Cosy mystery Books

Just when you thought it was safe to go back into the bayou...Jadyn St. James is excited to start her job as game warden in Mudbug, Louisiana, and hopes it is the beginning of a new and improved life. She expected to run across any number of odd...

Shandra Higheagle is digging up clay for her renowned pottery when she scoops up a boot attached to a skeleton. She calls in Weippe County detective Ryan Greer. The body is decades old and discovered to be Shandra's employee's old flame. Ryan...

Pleasant Pond has another murder. This time a body is found at the local paint-your-own pottery shop. Mira and Aerie know what it's like to worry about a small business going under and they are determined to help solve this mystery. But with so many...

Running a private eye firm in Firefly Bay would be so much easier if I didn't have a dozen elderly ghosts dogging my every step. All I really want is to solve my cases, enjoy my coffee in peace, date super-hot cop Captain Cowboy Hot Pants, or, as he...

The Robin Hood of Private DetectivesGeorgia Garside. Foul-mouthed Private Investigator. Ex-contorionist.Out of her depth. In over her head.Caught up in the war between a wealthy industrialist and the ex-sugar babe who can't take a hint.A laugh-out-loud...

A rookie cop. A team of supernatural detectives. Recalcitrant baby vampires on the loose.My name is Cat McKenzie, and I've been a very bad girl...No, not in the I-need-a-spanking way...pervert.Nope, my kind of bad got my partner killed on my first day of...

'Murder, mystery and a dog of distinction. Heathcliff Lennox investigates.'Ladies man, dandy, charming rogue, thief. Montague Morgan has a buccaneering reputation and he doesn't give a damn - until he falls in love.He has a plan, he needs money and he...

A PAST WELL HIDDEN...At a reunion of Spitfire pilots from the Battle of Britain, Georgia and Peter Marsh discover that a murder, as yet unsolved, took place in the 1970s, and make it their mission to uncover the truth of the matter.The victim was popular...

'Had I known what was to happen soon after we arrived at Mr and Mrs Walker's lovely old West Country house, my apprehension about spending Christmas in Devon would have dwindled to nothing.' Library Assistant Jan Christopher is to spend Christmas...

For anyone who loved St Trinian's - old or new - or read Malory Towers as a kid. St Brides is the perfect read for you.When Gemma Lamb takes a job at a quirky English girls' boarding school, she believes she's found the perfect escape route...

Du luxe à la misère... Le chaos continue... Les souvenirs s'estompent... mais pas pour tout le monde!Doreen est submergée de joie lorsqu'elle voit tous les bénévoles qui se présentent pour l'aider à construire sa terrasse. La plupart sont des policiers,...

Du luxe à la misère... Le chaos continue... Les souvenirs s'estompent... mais pas pour tout le monde !Le problème, avec la notoriété, ce sont les attentes démesurées. Quand la mère de Mack, Millicent Moreau, fait appel à Doreen pour un petit problème...

Du luxe à la misère... De chaos en chaos... Le feu détruit les preuves... Ou du moins la plupart !Forte d'avoir résolu une affaire d'enlèvement vieille de dix ans, Doreen a hâte de poursuivre sa croisade solitaire pour résoudre les mystères de Kelowna...

Riches to rags. ... Chaos calms. ... Suddenly it's quiet. ... Too quiet if Doreen's involved!What was supposed to be a leisurely stroll through a peaceful cemetery after a recent funeral turns into the start of a new case. Someone clobbers Doreen over...

"A new cozy mystery series set in a quaint New England town with a quirky cast of characters, historical tidbits and a newspaper reporter who always finds herself in the middle of murders"Just as her journalism career in the city is taking off, Piper...

CUT HAIR - READ MINDS - SOLVE A MURDER Make your appointment for a fun amateur sleuth story that's one part "The Long Goodbye," dabs of "Blanche on the Lam" and "Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie" with just a little X-Men mixed in, too.DANICA LUMAN...

Murder has a way of finding Kim Jackson, even in the small mining town of Creede, Colorado. Forced to leave Durango behind and move on, Kim is now working in Creede's tax accounting office, trying not to get attached. Her life is simple and quiet until...

Places everyone! The stage is set... for murder.When a professional theater troupe's tour bus breaks down in little Starry Cove, Poppy Lewis finds herself hosting the stranded cast and crew at her bed-and-breakfast. Problem is, the place isn't open for...

It's not a renovation without a bit of complication-murder, to be exact.Poppy Lewis wants nothing more than to spruce up the Victorian mansion bequeathed to her by her late uncle and finally have the bed-and-breakfast of her dreams. She's worked for...

Private Investigator Henry Walsh and his partner, Alex, are at it again with another mystery they may not be able to solve. Could this case be their last together?Former pro football star Ray Rivers swears he had nothing to do with the death of a high...

After helping solve the Cascade Killer case, Washington State Fish & Wildlife officer Luke McCain thinks life will return to normal: hunting with his Labrador named Jack, policing Eastern Washington's wilderness, and spending time with his...

This story doesn't have just one murder; it has TWO murders...Once again, Anna charms readers with her witty and candid commentary. This was definitely a juicier case than the last one. - Sandra's Book ReviewsIn this second installment of The Anna Romano...

When Renee Holden's father dies, his daughter suspects murder. Then the quiet Arizona retirement community where Renee lives is horrified by a violent assault. Lead police detective Jose Villegas enlists the help of two retiree residents- Molly Levin and...

The Degradation of Gold:A body in a bookshop, a priceless collection of rare books, an elaborate island estate, campus intrigues and old secrets: all elements in a tale of complicated characters plotting to the end.

"A truly gifted writer who has proven herself a master of the mystery/suspense genre, Alice Duncan's "Bruised Spirits" is another uncompromisingly entertaining read from cover to cover . . ." ~ Midwest Book Reviews--1920s,...

In the tradition of a light-hearted contemporary mystery novel, enter the son of a restaurateur and an artist, Mr. Omar T Black. He is a jack-of-all-trades, master-of-none, with passions for women, food, adult beverages, art, and adventure. Part travel...

Omar and his family travel to a different location for each of these culinary adventures. The travel fiction aspect is enhanced with descriptions of actual sites, restaurants, bookstores, galleries and shops-including sketches, favorite lists and recipes...

Blend holiday sugar and spice with a heaping spoonful of angry ghosts, then bring to a boil with one psychic detective...Ghost talker Evie Malcolm's family converges on her eccentric Victorian home for a warm and welcoming family Christmas, but the...

Chocolate should not be associated with sudden death. Claire is only guiding readers to the sites of mystery books; she isn't responsible for the body in the chocolate factory. She doesn't want to discover murder in the city of York or any part of...

2023 Global Book Awards Finalist (Historical Fiction)2022 Foreword INDIES Finalist (Mystery-Adult Fiction)2022 IPNE Finalist (Genre Fiction)The steward of Willingford Hall was murdered in the Dell on 12 March 1919. I found his body because I'd been...

When Roger Rorch, the talented chairman of the London-based advertising agency RTB, supposedly commits suicide, banker and detective Mark Treasure is certain that all is not as it seems.Treasure's search for foul play reveals a tangled web of deals and...

University College, Itchendever is short of funds - and up for grabs. The rival parties in the proposed takeover seem to be the American Funny Farms Foundation, run by the widow of a board-games mogul, and a calculating Arab prince. Banker sleuth Mark...

To steal a painting from the Hermitage museum in Leningrad is going to take planning, nerve and ingenuity - and that's how Sergey Vasilefski does the job, unaided. But there's no way he'll be able to get the painting out of Russia alone...The police come...

To save his estranged son, a monk risks breaking his vows in this “moving and suspenseful” entry in the Silver Dagger Award–winning medieval mystery series (Booklist).For Brother Cadfael in the autumn of his life, the mild November of...

The twelfth-century Welsh monk is caught up in civil war and captured by Danish mercenaries, in the Silver Dagger Award–winning medieval mystery series.In the summer of 1144, a strange calm has settled over England. The armies of King Stephen and...

The medieval monk digs for clues when a body is unearthed by a plow: “His detecting talents are as dazzling as ever” (Publishers Weekly).When a newly plowed field recently given to the Benedictine Abbey of Saint Peter and Saint Paul yields...

Strangers seek refuge at the abbey as floodwaters rise, a body falls, and a relic vanishes—in this “top drawer” mystery featuring the twelfth-century monk (Chicago Sun-Times)In the chill, rainy autumn of 1144, two groups of visitors...

Silken Threads: A Detective Story is a classic mystery novel written by Harold Williams and originally published in 1885. The story follows detective Herbert Wynne as he investigates the disappearance of a wealthy young woman named Violet Deane. As he...

Hand and Ring is a novel written by Anna Katharine Green and was first published in 1883. The story is set in New York City and revolves around the lives of two women, Gertrude and Edith, who are both in love with the same man, Arthur Cumberland. The...

In The Legacy of the Amara Necklace, Catalina Grant's quiet summer is turned upside down when she discovers a beautiful heirloom in her grandmother's attic. This captivating necklace holds more than just aesthetic value; it unveils a tangled web of...

Golf, intrigue, and dark secrets collide in "Death on the Back Nine", the gripping sixth installment of the award-winning Myrtle Beach Mystery Series, set against the backdrop of the prestigious Swaying Palms Golf Course.Clark Thomas, a bookstore owner...

Book store owner and coffee slinger, Clark Thomas, finds himself involved in another murder investigation. This time in a double murder at the popular Tidal Creek Brew House in Myrtle Beach's Market Common.What seems like an open and shut case for the...

The ongoing adventures of Emma and her team. Books 4, 5 and 6 along with the Haunted Christmas Novella are included in this novel. Book 4--Notebook Mysteries Series ~ Unexpected Outcomes.Chicago, 1887 - Events start suddenly for Emma. She and...

    Clive and Henrietta return for Christmas!Clive and Henrietta (and baby, Teddy!) return to Highbury to spend Christmas with the family. Clive's mother, Antonia, schemes to increase her social standing at her club by...

Clark Thomas has a lot on his plate. A new book. A beautiful woman far from home. A missing fiancé. And a mysterious dead body plunges him headfirst into his latest real-world Myrtle Beach investigation.He meets a beautiful young woman stranded by her...

When a woman Clark Thomas has never seen before sits down across from him in his bookstore, she gives him an invitation to dinner . . . and murder.He takes the beautiful stranger up on her offer. Her father is the host. He is a retired Hollywood music...