Contemporary Cozy Mystery

In Laurel Ridge, Pennsylvania, a community once united must suspect one of their own> Amish quilter Sarah Bitler’s dreams no longer feature a husband and family. Instead, she searches for success in the quilt shop within Blackburn House, a place once tarnished with deadly secrets. She refuses...

The Right Address sears through the upper crust of New York’s glittering Park Avenue scene to dish the dirt on the ladies who lunch, the gents who club, and the desperate climbers who will stop at nothing to join the backstabbing, champagne-sipping, socialite-eat-socialite stratosphere. When...

It's the new year in Ivory Beach, and Rory is nursing a broken heart after the Reaper's abrupt departure from town. A distraction comes in the form of a batch of new tourists visiting the library, but when a holidaying stranger returns a rare book to her family and is then found dead, Rory finds herself in hot water again.

An upcoming book to be published by Penguin Random House...

The Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Empire Falls returns with his first stand-alone novel since Chances Are . . . —a spellbinding page-turner about a crime in a small town that exposes long-held secrets and betrayals among a group of lifelong friends. When Tyler Sinclair left Stone Mountain...

The Red Hat Society has officially sanctioned a trio of novels about love, relationships, and happiness over the age of 50. Cafe owners Mia McAfee and Leanne Chilton try to help a runaway teenager, but when Sheriff Cade Sloane shows an interest in the widowed Mia, will she trust him with the...

Dorie Madison has dedicated her young life to helping dogs—whether it’s running a struggling dog spa or volunteering at County Rescue. But when she starts noticing an alarming trend of abandoned animals and shady breeders, she realizes there’s more to the story than bad luck. Someone is profiting from vulnerable dogs, and Dorie won’t stand by and let it happen. Even though her father thinks she needs to grow up and get a real job.

Lucy Evans has been dangerously depressed for months. At the beginning of summer, she revealed her love for her best friend, Garrett, but he didn’t reciprocate. He responded by putting more space between them until finally, he started seeing someone and cut Lucy out of his life completely. Concerned about her health, Lucy’s great-aunt suggests she come live with her in Gulf Shores, Alabama, in hopes that the change of atmosphere may help her find joy in life again. At first, she still finds reminders of Garrett everywhere, even so far away from her home near Pickwick Lake in Tennessee.

A woman enlists the help of her favorite musician to win her ex-boyfriend back in this sparkling romantic comedy set in Venezuela by debut author Maria J. Morillo. Maria “Marianto” Camacho is a planner. At twenty-seven, she has her life perfectly mapped out. Her long-term boyfriend...

In a small modern day little village of Ingleton, the family of Wilsons have always had a reputation. Living in a huge manor overlooking the town full of history, they are also well known for being a family of witches, reaching back to the 1600s. When a thick fog lays over the village and begins to spread across the neighbouring towns and cities, bringing the undead and spirits of the underworlds with it, it is up to the Wilson witches.

Hét kerstboek van 2023 voor alle honden- en kattenmensen. Krijgen Fred & Ginger hun baasjes op tijd bij elkaar voor een liefdevolle kerst? Fred, een blijmoedige golden retriever, komt bij Jasmijn in de Bethlehemstraat wonen. Zij heeft hem dan wel uit het asiel gehaald, maar eigenlijk heeft ze helemaal geen tijd voor een hond. Verderop in de straat woont Ginger, een deftige, iets te dikke rode Maine Coon-poes. Ze maakt zich zorgen om Steven, haar mens, die nooit meer de oude is geworden sinds zijn vrouw bij hem weg is. Tegen de verwachtingen in raken Fred en Ginger bevriend, al moeten hun baasjes in eerste instantie niks van elkaar hebben.

Three women. One dog park. Things are about to get messy. Val Caruso, Alex Reed, and June Kennerson come from completely different worlds—Val is a tough-talking private investigator; Alex is reticent, nervous and on the run from her past; and June is an athlete turned housewife whose true love...

'Full of warmth, fun and feel-good factor' #1 Sunday Times Bestseller Katie Fforde We regret to inform you of the passing of your great-aunt, Matilda Hartley. As the sole beneficiary of her estate, you have inherited her business, No. 17 Curiosity Lane, Puffin Island… Music journalist Fern...

Sex. Money. Murder. Drama. Housewives… And homeless animals! All run amok in the affluent suburb of New Wellington! Tish McLean has been left high and dry, both financially and emotionally, by Brian, her husband of over 20 years. To make matters worse, Brian is about to marry the social chameleon Susan, Tish's one close unattached friend. As Tish struggles to realize her dream of opening a shelter for homeless animals—and her love with a very married veterinarian who has big problems of his own—she strips away the cubic zirconium studded underbelly of country club society.

Bestselling French author of psychological suspense Karine Giebel makes her American debut with this dark and haunting novel about the unbreakable bond between two brothers, both treated unfairly by the world—for fans of Karin Slaughter and Stieg Larsson. “I’m so stupid. I barely have a...

When police knock on Alice Donaldson’s door at 4am, she knows the news won’t be good. There’s been an accident involving her ex-husband, Grant, and as his existing next of kin, they need her help. Grant is missing up on the North York moors, but the Grant Alice knew could barely be persuaded out on a walk around the block. What on earth possessed him to go on a hike in the middle of the night? Alice soon finds herself working with Grant’s girlfriend Jenna and Jenna’s gorgeous ‘Lord of the family Manor’ brother Max, to find out what has happened.

Es wird turbulent im "Albergo Annina" in Siena, als plötzlich eine deutsche Touristin mitsamt Esel in Annas heißgeliebtem Hotel Unterschlupf sucht. Natürlich findet Anna Platz für die beiden neuen Gäste, doch damit nicht genug. Weitere Überraschungen lassen nicht lange auf sich warten, als Anna in den Satteltaschen des Esels eine höchst brisante Entdeckung in Form eines weißen Pulvers macht, hinter dem plötzlich alle her sind. Selbst ihre Brüder reisen extra aus Deutschland an, um sich die ganze Geschichte aus der Nähe anzusehen.

Wedding bells are ringing as Tara and her soon-to-be-husband Nick prepare for their big day. But along with all the RSVP cards are a series of death threats from an unknown source. The culprit must be someone from an earlier investigation-a white-collar criminal with a red-hot grudge-but Tara has run across too many lawbreakers to narrow down the search. And time, like her biological clock, is ticking.

When the renowned weight loss guru Georgina Fame makes her glittering entrance, she unwittingly ruffles more than a few feathers. Behind all the glamour however, lies a dark secret. How will an encounter with the past shake Georgina's carefully built confidence? Delighted to be in charge of the Hamptons dance troupe, Diane Fortune hires the popular soap actress Camilla Barrington-Smythe as choreographer. But fame hungry Camilla doesn't receive the recognition she deserves. What will happen when she lets her insecurities distract her?

In Spellbound geht das Leben der frischgebackenen Hexe Emma so turbulent weiter, wie es angefangen hat. Mit den Zaubersprüchen läuft es nicht so rund - aber viel schlimmer ist, dass die von Höhenangst geplagte Emma lernen soll, auf einem Hexenbesen zu fliegen... Die Flugstunden sind jedoch schnell vergessen, als es einen weiteren Mord in der magischen Stadt gibt: Eine Werwölfin wurde tot aufgefunden und Daniel gilt als Hauptverdächtiger. Jetzt kann nur noch Emma dem gutaussehenden Engel helfen, seinen Heiligenschein wieder geradezurücken.