Cozy Mystery First

Miss Seabourne investigates! Murder mysteries, high society sorcery, and family scandals abound in this magical Regency-inspired fantasy world. This collection contains the first three Teacup Magic cozy gaslamp fantasy novellas. Miss Mnemosyne Seabourne teams up with a fascinating spellcracker to foil the kidnapping of the Duke of Storm.

What if you lived in a small town, lose your job, and don't see other employment options nearby? That was Melanie Perkins' predicament when grouchy news publisher Hal Morris fired her because she took too many photos of flowers when she was supposed to concentrate on the story at hand. She lands work as a landscaper, but there's an ugly surprise her first day at the new job. At first no one thinks Melanie could be a killer. But when her hoe turns up in the same mulch pile as a body, the local sheriff isn't so sure. Mel’s initially willing to let law enforcement clear her name, but the hoe...

Bartender Charlie Quinn was found dead in the basement holding cell at the Los Angeles Police Department's Central Station. The police were the first suspects for his death. The LA County Coroner ruled Quinn died by accident. Declared to be intoxicated, Quinn allegedly stumbled and fell against the grating of the cell door and died from a brain hemorrhage. Maisy Malone wasn't buying the coroner's verdict, so she decided to prove the real cause for Quinn's death.

CINDERELLA, P. I., FIRST CASE TO LAST: humorous cozy fantasy mystery short story collection Enjoy the humor and fun you’ve come to expect from the Cinderella, P. I. fairy tale mystery short stories for grown-ups in this short story collection from Juliet Kincaid. Our clever detective recounts her first case, “Cinderella and the Holy Grail,” in which she runs into many experienced detectives with names like Hercules Pear and Ms. Marble, to name just two. She also recounts her last, “Cinderella’s Last Case” and five other fairy tale mystery stories for grown-ups in between, twenty...

Retired Canadian lawyer John Carverton found himself plunked into his hometown in a parallel world in which he had never been born. In this third novel in the six book VANISHING LAWYER SERIES, John falls under the intense scrutiny of the CIA. The American government concludes that his incredible story is true and they bring John into the USA under the pretense of helping him. When John inadvertently discovers that he is to be experimented on like some laboratory rat, he tries to escape their clutches. John will need every ounce of his legal cunning to evade recapture and return to the ...

Discover how Meghan Truman, Sandy Bay's bakery owner, navigates her way through three murder mysteries as she gets to know the quirky characters in her adopted hometown after failing to make a career as an actress in Hollywood. She's finally started a relationship with Jack Irvin, a detective, but will she find time to build a romance while she has to deal with betrayals, ungrateful staff, culture clashes, and murder? Three complete best-selling cozy mystery stories in one boxset!

A weekend visit to picturesque Newfoundland by a large crew of outlaw bikers leaves behind another mess for Sgt. Windflower to clean up. This time, he’s facing violence, murder, mystery, and intrigue. This adventure has Windflower questioning everything he thought he knew. There are troubles on the home front, cutbacks in the policing budget, old friends leaving, and new ones not quite here yet. Windflower is seeking to find answers in territory that is both dangerous and unfamiliar.

The art of deception takes center stage. Dina and Patty, two sisters with a shared love for the arts, find themselves entangled in a real-life mystery that mirrors the intrigue of the stage. Dina, the proud owner of a quaint movie memorabilia shop, and Patty, a talented director at the Skillet Ridge Reparatory Theater, are shaken when Imelda, an older actress starring in Patty's latest production of Neil Simon's Barefoot in the Park, is brutally murdered. As the sisters delve deeper into the shocking crime, they discover an enigmatic clue that takes them on a thrilling journey. Dina ...

Kashturi know she does not fit in at work, so it does not surprise her when she is the one sent to investigate an insignificant meteorite landing. But the space rock has landed in the gardens of Mysuru Palace, and nothing is what it seems. Now Kasturi will be forced to face up to her past. A mahout’s daughter, she was raised among a jungle tribe of elephant handlers, yet today she is the one who must protect not only local royalty and visiting celebrities, but also a dozen elephants from vicious carnivorous aliens. How will she defeat the marauding man-eaters? What will it take to contain...

Cat in an Alien X-Ray takes the Las Vegas gang on a science-fictional roller-coaster ride, as Midnight Louie, feline PI, and company encounter UFO enthusiasts, conspiracy nuts who are too bizarre even for tin foil hat therapy. An Area 51 attraction on the Strip threatens to bring more than starry-eyed enthusiasts to town. Once again it is up to that furballed PI Midnight Louie to keep his crew in line and save them from the attack of the creatures from the beyond...or common criminals that prey on the innocent.

For Frances Wynn, widow to the late earl of Harleigh, life has a cosmopolitan flavour of late. No sooner has she sent her mother and daughter off on a shopping trip to Paris than she and her fiancé, George Hazleton, are socializing with visiting members of the Russian royal family. Yet amid this whirlwind, scandal also comes calling when Inspector Delaney turns up outside Frances' house with a young French woman with a shocking claim: she is Mrs. George Hazelton.

Can a real estate appraiser in a New Jersey beach town get in this much trouble? If your name translates to "pretty nice" in French, you've probably gotten used to teasing. It doesn't prepare you to find out that your soon-to-be-ex-husband has a gambling problem, raided your assets, and embezzled from his bank. Jolie Gentil moves to Great Aunt Madge’s bed and breakfast at the Jersey shore, taking her cat Jazz, and joining Madge's pair of prune-eating dogs. Jolie does not view this as a retreat, just a smart change. She had no idea her life at the Jersey shore was about to get even more ...

Get the first book in each cozy mystery series! Light, cozy mysteries with fun loving, amateur female sleuths, quirky family members, and an adorbs cocker spaniel. No gore, swearing or cliffhangers. Cupcakes and Catastrophe The Belle Harbor Cozy Mystery Series (A Culinary Cozy Mystery) A nightmare ending to her storybook marriage. An escape to a quaint beach town. Will a mysterious murder derail a second chance at her dream? Tilly Griffin did everything by the book. Everyone else’s book. Now it was her turn to write a new chapter, three thousand miles from her former life. Her dream of ...

This backyard cookout is about to go up in flames… Lena thought hosting the annual New Oslo neighborhood block party would be the perfect way to bring the community together in her Victorian home's sprawling backyard. With her best friend Charlie providing delicious baked goods, Sheriff Mark Hansen by her side, and even her sassy grandmother's ghost offering ethereal advice, what could go wrong? Everything, as it turns out. When long-buried secrets and bitter grudges explode into public view during the festivities, Lena's peaceful gathering turns into a battlefield of accusations, ...

A fun, gay romantic romp, within a cozy mystery setting: When Jack moves into the vintage carriage house he inherits, he has no idea that his book-dealer uncle’s suicide might have been murder: not until a handsome detective comes knocking at his door to ask questions, where the powerful attraction between the two young men leads to much more than just a murder investigation.

In the second book of the Jocelyn O’Roarke series, New York’s most hated theater critic has been poisoned. Now the question is: Who isn't a suspect? A lot of people have good reason to despise Jason Saylin. He has earned a reputation as New York’s most scathing - and powerful - theater critic. After-parties at his penthouse apartment are the most exclusive in the city. But Jason has one weakness: an illness that he is desperate to hide. His illness is revealed in grandiose fashion when Jason staggers into a room during a party and falls dead on the floor.

Cops in romance books are always so sweet and protective. Unfortunately, Evie’s life is no romance book. Bookstore owner Evie Fontenot has a mystery to solve. Someone is messing with her bookstore, and there’s no way someone is going to get away with ruining the successful business she created. Her friends insist she report the issues to the police, but based on her history with the law, she knows they’ll be no help. When she meets the bossy and rigid police chief, she knows she’s right. Jake Wilson isn’t sure what’s going on at Boozy Books, but there’s one thing he does know:...

She’s a Hollywood reporter with a glamorous assignment that turns deadly: solve a famous cold-case mystery. It’s all fun with movie stars... until the killer reawakens, and targets her! A magazine hires offbeat journalist Kenny Rubin to figure out who killed actress Melinda Rivers five years ago. And she’s supposed to do it before the airing of a new movie about the murder. Many of the people involved in the filming knew Melinda, and one might be the actual killer. As Kenny investigates, people start dying around her, and her bipolar disorder messes with her perceptions. Can she ...

The attractive green-eyed detective Michael Book has found romance with handsome blue-eyed blonde artist Jack Page in his carriage-house studio on Nottinghill Lane in charming Bluewater City on Rainbow Lake. But secrets abound as they begin to explore and restore the hidden secret garden that has been discovered on the property. Mysteries grow amidst the flowers and, possibly, a historic murder, too.

Dive into a World of Magic, Mystery, and Heart-Pumping Action In a world where magic and mystery collide, meet Jaxon Axis, a rookie Time Crime Fighter. A President in Peril When a former U.S. president is bewitched and propelled into the future, Jaxon must navigate the changing timeline to prevent a catastrophic rewrite of history. With the help of witch sisters and his new allies, he'll decipher cryptic clues and outwit time-traveling villains to save the world – and the past! The Clock is Ticking As the countdown begins, Jaxon's quest becomes a heart-stopping race against time. Will he ...