Cosy mystery Books

I remembered her comment about hope.I wasn't sure I had hope.I was in a foreign country withdifferent laws. Fewer Freedoms. AndPeople who may decide they want toTurn me into dog food.John Stone returns for his most captivating mystery yet. After a...

In October 1959, someone is out for revenge against young L.A. PI, Stan Wade, who has solved a few cases for his main client, Walt Disney. When a CIA agent mistakenly dies in Stan’s place, Stan initiates a revenge investigation that leads him...

A young woman begs Sherlock Holmes to help find her missing fiancé, but the great detective makes an uncharacteristic mistake. Then Sherlock's daughter, Lucy James, takes on a missing person case of her own.But Lucy must also keep a...

Gemma Halliday, NYT Bestselling Author describes The Adventure of the Murdered Midwife as "a vivid picture and transports you back in time, in what I'm sure will become a bestseller....A classic in the making!"Arthur Conan...

A trio of priceless gold pendants has been surrounded by myth and mystery since its creation in the mists and jungles of the pre-Columbian Caribbean. One has been lost for centuries, with murky legends swirling around its fate. The second is...

A Fourth of July parade, 89 feral cats, and a missing author. It’s nothing Lia and her schnauzer can’t handle.While the dog park gang trains their fur-babies to participate in Northside's famously eccentric Fourth of July parade, starving...

Cass Claymore, a red headed, motorbike riding, ex-ballerina inherits a Detective Agency, and accidently employs an ex-con dwarf and an octogenarian. Hired by a client who should know better, Cass has no leads, no clue and a complete inability to solve a...

After five people are poisoned at a company’s pre-Christmas party, the police have local coffee shop proprietor, Cara Ballard, in their sights as the prime suspect. Their investigation focuses on proving her guilty rather than investigating other...

Aunt Enid's back, but something's changed...A deal with fairies... to solve a mystery... and prevent a war.Fairies and magic: It's all real!Enid Turner is invited to a picnic in honour of the creator of the world's most famous detective, currently on a...

Daemons, fairies, magic: it's all real!The Otherworld is bleeding through cracks into our world. And Adelaide is ground zero. Something is coming. Something dark - trading souls for passage. And only one person stands between The Dark and the fate of...

She traded the rat race to work in an academic lab. Instead of peace and quiet, she discovers jealousy, treachery and murder. And she may be next. COVID, a stressful job and the end of Gemma's marriage signaled a need to change everything in her life...

Rochester goes to college-- but he's not sniffing out a degree!When college adminstrator Steve Levitan and his loyal golden retriever Rochester discover the murdered body of the college's admissions director, they are suddenly thrust into a web of...

A drag pageant where winning means not dying.Maple Bay is hosting the Ms. Gay West Coast Pageant and Victor's drag queen persona Raven Ronelle is the emcee and organizer. It's a huge event for the town and everyone is excited. For someone, excitement...

Murder is a Drag.Victor has a secret identity, and she's being framed for murder.Murder She Wrote... If Jessica Fletcher were a Fabulous Drag QueenThe mayors been murdered and everyone is on edge and reclusive mystery author Vicki Dean is the prime...

Pete Magnusson considers himself one lucky guy. He inherits a farm from his crabby old Uncle Fritz. The farm is old, located in Northwestern Minnesota, about one hour South of Lake Superior. Pete has discovered that his uncle buried his spare cash in...

A carnival of murder has arrived. But who will have the last laugh? Autumn is upon the cozy town of Clovedale Falls, and twins Rita and Rhonda Knight look forward to a beautiful season of pumpkins, bonfires, crisp evenings, and hot apple cider...

This is a boxset of the first three books in The Father Tom Mysteries. Meet Father Tom Greer and Detective Helen Parr, former lovers reunited after twenty years, as they solve crimes old and new--and explore the profound mysteries of the human heart...

Animal rescue is a deadly business.  Murder is the last thing on Kat Harper's mind when she shows up for the Furry Friends Foster Families benefit dinner. But that's exactly what she gets when one of the guests drops dead. Now the focus of the...

Meet Kat Harper, small-town girl turned amateur sleuth. Can she solve the mystery of her animal-loving neighbor's murder without getting killed herself?  Kat hasn't been back in her childhood hometown of Cherry Hills, Washington, very long before a...

Twenty years ago a teenager drowned in Clearwater Lake. Now her ghost is haunting its shores. Gertrude knows there's no such thing as ghosts, and she's going to prove it—even if it means spending some time in the water herself. This is the...

When the past and the present collide . . .  Kat Harper doesn't anticipate being dragged into an unsolved cold case when a friend asks her to meet with a difficult student. Now the more Kat learns about Julie Conway, the more convinced she becomes...

Cover Art © Roger Kopman. In Paris, there were simply too many beautiful women hiding too many secrets, and this case was becoming too personal and too intriguing for Mrs. Duchesney to solve on her own. There was only one name on the engraved...

When Lucy Larkin moves in with her gay uncle Frank in the small town of Serenity Bay, she doesn't expect to get caught up in a murder investigation.But when local artist Marcus Briggs is found dead at the site of a controversial rainbow crosswalk, Lucy...

Kate has hex appeal, or maybe she's jinxed. Only time will tell. Sit for a spell and enjoy a new cozy mystery with witches, magic, and a snarky cat. Kate Brody's café serves up enchanted drinks boosted with a touch of magic and tasty treats...

Exploring Put-in-Bay pirate-style, best friends Francie and June once again find themselves in pursuit of a Lake Erie Island murderer. Labor Day weekend has South Bass Island transformed into a pirate's paradise featuring a competitive scavenger hunt,...

It's December, 1985. James Cote has been able to reconcile with his family over the summer, and things are just about back to normal. But Lettice's family is about as far from normal as she is.While preparing for Christmas in California, Lettice's...

It's August, 1985, and private investigator James Cote has a problem.Actually, he has several. His wife Lettice is unemployed, over-active, and bored out of her skull. The cheating husband he'd been tailing for two weeks has been killed by his...

Twenty-eight-year-old university grad Alysha Grant is not sure she wants the family property she's inherited. This wasn't part of her life goals and would mean putting her own plans on hold. Currently living in a large city, and focused on her...

You don't need a green thumb to save your friends.I've faced some stubborn people as an apprentice to a private investigator, but they all paled in comparison with the resistance I met now.Spring has made everything bloom, including Tracy's love life...

Justice is blind. Tracy isn't.If I had a bucket list, jury duty wouldn't be on it. Luckily, I had a way out-but I might regret taking it.Jury duty isn't exactly at the top of Tracy's bucket list-not that she has one. But then she's offered an unexpected...

Look, I'm not one to make a big fuss about nothing, but this last week has been too eventful to ignore. Not only was I kicked out of my own home, I was also attacked-yes, attacked, I tell you-on no less than two separate occasions. First there was the...

If you really want to know who did it, I can now reveal that it was the mice. They raided the fridge and stole all of my food. Oh, you were wondering about the murders? Well, that's a different story. It took me a long time to crack that particular case,...

When the Hampton Cove Gazette announced it had recruited a new advice columnist, little did I expect how this decision would impact not only my life but that of everyone in Hampton Cove. Dear Gabi was soon dispensing advice left, right and center, and...

It was a day like any other when we first came across the horror: in the middle of the pavement, in front of our own home no less, a dog had done its business. Of course we could have shaken our heads and left it at that, but Harriet decided enough was...

When Odelia was hired by Opal Harvey, the country's most famous talk show host, I was happy for her, and eager to help. Until she told me the job involved flying out to LA. Everybody knows cats don't travel. Not by car, not by boat, not by train and most...

I was suffering from a slight case of ennui when I came upon the perfect solution: a new type of cat kibble that promised to fix my every problem. I probably should have known it was too good to be true, which just goes to show that even a feline who's...

There comes a time in every cat's life when he feels he's got it made. And it may surprise you that I was just such a cat. I had my sweet spot on the couch, I had my daily dose of kibble, I had my health, friends and the best human a cat can find. In...

As your loyal feline correspondent it is my sad duty to inform you that one of my housemates has lost her marbles and decided to go into showbiz. And in other news, the country's most successful female pop singer was found murdered.In other words:...

Life had been going swimmingly, as life usually does in Hampton Cove, when suddenly disaster struck. Odelia had scheduled a surprise visit to Vena Aleman. Vena is our local vet, and a master at inflicting pain and suffering. And as it happens she was...

When Grandma Muffin announced she'd found religion, and started recruiting followers for her new church, I just figured it was par for the course. After all, Gran has always had an eccentric streak. But when Harriet decided to follow in Gran's footsteps...

Agnes Lockwood regresa a Tyneside, solo para tropezar con otro cadáver.Durante su primera visita, ayudó a la policía a resolver un asesinato y logró una buena reputación como detective aficionada. Ahora, simplemente quiere reunirse de nuevo con Alan...

In a leafy suburb of Shanghai lives Li Yang: a local employed by various foreign families to take care of their needs.It's the turn of the millennium, and China is evolving. At the centre of the dynamic change is the vibrant hub of Shanghai, a melting...

"Who were you?" is a question that has plagued New Zealander, Ros Mathieson, since the death of her grandmother.Her gran never spoke of her early life in Scotland, but Ros wants to discover more about her past. Working as a journalist for the Wellington...

Uma nevasca se aproxima do Condado de Wharton com uma vingança.A Madame Zenya previu que essa tempestade furiosa iria mudar a vida do Kellan, mas a vidente famosa nunca poderia tê-lo preparado para todos esses danos colaterais. Depois que a Nana D...

A advogada Jamie Quinn está em um hiato de seis meses sem exercer a profissão para lidar com a morte de sua amada mãe. Raramente saindo de casa, ela passa a maior parte de seus dias com o gato mal-humorado de sua falecida mãe.Mas logo, Jamie é forçada a...

Life is finally good for reluctant family law attorney James Quinn.Her father may get his visa soon, her boyfriend is the bomb, and her law practice is growing like crazy. But when she agrees to take on a high-profile divorce case, everything falls apart...

Si fueras el padre de una hija de veinticinco años, que es una estudiante perpetua desempleada y que viene con su gato, ¿qué harías?Rachel y Joe, que se han retirado a un condominio para mayores de 50 años, deben ejercer un amor duro con su única hija,...