Cozy Mystery Books
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
When a wedding is tragically averted by the death of the bridesmaid, Theodosia is determined to prove that it was murder in the latest entry in this New York ...
When Lucy Stone's daughter gets engaged in Tinker’s Cove, Maine, she finds herself feeling like a steamed lobster while dealing with her future ...
Written in Stone, the tenth installment in the Scottish Bookshop series by Paige Shelton, set in a specialty bookstore in Edinburgh called The Cracked Spine
In the twelfth installment of the Lighthouse Library mysteries, Lucy McNeil is back on the case, but this time she’s on the case alone.
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.