Cosy mystery Books

There had been two men in that boat. Two. Rylie is positive . . . ish.  Living with her parents may be driving her crazy, but not crazy enough to start conjuring up men in her mind—regardless of how long it had been...

Hamiltons return in a Christmas vacation they’ll never forget.While some may try, no one ruins a Hamilton family Christmas.From Romantic Suspense BEST-SELLING and AWARD-WINNING Author • What happens when a family comes together for Christmas...

** Agatha Award-winning Series**An exotic island. The world's top wedding planners. A murderer out for revenge.Wedding planner Annabelle Archer feels like she's finally hit the big time when she and her team are invited to go to Bali along with some of...

She makes wedding dreams come true. But when a dead body crashes the ceremony, she'll show off a whole new set of skills...Annabelle Archer is an expert at wedding day disaster control. With preparations underway for her latest lavish ceremony, she knew...

"Beautifully written and impeccably researched,.... the story is certain to captivate fans of both manor fiction and cozy murder mysteries, many of whom will not foresee the villainy that Stasz unveils." Kirkus ReviewsFate sends young Kenal Gundry, who...

New job. New town. New ghost!Fifty-two-year-old Emily Curtis wants a job so she can rebuild her shattered life. One year ago, a devastating car accident stole her occupation, her home, and half her mind.Working in the charity shop of a small town in...

Christmas is in the air… but so is murder.Lily knows all about having birthdays from hell, but now it’s her best friend Olivia’s turn. Her mother organises a get together, but things definitely don’t go as planned, leaving Olivia...

To call Gran eccentric is somewhat of an understatement. She has questionable fashion sense, cough, can anyone say bedazzled Ugg boots and a tutu? But my Gran? She is awesome. So when she suggested I buy The Dusty Attic Bookstore I was all in, after all,...

Freelance writer Emily Garland is cash-strapped, newly single, and tired of reporting on the same old condo stats. When she’s offered a lucrative assignment in the village of Lount’s Landing, she decides to take a chance. All she has to do is...

Homicide detective Sam Nahoe takes a bullet in his spine in the line of duty. Disabled, his career with the Honolulu Police Department shattered, what now? Jobless, lonely, and unwillingly divorced, Sam becomes a Checker Cab driver. Seeking a partner, he...

All Portland, Oregon, vintage clothing store owner Joanna Hayworth wants to do is turn her back on the modern world and retreat into a carefully curated life of satin cocktail gowns, icy martinis, and old movies. But when Joanna finds a key in a 1930s...

FROM AMAZON BESTSELLING AUTHOR C.A. LARMER: When ghostwriter Roxy Parker accepts a job at a tropical island resort, she expects little more than a good story and a touch of sunstroke. Instead she stumbles upon her hotelier client, murdered and...

When investigative reporter Guinivere Jones finds herself out of a husband and a job, she decides to leave dreary New England and move to sunny Sanibel Island, Florida, the seashell capital of the United States. But all is not sunshine and seashells on...

Ears O'Fluffin is one of the best Pet Private Investigators in the business, and he has agreed to recount his adventures in this collection of short stories. From a missing favorite toy, to a compulsive electrical cord chewer, this first volume of...

Large Print EditionFun, wacky with chuckle-snort moments, Brooms Away will have you up way past your bedtime. An enchanted world. A missing sister. And suspects with dangerous supernatural abilities around every corner.   When...

After some twenty years away from her home town, Stella Martin returns for a high school reunion. Her life becomes bizarre when a girl she barely knew claims her as a long lost best friend. After discovering they both now live in the same town, the...

Book ten in the bestselling paranormal cozy mystery series set in Westerham, England. When a curse hits the PIB, everyone's magic goes awry. While Lily can see the funny side of it, it's not a joke—someone wants the PIB out of the way. When...

Book 9 in a fun, witchy paranormal cozy mystery series! Is someone killing innocent people, or has a wave of depression swept across England?On an outing to the White Cliffs of Dover, Lily and Will hear screams. Unfortunately, they're too late...

Two special events in Tonga bring Detective Chief Inspector Kulī Fīnau and anthropologist Dr Pip Carey together again. The National Centre is exhibiting a special display of fine-mats from the Palace Collection, to celebrate a royal marriage between...

Pip Carey just wants a peaceful holiday in Vava`u, but her chosen hotel is filled with noisy New Zealanders wheeling and dealing with the local Tongans over squash exports. Despite her wish for solitude, Pip is drawn into detailed conversations with...

Opening your apartment door to see a woman sliding down it is distressing. Especially when that woman has a knife in her chest. After all the times she has encouraged Jolie to mind her own business, Aunt Madge has had a change of heart.It's Jolie's...

Jolie Gentil is surprised at a request from Sergeant Morehouse, who believes his nephew is not a runaway. Something had terrified the teenager, but before Morehouse could figure it out, Kevin was gone. Jolie has a soft spot for Kevin, who helped...

Sam Shovel only comes to life for twelve days a year at Christmastime, and this year, he's in time to solve a murder mystery at the North Pole. O. Tannenbaum-the world's largest supplier of Christmas trees-has been murdered, and although Nick and Nora...

When Hagstrom's bait store burns down, arson rumors fly among the residents of Whistling Pines senior living facility. When Peter Rogers, the recreation director speaks with residents he discovers there have been numerous suspicious business fires...

Catch up with this cozy mystery collection! Book 5 and 6 of the Sassy Supplies Cozy Mystery series finds Charity Basham and the dishy Detective Sota back for more holiday-whodunnits!An unlikely craft project saves the day in PInches & Peril while the...

First in the Venus Bixby Mystery series from award-winning author Valerie Taylor. Sea breezes and fireworks fill the air in cozy Chatham Crossing, the peaceful and historic whaling town situated between Providence and Cape Cod.VENUS BIXBY, owner of...

A light-hearted amateur sleuth mystery with a cup of woven secrets, a dash of danger and a pinch of holiday spirit.Despite her car being as broken as her checking account, her uncle coming home after thirteen years of being away, and her best friend...

Lyla Bailey's summer was devastating. But her junior year of high school is going to be murder.The beautiful teen is physically and emotionally damaged from the car crash that killed her best friend and almost killed her. She's no longer interested in...

Will true love thaw the heart of Ice Lord Incognito?Melly: When my grandmother is arrested for poisoning the members of her social club, I hire Monsters, PI to help clear her name. My case is assigned to an ice lord, Elrik, the guy I met a week ago at a...

parABnormal Magazine features stories that focus on the paranormal, including ghosts, spectres, witchcraft, the afterlife, and the occasional bit of dark magic. This issue also includes four articles, including by Gary Davis, Denise Noe, and Sonali...

They're not out to get you, unless you're the one holding the crown.The mindset of a pageant contestant is an enigma to Avery Baldwin. She never participated in them during her younger years. When she had the opportunity, she determined she'd rather sit...

Mimi and Charles take some time off from the detective agency to help Charles' friend, Anthony DeLuca, sell his exclusive line of voodoo dolls at a trade show in San Francisco. Mimi is less than thrilled to find out Charles has invited homicide...

An ominous cloud full of questions has hung over Bethany Barrows' wildly dysfunctional family ever since her little cousin Ashley was abducted from their eccentric Jersey Shore neighborhood in 1988. It's part of a series of unsolved crimes against...

Without proof, the killer gets away with suicide.A house sitter is found dead in a ritzy California mansion and the police are eager to sweep her suicide under the rug. But when amateur sleuth Becky Robinson notices inconsistencies at the crime scene,...

Ophelia Mortimer's eight year old daughter is the most powerful Necromancer the world had seen in centuries. Having just enough power to see ghosts, Ophelia's life revolves around both protecting her daughter from her power and preparing her to weild...

She's Little. She's Feisty. Spoiler Alert, She's Not the Killer.​Move to Hollywood. Catch her big break. Become a movie star. Nowhere on Becky Robinson's to-do list does it say discover a dead body or become the prime suspect.​Becky's first day on set is...

Cover Art © Roger Kopman. Why had the beautiful young French woman been so willing to offer a perfect stranger, an American,her apartment and one month free rent? Paris was a property owner's paradise, a place where renters far exceeded the...

When death imitates art . . .  Cherry Hills resident Kat Harper finds herself embroiled in another murder investigation when a local artist is run down in the street. There's no question this was a deliberate act, but who was behind the...

Things are looking up for Mimi and Nick, that is until a handsome cowboy walks into Mimi's office and hires her to clear him of fraud charges. When politics and horse-trading collide it spells murder, and once again, Mimi and Nick are butting heads...

Workaholic city journalist Ruby O'Donovan has her weekend in the countryside all mapped out: 1. Arrange her dream wedding. 2. Drink tea. 3. Eat cake. Lots of cake.But when she stumbles over a dead body, all her best-laid plans turn to crumbs.Before she...

First days can be killer. Kat Harper's first day at her new job doesn't go as planned when a runaway cat leads her to a dead body outside of her office building. Things only get worse when Sadie Cramer's death is deemed a homicide, and Kat has to wonder...

Small-town politics can be murder.  A local election for district court judge turns deadly when one of the candidates winds up shot in his own home. Now it's up to amateur sleuth Kat Harper to find out "whodunit." When it comes to...

New year, new attempted murder.  Imogene Little thinks nothing of organizing a New Year's gathering between a few neighbors on the eve of the millennium. But when Josh Barnaby ends up deathly ill, she can't help but wonder if one of her other guests...

From Midwest Book Review Senior Reviewer Diane Donovan"Powerful in its characterization, plot, and narrative interactions, Political Dirty Trick is the item of choice for thriller readers who like their stories steeped in realistic...