Cozy Mystery Books
National bestselling author Eva Gates’s fifth Lighthouse Library mystery will carry fans of Miranda James and Jenn McKinlay to the Outer Banks of North ...
Lucy’s upcoming wedding is in jeopardy - to ensure the ceremony goes ahead as planned, she must track down a mysterious murderer in the eighth installment of ...
The seventh entertaining cozy mystery in a series by national–bestselling author Eva Gates [Vicki Delany]—complete with a library, a cat, and a captivating ...
The author of By Book or By Crook returns to the Outer Banks and the Lighthouse Library, where Lucy Richardson must shed light on a shocking murder… Lucy ...
Don't miss out on the thrilling murder mystery in the debut Lighthouse Library series! For a decade, Lucy has immersed herself in rare literature at the ...
Librarian Lucy Richardson found herself in a tricky situation during Halloween in North Carolina’s Outer Banks when she stumbled upon a dead body in the rare ...
The national bestselling author of The Spook in the Stacks returns with another charming mystery set in the most literary lighthouse in North Carolina’s ...
Set in Edinburgh, Scotland, Lost Books and Old Bones is a delightful new mystery by Paige Shelton, featuring bookseller and amateur sleuth Delaney Nichols.
Bookseller and amateur sleuth Delaney Nichols returns in Paige Shelton's second Scottish Bookshop Mystery, Of Books and Bagpipes
Wanted: A bold adventurer who is willing to explore the world from the comfort and safety of a desk that has witnessed the presence of royalty and commoners ...
Instant New York Times bestseller. A new mystery is afoot in the third book in the Thursday Murder Club series from million-copy bestselling author Richard ...
An instant New York Times bestseller! The second gripping novel in the New York Times bestselling Thursday Murder Club series, soon to be a major motion ...
A New York Times bestseller | Soon to be a major motion picture from Steven Spielberg at Amblin Entertainment
The fourth installment in the beloved and New York Times bestselling series from Richard Osman, also author of We Solve Murders
Martha Stewart of Northern Virginia makes a comeback in a thrilling new mystery where an interior designer faces off against a murderer. This fall, stylish ...
The unmissable new mystery in the Thursday Murder Club series from #1 New York Times bestselling author Richard Osman
Description
Cozy mysteries rarely focus on sex, profanity, or violence. Murders occur off-stage and are typically bloodless (e.g., poisoning), while sexual activity (if any) between characters is only subtly implied and never directly addressed.
Cozy mysteries usually take place in a small town or village. The small setting makes it plausible that all suspects know each other. The amateur sleuth is typically a likable person who can get community members to speak freely about one another. There is often at least one highly knowledgeable, nosy, yet reliable character in the book who fills in all the gaps, enabling the amateur sleuth to solve the case.