Cosy mystery Books

A shady museum curator, a small Blue Ridge Mountain town, burglary, rumors, and murder . . .Lewis Wilder thinks he's found an uncomplicated life when he takes the job as curator of the history museum in Nolichucky, Tennessee, a town snoozing in the...

Dangerous island cliffs, a lurking murderer, and a pretence at matrimony ...Pretending to be already married to Lord Beresford is certainly improper, but only if someone discovers it - or so Elinor argues. The honeymoon masquerade will hide their true...

Doug and Jill Fletcher are dispatched to the Black Hills when a missing camper's mutilated body is discovered in a remote part of Wind Cave National Park. Jill searches remote portions of Wind Cave for the victim's missing companion while Doug tries to...

Murder visits the Loring Boutique Hotel where Delia Sanchez is part owner and hospitality manager. Pregnant and adjusting to her new professional role after her previous job as a beat cop for the LAPD, Delia is galvanized to solve the murder when...

This delightfully eerie cozy mystery follows Delia Sanchez, a street-wise ex-cop with a desperate need for a new start. Her first glimpse of the for-sale Loring Mansion, an enormous 1920s Tudor with hand-plastered walls, arched doorways, and miles of oak...

This is about the twisty path of several people from two different countries as they grow up, their meeting in London, finding corruption in the underworld of drugs, murder, and the chase for a solution. It's also about a love story that two people find...

I don't usually suffer from a fear of small spaces but after being locked inside a box in the attic along with my fellow cats, I must confess the experience wasn't exactly a barrel of laughs. Especially when the person doing the locking up also decided...

Den hyggelige by med det specielle navn Granby, danner rammen om denne julekalender. I Granby er julehyggen i højsædet, men det kan jo ske, at hyggen bliver afbrudt af et mord. Og så er det jo godt, at byen både har en ivrig privatdetektiv med en skøn...

Unfreiwillig strandet eine Düsseldorfer Reisegruppe in Kophusen. Der Bus ist defekt. Während die Gäste in dem kleinen Dorf festsitzen und auf den Ersatzbus warten, wird die Leiche eines jungen Mannes gefunden. Das Kophusener Ermittler-Trio gerät auf die...

Ein Kunstbetrug mit Leidenschaft und Folgen:Sie hätten ihren riskanten Coup noch abbrechen können, doch irgendwann gab es kein Zurück mehr. Wider besseres Wissen und gegen ihr Gewissen führen Norbert und seine Freunde ihren Plan aus. Denn die Aussicht,...

In dem schottischen Ort St. Applewood ticken die Uhren noch langsam. Man kennt sich, man hilft sich und einem guten Tropfen ist man ebenfalls nicht abgeneigt. Das Leben ist geruhsam. Kein Mörder lauert hinter dem mit Rosen umrankten Cottage Zaun.Als die...

Fête du Crime à Saint-Tropez. Der Schriftsteller Gaston Peroux wird bei einer öffentlichen Lesung Opfer des in seinem neuen Buch beschriebenen Mordanschlags. Seine weiblichen Fans trauern um ihn. Doch seine Autorenkollegen sind seltsam erleichtert...

It's good luck to find a pearl. Or is it?Not always.This one leads to murder.White witch Penzi Munro thinks herself lucky when she finds a beautiful pearl in her lunchtime oyster. Her friend Izzy suggests they visit the oyster farm from which the pearl...

What do you get when you cross a bad-boy blues guitarist with a town full of folk bent on revenge?Murder, that's what!When Jonny Sauvage, sexy blues guitarist from New Orleans, goes on tour in France with his band, he makes a return trip to the small...

A brewmaster-turned-teacher leaves the city behind to start over in the Middle of Nowhere.When her date is discovered trampled to death, she becomes the top suspect.Will she be able to tie small town secrets  together in time to clear her...

Matchmaking, baking and ghosts... a recipe for disaster or a spell for success?I've never been wrong with cookies or love, and it's made my bakery popular in my small town.Rumors claim my matchmaking skills come from a dash of magic in my treats, but I...

Christmas magic, mystery, and matchmaking.Although my recipes are a perfect fit for the town Santa next door, without a budget for ads, I'm counting on word of mouth to drive business during my first Christmas as a bakery owner.But as things around town...

Landscape architect Tory Benning returns in a holiday mystery tied up with a bow! Still struggling with the death of her husband, Tory Benning is doing her best to get into the festive spirit of the holiday season, but when her landscaping company's...

The Agatha Award-winning author of Pressing the Issue returns to the Cookbook Nook, where Jenna Hart is busy decking the halls and ducking a killer . . . The holidays are Jenna Hart's favorite time of year, but just as she's decorating the...

Blackmail. Betrayal. Murder. This is not the job Alex remembered.Although Alex Paige is anxious to get back in the field after a year off for cancer treatment, she's afraid she's forgotten how to be a travel writer. A visit to an idyllic resort seems...

A Clowder of CatsA Joy Forest Cozy MysteryDr. Joy Forest's Madagascar research is disrupted when a beautiful woman with violet eyes breaches the security of her home by paranormal means and insists Joy look for her missing cat. Although Joy agrees,...

Third time's a charm...until someone commits murder.With her sister back at the castle and the tea shop thriving, Wynona feels like her life is finally on track. The fact that a certain werewolf is hanging around an awful lot, only makes it all sweeter...

Brylie's house won't stop crying...and that's not even the strangest thing about Reverie Springs. Brylie Scott hadn't planned to move to a small town in the middle of nowhere, but when she loses her father, her job, and her home in one blow, her...

A three-hundred-year-old house should be full of metaphorical skeletons, not real ones.But when Paisley Sutton is invited in to salvage the valuables from the attic of an old plantation house, she finds more than she expected amongst the Christmas...

This holiday season in Eagle River, the past is never far from the present. Kate is bracing herself for a blue Christmas this year. It's the first since her divorce, most of her decorations are missing after too-many moves, and her impromptu gesture...

Sometimes campers arrive with a deadly amount of baggage.Accepting a cabin reservation from the Mason brothers didn't seem like a big deal-especially as they were returning guests enjoying their second vacation at the campground. But it seemed the...

Turning 50 is bad enough without Mercury Retrograde. Nothing is working out as planned. Viviana, a struggling addict and former stripper finds out she's been dumped by her boyfriend once again...this time humiliating her on Facebook! Her jealous Scorpio...

Planners are great for to-do lists, keeping track of appointments and . . . scheduling a murder.When Thea Olson returned to her hometown of Why, North Dakota, for the Fourth of July, the last thing she expected was to add "investigate a murder" to her...

When Mollie joined a roller derby team, she thought she only needed to worry about bumps and bruises. But when something valuable is stolen from the locker room, she decides to investigate and find the culprit.In between identifying suspects, working at...

Prepare for an adventure as Kitty Kats, her fearless daughter Diana, and enigmatic Muse—the king of cats in exile—return to unravel a chilling murder mystery. While cat-sitting for an old friend, Kitty must face nostalgic memories of her...

Wer auch immer behauptet hat, dass es Geister gibt, muss verrückt geworden sein.Oh, warten Sie. Das war ja ich gewesen. Ich habe das behauptet. Wenn Sie mir gestern gesagt hätten, dass Geister real sind, hätte ich freundlich gelächelt, genickt und einen...

Wer wagt, gewinnt!Wie könnte eine anständige, leicht unbeholfene und stark koffeinsüchtige Privatdetektivin eine Mutprobe ablehnen? Kurze Antwort: Sie kann es nicht. Und nun versuche ich verzweifelt, herauszufinden, wie ich eine ganze Woche lang ohne...

Ein schlechter Tag mit Kaffee ist besser als ein guter Tag ohne Kaffee.Eine Privatdetektei in der Küstenstadt Firefly Bay zu leiten, sollte eine ziemlich einfache Aufgabe sein. Eine, bei der ich das Sagen habe - bildlich gesprochen, denn wenn man mir,...

Niemals in meinen fast dreißig Jahren hätte ich gedacht, dass es meine neue Normalität sein würde, mit Geistern zu sprechen, aber so ist es nun einmal.Nachdem ich eine Privatdetektei geerbt habe, stelle ich fest, dass meine Klienten eher unkörperlich...

Robin Wildwood might know the reason she was chosen as Head Witch, but is she ready to rise to the challenge?Her grandmother's cranky ghost thinks not - and so do Robin's living family members - but at least she has the support of her squirrel familiar...

Village Fetes can be murder.When Fi's electrical powers cause her to be fired from her job, the last thing she wants to do is help the Witches', Wizards' and Warlocks' Institute host the annual Halloween Fete. But when a judge collides with her, she's...

A haunted castle full of suspects and an eccentric ghost who refuses to rest.Lorna Shadow is excited, and nervous, about starting a job at Gilham Castle, rumored to be the most haunted place in the country. And when her first day reveals the...

I survived the bakery fire, but Uncle Albert is hurt, and Earl, my familiar, is missing. Everything's falling apart.Then my parents arrive and insist I leave Witch Haven. It's too dangerous to stay. As they bicker over me, I try to piece my shattered...

"It doesn't seem likely that a man would murder his wife and then just crawl back into bed and go to sleep, does it?"1964. Elvis Presley is in Las Vegas for a little R&R before starting his next picture, Roustabout. But the King's work is never done...

'Well, what do all mysteries have?' said Aunt Isobel. 'Money, mistresses, and murder.'1783 -Lichfield society is enthralled by the arrival of dashing ex-officer Orville; he charms his way into the salons, grand houses and even a great inheritance from...

A COZY MURDER MYSTERY SET IN A PICTURESQUE CUMBRIAN VILLAGE. Suzy Spencer is branching out - she's working with local retiree gardeners on a podcast about rewilding the graveyard garden in Norbridge. But a body is found in a wheelie bin and chaos...

1918 ItalyWhen a deadly blizzard traps Fiona Figg and Kitty Lane in the Dolomite Mountains, it's alldownhill from here.Their hotel is snowed-in, and no one can get in or out. Then a man is found dead in his locked hotel room - and the killer is still on...

Sally Compton Scott's life should be back on track after the death of her husband, Tyler, the love of her life. Relocating from the suburbs to a high-rise building in Manhattan, she has built an accounting practice with a select group of small business...

The past becomes a deadly future!When Tori Winters becomes the star witness in a murder trial, someone tries to kill her. Terrified, she's not giving the killer a second chance. With all her worldly possessions packed in her car, Tori is on the run. A...

A deadly blaze, an unexpected blizzard, and a pack of bloodthirsty brutes…Life’s looking grim for Oliver Crum and his family.When a mysterious locomotive rolls into town, it brings with it a new supernatural threat that will force Oliver to...

Seattle, 1956 Inspector Michael Riggs doesn't believe in "women's intuition," but when Margaret Baker insists that her friend, Ruby, would never willingly have jumped off a bridge to end her own life, Riggs reluctantly agrees to re-examine the...

Hollywood has come to Fern Valley, and the one stoplight town may never be the same. Everyone wants to get in on the act.The crew from the wildly popular, fan favorite, Fatal Impressions, takes over Jules Keene's glamping resort, and they bring a lot of...

A woman approaches Rosedale Investigations to report her husband missing. Then another woman arrives to report her husband is missing. When the team sees the photographs of James Browning, they realize it's the same guy; they have a bigamist on...