Cozy Detective

The story is not your typical murder mystery. The sleuth is not a detective, private eye, or lawyer. He's an ordinary guy with an extraordinary dog. Jacob Martin is trying to make the best of a divorce and mid-life crisis when he gets a call at two o'clock Sunday morning from his mother. His sister has been arrested for the murder of her fourth husband, and his father is near death. Thus begins an adventure that takes Jake and his golden retriever from their Colorado retreat to a backwater town in the Missouri Ozarks.

NEW FOR 2022 – STAND-ALONE, #19 IN THE SERIES. MEET MAVERICK BRITISH DETECTIVE DI SKELGILL... "A COMPELLING BRITISH CRIME MYSTERY." EVIL LIES UNDETECTED. When shepherd Jud Hope finds an American passport in a fox’s earth, a connection is made to an unidentified fatality – an elderly female walker who fell to her death in a treacherous rocky gill near Ambleside. Meanwhile, a spate of ‘nighthawker’ incidents sees ancient monuments desecrated under cover of darkness. The spotlight falls upon Derek Shaw, a museum curator exploring Cumbria’s Roman heritage. Onto this stage emerges a ...

Welcome to Sarah’s Eatery, where the food is to-die-for! Kylie’s move to Camden Falls didn’t go quite as she expected: now she's got two hunky men fighting for her affections, more culinary mishaps on her café's Oops Board, and ex in-laws who won’t leave her alone. "Winters will have you giggling into your book!" And, of course, there's the latest murder that Kylie gets drawn into... When local real estate bigshot “Mean Mike” Pratt is found dead in his office, accusations fly from every other storefront—in no small part because he owned them! Kylie’s hairdresser, Susie, is ...

The Assistant Registrar Emily Price, from the London Archives commits a crime of passion. Or is it? A man falls from the balcony. Was he pushed? And what is Emily Price hiding? Chief Police Inspector Ralph McGinniss from Scotland Yard investigates. He calls in his newly appointed assistant for help. Claire Lane is a Professor of Mathematics at London’s prestigious St Anne's University. Her speciality-scientific study of probability. In other words, the likelihood that an event will reoccur. She takes on the challenge until she discovers there is more to this story. A birth certificate ...

Set in the biggest small town in the country, Susan and Mike travel to St. Louis for their son’s Match Day ceremony. At the reception, the dean of the medical school drops dead under mysterious circumstances. Susan smells foul play. Teaming up with the detective’s mother, it's double trouble as she and her new bestie uncover secrets worthy of murder in Murder is Medical. In Murder is Universal, Susan and Valerie are on a flight when they discover the passenger in the middle seat dead on arrival. The dynamic duo is convinced it was murder. The dead passenger, owner of a successful ...

STAND-ALONE MURDER MYSTERY, #3 IN THE SERIES. MEET MAVERICK BRITISH DETECTIVE DI SKELGILL... "MAD, BAD AND JUST A LITTLE BIT COZY."WHEN A MAN IS FOUND STRANGLED by a climbing rope beneath the Lake District's notorious Sharp Edge, it is assumed he is the victim of a tragic accident. But Detective Inspector Skelgill suspects otherwise, and his fears are borne out when a second corpse is discovered close to Striding Edge. Soon it appears that a ritualistic serial killer stalks Cumbria's fells. As the body count increases, Skelgill must determine the connection between the seemingly randomly ...

Opal Sterling never expected her Whimsy Café to be the center of a murder investigation. Now, her once quiet life is in chaos, and everyone’s looking at her for answers. Determined to clear her name, Opal teams up with the relentless Detective Grayson. But their search for the killer reveals a shocking truth—someone’s using mind control to turn Cloverfield into a town of puppets. And the deeper they dig, the more dangerous it becomes. Then, a startling discovery changes everything. Opal has a hidden power of her own. It’s the only thing that can stop the mind games… if she can ...

In this latest installment of Alexander McCall Smith's ever-delightful and perennially best-selling series, amateur sleuth and philosopher Isabel Dalhousie is called upon to help when a matchmaker begins to question her latest match. Rosemary is something of a matchmaker and has brought together a cosmetic surgeon and a successful banker at her most recent dinner party. But new information comes to light about the cosmetic surgeon that causes Rosemary to doubt the auspiciousness of the match.

Something sweet is missing in Oakwood… and it’s not just the doughnuts. When trays of Mrs. Bellamy’s legendary Founders’ Favorites Doughnuts start disappearing from Sweetie’s Sweets Bakery, the young detectives of Oakwood—Maya, Leo, Alice, and Sam—smell more than sugar in the air. With suspicious footprints, a secret trapdoor, and a batch of bizarre recipes, the case quickly becomes their most mysterious (and messiest) yet. But things take a twist when Ethan—the shy son of the town’s best baker—reveals a secret of his own: he’s been leaving doughnuts behind in hopes of...

Wedding Shower Ends in Bride's Murder Everyone knows the groom's grandmother does not approve of the bride. But would she actually kill her? The richest family in town is implicated in murder and Jenny King reluctantly steps in to investigate. Jenny finds there are very few suspects and hardly any motive. Spring flings are in vogue and the pretty bride may not have been that innocent. Is the distraught groom just putting on an act? Jenny goes around in circles trying to separate the real clues from the red herrings. Meanwhile, Adam and Jenny are in no hurry to tie the knot. But the clock ...

"If there was one piece of advice Olive Crisp always followed, it was that “one should never attempt to solve a crime on an empty stomach..."' 1970s. Cambridge, England. A MYSTERIOUS MURDER AT MIDNIGHT: When a student falls from the turrets of King’s College, Cambridge and the police rule his death as accidental, Olive consults her tarot cards - which confirm her suspicions of murder - and decides to take the investigation into her own hands. A COSY COMMUNITY: Fortunately, the college porter is a loyal customer of Olive’s cafe, The Biscuit Tin, and when she plies him with his ...

When the lights go out, more than just the movie ends. Lena Thompson's quiet life in the charming town of New Oslo is about to get a supernatural shake-up. With her spectral grandmother as an unlikely sidekick, Lena finds herself thrust into the role of amateur sleuth when a glitzy movie premiere party turns deadly. As a former classmate-turned-Hollywood-star lies dead in Lena's Victorian home, the list of suspects grows longer than the credits of a summer blockbuster. With the local sheriff overwhelmed, it's up to Lena and her ghostly Granny to sift through a cast of colorful characters, ...

Darcy Ingram's time in supernaturally-tinged Brookhaven has been anything but idyllic. She solved one murder, but now a friend is begging for help finding his missing sister. A day cruise with her co-workers sounds like just the break she needs. But when a passenger dies under unusual circumstances, she finds herself tangled up in another mystery.

A light, cozy mystery series in a quaint Bavarian Christmas town with a fun loving, amateur female sleuth, her adorable rescue cocker spaniel, and enough garden gnomes to fill a museum. Book 1 - Deck the Santa Chloe Carson is excited for her long-awaited family reunion. But as they gather in a snow-clad village to plan their aging mother’s dream of opening a restaurant, the old lady’s habit of spreading garden gnomes around town leads to a panicked pilgrimage. And the mayhem continues when their visit to the nutcracker museum reveals Kris Kringle has come to an unmerry demise. With a ...

When Tiffany, Nanna, Rosie and Stone head to Memphis to investigate the world of Barbeques and Blues, they don’t expect to stumble on a double-homicide. But when two judges drop dead at a Barbeque and Blues Festival, the gang must work quickly to uncover the truth… before the killer strikes again. Who could’ve hated both judges so much – or did the judges poison each other? Was one an accident and the other a murder? Or was the real target someone else all along...? Praise for A.R. Winters: "The perfect balance of being lighthearted, but still a serious page-turning mystery." - ...

When a blue ribbon leads to a murder charge, the real recipe for justice is a dash of sleuthing and a pinch of trouble... Hannah Foster is still basking in the glory of her big win at the 35th annual Shady Pines Bake-Off—until she stumbles into her bakery the following day and finds Martin Grayson, the competition’s judge, dead behind the counter. The unmistakable scent of almonds fills the air, and all signs point to Hannah as the prime suspect. Determined to clear her friend’s name, Maggie and Tessa, along with Maggie’s ever-curious beagle, Sherlock, dive headfirst into the ...

When haute couture meets cold-blooded murder... Lena Montgomery's quiet home has been transformed into fashion central as she hosts an exclusive runway show featuring some of the industry's biggest names. With her quick-witted grandmother and loyal friend Charlie by her side, she's prepared for the usual drama that comes with corralling high-maintenance designers and models. But when renowned fashion designer Maggie St. Clair is found strangled with her own signature scarf moments before the show, Lena's event transforms from a celebration of style to a gathering of suspects. Between bitter...

Amberling may be a bustling city, but for journalist Rease McCallan, it’s also a place of charming cafés, vintage bookstores, and the perfect backdrop for her first big scoop. Unfortunately, her latest assignment isn’t about coffee—it’s about the shocking murder of a wealthy hedge fund manager. Police Chief David Longbrooke isn’t thrilled with the eager reporter poking around his case—especially when her curiosity gets her tangled in the investigation. But as they both dig deeper, they uncover whispers of embezzlement, a dangerous cover-up, and a mystery far bigger than they ...

Julie has her freedom, a dream job as a pastry chef, and a corpse growing cold on her floor... Welcome to Beldoc, a small town in the heart of Provence, imbued with lavender and fresh baked bread! You can idle around, or you can puzzle out a murder mystery. When a man dies on her watch in her pâtisserie, newly divorced chef Julie Cavallo is dismayed. It isn’t that she’s a suspect. The local gendarmerie captain signs off the death as a natural event. A heart attack. But for a reason she won’t discuss, Julie suspects Maurice Sauve was poisoned. What’s a girl to do? She’ll ignore ...

A missing pet. A gang of criminal pit bulls. Two cat detectives are ready to solve a mystery… Yoshi and Gatsby are two felines known as the Petectives. When they agree to help a pretty young cat find her missing brother, a routine pet investigation goes sour faster than a bowl of milk. To solve the mystery, the cat detectives must face down a gang of vicious criminal pit bulls and the neighborhood dog police. While Gatsby's up to his whiskers in danger and romance, Yoshi puts together the pieces of a puzzle that could rock their community. With enemies at every turn, can Yoshi and Gatsby ...