Humorous Cozy Mystery

Madison Revere is a lawyer in her late twenties who works for a small law firm along the New Jersey shore. In When the Dog Bites she is dealing with a difficult boss, a challenging mother, a possible new boyfriend, and someone who is out to get her. She faces all these difficulties while trying to get promoted to associate in her law firm. In When the Rope Breaks, she must discover how a client died while climbing in the Alps with only his wife for a companion. Was it an accident? Was it murder? And if it was murder, who was involved and why? Finally, in When Push Comes to Shove, Madison is...

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 visit to the Eiffel Tower… What could possibly go wrong? When Ava Sext, a part-time sleuth who sells books from a stand in Paris overlooking the Seine, visits the Eiffel Tower, she meets a famous TV chef who is killed minutes later. Unconvinced that the death was an accident, Ava infiltrates the world of TV chefs where nothing is as it appears. With the help of her fellow book seller, Henri DeAth, a former notary in a country where notaries are a powerful caste who not only know where the bodies are buried but probably helped bury them, Ava investigates the strange goings-on in the run ...

Clarissa Abbot has been the minister at Shore Side Community Church in Shore Side, New Jersey for just over three months. She feels she is settling into the job well, when difficulties arise. One of the members of her congregation owns a haunted bed and breakfast. The peaceful ghost had previously been something of a tourist attraction, but now it has suddenly begun assaulting people, and the owner wants it exorcised. Clarissa explains that ministers don’t do that, and she also expresses some doubts about whether the attacks are really being carried out by a ghost. This leads the owner to...

When one of the guests at the Fireside Inn is murdered, Max becomes a person of interest because the dead guest had complaints about the inn and was threatening to go public. The police also have discovered that the victim was killed by a left-handed assailant,and they think Max is probably the killer because he is starring in a play entitled The Left-Handed Man. Even though Max tries to convince them that he is actually strongly right-handed, the police chief is determined to prove Max to be guilty, and the only way he can save himself is by discovering who is the real Left-handed Man.

There’s a literary niche for all tastes including those who think that either Agatha Christie wasn’t funny enough or that PG Wodehouse didn’t feature anywhere near as many baffling murders as he could have. The Case of the Canterfell Codicil is a classic, cozy, locked-room mystery written in the style of an homage to PG Wodehouse.

Franki Amato is in Venice to celebrate her best friend’s Christmas Eve nuptials. She’s looking forward to a relaxing break from the PI grind and a romantic gondola ride with her Casanova. But when a chef goes belly-up after making violet risotto for the reception, her holiday plans start sinking like La Serenissima. Dead set on finding the killer and saving her BFF’s wedding, Franki navigates the city’s streets and canals, which are darker and more twisted than catacomb tunnels, and all while the ghosts of past and present are quite literally haunting her.

A luxurious beach resort, a missing friend, and secrets to die for. Emily Parker, meticulous bookbinder and amateur sleuth, thought a getaway to Azure Bay Resort would be the perfect escape from solving mysteries. But paradise quickly turns perilous when her best friend, investigative journalist Jenny Walsh, vanishes without a trace, leaving behind only a treasured pen near the murdered resort owner, Blake Montgomery. Accompanied by her intuitive Maine Coon, Fitzgerald, Emily teams up with Josh Reynolds, a charming local artist whose gallery hides clues as expressive as his paintings. The ...

Down, down the Wicked hole… FREE on Kindle Unlimited! With Valentine’s Day just around the corner, Rick and Mandy might have chocolate kisses and blushing roses in mind, but instead they’re drawn into a new case by NYC FBI Chief Hernandez when his daughter’s favorite author bites the dust. Up and coming graphic novelist Eve Wellington has been murdered, and no one’s more surprised than she is to find herself newly dead. The list of suspects who wanted to erase the self-styled cartoon diva includes rival artists, exhausted editors, and overworked assistants, but it’s the trail of...

From the bestselling author of Murder at Rutherford Hall, comes the second book in the Rachel Markham Mystery Series. Murder at Ravenrock A Rachel Markham Mystery, Book Two – In the Mystery Series Sofia Burnett, the beautiful American actress, married to the British millionaire - Henry Cavendish, spoke up, as if coming out of a daze, ‘My God! There really is a lunatic about. And from the looks of it, he’s trying to wipe out the family, up at Ravenrock, one by one.’ When a spate of baffling murders, rock the charming albeit sleepy town of Dartmouth, in Devon, Rachel and Jeremy, must ...

This cozy series has everything you want and more: an eclectic cast of characters, a mystery or two, and diligent detectives on duty. The detectives, feline and canine, figure it all out, but they have a dickens of a time getting the humans to understand them. The series, Tiger Lily’s Café, is set in a Midwestern town nestled into the sunset coast of a Great Lake. The setting itself acts as a character, bringing the reader into the sights, sounds and smells of the small resort community of Chelsea. Read the series in order, or read any book alone. Each volume stands alone with a clear ...

Violet Parker has big troubles these days—the ticking kind. To duck the Grim Reaper, she needs to get her hands on eighty-plus rare, mystical clocks locked up tight by a thick-headed detective. The solution? Hijack the truckload of ticking time bombs out from under Johnny Law’s nose. But no caper ever goes according to plan. What starts out as a game of clocks and robbers twists and turns into a chaos of cops and clobbers. Will Violet beat the detective in time? Or will she spend Valentine’s Day behind bars?

Does ‘Getting Involved’ in Small Towns Always Lead to Murder?Edie Fisker gets dragged onto the church cookbook committee by her friends at the Glorious Truth Lutheran Church. The church’s “Recipe Lady” isn’t happy about the younger generation of members, but she is even less happy about being murdered. Meanwhile, Edie’s husband, Sam, is sneaking off to some weird Norwegian men’s club—even though she forbade him. Her son, Arne, is a magnet for trouble, including a trained raccoon who cheats at cards. Plus the Fiskers need to complete the fix-it list so they can open the ...

A seaside wedding. A tropical honeymoon. A double murder. Was Laura Windsong always the intrepid amateur sleuth known in the Cloverdale-By-The-Sea community? As she and Danny embark on their well-planned honeymoon — hoping to experience all the holiday delights afforded by Honolulu’s exotic climate and geography — their expectations matched those of any tourist. Any young couple in love. There had definitely been no plan for murder and chaos. The next day on their flight to Hawaii, a disturbing series of events culminates in Laura’s tears. At Waikiki, Laura’s unbridled curiosity ...

From award-winning author Emma Jackson comes a gripping new mystery in the beloved Cherrystone Creek series. In LOST BODY UNKNOWN, local funeral director and part-time sleuth Paige Reese faces her toughest case yet when a gruesome crime scene is discovered minus one crucial element: the body. As Paige races to unravel the mystery, she finds herself in the crosshairs of The Titans, a notorious outlaw motorcycle gang hell-bent on revenge. With her loyal companions, the eccentric Auntie Roo and gentle giant Nott, by her side, Paige must navigate a treacherous web of small-town secrets and ...

At any moment a perfect summer day in Crozet, Virginia - nestled within the Blue Ridge Mountains - might turn stormy and tempestuous, as Harry knows too well when a squall suddenly sweeps in. In a blink Harry's pickup nearly collides with a careening red car that then swerves into a ditch. Harry recognizes the dead driver slumped over the vehicle's steering wheel: Barbara Leader was nurse and confidante to former Virginia governor Sam Holloway.

A missing manuscript and a dead author spell a narrative of chaos in Bloomsville. When reclusive author Ashton Blackwood is found lifeless at Shelf Indulgence, I’m drawn into a plot twist thicker than the most intricate novel. I’m Grace Thompson—florist by trade, sleuth by necessity. Rosie, my terrier with a nose for mysteries, sniffs out intrigue, guiding me to characters ranging from rival authors to disgruntled editors. The stakes rise higher than a climactic chapter as I join forces with Chloe, my forensic partner. Sheriff Waverly admits this mystery is more baffling than a poorly...

A Cupcakes-And-Crime Caper Tiffany's friends Emily and Jack are finally getting married! It's going to be the most wonderful wedding in a wonderful location. Unfortunately, not all the guests are "wonderful"... Tiffany and Stone make an unpleasant discovery just before the ceremony: Jack's ex-girlfriend has been murdered. To make matters worse, the local police are completely disinterested in the murder. Together, the duo must solve the mystery without disrupting the wedding. Grumpy Old Elwood agrees to join forces with them, along with Ian and Nanna who help throughout the wedding. Can the...

When your arch-nemesis dies and she still won't leave you alone. It's safe to say, Joyce and I don't get along. She's two-faced, for a start. So when she does me a solid and takes a drunken tumble and dies, I can finally forget all about her. Not that I wanted her dead. But peace isn’t on the cards for long because Joyce isn’t really gone. For reasons known only to the twisted universe, she’s come back to haunt me. Now, I can’t get a moment’s peace—not even in the bathroom—because this needy, ghostly, zombie version of Joyce follows me everywhere. And to make matters worse, ...

When Mabel Wickles begins suffering from a recurring nightmare, Flori offers her some sage advice: write it out! Fourteen years before, in order to save Flori's life, Mabel had been forced to rob a bank. To escape from their kidnapper, the two women had to run through a thick forest. It is this chase that keeps returning to haunt Mabel. Will the advice work? Mabel figures there's no harm in trying, especially after the last nightmare caused her to fall down a flight of stairs. And so the story, Missed by a Hair, is created.