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  • Baskets and Beignets by Jana Deleon

    Baskets and Beignets by Jana Deleon

    Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Worth dyeing for.Ten years ago, Ryan Comeaux was convicted of killing his girlfriend and was sentenced to life in prison. Now a witness has come forward who claims she was with Ryan the entire night and it’s not possible that he was the killer. But the local police assume she’s mistaken and aren’t interested in reopening what they view as an open-and-shut case...
  • Firefly Diaries by C.C. Warrens

    Firefly Diaries by C.C. Warrens

    Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    "The world whipped around her in a dizzying funnel of lights and shouts, people in uniforms pressing in from all directions. Noelle sat motionless in the street, barely able to breathe. His little body was too still. Too broken."Noelle's world shattered that night, like the pieces of headlights scattered across the dark street. There was no rebuilding her life around the grave of her child...
  • COMEBACK GIRL: part 2 of 6 by Stephanie Bond

    COMEBACK GIRL: part 2 of 6 by Stephanie Bond

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    An Amazon exclusive! From the international bestselling author of STOP THE WEDDING! (now a Hallmark Channel movie) and the BODY MOVERS mystery series comes a new story of comedy, suspense, and romance. Home is where the hurt is...
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    cozy  female-mc  suspense  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  humor
  • Mission: Possible by Camilla Chafer

    Mission: Possible by Camilla Chafer

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    After PI Lexi Graves is approached to investigate an accident which has left the homeowner, Sophie Takahashi, in a coma, she quickly realizes the case isn't quite as clear cut as first appears. For one thing, Sophie's injuries are inconsistent with her supposed accident. Secondly, her husband is suspicious she might not be who she says she is...
  • The Fear That Chases Me by Linda J. White

    The Fear That Chases Me by Linda J. White

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    There is no fear in love ... so why is Jessica still running from it? Jessica Chamberlain and her search-and-rescue dog, Luke, hunt for lost people in the Tidewater area of Virginia. But that’s a side hustle: Jess’s work as a private investigator pays the bills. Right now, she’s looking for a girl missing for twenty years and the truth about a man’s suicide...
  • An Embarrassment of Itches by M.K. Dean

    An Embarrassment of Itches by M.K. Dean

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    It's Diagnosis Murder meets All Creatures Great and Small...As a house-call vet, Ginny Reese has seen her share of the weird and wacky. But nothing in her previous experience could have prepared her to find one of her clients floating in her own swimming pool.Local artist Amanda Kelly was extremely wealthy with her share of secrets...
  • Another Man's Treasure by S.W. Hubbard

    Another Man's Treasure by S.W. Hubbard

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    On a snowy Christmas Eve, a beautiful young mother goes out to buy a few last minute gifts and never returns…. ….thirty years later, her daughter picks up her trail. As the owner of an estate sale business, Audrey Nealon knows a lot about art, antiques, and the unlikely places old people hide their treasures...
  • Murder Al Dente by Nancy Skopin

    Murder Al Dente by Nancy Skopin

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    “An intuitive detective, a kidnapped child, and an assassin with a heart of gold …”In Murder Al Dente, PI Nicoli “Nikki” Hunter once again gets herself in hot water when she’s hired by a multimillionaire boat owner, (and sex toy manufacturer,) to find out who’s trying to kill him. Nikki has barely begun her investigation when he’s found dead aboard his mega yacht...
  • Murder Served Cold by Nancy Skopin

    Murder Served Cold by Nancy Skopin

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    PI Nicoli 'Nikki' Hunter is blindsided when someone close to her is murdered, and their body dumped in an alley. Detective Bill Anderson catches the homicide and, knowing Nikki, doesn't even attempt to discourage her from conducting her own investigation, which, in this case, takes a village...
  • The Body on the Barstool by Lolli Powell

    The Body on the Barstool by Lolli Powell

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    2016 WISHING SHELF INDEPENDENT BOOK AWARDS BRONZE WINNER!New Yorker Erica "Ricki" Fontaine's n'er-do-well uncle has dropped dead and left her a dive bar in a small Ohio River town. With a lousy apartment, less-than-promising job prospects, and even worse romantic ones, the inheritance comes at just the right time. Ricki packs up her cat and heads for the Buckeye State...
    Categorized as:
    cozy  animals  mystery  fiction  cats  contemporary  humor
  • Mosquito Bite Murder by Leslie Langtry

    Mosquito Bite Murder by Leslie Langtry

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    From USA Today bestselling author Leslie Langtry comes a killer summer camping trip!In her career as a spy, Merry Wrath had her share of camping trips—from glamping in a yurt at Oktoberfest with drug lord Carlos the Armadillo to an awkward team building campout in the backyard of a Yakuza mob boss who thought “trust falls” should have lethal consequences...
    Categorized as:
    cozy  animals  female-mc  mystery  dogs  cats  murder  law-enforcement
  • Two Seances And A Funeral by Maggie March

    Two Seances And A Funeral by Maggie March

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Lucy is a human-lie detector. Her rescue dog Paco is a ghost whisperer. Together, they solve crime in this laugh-out-loud cozy mystery series!Lucy McGuffin's life has never been sweeter. Her muffin business is booming, she's dating the town's new hot-shot cop, and she and her best friend Will are getting along better than ever. There's just one blip...
  • Heavenly Honeymoon by Kathi Daley

    Heavenly Honeymoon by Kathi Daley

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    In true Zoe Donovan fashion, Zoe ends up in jail on the second night of her honeymoon after she finds herself the only suspect in the first murder Heavenly Island has seen in a decade. Although she has been ordered to leave the investigation to a man known only as Toad, she can't help but snoop around just a bit while enjoying the tropical paradise with new husband Zak...
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    animals  cozy  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  mystery
  • Dagger in the Dahlias by Dale Mayer

    Dagger in the Dahlias by Dale Mayer

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Riches to rags. … Chaos quiets. … Crime is circling. … And cold cases never cease …After almost a month in picturesque Kelowna, Doreen Montgomery still can’t keep her notoriety to a minimum or her nose out of other people’s business. Now those suffering from the loss of a loved one seek her out, wanting her help...
  • Let It Crow! Let It Crow! Let It Crow! by Donna Andrews

    Let It Crow! Let It Crow! Let It Crow! by Donna Andrews

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    'Tis the season for sleuthing in Donna Andrews' cheery new addition to the New York Times bestselling Meg Langslow series.Meg has been roped into participating in a weaponsmithing competition, a Forged in Fire wannabe organized by a blacksmith friend...
  • Conflict in Little Leaf Creek by Cindy Bell

    Conflict in Little Leaf Creek by Cindy Bell

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Living in the country comes with temperamental goats, an ornery next-door neighbor, and a mysterious murder…Cassie Alberta is loving her new life in Little Leaf Creek. She is getting over the sudden death of her husband, appreciating what small town life has to offer and is enjoying getting to know the locals and their secrets...
  • This Bitter Treasure by S.W. Hubbard

    This Bitter Treasure by S.W. Hubbard

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    A dying invalid…a house full of treasures….a family haunted by tragedy. Deception and heartbreak stalk estate sale organizer Audrey Nealon when she accepts a lucrative new job in a posh New Jersey town...
  • Too Many Crooks Spoil the Plot by Sarah Osborne

    Too Many Crooks Spoil the Plot by Sarah Osborne

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Pediatrician Mabel Aphrodite Brown adores kids. So when a childhood friend asks Ditie to babysit her kids for a few days, she jumps at the chance. She never imagined she’d be solving a murder too . . .   Despite growing up together, Ditie hasn’t seen Ellie Winston in two years, and she didn’t even know Ellie was living in Atlanta...
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    cozy  suspense  animals  female-mc  romance  mystery  fiction  crime
  • Chicken Culprit by Vikki Walton

    Chicken Culprit by Vikki Walton

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Check Out the First Book in the New Backyard Farming Mystery Series CHICKEN CULPRIT Finally healing after her heart-breaking divorce, Anne Freemont is ready to put the painful past behind her. Discovering an old Victorian for sale in the small mountain town of Carolan Springs may be just what she needs. The beauty of Colorado beckons, so Anne heads west to start her new life...
  • Muffin But Trouble by Chelsea Thomas

    Muffin But Trouble by Chelsea Thomas

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When you’re an amateur sleuth, you’ve always got baggage……and that means you never get a vacation from murder.Chelsea, Teeny, and Miss May are trying to have a fun trip to Los Angeles.But they’ve barely checked in to their hotel when they get a call from their old friends Amy and Petunia…There’s been a murder!Worse yet, all the evidence seems to point to everyone's favorite dog groomer..
  • Til Death by Annette Dashofy

    Til Death by Annette Dashofy

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When one of Chief Pete Adams’ first murder convictions is overturned, he and County Detective Wayne Baronick are assigned to reinvestigate the case. As new theories about the murder surface, Pete begins to question not only the original suspect’s guilt, but his own investigative skills from the days when he first took over the Vance Township Police Department...
    Categorized as:
    cozy  suspense  rural  animals  female-mc  romance  mystery  fiction
  • Cry Wolf by Annette Dashofy

    Cry Wolf by Annette Dashofy

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Rural Pennsylvania’s Vance Township Police Chief Pete Adams is down an officer and has been dealing with extra shifts as well as a pair of bickering neighbors, one of whom owns a machete and isn’t afraid to use it. Golden Oaks Assisted Living is outside Pete’s jurisdiction, but a murder in the facility his Alzheimer’s-afflicted father calls home makes the case personal...
  • Killer in the Kiwis by Dale Mayer

    Killer in the Kiwis by Dale Mayer

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Riches to rags. ... Chaos again. ... Winning is important, ... at least for some!Doreen is overwhelmed with joy when she sees all the volunteers who show up to help get her deck addition built. Most of the men are cops, friends of Corporal Mack Moreau’s, and are happy to help Mack’s special friend and the lady who has helped solve so many crimes for them with a spot of home renovation...
  • The House of Lies by Debra Burroughs

    The House of Lies by Debra Burroughs

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    From New York Times bestselling author Debra Burroughs... P.I. Emily Parker and sexy police detective Colin Andrews are back, along with their close circle of friends. The House of Lies is Book 7 and you are in for another exciting and dangerous murder mystery with a thrilling dose of romance. Emily is fighting to clear the prime murder suspect while Colin is working to put him in jail...
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    cozy  female-mc  suspense  adult  book  contemporary  crime  fiction
  • In Trouble with the Claw by Eryn Scott

    In Trouble with the Claw by Eryn Scott

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Could Lou be falling right into the killer’s trap?Louisa’s first fall in Button is everything she hoped it would be: corn mazes, pumpkin patches, quirky town traditions, and beautiful foliage. The only unexpected thing: a dead body found in a pile of fall leaves.When Lou starts getting clues about the murder, she’s wary, to say the least...
    Categorized as:
    cozy  animals  female-mc  mystery  contemporary  crime  fiction  book
  • Poison Town by Creston Mapes

    Poison Town by Creston Mapes

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    There’s More Than One Kind of Poison in This Town People are sick and dying. Rumors are swirling. Some claim chemicals leaking from a manufacturing plant are causing the cancer that’s crippling people on the poor side of Trenton City, Ohio. Yet nothing at the plant appears amiss. The problem remains a mystery until reporter Jack Crittendon’s long-time mechanic falls ill and he investigates...
  • Snow Blind by Lori G. Armstrong

    Snow Blind by Lori G. Armstrong

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The frigid winter months are mighty slow in the PI biz for Julie Collins and her partner, Kevin Wells—until the duo is hired by a young woman to investigate problems at her grandfather’s assisted living facility, where they encounter lax security, unqualified healthcare personnel, and a shady senior volunteer organization...
  • A Killer Ending by Karen MacInerney

    A Killer Ending by Karen MacInerney

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Books, beach roses... and bodies.Bookseller and recent divorcée Max Sayers has risked her life savings to start a fresh chapter with the purchase of Seaside Cottage Books in cozy Snug Harbor, Maine. But she's barely opened the shop's doors when her new storybook life takes a dark turn...
    Categorized as:
    cozy  suspense  animals  female-mc  north-america  usa  maine  mystery
  • 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  suspense  animals  female-mc  mystery  paranormal  ghosts  crime
  • Sweet Revenge by Karen MacInerney

    Sweet Revenge by Karen MacInerney

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Welcome back to Dewberry...
  • Fatal, Family, Album by Joanna Campbell Slan

    Fatal, Family, Album by Joanna Campbell Slan

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    An alternative cover edition for this ASIN can be found here. Two FBI agents come looking for Kiki's nanny, Brawny-- And suddenly, the Detweiler household is turned upside down. Kiki and her husband Detweiler must ask themselves the toughest questions they'll ever face: Can we trust this person with our kids? The answer might say more about them than it does about Brawny...
  • Picture Perfect Murder by Jenna St. James

    Picture Perfect Murder by Jenna St. James

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Ryli Sinclair had no idea moonlighting as the forensic photographer for the Granville Police Department would put her in the direct path of a crazed killer. Determined to capture the murderer before she's next in line, Ryli enlists the help of her best friend, Paige, and her elderly great-aunt Shirley, a former private investigator...
  • The Fast and the Furriest by Sofie Ryan

    The Fast and the Furriest by Sofie Ryan

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Sarah Grayson and her trusty companion, Elvis, race to tail the right suspects in the fifth installment of the New York Times bestselling Second Chance Cat Mysteries.Sarah Grayson owns Second Chance, a shop that sells lovingly refurbished items, in the charming town of North Harbor, Maine. But she couldn't run the store without the help of her right-hand man, Mac--or her dashing rescue cat, Elvis...
    Categorized as:
    cozy  animals  female-mc  mystery  fiction  cats  audiobook  murder
  • Mystic Falls by Vickie McKeehan

    Mystic Falls by Vickie McKeehan

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Emotionally reeling after the death of her grandmother, Gemma Channing is settling into Coyote Wells, the hometown where she grew up, after a ten-year absence. While trying to come to terms with the loss of her Gram, disturbing things begin to happen. Women are disappearing...
  • Belinda Blake and the Wolf in Sheep's Clothing by Heather Day Gilbert

    Belinda Blake and the Wolf in Sheep's Clothing by Heather Day Gilbert

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Exotic pet-sitter Belinda Blake is nervous about her new job at the White Pine Wolf Preserve, but it turns out that the care and feeding of wild carnivores may be the least dangerous part of the gig . . .   Pet-sitter Belinda Blake is no stranger to dealing with wild animals, but she’s wary when the owner of the Greenwich, Connecticut, preserve asks her to help out with her “fluffy darlings...
  • Uneasy Prey by Annette Dashofy

    Uneasy Prey by Annette Dashofy

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    On the way to the emergency room, an elderly woman regains consciousness long enough to inform paramedic Zoe Chambers that her fall down the basement steps was no accident. Before she can say more, she succumbs to her injuries, launching Zoe and Police Chief Pete Adams into the investigation of a burglary ring targeting the area’s vulnerable senior citizens...
    Categorized as:
    cozy  suspense  rural  animals  female-mc  romance  mystery  fiction
  • Inheriting Murder by Jamie Rutland Gillespie

    Inheriting Murder by Jamie Rutland Gillespie

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When Landry Burke’s favorite Aunt Tildie passes away, Landry inherits the entire estate. It includes a five story apartment building named Magnolia Place, as well as a bookstore across the street named Jasmine Bloom Books, both located in Bobwhite Mountain, Tennessee.Landry packs up and leaves Bent Branch, SC for the hills of Tennessee...
  • Te-Kill-Ya Sunrise by Patti Larsen

    Te-Kill-Ya Sunrise by Patti Larsen

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Tequila is a terrible way to go…The young woman who’d ordered the double shot margarita took it with wide eyes and a thumbs up as she sampled it through the straw, walking back toward her table in the sand on wobbling platform sandals unsuited to the footing...
  • Artistic License to Kill by Paula Darnell

    Artistic License to Kill by Paula Darnell

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    In this cozy mystery, artist Amanda Trent, accompanied by her beloved golden retriever Laddie and her persnickety calico cat Mona Lisa, is determined to start a new life after her husband divorces her to marry a younger woman, but it isn't easy...
  • A Dealer Dead Ahead by Scarlett Moss

    A Dealer Dead Ahead by Scarlett Moss

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    All she can see is grief until a friend offers her a coastal view. But this seaside adventure could have her drowning in danger.Carter Cash struggles with starting over. Widowed for a year and looking for direction, the mystery-TV-show fanatic agrees to assist a pal refurbishing an old yacht… and makes fast friends with a retired police dog...
  • Murder Flambé by Susan Kiernan-Lewis

    Murder Flambé by Susan Kiernan-Lewis

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A charming Parisian brasserie, a buried secret and a winding labyrinth of clues come together to form a terrifying triumvirate of mystery and shocking desire in the seventh An American in Paris Mystery . The American owner of a popular Left Bank eatery is arrested for his wife’s murder...
  • The Betrayal of Lies by Debra Burroughs

    The Betrayal of Lies by Debra Burroughs

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Murder and mayhem are afoot! Feisty private eye, Emily Parker, is finally moving forward in her relationship with the hunky police detective--that is, until a new friend suddenly goes missing. Suspicions are flying that one of Emily's closest girlfriends may be involved...
  • Iced Spy by A. Gardner

    Iced Spy by A. Gardner

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The small town of Bison Creek has been chosen to host the highly-anticipated Sugar Mountain Bake-Off. But as a new snowstorm rolls in, Essie Stratter finds a frozen body near the lake - the body of her former client. As Essie joins in the murder investigation she discovers that her tiny hometown is tangled in a web of secrets. Secrets that could stab her in the back like a deadly icicle...
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    animals  cozy  female-mc  suspense  adult  book  contemporary  family
  • With a Vengeance by Annette Dashofy

    With a Vengeance by Annette Dashofy

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Paramedic Zoe Chambers and the rest of rural Monongahela County's EMS and fire personnel are used to wading into the middle of trouble to rescue the sick and the injured...
    Categorized as:
    cozy  suspense  rural  female-mc  romance  mystery  fiction  humor
  • Death Walks a Dog by Tess Baytree

    Death Walks a Dog by Tess Baytree

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Now that she’s in her fifties, Penelope Standing has life pretty well figured out. Her pet sitting business keeps her busy, her neighbors are conspiring to get her boyfriend, Jake, to propose, and she has just enough free time to make the corrupt mayor’s life miserable.Then she arrives to walk Brutus, the lovable but ill-behaved mastiff — and finds his owner, Jezza, dead...
    Categorized as:
    cozy  animals  female-mc  mystery  fiction  humor  dogs  urban-fantasy
  • Sadie Kramer Flair Mysteries - Box Set 1-3 by Deborah Garner

    Sadie Kramer Flair Mysteries - Box Set 1-3 by Deborah Garner

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A Flair for Chardonnay: When flamboyant senior sleuth Sadie Kramer learns the owner of Cioccolato, her favorite chocolate shop, is in trouble, she heads for the California wine country with a tote-bagged Yorkie and a slew of questions. The fourth generation Tremiato Winery promises answers, but not before a dead body turns up at the vintners’ scheduled Harvest Festival...
  • Bones in the Begonias by Dale Mayer

    Bones in the Begonias by Dale Mayer

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Riches to rags. … Chaos continues. … Murders abound. … Honestly? Doreen Montgomery’s new life in Kelowna was supposed to be a fresh start after a nasty split from her husband of fourteen years, plus a chance to get her bearings and her life back on track. Instead her first week in her new hometown was spent digging up dead bodies, chasing clues, and getting in Corporal Mack Moreau’s way...
  • Paradise Valley Mysteries Boxed Set by Debra Burroughs

    Paradise Valley Mysteries Boxed Set by Debra Burroughs

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    This boxed set contains: The Scent of Lies (Book 1), The Heart of Lies (Book 2), The Chain of Lies (Book 3), plus a BONUS Prequel Short Story, The Edge of Lies , (best read after reading at least one of the other books). OVERVIEW: A captivating series, full of romance, mystery, and intrigue. Think "Sex and the City" meets "Nancy Drew"...
  • Family Matters by Laurinda Wallace

    Family Matters by Laurinda Wallace

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The peaceful farming community of Deer Creek is nestled in the rolling hills of Wyoming County in Western New York. It’s home to Gracie Andersen, who once again finds herself in a cemetery, laying a family member to rest. Wrestling with unresolved guilt and grief over the loss of her husband and unborn child, Gracie desperately wants to get her life back...
  • Marzipan and Murder by Rosie A. Point

    Marzipan and Murder by Rosie A. Point

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    It’s a gorgeous day for a wedding… and a murder.Ruby Holmes has finally settled into her four-week ‘vacation’ in cozy town Carmel Springs, Maine. She’s thrilled when she lands a catering gig for a local wedding… even if the client is a bridezilla of epic proportions...
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