Police Procedural Cozy

Former cop Michael Hessop arrives in Red Cedar with a mission - track down a teen girl named Delaney Sparrow and the predator who convinced her to run away from her family. He finds out about Liz Lucas' reputation for being an amazing amateur sleuth from the owner of Gertie’s Diner, and teams up with Liz and her dogs Brandy Boy and Winston.

THE MAUS TRAP A quiet winter vacation in the Alps. A romantic and secluded hotel. Only nine guests. A famous crime novelist who is being stalked. Three shots, one dead body—a new case for Penny Küfer. Each book in the series features a complete, standalone mystery—perfect to enjoy in any order.

La Dolce Vita is anything but for DI Nick Jellicoe... It’s 1959, Detective Inspector Nick Jellicoe has been suspended by the police pending a re-opening of an investigation into the murder of his wife. Jellicoe goes to London to clear his name and find the ‘Black Cab Killer’ he believes responsible for the murder. Chief Inspector Burnett comes along for the ride and before they know it they are neck deep in murder and deceit. The trail leads to Rome where they follow the killer through the back streets of the city and onto the film set of Federico Fellini’s new film. But who is ...

Sommer in der Provence. Ein dreifacher Mord. Commissaire Albin Leclerc ermittelt. Drei Leichen liegen an einem Waldparkplatz bei Caromb. Die Feriengäste wurden mit einer seltenen Waffe hingerichtet. Die Polizei steht vor einem rätselhaften Fall, in den sich zu allem Übel Ex-Commissaire Albin Leclerc einmischt. War es das Werk eines Auftragsmörders? Geht ein Killer in der Provence um, der Touristen tötet? Leclerc erkennt Parallelen zu einem früheren Fall - und sticht in Begleitung von Mops Tyson in ein Wespennest.

Discover how Meghan Truman, Sandy Bay's latest resident and new 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!

Es hätte ein ereignisreicher, aber friedlicher September werden sollen für Leander Lost und Soraia: erst der Umzug in ein neues Haus, dann ihre Hochzeit. Doch die Nachsaison bringt keine Ruhe nach Fuseta. In einem Golfteich wird eine tote Frau gefunden. Kurz darauf kommt es zu einem brutalen Überfall auf einen Geldtransporter, der dunkle Erinnerungen weckt an einen alten ungelösten Fall... Sieben Jahre zuvor ist Elias, Graciana Rosados Bruder, bei einem ähnlichen Überfall ermordet worden. Ihr Vater wurde schwer verwundet. Nun erleben beide ein düsteres Déjà-vu.

Christmas with the family? Penny Küfer is quite surprised when she is invited to a fancy celebration with her estranged mother, of all people. Waldenstein Castle, the party location and home to Penny's latest stepfather, turns out to be a palace right out of a fairy tale. The assembled guests, however, seem rather eccentric, and what's more, one of them is a ruthless killer. But he hadn’t reckoned with Penny....

Caffeinated Murder is the fourth installment of the Evelynton Murder Series, featuring fast moving adventure, good friends, coffee, and a touch of quirky humor. Freelance writer and part-time hair salon receptionist, Lauren Halloren faces yet another murder investigation where she must face off with the local police department. It’s festival season in small town Indiana. The merchants of Evelynton are invested in making the town’s Marshmallow Festival a success. The one exception may be the local cleaning lady who thinks there are enough trouble makers in town already. Why invite ...

CHAPPELL AND LILY WHITE LIE ARE RECIPIENTS OF COMMENDATION FROM OHIO HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES FOR LITERARY ACCOMPLISHMENTS "Simply brilliant. Descriptiveness around every turn." --The Baltimore Sun In Lily White Lie, engravings on a pocketwatch, cryptic messages, Easter lilies, and sidelined spy Bret Kilmore combine to thrust historian Wrenn Grayson into the mysterious world of symbolism. A worried Wrenn connects the messages to her longtime love Gideon and his father. Contact is impossible. Gideon deer hunts deep in the West Virginia wilderness. His father, a prominent banker, vanished ...

Idyllic Misty Creek; Where there’s tranquility, beauty, and a dead body . . . After three years of marital bliss, Robin and Lee are searching for the perfect place to settle down and start a family. Despite Robin’s commitment to her vacation rental business and Lee’s role as deputy sheriff in Starry Hill, they both desire a bigger property that offers serenity and space. Misty Creek fits the bill . . . until they stumble on the remains of a man and his dog on their property. Their seemingly perfect neighborhood suddenly takes a sinister turn. With their dream home under construction ...

A fascinating mystery featuring Ladarat Patalung, the first and only nurse detective in Thailand. As a nurse ethicist, Ladarat Patalung works to save the lives of her patients, and to make sure the ones she can't save have at least the dignity of a "good death". But when wealthy foreign travelers start to go missing all across Thailand, Detective Wiriya Mookjai fears that a killer is at large and turns to Ladarat for help.

As Montrealer Catherine Day sets foot in a remote fishing village and starts asking around about her birth mother, the body of a woman dredges up in a fisherman's nets. Not just any woman, though: Marie Garant, an elusive, nomadic sailor and unbridled beauty who once tied many a man's heart in knots. Detective Sergeant Joaquin Morales, newly drafted to the area from the suburbs of Montreal, barely has time to unpack his suitcase before he's thrown into the deep end of the investigation.

Fifteen years ago the teenage granddaughter of the grand Contessa Lando-Continui was rescued at the last moment from drowning in the canals. But young Manuela's life was never the same again. Now aged thirty, she lives trapped in an eternal youth. The Contessa, certain that this was no accident, implores Brunetti to find the culprit she believes ruined Manuela's life.

As a New Year begins in Bath, Ben Brace proposes to his long-term girlfriend, Caroline. The problem is that she's the daughter of notorious crime baron Joe Irving, who is coming to the end of a prison sentence. And Ben's father George is Bath's Deputy Chief Constable. But mothers and sons are a formidable force: a wedding in the Abbey and reception in the Roman Baths are set in place before the career-obsessed DCC can step in.

Manche Schuld tilgt nur der Tod – ein neuer Fall von Kindle-#1-Bestsellerautor Thomas Herzberg. Der Zirkus Bernadetti schlägt sein jährliches Winterlager nahe Husum auf. Doch ein Leichenfund macht die Pläne für die erste Vorstellung zunichte. Ein neuer Fall, der die Kripo Husum und vor allem die junge Polizistin Michi Greve vor ungeahnte Herausforderungen stellt. Ihr eigensinniger Chef kennt die Zirkusleute schon seit seiner Jugend. Parallel muss sich Michi um einen ganz besonderen tierischen Pflegefall kümmern. Sämtliche Spuren führen in den Zirkus.

When RaeLynn Shaffer is found on the highway near the Black Horse Campground-drugged, beaten, and unconscious-the mystery behind her disappearance weeks earlier only grows deeper. Soon it's apparent that she wasn't meant to be found alive . . . and what she knows could be fatal to the people she cares about . . . especially campground owner, Corrie Black.

Two people are brutally murdered in their summer place on Deep Creek Lake. Suspected of the murders, former child star and one-time teenybopper idol Lenny Frost takes innocent bystanders hostage in a local pub and demands that Mac Faraday find the killer. Can Mac save the hostages and himself from the wrath of the enraged has-been by piecing together the clues in less than twelve hours? Or will it be a fatal last call at the stroke of midnight?

Ein Alptraum für Polizeikommissarin Viktoria Engel: Sie erschießt im Dienst einen Unschuldigen, den 16-jährigen Rouven Kramer. In ihrer Not inszeniert sie die Tat, als hätte sie aus Notwehr gehandelt, doch die Dorfbewohner hegen Zweifel. Als kurze Zeit später eine weitere Leiche auftaucht, bizarr inszeniert wie Rouvens Tod, bricht eine Welle von Misstrauen über das Dorf herein, bis sich niemand mehr vor dem anderen sicher fühlt.

Diese ersten schönen Sommertage im Juni wären perfekt für einen heiteren Ausflug nach Saint-Malo, einstige Korsarenstadt und kulinarisches Paradies. Aber zu seinem Leidwesen muss Kommissar Dupin dort ein Polizeiseminar besuchen. Als er in einer Pause durch die Markthallen der Altstadt schlendert, ereignet sich unmittelbar vor seinen Augen ein Mord. Die Täterin flieht. Sie ist die Schwester des Opfers, beide Frauen sind berühmte Küchenchefinnen der Region. Handelt es sich um eine Affekttat zwischen konkurrierenden Schwestern?

Ein Mord in Limone, noch dazu an einem Polizisten! Ein Affront für Commissario Fabio Angelotti, der alles daransetzt, den Täter dingfest zu machen – auch der schönen Witwe wegen. Im malerischen Limone ist die Aufregung groß: Ausgerechnet ein deutscher Kriminalbeamter wird während seines Gardasee-Urlaubs mit Ehefrau Charlotte erschossen. Für Commissario Fabio Angelotti, zuständiger Ermittler vor Ort, ist es Ehrensache, den Mord an dem urlaubenden Kollegen schnellstens aufzuklären. Außerdem motivieren ihn die zauberhaft grünen Augen der Witwe ungemein.