Cozy Humor

Since she was just a little girl, Jessie Stone has dreamed up hundreds of marriage proposals and fantasized about wedding dresses and falling in love. She’s been a bridesmaid nearly a dozen times, waved numerous couples off to sunny honey-moons, and shopped in more department stores for half-price fondue pots than she cares to remember. But shopping for one key component in her own happily ever after hasn’t been as productive–a future husband. The man she thought she would marry cheated on her. The crush she has on her best friend Blake is at very best…well, crushing.

When the palace of Arabesque's aide d'camp, a cat named the Tremblees, stumbles upon a translation of an ancient language that reveals the existence of a fabled stone, he vows to find it for reasons of greed and vengeance. With a dead dog stuck to a car bonnet, some burst luggage, a blind bus driver, and an enormous number of olives, it becomes a race for Oscar, his colleague Meesha, and the Tieress of Arabesque to prevent the Tremblees plunging Arabesque back into the Era of Bedlam.

Maggie Pill’s characters seem like people we know: In The Sleuth Sisters Series, it’s siblings we love but can’t always relate to. In the Trailer Park Tales Series, we meet the residents of an RV park in Florida: Fussy husbands, smart-aleck wives, grumpy neighbors, conspiracy lovers, and more. The residents of B-Bird Over-55 RV Park are mostly snow-birds, so for months each year they face the joys and irritations of living in tight spaces with people from all over the place. Usually they cope with politeness and good humor, but at times it’s difficult.

Sofia und ihre Camper sind am Boden zerstört: Evelyn will den charmanten Franzosen Pierre heiraten - und zu ihm auf sein Weingut ziehen. Für ihr Café auf dem Campingplatz hat Evelyn sogar schon eine neue Pächterin gefunden: Frau Neiss, die leider gar nicht so nice ist und nur noch Grünkohl-Smoothies und andere gesunde Sachen anbietet. Doch dann wird Pierre ermordet! Jetzt ist Evelyn am Boden zerstört. Witwe! Noch vor der Hochzeitsnacht! Sofia macht sich sofort auf die Suche nach dem Mörder - tatkräftig unterstützt von den anderen Campern.

When the manuscript of a debut crime novel arrives at a Parisian publishing house, everyone in the readers’ room is convinced it’s something special. And the committee for France’s highest literary honor, the Prix Goncourt, agrees. But when the shortlist is announced, there’s a problem for editor Violaine Lepage: She has no idea of the author’s identity. As the police begin to investigate a series of murders strangely reminiscent of those recounted in the book, Violaine is not the only one looking for answers.

Sgt. Betty Bruce is having a bad day. Three bizarre deaths and a confession that isn’t a confession…A severed foot in a sneaker that her pot-bellied pig won’t give up...Her dead boyfriend willed her his house…and she has been told to stay out of the way of Chief Inspector Tom Powder. Chief Inspector Tom Powder’s day isn’t much better. The key to solving the cases hides within the pages of Tiffany Hyde-White’s strange novel, The Dastardly Mr. Deeds. In the end, it is up to Betty to unravel the mystery, no matter the cost.

Es ist klirrend kalt am Hirschgrundsee. Also rücken Sofia und ihre Camper zusammen und genießen die Ruhe auf ihrem Platz. Doch dann sprengt sich Johann, der mit seiner Männer-Therapiegruppe in der Jurte übernachtet, am Lagerfeuer versehentlich selbst in die Luft. Versehentlich? Die Polizei entdeckt, dass in einem der Holzscheite eine Sprengfalle versteckt war! Ist einer der Männer aus der Therapiegruppe der Mörder? Galt der Anschlag vielleicht gar nicht Johann? Sofia hat da eine ganz üble Vermutung.

One by one, people begin disappearing. If not for Liev’s twisted, genius brother Milo and Lani’s talking cat Charming Marvin, the two of them would also be missing—or dead. But someone is still playing games, stalking Lani and everyone connected to her, and the cat’s cradle web they’re weaving is becoming impossible to escape. Unless they can find a way to expose this massive cover-up and who’s behind it all, they’ll become the next vanished.

Essie Cobb hates the pandemic. She misses her friends Opal, Margery, and Fay. But now she’s restricted to her room, and she can’t go anywhere or do anything. Or can she? Essie is not one to take adversity lying down - or rather, shuffling along behind her walker. She decides to try her hand at Zooming - that is, chatting online with her friends and acquaintances. Little does she know that this adventure is just beginning, and before long, Essie and her pals will be solving a crime that the police haven’t been able to solve for years!

Achtung! Lesen ist gefährlicher, als Sie denken... Der zweite Fall für Buchhändler Robert Mondrian. Nach der Aufklärung des "Schneewittchen-Mordes" hofft Buchhändler Robert Mondrian auf ruhige Stunden, um sich endlich seiner literarischen Passion zu widmen. Doch prompt stellt ein neuer Mord ihn vor ein Rätsel: Auf einer Frauenleiche findet die Kripo einen Zettel mit einem Shakespeare-Sonett. Mondrian wird als Experte hinzugezogen und erkennt, dass die gereimten Zeilen vertauscht wurden. Sieht er Gespenster, oder will der Mörder ihm eine verschlüsselte Botschaft zukommen lassen?

On a foggy night in the French Quarter... Brandy and Jiff were on a walk when they met him. Why did he hand her a note? There was something strange about the fellow. His clothes and hat made him look like a newspaper man from the '60s. But it was what he had typed on that piece of paper that deepened the mystery. A sort of prediction, that claimed three things would happen and they couldn’t stop it. Who was he? Why did Brandy believe him? She had always been good at reading people.

Fall is bursting out all over Vermont, and while the rest of the Congress enjoys its recess, Senator Bernie Sanders has returned to his beloved home state for a weekend of events in Eagle Creek, “America’s #1 Leaf Peeping Destination.” It’s up to intern and Eagle Creek native Crash Robertson to keep the senator on schedule—and out of trouble. Crash’s hopes for a quiet homecoming are dashed, however, when the lifeless body of a community banker with ties to “Big Maple” is found in Lake Champlain.

Es ist Advent auf Sylt. Ernst Mannsen hat zwar nichts gegen Weihnachten, aber die Insel ist ihm ohne Touristen zu leer, die Tage sind lang und dunkel. Seine Frau Gudrun freut sich hingegen auf den Weihnachtsmarkt, aufs Schmücken des Hauses und auf die Weihnachtsfeiertage mit der Familie. Als der gelangweilte Ernst erfährt, dass der Filialleiter der Bank mitsamt den Spenden für die bedürftigen Kinder verschwunden ist, ergreift er seine Chance auf Abwechslung: Er wird sich um das Problem kümmern! Und das Geld für die Weihnachtsgeschenke beschaffen.

Ein Stalker hat es auf die überaus beliebte Influencerin Aisha abgesehen. Also versteckt sie sich für eine Weile bei den Campern am Hirschgrundsee. Ganz minimalistisch im Gruber-Häusl. Mit von der Partie ist ihr Bodyguard. Ein ziemlich heißer Kerl, wie Evelyn nicht umhin kann zu bemerken. Ihrem wachsamen Auge entgeht auch nicht, dass die beiden mehr als nur beruflichen Umgang miteinander pflegen... Doch dann liegt der fesche Bodyguard plötzlich tot neben dem Klohäusl! Hat der Stalker Aisha aufgespürt? Aber dann schwebt sie ja in tödlicher Gefahr!

Es geht heiß her am Hirschgrund-See: Auf dem Campingplatz wird mitten in der größten Sommerhitze ein berühmtes Barista-TV-Duell ausgetragen. Und natürlich nimmt Evelyn höchstpersönlich daran teil. Und die Damen vom Hirschgrund schmelzen endgültig dahin, als klar wird, wer ihr erster Gegner ist: Leon de Ricci, der unglaublich gutaussehende Star-Barista. Nur Sofia hat andere Sorgen: Denn im Wald stolpert sie über den am Boden liegenden Kameramann - erschossen.

In Lady Justice and the Sting, a holistic physician is murdered and Walt becomes entangled in the high-powered world of pharmaceutical giants and corrupt politicians. The Kansas City Police Department and the FBI join forces and Walt goes undercover in a "sting" operation in order to expose those involved in this tangled web of intrigue, and in doing so, becomes the target of a vicious assassin.

Suzanne Collins wrote The Hunger Games, Aldous Huxley wrote Brave New World and George Orwell wrote 1984. All three novels were about dystopian societies of the future. In Lady Justice and the Watchers, Walt Williams sees the world we live in today through the eyes of a group who call themselves 'The Watchers'. Oscar Levant said that there's a fine line between genius and insanity.

Senior snoop, Agnes Barton, has taken up residence in a Winnebago at a campground in East Tawas, Michigan. It's not the ideal place for a woman of 72 to live, but she's making do. She had planned to start a detective agency with partner in crime, Eleanor Mason, but a snag with the license has them free-wheeling it, not that it matters because they are the ones folks call when dead bodies turn up.

After inheriting a house in Seattle, Jax O'Connell is living the life of her dreams as a glass bead maker and jewelry designer. When she gets an offer to display her work during a bead shop's opening festivities, it's an opportunity Jax can't resist - even though the store's owner is the surliest person Jax has ever met. The weekend's events become a tangled mess when a young bead maker is found dead nearby and several oddball bead enthusiasts are suspects.

In all his travels across the state, there is one place that Hubie hasn’t been able to access: Trinity Site at the White Sands Missile Range, where the first atomic bomb was detonated. Deep within the range are ruins once occupied by the Tompiro people, whose distinctive pottery is incredibly rare and valuable. When an old associate claims to have a buyer interested in spending big money on a Tompiro pot, Hubie resolves to finally find a way into the heavily guarded military installation.