Mystery-Cozy

Midlife—when the magic really begins… Happy Birthday and hello Mid-life crisis to me. At forty-five, I thought life was over. Dead-end job, empty nest...it was just me and the cat. But when I lost my house and moved in with my senior citizen mom—that was the icing on my cake. Then, out of nowhere ...

Pineapple Port Mysteries by Wall Street Journal and USA Today bestselling author Amy Vansant, is a funny, clean, and gore-free small-town, female amateur sleuth series, but with all the pulse-pounding excitement of a detective thriller.

When Declan and his uncle Seamus find a dead woma ...

Ginny Fellows is a theatrical agent with a knack for drama—though she prefers it to stay on-screen. Living in the charming English town of Shepton Rise, she represents a unique group of actors: “The Dead Actors.” Each of her quirky clients gained fame for their on-screen deaths, bu ...

Fall is always busy in the village of Shenandoah Springs, Virginia, and this year is no exception. Brynn McAlister is juggling the grand opening of a new local business and preparations for the big Harvest Festival.

But when expensive koi fish vanish from Sally’s Pond Plants & Supplie ...

The hunt for the elusive Douglas Diamond continues with the murder of a respected centenarian who leaves Cat Wright a tell-all-diary accusing a prominent political family of a cover up that strikes at the foundation of Barkview’s elite. Has the tale of the Douglas Diamond just been an elaborate hoax ...

A daylight burglary turns to murder when Ginger Barnes’s neighborhood friend returns home at the worst possible time. Thefts and threats and wild accusations tighten tensions on otherwise peaceful Beech Tree Lane. Then elderly eccentric Letty MacNair ...

Book EIGHT of the hilarious Pineapple Port mystery series from Wall Street Journal and USA TODAY bestselling author Amy Vansant has Charlotte awaking to find Mariska and Bob gone, kidnapped from their home.

Enter the series at any book - each is a complete standalone mystery!

Thei ...

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Mickey and Dell, two long-suffering halfwits, come up with the idea of kidnapping at a bargain basement price. What could possibly go wr ...

A casual evening of listening to music by a local cover band turns into a murder investigation when a drive-by shooting destroys the tranquility of the night and critically injures two of the band members. Lily Dreyfus stressed and unsettled from having been at the concert, is informed that one of t ...

Fashion victims and fabulous felines – can Lauren, Annie, and Zoe discover who killed a local fashion designer? While serving plenty of cupcakes and coffee, of course! Lauren Denman, cupcake baker and owner of the Norwegian Forest Cat Café, along with her fur baby Annie, and her cousin and assistant ...

Senior Martha, her fluffy white puppy Teddy, and their roomie Pru, who is an assistant librarian, meet Chantal the fortune teller in the small Californian town of Gold Leaf Valley. Pru is reluctant to get her fortune told, but Martha can’t wait! When they stumble across a dead body outside the se ...

Martha casts off the coat of Irish poverty. Determined and resourceful, she marries the father of her son, and they build Newcastle's most popular pub.

Set against the sweeping changes of Victorian England, this story reveals a fight for survival and respectability in a world where secret ...

Every diamond has a story… but some are worth killing for. The Fire Diamond—an extraordinary orange stone worth millions—has vanished without a trace. Recovery specialist Taylor “Hunter” is brought in to find it. There is one complication. Her twin sister is the prime suspect. And her father—a ma ...

Hairstylist Marla Shore is looking forward to a romantic interlude with her fiancé, Detective Dalton Vail, on their first Caribbean cruise. Her excitement hits a snag when she discovers his parents have come along for the ride. It isn’t how she might have chosen to meet her future in-laws, but sh ...

Three thousand miles and five years of silence — but some bonds refuse to stay buried.
A telegram from San Francisco shatters Catherine Borden's carefully constructed life at Fairhaven Academy. The man she left behind five years ago is coming East — but so is his ruthless mother. Separated b ...

New Yorker Erica "Ricki" Fontaine's n'er-do-well uncle has dropped dead and left her a dive bar in a small Ohio River town. Now she's trying to change the Top Shelf from a bar known for its Friday night fights into the kind of drinking establishment where you can bring your granny. Finding her ex-hu ...

Shelby Wolfe doesn’t believe in ghosts, but the one who asks her to solve his murder doesn’t care. River towns—even ones named Goose Lick—have their charm. For recently divorced Shelby, Goose Lick also has extended family, which is just what she needs. It also has an old police station/former hotel ...

The Burnside sisters are getting married at a double ceremony. Which only means double the complications. 

All the fun of Mardi Gras—without the hangover! Book 1: RESCUED BY A KISS: One kiss and her world turns upside down. Can she solve the case that threatens his life? Brandy Alexander never thought living in the Big Easy could feel so dull. And, as she waits painfully for her long-time NOPD ...

A year ago, Ellie and Aubrie were kidnapped by a rogue deputy.  They were rescued but he was never found.  Ellie enlisted Sheriff John Clarke to mentor her as an upcoming detective for the sheriff’s office.  There are several questions to which they are diligently searching for the ...

Psychologist Maddie Swallows’ decision to return to New Mexico seemed like a good idea at the time, considering the divorce and her two teenagers she’d dragged along for the ride. But that was before the New Year’s Eve party she was guilt-tripped into attending. Before a member of the town counci ...

Step inside the Elizabethan playhouse where mysteries abound. Who is performing murders on stage? Why would someone kidnap a young apprentice actor? Would the players rebel against the Queen? In the heart of the 17th-century playhouse district, Sara Watson is no stranger to blood and mayhem as the p ...

Rooftop shadows hide more than storms. Only fools would be out on a rooftop on a wild, stormy night… and those with nefarious intentions. All Riley wants is to stay out of the weather, and stay out of trouble, but trouble comes looking for him. The Skywalkers often emerge when the city shuts down ...

If you love cozy mysteries, you can't miss Pineapple Port!

Every book can be read as a standalone mystery - hop in anywhere in the series. By USA Today, Wall Street Journal & Amazon All-Star bestselling author Amy Vansant....

Every book can be read as a standalone mystery - hop in anywhere in the series. By USA Today, Wall Street Journal & Amazon All-Star bestselling author Amy Vansant.

A super fun and unique mystery full of hidden "Easter eggs" for you to spot - Famous actor anagrams, Jimmy Buffet song re ...

A fur-raising whodunit as dog groomer Amanda Warren and Grok, her talking cat, dive nose-first into a whisker-twitching mystery!

In the small coastal town of Ocean Wood, where the salty breeze carries butterflies and secrets, Amanda’s quest to restart her life takes a wil ...

Tour guide and amateur sleuth Lana Hansen is back on the road! And where Lana travels, trouble is sure to follow…

When Lana’s boyfriend, Alex Wright, gets into a jam during his first tour as a guide for Wanderlust Travels, Lana is sent to Costa Rica to help out.

Yet nothing cou ...

Once bit, forever shy. Can she make it through a matted mess of missing dogs to catch a deadly criminal? A feline loving investigative reporter living in the dog friendliest city in America, what can go wrong during dog show week when the quaint seaside town turns dog-eat-dog? Cat can almost handle ...

'If you thought the Golden Age of crime was dead, think again!' Verity Bright

Agatha Christie is about to embark on a new, gripping murder case. But this time, she’s not the author – she’s a suspect…

1926 – Christie is a darling of the literary circuit and the most desired ...

Pineapple Port Mysteries by Wall Street Journal and USA Today bestselling author Amy Vansant, is a funny, clean and gore-free small-town, female amateur sleuth series, but with all the pulse-pounding excitement of a detective thriller.

As an orphan adopted by one of Florida's 55+ communit ...

Tinsel, treachery and toxins… the perfect Christmas cocktail.

Acclaimed for success in a career where sight is considered essential for detection, blind private investigator Steve Smiley has always relied on his extraordinarily heightened senses and razor-sharp intell ...

Rosie Weaver treasures her simple, steady life — tending her garden, sharing tea with her monthly book club, and keeping danger safely tucked inside her books. Still, widowhood has left her the time to be watchful, even when she pretends otherwise. When a young man’s coffin is discovered empty in ...

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When vandals first began plaguing Skylar Bishop’s boutique winery in southeastern Arizona, she hoped it was just bored teenagers out for mischief. When it turned violent, she knew bette ...

New friends, a book signing, and a dead author. All the makings of an exciting mystery. When Jessica Murdoch, the successful, established author, Fiona, Lori, and Christie convene at the East Coast's largest book signing, they never expect to find one of the authors dead at the foot of the stairs ...

When a giant inflatable Halloween witch goes missing in the Pineapple Port retirement community, Charlotte’s eager to nab the culprit. Before she can lift a fingerprint, someone threatens to kill a new neighbor who looks like an adorable Pomeranian but possesses a disturbing talent for revenge. M ...

Nell Whitby craved peace, a beignet, and a quiet sketch in the French Quarter.

Instead, she got a carjacker, a homicide detective, and a target on her back. 

Children’s book author Nell moved to New Orleans to heal from loss and chase her creative dreams. But when a ...

Can Anne help her friend or is Hope hiding something? Newlywed Anne is dismayed with tensions running high with her friend, Hope. When tongues start wagging and fingers point toward Hope’s shop being connected with a recent suspicious death, Anne must help her friend before she loses everything. ...

Porter Mills’ most cantankerous resident, Alma Hargrove, is finally getting her way—Thornhaven Manor is set to be renovated under her watchful (and widely despised) eye. Disliked by nearly everyone—including her own daughter—Alma had no shortage of enemies. But when ...

Murder and men! Sometimes Ricki Fontaine wishes she’d stayed in New York! When Daniel Fuller, a hotshot real estate developer, chases a double shot of bourbon at the Top Shelf with a double shot to the chest in the parking lot, the police arrest Trey Franklin, the grandson of Waterton’s only taxi ...

All Mai-Lin Song ever wanted was to be free of her cruel husband … well, that and to be young again … and pretty. The kind of beauty that turned heads as she walked down the street. And f ...

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Books 10-12 of the Pineapple Port Mysteries - Wall Street Journal and USA TODAY Best-Selling author Amy Vansant introduces you to even more wonderfully lovable Pineapple Port characters in this three-pack collection of the hilarious ...

Windy Meadows - a peaceful place to live out your golden years, unless you’re bothered by a little thing like murder. Maureen McNeely is assigned her first homicide case as lead detective, with a misogynistic captain breathing down her neck to solve the crime. To add to the pressure, Maureen’s ca ...

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When Mick and his retired military gun-for-hire “fixer” service is hired by a United States Senator to find his missing so ...

Maggie Quinlan has hit rock bottom. A failed marriage to an abusive ex, the termination of yet another job, and the sudden death of her beloved father—what more could happen? After her beautiful and wealthy cousin, Angelique, has everyone’s DNA tested and the cousins find which historical family the ...

Disappearing wasn’t going to be enough…they needed a plan…some answers…and a safe place so they could stop running in circles trying to stay one step ahead of the guys who seemed to want her dead. Simon Sullivan might not be who Ava always believed him to be, but along with his brother, he’d spent h ...

First, no coffee. Then a dead guy. This is one killer vacation.

I thought being forced into a Mother’s Day trip with my entire family on the Oregon Coast was bad. Then came the dead bodies.

Turns out Mom’s cozy vacation spot kept its high murder count a secret.

...

Family: What you don't know can kill you. As the holiday season rolls in—fall holidays, that is, from High Holy Days to Thanksgiving—young attorney JD Thompson basks in his life in a small Texas town where he and his ABBA tribute band roommates live with the seventy black cats that his veterinari ...

When materials engineer Zoey Butler lands her dream job at Future State Energy, she believes her research in renewable energy will make headlines. Unfortunately for her, she’s right. Zoey is working on her latest experiment when FBI Special Agent Alexis Thompson and her K-9 partner, Waffle, raid ...

Small town council meetings are usually boring, but not when Ricki and murder are involved! When Waterton councilman and local pharmacist, Ralph Waites, takes a wrong turn after a council meeting and ends up face down in the Ohio River, the Waterton police at first think it was an accident. The m ...

A castle steeped in mystery, a handsome butler, an age-old secret, and a daring Aussie with a penchant for sleuthing.

Deep in the heart of Tasmania’s Lorienne Castle a dark and twisted secret lies waiting to be uncovered. Aussie Madeleine Brande is determ ...

On New Year’s Eve in The Sisters, Texas, anything is possible. Madison and Brash deCordova are hosting a masquerade party, so a bit of mystery and drama is expected. Murder, however, seems a bit drastic, even with Madison’s knack for finding dead bodies. The victim is Anastacia Rowland, owner of the ...

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When the eldest sister of the Four Sisters tomato sauce dynasty is plagued by night terrors that she thinks might be related to something sinister that happened in their home, Charlotte and Declan are invited to e ...

The Maid is the 2nd book in the 'Yucky' Yates series. PI Russell 'Yucky' Yates receives a simple request from Marilyn Munroe. Investigate the man who wants to marry her daughter. Marily is not exactly as she presents herself, & Jason appears to be a nice guy. Things get crazy from there.

When Sadie Kramer agrees to help decorate for San Francisco’s high-society Halloween shindig, she expects to find ghosts, skeletons, and jack-o-lanterns, not the body of the woman in charge of the event. With two detectives, a paranormal investigator turned television star, and a cauldron full ...

Lindsay’s only secret is the recipe for her chocolate chip cookies, but she is surrounded by people with deadly secrets. Suddenly she finds herself battling poisoned chocolate, a psycho stalker, and a dead man who seems awfully active for a corpse. She will need more than a chocolate fix to survi ...

The infamous Puzzle Killer returns to Charity, Florida, in search of a rival murderer, and when two serial killers battle, Charlotte, Declan, Seamus and a naked cat find themselves on the chopping block!

Dive into the whimsical world of Florida Retirement Is Murder, where retirement isn't just about rest and relaxation but an unexpected adventure into the heart of Central Florida's most colorfully quirky community. 

Follow Stewart Johnson, a rece ...

Have you ever had a day that made you want to curl up with coffee and essential oils? Me too, but all I get is a body in the stairwell, and a handsome detective who makes putting a full sentence together an impossibility.

Someone is after my beloved ess ...

Three days ago, I was a nobody at a dead end job whose best night was NOT over-microwaving my pizza pocket. Now, not only was I being blackmailed by a sexy FBI guy, I was a suspect in murder, contemplating shooting somebody, and wearing a dress. And I didn’t even get to the part about the ghost and ...

Newly-minted detective Charlotte Morgan discovers a mysterious box in her attic, the contents of which lead her to a hotel packed with strange characters and a link to her family's past. Trusting the crafty, Yorkie-toting manager will be as difficult as tracking down a missing child......

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Who killed Russell Dixon?

When Agatha Lapp’s brother and sister-in-law are tragically killed in a buggy accident, Agatha relocates to the new Amish community in Hunt Texas, nestled in the Texas Hill Country.  She’s there to make a success of her brother’s dr ...

What do boxing and vintage trailers have in common? Meet Raquel (AKA Rocky) Nelson, a retired single woman with an attitude and love for boxing. Sisters Rocky and Bridget are enjoying each other’s company at a vintage trailerfest until they stumble over a corpse. The dead guy is none other than t ...

Lizzie Yoder has always lived by the rules. As a devoted Amish woman, she finds solace in her faith, family, and grandmother’s cherished yarn shop, Simply Yarn. But when her grandmother, Widow Yoder, dies under suspicious circumstances, Lizzie’s peaceful life is turned upside down.

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US Marshal Jack Dillon has been assigned to the Dublin, Ireland Police Force, An Garda Síochána. He's alerted by a friend back in the US that Kevin Quincey, the son and nephew of a criminal family back in the US is traveling to Ireland. it's unknown if this is simply a social trip or could it be ...

Solve the mystery of how it all started! How did two sisters in their thirties, living in a peaceful beachside community, become involved in a world of mystery and crime? This prequel to the Sister Sleuths Mystery Series is a whodunit that will keep you guessing until the end. A fascinating explanat ...

SECRETS OF THE PAST ARE UNRAVELING IN PINEAPPLE PORT...

"Just the right amount of wit, humor and bad buys/gals to keep me reading to the very end, and it has a cracking good mystery, too. I loved the wacky characters of the Pineapple Port community, and who knew a 55 and over community co ...

Now you see a murder, now you don't...

The Golden Age of Hollywood, 1938. It's the annual Awards Banquet at the Cocoanut Grove nightclub, and Vivian Steele can’t wait for the star-studded event. She’s attending with her best friend, Carole Lombard, a ...

Returning home to star in a movie about going home, Jan Fairchild stirs up old resentments galore. When the actress is found dead the morning after a nostalgic pajama party, several of her former high-school girlfriends become murder suspects—including amateur sleuth Ginger Barnes. Before the pol ...

Cat magic, killer landscaping, and a kleptomaniac...no holiday's complete at the Phoenix Inn until it ends in murder.

As Mercury’s cat guardian I’ve been exposed to ghosts, zombies, and the vengeful claws of the kitchen cat, but everything pales to Mercury’s mom visi ...

1917. Vienna. File clerk turned British agent, Fiona Figg, is more comfortable wearing a fake mustache than a ballgown. When a royal ball ends with a royal body in the middle of the dancefloor, Fiona trades her dancing slippers for practical oxfords and sets out to investigate. As she tracks her ...

Has America’s pastime gone to the dogs? Bat boys replaced by bat dogs! Cat Hawl, KDOG's editor-in-chief, has a bone to pick with professional baseball. When a million-dollar baseball card is stolen and a celebrity bat dog's collar is discovered at the crime scene, she learns exactly how high the sta ...

Mesopotamia, 1930: When Agatha Christie invites fellow members of the Detection Club to witness the famous excavations at the ruins of Ur, Dorothy L. Sayers, her quick-witted assistant Eliza Baker, and Theo Sharp expect ancient wonders – not fresh corpses.

But when an archaeologist is fou ...

A former con artist, a retired FBI agent, and a teenage hacker walk into a murder investigation. Stop me if you’ve heard this one.

Ex-con Agatha Shadewell spent decades outwitting the law until…she sacrificed her freedom to save a life.

Now, at sixty-five, she’s tra ...

Even a well-planned vacation can go astray… With week-long plans at the beach, Brash deCordova makes it clear to his wife Madison: no snooping, no stirring up trouble, and absolutely no mysteries. This week is about resting, relaxing, and spending time with family. They’re staying at The Mermaid’s ...

Oak Harbor is a 168 year old plantation house in North Carolina that has been shrouded in mysteries since it was built. Millions of dollars have been stolen from the family trust. Murder, suicide, and violent death has stocked each generation that has owned the old estate. Some long-term residents b ...

A festive evening. A very public feud. And a body found by morning. Dog daycare owner Jess Alexander was just looking forward to a fun night out at Crystal Springs' first-ever Moonlight Market — fairy lights, food trucks, and her beloved border collie Jigsaw by her side. But when two rival artisa ...

Russian Roulette is the first book in the Dev Haskell series. Over 2600 reviews with an over all 4.5 star rating.

***** "I like this book, a detective story with a likeable rogue hero!"

***** "Only one question . . . When is the movie coming out?"

The first book in the Awa ...

Life has never been better for Tommy. His PI business is booming, and he has finally changed his status from it's complicated to in a relationship with Alvilde, the crime scene investigator.

When Alvilde picks him up on Halloween and drives him into the Norwegian woods, the last thing ...

Cozy up in a comfy chair, here are 7 full-length cozy mysteries for you to binge-read!

In the picturesque town of Sparrow Haven, tranquility is shattered, and mysteries are found around every corner.

Olivia Harper, the town’s insightful l ...

Pineapple Port Mysteries by Wall Street Journal and USA Today bestselling author Amy Vansant, is a funny, clean, small-town, female amateur sleuth series, but with all the pulse-pounding excitement of a dete ...

Owning a bed and breakfast was an unattainable dream until Sofia inherits the entire estate of a grandmother she's never met. All her life, her mother refused to discuss her past, or why she severed ties with her family decades ago. Despite the shock of being named heir to a veritable stranger, J ...

A REMOTE ISLAND, A MURDER, AND A HUSBAND IN CUFFS… What’s not to love about an exotic honeymoon on a remote Australian island known for a legendary hidden treasure? Cat Wright is all in, until she arrives at Canine Cay and the Great Dingo Spirit speaks to her. Forget hunting for the treasure. Her ...

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Wall Street Journal and USA TODAY Best-Selling author Amy Vansant introduces you to even more wonderfully lovable Pineapple Port characters in books FOUR-SIX of the hilarious mystery series keeping readers on the edg ...

 When personal concierge Keri Armstrong swings by her favorite client’s mansion to drop off groceries, she expects a heartfelt chat along with a cup of tea—not Fiona Sullivan dead in bed and her room ransacked. Though police chalk it up to a botc ...

Shelby Wolfe’s life has gotten complicated—two eccentric aunts, too many attractive men, and too many roommates—both living and dead. It’s winter in Goose Lick, and Shelby Wolfe is settling into her new home. Chief Jebediah Carpenter doesn’t seem to be in any hurry to move on, but when Lillian Ha ...

When Mariska trades the brisket she won at “meat bingo” for three tickets on the new Gulf Voyager cruise ship, she, Darla, and our detective Charlotte enjoy a ladies' cruise to Key West. But when passengers start dropping like anchors, they find themse ...

Ricki and the Top Shelf crew have worked for weeks preparing for the launch party for Logan Parker’s book. Waterton is abuzz, not just about their very own newspaper editor writing what promises to be a bestseller, but also about the movie based on the book that might be filmed on location in Watert ...

A psychic, a treasure map, and a murder... Even psychic Annalise Jordan couldn’t have predicted the chain of events set off by the discovery of skeletal remains in the Kenduskeag River. If she had, she might never have revealed the details of a mystery her family had kept secret for nearly a hun ...

Find the cat. Crack the case. 

“For readers who love mysteries that don’t rely on gore or shock value, Without a Shadow of Doubt hits the sweet spot—clean, clever, and character-driven.” — Los Angeles Book ...

There's never a dull moment in Willows Bend these Days! Heather Stanton and her Aunt Julia are making a home for themselves in the small town of Willows Bend as Julia works to complete her community service hours. But dark secrets from her past are about to catch up to her. Julia's unscrupulous e ...

A beautiful ghost takes center stage on Broadway. New York City, 1923 The suspicious death of a chorus girl sends PI Jax Diamond and his courageous partner, Ace, to the oldest theater on Broadway. At the murder scene, they stumble upon a clue too bizarre to share with the cops or with Jax’s sweethea ...

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Secrets and a Patchwork of white lies.

Can Alex string together the truth before her life unravels? Alex Bailey's heart feels threadbare. Struggling with the dubious practices of her NYC law firm, she's left her hi ...

USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author Amy Vansant finds romance deadly in the latest installment of the fun, thrilling, twisty Pineapple Port Mysteries!
When Matchmaker Lady Venus drops dead on the Pineapple Port community center's stage during a Valentine's event, Charlotte a ...

In this 2nd book of the Willows Bend Cozy Mystery series, Heather Stanton’s aunt’s past is slowly catching up to her. Julia had always run away from situations she chose not to deal with, but running these days is impossible since she’s stuck in a small town doing community service. Ever since He ...