Cozy Mysteries California

A sunny murder mystery set in a Southern California beach town. Chelsea and Ella are two coffee shop workers just trying to prosper in a coastal community. Unfortunately, bodies start to drop on their bit of beach. The two start to pick apart the local secrets in their newfound and sometimes hilarious approach to sleuthing. But their findings are so serious that the police worry for their safety. Can our baristas find the killer without getting burned? Expanded from the previously published Beach Reaper (Episodes 1-20) on Kindle Vella.

A dead billionarie... Suspicious coffee... Cozy weather... What's not to love? When billionaire tech mogul Conrad Ellison is found dead in his remote Big Sur rental, the shocking murder shakes the small town to its core. For Nora Whitman, a mid-fifties journalist with a passion for uncovering the truth and a love for all things vintage, solving this mystery becomes personal. Ellison’s bizarre coffee rituals, a bitter rivalry with an eccentric local, and his mysterious tech dealings suggest his death wasn’t just an accident. As Nora digs deeper, her sharp instincts lead her to a tangled ...

When a dead truck driver is found in a hotel parking lot in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, Homicide Detectives Luke Falconer and Matt Greene must uncover the mysterious nexus between the York Minster Hotel, Medford, Oregon, and Santa Monica, California. But the deeper they dig, the more secrets they uncover: a smuggling ring, a bar cheating the IRS, and a Russian wife with an authentic Fabergé egg in her display cabinet. As Luke, Matt, and Gabriella Hunt work to make sense of the situation, they discover a web of lust, greed, love, and hatred that will keep readers on the edge of their seat. If ...

It’s Christmastime in the quiet Los Angeles County city of Vista Beach, home of computer programmer and tole-painting enthusiast Aurora (Rory) Anderson. The magic of the season fills the air as residents enjoy school concerts, a pier lighting ceremony and the annual sand-snowman contest. During the weeks leading up to Christmas, Rory plans on painting ornaments to sell at the local craft fair and joining in on the holiday fun. But she finds the season anything but jolly after the house across the street is torn down, revealing a decades old crime. Past meets present when her father is ...

Together with her cat, Binx, Cassandra has moved into a nice beach town on the west coast. It doesn’t take long, however, before she finds herself lucky enough (if you could call it that) to discover a dead body in the water. As she gets to know more people and teams up with a detective, she feels more and more drawn to the investigation of what seems to be a murder with an elaborate story behind it. Suspects are questioned, suspicious individuals pursued, and funny anecdotes of her witch powers are prevalent throughout the entire event.

A murdered woman. An antique Art Deco necklace. A reason to celebrate And a reason to mourn. The future couldn’t have been brighter now that Joan had sold her business and had planned an around the world trip with her husband. With the sale completed, she had the money and the time to do exactly what she’d always wanted to do. Along with her husband, family, ex-business partner, and several friends, she attended an outdoor concert to celebrate the sale. It was the culmination of everything she’d ever wanted. When she briefly left the concert at intermission, she decided to walk away ...

October brings a message from Beyond The Grave... Halloween is fast approaching in the quiet Los Angeles County city of Vista Beach, home of computer programmer and tole-painting enthusiast Rory Anderson. While her painting chapter prepares to open its annual boutique house, Rory receives an unexpected email from Beyond The Grave, a company that automatically sends out messages when someone dies. “I think I have a stalker,” the message reads. “If you’re reading this I’m either missing or dead. My life may depend on what you do. Please find out what happened to me.” Haunted by ...

Teejay Bishop, cancer survivor, is still trying to put a life back together in the California coastal town of Monarch Beach. Things that were odd last month just got worse - there's a cow in the front yard, goats in the road, and someone broke into the hardware store. The college kids working for the summer are the first suspects, but when Kelly's diner comes under investigation, it's anyone's guess. Tee and her friends will have to figure this one out on their own, with a little help from the irrepressible Tim.

A singer silenced. The fate of St. Mo's Amusement pier is rocked by political waves. Can Twizzie unmask the killer and save her home? Tommy Neptune was the hit of the show, his voice the best they'd ever heard. When Twiz and Chaz discover the star of the new musical dead, Twiz finds herself following the tune of another mystery. The death is just another note in Star Sinclair's samba about the town's biggest eyesore. The town council's chairperson hasn't given up her plans to destroy the town's amusement pier.

A Hollywood starlet found floating in the bay. St. Mo's pier is still destined for the scrap heap. Can Twiz unbend the mystery, and weather the storm that is brewing? Twiz’s simple Sunday morning of reading on the pier is interrupted with the discovery of the starlet's body. Several of the actor’s enemies are right here in St. Maurice. They all have a motive, but who actually shot the movie star in the back?

Ava's first day of work at Celebrity Cupcakes and Coffee goes horribly awry when television star Penelope Rose drops dead after eating the first cupcake. Horrified that she might be at the top of the list of suspects, Ava and her totally hot co-worker Easton set out to investigate what happened. Will they be able to solve the mystery or will Ava's first day of work be her last? Killer Cupcakes Cozy Mystery Series: 1. Killer Cupcakes 2. Murderous Muffins 3. Death by Chocolate

In this cozy mystery, Yolanda Carter is told of her grandmother’s best friend’s unsolved murder. Mildred Overmeyer was an outstanding home baker who was stabbed to death while baking a cherry pie. The story of the 1960s crime touches Yolanda, along with her new friend, Detective Churchill. Her budding sleuthing skills lead her to search for the killer. In between investigating and baking batches of pies in time for her latest product launch, Yolanda discovers more about the sweetness of love. And who is heating up the kitchen with Yolanda? Includes the recipe for Yolanda’s Chewy ...

Will a mixture of pranks, revenge, and a global pandemic explode in danger or ignite hilarious, unexpected results? Marty Golden wishes this prequel novella was his superhero origin story but alas, he’s merely a mild-mannered Silicon Valley geek whose skills of self-delusion, daydreaming, and attention to detail are put to the ultimate challenge—entertaining his nieces. See Marty before he becomes the super-sleuthing, crime-busting hero of the Silicon Valley Mystery series. In this short read, you’ll meet the lovable hero, an amateur sleuth who constantly frustrates and astounds ...

A girl with a canister of pepper spray. A guy with an odd recurring dream. A tiny colony of nervous California sea lions. They all come together in Dana Point Harbor.

Tom Treadwell is a cross-dressing West Hollywood P.I. with a passion for frilly underwear, big bouffant hair, and four-inch stilettos. Often referred to as Laverne when in the company of those who know him best. He has a parrot for a partner, a senior citizen for a secretary, a new girlfriend who engages in phone sex in order to pay for acting lessons. And a Scandinavian porn star as a former client, whose ex has just turned up dead with a bullet in his skull, for which Tom's been named the primary suspect for a crime he didn't commit.