Mystery Anthology Cozy

Groom Karl Stipple keels over moments after eating a slice of cake at his own wedding reception. Now the police have locked down the resort, and wedding planner Julia is under orders from her boss to solve the crime and clean up the mess in 24 hours - or she's fired.

A murdered senior citizen. A dirty fight to claim the deceased’s assets. Can a small town bakery owner ask the right questions to reveal the real killer? When Meghan’s most troublesome customer loses a relative, she’s torn between doing the right thing or minding her own business. As she discovers that the murdered victim left a mark, both good and bad, on several people in Sandy Bay, it becomes obvious that her demise might be outside the realm of the ordinary. This leaves her with an equal measure of dread and awe.

A murdered unemployed entertainer. An evil campaign of unchallenged rumors. Can a small town bakery owner who's caught in the middle prove her innocence? When Meghan receives a mouth-watering offer to cater for a funeral, she's more than happy to accept it. Still, she has to set aside her reservations about the carnival atmosphere which the client is seeking to project. As an entertainer hired for the event, collapses and dies, while performing at a dress rehearsal for the funeral, all eyes focus on Meghan as the cause of his demise.

Seven Cozy Stories: Bedtime Stories for Grownups. Some of the stories in this book are also available separately.

Cottages, englische Rosen und sanft geschwungene Hügel - das ist Earlsraven. Mittendrin: das "Black Feather". Dieses gemütliche Café erbt die junge Nathalie Ames völlig unerwartet von ihrer Tante - und deren geheimes Doppelleben gleich mit! Gemeinsam mit ihrer Köchin Louise, einer ehemaligen Agentin der britischen Krone, führt sie nicht nur das Café und den Pub, sondern löst Verbrechen und fängt Mörder! Begleiten Sie Nathalie und Louise bei ihren ersten drei Fällen!

Daphne Coleman's life is not going at all as planned, and it just got worse. Here she is, back after college, working full time now at her old summer job as kennel manager at Riverside Lodge and Kennel. So much for her hard-earned degree in Greek and Roman mythology! To make matters worse, the lodge is now owned by a former classmate and the homecoming queen, Cassandra Weatherstone, who's dating the love of Daphne's life while running the place into the ground with her outlandish ideas.

In "Sliced", Faith switches from contestant to detective when a cooking competition turns deadly. Also included is the Agatha Award-winning "The Would-Be Widower", about a husband who longs to be rid of his wife, and "Hiding Places", in which a young wife's new husband may not be all that he appears.

When Tansy, a young woman amateur sleuth, and her French bulldog named Hank stumbled upon a dead body, she knew it was Ryan, a local in her small Appalachian town. He had just purchased a couple of crystals from her herb and crystal shop to help calm down his dog Pepper, and then they had parted cordially enough.

The end-of-year Sandy Bay Festival is an opportunity for the town to display its history, promote local businesses, and attract visitors to the best-kept secret in the Pacific Northwest. There's just one problem. This year, a stranger with an unknown identity is found dead during the fireworks display. With the town on the brink of a riot and no forthcoming clues to help Detective Jack Irvin in his murder investigation, will Meghan Truman, a new resident in Sandy Bay with a successful bakery, provide the spark that unlocks this murder mystery?

Meghan Truman is ecstatic when she discovers she’s won an all-expense paid trip to Paris for a food and baking convention. She’s never been to Europe and is looking forward to the sights, smells and people. Her trip takes a very sour turn when one of the chief conference speakers is reported missing and subsequently found dead in her hotel room. Meghan is shocked when she’s informed she has been identified as a person of interest who the police want to speak to.

Here are six The Old Man in the Corner mysteries that don't seem to appear in other collections. This book includes "The Mystery of the Russian Prince", "The Mystery of Dog’s Tooth Cliff", "The Mystery of the Pearl Necklace", "The Mystery of the Tragedy in Bishop’s Road", "The Mystery of Brudenell Court", and "The Tytherton Case".

Folge 10: Ganz Palinghuus ist in heller Aufregung: Das Watt'n'rennen findet wieder statt! Der traditionelle Lauf durchs Watt lockt Teilnehmer aus der ganzen Umgebung an. Natürlich läuft James auch mit. Sarah feuert ihren Ehemann kräftig an, und kurz sieht es sogar aus, als würde er gewinnen - bis den Zuschauern klar wird, dass nicht James schneller, sondern alle anderen langsamer werden. Der Grund ist schnell gefunden: Alle Läufer zeigen Vergiftungserscheinungen! Will jemand den Lauf sabotieren? Doch dann entdeckt Sarah eindeutige Beweise, dass das Gift nur einen der Teilnehmer treffen sollte.

Even if you’re pressed for time, you will be able to steal enough to listen to one of these short murder mysteries. The best part is you get to be the sleuth! Make it a game and listen with the family to see who cracks the most cases. Will you be able to figure out whodunit in these 13 solve-it-yourself mysteries?

For once, wedding planner Julia thinks a reception will go smoothly. Then the bride's heirloom diamond and gold engagement ring mysteriously vanish. The police think they know who took it and have closed the investigation. It's up to Julia and her friends to save an innocent man from prison.

After Jane's last brush with a murderer landed her with a feature in People magazine, she is eager to get back to her literary life as a book agent - reading book proposals, making deals, talking to authors. She's glad to put fame aside and now that her beloved son Nick's birthday is coming up, she's busy planning a birthday party for him. She selects one of her favorite spots, a local inn, but before anyone can sing Happy Birthday and say "make a wish," the body of a young woman is found hanging from a tree in the woods back behind the inn.

What happens when an English lord is reincarnated as a pudgy terrier? Lord Percival Plep was a hero in the war to end all wars, but when a bullet ends his life, he wakes to find that he has been reborn 100 years later as a dog! When Lord Plep is adopted by an elderly woman he calls "Mama", he settles into a comfortable life of watching movies and sharing Mama’s snacks. He also gains a reputation as a psychic dog when he finds eyeglasses and keys for the aged residents of the mobile home park where Mama lives.

Listen to travel through the Books 10-12 of the Will Travel for Trouble series along with Minnie and Ben, as they encounter more and more mysteries. Trouble at Pelican Penthouse, Trouble at Island Castle, and Trouble at Yellowstone, sum up the mystery-filled adventures of Minnie and Ben, as they travel along.

When her beloved dog passes away just before Christmas, Gloria isn't sure about her best friend's advice. Holiday hilarity ensues when a new cat shows up on her doorstep each day. Who's leaving the cats? And why? Will Gloria's Christmas go up a poof of pet fur, or will it prove to be the most purrfect holiday ever?

Detective Sergeant Flynn Moran is on secondment from the Metropolitan Police in his home town of Muddlebay. Not long after Flynn arrives, the Mayor of Muddlebay is found to have overdosed on atropine. But was it accidental, or deliberate? Even though nothing ever happens in Muddlebay, Flynn teams up with his old friend Mabel Heggarty, the local librarian, to investigate the death.

A classic Agatha Christie short story. A woman leaves a fancy dress ball early and is later found to have died from a drugs overdose. Hercule Poirot investigates in this, the first story written about him.