Cosy mystery Books

A woman who can talk to zombies. A sheriff who knows more than he’s letting on. A murder. Hollows Grove is full of secrets.My name is Harlynn, and three months ago, I woke up in the small town of Hollows Grove with no recollection of who I am and...

In Book 4 of the MURDER IN MARIN Mysteries:News that elderly Henrietta Hammer has died, Sausalito’s retired fifth grade teacher, who once terrified her students including Sheriff's Detective Eddie Austin, newspaper publisher Rob Timmons...

"Sparkles like the South Florida sunshine...Kate Kennedy is a warm and funny heroine." - Nancy Martin, Author of the Blackbird Sisters Mysteries"Miss Marple with a modern twist...[Wald] is a very funny lady!" - Donna Andrews, Author of the Meg Langslow...

A fresh start leads to murder and mystery... Laurel Nightingale wants to start again. However, after discovering a dead body shortly after arriving in the tight-knit community, she wonders if village life is as wholesome as she first thought...Local...

In the Staffordshire village of Hawksmere, Clive Morrison is desperate to end his current failing relationship - especially as he has met someone else. When he returns home from seeing her and finds the police at his house, he can't believe what they...

A MAGIC TRUNK OF TROUBLE! "Perhaps by this point you already know that I have willed you all my books on magic and my magician's trunk, a kind of relic which once belonged to the Great Blackstone-Harry Blackstone, Sr. You also get the contents of the...

Constable Evan Evans leaves behind the big city for the sleepy Welsh village of Llanfair. But murder follows him . . .Evans returns to his childhood home, nestled high in the beautiful Welsh mountains. But he quickly learns that even the most beautiful...

Francesca Eve, caterer extraordinaire, has come to Claremont House to work for the cream of society. A full breakfast spread? Simple. A glorious picnic lunch? Easy as pie.But a dead body for dinner was definitely not on the menu...No sooner has Francesca...

Starting over has never been more dangerous.Charlotte Dean loves her new job at the bookshop in the small town of Kingfisher Falls. One day she will buy the store when Rosie retires, but for now she's content to learn the ropes and forget her troubled...

Marine Rescue volunteer Shiraz Jones is training for her qualified crew certificate when she's inadvertently drawn into a spooky investigation.Lady Dulvington is convinced a restless spirit is haunting her country house, Alnchurch Park, and she asks...

Redcliff Marine Rescue volunteer Shiraz Jones is adrift in uncharted waters. A prominent local resident has died in extraordinary circumstances, and it seems not everyone's sorry. Then a mysterious rowing boat lands by night at Smuggler's Cove, and...

A murder mystery with edge of your seat suspense.A robbery gone wrong sends a group of young homeless delinquents to a juvenile institution, where they discover a secret cult.Tracking them is Father Gibson, a Catholic Priest. He's on a mission to locate...

Rae Greyson thinks using sarcasm is like wearing underwear: nice or nasty, it must be part of a daily routine. Her other quirks include nail biting, finding solace in soothing sounds and tripping over dead bodies.Strong and witty, Rae feels no need to...

On the last trip over the pond, Jeremiah, a ten-year-old mildly autistic kid with a pathologically good memory and an abnormal capacity to observe and catalog details, was nearly murdered. Eighteen months later, the family is again off to England, this...

When mobile cat groomer Molly Stewart asks her friend Evan to photograph her new feline clients, they both get more than they bargained for when the body of Evan's old art teacher is found bludgeoned to death in his photography studio darkroom. After one...

When the town council hires Chloe Abbington's close friend, famous wall muralist Lana Easton, to paint a mural advertising the return of the floating amphitheater, not everyone in Whisper Cove is happy about the theater or Lana. Naysayers think the noise...

Rosalie Hart's world has been upended. After her husband confesses to an affair, she exiles herself to her late aunt's farmhouse on Maryland's Eastern Shore. With its fields untended and the house itself in disrepair, Barclay Meadow couldn't be more...

Dreaming of escaping an abusive marriage, Melissa is surprised to realize she has inherited everything; she's even more surprised when she finds out what she inherited. No one knew her grandmother was broke. Melissa resigns herself to the life she knows...

Several mysteries occupy Katie's mind, all at once. Her newly discovered half-sister hasn't yet endeared herself in the Wilk household. Even though her dad is somewhat accepting of the idea that the wife who abandoned him began a new family, Katie can't...

Katie Wilk and her black Labrador retriever, Maverick, are training for Search and Rescue certification, and Katie is well into the school year with her math and science students. But a series of shocking events rock their small town-a teenage beauty...

Food critic Sarah Greenberg is a normal thirty-nine-year-old content with her ordinary life. In fact, the only real excitement she has is the occasional hand she lends at her family's Chicago magic shop.Until one day when the ordinary becomes...

Dakota and Poppy's next case falls way too close to home...Daniel Jensen's career is flourishing until an anonymous demand for money threatens to derail his life. Dakota takes the case, thinking this one might be open and shut, but what she finds is a...

When her ex-husband Grant is jailed in Italy for the murder of his current wife, Finley's decision to help him uncovers long-held secrets that threaten reputations, marriages-and her life.Grant's wife goes missing while on their second honeymoon, and he...

Young Woman's Body Discovered in Library Gazebo, Lou Prophet Accused in Library Spirits, a Cozy Historical Mystery by Alice Duncan-1926, Pasadena, California-When Daisy's old nemesis, Stacy Kincaid, is found murdered in the Pasadena Public Library's...

Introducing Phineas "Fin" Erkle, Detective Extraordinaire, and his sidekick Hank the pigeon, as he solves cases in a small city. If your cat is stuck in a tree, he's your man. If the paper-person keeps throwing your newspaper up on the roof, call him...

In Doggone Honeymoon, newlyweds Autumn and Lieutenant Ray Reed's romantic getaway quickly turns into a chilling mystery when a lifeless body interrupts their Pocono Mountains tranquil retreat. With their loyal canine companions, Chrissy and Ace, by their...

Only Chrissy, a cute little Shih Tzu, can unlock this mystery!Autumn Clarke survived the car crash that killed her parents. To help her cope with PTSD, she adopts Chrissy, a Shih Tzu with a remarkable secret. Chrissy is also the only witness to the...

What happens when a hot property meets a cold corpse? Realtor Honey Ingersoll is thrilled to be selling Eureka Falls' biggest mansion--until her client asks for a special favor. In the estate next door, the Velveteen Vixens, a group of bikini-clad...

A despised priest is drowned in a pond in this medieval mystery filled with “lively period detail” (Kirkus Reviews).In a mild December in the year of our Lord 1141, a new priest comes to the parishioners of the Foregate outside the Abbey of...

A monk’s journey of amends leads to murder in this “thoroughly entertaining medieval mystery” in the Silver Dagger Award–winning series (Publishers Weekly).Winter arrived early in 1142, bringing with it a heavy snowfall. The...

“Bodies and red herrings pile up in a satisfying way” in the Silver Dagger Award–winning medieval mystery series starring Brother Cadfael (Library Journal).The year is 1142, and England is in the grip of civil war. Within the cloisters...

Charges of heresy and murder are complicated by the contents of a mysterious treasure chestIn the summer of 1143, William of Lythwood arrives at the Benedictine Abbey of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, but it is not a joyous...

The sleuthing monk unravels a thorny case of murder in this “accomplished whodunit meticulously wrought with a wealth of medieval detail” (Booklist).A late spring in 1142 brings dismay to the Abbey of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, for there may...

When her youngest daughter leaves for college, Maggie Glass moves to Bell Harbor, Connecticut, a quaint village on the Connecticut coast, to become a criminology professor. Her adopted home envelops her with welcoming friends and New England charm. But...

Everyone's known some kind of bad neighbor: the loud, the rude, the nosy, or the accusatory. Unfortunately, Myaisha's neighbor in suburban Greensboro, a hard-drinking man named Jared, is pretty much all four, even going so far as calling Animal Control...

The Spilled Ink Mysteries are cozy mystery with a nod to the golden age of female sleuth, amateur detective, 'who dun it', fiction.Catherine Everwood, a librarian with a nose for uncovering hidden secrets, finds herself plunged into a world of intrigue...

Abby Anderson the sheriff of Digger's Cove is looking forward to a good weekend. Things are quiet in town. She is going to spend time with her girlfriend Merry Jo. They have decided to officially move in together. She is up for re-election but Abby is...

In a sea of bachelors, Penelope's dance card is a clue to murder. Dallas 1924In the wake of her husband's untimely demise, Penelope Van Keesler is coerced into attending a lavish ball by her meddling mother. With their family's fortune teetering on the...

An innocent has never looked so guilty...When a girl is found dead at an all-night house party, the sheriff accuses Gina's son, Jacob, of being the murderer.Despite the evidence stacked up against him, Gina is determined to find the real killer and bring...

In 1930s Liverpool, England when a wealthy widow's life is put in danger and a mysterious amulet holds the key to the culprit, Jessie Harper and George Jenkins of the Dale Street Private Investigations Agency must use their wits and the help of Khan, a...

8 bakers, extra quirky pets-and a murder!How many amateur sleuths does one town need? When Lyra St Claire, ex celebrity chef, needs help with a wedding that means a lot to her, she does something she thought she'd never do again. The plan is simple...

In A Conventional Murder, we meet Rebecca Bauer, a hotel manager who is a magnet for trouble, mystery, and murder. Before she was accused by the hotel owner of taking bribes, she had thought that her life was almost perfect. She was a respected manager...

When an overflying drone caught world-famous star of the silver screen George Calhoun cheating on his wife, the silver fox desperately tried to get his hands on the footage. Unfortunately the drone belonged to my human's dad, who now found himself at the...

I have a confession to make. I've never been a big fan of diamonds or other gems. Frankly I don't see the attraction. Okay, so they're nice to look at, but when your tummy is rumbling, jewels aren't going to feed you, are they? No, give me a nice bowl of...

I have never claimed to possess any particular musical talent. In fact I think it's rare for a cat to stake a claim to fame based on musical ability alone (a certain Broadway musical notwithstanding). So when Harriet suggested a joint performance of cat...