Mystery-Cozy

A Doyle Cozy Mystery, by Kirsten Weiss When Susan Witsend inherits her grandmother's UFO-themed B&B, she's ready to put her organizational skills to the test. She knows she can make the B&B work, even if there is a faux-UFO in the roof. After all, what's not to love about a Victorian nestled ...

After receiving a midnight phone call, professional organizer Tina Shaw rushes to her best friend’s ancestral home to determine if Leslie really saw a ghost. Tina doesn’t see one in the cluttered Newport, Rhode Island, Victorian attic, but does hear strange noises. While she tries to reassure Leslie ...

Murder. Mayhem. A madcap lady vicar. In the village of Upton St. Mary, gossip arises as word spreads that a body has been found in the woods. Once the investigation begins, the forensic team finds that it has been there for years. But the question remains: who was buried there all those years ago ...

Cyber consultant and best-selling author Parker Bell is lured back to Po’thole (Po Ho to the locals and Pothole by anyone north of the Florida Georgia line) by the untimely death of her childhood friend, a city commissioner who voted against a riverfront casino and boardwalk. Is the Mafia trying to ...

When an ex-friend begs Olivia Twist to "divine" who committed a decade-old murder, Olivia knows there's no truth in tea leaves. But for reasons of her own, she claims to be a psychic sleuth who can find the killer. Turns out that heating up this cold case...might be her last.

Interior Decorator Madison Night might look like a throwback to the sixties, but as business owner and landlord, she proves that independent women can have it all. But when a killer targets women dressed in her signature style—estate sale vintage to play up her resemblance to fave actress Dori ...

Jamie Sharpe, the latest heir to the Sharpe legacy, becomes e ...

Murder and conspiracy are exactly what the doctor ordered, if you ask The Dying Five. Who says you can't solve crime with terminal illnesses? When Eric Graham, the CEO of an Indianapolis start-up company is gunned down on his porch after a dinner party, a group of hospice heroes and their social wor ...

When Lalla and her dad take a trip to Arizona to inspect her new property, Dad disappears. Panicked that he's lost in the desert, Lalla enlists the help of a local tracker and finds him unharmed at the bottom of a mine pit. But dad has company. A very dead local police chief. And within a stone's t ...

Jenny, the inquisitive and resourceful cleaner turned sleuth is back, solving mysteries wherever she goes. She's now the boss of Aunt Audrey's Angels cleaning agency, but the very day she takes over, an upmarket, London company opens a branch in her small town, luring away her most lucrative clients ...

Who knew quilting was so dangerous?

Olivia ‘Liv’ Taylor is on a lukewarm case—the murder of famous quilting instructor and author, Terry Van Bosch. This social media influencer is out to make a name for herself and her club, the Catch a Killer Club, even if no one else is available to ass ...

Sylvia Stryker has no business being on the next Moon Unit Cruise Line, unless you count aspirations and dreams. The career that once felt within her reach—Intergalactic Cruise Ship Security—disappeared the day her dad was arrested for collusion with space pirates. Since then she’s begrudgingly been ...

Welcome to the Bean Hive Coffeehouse where the coffee is as hot as the gossip! “Fabulous fun and fantastic fried food! Kappes nails small town mystery with another must-read hit. Don’t miss this one!” – Darynda Jones, New York Times Bestselling Author of Eighth Grave After Dark Roxanne Bloom (her fr ...

Five-Star Rated Mystery!

Grab a latté, a box of Kleenex and a clean pair of panties. Carolyn Ridder Aspenson has done it again. 
—Lynn/Two Girls & a Book

Suburban housewife Angela Panther didn't want to communicate with the dead, but the universe had ...

Mama Gets Trashed is the fifth book in Deborah Sharp's funny, Southern-fried Mace Bauer Mystery series. Set in the fictional town of Himmarshee, Fla., TRASHED continues the adventures of the much-married Mama, and the three grown daughters she drives crazy. When a tipsy Mama tosses out her latest we ...

Luxury, lies, and danger in the unexpected places…
In tribute to Agatha Christie, this modern mystery series weaves together atypical tales set in the idyllic Amish country of Paradise, PA.

Two years ago, still haunted by the tragic events of September 11, Tina Sheng reluctantly s ...

2018 LEFTY Award Finalist Best Humorous Mystery When newlyweds Laurel McKay and Tom Hunter embark on their honeymoon cruise, they look forward to sunny days exploring the Caribbean islands and intimate evenings together. Their dream quickly goes “poof,” when Laurel’s family decides to tag along and ...

Lindsay hosts a welcome home party for a drug dealer’s release from prison. Soon her back yard is filled with felons, loud music, and smoke from various kinds of cigarettes.

Lindsay’s ex’s ex, Grace, arrives with her young son and her new husband, Chuck ...

Between volunteering for the annual pumpkin festival and coaching her girls to the state soccer finals, high school teacher Tj Jensen finds her good friend Zachary Collins dead in his favorite chair. When the handsome new deputy closes the case without so much as a “why” or “how,&r ...

Semi-retired journalist Natalie Seachrist has had visions all of her life. But when her twin Nathan confirms that the body she saw in her vision draped over a vintage Mustang was his granddaughter, her world changes forever. During subsequent research for friend and investigator Keoni Hewitt, Natali ...

Olivia Morgan’s life working as an assistant in her boyfriend’s cruise ship act has been a permanent vacation.  But her cruise to the Bahamas takes a terrible turn when Peter leaves Olivia and her talkative parrot Chico stranded on the ship with a show scheduled in just a few days.  It takes a ...

Book 2 of The Library Saga

Bonnie thought she’d redirected a library page. Instead, she created a genre virus with editorial flair and a vendetta against exposition. Now the Redactor is rewriting reality — one trope at a time. Romance becomes courtroom drama. Cookbooks narrate in noir. An ...

There’s a Pig on the Playground is a nonfiction book about education. The first part is a memoir of the author’s childhood on a farm in Plaza, Washington, where she learned to read, write, and interact with others in a small two-room school. These experiences inspired her to become a teacher, a j ...

Romance, suspense, and a little voodoo. Sloppy drinking habits. Stunted love life. Professional humiliation in a doomed celebrity trial. It’s no wonder high-strung Texas attorney Katie flees for the serenity of a tropical island, even if it’s the one where her parents died in a tragic accident. But ...

Secrets collide after a single horrific moment leaves one person dead and one fighting for their life. This fast paced cozy mystery will have you glued to the page as Cait and Cody join forces with a cat named Moirai in a race against time to track down a killer

Accidental detectives Jake and Emma Rand find themselves hip deep in murder when they find the body of an unknown woman, seemingly frozen to death on their fence-line after a Wyoming blizzard. This is the first adventure in the Casper Crime Boss trilogy.

Ally Sweet is happy to be returning for a short break to the small town where she grew up. She is planning on using the time off to get over her messy divorce and she is looking forward to spending time with her much-loved grandmother and relaxing making chocolates and anything chocolaty.

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Murder & Mermaid Legends… not the normal mystery. When Morgan Seaver returns to her family's beach house on Pearl Island, she is expecting a warm welcome. Instead, she finds her aunt has been murdered, and that she is the prime suspect. A mysterious mist develops and protects Morgan as she se ...

A story of an historic area of Washington, D.C. called Georgetown, once an active port on the Potomac River, now an upscale neighborhood, home to legislators, media moguls, and a menagerie of quirky shops. Georgetown has reinvented itself time and again.  Will its history inspire one of its ...

How did an innocent cup of coffee end up in murder? Eager to rebuild her life after a painful divorce, author Harper Rogers finds herself back in her charming hometown of Palm Park. When Harper agrees to meet an old friend for a coffee catchup, she has no idea it will stir up a dark blend of mystery ...

Feisty. Ballsy. Bold. ... And not your average seventy-year-old woman. After a late-night tryst with a much younger man, Maisie Fezziwig wakes to a harrowing scream outside. Curious, she removes a pistol from her dresser drawer and walks outside to investigate. The sleepy street is still and calm at ...

“You fight back when you are turned into 'bait' for killers” When mankind reaches the stars, some things will still be the same: People still get murdered, and innocence or guilt still must be proven. When she finds the body of a retired shopkeeper on the beach, a series of mysterious events draws ...

A murdered guest at her first catering event? Definitely not good for DeeDee’s fledgling business. So much for post-divorce new beginnings. When Lisa, a well-known Seattle art gallery owner, is murdered at the event, shock waves ripple through the local Seattle art community. The following day, news ...

Daisy O'Connor worked hard to earn the title of "Fashion Show's Best Caterer" for Atlanta's prestigious annual event, just as she worked hard to forget a troubled childhood in South Dakota. When adopted Lakota grandfather, Charlie Tall Tree summons "Red-Tail" to search for her missing stepbrother ...

Lily Gayle and the gang set out to find a killer after local baker Luxen Natolovich is found dead hours before the grand opening weekend at the new Bed and Breakfast in town, Midnight Dragonfly. As Lily Gayle deciphers the clues around Luxen's death she uncovers a conspiracy of lies and half truths ...

The hilarious first book in a brand new cozy witch mystery

Famous songwriter, Maeve O’Dare, left the drama of Hollywood -- and a broken heart – behind, eager for a fresh start in the small town of Wisteria Pines. As if by magic, she makes a new friend of the local town gossip, ...

Date night for Georgie Shaw and handsome detective Jack Wheeler goes terribly wrong. A botched heist at Marvelous Marley World has everyone scrambling as trigger-happy bad guys head for the Halloween celebration in Arcadia Park. With Hullabaloo-Boo in full swing, figuring out whodunit could take a l ...

The question is, how do you get rid of a hitchhiker when its riding around in your head Oliver Atkinson's life is busy enough. He's already got his hands full trying to write a book, look after the children, do the housework, and ignore Amanda the beautiful and sneaky con artist that keeps trying to ...

If curiosity killed the cat, what will it do to the Sister Sleuths? Sister sleuths Lea and Maddy are called into action when Lea’s adventurous canines discover a dead body under the pier in their beachside community. There’s no shortage of suspects since the victim was despised by several people in ...

WHISKEY WITH A MURDER CHASER!!! The new Top Shelf is open for business, but business as usual for Ricki and the Shelf translates to another dead guy. Ricki’s friend, Ruby Fogarty, is charged with murdering her boyfriend by clubbing him to death with a bottle of whiskey. The police consider the case ...

There's no such thing as gargoyles ... right?

Ivan Sorokin is missing. Who wants him out of the picture—his wife, his business partner, or the stripper who holds his heart? Can grouchy food critic, Josie Tucker, unravel the puzzle with more twists than Lombard Street and find the missing software entrepreneur? Chinatown. Dim sum. Murder. ...

A horribly murdered dog. A woman at a crossroads in her life. Samantha Holden finds the tortured body of a dog, launching her on a battle against animal abuse. The line between right and wrong quickly blurs, leading her down the path of bringing these abusers to justice. A path which calls for ex ...

Jingle bells, bagpipes - and murder …

What could be more romantic than Christmas in a snowy castle in Scotland?

For Genie and her great-great-aunt Adriana, their visit to Taverner Castle is a fairytale come true. To make their trip perfect, it also comes with the chance of trackin ...

Widowed librarian Alicia Fairmont needs answers… After her husband is killed in a hit and run accident, Alicia travels upstate to his hometown of Cobble Cove, New York. She hopes to locate his estranged family and shed light on his mysterious past. Anticipating staying only a weekend, her visit is e ...

3 full-length novels of paranormal cozy adventure fun! This is no boring librarian shushing people from behind a desk. This librarian corrals rogue magic. But more importantly, she has a frog and a cat, and she’s not afraid to use them!

The curtain may fall on the Calla Lily Players' first season unless Lily and Austin can find a killer on the loose in California's wine country. Torrential rains threaten to put a damper on The Calla Lily Players’ first outdoor theater production. When the ground suddenly shifts, buried secrets reve ...

In the mystical realm of the Three Witches Bookstore, a chilling revelation emerges—a lifeless body nestled in the reading nook.

In the quaint world an enchanting bookstore, Octavia Grimstone, a seasoned cozy mystery novelist and witch, finds herself entangled in a web of intrigue. A c ...

It’s 1967. Beatles’ songs are playing everywhere. Torrey is trying to put her broken-hearted life back together. She helps her dad and brother in the family’s surf shop in the friendly little beach community of Mission Cove. But when someone falls off Sunset Cliffs to their death, Torrey gets emeshe ...

When Maggie Ryan, a retired schoolteacher, is murdered, and over thirty dogs are discovered living in her home, the Cedar Bay Animal Shelter is stretched beyond its meager resources. What to do with the dogs and finding t ...

Growing African violets can be murder. Lilliana Wentworth expects the First Annual African Violet Club Show and Sale at the Rainbow Ranch Retirement Community to be thrilling. The former librarian has developed her first hybrid, a plant with unusual deep blue flowers, and hopes to win a first pla ...

A free, funny essay on the origin of Florida Man, a wild beast that wreaks havoc in the Sunshine State on a daily basis.

From Book 1:When Houston reporter Lucy Resnick cashes in her retirement to buy her grandmothers farm in Buttercup, Texas, shes looking forward to a simple life as a homesteader. But Lucy has barely finished putting up her first batch of Killer Dewberry Jam when an oil exploration truck rolls up to t ...

Petnapping in Maple Falls!

Big Red is more than a pet…

… so much more.

It turns out that he’s not the only pet taken, which is a catastrophe for the owners who, like Maddie, cons ...

The faerie curse that plagued the town of Doyle is over. Or is it? Witch Jayce Bonheim has finally got her life back on track. Her coffeeshop’s been rebuilt. She’s got the perfect boyfriend. And the murderous magic that imperiled Jayce and her witchy sisters has been defeated. But when a customer di ...

The only thing worse than living in a haunted house is somebody trying to make you the next ghost. And a dollhouse is the only clue.

When Elise takes a position at spooky old Montgomery Manor as companion to her friend Lavina’s great aunt, she’s expecting an easy job for the h ...

“A hilarious, mile-a-minute ride! Amazon Reviewer Getting Ahead Ain’t Easy There’s a fine line between quirky and crazy. How do you know when you’ve crossed it? Everybody’s got their coping mechanisms. Val Fremden is no exception. But when her longtime boyfriend Tom Foreman takes off witho ...

One woman. One hammer. One guy who's fixin' to get nailed ... Revenge is a dish best served with a boatload of laughs! When broke, middle-aged Val Fremden discovers her high-school nemesis is now a millionaire (thanks to an idea he stole from her) she comes up with an odd way to get even. A funny ro ...

Lella York has a way of getting herself into trouble.

Even when she's doing volunteer work. Who is the mysterious storyteller, and what is going on at the senior living center?

And will Lella find out before it's too late? ...

Erin Price moves to Eagle Falls, a place where everyone knows everyone as well as everyone else's business, taking over the store left to her by her aunt to start up a gluten-free bakery. The grand opening is marred by just one thing, the death of her business rival, Angela Plaint. It appears that A ...

A disappearing body. Hidden magical talents. An adorable mind-reading dog. And small-town secrets . . . Addie James’s life imploded when she discovered her fiancé cheating and got downsized from her biotech job. So, she left Silicon Valley for the haven of her Aunt Kate’s tea and apothecary shop in ...

A simple puzzle turned deadly. With scandal and folks with something to hide, can this retired inspector close the book on homicide?

North Yorkshire, 1966. Tom Ramsay can’t seem to escape mysteries. Reluctantly taking on a straightforward case to appease his assistant, th ...

When an asthma patient under Laurel Benson’s care dies, the ER nurse quickly realizes it wasn’t of natural causes. Faint bruising around the neck indicates the woman was strangled, right there in the recovery room! Always a champion for her patients, the headstrong nurse is determined to find out wh ...

Heartbroken American art student, Charlotte Ross, follows her errant fiancé to Bariloche, Argentina. But his reasons for being there complicate her life, and could threaten her very existence as she stumbles onto deceit, art forgery, and murder. When she accidently comes across the murder victim, ci ...

When hairstylist Marla Vail attends an Easter egg hunt at historic Tremayne Manor, she’s only there to fix hair for a client, Bonnie “Blinky” Morris. But when she’s asked to comb the grounds for leftover goodies, Marla discovers more than just a few dyed eggs. The dead man in the bunny suit is de ...

The rural, seaside town of Whispering Cove, Oregon holds many secrets. Catherine Landen has moved to the enchanting coastal community of Whispering Cove, after inheriting the Saltwater Inn from a grandmother she never knew. Ready for a fresh start in a quaint coastal village, she joins the Whisperin ...

He was forced to hang up his badge. Now, a kidnapping has raced into his retirement.
 
England, 1960’s. Former inspector Tom Ramsay is taking advantage of having to step down. Invalided after getting shot in the line of duty, the plain-speaking man adopts a border ...

From Book 1: A KISS TO KILL FOR…
In Colleen Mooneys funny, romantic, delightfully meandering cozy mystery, you gon have a authentic Noo Awlins experience, dawlin! And a wild ride into the bargain.

Brandy Alexanders the real deal--yes, thats her real name and shes not even a stri ...

Someone at Professor Laura Murphy’s college appears to be playing a joke on her by planting sexually explicit stories in her research results, but the joke turns deadly when one story details the recent stabbing murder of a coed. Laura’s close friend, Detective Derrick Pasquis from the local police, ...

A mysterious woman appears on the doorstep of Great Aunt Sybil’s Attic in the middle of the night. Owner Anne Hillstrom lets her in, only to have the woman die in her arms. With no final words, and only an old lantern clutched to her chest, the dead woman provides Anne and her partner CC precious fe ...

When the mayor's wife is murdered, Liz, along with her two dogs, Brandy Boy and Winston, has to find the killer to save the spa's reputation.

Rodney Bradford comes into Lindsay's restaurant, offers to buy her small house for double its value, eats her brownies, and drops dead on the sidewalk in front. Then someone breaks into her house and tries to dig up her basement. Next her almost-ex-h ...

When a prominent businessman is found face down in his pool, the breakfast crowd at Jesse Camden's tearoom is buzzing. But as murmurs of murder grow, and suspicion strikes close to home, Jesse and the ladies of the Myrtle Grove Garden Club set out to find the real killer before mounting distrust tea ...

When an old friend is arrested in Dublin, tour guide Lana Hansen will need the luck of the Irish to clear him of the crime. Lana is thrilled her friend Jeremy and his wife are on her tour to Ireland. The couple are having the time of their lives exploring the country’s rich literary and cultural ...

A series of burglaries A new romance But is he too good to be true? Suzie, the sous-chef at DeeDee’s restaurant, Deelish, can’t talk enough about her new boyfriend and feels that he just might be “the one.” DeeDee’s thrilled for Suzie, but things get a little dicey when Jake, DeeDee’s husband, is hi ...

In the small town of Mercy, Mississippi Halloween is Murder When a dead wolfman is found in the woods outside of town, Lily Gayle Lambert can't wait to get cracking on solving the case. After a dead squirrel is left on her porch as some kind of warning and a member of the town's most prominent famil ...

In a few hours, MOLLY MAGUIRE’s life implodes. After her apartment burns down, a lawyer shows up at her office informing her that a distant relative left her a home in Loon Lake, Wisconsin. Then she’s fired. With nothing holding her back, and nowhere e ...

Nothing stays buried forever! Join café owner Magda, her husband Sam and their friends, as the group pool their resources to purchase an old bank building which they plan to renovate into an art gallery. Problems arise, especially when they encounter an angry spirit! Meanwhile, Magda’s beautiful psy ...

No, "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" has NOT come to life in Redemption, Wisconsin. No matter how much it might look like it.

PLEASE NOTE: Only the first 10 requesters will receive free books. BUT: Amazon has the 4-book AGGIE MUNDEEN series on sale for $8.97 at http://tinyurl.com/AggieMundeen. In DANG NEAR DEAD, Aggie, Detective Sam (traveling incognito) and friend Meredith vacation at a dude ranch, a prickly destinatio ...

Just when Vance and I are ready to tie the knot, someone from my past comes back to haunt me. Over the past couple of years, I’ve put away my fair share of bad guys, and all of them would like to see revenge. The question is, which one of them is it?

Seven long stories by seven bestselling and award-winning authors. The perfect gift for readers who love good, clean, traditional mysteries.

Pumpkins. Ghosts. And a body. Charley Cooper's social calendar is already full on her birthday weekend with the town's annual Halloween Festival, her new scatter-brained owl familiar, and a cantankerous old ghost. She had hoped the latter would be the first and last spirit to haunt her, but she' ...

Janet Maple's stellar career ended with a lay off and her boyfriend of almost five years told her that he wants to be just friends. When she lands a job at one of New York’s premier boutique investment firms, Janet begins to hope that her luck is finally turning for the better. Not only is she happy ...

Ten years ago, young Beth Ridley disappeared on her way to school. No trace of her was found, except for a single doll’s leg found in the street.

Now, on the anniversary of her disappearance, Detective Inspector Graham is giving Beth’s case another look. 

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A twenty-year-old mystery returns to haunt the village of Shipwreck Point.

Fancy dress balls were all the rage, and what better time to hold one than on Halloween? Elisabeth Wade is thrilled to have received a most-sought-after invitation to one, and she’s filled with excitement ...

Climb aboard the Aerial Express for its London-Constantinople flight!

Loosely based on the Agatha Christie classic, Murder on the Aerial Express follows Lady Isabelle Huxley as she investigates the murder of the airship's owner. Could the killer be the ship's captain or one of the magnate ...

Wedding singer blues, one deadly kiss, and a cake fatality!

Excited to finally wed her childhood sweetheart, Maddie’s plans for the day suddenly take a horrible turn when a body is found in the most unlikely place.

This spectacular whodunnit has Maddie, Big Red, G ...

A psychic raven, meddling ghosts, and a few odd locals serve up trouble on the island of Capers Cove! Bartender Edie Allan might be a little odd, she can talk to ghosts and her pet raven, Poe, but she turns sleuth when a body shows up in the sand, and she discovers the cute new tavern owner might ju ...

When DeeDee and her boyfriend, Jake, head to Whistler, British Columbia, to see her sister, Roz, and enjoy a little down time from her new catering business, Deelish, and his job as a private investigator, the last thing they expect is to become involved in a murder. What makes it even worse is the ...

He’s trying to forget all about crime. But now targeted as a suspect, can he keep from going down for murder? England, 1964. Retired inspector Tom Ramsay wants to leave the past behind. Hoping to get on with his plans to hike the beauty spots of his homeland, a vacation to North Yorkshire strik ...

Linda Gordon Hengerer combines her cooking talents and her love of crafts in Dying for Holiday Tea. Although the town is fictional, much of the lore within is fact. Pour yourself a cuppa and settle into a cozy read at the Beach Tea Shop.

Love is part of life and death in Dying f ...

When Addie Keane finds a dead body at a wedding reception, her witchy senses light up in a way that cries murder. Even though the hot sheriff declares the death an accident, she suspects foul play, and if she can unravel the clues in her visions, she not only puts a murderer behind bars, she will b ...

In small-town, Prohibition Era America, crime lurks around and beyond the quiet of the library stacks.