Cosy Fiction

The Dennings and the Cadys have been at war for years–ever since Russell Cady and Marcus Denning fell out and the business they built together fell apart. But now Russell’s daughter and Marcus’s son are tying the knot… and hopefully bringing peace. Except that someone’s sent Eve Mallow a warning along with her wedding invitation: watch out for trouble. But even she didn’t expect to find the father of the bride dead in his bed before he can walk his daughter down the aisle. So who’s ruined the big day?

Cherringham - The 50th Mystery It's Carnival week, and Cherringham is celebrating the 500th anniversary of the King granting the town its charter. But it soon becomes clear that someone is trying to disrupt the festivities - and when the priceless charter itself is stolen, Jack and Sarah are asked by the Carnival Committee to investigate. Caught up in a web of dangerous lies, they must uncover ancient secrets about the town itself to solve the mystery.

Christmas is coming to Blackstone Bay, and Maddie Graves-Winters is excited to spend it with friends and family … right up until she finds a dead Santa Claus at a local tree farm while on a family outing. The dead man is a local. Maddie and her husband Nick went to high school with him. His death is not the only weird thing happening at the tree farm, though. No, it seems all of the elves are missing as well.

Harvey Ross has finally found his rhythm in Sheringham. His consulting work keeps him sharp, his relationship with Dr. Rose Morgan is flourishing, and he's reconnecting with his daughters after years of estrangement. Life is good. Quiet. Perfectly ordinary. Then he opens a fifty-year-old cold case and everything changes. Sir Winston Bartholemew, found dead at Cromer Pier in 1976. Official verdict: accidental death.

When a flaming dead body drops out of the town Christmas tree and crashes through your ceiling, it’s safe to say this Christmas will not be merry or bright. Now my crazy ex-best friend is telling everyone in town I killed Dr. Merriweather. Yes, he’s her therapist. Yes, they were having an affair. No, I don’t know why everyone in our Christmas crazy small town thinks I’m suspect number one. She even hired a private eye. Like…hello? Insane?

When prize ribbons turn deadly, one florist must sniff out the truth before she’s next. Lila Jennings expected long days, wagging tails, and friendly competition at New York’s prestigious dog show. Not a dead sponsor and her own name tangled in the investigation. When the body is found displayedbehind the scenes, suspicion spreads faster than gossip in a grooming tent. With her floral wire turning up as evidence and rumors threatening her business, Lila can’t afford to sit back and hope for the best.

Warm beds, quaint mysteries, and the best rosemary bread this side of Pigsend Creek. Welcome to the Weary Dragon Inn. Get the next three books in the Weary Dragon Inn Cozy Fantasy series, including Beasts and Baking, Magic and Molemen, and Veils and Villains, in a convenient eBook Bundle. In Beasts and Baking, spring is on the horizon, and the Weary Dragon Inn is getting its annual deep clean. But before Bev can even finish scrubbing the windows, Carpenter Earl's workshop goes up in flames.

It's the wedding of the year in Pigsend, at least if you talk to Vicky Hamblin. The bride-to-be is dead set on making her wedding to baker Allen Mackey the most perfect spectacle in the history of weddings, if only to impress her two snooty aunts. Bev's in charge of hosting them at the Weary Dragon Inn, along with a carefully-curated list of other family members, all designed to impress. But when things start going awry, and Vicky suspects someone might be out to sabotage her wedding, Bev's on the case once more. Can she find out who's out to get the bride before the big day?

Bev's on the hunt to understand her mysterious past, and that means a visit to her dear friend Merv. The six-foot moleman doesn't have the answers, but takes her to the secret, underground town of Lower Pigsend, thriving with all the magical creatures seeking refuge after the war. Upon returning to the Weary Dragon, Bev is confronted by sentries from the underground town. They accuse her of stealing a magical talisman that protects the town and—even worse—have threatened to arrest Merv for building a tunnel to the surface.

Spring is on the horizon, and the Weary Dragon Inn is getting its annual deep clean. But before Bev can even finish scrubbing the windows, Carpenter Earl's workshop goes up in flames. Earl's convinced the local kids are behind the mischief, but when more buildings come crashing down under mysterious circumstances, Bev's on the case once more. The cozy follow-up to Secrets and Snowflakes, Beasts and Baking is the fourth installment in the Weary Dragon Inn series, following amnesiac innkeeper Bev and the curiosities that occur in the quaint fantasy village of Pigsend.

Eigentlich sollte der Ruhestand in der Toskana aus Wein, Sonne und Entspannung bestehen. Doch seit Dan Armstrong als Privatdetektiv durchgestartet hat, scheint das Verbrechen sein treuester Schatten zu sein. Ein Kurztrip in das malerische Portofino soll nun endlich die Rettung bringen: Romantik pur mit seiner Freundin Anna, fernab von Tatorten und Verhörzimmern. Ein zufällig belauschter Streit verrät ihm: Hinter der glitzernden Fassade der VIP-Welt brodelt es gewaltig. Die Urlaubsstimmung sinkt auf den Gefrierpunkt, als eine Leiche an den malerischen Strand gespült wird.

Die letzte Arie Italien trauert um sein Idol: Der Startenor Rodolfo Argento ist bei einem mysteriösen Autounfall ums Leben gekommen. Die Polizei tippt auf ein tragisches Unglück, doch Rodolfos resolute Mutter Violetta lässt sich nicht abspeisen. Für sie steht fest: Da hat jemand nachgeholfen. Ein klarer Fall für Dan Armstrong. Die Ermittlungen führen Dan und seinen Hund Oscar direkt nach Verona, in die Stadt der unglücklich Liebenden. Doch Rodolfos Privatleben war alles andere als eine romantische Balkonszene.

A body in a graveyard shouldn’t be a problem, except when it’s found above ground… with a knife sticking out of it. To make things even more complicated? The only clue in the murder is a comment left on a local neighborhood app that was deleted six minutes later, and the only person who knows it exists is the creator of said application. Enter our fearless sleuth, Queenie. Okay, okay. Actually, only one of those three things describes her. Hint: it’s her name. More fitting descriptors for Queenie Beane? Disgraced cruise-line tech support. Failed theater manager. Town pariah.

A troll for mayor and a horrible murder. It's just another day in Broomstick Bay. Welcome to Broomstick Bay, where magic is as common as morning coffee and where witch, Ruby Crosswell doubles as a cat… and a sleuth! After the unicorn fiasco, Ruby thought she’d seen it all in her eccentric beach town. But when a troll turns up dead under some seriously suspicious circumstances, she and Sheriff Lance Wolfton are off on another spellbinding cat-and-mouse, er, wolf case.

Das Leben als Privatdetektiv in den Vororten von Florenz ist nicht immer so glamourös, wie Dan Armstrong es sich vorgestellt hatte. Das ändert sich, als er gebeten wird, eine Reihe gewalttätiger Übergriffe am Set einer Hollywood-Produktion in der toskanischen Metropole zu untersuchen. Dans Ermittlungen unter den Schauspielern und der Crew bringen Geheimnisse und Skandale an jeder Ecke zutage. Zunächst glaubt Dan, dass die Angriffe lediglich eine Warnung sein sollen … bis die erste Leiche gefunden wird.

"Reading this series is like eating potato chips, you can't read just one!" Hobby farming takes a back seat to crime-solving for Ivy and her clever team. There's no end to the secrets for amateur sleuth, Ivy Galloway, and her canine and feline detectives in quaint Clover Grove.

Her husband’s a slug. Her hidey hole is haunted. When a mystery lands on her plate, can this fugitive sleuth catch a killer? Clara Kelly only wants to be free. Clara Kelly only wants to be free. Fleeing her abusive husband and holing up in his empty historic Salem, Massachusetts house, she’s shocked to find it already occupied by the ghosts of a sad-eyed Union soldier and cat. And just as the thirty-two-year-old fugitive accepts that the supernatural is real, a deadly car accident out front brings the phantom of the recently deceased to her door claiming he’s been murdered.

Sophie ist vorerst glücklich damit, im Laden einer Freundin an der Nord-Norfolk-Küste ihre handgebundenen Notizbücher zu verkaufen und mit ihrem Hund Clifton ein stilles Nomadenleben zu führen. Bindungen meidet sie – bis sie ein unerwartetes Geschenk erhält: eine wunderschön gebundene Ausgabe von »Jane Eyre«. Wer hat sie ihr geschickt – und warum? Auf der Suche nach dem geheimnisvollen Absender beginnt Sophie, sich in der Dorfgemeinschaft immer wohler zu fühlen.

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Yorkshire, December 1941. Polly Hope and her friend Freddie Fairbank are looking forward to visiting Westerby Abbey—a vast, stone-dark manor on the Yorkshire moors—to see if it will be suitable to use in the war effort. With snow expected, the house is cold enough to freeze the bones but there will be plenty of space for soldiers. That is, if they can convince the family to give up their home...