Cosy mystery Books

Warbeck of Wolfstein is a novel written by Margaret Holford and published in 1820. The story follows the life of a young man named Warbeck, who is raised in the castle of Wolfstein by his uncle after his parents die. Warbeck is a brave and adventurous...

Vrouw Grobelaar: And Her Leading Cases is a book written by Perceval Gibbon and published in 1906. The book is a collection of short stories that revolve around the character of Vrouw Grobelaar, a Dutch woman living in South Africa during the late 19th...

The Passenger From Scotland Yard is a classic detective novel written by H. Freeman Wood in 1888. The story follows the investigation of a murder on a train, which is being conducted by a detective from Scotland Yard. The detective, named Mr. Holymead,...

The Moving Finger is a mystery novel written by Natalie Sumner Lincoln and originally published in 1918. The story revolves around a young woman named Rachel Leighton, who moves to a small town in New England with her brother and sister-in-law to escape...

The Mystery Mind is a book written by Arthur Benjamin Reeve and published in 1920. The book is a collection of short stories that revolve around the theme of mystery and crime. Each story features a different mystery that is solved by the protagonist, a...

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as...

When Ava Goldberg opens a tarot cafe in her late Kabbalist grandfather's rural Nebraska town, she's up against more than just the conservative townsfolk-there's a killer on the loose.Ava Goldberg's life in suburban Chicago was perfect-until it wasn't...

Anna-Marie Pauper prides herself on being perfectly practical in every way. Until one day, she isn't.An orphan with an interest in tinkering finds herself grown into a thief and a spy and she wants out. She wants more than to do what she is told in order...

Sun-kissed sands and sinister secrets. A honeymoon in paradise turns perilous in this riveting seaside mystery.A tropical vacation transforms into a web of danger and deception when an author and his manuscript vanish. Is his thriller about money...

In the picturesque town of Brevard, nestled in the lush Blue Ridge Mountains, tranquility and beauty hide a sinister secret. When local artist Evelyn Monroe is found dead in her gallery, the Tuesday Night Book Club, led by the intrepid Mary Wescott,...

Within twenty-four hours, Alexis Danforth's world is shattered. She loses her parents and her job.Rummaging through the attic she discovers family secrets and returns to her hometown of Cryptic Cove; a quiet, sleepy little town perched above the sea.The...

A new series for fans of M.C. Beaton, Agatha Christie, and Jessica Fletcher. Daphne Noble is looking forward to a quiet country Christmas with her beloved grandmother. All is calm. All is bright. It is the tiny village of Mill-Upon-Mortlake in sleepy...

In "The Secrets of the Tainted Trough", imagine waking up from a nap to see a donkey and a horse peering through the screen door, both desperately thirsty. Would you give them a drink? And then what? Sally, an energetic 87-year-old woman, faces this...

An office-bound agent gets one chance-one-to go out into the field and live her dream. But she may be sent right back to her desk if she fails to rein in a roguish, impulsive Ripperologist.Agent Artful Doyle, the Bureau's expert on Reports and...

Nestled in the heart of a quaint village lies "Emma's Eats," a charming bakery known for its delectable pastries and the warm smile of its owner, Emma Thompson. But the serene life of Lavender Lane is disrupted when a mysterious book falls into Emma's...

Two santas, one dead body and a whole coffee shop full of suspects... A festive party turns sour when one of the guests is found dead. All clues point to Springdale's butcher, Lottie Benson. She's known for her mercurial temper and she was seen arguing...

Enjoy your stay in Picklesquare, an enchanted small town full of magic and murder... Claws and Conundrums: Little did I know that a mischievous tabby cat would become my ticket to freedom, using his uncanny ability to grant me visions and help me solve...

How could a painting be stolen from a museum without a single door or window being broken?Two young women and one young man lead unobtrusive lives working at a Victorian coffee house, for the owner Mr. McDougal. But when a famous painting is stolen, they...

Molly's last visit to Scotland involved her in a long-hidden murder. Now she's back, hoping for a more peaceful time with her lover, her friends and her beloved bloodhound. Life is going her way until the village's most interfering inhabitant is poisoned...

BOOK 5 of the Gotcha Detective Agency Mysteries by USA Today bestselling author Jamie Lee ScottNow that Mimi Capurro and Charles Parks are co-owners of Gotcha Detective Agency, and Mimi is single again, all should be going well, especially since they...

Drei Morde. Ein skrupelloser Täter.Können eine Pfarrerin und ein trauernder Ermittler den Mörder finden, der die Sonneninsel mit Schatten überzieht?Ein Frühjahrssturm tobt über Bornholm, und auch das Leben des Polizeibeamten Lars Bohn Hansen wird gehörig...

Ein ominöser Todesfall erschüttert Sylt Kater Apollo ermitteltMelinda ist fassungslos, ganz unerwartet stirbt ihre gute Freundin Hilde. Sie erbt deren Haus auf Sylt und den schlauen Kater Apollo. Also macht sich Melinda von ihrer Wahlheimat Venedig auf...

Accident or grisly murder?Either way, the body goes missing.To lose one body may be regarded as carelessness, but to lose two smacks of intent.After a harrowing Halloween, Penzi's had enough of villains, but the powers of darkness will not leave the...

Delicate white petals flutter in a summer's breeze.All the while, cruel hearts beat to the rhythm of an evil drum.White witch Penzi and her assistant Felix, the shapeshifting leopard from the Middle Congo, are no strangers to wickedness, but they don't...

Penzi's a new witch in a new town.Her long-lost mother's been locked up for murder.What should she do? Find the real killer?So far, Penzi's done well. Despite her reading disability, she's qualified as a lawyer in London and raised her two brothers on...

Penzi's always hated Halloween.This year it's the pits, the worst one ever.Her supernatural arch enemy is out to get her.While Penzi is busy cleaning up the mess left in the town cemetery by local vandals, her foe launches his attack. Once Penzi becomes...

It's Christmas Eve, but there's a hold on the delivery of Christmas gifts.A vile and evil monster is scaring Santa's reindeers away from their job.Time is of the essence if the world's children are to wake up happy on Christmas morning.So, once again...

A teenage boy, having lost his parents and grandparent, finds himself in a foster home run by thieves and smugglers. He has to run away to save himself. His wish is to live at a marina with his uncle. That idea has already gotten a no in the courts. This...

When the prize package for a cook-off comes with a dead body, it's up to Sherry Oliveri to figure out who cooked the victim's goose . . . Sidelined by an injury, longtime cook-off contestant Sherry Oliveri has agreed to offer her wisdom and moral...

Mystery novelist Sabrina Tate and her cat Hitchcock are headed to a country music show, but there's a killer on the loose who plans to end the evening with a deadly Texas two-step . . . As the summer tourist season draws to a close in Lavender,...

When a scavenger hunt turns up a dead body, dog walker Andi Grace Scott will have to make a dogged effort to collar the culprit . . . Setting out for a day of fun on her town's first-ever scavenger hunt, Low Country dog walker Andi Grace Scott is...

Sabrina Tate and her cat, Hitchcock, must sort through the clues when a librarian is killed and justice is overdue . . . With construction on the town's new library nearing completion, mystery writer Sabrina Tate is thrilled that local book lovers,...

A GAGGLE OF GEESEA Joy Forest Cozy MysteryJoy Forest is working to beat the clock on a looming deadline, when she gets a call from her friend, Sophia, traumatized by the disappearance of the Goose Girl Statue, which has the reputation of...

Maria Olson can see beauty in everything, even discarded junk. The striking 31-year-old with black hair and brilliant blue eyes lives alone in her family's centuries-old adobe home in Old Town, Albuquerque, New Mexico.Although she has a successful online...

A vacant home. A new neighbor. A desperate cat. A one-time job.I'm Kat Jones, and no matter what anyone tells you, I don't work for cats... unless it's the only option.The vacant home in my neighborhood has been vandalized. But that's not the...

Book 3 is here. In this book, you will find a recipe for Cornbread. Alphabet Soup Recipe is available by signing up for my newsletter.Chef Jessica is asked to cater a funeral service for a family friend. Not something she typically would say yes to,...

In one of Maurice Leblanc's most ornately constructed and beguiling tales, master of disguise and gentleman-burglar Arsène Lupin transforms both himself and (among those in the know) his reputation as a charming but incorrigible rake. When the heirs to a...

Father Brown is back in The Wisdom of Father Brown (1914), the second of five collections of short stories featuring G. K. Chesterton's unlikely, lovable priest-detective. Included are "The Paradise of Thieves" and "The Purple Wig," which frequently rank...

Quirky, affable, Father Brown made his first appearance in the short story "The Blue Cross" in 1910. The Innocence of Father Brown (1911) collects this story and eleven others in what is the first of five Father Brown volumes. Chesterton describes his...

Here comes the bride, murder on the side. Shayla's wedding planning is nearly complete-the decorations are on order, playlists set in stone, and the perfect wedding venue has been reserved.Everyone in Seamus' family has been married at the Ballywick...

Professor Lily Shelley is frantic to find her wife Penny, who vanished two weeks ago. No one else seems to be looking very hard, not the police or even Penny's family. As Lily refuses to give up hope, she continues searching for clues, even as she...

A killer stalks small town Seales, Kentucky. If returning home to Kentucky because her grandmother was dying wasn't bad enough, Ash Jericho loses her cousin to murder. Worse, Ash becomes the main suspect. Ash realizes she'll have to find the...

All's well that ends spell.For a whisper of a second, Lexi Balefire thought she had everything she could ever want - the rift in her family healed, Kin's memory of their love returned, and most importantly, a balance between her inner witch and goddess...

Fate is a witchStill reeling from her breakup with musician Kin Clark, who is under a spell to forget she even exists-Lexi Balefire decides to let her inner goddess come out and play.Maybe that's a good thing since there's a new evil running loose in the...

...like a witch scorned.Lexi Balefire figures she can handle a little competition when a rival matchmaker comes to town. But Lexi isn't expecting to have her entire life turned upside down.When Lexi's true love, Kin Clark, returns from his rock tour...

Wicked is in the eye of the beholder...Or is it? Lexi Balefire thought every single new and outrageous piece of information about her heritage had been uncovered. She was wrong. Her mother's witch blood combined with the divine essence of her father, ...

You can't keep a good witch down!All her life, Lexi Balefire lived with the fact that she came from wicked stock. But now, Lexi's grandmother is back among the living, and it turns out wasn't so bad after all. Maybe the whole wicked witch thing was...