Rating: Reserved for Murder by Victoria Gilbert Series: Booklovers B&B Mysteries #2 Genres: Cozy Mystery Archetype: [archetype] Meeting your favorite author in the flesh can be the chance of a lifetime. But for one unlucky fan, her plum place in line at a book signing will lead to her untimely demise. Beaufort, North Carolina, is…
Rating: Murder in an Irish Bookshop by Carlene O’Connor Series: Irish Village Mystery #7 Genres: Cozy Mystery Archetype: [archetype] Join a bestselling author and travel to County Cork in Ireland to solve a bookish mystery full of twists in a cozy whodunit perfect for fans of Sheila Connolly, Kate Carlisle, and Laura Childs! Between training…
Rating: Pastry and Poison by Carole Fowkes Series: A Terrified Detective Mystery #7 Genres: Cozy Mystery Archetype: [archetype] Bakers around the city are dying from exquisitely decorated but deadly pastries. PI Claire’s former boss, bakery owner Gloria Valducci, loses her head pastry chef when he takes a big bite of a delicious looking tart and…
Rating: Murder on Pointe by C.S. McDonald Series: Fiona Quinn #1 Genres: Cozy Mystery Archetype: [archetype] Fiona can’t wait to attend the performance of Coppelia at the Benedum Center in Pittsburgh. Her old friend, Silja Ramsay, is dancing the principal role. They have dinner after the show, but when they return Pittsburgh Ballet Theater is…
Rating: Back to the Burgh and Beyond by C.S. McDonald Genres: Cozy Mystery Archetype: [archetype] Meet Alexa Owl. She’s returned home to Pittsburgh after a divorce to start a new life and a new business, The Owl’s Nest Couturier Shoppe. Much to her surprise, she’s getting more than she ever bargained for: Detective Bobby Starr,…
Rating: One Poison Pie by Lynn Cahoon Series: Kitchen Witch Mysteries #1 Genres: Cozy Mystery Archetype: [archetype] In the first in New York Times bestselling author Lynn Cahoon’s Kitchen Witch series, Mia Malone is starting over in Magic Springs, Idaho—where murder is on the menu . . . What’s a kitchen witch to do when…
Rating: Night Train to Paris by Fliss Chester Series: Fen Churche Mystery #2 Genres: Cozy Mystery Archetype: [archetype] Paris, 1945. Fen looked out over the rooftops as the sun was setting. The letter she was holding, written on blue paper, was the clue she’d been searching for. She wiped away a tear and pulled herself…
Rating: Murder in the Piazza by Jen Collins Moore Series: A Maggie White Mystery Genres: Cozy Mystery Archetype: [archetype] Maggie White, a downsized American executive stuck in Rome on her husband’s expat assignment, is finding the dolce vita isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. She’s taken a job offering painting instruction to well-heeled travelers…
Rating: Murder in the Snow by Verity Bright Series: Lady Eleanor Swift Mystery #4 Genres: Cozy Mystery Archetype: [archetype] An English Christmas has mince pies, cheerful carols, a twinkling tree… and a murder? Thank goodness Lady Swift is on the scene! Winter, 1920. Amateur sleuth Lady Eleanor Swift is feeling festive. She is playing host…
Rating: A Deadly Chapter by Essie Lang Series: Castle Bookshop Mystery #3 Genres: Cozy Mystery Archetype: [archetype] Thousand Islands bookseller Shelby Cox is caught between a lethal rock and a hardheaded newcomer in Essie Lang’s third Castle Bookshop mystery, a must-read for fans of Lorna Barrett and Vicki Delany. Wake up on a houseboat, moored…
Rating: Checked Out For Murder by Allison Brook Series: The Haunted Library Mysteries #4 Genres: Cozy Mystery Archetype: [archetype] Carrie Singleton and Evelyn the ghost sleuth the slayings of a starlet and a star-crossed psychic in Agatha Award nominee Allison Brook’s fourth Haunted Library mystery. Daphne Marriott strolls into Clover Ridge and informs librarian Carrie…
Rating: Little Bookshop of Murder by Maggie Blackburn Series: Beach Reads Mystery #1 Genres: Cozy Mystery Archetype: [archetype] A Shakespearean scholar inherits a beachside bookshop–and a murder mystery–in this delightful new cozy series for fans of Kate Carlisle and Ellery Adams. Summer Merriweather’s career as a Shakespeare professor hangs by a bookbinder’s thread. Academic life…
Rating: Death of a Wicked Witch by Lee Hollis Series: Hayley Powell Food and Cocktails Mystery #13 Genres: Cozy Mystery Archetype: [archetype] Bar Harbor, Maine, is quieter in the off-season, but the population has just increased a bit with the arrival of Ted and Trudy Lancaster. Ted’s taking over for a retiring minister, and Trudy…
Rating: A Study in Murder A Victorian Book Club Mystery by Callie Hutton Series: A Victorian Book Club Mystery #1 Genres: Cozy Mystery Archetype: [archetype] A mystery author is charged with murder–and the plot thickens faster than anyone can turn the pages–in USA Today bestselling author Callie Hutton’s new series debut, perfect for fans of…
Rating: Booked for Death by Victoria Gilbert Series: Booklovers B&B Mysteries #1 Genres: Cozy Mystery Archetype: [archetype] From the critically acclaimed author of SIBA Okra Pick A Murder for the Books, Victoria Gilbert embarks with a new series for perfect for fans of Kate Carlisle and Juliet Blackwell. A book lover’s B&B in an idyllic…
Rating: To Kill a Mocking Girl by Harper Kincaid Series: Bookbinding Mystery #1 Genres: Cozy Mystery Archetype: [archetype] Bookbinder Quinn finds herself in trouble when her ex’s fiance turns up dead and if she’s not careful, her days might be numbered. Quinn Victoria Caine is back in her quirky town of Vienna, Virginia, starting her…
