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  • Lowcountry Boughs of Holly by Susan M. Boyer

    Lowcountry Boughs of Holly by Susan M. Boyer

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    It’s the most wonderful time of the year, but Private Investigator Liz Talbot is struggling to feel festive. She hasn’t seen her best friend, Colleen, in weeks and fears she may never see her again in this life. Meanwhile Nate, Liz’s husband and partner, is spending money like he prints it in the attic on a mysterious family Christmas celebration...
    Categorized as:
    cozy  crime  female-mc  humor  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary
  • The Mint Julep Murders by Angie Fox

    The Mint Julep Murders by Angie Fox

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    For Southern girl Verity Long, friendship means sitting down to stories and sweet tea on the front porch. For her gangster ghost housemate, it means dragging Verity out to a remote haunted asylum during a raging thunderstorm to do a favor for a long-dead mob boss. But Verity is always ready to help out a friend, even one as eternally eccentric as Frankie...
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    amateur-sleuth  animals  cozy  crime  female-mc  humor  adult  book
  • A Humbug Holiday by London Lovett

    A Humbug Holiday by London Lovett

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    It's holiday time in Firefly Junction but not everything is sweet sugarplums and glittery tinsel.Sunni Taylor has been too busy to get into the holiday spirit, even with her mom coming to town for a visit. Her festive spirit gets a spark when Detective Brady Jackson asks her to attend the town's production of A Christmas Carol...
  • Cat Shout for Joy by Shirley Rousseau Murphy

    Cat Shout for Joy by Shirley Rousseau Murphy

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Awaiting the birth of his first kittens, feline P. I. Joe Grey, his companion Dulcie, and their furry sleuthing pals must unmask a killer preying on some of the most vulnerable citizens in the charming California coastal community of Molena Point.For Joe Grey and Dulcie, life is a bittersweet mix of endings and beginnings...
  • Duplex Double Trouble by CeeCee James

    Duplex Double Trouble by CeeCee James

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Stella's newest client, Charlie Booker, wants to sell his half of a duplex but before he can sign the listing papers, he's murdered. Even stranger, there are only one set of footprints leaving the house, with none showing up as entering the home. The police mark it as a robbery gone wrong and target a local group of petty thieves. Stella can't shake the feeling that it’s someone much closer...
  • Poisonous Paws by CeeCee James

    Poisonous Paws by CeeCee James

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    They thought the secret was purrfectly hidden, but trust the book club to sniff it out.The mysterious death of a town founder rocks the Thornberry Estate. Miss Janice is the main suspect and everyone is up at arms...
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    cozy  animals  crime  humor  female-mc  amateur-sleuth  mystery  cats
  • Chai, Chai Again by Eryn Scott

    Chai, Chai Again by Eryn Scott

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Pebble Cove is known for giving tourists the cold shoulder, but a frozen body is something new. The people of Pebble Cove are thrown into a forced hibernation when the worst snowstorm in a decade hits the Oregon Coast. They expect to find damages once the snow thaws, but a frozen body down by the pier comes as a terrible surprise...
  • Murder on the Sugarland Express by Angie Fox

    Murder on the Sugarland Express by Angie Fox

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Ghost hunter Verity Long is overdue for a little R&R (rest and romance) with her boyfriend, Ellis, and a vintage train trip through the Tennessee mountains seems like just the ticket. The Sugarland Express carries history and nostalgia in every compartment, and Verity is determined to enjoy it—without ghostly interference...
  • Kept Secrets by Shawn McGuire

    Kept Secrets by Shawn McGuire

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Tucked next to a pristine lake, the part-Medieval Europe, part-Renaissance Faire hamlet of Whispering Pines, Wisconsin is a utopia . . . except for the recent murders.One month after arriving in the Northwoods, former detective Jayne O’Shea has settled comfortably into small-town life and is making good progress with her task of getting her grandparents’ house ready for sale...
  • The Diva Says Cheesecake! by Krista Davis

    The Diva Says Cheesecake! by Krista Davis

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    A delightful new story from a New York Times bestselling author perfect for fans of Joanne Fluke’s Hannah Swensen Mystery series! In this page-turning new book, entertaining guru Sophie Winston is faced with a midsummer nightmare when a celebration in Old Town Alexandria, Virginia, is the appetizer for murder… Old Town’s midsummer festivities are getting a tasty addition this year...
  • Lowcountry Boneyard by Susan M. Boyer

    Lowcountry Boneyard by Susan M. Boyer

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Where is Kent Heyward? The twenty-three-year-old heiress from one of Charleston’s oldest families vanished a month ago. When her father hires private investigator Liz Talbot, Liz suspects the most difficult part of her job will be convincing the patriarch his daughter tired of his overbearing nature and left town. That’s what the Charleston Police Department believes...
    Categorized as:
    cozy  crime  female-mc  humor  investigator  whodunit  adult  audiobook
  • One Corpse Open Slay by Dakota Cassidy

    One Corpse Open Slay by Dakota Cassidy

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Welcome to Marshmallow Hollow, Maine, a holiday mystery, where it's all Christmas all the time and murder is hung by the chimney with care...Halliday Valentine here! It’s a week before Christmas, and my quaint holiday town, Marshmallow Hollow, is chock-a-block with seasonal activities. Some less fun than others…like the ice sculpting competition my bestie, Stiles, has talked me into...
    Categorized as:
    amateur-sleuth  animals  cozy  female-mc  humor  adult  audiobook  book
  • Deadly Vows by Kate Allenton

    Deadly Vows by Kate Allenton

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Psychic Cree Blue is working on a cold case where the motives and suspects multiply like the spices in her cooking. When Davina Richards went missing the day before her wedding, people assumed she was a runaway bride. Only Cree knows differently. This bride skipped being a missing person and landed smack-dab in the dead zone...
  • Founders' Day Fiasco: Paranormal Cozy Mystery by London Lovett

    Founders' Day Fiasco: Paranormal Cozy Mystery by London Lovett

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Firefly Junction is in the middle of a huge Founders’ Day celebration and Sunni Taylor has been assigned to cover the colorful music and float-filled parade. When the organizer of the parade winds up dead, Sunni’s mundane assignment takes a new twist. Now, she finds herself in the middle of a murder that is complicated by the fact that the victim had more than a few enemies...
  • Murder at the Pumpkin Patch by London Lovett

    Murder at the Pumpkin Patch by London Lovett

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Sunni Taylor's sisters, through their power of sisterly persuasion, have convinced her to host a Halloween costume party at Cider Ridge Inn. She's a little reluctant about the whole event and rightly worried about the actual ghost, who will, no doubt, be in attendance, but she decides to just relax and enjoy it...
  • Fatal Feud by London Lovett

    Fatal Feud by London Lovett

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    While Sunni Taylor is embroiled in her own personal turmoil with Detective Brady Jackson, she's handed a new assignment to cover a longstanding feud between two families, the Plunketts and Carmichaels...
  • A Crafty Killing by London Lovett

    A Crafty Killing by London Lovett

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Sunni Taylor is looking forward to an easy and sweetheart filled month of February. After a few blissful months as lead reporter for the Junction Times, an unexpected shake-up at the newspaper leaves her reeling and frustrated. She finds herself once again having to cover mundane stories, like the Firefly Junction Craft Fair...
  • Death at the Museum by London Lovett

    Death at the Museum by London Lovett

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Sunni Taylor has once again settled into her journalist position under a new boss and a new lead reporter. The fact that the new lead reporter, Dave Crockett, just happens to be her sister's boyfriend makes things a little more complicated, but Sunni is determined to be content. She now has more time to spend planning for the opening of the Cider Ridge Inn...
  • Havoc at Wildwood Manor by London Lovett

    Havoc at Wildwood Manor by London Lovett

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    What starts out as a long weekend off for Sunni Taylor quickly devolves into something more sinister. When Lana needs help with a family reunion at Wildwood Manor, Sunni lends a hand. Before the event gets underway, Camille Luxley, an unexpected guest, shows up to throw a wrench into Florence Davenport's precisely planned weekend...
  • Dead Wrong  (A Cree Blue Psychic Eye Mystery) by Kate Allenton

    Dead Wrong (A Cree Blue Psychic Eye Mystery) by Kate Allenton

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Psychic Cree Blue’s identity is a secret, and her help in solving cold cases is strictly off the record. She isn’t known for her finesse, but she’s good at what she does. Her intuition and insight have never steered her wrong...
  • The Skeleton Makes a Friend by Leigh Perry

    The Skeleton Makes a Friend by Leigh Perry

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Georgia Thackery is feeling pretty good about her summer job teaching at prestigious Overfeld College, and she’s renting a rustic cabin right by a lake for herself, her daughter, Madison, and her best friend, Sid the Skeleton. Together again, the trio are enjoying the quiet when a teenager named Jen shows up looking for her friend...
  • Get Up and Ghost by Carolyn Ridder Aspenson

    Get Up and Ghost by Carolyn Ridder Aspenson

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    THE DEAD IN CASTLEBERRY, GEORGIA HAVE A LOT TO SAY—AND CHANTILLY ADAIR CAN HEAR THEM. Divorced mom Chantilly Adair hightailed it out of Birmingham, Alabama leaving her ex-husband and over twenty years of memories behind to start fresh in her hometown...
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    amateur-sleuth  animals  cozy  crime  female-mc  humor  adult  book
  • The Skeleton Stuffs a Stocking by Leigh Perry

    The Skeleton Stuffs a Stocking by Leigh Perry

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    "Mirth and murder blend beautifully" in this tale of an amateur sleuth and her bony best friend (Publishers Weekly, starred review).Dr. Georgia Thackery is back home with her parents after finding a new adjunct position at Bostock College. Everyone is excited for their first family Christmas with nothing to hide...
  • Cat Telling Tales by Shirley Rousseau Murphy

    Cat Telling Tales by Shirley Rousseau Murphy

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    “Joe Grey and Dulcie aren’t your ordinary feline detectives. Murphy’s raised the stakes of the feline sleuth genre.”—Kirkus Reviews“These Joe Grey mysteries will stay popular for many years to come.”—Tampa TribuneMystery fans and cat lovers alike rejoice...
  • A Killer Welcome by Dionne Lister

    A Killer Welcome by Dionne Lister

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A new cozy mystery series from the USA Today bestselling author of the Paranormal Investigation Bureau series.Avery Winters was overjoyed to be brought back to life... unfortunately, the dead were waiting for her...
    Categorized as:
    cozy  crime  animals  female-mc  mystery  paranormal  suspense  ghosts
  • Deadly Brew by Karen MacInerney

    Deadly Brew by Karen MacInerney

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    It's Halloween in Buttercup, Texas, and reporter-turned-farmer Lucy Resnick is up to her ears in more than goats and wayward cows. Not only has her well dried up, but it turns out the old house Lucy recently moved to the farm has a reputation for spooks... and they are disturbingly active. Then a Tarot card reading at a local mead winery foretells death..
    Categorized as:
    animals  cozy  crime  female-mc  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary
  • A Mew to a Kill by Leighann Dobbs

    A Mew to a Kill by Leighann Dobbs

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    When the ghost of a murder victim appears in Last Chance Books, middle-aged bookstore owner, Willa Chance, must find the ghost's killer or risk being haunted with its unwanted advice forever.Too bad the ghost suffers from amnesia and only has a few scant clues as to the identity of the killer. That's okay, though, because Willa has a pretty good idea who did it ..
    Categorized as:
    amateur-sleuth  animals  cozy  crime  female-mc  adult  audiobook  book
  • Darcy Sweet Mystery Box Set One by K.J. Emrick

    Darcy Sweet Mystery Box Set One by K.J. Emrick

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Get books one to six in the Darcy Sweet Mystery series altogether in a Box Set.Death Comes to TownMists of the PastFrom the AshesThe Ghost of ChristmasThe Stolen ValentineHiding from Death.Get the first six books in the series for a very low price...
  • The Mystery of Montague House by Emma Davies

    The Mystery of Montague House by Emma Davies

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    With enough rooms to fill a Cluedo board several times over, Montague House has often been the subject of rumour and gossip. Tales of strange goings on, an owner who disappeared one day and was never seen again, not to mention the treasure that rumour has it lies at its heart... But now the present owner has died and the house is to be sold...
  • Mrs. Morris and the Vampire by Traci Wilton

    Mrs. Morris and the Vampire by Traci Wilton

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    It's B&B owner Charlene Morris's second Halloween in Salem, Massachusetts, and one she won't soon forget when a self-proclaimed vampire is murdered...Charlene's bed and breakfast is fully booked with guests wanting to experience Salem's wildest holiday-especially the annual Witch Ball, held at the historic Hawthorne Hotel...
  • Dying to Remember by Karin Kaufman

    Dying to Remember by Karin Kaufman

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The 1st book in the Smithwell Fairies Cozy Mystery Series! Weary of her ordinary life in ordinary Smithwell, Maine, Kate Brewer jumps at the chance to help an elderly neighbor, Ray Landry, investigate an unsolved murder. But Ray’s memories of the killing are at odds with the official report, and most people in town would rather forget about the tragic event...
    Categorized as:
    amateur-sleuth  animals  cozy  crime  female-mc  humor  adult  book
  • Burglary at Barnard by Lynn Morrison

    Burglary at Barnard by Lynn Morrison

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A dead body buried under a pile of ageing manuscripts. A secret chamber filled with a treasure-trove of books and paintings.Nat returns to Oxford in January, this time based out of the historic halls of Barnard College. When she agrees to meet Mathilde in the college archives after hours, they hope to find information on the magic...
  • Damsel in a Dress by Kirsten Weiss

    Damsel in a Dress by Kirsten Weiss

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Bridesmaid duties can be deadly…Maddie Kosloski has more than wedding cake on her plate. She’s managing her paranormal museum, helping her best friend Adele with wedding plans, and trying to prove that Adele’s vintage wedding dress is most definitely not haunted.But when a bridesmaid turns up murdered, Maddie has to solve the crime to save the wedding...
  • Trick or Trouble by London Lovett

    Trick or Trouble by London Lovett

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Sunni Taylor is moving forward on the remodel of the Cider Ridge Inn. She is anxious to start her bed and breakfast business. Unfortunately, the inn is not cooperating. It seems she is hit with one catastrophe after another. This time it's the plumbing...
  • Double Trouble by London Lovett

    Double Trouble by London Lovett

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Firefly Junction meets Port Danby as Lola and Lacey take a trip to the Cider Ridge Inn in Double Trouble. Sunni Taylor is finally going to meet Lola Button, the quirky antique dealer who sold her some rather unusual old photos of Cider Ridge Inn. When Lola arrives with her best friend, Lacey Pinkerton, Sunni and Lacey find they have a lot in common...
  • Calamity at the Carnival by London Lovett

    Calamity at the Carnival by London Lovett

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Spring is in the air. Flowers are blooming, birds are singing, Jackson's kisses keep coming, and despite the occasional moodiness of her ghostly housemate, Sunni is looking forward to the season.It's spring break in Firefly Junction and the Stockton Traveling Carnival has come to town. Sunni finds herself saddled with an uninspiring story assignment...
  • Wine Tastings Are Murder by Libby Klein

    Wine Tastings Are Murder by Libby Klein

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    It's vintage Poppy McAllister when the gluten-free baker and B&B owner tries to solve a murder at a Cape May winery . . . When Poppy and Aunt Ginny agreed to host a Wine and Cheese Happy Hour for a tour group at their Butterfly House Bed and Breakfast on the Jersey Shore, they never anticipated such a sour bunch...
  • Enchanted Bones by Carolyn Haines

    Enchanted Bones by Carolyn Haines

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    In Carolyn Haines's Enchanted Bones, PI Sarah Booth Delaney comes to the rescue in a short mystery set in Zinnia, Mississippi, that will delight fans and new readers alike...
  • A Tiger's Tale by Laura Morrigan

    A Tiger's Tale by Laura Morrigan

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    When a normally mellow tiger at a rescue facility trees a terrified vet, animal behaviorist Grace Wilde needs to use her psychic ability to get to the root of the problem… A tiger can’t change his stripes—but if his behavior changes suddenly, there’s a reason. So when even-tempered Boris the Siberian tiger goes into attack mode, Grace knows there’s more to the story...
  • Ruff Justice by Laurien Berenson

    Ruff Justice by Laurien Berenson

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    As owner of prize-winning Poodles, Melanie Travis knows how to handle fierce competition. But when a conformation show turns deadly, it’ll take every trick in the book to outsmart a murderer who refuses to lose . . .   With the excitement of the spring dog show season sweeping Connecticut, Melanie is determined to help her son finally lead his Standard Poodle toward a championship title...
  • I Know What You Bid Last Summer by Sherry Harris

    I Know What You Bid Last Summer by Sherry Harris

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Sherry Harris presents the fifth installment of this charming, bestselling cozy mystery series! One man's junk is another man's treasure. But finding that treasure can be murder. As Sarah Winston discovers, someone is always ready to kill someone else for seemingly worthless pieces of junk...
  • Wed, Read & Dead by V.M. Burns

    Wed, Read & Dead by V.M. Burns

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Bookstore owner Samantha Washington sells and solves mysteries in North Harbor, Michigan--including the murder of her mother's wedding planner... Sam's mother can't wait to wed her wealthy beau, Harold Robertson. The big mystery is how they're going to pull off a lavish wedding in three weeks. Harold's snobby sister-in-law proposes a solution: engage flamboyant wedding planner Lydia Lighthouse...
  • Cat Got Your Cash by Julie Chase

    Cat Got Your Cash by Julie Chase

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    With a killer prowling New Orleans’ Garden District, pet boutique owner Lucy Marie Crocker must protect two endangered Siamese before another cat-astrophe strikes Lacy Marie Crocker’s whimsical pet couture has gained a following in New Orleans’ cozy Garden District, and word of mouth has traveled all the way to her favorite fashion designer, Annie Lane...
    Categorized as:
    cozy  animals  humor  amateur-sleuth  female-mc  mystery  fiction  cats
  • Dead Calm by Annelise Ryan

    Dead Calm by Annelise Ryan

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The honeymoon will have to wait for newlyweds Mattie Winston and Steve Hurley . . . As deputy medical examiner and homicide detective respectively, the couple are dispatched to a grisly crime scene at the Grizzly Motel, a seedy joint for illicit liaisons on the outskirts of Sorenson, Wisconsin...
  • Coached in the Act by Victoria Laurie

    Coached in the Act by Victoria Laurie

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    As East Hampton's go-to life coach, Cat Cooper and her BFF, Gilley, delve into the exclusive personal lives of the rich and infamous. But with local gossip growing vicious, knowing too much information can be a death sentence....Wild rumors are swirling in the Hamptons over Twelve Angry Men, a ruthlessly revealing one-woman show written and performed by Yelena Galanis...
  • Independent Bones by Carolyn Haines

    Independent Bones by Carolyn Haines

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Carolyn Haines's Independent Bones is the next novel in the series that Kirkus Reviews characterizes as “Stephanie Plum meets the Ya-Ya Sisterhood” featuring sassy Southern private investigator Sarah Booth Delaney.When Dr. Alala Diakos, a visiting professor of Greek literature, comes to teach at Ole Miss in Oxford, Mississippi, it doesn't take long for controversy to follow...
  • Rock-a-Bye Bones by Carolyn Haines

    Rock-a-Bye Bones by Carolyn Haines

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Sarah Booth Delaney and her friends are still recovering from the attack on Scott Hampton's blues club in Zinnia, Missippia, and Sarah Booth herself is still overcoming her grief at ending things with her fiancé. One bitterly cold night at her family's ancestral home in Zinnia, Sarah Booth hears what sounds like a kitten as she passes the front door...
    Categorized as:
    animals  cozy  female-mc  humor  investigator  adult  audiobook  book
  • Murder in the Bayou Boneyard by Ellen Byron

    Murder in the Bayou Boneyard by Ellen Byron

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Maggie Crozat, proprietor of a historic Cajun Country B&B, prefers to let the good times roll. But hard times rock her hostelry when a new cell phone app makes it easy for locals to rent their spare rooms to tourists. With October--and Halloween--approaching, she conjures up a witch-crafty marketing scheme to draw visitors to Pelican, Louisiana...
  • The Cats Came Back by Sofie Kelly

    The Cats Came Back by Sofie Kelly

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Small-town librarian Kathleen Paulson often seems to gets mixed up in murder, but luckily, her very special cats always find a way to help her close a case ...The charming Minnesota town of Mayville Heights is hosting a music festival, and the whole place is bustling with musicians and tourists...
    Categorized as:
    amateur-sleuth  animals  cozy  crime  female-mc  adult  audiobook  book
  • Mind Your Manors by CeeCee James

    Mind Your Manors by CeeCee James

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Meet Stella O'Neil, retired FBI agent Oscar O'Neil's granddaughter. She's got a lot on her plate, trying to figure out her crazy, stubborn family, the hidden secrets that caused her grandfather's estrangement from her dad, and starting out as a real estate agent. Throw in a dead body found in what used to be the town's "royalty" family manor, and she's neck deep in a mystery...
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