December is coming to an end and with it the last chance to put new books on my TBR. This month is a mix of books I purchased and one that I found in a local Little Free Library. My December 2024 book haul is on the smaller side but I am excited to add these to my shelves and eventually read them.
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December 2024 Book Haul
Found in a Bookshop by Stephanie Butland
Loveday Cardew’s beloved Lost for Words bookshop, along with the rest of York, has fallen quiet. At the very time when people most need books to widen their horizons, or escape from their fears, or enhance their lives, the doors are closed. Then the first letter comes.
Rosemary and George have been married for fifty years. Now their time is running out. They have decided to set out on their last journey together, without ever leaving the bench at the bottom of their garden in Whitby. All they need is someone who shares their love of books.
Suddenly it’s clear to Loveday that she and her team can do something useful in a crisis. They can recommend books to help with the situations their customers find themselves in: fear, boredom, loneliness, the desire for laughter and escape.
And so it begins.
The Christmas Killer by Alex Pine
As the snow begins to fall, the body count begins to climb…
DI James Walker is ready for a quiet family Christmas in the sleepy village of Kirkby Abbey.
But when he opens an early Christmas present left on his doorstep, he soon realises it is no gift. Inside is a gruesome surprise, and a promise – twelve days, twelve murders. Not long after, the first body is found, half frozen in the snow.
As the blizzards descend, panic spreads through the remote Cumbrian village – there’s a killer amongst them, and with eleven more victims to go, anyone could be next….
Can James stop the killer before they strike again?
Blood Over Bright Haven by M. L. Wang
For twenty years, Sciona has devoted every waking moment to the study of magic, fueled by a mad desire to achieve the impossible: to be the first woman ever admitted to the High Magistry at the University of Magics and Industry.
When Sciona finally passes the qualifying exam and becomes a highmage, she finds her challenges have just begun. Her new colleagues are determined to make her feel unwelcome—and, instead of a qualified lab assistant, they give her a janitor.
What neither Sciona nor her peers realize is that her taciturn assistant was not always a janitor. Ten years ago, he was a nomadic hunter who lost his family on their perilous journey from the wild plains to the city. But now he sees the opportunity to understand the forces that decimated his tribe, drove him from his homeland, and keep the privileged in power.
At first, mage and outsider have a fractious relationship. But working together, they uncover an ancient secret that could change the course of magic forever—if it doesn’t get them killed first.
Into The Dinosaurs’ Graveyard by David Spalding
Dinosaur remains were discovered in Canada more than a century ago. But dinosaurs are expensive to collect, study and exhibit and, at first, research was dominated by more prosperous countries. For decades Canada’s dinosaurs were subject to a sort of cultural colonialism, with fossils carried out of the country by foreign researchers.
Canadian dinosaurs are only now becoming better known nationally and internationally. In the last two decades, there has been a boom in world interest in dinosaurs, with important new discoveries and interpretations by Canadian palaeontologists working here and abroad. This utterly absorbing book celebrates Canada’s contributions to dinosaur lore.
I hope you enjoyed my December 2024 Book Haul. What books did you buy in December?
