Cosy mystery Books

Wedding planner Annabelle Archer has dealt with family drama at weddings. But never drama with "the family." When a member of the mob shows up on her elderly neighbor's wedding day, Annabelle is surprised. But she's even more...

From the author of <i>The Sisters, Texas Mystery Series</i> and <i>Forgotten Boxes</i>, comes an intriguing new book series, the <i>Spirits of Texas Cozy Mysteries.</i><p>When the tiny hamlet of Hannah, Texas...

Who knew flowers could be so fatal?!?The annual Eagle Cove Flower Show is a huge deal in our little town, so when my cafe is hired to cater the opening reception, I'm determined to do everything I can to make the event a fun, festive, floral success...

Why is there a dead body in my basement?!?I'm having quite a year - painfully divorced, laid off from my job, desperately missing my daughter who's just started college - when word comes that my beloved Aunt Emily has died.After rushing back to my New...

When did muffins become so deadly?!?I was expecting long hours and hard work when I reopened my aunt's cafe in the heart of Eagle Cove - but fishing an icy corpse from the lake while delivering muffins?Definitely not in my plans.Now I'm getting...

An uptight lawyer.A carefree palm-reader.A haunted antiques shop.And a very mortal villain...Welcome to Wicks Hollow: a cozy town near Lake Michigan filled with quaint houses, eccentric residents, and more than its share of ghosts, murders, and sexy...

A sexy blacksmith. A CEO-turned-innkeeper. A haunted speakeasy. And a secret worth killing for...Welcome to Wicks Hollow: a quaint town near Lake Michigan with more than its share of ghost, murder, and romance. Leslie Nakano needs to make a major...

Jadyn St. James hopes that the two-week quiet period in Mudbug means things in the small bayou town were back to normal...whatever that is. But when a fisherman finds a sunken shrimp boat, and the boat captain is missing, Jadyn wonders if the damage to...

Abby is heading into danger once more. This time the call for help comes fromher daughter, Mandy. Abby wastes no time flying to Vancouver Island to therather unusual resort, where Mandy has been staying for a holiday with Abby'sex-husband Richard and...

As director of the Ballantyne Foundation on Sea Pine Island, SC, Elliott Lisbon scratches her detective itch by performing discreet inquiries for Foundation donors. Usually nothing more serious than retrieving a pilfered Pomeranian. Until Jane...

When 'I Do' Turns Into 'Whodunnit?'Wedding planning is tough, but it's even harder when you're a PI investigating a high-stakes murder. The moment a model turns up dead at the bridal expo, my to-do list gets a lot more complicated.As if finding a new...

Menacing texts lead to murder in an English village, in this unmissable, witty mystery by the Dagger Award-nominated author of A Most Unusual Demise. May Morrigan is in her bookshop one morning when she-and everyone else in the shop-receives an...

Residents of a rest home are dying of very unnatural causes, in this new novel in a series of "warm, cozy crime capers" (Jill's Book Cafe). Christmas Eve, 1989. A couple is found slumped in front of their twinkling Christmas tree in an apparent...

As the Aurelia nears Athens, a new member of the crew is found dead in his cabin. Next to a gun and slumped over a suicide note, it appears tragic but unsuspicious.However, he's the captain's nephew, Julien, onboard for only six days and something about...

Sara Middleton, just short of fifty, spent twenty-six years of her life as a widow and single parent, bringing up her twins in the safe, secure environment she created for them.She is a soloist chorister at Ripon Cathedral. When York Minster's choir...

BOOK #3 IN SERIESThey say all’s Fayre in love and baking…Spring has sprung, the bunting is up, and for the residents of the little Cotswold village of Beakley, this can only mean one thing: it’s time for the Beakley Spring Fayre...

While the unhuman Inspector Hobbes investigates big cat sightings, slaughtered sheep, and the mysterious disappearance of pheasants, he is accompanied by the disaster-prone Andy Caplet. When Andy falls at the feet of Violet King, a dangerously beautiful...

When a body turns up at a glamorous séance, Mabel Canning's sleuthing skills are put to the test. Because it appears the victim died twice... London, 1921: As a winter wind blows through the streets of London, Mabel Canning is hired by the Useful...

Diana Bakewell is London's savviest and best connected tour guide.As the lead guide at Chartwell and Crouch Tours, she's busy teaching her young assistant Zaf the ropes alongside dealing with company politics and her slimy boss. In her spare time...

1903 London is bustling and glamorous. With troubling secrets simmering and worrying signs of war Flora Maguire must solve a deadly mystery which leads right to the heart of the corridors of power.When the body of a London socialite, and leading light of...

If you love Miss Marple or Agatha Raisin, you'll love Rina!Meet Rina Martin, a retired actress with a taste for tea, gardening and crime solving.She played a TV sleuth for years, but now she has to do it for real.Rina's friend Bridie Duggan is tying the...

A missing teenager, a mysterious cult and a case of mistaken identity - just another day's work for Epiphany Bloom.Epiphany 'Pip' Bloom is down on her luck. She can barely afford cat food, and just because Most has three legs doesn't mean he eats...

Lambing season always brings the unexpected... But no one expected murderJude Gray never thought she'd find herself widowed and running a working farm full-time, but here she is, living in the small Malvern village her husband Adam spent most of his life...

"Clever and entertaining, you'll love this charming Golden Age mystery series. And the fashion is to die for!" - Molly C. Quinn, actress, CastleMurder à la mode!There's nothing more fun than a festive holiday dinner party and Ginger Reed, the former Lady...

Murder’s Bad Karma. . .Life couldn’t be better on Eaton Square Gardens where the most prestigious families lived, until one of their own dies and it’s murder.Ginger and Basil are on the case, but it’s not a simple glass of...

"Ay up, Mogs. Bringer of mad tidings. What is it this time?""End of the world," I said."Can't get much madder than that." We hadn't planned a return to Leeds. Not yet, anyway. It was all a bit dicey, what with half the Folk in the city wanting us...

He's had a troubled past... but is he a killer?When Gina Dunner's brother, Vic, is accused of murdering his ex-girlfriend, Gina isn't surprised. Living the life of a womanizing ranch hand with questionable friends and a lifetime of bad choices had to...

Amanda Warren is looking for a second chance in the cozy coastal town of Ocean Wood, but what she finds is a psychic cat and a purrfectly puzzling mystery!Out of luck and out of money, Amanda's pink dog grooming van is running on fumes when she rolls...

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SORTILEGIO - Una delicata storia d'amore ambientata nei mitici anni '60. Il ricordo di un sentimento e di una illusione unica e irripetibile. C'è oscurità e ombra nella vita di Loretta. Chi è veramente questa ragazza? Provare a far luce, significa...

"You'll fall in love with Elvis, the spunky little dog who is an excellent judge of character, and Emily, the compassionate veterinarian-sleuth who rescues him." -Sharon Marchisello, author of Secrets of the GalapagosAs the new owner of the Coral Shores...

The trouble begins when Chauncey declares that the newest houseguest of the Keslar Mansion is just not passing his sniff test!Chauncey, the large gray crazy-whiskered cat, has been fairly tolerant of houseguests up to this point, but the latest arrival...

Jordan McAllister's brother, Danny, is in deep trouble and has been jailed in Amarillo. After a night on the town at the local cowboy bar, Danny had awakened in a seedy motel room next to a naked woman with a steak knife protruding from her chest. Since...

Interior designer Jilly is grieving the loss of her parents and trying to figure out what to do with the business they built. Leaving behind New York and her financé at Christmas, she retreats to the private island of Turtle Cay to try and mend...

She saved Carraigfaire—but can she save her friends?Gethsemane Brown fought off an attack by a sleazy hotel developer who wanted to turn her Irish cottage into a tourist trap. Now she must face a vengeful ghost determined to exact revenge for her...

Things are looking up for Adam Matthews and Robin Bright—their relationship is blossoming, and they’ve both been promoted. But Robin’s a policeman, and that means murder is never far from the scene. When a body turns up in a...

Thea Barlow has quit her Chicago job and returned to Wyoming-and her fiancé Max Holman-to work as a freelance writer.In Hog Heaven to investigate the ruins of an old rural whorehouse, Thea stumbles upon a woman's body and is fingered for murder.Now, Thea...

Thea Barlow, intrepid editor for Chicago's Western True Adventures magazine, returns to Wyoming to vacation with old flame Max Holman and to interview the 82 year old Kid Corcoran, last of the old time bandits and newly released from prison after 40...

Thea Barlow, Chicago native and newly minted editor for the city's Western True Adventures magazine, is on her first assignment: prove her worth by getting the story of Halfway Halt, a defunct whorehouse in Hijax, Wyoming.Upon arrival in Hijax, Thea is...

Six months ago, if anyone would have told Em Johnson she'd end up divorced, broke, and running the dilapidated Tiki Goddess Bar on the magical North Shore of Kauai she would have told them to shove a swizzle stick up their okole.As if all that...

Paulo Ferrara, a young Portuguese man, lies comatose in the Intensive Care Unit of Timbergate Medical Center, shot in the spine. The neurosurgeon who would normally be in charge of his care has left town to attend to an injured daughter, and the only...

Eve Appel Egret is adjusting to married life with Sammy and their three adopted sons in Sabal Bay, Florida. While still running her consignment stores, she is going pro with her sleuthing by becoming an apprentice to a private detective. Until her...

Murder is no occupation for a lady... or is it? 1929: Miss Clara Vale is a woman ahead of her time. Rather than attending Oxford to bag an eligible Duke (as her mother, Lady Vale, so desperately hoped), she threw herself into a degree in chemistry, with...

When Kay Walker's grandfather loses a treasure near and dear to his heart, she hires Parker Avery, a detective, to help her locate the person that stole it. Kay and Parker are complete opposites, and though they don't get along, the two decide to stick...

Ruby Sans’ world is turned upside down when she discovers she is the sole living heir of an estranged aunt. Overnight, Ruby inherits a rare green diamond and finds herself a co-owner of a racehorse with an intriguing trainer carrying a...