Cosy mystery Books

Painted Death is set in an Alaskan coastal town. The disappearance of a local fishing captain leads to community discord over the inclusion of his boat in the town's commemorative mural "Lost Seamen of Raven Creek" Kira Logan, the visiting designer of...

Someone will be getting coal in his stocking . . . It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas in the small town of Bradley, North Carolina. Wreaths adorn doors, halls are decked, and candles cheerfully glow in windows. Adding to the Christmas...

This crosspatch is at cross purposes with everyone.Summer, despite her cheery name, was hardly a ray of sunshine in the small town of Dappled Hills. She had a crabby personality and was constantly looking for ways to insert herself...

In book 4, Disaster strikes Dashwood! Dumpling recipe included at the end of the book. Alphabet Soup recipe is available when signing up for my newsletter.A fire burns down an abandoned building that was set to be renovated into a high-end apartment...

Jo and JJ Rodreguiz finished their vacation dream home in Magnolia Bluff. To celebrate their accomplishment, they invite the town residents to their housewarming.Emails are sent. Lily offers to provide all the side dishes to complement the barbeque...

For 135 years a Confederate treasure has lain buried. Digger, Don Gannon's childhood friend, is murdered. His fiancée vows to avenge his death. Harriett Roth masterminds a search for the killer and the lost gold.Prepare to board the Last Train to...

*Finalist in the 2022 Indie Cozy Mystery Tribe Book of the Year Awards*A new job, a new friend, and a newly adopted furry companion. Then there's the dead body in her new office.Libby Ballard, director of the history museum in the small town of Dogwood...

Charlie is alone in the office when a teen girl comes in, wanting to hire RJP Investigations to find her mom, who vanished without a trace years ago. The clues were sparse at the time, and the old police file doesn't have much that can help Charlie with...

Charlie Parker's brother, Ron, is ready for the happiest day of his life when he will marry long-time girlfriend Victoria Morgan. Charlie will be matron of honor, her husband Drake the best man. But when Charlie stops by the bride's house to pick...

Welcome to Pride Street, where corgis run, men are in love... and murder lurks just around the corner! There's nothing like a good muffin in the morning. But when the baked goods are laced with murder? A corgi is better off getting treats somewhere else....

It’s almost Halloween when Albuquerque accountant Charlie Parker receives an enigmatic letter from her namesake aunt she has never met. Charlie is off on a quick trip to England, and soon she’s seeing ghosts in the medieval Suffolk town of...

Second installment in this USA Today bestselling author's cozy mystery series. Charlotte "Charlie" Parker's last case (Deadly Gamble) left her tired and emotionally drained. She books a vacation trip to the beautiful garden island of...

Charlie is invited to a plush Santa Fe spa, a week-long spiritual/nutrition retreat with her friend Dr. Linda Casper. The massages and spa treatments sound great, until she realizes that there is something darker going on at the mountain resort...

When a symphony musician is murdered, bashed with her own bassoon, flute player Emily Wilson becomes the prime suspect. To save herself and secure justice for her murdered friend, she must find the killer.

Samantha and the Sheriff are back again in this exhilarating new adventure. A series of bombings disrupt a vital new high-rise development, turbulent lies, and leaks take their toll at city hall, and explosive action in a seniors' residence means more...

USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHOR "Laurel and Jack are back! Once again I have to hold on to my hat while we zip around Europe and land in lovely Florence where author Ritter Ames lures me in with her delightful vignette of Italian life seen through the eyes...

USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHOR "This fast-paced, action-filled whodunit was enjoyable and hard to put down. The mystery was good, the characters are likeable and it was fun to watch all the pieces come together in this well-written drama. I'm looking...

Once again, three novels in the award-winning Folly Beach Mystery series by best-selling author Bill Noel are presented in one collection. Enjoy. DISCORDChris Landrum’s trip to Nashville to visit his best friend Charles hits a sour note when they...

Maddie, a missing, homeless teenager pulls Lindsay, family, and friends, into her world. Lindsay agrees to help her daughter, Emily, Maddie's best and only friend, find Maddie and finds she must infiltrate the world of the homeless to accomplish her task...

When the dust settles after the Foggy Point Civil War re-enactment, one casualty turns out to be really dead, and his identity sends shockwaves through the community.Does a long-lost quilt that suddenly reappears hold a clue? Harriet and the Loose...

THE DEEPEST SHADOWS HIDE THE DARKEST TRUTHEsme Quentin is reminded of a painful past when Max Rainsford, a journalist colleague of her late husband Tim, turns up unannounced asking about a story Tim reported on thirty-five years ago - the murder of an...

Saxford St Peter is having an open gardens day! But one of the villagers has murder not marigolds in mind... And now Eve Mallow needs to unearth a killer.  Everyone in Saxford is delighted when jeweller Cleo Marbeck suggests a prize for the...

Julia Bird loves a walk in the countryside. There's nothing quite like the fresh air and green rolling hills of the Cotswolds to clear your head. Unless you come across a dead body, that is...When the local Berrywick vet, Dr Eve Davies, is found dead at...

Journey into the heart of 20th Century Russia in this fun and funny historical mystery, perfect for fans of Verity Bright and Helena Dixon.1918 MoscowWill following her heart mean losing her head? It could mean losing her job.Fiona Figg trails her...

Constable Evan Evans has found the perfect home for his wife-to-be - a charming old shepherd's cottage up in the mountain. He wastes no time digging over the garden to make space for his fiancée Bronwen's rose bushes.But under the flagstones he finds a...

Constable Evan Evans is finally taking the next step in his relationship. He's on his way to Swansea to introduce his fiancée Bronwen to his mother . . . but all does not go smoothly.A young woman, Alison Turnbull, is found dead on her parents' doorstep...

Honey Driver, owner of the Green River Hotel, is attending the funeral of one of her mother's friends, at the eco-friendly burial grounds Memory Meadow. But before the deceased can be properly laid to rest, another body is found already placed in the...

Originally published as Killing Jane Austen.Honey Driver is thrilled when members of a film crew check in to her hotel. They offer her work as an extra in their sumptuous new flick about Jane Austen.Honey jumps at the chance - any excuse to don a corset...

One dead heiress.A fortune hanging in the balance.A cunning guest who'll do anything to claim the money for herself.CAN YOU UNLOCK THE SECRET OF BAGNETT HALL?Janet Baxter is a con woman on the run from her obsessive ex. One dark and stormy night, she...

Peaceful Llanfair is all in a dither. World-renowned tenor Ifor Llewelyn has come to stay in the village. He's even agreed to help out the male voice choir in the Eisteddfod music celebrations.But things soon go horribly wrong. Ifor Llewelyn is late for...

Evans is settling into his role as constable of Llanfair, a small village nestled in the beautiful mountains of North Wales.He just wants a quiet life, but the village's most notorious resident, Ted Morgan, has returned from London after twenty years...

Een baan kun je kiezen, maar je afkomst niet...⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐Alles wat Cendrine West wil, is een carrière als journalist nastreven. Wat kan het haar schelen dat ze van een machtige heksenfamilie afstamt en dat haar tante Pearl haar het liefste ook bezig zou zien...

What goes around comes around, so be careful who you bite.It's September, which is a rainy month in Wisteria, and a storm is brewing.When a magic mechanic takes The Big Nap in a comfy chair at the library, suspicion turns to the local librarian witch...

Zara Riddle is another year older, and busier than ever. She's a powerful witch, a skilled librarian, and the World's Best Mom-according to her coffee mug. It's no wonder the town's detective keeps seeking her help. If you want something done, ask a busy...

Zara Riddle is used to being woken up in the middle of the night by magical creatures. Being a witch is incredibly fun, but it does have a few drawbacks. Zara's powers make her appealing to the recently deceased, who are always showing up seeking her...

Zinnia Riddle has been through a rough patch, but she's not broken. This witch is tougher than she looks. Yank off her arm? She'll patch it back on with some black scarabyce blood. Mess with her coworkers? She'll grab her purse full of magic and come for...

Zinnia Riddle doesn't use her witch powers much these days. She works as a clerk at the Wisteria Permits Department, where there hasn't been much need for spells and potions... until now.When a beloved coworker is found dead next to her desk, the whole...

The village of Nether Vortex nestles in the outer spiral of the Great Pacific Gyre where colonizing octopods have built a civilization out of a giant swirl of plastic waste. With its nosy neighbours and dark secrets, Nether Vortex provides author Devilly...

Events decades before in Germany haunt the present lives of several of the characters. What starts as a favour for a friend in Halifax by retired judge Hamish Cameron turns into a web of intrigue and murder. But just as he and his detective-agency...

By USA Today bestselling author P.D. Workman  A self-professed con artist practicing as a contact to the dead, a drop dead gorgeous warlock , and a psychic cat-what could go wrong?Give yourself a treat and buy three books in the Reg Rawlins,...

By USA Today bestselling author P.D. Workman A self-professed con artist practicing as a contact to the dead, a drop dead gorgeous warlock , and a psychic cat - what could go wrong?Give yourself a treat and buy the first three books in the Reg...

Riches to rags. ... Chaos quiets. ... Crime is circling. ... And cold cases never cease ...After almost a month in picturesque Kelowna, Doreen Montgomery still can't keep her notoriety to a minimum or her nose out of other people's business. Now those...

Death is so cryptic!In 1932, Boston's chief medical examiner, Dr. Haley Higgins is called to view bones at the crypt at King's Chapel. Finding old bones in a crypt isn't unusual, but finding new bones is! Together with her good friend and investigative...

When Catherine de Barnes' work on a cruise liner sinks lower than the ocean bed, she returns home to Much Slaughter to lick her wounds and try to salvage the wreck of her relationship with Dr Linton Heath.But she's barely unpacked before the murder of...

SOLE DI MEZZANOTTE - Un artista sensibile al problema della sofferenza compie una ricerca frenetica nel mondo dell'Occulto, fra maghi, veggenti, medium, stregoni, guaritori, pazzi, sensitivi....

It's 1926 and young Emma Schumacher is feeling stuck in a small English seaside town. Her Aunt Sybil's friend is visiting, and the two friends simply cannot stop fighting. It's enough to drive everyone in the house mad. Emma takes solace in a new...