Cosy Fiction

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.

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?

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 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.

Village Fetes can be murder. When Fi's electrical powers cause her to be fired from her job, the last thing she wants to do is help the Witches', Wizards' and Warlocks' Institute host the annual Halloween Fete. But when a judge collides with her, she's thrown into a murder investigation... as the prime suspect. Can she clear her name and catch the real killer? Jam and Jerusalem meets Midsomer Murders meets magic. If you like cozy British settings, sarcasm and witches, you'll enjoy this series. Reviews: If Jessica Fletcher was a 20 something IT worker and a witch, you'd get this fun book.

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.

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?

Im Tannental wird wieder munter gemeuchelt! Feinste Cosy-Krimi-Kost aus Süddeutschland! Jäger leben neuerdings sehr gefährlich in Bad Killingen. Zwei ereilt der Tod und ein Dritter ringt mit seinem Leben. Emma Kirsch, die clevere Cafébesitzerin, glaubt nicht an Unfälle und nimmt die Ermittlungen auf. Doch dieser Fall ist größer, als sie denkt und bald stecken sie und Lucy, die resolute Dame aus dem Chalet Holms, knietief in Schwierigkeiten. Auch der sechste Fall der ungewöhnlichen Ermittlerinnen fesselt mit viel Spannung, Humor und überraschenden Wendungen.

Her dad said nothing could hurt their relationship. But what if he isn't her dad?Summer gets off to a rocky start for twenty-year-old Rae Riley when the ex-wife of family friend Jason Carlisle claims their youngest child isn't his and Rae's con man uncle Troy returns to Marlin County, Ohio. Rae is already at odds with her father, Sheriff Walter "Mal" Malinowski, over her desire to help people in trouble. When she extends that help to Uncle Troy and Jason's ex-wife, Ashley, she and Mal clash even more. Then Ashley disappears, and Jason and his brother Rick are the main suspects.

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.

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.

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.

"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.

Something sweet is on its way! Return to Lampton for cosy treats and tattoos, coming soon! Cam has spent her whole life in the quiet magic of her family’s bakery – flour-dusted, certain of her path, content. But when her brother arrives home with his fiancée, everything she thought she knew...

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...