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A faded seaside resort. A secret fleet of phantom ships. And murder on the cliff path.

Get ready to laugh, gasp, and cheer as Paige turns magical mishaps into heroic triumphs—one disaster at a time.

It’s the annual Locharran Highland Games and Ally McKinley has never seen her little village so busy or excited. Everyone’s enjoying the Scottish dancing, the bagpipes, and cheering the competitors on.

A festive gathering... Private investigator Dan Armstrong, accompanied by his wife and his canine sidekick, Oscar, are spending the days before Christmas in a luxurious Alpine chalet tucked away in a hidden valley. It should be the perfect escape, except the owner is in fear for his life. A...

Meet Diana Bakewell. She runs tours of London aboard a vintage Routemaster bus, and is the city's best connected tour guide. But she has an uncanny habit of finding herself in the middle of murder cases.

When Ally McKinley hears that well-known novelist Jodi Jones is going to host a writers’ retreat at the hotel just down the road, she’s delighted to offer rooms at her little guesthouse for some of the attendees. Ally is thrilled to join the group for one of their first sessions.

Assassin. Gardener. Reluctant cat adoptee. All Dante wants is to be left alone in the small New Zealand town no one's heard of. No drama. No bodies. No questions. But then, of course, the orchid convention comes to town, and Dante is knee deep in suspects, intrigue, and red herrings. On top of...

The Mystery of the Missing Man Murder, mystery and a dog of distinction. Heathcliff Lennox investigates. Summer 1924. Seven archaeologists board the morning train from Oxford to witness the Roman villa excavation at Ashton Steeple. Only six arrive.

A Scottish detective in England’s New Forest. Detective Inspector Callum MacLean should be unpacking boxes in his new home. But when a man is run over and killed outside Godshill Village Hall, his week’s leave is cut short.

As the Oxford Detective Society tackle their first case, someone is determined that a long-buried mystery should stay hidden… Oxford biographer Lyssa Moore is delighted to be commissioned to write about Amelia ‘Monty’ Montrose, the 1960s music icon who died mysteriously at her birthday...

Meet Polly Hope: art expert, reluctant dog lover and… amateur detective?

It's the day of the Christchurch Dog Show. The whole town is aquiver with excitement. The ladies of the Charity Shop Detective Agency are hoping to make lots of new furry friends. After a very dramatic Best Biscuit Catcher competition, Fiona, Sue, and Daisy from the Dogs Need Nice Homes...

Albert Smith might be retired, but a long career as a police detective has left him with skills that just won’t switch off. So on a walking tour of the British Isles, it doesn’t take long for his eyes to spot something he wasn’t supposed to see.

A suspicious death, a missing girl, and very few leads... New Forest police are grasping at straws. Whilst Detective Inspector Callum MacLean is settling into his new role in rural Hampshire, a young woman is found dead in the neighbourhood, her identity unknown.

Everyone wanted a piece of the world’s most beloved film star, but who finally took it? Italy, 1929. When renowned detective Lord Edgington boards a luxurious night train in Rome, he hopes for attentive service, fine food and perhaps a chance to read his book. But a short distance into the...

Devon, 1937. Kitty Underhay is enjoying a crisp winter morning walk with her best friend, Alice, and her fiancé, Robert, who have recently bought the mysterious Midwinter Farm.

A lost treasure, missing artifacts, and a killer on the loose—can the mother-daughter duo solve the mystery before a killer strikes again?

The next instalment in bestselling author T. A. Williams' Armstrong and Oscar cozy mystery series! A cozy crime series set in gorgeous Tuscany...It's murder in paradise! A secluded villa… When Dan Armstrong is asked to provide security at a private villa on the outskirts of Pisa, he’s pretty...

Just because she can see the dead doesn’t mean Verity Long wants to spend her days hunting ghosts. Instead, she’s over the moon to land a marketing job at the local bank…until she finds her new boss dead in the vault. Even her ghost friend, Frankie, knows that's no way to start a career.

Cressida’s hopes for a relaxing journey are dashed when a gunshot resounds through the carriages. Industrial tycoon Lewis Warriner has been shot dead in his cabin. And as this train has been racing through the countryside, the culprit must be among Cressy’s fellow passengers....

Jayne Frost is a lot of things. Winter elf, Jack Frost's daughter, Santa Claus' niece, heir to the Winter Throne, and now private investigator. Sort of....

'Such a delightful cozy mystery! The charming setting, lovable characters, and clever whodunit made this an absolute joy to read' Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'Such a good story, I couldn't put it down' Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 🧺Sacré bleu! As the local village market is in full swing...

“Both a mystery and a survival story, here is a novel written with a naturalist’s eye for detail and an unrelenting pace. It reminded me of the best of Nevada Barr…It’s so fraught with excitement and wondrous details that it demands to be read in one sitting and savored afterward...

Have you ever wished your cat could talk to you? If so, allow my story to be your cautionary tale. After unearthing Aunt Lavender's secret, we may finally know why she was abducted. Unfortunately, it also means the stakes are higher than ever. We're making headway, but we need help to navigate...

When a partygoer is poisoned, Francie needs to get justice for her friend. But just days after the crime, she gets devastating news: the Jibbleson sisters’ fingerprints were found on the murder weapon. Even though most of their inventions explode, Francie knows they’d never commit murder.

August 1942. Crofter's Green's favorite sleuths are headed for the Kent coast—where one of Britain's strangest wartime secrets lies hidden behind shuttered boarding houses and blacked-out promenades. Off the cliffs of Folkestone, just twenty-one miles from enemy territory, a mysterious "ghost fleet" rides at anchor: a flotilla of ships built from wood and canvas, designed to convince Hitler that invasion may come at any moment.

London, 1941. Polly Hope is bravely working as an air raid warden during the Blitz when she saves the life of the charming Freddie Fairbank. Over a thank-you breakfast at the Ritz, he asks Polly to help requisition a sprawling English country house for the war effort. Petherbridge Hall has grand rooms, lovely views and will be a perfect nursing home for injured troops, if they can only persuade the family to give up their house. But then they find the lord of the manor dead behind the gardener’s shed.

'If you love cosy mysteries with a charming seaside setting, lovable characters, and a mystery that keeps you guessing, then you need to meet the Fish and Chip Shop Detectives!' Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'A perfect blend of suspense, humour, and heart. The clues were cleverly placed, and the...

Meet Diana Bakewell. She runs tours of London aboard a vintage Routemaster bus, and is the city's best connected tour guide. But she has an uncanny habit of finding herself in the middle of murder cases. Along with her colleague Zaf (from the Detective Zoe Finch books) and stowaway cat Gus, follow her adventures as she and the team solve a series of twisty mysteries. Will Diana and Zaf solve the case before the police do?

Sometimes the worst day of your life is just the beginning. Blythe Fairfield has officially failed at adulthood. Divorced. Fired. Broke. When she inherits Gallows Gate House in the small town of Cauldron Hollow from her allegedly unhinged great-aunt, she decides it's a temporary stop. Renovate...

After losing her parents, Carly Ravenspell is sent to live at Thornwood Estate with a grandmother she’s never met. What she finds isn’t just a new home. It’s a doorway into something…other. As Carly settles into her strange new life, her grandmother begins sharing stories—of haunted mansions, restless spirits, and a mysterious witch named Emma whose past is tangled with Carly’s own. At first, they feel like nothing more than eerie tales meant to pass the time.

Life threw a curve ball at dog trainer and amateur sleuth, Eve, that she never expected. After the loss of her landlord, his widow asked if there’s any way that Eve can move out by Christmas. Since she never signed her new lease, Eve knows she doesn’t have many options and has to act quickly. She and Aidan are scrambling to find a house because their timeline has been accelerated.

When a landowner discovers some old, human bones on his property, Search and Rescue Dog Trainer and amateur sleuth, Eve, and her furry buddy, Atlas, are called in to make sure that all of the remains are found. Things take a dark turn, however, when they find a collection of newer bones mixed in with the old. Realizing that they have stumbled upon a historical site that was used to cover up more current crimes, Eve is determined to find the perpetrator.

On her way back from teaching her dog training class, amateur sleuth, Eve, decided to drive by her old house just for fun and to see whether her old landlord, Marissa, has decorated for Christmas yet. When she saw that the front door had been left open, she was concerned and stopped by to check on the older woman. Once inside the house, Eve discovered that Marissa had been murdered. She’s utterly horrified and can’t help but feel beyond guilty at being a little relieved that the awful event occurred after she and her dogs had already moved out.

Three witches and their magical cats solve paranormal murder cases in the mystical town of Wonder Falls. Treacle, Cath’s magical black cat, is missing. Meanwhile, in the mysterious town of Wonder Falls, a beloved chocolatier dies. The police deem the cause a heart attack, but Cath, Bea, and Aunt Astrid know something more sinister is at play. And whoever is out there has Treacle.

A cozy, seasonal romance-mystery in which a grumpy café owner teams up with a sunshiny pet groomer to solve a murder that's shocked the small town of Labrador Falls. First book in the Dog Park Murders miniseries that's a perfect blend of Only Murders in the Building and The Pumpkin Spice Café...

Solving murders, smooching criminology professors, and just the right amount of alligators combine in Swamp Princess, the cozy mystery + rom-com follow up to Gator Queen! Maggie Andrews is swamped—literally—as she tries to balance running her family's gator trapping business, "defining the...

Maggie Andrews catches alligators for a living, sells romance novels with her twin sister, and has approximately zero interest in dead bodies. So when she rolls up to a routine gator call and finds her biggest rival face-down in the mud with a bullet in his head, she does what any reasonable...

In Book 19, autumn has arrived in White Eagle, bringing brilliant fall colors, pumpkin patches, and preparations for the town's beloved Halloween Festival. Tess and Tony have once again agreed to chair the annual celebration, and with three-year-old Tommi happily keeping them busy with preschool, dance classes, and plans for her Halloween costume, life has settled into a comfortable rhythm.

Whales and Tails is a cozy mystery series set on Madrona Island, a fictional island within the San Juan Islands off the coast of Washington State. As a fourth generation islander Caitlin Hart is struggling to make her way as the economy and culture of the island evolves toward a tourism based industry. Cait lives in a cabin on her aunt's oceanfront estate where she helps her aunt run Harthaven Cat Sanctuary. When she isn't working with the cats, she helps best friend Tara, operate the coffee bar/bookstore/cat lounge they own, named Coffee Cat Books.

After finding letters from her father in an old box in her mother's house, Libby is determined to look into his untimely death. With her loyal Labrador, Shadow, and a close-knit circle of friends, Libby dives into a high-stakes investigation that stretches from corrupt boardrooms to desolate mountain trails. As mysterious forces close in, a long-lost truth emerges, and Libby finds herself facing more danger than she could have imagined.

A Cozy Christmas Mystery Short Story Featuring Sarah Carter and Her Red Heeler, Whiskey When a cherished holiday quilt vanishes from the Cottageville Charity Auction, dog groomer and amateur sleuth Sarah Carter figures it’s just another small-town mix-up—until mysterious quilt squares start...

When Althea Ravenspell agrees to take in the granddaughter she’s barely met, she expects nerves, adjustment, maybe teenage attitude—not a full-blown haunting in her son’s old bedroom. Pillows fly, temperatures drop, and a lilac-scented spirit whispers a single plea: Find the key. As Althea investigates the mysterious message, she uncovers a chilling link to America’s most dangerous haunted mansion—and realizes the ghost isn’t after her at all. It wants Carly.

A legend on the loose. A killer in costume. And three doxies who always sniff out the truth. Mystery author Willa Lattner expects her book-signing tour through Northern California’s quirkiest roadside attractions to deliver little more than paperbacks, pastries, and people-watching. But when a man dressed as Bigfoot bursts into a tacky gift shop and commits murder in broad daylight, her road trip takes a deadly detour. Even stranger? Killer, Kyle, and Wags seem to recognize the monster in the suit.

An accident waiting to happen. Sunken Madley village church hall seems safe enough for a dance class ... until there's a body. Or is it two? With only ghosts for witnesses, covert witch Amanda and her grumpy feline familiar must look for answers in the past. But whose past? But with a spy, a saboteur, an uncooperative spirit, multiple puzzles, and herself as the number one suspect, Amanda's going to need backup. There's only one candidate: the personable but intractable Inspector Trelawney. Can Amanda trust him enough to help solve the case before the murderer can strike again?

A dog handler disappears in this "entertaining mystery" by the Agatha and Macavity Award finalist (Publishers Weekly). With her former fiancé off finding himself, Melanie Travis figures the only ring she'll be seeing in the near future is one where she's showing her prized poodles. But love is...

About Book 2: "Merrill's comic mystery featuring a curmudgeonly sleuth is even funnier than her first ... Readers who enjoy tongue-in-cheek whodunits will find themselves grinning frequently." –Publishers WeeklyYou know that eccentric great-aunt no one wants to sit beside at family functions? Or that neighbor who's just a little too strange? Or the pushy woman at the thrift store? Maybe you know Gertrude. If Miss Marple had 27 cats, a Maine accent, and absolutely no filter, she'd be Gertrude, Gumshoe. She's a smidge snarky. She's frightfully frugal. And she's fearless.

Murder, Mayhem, and Mixed Doubles—Welcome to the Pickleball Palace. When the quirky residents of the Tucson Valley Retirement Community pack their paddles and hit the road for a major pickleball tournament in Mesa, Arizona, Rosi reluctantly agrees to partner up with her competitive, gossip-loving mom. Their odds of winning? Slim. Their chances of surviving a drama-free weekend? Zero. The tournament takes a dark turn before the first serve when a prominent figure in the pro pickleball world turns up dead—under suspiciously “accidental” circumstances.

Nothing ever happens in Meadowlark Creek. Until the morning after the First of June Festival, when the town’s most despised man turns up dead on a park bench. The sheriff is ready to call it natural causes. June Higgins knows better. With a lifetime of listening and understanding behind her, the retired librarian decides the sheriff needs help… whether he wants it or not.

There's nothing quite like Christmas in Raven Creek, Washington. The locals take their holidays seriously, and there are no trees left untrimmed in the quaint town, including those at The Earl's Study tea and book shop. Proprietor Phoebe Winchester has thought of everything. But no matter how...