Heather's Favorite Books of 2025

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Here are my favorite reads this year in no particular order…

Favorite Cozies:

  • Vice and Virtue by Libby Klein

  • Chocolate Can Be Deadly by Kim Davis

  • Welcome Home to Murder by Rosalie Spielman

  • Basket Case by Nancy Haddock

  • A Plus One for Murder by Laura Bradford

  • A Fatal Feast at Bramsford Manor by Darci Hannah

  • Mousse and Murder by Elizabth Logan

  • Axe Me No Questions by Paula Charles

  • Whiskey Business by Adrian Andover

  • The Jig is up by Lisa Q. Mathews

  • A Zappy Little Christmas by Paula Charles

  • Paint the Town Dead by Nancy Haddock

Favorite Suspense and Thrillers:

  • The Secret of Secrets by Dan Brown

  • King of Ashes by S. A. Cosby

  • The Pharaoh’s Tomb by LynDee Walker and Bruce Coffin

Favorite Historical Mysteries:

  • Harry Houdini Mysteries: The Dime Museum Murders

  • Disco Dead by Marcia Talley

Favorite Police Procedural:

  • Hidden in Smoke by Lee Goldberg

Favorite Nonfiction:

  • Heaven Help Us: How Faith Communities Inspire Hope, Strengthen Neighborhoods, and Build the Future by John Kasich

What were your favorites this year?