Cosy mystery Books

Lydia Everett is kidnapped. And she's not the only one.A local writer is also taken. Risking everything, Lydia and her friends rush to discover who is behind these abductions. Can they put the pieces together before the storm of the year...

My faith lies in tatters after the events of the summer. I've neglected my prayers. I've avoided my priestly duties. I am questioning everything about myself--except my feelings for Helen. When my estranged sister goes missing, I fly home to look for...

 There is more than one type of storm aiming for Pearl Island! An unusually powerful winter storm is setting its sights on Pearl Island, but is the storm being powered by more than natural weather events? Another type of storm is brewing with the...

Pelican Harbor is starting to look festive with  Halloween displays, but Piper Avery and her dog Daisy have stumbled onto a gruesome discovery; a dead body that has nothing to do with holiday decorations. Piper has arrived for her meeting with...

A reluctant witch inherits a small town breakfast cafe and a pair of talking rabbits. What could go wrong?When Charlotte's grandmother passes away, she unexpectedly finds herself thrown headlong into owning a vegetarian breakfast cafe and caretaker to a...

Reviewers said: "Five stars! Delightfully entertaining, rich characters, suspenseful, charming all in one; anxiously awaiting the next one!" "a fascinating tale set in England in the 1930s. This 'cosy crime' novel, with its measure of burgeoning romance,...

Book One: Final Harvest Traci Simmons has been fired from another job and must decide if it's time to give up her home and start fresh in another town. But, when her elderly neighbor dies mysteriously, she is pulled into leading a crusade to save the...

Skeletons in the closet.The living have them, but what about ghosts? Geoff's about to find out.He's convinced his ghostly neighbor Ginny was murdered. When he starts digging for answers, he unearths more than facts.Join Geoff, his favorite bobcat...

Magical mind controlLina accidentally gave a batch of her fudge an extra wallop. Anyone who eats it becomes suggestible. Very suggestible.Is it mind control?First a nun robs a liquor store, then a kindergarten teacher punches a pedestrian. The...

In the past, a murder at Villa Adele in 1901 deceives the Monte Carlo commissioner of police causing the death of an innocent man. In 1951, new evidence is disclosed along with lost treasure fortune seekers are willing to kill for.

Julia Blake runs her own cleaning business. She also has the unfortunate knack of discovering the bodies of people who have been murdered. In this story, Julia visits one of her clients, a genealogist called Hugo Barnes. Hugo has uncovered a family...

Reviewers said: "Five stars! Delightfully entertaining, rich characters, suspenseful, charming all in one; anxiously awaiting the next one!" "a fascinating tale set in England in the 1930s. This 'cosy crime' novel, with its measure of burgeoning romance,...

A short murder mysteryRetired widows, Connie and Sable Butterworth have set up a private investigating business. Their second case involves the suspicious death of Dolly Kendall.Dolly is found dead at her home, supposedly from an overdose of sleeping...

Can't resist lighthearted comedy dressed with a little mystery that never takes you down a dark road? Good, because that's what you get when you put two hot Italian imports together. Meet the hot pink Fiat 500 and its owner, real estate agent...

Gabriel needs to build his team, and for once, he chooses to do it by the rules. Little does he know the havoc his action will provoke. He organizes a trip to the mountain, thinking that he will succeed. Instead, he finds himself with a crime on his...

Clean, cozy, diverse, small town, novella Two years have passed. With Traci in his corner, Milo has surmounted every challenge to become a rising star in Faucier County. His journey to success engenders hope to thousands of young people throughout the...

Inspired by an Arizona 'Cold Case' - On a sunny Sunday afternoon, a mother and her 14-year old daughter walk three miles to a country store for cigarettes and ice cream...a walk often taken by family members. They arrive at the store, trade...

Nuclear physics after years of developing the Atomic bomb hides in shame as a circus clown, but laughter turns deadly when the real anarchists stepped out from behind the masquerade. 

Trapped by rising flood waters on his farm, and doing his best to care for his growing family, including his pregnant wife, Mette, Frank Hardy gives shelter to two other families. When one member of the sheltering families is found stabbed...

San Francisco, 1941, The Japanese have attacked Pearl Harbor, and a young code breaker, Lieutenant Sue Lee Ono, suddenly finds herself in the rapidly progressing timeline of the war. Her personal world is caught up in prejudice, deception,...

Death is natural. Murder isn't.Mercy loves her job. Traveling is the fun part. New coworkers aren't. She thinks she knows what's in store for her at a Nebraska nursing home. But within hours of her arrival, a man is dead, and she's in way over her head...

Starting a small business is tough enough. Becoming prime suspect when a client is murdered is a killer…On track to make her new organizing business a hit in small-town Vermont, Kate McKenzie thought everything was finally stacked in her favor...

By the Christmas of 1943, World War Two was in full swing. Sue Lee was stuck in a hostile situation at an airbase in Cuba. Suddenly, he dashed forward and swiped downward with his knife.

Will faith unify a broken community?A year and a half after accepting the calling to return to her home church in Port Marie, Reverend Margot Quade is finally moving into the parsonage. The festivities to celebrate the move come to a painful halt when...

Ruby and Nessa Laurel are ghost hunters. They locate ghosts who are haunting places – or people.It’s a well-known fact that the Mill Street Theatre is haunted. And everyone knows the building closes for cleaning work during the first week in...

The Red Saint is a novel written by Warwick Deeping and published in 1909. The story is set in 17th century England and follows the life of a young man named John Gore, who is born into a wealthy family but chooses to become a Jesuit priest. The novel...

""The Englishman of the Rue Cain"" is a mystery novel written by H. Freeman Wood and published in 1889. The story is set in Paris and follows the investigation of a murder that takes place in the Rue Cain, a quiet street in the city. The victim is a...

Paul Enfield decided to take a five-year 'Gap Year' to work on a small island in the South Atlantic. After completing his contract, he returned to London, finished his degree, and secured a job with the Department of Health. However, his supervisor is...

Dead Jockeys Don't Win RacesIn the high-stakes world of Australian horse racing, the Melbourne Cup isn't just a race - it's everything.When star jockey Alan de Silva is found dead in a suspicious hit-and-run, the glittering facade of racing's biggest...

The hit-and-run death of a schoolmate rocks Carol Andrews' world. The tragic accident, still unsolved, soon becomes a rallying cry for pedestrian safety in an upcoming town council election. Ignoring the advice of her husband, who points out that she...

She'll need the courage of Daniel to survive this lion's den.Reverend Margot Quade never expected to be dropped in the midst of a murder. She just wanted to get reacquainted with her hometown of Port Marie, Vermont, maybe find her place in the world...

You know what they say, you are what you eat, and Jolie and Ava are about to turn into everything they have been craving including pounds of chocolate, pizza, pickles, and ice cream.Mafia, urban sprawl, gentrification, newborn babies, and the lives of...

Welcome to Leaven—oh wait—Santo Domingo, where DEATH takes a DELICIOUS turn!Family bombshells, sibling rivalries, blackmail, and a trip that could be deadly...and the new year has only just begun! After a disastrous Thanksgiving, Jolie Tucker...

When reporter Guinivere Jones went looking for a cozy little beach cottage on Sanibel Island, Florida, a dead body was definitely NOT on her must-have list.It's been over a year since her divorce and Guin has found true happiness on Sanibel, the...

Finding a body washed ashore in Whitefall Cove was not how I wanted to start my day.I much preferred to face the morning with a hot strong caffeinated beverage, but alas, we can’t always have what we want. Out on a morning stroll with my familiar,...

There's a murder in the library, a killer knight stalking victims and a nosy librarian turned sleuth. Let the mayhem begin...Xandie Meyers thought all her troubles were over when she moved to Point Muse, Maine. Instead, she inherited her great-aunt's...

After witnessing her father's abduction 20 years ago, Megan has never been the same. Despite her wealth, talent, success, and lavish lifestyle, Megan is steadily haunted by that tragic day, and more so on its anniversary. However, when she finally agrees...

Twice the laughs, twice the murders, twice the fun!Like millions of other Baby Boomer couples, Carol and Jim Andrews are checking items off their To-Do list. First is Jim’s retirement, which Carol dreads more than a root canal without Novocain...

Introducing Jolie Tucker, an introverted yet passionate restaurant co-owner of Cast Iron Creations, who, at her best friend Ava’s request, steps out of her comfort zone. This leads her into the shade of a killer in the small, cozy village of...

Squeekie is back again for eight more adventures!  Aliens, ghosts, horseback riding, and dragons are just a few of the new obstacles for our favorite bookstore cat.  The twelve favorite stories from the previous two books (chosen by bookstore...

Promising accountant Lacy Pondwater never wanted to own the Mistletoe Motel. However, when Lacy's mother passes away and her dad grows too old to readjust roof tiles, she scrambles, with the help of her younger sister Stacy, to keep the family business...

Even in a lovely town like River Bluffs, Indiana, flipping houses can be a challenge. Especially when there's the proverbial skeleton in the closet-and a literal corpse in the driveway...House-flipper Jazzy Zanders has her work cut out for her. Her...

When their town is blanketed in suspicion and murder, it falls to the Crestwood Quilters to uncover a killer in this latest case from Sally Goldenbaum, the national bestselling author of the Seaside Knitters mysteries . . . Oliver Harrington II was one...

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...

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...

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...

In the shadows of power, ambition breeds chaos, and the hunt for truth is perilous.In the heart of Weyport, ambitious investigative journalist Hannah Jackson relentlessly pursues a story that promises to expose the dark underbelly of The Grande Casino...

Can Samuel Pepys save his sister from the hangman's noose?As the inferno of the Great Fire devours London in 1666, another firestorm rages in the tranquil village of Brampton, where Pepys's sister, Paulina, stands accused of witchcraft.Pepys summons his...