Category Archives for Cozy Mystery

“If you like clean cozy mysteries that keep you guessing until the end, you’ll love Hope Callaghan’s Books!”

“Pirates in Peril” is Book 10 in the Made in Savannah Cozy Mysteries Series

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After a friend and now business partner is suspected of attacking a competitor and leaving him for dead, Carlita and Mercedes dive in with their own investigation to help clear his name and also save their investment.

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Carlita Garlucci has her hands full preparing for the opening of her dream restaurant, which is just days away and a new tenant is moving into her apartment building. There’s only one problem…Mercedes, Carlita’s daughter, can’t stand him.

As if she weren’t already busy enough, Carlita’s friends have asked her to partner with them in a new business venture. Despite her reservations, Carlita agrees to join them, but quickly regrets it when their main competitor is attacked and left for dead.

All of the clues point to her friend and now business partner, Pirate Pete, and Carlita realizes it’s too late to back out – she’s already given him a large chunk of money to invest.

Determined to prove Pete is innocent and to keep their investment from sinking, Carlita and Mercedes dive into their own investigation, only to discover someone is lying and willing to put lives in peril to boot.

The 11th book in the BESTSELING Peridale Cafe series!

“These books just keep getting better and better!”

The residents of Peridale don’t like change, so when the famous actress, Candy Bennett, rolls into the village to demolish a historic cottage, things don’t go as smoothly as she would have hoped. With the ‘Peridale Preservation Society’ protesting her plans to build a modern home on the land, things quickly turn sour. Days into the project, Candy’s lead builder, Shane, is murdered and the task to solve the mystery once again falls into Julia’s lap.

Did one of the protestors kill the builder to make a statement, or was he murdered by someone from within his own team? With the preservation society, the actress, the architect, and the builders all keeping secrets, Julia soon has her hands full gathering evidence, but it’s a familiar-looking new arrival in the village that commands her attention. Julia’s life is torn apart when she learns of the stranger’s true identity, but will she be able to focus on the challenging case before another body turns up? The only certainty is that Julia’s life will never be the same again.

Book 11 in the Peridale Cafe Cozy Mystery series! Can be read as a standalone but will be enjoyed more as part of the series. A light, cozy mystery read with a cat loving and cafe-owning amateur female sleuth, in a small village setting with quirky characters. Written in British English. No cliffhanger, swearing, gore or graphic scenes!

Other books in the series:
1. Pancakes and Corpses
2. Lemonade and Lies
3. Doughnuts and Deception
4. Chocolate Cake and Chaos
5. Shortbread and Sorrow
6. Espresso and Evil
7. Macarons and Mayhem
8. Fruit Cake and Fear
9. Birthday Cake and Bodies
10. Gingerbread and Ghosts
11. Cupcakes and Casualties
12. Blueberry Muffins and Misfortune

Meet Molly Masters, a zany mother and accidental sleuth who owns a one-woman business that creates humorous eCards. After a twenty-year absence, Molly has relocated her family to her childhood home in a suburb of Albany, NY, only to have her husband’s reassignment abruptly changed to overseas.

Molly’s least-favorite high school teacher dies on the very same day that Molly receives both a letter from that teacher and an anonymous email that threatens Molly’s life. All too soon, Molly finds herself knee deep in gossip…and murder.

This third edition, new in 2017, has been updated to include Molly Masters’ cartoons! This was Leslie O’Kane’s original vision for the book, and she is thrilled to finally see that vision come to fruition. These illustrated editions of the Molly Masters Mysteries will all be complete by the end of 2017. Look for the subtitle “Illustrated Edition!”

What do you get if you cross a murder, the skeleton of a mysterious creature, gold fever and plenty of magic? Mayhem, mystery and laughter – that’s what!

This is book number two in series. Although the reader might enjoy it as a standalone novel, the author strongly suggests that book number one – ‘Witch Way to Spellbinder Bay’ – is read first.

Millie Thorn has been in the paranormal town of Spellbinder Bay for a few months. During that time, she’s come to terms with the fact that she’s a witch, and she’s come to terms with the fact that her familiar, Reuben, is a particularly cheeky cockatiel.

She’s finding it hard to come to terms with the knowledge that the father she never knew she had lives in the same town as her. She’s finding it even harder to pluck up the courage to discover his identity. When her magical familiar, Reuben, comes up with a plan which may make the delicate situation easier, Millie must decide whether she has the courage to face somebody she never thought she’d see again. Somebody who has been dead for a long time.

When Millie is witness to the discovery of a body, gold and the skeletal remains of a strange creature – presumed to be a dinosaur, things begin to spiral into a mystery which involves demons, metal detectorists, alien hunters – and homemade biscuits. (With a choice of raisins, chocolate chip, or for the adventurous – both.)

Never having been the jealous type, Millie can’t quite work out why she’s so offended at the fact that George, a handsome vampire, is showing interest in a mystery woman – but is determined to find out just who the attractive nurse is.

With all the ingredients required for magic, mystery, humour and mayhem – ‘Broomsticks and Bones’ is the second book in the Spellbinder Bay cozy mystery series.

“If you like Christian books for women, you’ll love Hope Callaghan’s Cruise Ship Cozy Mysteries Series”

Starboard Secrets Is Book 1 In The Cruise Ship Christian Cozy Mysteries Series

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Millie Sanders’ happily ever after is suddenly destroyed when her husband of 35 years comes home one day and informs her that he is leaving her for another woman. To make matters worse, the other woman happens to be her “friend” and hairdresser, Delilah Osborne!

After months of mourning and moping around the house, she stumbles upon a help wanted ad in the newspaper for the perfect job as an assistant cruise ship director. Before Millie can talk herself out of it, she fills out the application and mails it in. Much to her surprise, not only does the company contact her, they hire her!

Determined to start a new life and new career, Millie boards the ship, ready for a new adventure. She isn’t on board the massive floating city – her new home – more than ten minutes when a dead body is discovered near the atrium bar.

Her curiosity gets the best of her and before she knows it, Millie finds herself right in the thick of the investigation. With a little help from a new friend and shipmate, the amateur sleuth discovers that the deceased had more enemies than friends making this murder an even tougher case to crack.

Will Millie delve too deeply and risk losing her job – and possibly her life?

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The Cruise Ship Christian Cozy Mysteries Series
does not contain foul language, sex, or gore…Just clean, cozy mysteries!”

This candy shop mystery series can be read in one to two hours. It is perfect for those moments when you are waiting at an appointment or want to enjoy a quick read.
Not everyone has a sweet center.
It is the start of a new venture for Margaret and her son, Zach and old friend, Patty setting up their dream candy store Nichol’s Candy Store. With the business owners around her, there is never a dull moment – from Stacy Koontz the café owner, Mr. Stewart, the dog-groomer who needs a new personality, and Simone Peretti, who is as eccentric as the antiques she sells.
It was nothing Margaret couldn’t handle, until their neighbor, Dorothy, was found murdered. A woman who was hated by everyone – making the entire neighborhood a suspect. On top of that long list is the new resident, Kyle, who’s kind-hearted beneath a gruff around the gills hard coating. Wanting justice for Dorothy and Kyle, Margaret decides to investigate this mystery herself. With an attractive detective by her side, it’ll lead to more connections than she ever anticipated.
Is she sweet enough to solve this sour blooded mystery?

Georgie Kaye lives every day as if it were a gift, because to her it is. She beat cancer, against all predictions, and is following her life’s dream to draw portraits of the fur babies of the world.

When Georgie and her twin sister Aleta arrive at an art gallery that wants to show Georgie’s work, they schmooze with donors, charm the artists, and overindulge at the sweets table.

Everything is working perfectly in their favor, until an owner of the gallery is killed.

Georgie must help solve the mystery before the opportunity to have her first art show disappears.

Working with Aleta and her detective ex-husband Stan, Georgie sleuths her way to the answers, running into unexpected twists along the way.

This is Book 1 in a brand new series, Pet Portraits Cozy Mysteries, and includes recipes!

Hazel Hart is having a terrible day.

A man is murdered in her Wild @ Hart Photo Studio, and the new sheriff in Cedar Valley not only declares it a crime scene and insults Hazel’s fashion sense, but he also suspects Hazel of the murder!

In order to clear her name and restore her shop’s reputation, Hazel must find the real killer. Problem is, the list of suspects and their secrets seem to grow the deeper Hazel digs. Not to mention the mysterious figure who keeps showing up in Hazel’s photos. Can she unearth the killer before time runs out?

A feel-good, cozy mystery about a quirky photographer and her black cat solving mysteries in Cedar Valley, a small town in the Sierra Nevada mountains. This book does not contain any cliffhangers, gore, graphic scenes, or foul language.

Two ex-friends. One dead body. The beach town of Eden Bay will never be the same again.

A fast paced cozy mystery from USA Today Bestselling Author Stacey Alabaster

Claire is an up-and-coming movie exec who inherited her grandma’s book store in the quiet beach community of Eden Bay. Alyson is a surf-bum who embraces the small-town, beach lifestyle. When a surfer is killed, the two ex-best friends are pulled together to solve the murder. Can they put their differences behind them and find a killer before there are more bodies on the beach?

Bodies on the Beach is the first book in the Hang Ten Australian Cozy Mystery series, a fast paced cozy mystery with an authentic Australian flair. If you quirky characters and unexpected twists, you’re going to love the Alyson and Claire.

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The thriller that launched lawyer Kate Lange into the hearts of over ONE MILLION readers–and into the hands of a serial killer…

“…every bit as exciting as books by many New York Times bestselling authors…”-Fresh Fiction

Haunted by the death of her sister and wounded by her ex-fiancé’s accusations, lawyer Kate Lange throws herself into her new career at a high-powered law firm.

When the grandmother of a lonely private school student seeks her counsel, Kate thinks it’s just another custody case. But then the teen is brutally murdered. And it isn’t only Kate who wonders if her legal advice led to the girl’s death.

“…a taut, edge-of-the-seat thriller…”-Linwood Barclay, #1 Internationally Bestselling Author

Put on notice by Randall Barrett, the firm’s charismatic managing partner, Kate must fight for her career, her reputation–and for redemption.

Unwilling to live with the damage she may have caused, Kate pursues the case on her own and unearths some chilling facts.

“…dark and dangerously suspenseful.” -Atlantic Books Today

Facts that lead straight to the heart of a legal conspiracy.

Facts that lead Kate directly into the surgically skilled hands of The Body Butcher.

“Part medical mystery, part bloody thriller, here is a debut that had me flipping pages until the wee hours of the morning.” -James Rollins, #1 New York Times Bestselling Author

A Levy “Need to Read” Pick with Top Ten Bestseller Display across North America. Now under option for television development.

For fans of John Grisham, Patricia Cornwell, James Patterson and Tess Gerritsen.