I know that for mystery book readers, any time is the right time for
reading a good mystery. But, the spooky Halloween season sure is a good time
to enjoy a particularly good mystery book.
At the beginning of October, when all of the holidays are approaching, I
try to find some time just for myself when I can cozy up on the couch,
listen to the wind, and enjoy my first holiday-themed mystery book. I have a
whole pile of books that I actually save for just this time of the year.
There is nothing like getting right to the climactic part of the book while
listening to the rain hitting the pavement outside.
I have included a list of Halloween short stories along with the mystery
books. I hope that you are able to enjoy the fun of Halloween, even while
enjoying the scary plots that some of our favorite authors have waiting for
us!
Halloween
Mysteries
Susan Wittig Albert.....Witches' Bane
Glynn Marsh Alam.....Green
Water Ghost
Barbara Allan.....Antiques
Maul
May Louise
Aswell.....Far to Go
Kathleen Bacus.....
Ghouls
Just Want to Have Fun
Donald Bain......Trick
or Treachery
Laura
Belgrave.....In
the Spirit of Murder
Thomas
Boyle.....Post-Mortem Effects
Kate Borden.....Death
of a Trickster
Ray Bradbury.....A
Graveyard for Lunatics
The
Halloween Tree
Lillian Jackson
Braun.....Cat Who Talked to Ghosts
Rita Mae Brown.....The
Hunt Ball
Leo
Bruce.....Death on Allhallowe'en
W. J.
Burley......Wycliffe and the Scapegoat
Jessica
Burton.....Death Goes Shopping
Ann Campbell.....Wolf in Sheep's Clothing
R. Wright
Campbell.....The Wizard of La-La Land
John Newton
Chance.....The Halloween Murders
Nora Charles.....Death
with an Ocean View
Laura Childs.....
Frill Kill
Agatha
Christie.....The Hallowe'en Party
Christine E. Collier.....
A Holiday Sampler
Susan Rogers
Cooper.....Not in My Backyard
Isis Crawford (aka Barbara Block).....A
Catered Halloween
Mary Daheim.....Silver
Scream
Philip
Daniels.....The Dracula Murders
Denise
Dietz.....Throw Darts at a Cheesecake
Doris Miles
Disney.....Trick or Treat
John Dixon.....A
Map of the Dark
P. C.
Doherty......Ghostly Murders
Deborah
Donnelly.....Died to Match
Carole Nelson
Douglas.....Cat with an Emerald Eye
Susan Dunlap.....Not
Exactly a Brahmin
Rosemary Edghill.....The
Bowl of Night
John
Esteven.....Door of Death
Loren D.
Estleman.....The Witchfinder
Anne C.
Fallon.....Dead Ends
Jerrilyn Farmer.....Sympathy for the Devil
Connie
Feddersen.....Dead in the Pumpkin Patch
Monica Ferris.....Blackwork
Sharon Fiffer.....Scary
Stuff
Honora Finkelstein.....The Lawyer Who Died Trying
"Jessica Fletcher" & Donald Bain....Trick or Treachery
Joanne Fluke.....The
Fudge Cupcake Murder
Shelley
Freydont.....Halloween Murder
Leslie
Glaister.....Trick or Treat
Nancy
Gladstone.....Mommy and the Murder
Paula
Gosling.....A Few Dying Words
Margaret Grace (aka Camille Minichino).....Monster
in Miniature
Sarah Graves.....Nail
Biter
Kerry Greenwood.....Trick
or Treat
Jane
Haddam.....Quoth the Raven
Skeleton Key
Carolyn Haines.....Hallowed
Bones
Lee Harris.....The
Yom Kippur Murder
Carolyn
Hart.....Southern Ghost
Frances Noyes
Hart.....Hide in the Dark
Ellen Hart.....Sweet
Poison
Sparkle Hayter.....Revenge
of the Cootie Girls
Tony Hillerman.....The
Fallen Man
The
Wailing Wind
Ellen Elizabeth Hunter.....Murder
on the Ghost Walk
Susan
Isaacs.....Long Time No See
Judith K. Ivey.....Murder
on Old Main Street (fall festival)
Shirley
Jackson.....The Haunting of Hill House
Jonnie
Jacobs.....Murder Among Us
Pamela James.....A
Murder Made in Stitches
William W.
Johnstone......The Devil's Cat
Cat's Eye
Cat's Cradle
The Devil's Kiss
The Devil's Heart
The Devil's Touch
Daniel Judson.....The
Violet Hour
Faye Kellerman.....Day
of Atonement
Harry Kemelman.....Saturday
the Rabbi Went Hungry
Diana Killian.....Verse
of the Vampyre
Andrew Klavan.....The
Animal Hour
Joyce & Jim Lavene.....Ghastly
Glass
J. Sheridan
LeFanu.....Best Ghost Stories of J. S. Lefanu
James Lilley.....Death
Knocks Twice
Debbie
Madison.....Halloween Flight 77
Alex
Matthews.....Satan's Silence
Ed
McBain.....Tricks: an 87th Precinct
Mystery
G.A. McKevett.....Poisoned
Tarts
Allen Campbell
McLean.....Death on All Hallows
Mardi Oakley
Medawar.....Witch of the Palo Duro
Leslie
Meir.....Trick or Treat Murder
Wicked
Witch Murder
Barbara
Michaels.....Dancing Floor
Prince of Darkness
Helen R. Myers.....Dead
End
Tamar
Myers.....Nightmare in Shining Armor
J. E.
Neighbors.....Hatchet Job
Patrick J.
O'Brian.....Retribution
Ed
Okonowicz.....Halloween House
Katherine Hall Page.....The
Body in the Moonlight
Ellis
Peters.....Flight of a Witch
Nancy
Pickard.....Twilight
Kat Richardson.....Poltergeist
David
Robbins.....Spook Night
Gillian Roberts.....A Hole in Juan
Lora
Roberts.....Murder in a Nice Neighborhood
Sara Rosett.....Magnolias,
Moonlight, and Murder
Kim Sauke.....Death
of Halloween
Mary Saums.....Mighty
Old Bones
Corinne Holt
Sawyer.....Murder Ole!
Mark Scweizer.....The
Tenor Wore Tapshoes (All Saints Day)
Ray
Sipherd.....Dance of the Scarecrows
Susan Smily.....The Lawyer Who Died Trying
Janet Elaine Smith.....Recipe
for Murder
J. B. Stanley (aka Jennifer Stanley).....Carbs and Cadavers
Wendy Corsi Staub.....In
the Blink of an Eye
Halloween Party
Denise Swanson.....Murder
of a Royal Pain
Kathleen Taylor.....Mourning Shift
Lee
Thayer.....Halloween Homicide
Terri Thayer.....Inked
Up
Linda
Thrasher.....Charlie's Web
Kathy Hogan
Trochek.....Strange Brew
Livia J. Washburn.....Murder
by the Slice
Ken Weber.....Five-Minute
Halloween Mysteries
Mary V. Welk.....The
Scarecrow Murders
Richard F. West.....Ghoul
of My Dreams
Charles
Williams.....All Hallow's Eve
J L Wilson.....Mayhem,
Marriage, and Murderous Mystery Manuscripts
Valerie
Wolzien.....All Hallow's Evil
Halloween Mystery
Short Stories
Joe Gores & Bill Pronzini, eds.....Trick and Treats
Reginald
Hill....Asking for the Moon (includes "Pascoe's Ghost"
and "Dalziel's Ghost")
Cynthia
Manson.....Murder for Halloween
Cynthia
Manson & Constance Scarborough, eds.....The Haunted Hour
Michele
Slung & Roland Hartman, eds.....Murder for Halloween: Tales of
Suspense
Donald
Westlake,
ed.....Mystery for Halloween (Anthology)
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