Cosy mystery Books

Life is good for Rory Hawthorn. She's progressing well in her magical lessons and is also finally unearthing her father's long-kept secrets. If not for the Grim Reaper trying to interfere in her love life, things would be perfect.Until the Grim Reaper...

After a busy summer carnival season, Robin Wildwood is trying to take it easy. Her job as Head Witch tends to make that challenging, but she's keen to focus on her budding relationship with Harvey and her hopes of getting her dad and brother back in...

When Aunt Candace is nominated for a literary award, Rory and her family are thrilled that the library is chosen to host the ceremony. But the night ends in disaster when the organiser of the event turns up dead.Needless to say, since the group of...

It's been several months since Rory left her old life behind to move to her family's magical library in the coastal town of Ivory Beach. When her best friend from back home gets in touch, she can't wait to introduce her to her new family -- even if she...

Dark nights and darker deeds. This Cornish fishing village hides a deadly secret.Malachite Peck has never run from a fight, but when she needs to keep a low profile, she retreats to the idyllic Golden, to start over. Running a bookshop was never her idea...

Rachel Prince can't escape murder. Even in exotic India...When an ambitious group of pharmaceutical researchers board the Coral Queen and one of them dies, Rachel Prince has another murder on her hands...Rachel's got a lot on her mind when she...

"Lady Marjorie at her fearsome best..."A relaxing Highland tour becomes quite the opposite when the awesome foursome investigate a murder by the shores of the great Loch Ness. The untimely death prompts our octogenarian sleuth, and her pensioner friends...

Receiving unwanted attention after foiling an armed robbery, the unhuman Inspector Hobbes takes a long-overdue camping holiday, with Andy, his accident-prone friend, and Dregs, the delinquent dog. In the bleak and dangerous Blacker Mountains, Andy...

Eve Mallow's going back to school! But when a former student is murdered, Eve must discover who taught her a deadly lesson...  Eve Mallow is delighted when she's asked to cater Founders' Day at Southwood School. It's the best - and most...

A magnificent seaside hotel, striped deckchairs, strawberry ice cream... and a rather familiar dead body? Lady Swift is on the case!Spring, 1921. Lady Eleanor Swift, explorer extraordinaire and accidental sleuth, hasn't had a vacation since she...

Was Pa poisoned?Everything is just fine in Bald Eagle Falls. Auntie Clem's Bakery is stable and making good money.It seems like ages since anyone was murdered or kidnapped. And it seems like just yesterday.But things are not so rosy in Moose River. When...

Death by Rum Running. . .It's the hot and humid East Coast summer of 1931 and seven years since Dr. Haley Higgins' brother Joe was murdered. The case is cold. The Boston Police Department may have given up on finding Joe Higgins' killer, but Haley never...

"Clever and entertaining, you'll love this charming Golden Age mystery series. And the fashion is to die for!" - Molly C. Quinn, actress, CastleMayhem All Aboard!One blustery day in October of 1924, newlyweds Mr. and Mrs. Basil Reed travel aboard the...

"Clever and entertaining, you'll love this charming Golden Age mystery series. And the fashion is to die for!" - Molly C. Quinn, actress, CastleWeddings can be murder.Romance is in the air for the delightful Reverend Oliver Hill. Unfortunately, the choir...

Vancouver private eye, exiled Hungarian aristocrat Count Jason Kereso, has a problem: is a murder victim really who he claimed to be?  The Count has to answer other important questions too: Can he trust his assistant, the capable and beguiling, but...

"Clever and entertaining, you'll love this charming Golden Age mystery series. And the fashion is to die for!" - Molly C. Quinn, actress, CastleMurder's a Bad Stroke of Luck!River Thames boat races between the London University colleges are popular...

"Warm up the apple crisp and cozy up to a detective mystery that has been 75 years in the making." -BestThrillers.comIn the simpler times of 1971, Inspector Philip Steele, recently transferred to Fredericton, takes a well-deserved holiday visiting his...

Librarian Greta Plank is hard at work planning and preparing for Larkspur's Fall Festival and regional tourism showcase which, if successful, will be a boon to the local economy. But disaster strikes and chances of a positive review look slimmer than a...

Next time you rent a house, make sure you're the only occupant.  If it wasn't for a flamboyant, self-absorbed ghost occupying Katie Aubrey's rental house, the thirtysomething former business tech turned charcuterie chef would be able to...

Travel back in time to 1950s Illinois in Ophelia's cozy, magical, and mysterious debut. Fans of the Eastwind Witches and Dresden Files won't want to miss this book!Ophelia Windsor's life as a private eye in Cicero is smooth enough. Find a missing wife...

“Daley’s characters come to life on the page. Her novels are filled with a little mystery and a little romance which makes for a murderous adventure.” – Tonya Kappes, USA Today Bestselling Author of Southern FriedWhile on vacation...

It’s time for the Irish Spring at the Ballantyne Foundation, and charity director/PI-in-training Elliott Lisbon kicks off the annual Pot of Gold Cook-Off in shamrock style. Twenty chefs compete for the corned beef and cabbage crown but only one can...

“Daley’s mysteries offer as much sizzle and pop as fireworks on a hot summer’s day.” – Mary Kennedy, Author of The Dream Club Mysteries“Daley’s characters come to life on the page. Her novels are filled with a...

When Jenny McCleary leases her property to be ravaged by the annual mud bog races, the small rural town of Sabal Bay, Florida, is divided into warring camps: environmental activists versus monster truck fans. Jenny, who frequents the consignment store...

In the heart of Manhattan’s financial district, during her rise through the entry-level program of a large conglomerate, Ava Moss encounters the salacious Scott Wallace. While Ava considers her boss inscrutable she realizes her heart must remain...

Too bad dead pigeons are only the beginning . . .Margaret Welch is in her idea of heaven. She has what many people only dream of - a successful bookstore in a charming old house. Even better, she and her bookstore are located in Stonewall, a town nestled...

A billionaire heiress drowns. Her body vanishes. The blood trail winds through a wealthy family flush with suspects and shocking secrets. Hope rests with one insightful soul - a child in her garden of innocence. "What a tour de force! I loved...

Can you teach an old crook new tricks?The Booster Club has a plan, and it's about to come unraveled, big time. This ragtag bunch of former petty criminals springs art forger Adele from prison so she can make amends for her past. All the Boosters have...

Savannah Martin has always been a good girl, doing what was expected and fully expecting life to fall into place in its turn. But when her perfect husband turns out to be a lying, cheating slimeball—and bad in bed to boot—Savannah kicks the...

Ruby Nash’s life has gone to the dogs. Since her husband passed, her once-thriving canine search and rescue business has hit the end of its leash. When her mother, Donna, asks for help investigating her fiancé, Cecil’s, disappearance,...

Sidelined by an on the job injury, veteran paranormal investigator Maureen Keslyn reluctantly accepts an assignment at Shadow Valley Manor, an upscale retirement facility where someone—or something—is picking off residents and staff at a...

In this cozy murder mystery, retired detective Nathan "Nate" Hawke tells the story of how he solved his first murder. Set in 1955, Nate is a precocious junior high student known as a liar and prankster. His dog Superman is a wise-cracking mutt with...

A partly historical mystery novel set in an English Edwardian retail empire and also in present day Obea - a beautiful but suspect fictional island, where the residents are covering up a murder and more besides. The protagonists risk danger and more to...

Christmas is just around the corner and Charlotte has every intention of making it the best one ever for the residents and shop owners of Kingfisher Falls.After the success last year of the bookshop's "Giving Box", she's roped eleven other traders into...

Savannah has always been a good girl, doing what was expected and fully expecting life to fall into place in its turn. But when her perfect husband turns out to be a lying, cheating slimeball - and bad in bed to boot - Savannah kicks the jerk to the curb...

Join antique dealer and amateur sleuth Philomena Barker as she tackles her first case.When Chipwell antique dealer Philomena Barker spies a nineteenth-century painting of Whitby peeking out of a box of odds and sods at a York auction centre, she knows...

For years, Ruth Carson and her friend Angie enjoyed being in the summer musical theatre productions of St. Paul's Como Pavilion Players, directed by Fritz Gerhardt. This year, however, something sinister is happening to the tight-knit amateur theatre...

When up-and-coming comic, Kasey McCormick, attends a highly anticipated "business of comedy" seminar in Southern California, she expects to learn, network, and showcase her comedic talents. However, her excitement quickly turns to rueful disappointment...

Thea kept her visions a secret her entire life.Her father warned her other people would find her knowledge of future events abnormal, leaving Thea feeling both distant from him and others.When Thea's latest vision reveals someone shooting her father, her...

Bethany Lights never expected to be accused of murder. Determined to start life anew in the beautiful and snowy state of Alaska after the death of her abusive husband, Bethany dreams of healing and reliving her happy childhood memories as she opens up a...

Julie Pépin, une jeune Lilloise, débarque sur les îles Shetland, au nord de l'Écosse. Une nouvelle vie l'attend, loin de ses soucis. Six mois à travailler dans une ferme. À s'occuper des animaux. À...

Marielle Jones has been hired to drive 8-year-old Tyler, his 10-year-old sister and their maternal grandmother on a camping trip across Oregon. When Tyler claims someone pushed him into the river, Marielle refuses to believe him. But, later, the party is...

Spelled into Silence. Before Clarence was a man possessing a bobcat, he was a murder victim. Now that he's beginning to trust Geoff, he's revealed a little of his background…and asked Geoff to find his murderer.Geoff can either do the legwork...

I won't conceal the fact that when I found that inflatable pool in my backyard I was surprised to a degree. Inflatable pools, as a rule, contain water, you see, and everyone knows that cats don't like water all that much. In fact we hate it. But Odelia...

When someone poisons a Santa Claus at the Blithedale Christmas Fair, Alice must catch the killer before the authorities shut down the biggest event of the year - and snuff out the town's holiday spirit.But that's not all: What's the former owner of...