crisp sunny air. Bbuuuuutttttttttt, New Jersey was hit with a nor’easter this entire weekend! We had to move campsites for a day because we got completely flooded out.

With being so busy and having no real time for myself, my reading has suffered greatly. I have also DNFed a bunch of books this month. These are the only two I am currently reading/listening to.

Review: Lost Talismans and A Tequila by Annette Marie

Ten Before The End 2026

WWW Wednesday – September 23, 2026

Thriller Thursday: On The Ice by Keaton McGruder

Book Blogger Hop: What’s the best investment you’ve made for your blog?

Off The Grid: Camping Weekend 2026

*subject to change

Final Check In: Short Story September
Library Stats and Savings For September 2026
Books Acquired In September 2026
My Fall TBR List
Monthly Wrap Up: September 2026
The Sunday Salon / The Sunday Post #62

Off The Grid: Camping Weekend 2026

I will be off the grid, out in the woods, camping with my husband, my son and his girlfriend. I absolutely will be getting as much reading done as humanly possible because I love reading outdoors!

Enjoy your last weekend of September! Man that went by fast!!!

Book Blogger Hop: What’s the best investment you’ve made for your blog?

Book Blogger Hop

The Book Blogger Hop was created by Jennifer @ Crazy-For-Books in March 2010 and ran until December 31, 2012. It was reintroduced by Billy @ Ramblings of a Coffee-Addicted Writer on February 15, 2013, with Jennifer’s approval. The hop occurs weekly, starting on Friday and ending the following Thursday, featuring a specific book-related prompt each week. The main goal is to connect bloggers, encouraging them to follow each other, discover new titles, and grow their audience.

Today’s topic: What’s the best investment you’ve made for your blog?

The best investment I’ve made into my blog has really been posting as often as I can, and having decent, engaging content for my followers to read. I don’t think I know how to express my opinions well and yet I enjoy blogging and giving my thoughts on books I’ve read.

I’m honestly just here to read the books I want to read and tell everyone about the books I enjoy.

Thriller Thursday: On The Ice by Keaton McGruder

Title: On The Ice
Author: Keaton McGruder
Format: eBook
Length: 352 pages
Genre: Thriller
Publication Date: February 2, 2027

A chilling, complex mystery about a screenwriter’s feverish search for her missing brother on an Antarctic research station by debut author Keaton McGruder.

Ellie Best wins a coveted grant to write a screenplay while staying in Antarctica at McMurdo Station, and the best part is that her brother Leo, a climate scientist, is leading a research expedition there. But when she arrives, Leo has gone missing . . . and no one can survive for long out on the ice.

Desperate to find out what happened to Leo, Ellie begins to investigate. Everyone is a suspect in the isolated, claustrophobic research station. The scientists and support workers Leo knew were changed by the months of darkness, forming a tangled web of relationships, lovers, enemies and secrets. And when there’s a deadly fire on the base that echoes the script Ellie is writing, she realizes that danger is still lurking in the station—and she could be the next target.

Told in dual perspectives, in Leo’s polar winter in pure darkness and Ellie’s austral summer in constant light, On the Ice is a chilling debut mystery about isolation, survival, and the need for human connection and love—set against the breathtaking, and deadly, landscape of Antarctica.

Kat White over at St. Martin’s Press sent me a widget through NetGalley.

WWW Wednesday – September 23, 2026

Welcome to WWW Wednesday! This meme was formerly hosted by MizB at A Daily Rhythm and revived on Taking on a World of Words.

The Three Ws are: What are you currently reading? What did you recently finish reading? What do you think you’ll read next?

I am still reading an Amazon First Reads backlog eBook titled Falls To Pieces by Douglas Corleone. I hope to make really good progress on this one over the weekend.

I am listening to He Sees You When You’re Sleeping, the first book in the Naughty or Nice series.

I borrowed the large print edition What Have You Done? from the library and only read a little bit of it so far.

Since I last posted all of the books pictured above have been finished, and rated &/or reviewed on Storygraph.

These books are the ones I plan to read next, but I’m a mood reader so we shall see what happens, LOL!

Don’t forget to link up with Taking On A World Of Words to share your WWW!

Ten Before The End 2026

I my be doing this a little early this year, but I thought I would share the ten books I want to read before the end of the year. This list isn’t set in stone because we all know that I am a mood reader and that I read slow.

Review: Lost Talismans and A Tequila by Annette Marie

Title: Lost Talisman and A Tequila
Author: Annette Marie
Format: audiobook
Length: 7 hours 55 minutes
Narrator: Cris Dukehart and Teddy Hamiliton
Rating: 4 stars
Publication Date: August 25, 2020

Another fantastic addition to the Guild Codex: Spellbound series! I loved seeing Tori and the rest of the gang get pulled into another chaotic adventure involving magical artifacts, dangerous enemies, and plenty of trouble. The characters continue to be the best part of this series, and I especially love how their friendships and relationships keep developing with each book. There’s a great mix of humor, action, magic, and suspense, and I was completely hooked from beginning to end. Annette Marie continues to make this world so much fun to read, and I can’t wait to see what happens next!

The Sunday Salon / The Sunday Post #60

My mental health has been in the toilet most of this week. My husband has been working late a lot of nights, and the dog hurt himself (nothing series) but we had to take him to the vet to get antibiotics. I drove up to get my daughter from college so she could come home for a quick weekend as well.

I barely read on my Kindle this week, so I haven’t made much progress on Falls To Pieces.

I am almost done listening to Lost Talismans And A Tequila.

And I just started What Have You Done? a few days ago.

It’s Monday, What Are You Reading?

National Hispanic Heritage Month 2026

Can’t-Wait Wednesday – September 16, 2026

Review: Old Ham by Seraphina Nova Glass

Stacking The Shelves #13

Shelfie Saturday

*subject to change

Ten Before The End
Review: Lost Talisman and A Tequila by Annette Marie
WWW Wednesday – September 23, 2026
Thriller Thursday
Book Blogger Hop
The Sunday Salon / The Sunday Post #61

Shelfie Saturday

When I got back into reading during the Pandemic, I did not own a lot of books from my childhood (some, but not many). I slowly started building up a small library here at home. My house is small and I don’t have the space for a bookshelf anywhere. I ended up buying a narrow one to shove next to my nightstand in my bedroom. And I also bought a book cart with nowhere to really put that either (also shoved into a corner in my bedroom).

Then we all know that I stopped spending money on books in 2023. The only physical books that come in to my house are ones I am sent for free, find in a Little Free Library, or acquire with credit from the used bookstore from turning in books to them.

I moved my bookshelf and cart into the room we call the kids playroom two years ago when we needed room for the dog’s stuff in my bedroom. This is my shelving situation as of today…

There is no real organization with these books whatsoever! Many of these books are up for sale on PangoBooks (most of those are on the cart) and I have all the James Patterson books shoved together on the bottom two shelves.

I don’t know how else to deal with all these books, so this is what it’s gonna be until all the books I am selling on PangoBooks get sold.

Stacking The Shelves #13

Not my typical genre.
It’s been autumn weather around here & it’s put me in a seasonal mood.

Samhain sweeps magic into Gracie’s cosy Irish hometown, and with it the boy who broke her heart ten years ago…

Sunny librarian Gracie isn’t looking for love. After dumping her cheating ex, she’s living the life she’s always dreamed of as a small-town librarian – surrounded by books, knitted pumpkins, and the cosy magic of Samhain.

Then Flynn Anderson walks back into her life.

Not only is Flynn her childhood best friend, he’s the boy who broke her heart ten years ago, disappearing to New York with no explanation. Now he’s back, annoyingly handsome and somehow roped into helping her organise the village’s Halloween festivities. Even worse? They’re forced to share his family’s cottage. With only one bed.

Between sweet, funny notes, stolen glances, and far too many moments that make her pulse race, Gracie finds her feelings for Flynn are more complicated than she thought. And when a spicy fake kiss feels all too real, she faces an impossible choice.

Will Gracie be heartbroken again? Or will the magic of Samhain, and the support of their cosy small-town community, help Gracie and Flynn find their way home – this time, for good?

Review: Old Ham by Seraphina Nova Glass

Title: Old Ham
Author: Seraphina Nova Glass
Format: eBook
Length: 195 pages
Rating: 4 stars
Publication Date: October 13, 2026

Old Ham by Seraphina Nova Glass was a quick-paced, darkly entertaining read. From the very beginning I couldn’t look away from the main character. Junie is completely unhinged and watching her justify every increasingly outrageous decision made this book impossible to put down. Her unpredictable behavior kept me constantly wondering what she would do next but also cringe at the same time. The cast of supporting characters added even more chaos to an already wild ride. You honestly didn’t know what was going to happen next throughout the entire story.

Thank you to Thriller Book Lovers: The Pulse, Podium Entertainment, and Seraphina Nova Glass for allowing me to read this ARC.

Can’t-Wait Wednesday – September 16, 2026

Can’t-Wait Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Tressa at Wishful Endings to spotlight the books we’re excited about that we have yet to read. Generally, they’re books that have yet to be released. It’s based on Waiting on Wednesday that was hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine.

I requested this one on NetGalley and was approved by the publisher (HarperAudio Adult). I was in a festive mood when going on a requesting spree and this one stood out to me. They Know If You’ve Been Bad Or Good publishes later this month!

There’s no escaping the holiday spirit in this dark, forced-proximity, why choose, Christmas stalker romance, the sequel to Alta Hensley’s New York Times bestselling He Knows When You’re Awake!

Stalkin’ around the Christmas tree…

Hailey Parker thought she had outrun her past. As the assistant to a successful jewelry designer, she’s started a new life in New York City, and may even have a new boyfriend to cozy up with this holiday. Her boss’s security guard, Knox, is a man of few words, but his obvious obsession calls to the darkest parts of Hailey’s imagination.

Then, her ex-boyfriend—and ex-partner-in-crime—shows up outside Hailey’s Brooklyn apartment. Liam explains that their past has caught up with them: the mobster they robbed five years ago has tracked them down. If they hope to escape with their lives, they must return to the remote Canadian wilderness where Hailey hid the priceless stolen diamond.

But a very different fate is awaiting them in the frigid landscape. Someone else entirely is pulling the strings, an unhinged billionaire who has a dark fascination with Hailey and Liam—and with the protective, ex-military boyfriend who has tracked Hailey all the way to the Northwest Territories.

Imprisoned together in a luxurious cabin and with a lethal ticking time bomb, Hailey, Liam, and Knox have no choice but to work together to outwit their captor. As a winter storm approaches—and simmering tensions between them reach a breaking point—escape starts to seem impossible…but what if everything they need is right there in the cabin?

Tropes:

Christmas romance
Why choose
Military romance
Stalking
One last job
Forced proximity
M/M/F
Second chance romance
Only one bed