Humorous Cozy Mystery

When a friend needs help... you drop everything for them. Isabella's apartment building has suffered because she lives there. In one year, her landlord has put up iron railings on the windows, revamped the entire security system, and refurbished the entire inside because someone tried to burn her out of the building. When he needed her to prove his son was innocent she agreed without needing to know any of the details. Once she started digging into the case, she started to have second thoughts. Add in the tensions between the witches in the Sorority of Brigid all aimed at her, and she's got...

Isabel Spellman may have a checkered past littered with romantic mistakes, excessive drinking, and creative vandalism - but she's good at her job as a licensed P.I. with her family's firm, Spellman Investigations. Invading people's privacy comes naturally to Izzy and all the Spellmans. If only they could leave their work at the office. Izzy walks an indistinguishable line between Spellman family member and Spellman employee. But when Izzy decides to get out of the family business in search of normalcy, she ends up taking on the most important case of her life.

Gold painted stones with bible verses and a strange symbol began to appear along the paths of Golden Oaks Retirement Community. Some of the messages were comforting. Others seemed threatening. Residents became fearful about the motives of this mysterious painter. Cate May, 87-year-old resident sleuth, was determined to find out who was painting and distributing these stones. As former social worker, she leaves no stone unturned in her investigation. This is the third book in the Cate May Golden Oaks series. It provides a light-hearted glimpse into the activities in a retirement community as...

Although it is autumn in the small English town of Bishop’s Lacey, the chapel is decked with exotic flowers. Yes, Flavia de Luce’s sister, Ophelia, is at last getting hitched, like a mule to a wagon. “A church is a wonderful place for a wedding”, muses Flavia, “surrounded as it is by the legions of the dead, whose listening bones bear silent witness to every promise made at the altar.”

One for sorrow, two for spice triggers a game of three blind mice. While vacationing in New England, PI Jax Diamond and his courageous canine partner, Ace, bite off more than they can chew when two small-town deaths reveal two big-time killers, and the locals don’t take too kindly to strangers. Laura Graystone, Broadway star, auto expert, and Jax’s heartthrob, is once again front and center digging for clues while trying to ditch an old boyfriend. That is, until her brother becomes Jax’s prime suspect. Then all hell breaks loose, and Ace is left in the lurch, tracking down leads with ...

Uptight accountant Andrew Coombs has no time for superstitions - until he meets his own personal Lady Luck, Charlene Nelson, the lovely casino waitress who helps him win big at the slots. But when Charlene stands him up on a date night, Lady Luck is no longer on his side - or in the land of the living. Who would kill the cocktail waitress? Who was Charlene Nelson when she wasn’t slinging drinks? Out-of-towner Andrew doesn’t have a clue where to start looking for answers....

Felix as far as he can remember has never been anything else than a humorous talking skeleton. He's been living with Alicia Whiimblebright, a thirty-ish-year-old witch of Cuban descent, and Augustus a banished reaper. Life is good for Felix until he asks Alicia to place him in her store, Patchouli Mystical Tesoros Shop. He figured since he only comes to life at night, no one will see him watching the residents of Wisterious Bay. Against her better judgment, Alicia agrees to let Felix stand by the window of her shop for a week. Little does she know that a lot can happen in a week. A few days...

Blue Bonet, a well-known watercolorist in the Texas Hill Country, looks forward to a peaceful summer of painting. She has a backlog of commissions to complete and believes her lakeside studio ideal for the task. However, her small hometown of Magnolia Bluff has an astonishing number of murders, and this summer is no different. When a woman is killed in City Park the lazy small-town cops are quick to suspect an easy roundup: Fergus, the town drunk. Blue and her best friend, Gloria, take on Fergus’s defense drawing the ire of nosy bodies who want Fergus tarred and feathered. Along with ...

From the bestselling author of Murder at Rutherford Hall, comes the second book in the Rachel Markham Mystery Series. Murder at Ravenrock A Rachel Markham Mystery, Book Two – In the Mystery Series Sofia Burnett, the beautiful American actress, married to the British millionaire - Henry Cavendish, spoke up, as if coming out of a daze, ‘My God! There really is a lunatic about. And from the looks of it, he’s trying to wipe out the family, up at Ravenrock, one by one.’ When a spate of baffling murders, rock the charming albeit sleepy town of Dartmouth, in Devon, Rachel and Jeremy, must ...

Refereeing her siblings is second nature for Breeze Middleton. Catering a party with a dead body for dessert isn't. Dealing with her older sister's diva moments, her younger sister's bizarre behavior, an unexpected house guest (not to mention a cursed cat with a whole lot of attitude), and trying to keep everyone's witchy ways under wraps, Breeze is ready to give up the ghost. Too bad the ghost won't leave. When Breeze and her younger sister, Raine try to protect the dead man's sister they all come face to face with the killer. And the killer isn't picky when it comes to choosing the next ...

Relics. Risks. Revelations. Angus Darrow just wants to finish renovating his Exmouth flat. Charlotte Lockwood just wants something — anything — to distract her from the endless smell of paint. When the local museum reports missing artefacts, Charlotte takes the case. But what seems like a simple undercover job soon turns into something far more sinister. Meanwhile, Angus can’t shake the feeling that something isn’t quite right with his neighbour... As Charlotte and Angus race to uncover the truth, it’s not just missing artefacts they need to worry about… it’s staying one step ...

A bewitching bookstore. A tome of secrets. And a crime-solving witch. After inheriting a magical bookshop and an obnoxious black cat, Mercy Brew moves to Hemlock Hills, California, with her French bulldog. For a book-loving witch, it’s a dream come true. Unfortunately, the bookstore also comes with a murder mystery to solve. When Mercy discovers that her eccentric aunt was murdered and an irate coven member turns up dead, she knows trouble is brewing. Especially when Mercy becomes the prime suspect in the crimes, and both casualties are linked to a mystically sealed book. Determined to ...

Seventy-seven-year-old Judith Potts is blissfully happy. She lives alone in a faded mansion in Marlow, sets crosswords for The Times, and there’s no man in her life to tell her what to do or how much whisky to drink. One evening, while out swimming in the Thames, Judith witnesses a brutal murder. When the local police don’t believe her story, Judith and two unlikely friends decide to investigate for themselves. Together, they are the Marlow Murder Club.

Jimmy Lee Starnes is attracted to trouble just like lint to a belly button, almost everyone in the small community of Logan Creek, Texas, would agree. Though Jimmy is trying to go straight, jobs are scarce, and his discouragement level is climbing. To make matters worse, his old pickup finally bites the dust miles from home. One bad decision after another multiplies his trouble and jeopardizes everyone in his path-- just ask Mabel Barton, Meg Patterson, or his ex-wife, Pam. After Mabel is car-jacked, Meg is kidnapped, and Pam is forced to go with Jimmy on the lam, things get even further ...

"I'm Lexi Carmichael, geek extraordinaire. I spend my days stopping computer hackers at the National Security Agency. My nights? Those I spend avoiding my mother and eating cereal for dinner. Even though I work for a top-secret agency, I've never been in an exciting car chase, sipped a stirred (not shaken) martini, or shot a poison dart from an umbrella. Until today, that is, when two gun-toting thugs popped up in my life and my best friend disappeared."

Something very strange is happening in Tula Nolan’s house. She is visited by the spirits of a young girl and her uncle, and she hears a terrible wailing coming from the attic. Quinn has a chance encounter with Tula, who she realizes is enveloped in a black mist. The Knowing has led her to this woman. She enlists her grandmother’s and her friends’ help as she sets out to find answers. It’s up to Quinn to uncover the truth and bring peace to this haunted young woman.

A Desperate Woman, a Ghost Whisperer, and an Unsolved Mystery When Eden, a ghost-whisperer and tarot reader, is invited on a trip to the nearby apple orchard by her niece Maddie and her husband Simon, Eden was curious about it and happy to join them. But then she received a strange call from Shane, her boyfriend - and a Sycamore Grove detective. “Hello, sweetie. How are you?” His sultry voice coming through the line makes my toes curl. “I’m good. How are you?” “It was a slow morning until I got called to Apple Tree Lane.” “Let me guess. The apple orchard?” I wonder if this...

Cape Cod, a bookstore, and three cozy mysteries. Ivy Bloom starts her life over again in her childhood home on Cape Cod. She and her sister Gigi open a bookstore in an old mansion they have inherited. With help from Gigi's daughter Jen, one very handsome detective named Drake, and a small and adorable dog, Ivy tries to concentrate on selling books. The universe has other plans and keeps dropping dead bodies in her way. What can she do but investigate? If you like your cozy mystery heroines funny and frank, with a little bit of sass, then you'll like Ivy Bloom because she's your kind of woman!

Molly’s 10-year reunion this weekend is a great time to reconnect with old friends and maybe old boyfriends… Until a murderer joins the party! And why choose Molly’s cozy spot in the woods for it? Childhood friends - Riley has always loved Molly. But to her, he's just the boy next door. Fortunately, Riley has his chance to break out of the friend zone - when he and Molly become murder suspects! Caught on video as the last people to see the murder victim alive, they have only 24 hours until suddenly, magically, unfortunately their friend on the police force will admit he recognizes ...

In the charming town of Pinewood Hollow, the stakes are high as two rival bakers, Francine Hayes and Olivia Barlow, face off in a dessert duel. But when Olivia collapses in the middle of the competition and dies under suspicious circumstances, all eyes turn to Francine. Did bitter rivalry push Francine to murder? Or is there something even more sinister at play? Violet “Vi” Dumont, bakery and craft shop owner, and her clever cat Muffin are on the case. As Vi and Detective Marcus Reed dig into the history of the bakers’ feud, they uncover a tangled web of secrets, betrayals, and old ...