Cosy Fiction

Scotland, 1924: When Lady Poppy Proudfoot is invited to her friend’s hotel on the Isle of Skye, she is looking forward to a holiday. But all thoughts of relaxing vanish when she discovers the body of a strangled woman in a church. The police believe the widow’s death was a robbery gone wrong, as a pendant was stolen from the scene. But Poppy is sure it’s murder. Ignoring the police’s warnings to keep her nose out, she enlists her friend Inspector MacKenzie, and her loyal Labrador, Major, to unpick the case.

When Sibyl unexpectedly acquires a magical bookshop, she is torn between exhilaration and panic. She's landed on her feet on her first venture away from home, as the bookshop comes complete with an apartment above it.

A body in the harbour. A yacht full of secrets. And a race against the tide to find the truth. With her ice cream shop thriving, Lily feels at home in the close-knit Isles of Scilly. And now that she’s uncovered the shop’s true owner, she hopes the long-held mystery of her unconventional childhood will soon be solved. But when her friendship with the charming PC Grainger hits troubled waters, she has little time to dwell—especially after a customer is found floating lifeless in the harbour.

Mit Rosemary haben sieben weitere Menschen eine Einladung erhalten. Sie alle hüten brisante Geheimnisse, die nicht ans Licht kommen dürfen. Während draußen ein Schneesturm aufzieht, treffen Rosemary und Addie in Janes Herrenhaus auf diesen illustren Kreis geladener Gäste. Da klingt ein Schrei durch die Mauern. Es hat einen Mord gegeben – und die Tote ist die Gastgeberin höchstselbst. Sofort sind Rosemary und Addie drei Dinge klar. Erstens: Nicht Jane ist die Strippenzieherin dieser Party. Zweitens: Der Mörder ist unter den Gästen.

Novice detective Finola hasn't been in Edinburgh long, but she's already made friends in the city. But when a woman is poisoned shortly after eating at the café, suspicion inevitably falls on Finola's new friend. Finola can't for the life of her imagine that Laurie had anything to do with the lady's death - or maybe the detective is simply too trusting? Either way, Finola sets off in search of answers...

Cathy Carter and her brother Douglas own a pet cemetery and animal rescue center in the small, upstate New York town of Buttercup Bend. After the local “Cat Crazy Lady,” Maggie Broom, is found dead in her home, Cathy is stunned to learn that Rainbow Gardens and Rainbow Rescues is the recipient of most of Maggie’s estate. Maggie’s estranged brother and sister come to town and are upset with the terms of their sister's will. Sheriff Leroy Miller is convinced one of them killed Maggie.

Als sie nach sechs Jahren wieder aufgeweckt wird, befindet sie sich fernab der Hauptstadt des Reiches auf einer einsamen, verschneiten Insel. Um die Insel zu retten (und das Herz des Gärtners zu gewinnen), wird sich Terlu einiges einfallen lassen und so manchen Zauber wirken müssen. Auch auf die Gefahr hin, dass man sie erneut für ihre Anmaßung bestraft.

It’s Halloween in Whisper Cove. To Harper Harlow-Monroe that means candy, parties, and costumes to celebrate her favorite holiday of the year. That’s what she’s expecting anyway. What she gets is the exact opposite. When her husband Detective Jared Monroe calls to tell her there’s a ghost on County Line Bridge throwing items at passing cars and causing accidents, Harper is hoping for a quick takedown but that’s not what she gets. The ghost isn’t just hanging out on the bridge because she’s bored. No, Whisper Cove’s former librarian is protecting a body. Nobody knows how the teenager got there.

A magical talent show, a ghostly messenger and a devious murder. Elsie’s problems are piling up faster than the ‘treasures’ in Zippy’s hoard… On the night of the Obsidian Moon, everyone in town’s on edge. It’s the one night of the year when ghosts can cross into the mortal realm—and believe me, they can hold a grudge. But when a dead body washes up in the pond, the cause of death is ghastly rather than ghostly. The victim is someone from Colt Ridgeback’s past… and part of the reason he lives in his mountain cabin, isolated from the warmth of the town.

You don’t have to go home, but you can’t stay on this island. Wedding bells are ringing for Avery Baldwin and Chance Zabrowski. The pair, and all their nearest and dearest, leave Buenaventura Beach, hop aboard a luxury cruise ship, and sail to the Bahamas so they can say their sacred vows and finally become man and wife. But trouble follows them to paradise. An uninvited guest joins the wedding party at the last minute. The wedding ceremony is moved to the end of the week. And the new vacation friends they meet, Ramona and Harold, suddenly disappear.

In the quaint town of Frosty Pines, Wisconsin, Julia Holmes seeks a peaceful escape from her hectic life. But tranquility shatters when she finds a body hidden beneath her cousin Cody's woolen mill machinery. With the local knitting group and charming log cabin architect Owen by her side, Julia dives into a mystery steeped in scandal and secrets. As they unravel clues from a Prohibition-era past and search for a killer skilled with knitting needles, Julia learns that some threads bind deeper than she imagines. Will she uncover the truth before she becomes the next victim?

Meet SAGE POE—witch, reluctant consultant to the sheriff's department, and woman who just wanted some damn pancakes. She thought the most dangerous thing at Nellie's Diner would be the cholesterol count. She thought wrong. When patrons start experiencing their worst nightmares after ordering the blue plate special, turning the beloved diner into a feeding ground for something ancient, Sage finds herself trapped in a buffet of horrors. Regular customers are vanishing, Nellie's famous pie is developing a mind of its own, and something is definitely not kosher in the kitchen.

Hannah Barry is a broken-hearted realtor who finds herself in charge of Mazie, a retired police Beagle. As her life tumbles away, she finds herself caught up in a murder. Can she learn to cope with having a dog and solve a crime while saving her career? As things go from bad to worse, she meets new friends, makes enemies, and, with Mazie’s help, solves many murders.

If it’s not demon birds and spiders it’s something else haunting Hawthorne Hollow these days. Scout Randall, Michigan’s favorite pixie apex, is ready for a break. Then the unthinkable happens. It starts small during a job in the woods. The attacking force reminds Scout of something she can’t quite put her finger on. When she does identify where she knows the creatures from, she’s thrown. She saw them in a movie. She manages to push the idea from her mind. Well, mostly. Movies can’t come to life after all. Then it happens again. And again.

When Lily moved to the Isles of Scilly for a fresh start, her plans were simple: open an ice cream shop and find out who owns the building she's renting. But her peaceful new life is shaken when a local Italian restaurateur begs for help—someone’s been tampering with his food and poisoning his customers, and he’s convinced it's no accident. When Lily narrowly escapes a similar attempted poisoning, it becomes clear: someone on the island has it out for newcomers, and her opening day might be in jeopardy.

When an unscrupulous real estate agent tries to strong-arm a wealthy friend of Grammy Lee's into selling her stately home, Cooper and her Bible study friends are called in to investigate—before any crime has been committed. Grammy's fear is that the man is so devious he'll try to bump off her friend in order to get his hands on the estate. But before Cooper and the gang can do much more than confirm he's as sketchy as Grammy suspects, someone else takes matters into their own hands and takes the agent out of the picture, permanently.

The Highland Games have taken over the quaint seaside village of Nairn, Scotland—and the life of sweater shop owner, knitting enthusiast, and busy single mom Paislee Shaw...especially when a killer enters the competition!

Teuflisch amüsant: Erpressung und Mord statt Mutter-Sohn-Sonntage mit Schwarzwälder Kirsch. Bernhard Stöckle, angesehener Controller beim Schwarzwälder Gas- und E-Werk, hat mit zwei Handicaps zu kämpfen: Zum einen ist da Herr Wunderdinger, sein sexistischer und „niveauloser“ Chef, der im Büroalltag des harmoniebedürftigen Verwaltungsangestellten nur bedingt zum Wohlfühlen beiträgt. Zum anderen engt ihn seine aufbrausende Mutter ganz schön ein: Sie hat es sich zur Aufgabe gemacht, Bernhard seit seiner frühesten Jugend von der Außenwelt abzuschirmen, insbesondere, wenn es um Frauen geht.

Holiday Bay is a charming seaside town where every season brings a holiday, every holiday is a reason to celebrate, and healing comes in the most unexpected forms. After a devastating loss, Abby Sullivan never imagined her road to healing would lead her to a quaint seaside inn in Holiday Bay, Maine—or to a new life filled with quirky companions, cozy traditions, and mysteries that seem to follow her wherever she goes.

Single mom Sophie "Phee" Kimball isn't a detective—she's an account clerk in chilly Mankato, Minnesota. But when her mother Harriet insists that her book club's latest pick is cursed—after four members die under suspicious circumstances—Phee reluctantly heads to Harriet's retirement community in sun-soaked Sun City West, Arizona. As she digs deeper, she uncovers secrets, rivalries, and motives lurking behind friendly smiles. Now, it's up to Phee to read between the lines before the killer strikes again—turning the next chapter into someone's last.