Cosy mystery Books

Snoozing on the train ride into Dundee, a horrified scream tears both Albert and Rex from their dreams and back to reality ...... where they discover a woman has just witnessed a murder.It would be easy to dismiss her claim; she saw something in the...

On a culinary tour of the British Isles, a retired detective and a failed police dog intend to taste the kippers that made the town famous ...... but when the first person they meet turns up dead a few hours later in an apparent suicide neither one of...

In the small Bedfordshire town of Biggleswade, retired detective Albert, and former police dog, Rex, are enjoying a peaceful break from the murder and mayhem of the last week. Until the waitress serving him is arrested for murder ... ... and he discovers...

After the drama in Biggleswade, our crime-busting duo head to York for the annual Yorkshire pudding competition and a well-earned rest ... ... well fat chance of that because they interrupt a violent robbery before they can even get to the venue. When...

On a culinary tour of the British Isles, retired Detective Superintendent Albert Smith and snarky former police dog Rex Harrison find something quite unexpected waiting for them at their B&B ...... it's the almost-dead body of their landlady.Refusing...

Baking. It can get a guy killed.When a retired detective superintendent chooses to take a culinary tour of the British Isles, he hopes to find tasty treats and delicious bakes ...... what he finds is a clue to a crime in the ingredients for his pork pie...

When Patricia returned the missing sapphire of Zangrabar she had no idea the Maharaja would consider himself eternally in her debt. Hardly surprising then that she has been invited to his son's coronation as the new Maharaja.There's intrigue and mystery...

An antiques TV show.  A dead celebrity expert. Can a shy amateur sleuth step into the lime-light and expose a murderer? Dotty Sayers is enjoying her job in a Cotswold auction house.  When she's offered a place on an antiques TV show, she...

One dead body.  Multiple identities.  Can an amateur sleuth see through the charade before she becomes a tragic victim? Young military widow, Dotty Sayers, is delighted with her new job at an auction house in Britain's picturesque...

A high-stakes match.  An inexplicable death.  As the players take their positions, can an amateur sleuth solve the mystery before the final whistle blows? Mama Rose just wants to enjoy a local polo tournament and care for any injured...

Two deaths. No crime.  For this determined sleuth the answers are not black and white. Community vet 'Mama Rose' Hardie is hoping for peace and tranquility to mourn the death of her faithful husband.  But when a woman collapses and dies in...

Limited time. A murderer hiding in plain sight. Can she crack the deadly puzzle without breaking her own heart? 'Mama Rose' Hardie just wants to make her ailing husband comfortable. So she puts aside her dedication to wildlife and community and...

An international wildlife conference. A murdered keynote speaker. Can a golden years amateur sleuth solve the case before she becomes an endangered species? Community vet 'Mama Rose' Hardie is passionate about saving elephants in her native Kenya...

Everyone says never trust a honey badger, but I'm not so sure...Crimson Cove already feels like home, but sometimes it's not always sweet. When I meet a misunderstood murder suspect, I know something is wrong. How did one bad-tempered badger destroy an...

How do I always attract trouble and drama?When a crewmember takes his own life but hands Patricia a cryptic note and a request to save Anna just before he jumps, she feels she has no choice but to honour his dying wish - save Anna ...... who is Anna?The...

When retired cop, Albert, arrives in Stilton for a festival, he has cheese on his mind, but that's not what he gets ... ... arriving the morning after the factory and warehouse have been raided, all the stilton is gone, and the security guard, Dave, who...

When she finds a wounded member of British Intelligence in her bedroom, Patricia really isn't that surprised. I mean, it happens all the time, doesn't it?However, she is surprised, and really not delighted, to hear that he has a secret task for her. Find...

When a chance encounter with a pickpocket leads to something more sinister, avid sleuth Patricia Fisher swings into action.The Aurelia is on its way to Thailand, but a mystery illness is spreading among crew and passengers. Is there a link between it and...

She's over fifty, overconfident, and in way over her head! It's well known that working in movies can be cutthroat, but no one expected that to be taken literally. It's party time on board the Aurelia! On the LA to Hawaii leg, a Hollywood film crew are...

When life gives you lemons, empty your cheating husband's bank accounts and go on a cruise.That's right, isn't it?Fuelled by anger, and decision-impaired by gin, Patricia boards the world's finest luxury cruise ship for a three-month tour of the world .....

A robbery takes a deadly turn. A stone circle with an attitude, and a new shade of fur for Wiggles!Tempest Crypt is on a mission to throw Granny Dottie an incredible birthday party. Along with her sister, Aurora, they've organized a surprise opera...

Two murders, a party of disguised suspects, and a seaside village full of cake. Why send invitations to a party in a building which doesn't yet exist? Why plan and pay for it anonymously and insist guests come in disguise?Police Officer Crystal Clere is...

"I am absolutely certain that someone is trying to kill me," she announced, which was pretty run of the mill compared to most of her ghastly secrets over the years.Tessa Crichton is appearing in a West End play when her old school friend Anne reappears...

I had detected no sound or movement, but her eyes were open and, as I approached, she fixed them on me with an agonised stare.Tessa Crichton, actress wife of Scotland Yard Inspector Robin Price, comes to Storhampton to star in the local drama festival . ...

Edmund Fitzgerald is different.Sheltered by an over-protective mother, he's a musical prodigy.Now, against his mother's wishes, he's about to enter formal education for the first time aged sixteen.Everything is alien to Edmund: teenage style, language...

A sunny summer's day. . .An art show in the park. . .How could something so delightful turn so deadly?When she hears a bone-chilling scream, artist Amanda Trent leaves her booth and rushes through the park to find a horrifying scene. Her friend Pamela is...

Librarian Jemima Jago can't resist a whodunnit, but finding a body in a bookshop is a plot twist she could never have expected...Jem Jago is back at work with her antique books, and spending her weekends exploring her new home-the windswept Isles of...

It is 5:30 am on Clio's forty-fifth birthday and her hated ex is lying dead on her doorstep. Even worse, this is no accident. Someone's killed him...When single mum Clio's ex Gary turns up dead on the doorstep of her caravan - the one...

'A lovely mystery evocative of the period from a talented writer.' Helena Dixon, bestselling author of the Miss Underhay mysteriesSomeone's been read their last rites...1915, London: Working in the dusty bookshop that her Aunt...

Riches to rags. ... Old cases never die. ... Love spans decades, ... even if unrequited!With her estranged husband still pestering her, Doreen is looking for a new case to keep her interest and to help her dodge Mack and his brother's scoldings. So she...

In 1973, Mort Hamilton stops for lunch in Battle Mountain, Nevada. There a stunning Lander Blue turquoise stone set in a silver bracelet and a double homicide, combined with fate, change his life forever. Over the next forty-seven years Mort becomes a...

Madge and Paul Franklin enjoy being retired. They also enjoy living full-time in their recreational vehicle and having adventures as they travel across America.The couple has been on the road as full-time RVers for over 6 years. Sometimes they travel as...

It appeared it was only a matter of time before someone put an end to the evil vampire, Uriah Firenze.Uriah had made himself extremely unpopular in the paranormal town of Brimstone. His scathing comments and nasty actions gained him many enemies. Justice...

An evil genius threatens Christmas.His name is Twinkles.Furry and full of himself, Twinkles the cat takes self-interest to a new level. Not a huge problem…until he disappears, turns himself into a human, and maybe kills a few of Santa's reindeer...

Starting over in a magical town is murder.Dahlia Wildes often feels like a ghost, but seeing them is a new development. After being transported to a strange town with magical beings, she struggles to understand what's going on and why everyone keeps...

Bad enough that Jolie ends up in the emergency room because she tried to avoid hitting a deer. Worse to find a dead woman in the hospital restroom after Jolie gets patched up.As the chief budget cutter at the hospital, Tanya Weiss was unpopular,...

Bookworm Elliot Todd realises his dream of running a bookshop in a small provincial town. Though he has yet to find his soulmate, he is for the most part contented. Then, one day, events take a dramatic turn. The death of the 'Shakespeare expert' Harry...

Lizzie Malley entertains her powerful and kinky clients (the Mayor of Melbourne, an Aussie rules hero, a famous Queens Counsel) in her Winnebago parked on the old Williamstown Ferry. Her father Sandy is the union boss on the wharf, and her Mom, Babs,...

Private Investigator, Sonoma (Sonny) Whittington, finds herself entangled in a web of deceit and danger when she takes on a seemingly routine case for the enigmatic businesswoman, Janine Thomlinson. Initially tasked with investigating Janine's husband's...

Doug Fletcher's Thanksgiving vacation is interrupted by a phone call from his Texas U.S. Park Service superintendent. A Wyoming coroner determines that a climber's fall from Devils Tower isn't the accident it first appeared to be.Doug is thrown into an...

Excitement runs high in the Whistling Pines Retirement community as the first annual Two Harbors Buccaneer Days celebration approaches. The city asks local fraternal clubs and the city band to move their summer events to the weekend of the festival. To...

Ariel Anson thinks she has her life in order. She's young, smart, and beautiful, even she doesn't believe the beautiful part. She's a paralegal with a great career and a fiancé who's a CPA. You just can't get any steadier than that. Then she...

What goes around comes around. That's justice. Especially in small towns where everybody knows how many eggs you ate for breakfast before you've even left the Scales of Justice Café. Funny thing, though. Usually what everybody thinks they know-they...

Day one: check-in on the Iphigenia, a Boat & Bike home for thirty guests of diverse backgrounds on a one week excursion through Holland and Belgium. Personalities clash, conflicts arise. Day seven: a body is found in canal waters at the stern of...

Phantom or illusion? History holds the key. Haunted by her failures, Gilded Age girl reporter Jo Felch attends a series of seances hosted by the enigmatic medium Serephina Spencer, who seems to possess uncanny abilities. As Jo investigates a series of...

A brutal murder. A friend in jeopardy. A steadfast sleuth. When a new cold case initiative is launched, cab driver and gravedigger Will Peters has no idea how close he is to a crime committed nearly twenty years ago.A man ferociously beaten to death...

Rezensenten sagen:"Fünf Sterne! Herrlich unterhaltsam, ausgefeilte Charaktere, sowohl spannend wie auch charmant; ich warte sehnsüchtig auf den nächsten Band!""Ich erhielt das Buch an einem Freitag und konnte es nicht für längere Zeit weglegen - ade...

Luella Genova has never been great at speaking her mind. When community-spirited high school student Chandelle Jervais asks her to bring one of her famous lasagnas to the potluck at Meadowlark Retirement Residence, the aging widow would rather stay home...