Cozy Mystery Books
In Fateful Words, the eighth Scottish Bookshop Mystery from beloved author Paige Shelton, bookseller Delaney Nichols stakes her reputation—and her life—when ...
A thrilling adventure awaits in the sixth installment of the Scottish Bookshop Mystery series as a treasure hunt in Edinburgh leads to a hunt for a dangerous ...
The Poison Pen, the ninth book in the Scottish Bookshop series by Paige Shelton, takes place in a specialty bookstore in Edinburgh called The Cracked ...
New York Times bestselling author Paige Shelton returns with the next installment of The Scottish Bookshop Mystery series, The Stolen Letter
Bookseller Delaney Nichols befriends a Loch Ness monster enthusiast; when he stands accused of murder she'll do whatever it takes to learn who the killer ...
Outer Banks librarian Lucy is currently working on an art show at the library when paintings–and people–begin to disappear. This is the 11th installment in ...
Librarian Lucy’s new historic house is filled with a lot of baggage and family secrets, which may lead to a killer bringing her family to their downfall in ...
Librarian Lucy’s wedding is almost perfect, except for a missing guest and a strangled body she stumbles upon. Now, she is determined to uncover the murderer ...
Librarian Lucy Richardson discovers a mysterious map from the Civil War era. Without cracking its code, she may be in danger of becoming history ...
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 installment of the entertaining cozy mystery series by national bestselling author Eva Gates [Vicki Delany] is complete with a library, a cat, ...
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 ...
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.