Rum and Choke
The Florida Panhandle Barback Games are coming up, and Chloe’s been drafted to represent the Sea Glass Saloon, competing in various obstacle-course events that conclude with rolling an empty keg …
Category: Cozy
Cozy mysteries, also referred to as “cozies”, are a subgenre of crime fiction in which sex and violence are downplayed or treated humorously, and the crime and detection take place in a small, socially intimate community.
Murder on the Class Trip
Drafted as chaperones, Maya Kendrick and PTA president Sandra Wallage are accompanying the SoPo High seniors to the nation’s capital, much to the embarrassment of Maya’s daughter Vanessa and Sandra’s …
Through the Liquor Glass
Autumn brings a wonderland of color and atmosphere to Vermont. As the last leaves fall from the trees, the town is gearing up for a new festival: A Taste of …
Bread Over Troubled Water
A regular who used Yeast of Eden as a workspace, Josh Prentiss always turned heads with his startlingly good looks and a thousand-watt smile. But Ivy can’t help noticing one …
On Spine of Death
Bestselling author Tess Harrow and her teenage daughter Gertrude have decided to make Winthrop their home. Their cabin is fixed up, and now they’re turning to the family hardware store …
Death by Smoothie
The Bewitched knockoff I Married a Zombie may have flopped in its day, but it’s got a devoted cult following. Jaine is delighted when one of those rabid fans hires …
Steeped in Secrets
Flat-broke and divorced, intuitive gemologist Shay Myers has changed since leaving her artsy hometown of coastal Bray Harbor sixteen years ago. But when she moves back under strange circumstances, old …
Secrets in the Stacks
Following her recovery from breast cancer, Rarity has embraced a life of healing and service in her Sedona, Arizona, community. She welcomes the opportunity to participate in the annual summer …
Dead Men Don’t Decorate
Roberto Fratelli, proprietor of the antique store Waited4You, is the meanest man in Marthasville, Virginia. So when he puts the business up for sale, the other merchants in town are …
High Spirits
Christmas lights on palm trees and Santa hats on plastic pink flamingos are far from the snowy landscape Maureen and her beloved golden retriever, Finn, are used to. But Maureen …
The Plot and the Pendulum
Library director Lindsey Norris is happy to learn the Briar Creek Public Library is the beneficiary of the Dorchester family’s vast book collection. However, when Lindsey and the library and …
Crime for the Books
Lyla Moody and the Jane Doe book club are hosting a Halloween party at Magnolia Manor, tailored after Agatha Christie’s A Murder is Announced, but when the lights come on …
A Trip with Trouble
When the ladies of the Dangerous Curves Motorcycle Club take over the Mountaintop Lodge for their annual autumn ride along the Blue Ridge Parkway, Misty Murphy couldn’t be more thrilled. …
Kill Them with Canvas
Chloe Abbington and her sister, Izzie, are enjoying huge success running Paint with a View, their paint party business in the tranquil western New York lakeside town of Whisper Cove. …
A Christmas Candy Killing
Identical twin sisters Alex and Hannah are the owners of Murder and Mayhem, a mystery bookshop that sells their famous poison-themed Killer Chocolates. But now, there’s a real killer in …
Live and Let Grind
Laid-off journalist Lana Lewis is thriving as the proprietor of Perkatory, a coffee shop on quirky Devil’s Beach Island, Florida. She’s juggling a relationship with police chief Noah Garcia, enjoying …
Death by Spiced Chai
In a small town like Pine Hills, reputation counts for a lot. And for reasons that Krissy Hancock can’t figure out, someone is trashing hers. Cockroaches in the bookstore’s coffee, …
Christmas Scarf Murder
CHRISTMAS SCARF MURDER by CARLENE O’CONNOR When grinchy thefts steal the good cheer at a local nursing home, Siobhan O’Sullivan identifies one missing item before Kilbane, Ireland’s Christmas tractor parade, …
Murder at Mallowan Hall
Tucked away among Devon’s rolling green hills, Mallowan Hall combines the best of English tradition with the modern conveniences of 1930. Housekeeper Phyllida Bright manages the large household with an …
Mrs. Claus and the Evil Elves
April Claus is getting an early gift for her second Christmas in Santaland. Her dear friend, Claire, is visiting from Oregon, and April hopes to show off her adoptive country …
Murder on the Poets Walk
As Jane eagerly anticipates the wedding of her best friend Eloise Alcott, Storyton Hall is overrun with poets in town to compete for a coveted greeting card contract. They’re everywhere, …
A Dark and Snowy Night
Winter in Sea Harbor is a feast for the senses, crackling bonfires, the scent of snow in the salty air, carols ringing out on the village green. This year, the …
