Cozy Funny

Get three delightful mysteries in one. Get even more stories than that--the first book contains five short mysteries to solve! Meet Flo and Maude, two women in their eighties, who form the Old Dames Protection Agency, which is designed to prevent murders during the holiday season. These dames will go a anywhere to thwart a murderer's plans. They are wildly successful as they travel throughout the US with their younger bodyguard and sidekick, Kate. Curmudgeon Flo runs the show; sweet Maude gets the truth out of everyone, and Kate makes sure no one gets hurt. Need some humor this holiday ...

**** This is the prequel novella to the Lacey Luzzi Mafia Mysteries, complete at 25,000 words. It is shorter than the rest of the series - which are all full length novels - and it can be read before or after the first book. To read Lacey's background story for free, simply sign up to my newsletter at: www.ginalamanna.com, and you'll receive a code in your inbox shortly! Thank you for reading. :) Here's what a few reviewers are saying about the series: Sprinkled: In case you never thought working for the mob could be fun, think again. If Lacey’s “resume” doesn’t get you smiling, her...

Read all of Cindy Blackburn's Cozy Mysteries for FREE with Kindle Unlimited! Welcome to Lake Elizabeth, Vermont, where Santa Claus is due to arrive any day now, and Cassie Baxter is going nuts. Who wouldn’t go nuts? This is her first Christmas with her adopted son Truman, and she’s determined to make it memorable. But that human skull the kid found when he was searching for Christmas decorations in the attic wasn’t exactly part of the plan. And Joe Wylie, Cassie’s supposed boyfriend, isn’t making life any easier during this frantic week before the holiday either. Then there’s ...

Flying high in the New Mexican sky has never been more lethal. The biggest hot air balloon festival would have been a vacation if Maddie didn’t have to balance her apathetic teenagers, a meddling mother, and act as therapist for a desperate patient. Let alone solve a murder case! When Maddie witnesses someone fall from a hot air balloon, it seems like a tragic accident. But as facts come to light, the police are convinced it’s foul play. And Maddie’s friend is to blame. With the remainder of the festival canceled and all attendees required to stay for questioning, Maddie has two days ...

At a dinner for Swami Schwartz, the founder of the Palmetto Beach Yoga Institute, the food is fabulous and the dancing is delightful. That is, until Swami two-steps all over Kate Kennedy’s new shoes and then keels over dead after someone spikes his double espresso with cyanide. Who could have poisoned the yogi? Now Kate has to team up with her best friend Marlene to sort through suspects, including a shady business partner and a pretty yoga student—who may have shared more than a lotus position with Swami. - - - - - - - - - - - - - DEATH OF THE SWAMI SCHWARTZ by Noreen Wald A Henery ...

A daughter's disappearance. A cook turned detective chef. Join Guy Vanduex as he cracks the case and stirs up trouble in "The Hard-Boiled Omelet," a savory and suspenseful cozy mystery. When a prominent family's daughter is kidnapped, private investigator Guy Vanduex and his partner in crime-solving Sylvia Parker, are called in to unravel the case. As they dive deeper into the investigation, they find themselves entangled in a dangerous web of twists, turns, and, yes, even ice cream cones. Guy Vanduex, a former chef turned detective, possesses a unique talent for sniffing out clues as ...

Broke, unemployed barista Halley Greer is shocked when she inherits an Art Deco movie palace from the great uncle she remembers meeting once as a child. She moves to the charming tourist town of Utopia Springs, Arkansas to claim her legacy. In addition to the timeworn theater, she discovers she’s also inherited a trash-heaped apartment, family secrets, her uncle’s friends, a stealthy calico kitty—and an adversary. With a whole latte help from her new friends, the feisty barista fixes up and re-opens the theater as a coffee and wine bar, showing classic films. She generates some steam ...

When Guy Vanduex’s pumpkin pie dreams turn into a holiday nightmare, hilarity ensues. Thanksgiving in the small town of Tempest, North Carolina, is anything but ordinary. Guy, a former chef-turned-detective, finds himself reluctantly roped into catering a prestigious awards pre-show while secretly craving a mystery—and hoping to impress his visiting niece, Gillian, a sharp-tongued tarot reader. But when the prized Turkey Trophy goes missing mid-event, Guy must ditch his apron and embrace his detective side. With the aid of his niece and her uncanny knack for solving crimes through tarot...

Megan Davis, a small-town hairdresser, loves jogging in the nearby park in the morning and solving murder mysteries in her “Mystery Book Club” in the evening. On her morning run, she bumps into one of her customers at the park. Megan is surprised to see the elderly blue-haired lady out this early. But when she greets the woman, surprise turns into shock. Not only is the woman dead. Her face is covered in blue dye. Hair dye. Scroll up to read And Hope to Dye today.

Is having too many shoes really a reason to get rid of someone? An experienced project manager has finally lost his patience with his wife and her love of shoes, wine glasses and spatulas. This funny tongue-in-cheek mystery novella/caper, explores the tasking effort one man puts into ditching his wife and what happens when the best laid plans do not work out as planned......A hilarious, and mysterious tale that has you laughing out loud. Grab your copy today! ***** Editorial review by Reader's Favorite 5 stars! Get ready for a story of suspense as you discover the perfect way to get rid of ...

‘Till Death Do You Part’ wasn’t supposed to be taken so literally… When Maddie Swallows attends an out-of-town wedding with her best friend, Benji, she expects free food, dancing, and some awkward moments as she tries to figure out her feelings for her long-time friend. What she finds instead is a dead groom and an entire wedding guest list who had reason to kill the guy. It doesn’t help that Maddie was the last person to see the groom alive and is placed in the local police’s crosshairs as they work to solve the murder. It will take some unexpected sleuthing, and a few therapy ...

Sheriff Gus knows it’s going to be a bad week when he sees Sedric Hedgecock’s breathalyzer score. With a blood alcohol level of 0.62 percent, Hedgecock should be dead. If the breathalyzer’s isn’t on the fritz, Hedgecock’s superhuman. Either way, he’s blind drunk, so off to the county jail he goes. Joining the wannabe Bacchus in Gus’s cells is Jennifer Louis Bachman, awaiting extradition to Kansas on a murder charge. The victim in question is Jennifer’s unborn child, and the murder weapon is an illegal Mexican abortion. With the governor vacillating on whether to extradite, ...

When Edna Simmons takes a DNA test and finds out that she has a brother, her wife and her decide to go on a trip to find him, but after meeting Fredrick Tillison, Edna finds that her whole world has changed. Will this man become the missing piece to her puzzle, or is there a skeleton in his closet that he isn't telling her about?

Anna Yang needs a change. After losing her best friend in Vegas, Anna needs to find a place to heal. So, she takes a new job on Resort Island. Resort Island, a small island off of sunny Singapore, recently converted into a luxurious resort island, is supposed to have everything Anna needs. Fun. Happy faces. Uplifting environment. Safe. But just as she is about to cross the lobby, something drops right in front of her. Something large. Something … It can’t be a body … can it? Perhaps Vegas isn’t the problem. Perhaps Anna is …

SWITCH BACK is a novella (about 1/3 of a full-length novel, about 4-5 times longer than a short story) and takes place prior to BOARD STIFF (Elliott Lisbon Mystery #1). After inheriting an entire town, Ballantyne Foundation Director, Elliott Lisbon, travels to Texas to thank them. She quickly learns they don’t want her gratitude, they want their town back. And they’re willing to kill for it. Trapped in a small town full of big suspects, Elliott must unlock their secrets, or she’ll never get out alive. Now doesn’t that sound like fun? Read the whole series and gets even better. - - -...

📖 The Cat Burglar’s Guide to Love: A Laugh-Out-Loud Romantic Comedy Mystery 🔥Enemies to Lovers 🐱 Cozy Mystery Meets Rom-Com 🍽️ A Grumpy Chef & a Mischievous Food Critic Finn Carmichael is a Michelin-starred chef who thrives on precision, order, and absolutely zero distractions. Lottie Fairweather is a fearless, fast-talking food critic who’s never met a mystery—or a man—she couldn’t crack wide open. When 500 porcelain cat figurines vanish from Finn’s restaurant overnight, the crime scene turns into a tabloid sensation—and Finn’s worst nightmare. The last thing ...

Strap yourself in for a fun and quirky ride... Rosa de Los Reyes is a fashion designer and a psychic. Raul Silva is her funny and flamboyant spirit guide. Together they arrive in the city of lights, Paris only to be thrust into a murder investigation. Not all is as it seems and soon another body is discovered complicating matters. Knowing Rosa is hiding something, her boyfriend Sheriff Storm shows up unexpectedly. Soon he too is thrust into the investigation. As if finding two dead bodies is not enough, Rosa is used to dealing with skeptics, and despite Prefecture Bonneau's protests, she ...

Jake O’Hara has a lot to celebrate. Not only will she be her mother’s maid of honor at her forthcoming wedding, but she has been offered her most lucrative ghostwriting work yet—punching up the script for the Broadway musical Suzy Q before it premieres. Unfortunately, the star of the show is Elaine Eden, the award-winning actress of stage and screen, and a Titanic tinseltown twit in Jake’s eyes. Elaine has her share of enemies in this production, including her ex-husband, a young up-and-coming actress, and the play’s author, who happens to be the producer’s boyfriend. When she ...

Classic Movies, Ghostly Mischief, and Murder! Nora Paige is settling into her new life as manager of the Palace movie theater. She only has a few things to worry about. Like keeping the theater safely out of the clutches of an evil real estate developer, dealing with her staff of movie-obsessed misfits and their daily meltdowns, and hiding the fact that her new best friend Trixie is the ghost of an usherette who died in 1937. It would also be helpful if she could figure out whether she wants to take her charming-but-cheating husband back. But when someone close to the Palace is murdered, ...

A summer in the sun has sent ghostwriter Jake O’Hara out of her beach house and into the poorhouse. But help is about to come from an unlikely place. Acerbic book critic Richard Peter, voted the man most Americans love to hate, has written himself into a corner by accepting a whopping advance for a murder mystery he can’t deliver. With his publisher on the warpath, Peter’s willing to share a generous slice of the pie with a discreet wordsmith like Jake. The problem is, plenty of people would love to stab Peter in the back. And before long, one of them does—literally. Now ...