Cozy Mystery Fiction

Their private detective agency is barely staying afloat, scraping by with small cases here and there. Just when they dream about landing a big case, a desperate father seeks their help to find his daughter. As Jim and Ginger follow a trail of cryptic clues, a common missing person case quickly turns into a complex mystery. With each revelation, they uncover Oceanview Cove's forgotten legends and long-buried secrets. Can our duo of amateur sleuths crack the case and find the missing girl before it's too late? And will their private detective agency survive its first big challenge?

Evelyn Foster has just moved to Granite, Michigan, and at first, the town is just as she expected it to be. Small. Insular. Quiet. On the upside, she gets to spend every day working with her best friend, one of the customers at the local coffee shop was definitely flirting with her, and her two German Shepherds seem to enjoy their new rental house and its fenced back yard.

Paige Murphy loves her new life in Italy, where she can sip wine, eat pasta, and while the days away working on her romance novel. But all that changes when her beloved aunt falls ill, and she must fly back home to Texas - a place she thought she’d left behind. In a blink, she finds herself with a failing beachside bookstore, jealous cousins out to get her, and pesky suitors who won’t leave her alone. As if that wasn’t enough, buried treasure and hidden secrets could prove to be deadly!

Stormy has her hands full with gnome shifters and her old high school nemesis, so a missing person’s case isn’t something she’s looking forward to. She has no choice but to dig, though. Her conscience won’t allow the alternative. Stormy might be new at the magic contest, but she understands winning. When another person disappears, she realizes she’s playing the wrong game.

A bundle of books one (The Witching Place: A Fatal Folio) and two (The Witching Place: Murder by Manuscript) in Sophie Loves’ Curious Bookstore cozy mystery series. This bundle offers books one and two in one convenient file, with more than 150,000 words of listening.

This edition includes books four through seven of the Irish Village Mystery series: Murder in an Irish Pub, Murder in an Irish Cottage, Murder at an Irish Christmas, and Murder in an Irish Bookshop.

“An uproarious romp!” —People “Pooley weaves together the most cleverly flawed and lovable characters and then sets them free to prove that we are limitless at any age.” —Annabel Monaghan, bestselling author of Summer Romance A senior citizens’ center and a daycare collide with...

Writer Saffi Graywood thinks a quick road trip to help a friend will be the perfect break from her looming manuscript deadline. But her autumn getaway takes a chilling turn when aging horror star Malcolm Morton reveals he’s been receiving threatening vintage postcards—and his groundskeeper has just turned up dead beneath the dock. Malcolm’s grand reopening of a forgotten theme park known as “The Haunted Wood” should be his triumphant comeback.

A former librarian turned private investigator. A witty orange cat. A priceless Easter egg stolen from a museum in a charming seaside town full of secrets. During Oceanview Cove's annual Easter Fair, the town's prized artifact – a jewel-encrusted golden egg – vanishes from the museum. Deleted security footage, a disabled alarm system, and a mysteriously indisposed guard point to a meticulously planned heist. Jim Butterfield and his feline partner Ginger face their most sophisticated case yet.

This bundle includes Magic & Misfits, Magic & Misfortune, and Magic & Marriage.

'Superb sleuthing! I thoroughly enjoyed my trip to Dedley End and can't wait to go back!' Heidi Swain, author of The Cherry Tree Caf Once Upon a Crime... Nancy Hunter and her grandmother Jane Hunter run the Dedley Endings Bookshop, selling crime, thriller and mystery books, in a small, quiet...

Everything's panning out for Charlie in picture-perfect Sunrise Bay. She has a new dog, a brand-new photography business, and maybe even a fresh romance with the hottest policeman in town. Plus, her latest photo shoot is double the fun. Identical twins Sam and Jess want photos to celebrate their thirtieth birthday. But the party stops when Sam disappears. Rumors spread faster than you can say "cheese". Is her hot-tempered new boyfriend to blame? What did her neighbor really see?

The big day has arrived. Hali Waverly is finally getting the surgery she so desperately needs. Her boyfriend Gray Hunter is determined to be by her side for it. She thinks she’s ready for it. Is she, though? The surgery itself goes off without a hitch. Hali’s recovery is another story. Ceding control of her beloved tiki bar to her brother and her boyfriend’s brother only amps up her anxiety. Things get worse when a storm hits, and it’s of the magical variety instead of the natural. When a body is found in the aftermath, things are bad.

Hali Waverly is a witch about town, determined to keep those who visit her corner of the beach safe. Gray Hunter is a shifter without a pack and a heart as big as the moon. He might not have been looking for love, but there was no staying away from Hali once he met her.

June 1933. Independent, young Kitty Underhay has been left in charge of her family’s hotel, The Dolphin, on the tranquil English coast. But when several rooms are broken into and searched, including Kitty’s own, she quickly realizes that something out of the ordinary is afoot at the hotel. Soon, rumors are flying in the cozy town that someone is on the hunt for a stolen ruby. A ruby that Kitty’s mother may well have possessed when she herself went missing during the Great War.

Richard is a middle-aged Englishman who runs a B&B in the fictional Val de Follet in the Loire Valley. Nothing ever happens to Richard, and really that’s the way he likes it. One day, however, one of his older guests disappears, leaving behind a bloody handprint on the wallpaper. Another guest, the exotic Valérie, persuades a reluctant Richard to join her in investigating the disappearance. Richard remains a dazed passenger in the case until things become really serious and someone murders Ava Gardner, one of his beloved hen...and you don’t mess with a fellow’s hens!

A day at a Tampa festival brings laughter and questions for Hali Waverly and Gray Hunter. Fun and games lead to a fortune teller, who warns them of incoming trouble. Hali laughs it off, but when they get home, they find the police have shut down the road in front of Paradise Lodge. There’s a body in the median, and Hali knows the victim. In fact, the dead witch is a member of her grandmother’s coven. But why was the victim so close to Hali’s home? Was she trying to warn her of something?

Viv and Rex's plans to return to community college and get their PI license hit an unexpected snag when their instructor, a seasoned private investigator, winds up dead the first day. Now, instead of studying for midterms, they’re cramming to crack the case.

Tommy and Evelyn Christie are looking forward to a quiet Christmas holiday at the home of Hugh Norton-Cavendish, the 9th Earl of Clifford, who recently married Tommy's cousin, Elise. However, the suspicious death of Albert Lewis, a businessman hoping to buy land from Hugh, means the Christmas festivities are quickly over. Tommy is distracted by his sister's new relationship with a man he distrusts. Evelyn is busy with her pack of dogs, brought for the traditional Boxing Day shoot.

Wild swimming in February? No, thank you. It sounds like torture to Fiona, Daisy, and Partial Sue, the retired ladies behind the counter at Dogs Need Nice Homes charity shop. Still, no one ever died of plunging into the icy waters around the sleepy little English town of Southbourne. Until now. The body of Colin Barclay, retired PE master and wild-swimming fanatic, washes up in a secluded cove. Days later, a shifty new customer comes calling at Dogs Need Nice Homes. "Is this where you solve murders?" she asks, her eyes darting wildly round the shelves of bric-a-brac.