A Holly and mark mystery
Sliding down your chimney October, 13, 2026
'Tis the season . . . for murder.
When 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.
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 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?
The 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.
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 jobs 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.
Co-authored by New York Times bestseller Elle Cosimano (Finlay Donovan series) and USA Today bestseller Hannah Morrissey (Black Harbor series), Home for the Homicides is a sexy, light-hearted romp, with a dash of merriment and murder.
About the Authors
Hannah Morrissey
Hannah Morrissey is the USA Today bestselling author of the Black Harbor suspense series which includes Hello, Transcriber, The Widowmaker, When I’m Dead, and The Unlucky Ones. A three-decade survivor of Wisconsin winters, Hannah enjoys putting her characters (and readers) in bone-chilling atmospheres that permeate beyond the page. Naturally, her books have carved out their own sub-genre of “Midwestern Noir.”
Hannah graduated from the University of Wisconsin - Madison where she majored in English with an emphasis in Creative Writing. She grew up in a small northern town and now lives near Milwaukee with her husband, three pugs, and a TBR pile that never seems to get any smaller.
Elle Cosimano
Elle Cosimano is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author, an International Thriller Award winner, a Bram Stoker Award finalist, and an Edgar® Award nominee. Her acclaimed young adult novels include Nearly Gone, Holding Smoke, The Suffering Tree, and Seasons of the Storm. Elle’s debut novel for adults, Finlay Donovan Is Killing It, 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. In addition to writing novels for teens and adults, her essays have appeared in The Huffington Post and Time. Elle lives with her husband and two sons in Virginia.
Praise for Home for the Homicides
AUTHORS
“If you like your Hallmark Christmas movies with a side of murder, Home for the Homicides is the festive, quirky love child of a holiday whodunit and a steamy romance. Yule have a holly jolly good time!”
—Sara Raasch, New York Times bestselling author of The Nightmare Before Kissmass
“Home for the Homicides is a holiday present wrapped in a clever mystery! Fun, twisty, and sexy, I raced through this like a kid unwrapping their presents on Christmas morning.”
—Catherine Mack, USA Today bestselling author of This Weekend Doesn't End Well for Anyone
“HOME FOR THE HOMICIDES is *not* your grandma's feel-good holiday Christmas movie—it's Knives Out, 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 A NEW LEASE ON DEATH
BOOKSELLERS
“Home for the Homicides is the perfect holiday mystery, packed with humor, a little spice, and just the right amount of murder. For anyone with a love/hate relationship with Hallmark Christmas movies, this book feels like both a loving tribute and a playful roast. It leans into all the familiar tropes, pokes fun at them brilliantly, and still delivers a genuinely engaging whodunit story. I laughed out loud at the over-the-top character names and ridiculous situations, all while eagerly trying to piece together who the killer was. Even devoted Hallmark fans will find plenty to enjoy in this clever, festive mystery. Amazing read by two wonderful authors, this pair is great and I can't wait for this series to continue.”
—Delanie Dochelli, Owner About Time Bookstore (Libertyville, IL.)
"Home for the Homicides by Elle Cosimano and Hannah Morrissey is for readers who wish traditional sappy holiday movies and books had more sass, spice, and dead bodies."
—Terri M. LeBlanc, co-owner Swamp Fox Bookstore (Marion, IA)