Cosy mystery Books

Pilot boats are a fixture of the coastal Victorian town of Queenscliff, darting into the treacherous Rip in all weathers to shepherd big ships into and out from the Port of Melbourne. Many crewmembers have been lost in the line of duty, but when the...

SARA är drygt 30 år och bor i Uppsala. När tillfälle erbjuds att fira midsommar i Leksand med Elof och Ellen, ett äldre par, tackar hon tacksamt ja och reser dit tillsammans med sin bästa kompis Frida. Sara behöver komma bort för att ta reda på om hon...

Als ich mein Gleichgewicht verlor, schrie ich auf und fiel trotzdem. Das schien meine Mutter freudig jodelnd überhört zu haben. Mit weit aufgerissenen Augen starrte ich auf den Kopf meiner Besucherin, die nun in meinem Eingangsbereich lag. Ihr weisses...

When the most hated man in Harmony Lake runs for mayor and turns up dead on election night, two of the people closest to me are suspects in his murder. But needling out the real culprit isn't easy when everyone in town has a motive and an alibi...

When the annual book fair comes to town, life is stranger than fiction!Harmony Lake buzzes with excitement when world-famous author and avid needle felter, Claire Rivera, attends our annual book fair. But excitement turns to shock when Claire is...

A mysterious invite, a festive party, and a murderer hiding amongst the mistletoe.Christmas in England, 1936.When Ruby Dove receives a cryptic invitation to Lady Charlesworth's swanky London soiree, Fina Aubrey-Havelock convinces her friend to attend...

When some workmen dig up a skeleton, Homicide Inspector Rebecca Mayfield finds herself investigating a death that took place years earlier. She never imagines that it will have major repercussions on the lives of people she now cares deeply about, or...

A foggy night. A dog's bark. This one just turned personal ...Homicide Inspector Rebecca Mayfield hopes to come to terms with her confused emotions over alluring but troubling boyfriend Richie Amalfi, but her plans quickly change when her neighbor is...

It's time for another adventure in The Sisters. Amateur sleuth Madison deCordova has trouble convincing locals she's not a private investigator. Can she help it if half her clients hire In a Pinch Professional Services for 'creative' solutions to their...

When Silver Hollow witch Adele Brundage curses the town with a plague of toads until her killer is found, Isolde Quinn and her cousins find themselves thrown into a dangerous world where someone will go to any lengths to keep a decades-old secret. Armed...

IN THE SUMMER of 1992, tech billionaire Brandt Keener dies drinking a glass of wine while dining with his nearest if not dearest on his small private island off the Washington coast.  Despite suspicious circumstances and an abundance of motives, the...

Do good fences make good neighbors?Miss Sissy is a talented member of the Village Quilters guild in tiny Dappled Hills, North Carolina. She's also somewhat difficult to deal with as her new neighbor, Linton, discovered. Linton doesn't understand why Miss...

Mystery Bookshop owner Ellery Page and Police Chief Jack Carson are diving for the legendary sunken pirate galleon Blood Red Rose when they discover an old fashioned diver's suit, water-damaged and encrusted with barnacles. Further examination...

Jeaneane Lewis is a disturbed graduate student in a crime writing program who makes a grisly discovery: in the heart of the college/prison town of New Royal, Ohio, a military widow and her two small children lay dead in a frigid garden pond, watched over...

Despite a spate of murders at the high-end Island Resort, Harriet Monroe loves her job. The resort made the coveted number one spot on Pampered Magazine's list for "must-visit" vacations and she intends to hang onto that position with her new ad...

If you've got a problem, Charlie Kingsley probably has a tea that'll help make it right.EXCEPT when it comes to love. She does NOT do love potions.Not even for Courtney, her pregnant new client who showed up three weeks before Christmas seeking a love...

“Evanovich…with a dash of CSI.” – Publishers Weekly (review of Lucky Stiff)Everyone Has a Hidden TalentFor Lucky O’Toole it’s murder…solving it.Tonight she feels like committing it.Her live-in lover, Teddie,...

When Rex Sutherland and his employer, Eleanor, Dowager Duchess of Drakeford, find a body by the lake of Bircham Manor, Her Grace - or 'HG' as Rex calls her - is reluctant to let it ruin their picnic.After all, HG is a sleuthing...

A man vanishes without a trace from a Tudor Manor House, a family feud explodes and a telephone call to say someone will die before midnight on Christmas Eve.The Stanton family are hosting their annual Yuletide party for the villagers when Percival...

Caroline Steele decides to leave her calm, respectable life as a wife and mother to get another job at the University of New Mexico. She is hired as the museum shop manager at the University Art Museum.  When the body of a former Art Department...

“Another winner from Alan Eysen. If you like interesting characters, all with their own stories, this second novel in the Martini Club series is for you.” —Beverly Lawn, Author, Poet and English Professor Emerita Adelphi University...

When a crime stopper senior citizen starts to act oddly, a new business sells fake products and the New Year's Eve fireworks display disappears, Mayor Cora Mae Bingham and the Spicetown Police Chief Conrad Harris have to get involved.Cora keeps an...

Grief is a bitchWhen Tony Mora's partner Clyde dies saving his life during a botched DEA operation, the loss throws him in a tailspin. Not that things were going so well before that. Between the married (albeit unhappily) co-worker carrying his baby and...

Sometimes, the most unlikely of suspects takes the cake... Trouble shows up for recently divorced Sarah Murray and Layers Bakery in the picturesque high-desert town of Bishop, California when her black sheep cousin appears suddenly after an...

". . . a murder mystery that is well written, well paved, and has characters just quirky enough to be believable. ~J. Lee, eBook DiscoveryWhen the rock concert Christy and Quinn are enjoying ends in a murder, the sleuthing couple are pulled into the case...

VA Nurse Found Dead, Murderer At Large in Stairway to Murder by P.J. Conn Los Angeles, California, Summer, 1947World War II G.I. turned gumshoe, Joe Ezell is hunting a murderer. A Los Angeles VA hospital nurse has been found dead, and RN...

 When Jennet witnesses a man abandon four collie puppies on a country lane, she resolves to rescue them from certain death and bring the perpetrator of this outrage to justice.Her search leads her to a long-abandoned playhouse in the woods of an...

Fresh off her ex-boyfriend's Harley and determined to remake herself, Honey Ingersoll snags a job with handsome Sam Ridley, Eureka Falls' biggest realtor. She's thrilled, but her troubles are far from over.During the sale of an abandoned...

Just before Walter Egret is killed in a hit-and-run, he phoned his half-brother Sammy to report that he’d unearthed their missing father’s pocket watch, along with a pile of human bones. The project is put on hold until it can be determined...

Murder hits the stacks when literary agent Allie Cobb investigates a fatality in the local library... Allie Cobb returns home from a book conference armed with hugs for her cat and her boyfriend, and dreams of a long, hot bath. She's also getting ready...

Everyone likes to think they're brave, and Jessie Gallagher is no exception-not that she's ever thought that much about it. At any rate, it didn't seem like attending a book signing would require much courage, and under normal circumstances, it wouldn't...

Tying the knot was never so deadly…Wedding bells are ringing for location scouts Kate and Alex in a ceremony at one of England’s most elegant stately homes, but when a guest is murdered and suspicion falls on those closest to Kate, she and...

Along the scenic back roads of Coastal Georgia and South Carolina, the live oaks and Spanish moss wave gently on the breeze. But are the dappled shade and lowcountry quiet ready for the ragtag collection of wannabe race drivers, gearheads and grease...

When a washed-up pop star inherits a wedding planning business, it’s all bouquets and bliss until a bride turns up dead. Paisley Sutton shot to stardom as a teenage rock sensation, but ten years later that star has fizzled out, just...

England in 1963. Alice is at boarding school in Sussex, Sylvia is drinking in her bedroom and Quentin is hatching plots to extend his poultry empire to Italy in cahoots with the Vatican. It is a year of family transitions and a summer trip to Rome .....

An old crush. A long-lost family member. A magical Labrador and a whole load of ghosts... At least Adeline can't say life is boring! Adeline yearns for family, but for years, the closest she's gotten is her assistance dog, Coco.When a frightening...

A high profile trial makes bloody headlines for an arms manufacturer, throwing Charlie Callahan's career in jeopardy, and overshadowing his upcoming anniversary in Cape Cod.Hoping to put everything behind him, Charlie and his wife head for the peace and...

Romance isn't dead-but someone is. And her spirit isn't moving on easily.When a series of hauntings threatens to turn romantic evenings into full-on nightmares at a charming Connecticut Bed and Breakfast, the manager turns to their cousin, Abby, for help...

Join amateur sleuth Lucy Larkin as she attends a festive Christmas Eve party with the cast and crew of Serenity Bay's beloved holiday musical. The partygoers make the best of it when the lights go out and a winter snowstorm traps everyone inside, but the...

Enjoy this Small-Town Murder Mystery Featuring A Unique Sleuthing Couple It's an eventful October for Father Tom and Helen. It begins with the wedding of Father Tom's mother Nola to her fiance, former strip club owner Stu Landry. The two septuagenarian...

Set in a fictional corner of Cornwall, Conning mainland has several islands nearby, one of which is Harbourtown. A busy place for shipping imports, the local RNLI and new visitor attractions - a wildlife tour, new Inn and Cafe and gift shop.Shock is felt...

Follow Kathy on her first international pet sitting assignment at a beach-front condo in Nueva Gorgona, Panama. Meet Betsy, the miniature schnauzer, and her fun-loving neighbors. All is good, until a nasty murder in the building. Experience Panamanian...

He's a high school English and Theater teacher who always secretly wanted to be a cop. So when Monty Farraday is summoned, for reasons unknown, to meet with principal Reginald Brandenburg prior to the start of the school year during the unpredictable...

Valetine's Day is supposed to be filled with love, little candy hearts, and chocolates, right? Apparently not in Po'thole (pronounced Po Ho by the natives and Pothole by anyone north of the Florida-Georgia line) and apparently not for Parker Bell, best...