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  • A Streak of Bad Cluck by Ellen Riggs

    A Streak of Bad Cluck by Ellen Riggs

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    With hens like these, who needs enemies?Ivy is finally starting to feel at home on Runaway Farm and she’s even settled the feathers of a formerly feisty neighbor with frequent gourmet food bribes. Unless the nosy neighbor has an ulterior motive, that is. She’s as sly as Ivy’s runaway sow.New guests descend on the inn and Ivy puts the mayhem of recent weeks behind her...
  • The Wrong Bones by Melinda Leigh

    The Wrong Bones by Melinda Leigh

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    A frantic chase to catch a grave robber reveals a startling discovery in this tenth installment of the Widow’s Island novella series by Wall Street Journal bestselling author Melinda Leigh.Deputy Tessa Black spots a man disturbing a grave in the local cemetery and gives chase. But when Tessa catches him, she learns that the ghoulish trespasser wasn’t robbing graves; he was burying a box of bones...
  • 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...
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    cozy  crime  female-mc  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Backrush by Jana Deleon

    Backrush by Jana Deleon

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The sea heals all things.Tempest Island has weathered the worst of storms and still stands proud, providing its residents with the healing power of the sea and sun. When Alayna Scott’s life falls spectacularly apart, both professionally and personally, the executive chef’s only thought is getting back home to the island and her aunt Bea...
  • Blind Bake by Denise Grover Swank

    Blind Bake by Denise Grover Swank

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    When a young woman is at the wrong place at the wrong time, she becomes a person of interest in a murder investigation. Maddie Baker just wants to make ends meet. She gave up her school librarian career to return to her hometown and take care of her elderly aunt...
  • Bone Deep by Kendra Elliot

    Bone Deep by Kendra Elliot

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    When two men kidnap former FBI agent Cate Wilde’s fiancé, the boldness of the crime rattles the community. Desperate to find the man she loves, Cate joins forces with the FBI and the local sheriff’s department to launch an investigation and bring Dr. Henry Powers home...
  • Buried Bones by Melinda Leigh

    Buried Bones by Melinda Leigh

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    A college student’s murder shines light on community secrets left in the dark in the seventh Widow’s Island novella by #1 Wall Street Journal bestselling author Melinda Leigh.All communities have their secrets…but on Widow’s Island, there’s a skeleton in every closet, as Deputy Tessa Black knows all too well...
  • A Broken Bone by Melinda Leigh

    A Broken Bone by Melinda Leigh

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    The mysterious death of a local teen leads to a hunt for a killer in the sixth Widow’s Island novella by #1 Wall Street Journal bestselling author Melinda Leigh.On Widow’s Island, the secrets are dark…and everybody has one. So when Deputy Tessa Black responds to a call about an explosion in a quiet neighborhood, she gets more than she bargained for: the body of a teen who went missing weeks ago...
  • 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...
  • Burned by Her Devotion by Melinda Leigh

    Burned by Her Devotion by Melinda Leigh

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    In the second Rogue Vows novella, the town of Solitude, Oregon, will learn that good TV makes for terrible reality. When Chase Ryan, a popular crime TV star, turns up dead, the entire town of Solitude is shaken—but the show isn’t over yet. The confessed murderer is violently abducted on the way to the county jail, and now Detective Seth Harding must find both the killer and the kidnapper...
  • Banana Slit by Angela K. Ryan

    Banana Slit by Angela K. Ryan

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The grand opening of Anna McBride’s seaside ice cream shop is anything but sweet.After the tragic death of her Irish twin sister, Bella, Anna needed a radical change. So, she closed her counseling practice in Boston to embark on a new adventure as an ice cream shop owner...
  • Dirty Money by Liliana Hart

    Dirty Money by Liliana Hart

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    When the past meets the present… King George County, Virginia has it’s share of crime, but it’s generally a good place to live and raise a family. So when a string of violent murders sweeps through the county, J.J. Graves and her husband, Sheriff Jack Lawson, are left scratching their heads. It’s soon discovered all the victims have a connection—Malachi Graves—J.J.’s father...
  • Marshal by Jodi Burnett

    Marshal by Jodi Burnett

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The U.S. Marshals service seeks a K9 Unit for their elite strike team tasked with hunting down America's most wanted criminals. Caitlyn Reed and her K9 partner, Renegade, are called up to the varsity to face this harrowing challenge. Has she bitten off more than she can handle?Moose Creek Sheriff Colt Branson finds himself in the foray as a part of the U.S...
  • Vanilla Bean Vengeance by Agatha Frost

    Vanilla Bean Vengeance by Agatha Frost

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The FIRST BOOK in a BRAND NEW cozy mystery series!Claire Harris loves nothing more than crafting homemade candles. She has always dreamed of one day opening a quaint candle shop in her home village of Northash, but at thirty-five, she still can't afford to take the risk. Stuck in a dead-end job at the local candle factory, and back living with her parents, Claire knows her life needs a shakeup...
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    cozy  crime  female-mc  romance  mystery  fiction  contemporary  wlw
  • Fatal Reunion by Annette Dashofy

    Fatal Reunion by Annette Dashofy

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    As Monongahela County’s new coroner Zoe Chambers-Adams gears up for a third day searching for a missing woman, she receives the news she’s been dreading: a body has been found. What she discovers at the scene leaves no doubt—the missing woman was violently murdered. Worse, the manner of death mirrors the Monongahela Strangler case that terrorized the county when Zoe was in high school...
  • Poison Ivy by Helena Marchmont

    Poison Ivy by Helena Marchmont

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    It's party time in Bunburry! The deluxe Magnolia Inn is hosting surprise birthday celebrations for Bunburry's favourite senior citizens, Liz and Marge. But the party is not the only surprise. A glamorous widow, Francesca Fairfax Adams, is staying in the Magnolia Inn, and catches the eye of self-made man and amateur sleuth Alfie McAlister...
  • Maverick by Jodi Burnett

    Maverick by Jodi Burnett

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Maverick will release sooner than the posted date! Stay tuned.Small Town Thriller!While on a run in the mountains, K9 Renegade finds a red high-heeled shoe. He and his handler, Deputy Caitlyn Reed, locate its twin — on the foot of a dead woman floating face down in Moose Lake...
  • Barbecue and Bad News by Nancy Naigle

    Barbecue and Bad News by Nancy Naigle

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Welcome to Adams Grove…where the barbecue isn’t the only thing that sizzles. Savannah Dey politely agreed to attend her ex-husband’s wedding, but she’d be grateful for any reason to get out of it…which is why the speeding ticket from the handsome sheriff of Adams Grove is both a surprise and a reprieve...
  • Round Up the Usual Peacocks by Donna Andrews

    Round Up the Usual Peacocks by Donna Andrews

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    New York Times, bestselling author Donna Andrews first introduced us to Meg Langslow as a crime-solving bridesmaid. In her 31st mystery, Round Up the Usual Peacocks, Meg returns to her roots, juggling cold cases and wedding guests. Kevin, Meg's cyber-savvy nephew who lives in the basement, comes to her with a problem...
  • Dune, Dock, and a Dead Man by Carolyn L. Dean

    Dune, Dock, and a Dead Man by Carolyn L. Dean

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Original Cover Edition can be found here Amanda Graham should be happy with her newly-inherited historic inn, a fat cat named Oscar, and living in a small Oregon beach town, but a terrible discovery between the dunes on the coast and she’s right back in the soup, trying to solve a murder and save her friend! Sure, maybe he was such a rotten person he deserved to die, but as secrets start to be...
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    cozy  crime  female-mc  adult  animals  audiobook  book  contemporary
  • The Body in the Gravel by Judi Lynn

    The Body in the Gravel by Judi Lynn

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Even in a lovely town like River Bluffs, Indiana, flipping houses can be a challenge. Especially when there’s the proverbial skeleton in the closet—and a literal corpse in the driveway . . .   House-flipper Jazzy Zanders has her work cut out for her. Her latest flip, which she co-purchased with her fiancée Ansel and cousin Jerod, is a three-story fixer-upper that’s more of a droopy-downer...
  • 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...
  • Game of Gravestones by Gena Showalter, Jill Monroe

    Game of Gravestones by Gena Showalter, Jill Monroe

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    She suspects everyone of everything. Except her oldest friend. Who's found next to a body. Holding the murder weapon.For the first time, things are just right for cemetery owner Jane Ladling. Her cat only kind of hates her sort of boyfriend, Special Agent Conrad Ryan, and she isn't flat broke...
  • Purled and Poisoned by Tracey Drew

    Purled and Poisoned by Tracey Drew

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A smart woman would dump her cheating ex, move from the city, and give herself a chance for a well-deserved do-over. A smarter woman—smarter than me, anyway—wouldn’t jump out of that same frying pan and return to Cape Discovery, a seaside village where her family is the nuttiest of all the nut-ball residents...
  • The Sign of Four Spirits by Vicki Delany

    The Sign of Four Spirits by Vicki Delany

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Gemma Doyle won’t be spooked when a body shows up at the psychic fair in bestselling author Vicki Delany’s ninth Sherlock Holmes Bookshop mystery.When a psychic fair arrives in West London, Gemma Doyle, owner of the Sherlock Holmes Bookshop and Emporium, wants nothing to do with it...
  • Murder on Tour by V.M. Burns

    Murder on Tour by V.M. Burns

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Bookstore owner and Michigander Samantha Washington is thrilled to see her debut historical mystery finally on the shelves, but a killer seems determined to steal away the spotlight . . . While Sam wraps up her first whirlwind book tour, Nana Jo has kept Market Street Mysteries running smoothly. The last stop is a prestigious book festival in Sam’s hometown of North Harbor, Michigan...
  • The Diva Goes Overboard by Krista Davis

    The Diva Goes Overboard by Krista Davis

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    For once, event planner Sophie Winston finds herself a guest at a lavish engagement party, but things go horrifyingly awry when the groom-to-be is fatally poisoned . .
  • A Fair Time For Death by Adriana Licio

    A Fair Time For Death by Adriana Licio

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The annual Chestnut Fair brings visitors from far and wide to the sleepy village of Trecchina. This year, one will be coming to die.The moment Vanda Riccardi makes the grisly discovery in the forest, a blow to the head knocks her cold. By the time rescuers find her, the corpse is gone...
  • Death in Darkness by Nell Goddin

    Death in Darkness by Nell Goddin

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A disturbed wife. A nanny. And a pack of cowardly, lying friends.Simon Valette, a cultured and successful Parisian, moves his family to Castillac looking for peace and quiet. Before they've had a chance to settle in, someone is found murdered in their library. Molly and Ben work double-time to disentangle all the lies--including those told by their own friends...
  • The Château Murder by Nell Goddin

    The Château Murder by Nell Goddin

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A dead Baron. A missing emerald. And way too many suspects.Amateur sleuth Molly Sutton has her hands full this time! Shut out of Castillac’s latest murder case and running out of money, she’s praying for a brilliant scheme or at least some dumb luck to strike...
  • Last Diner Standing by Terri L. Austin

    Last Diner Standing by Terri L. Austin

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Rose Strickland is having a blue Christmas. Her friend is arrested for attempted murder, her sexy bad guy crush is marked by a hit man, and her boss is locked in an epic smackdown with a rival diner. Determined to save those she loves, Rose embarks on an investigation more tangled than a box of last year's tree lights...
  • 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...
  • Hardback Homicide by S.E. Babin

    Hardback Homicide by S.E. Babin

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I'm Dakota Adair, lifelong bibliophile and the proud owner of Tattered Pages, home to rare books and a particularly prickly Persian named Poppy. I’m not quite sure I ever pictured myself ending up in the quaint, little town of Dewdrop Springs, Maine, but the coffee, carbs, and endless reading materials inside my store keep me from venturing outside too much, anyway...
    Categorized as:
    cozy  female-mc  amateur-sleuth  mystery  fiction  cats  animals  dark
  • Bridges Burned by Annette Dashofy

    Bridges Burned by Annette Dashofy

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Paramedic Zoe Chambers is used to saving lives, but when she stops a man from running into a raging inferno in a futile attempt to rescue his wife, Zoe finds herself drawn to him, and even more so to his ten-year-old daughter. She invites them both to live at the farm while the grieving widower picks up the pieces of his life...
  • Mother's Day Murder by Tonya Kappes

    Mother's Day Murder by Tonya Kappes

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Holiday Cozy Mystery Series is a spin-off of Tonya Kappes's A Camper and Criminals Cozy Mystery Series! You do not want to miss Violet Rhinehammer's journey and some appearances from our beloved Laundry Club Ladies and favorite characters from A Camper and Criminals Cozy Mystery crossover series!It's Mother's Day in Holiday Junction and Violet Rhinehammer is covering all the Mother's Day events...
  • Chilled to the Cone by Ellie Alexander

    Chilled to the Cone by Ellie Alexander

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Pastry chef and amateur sleuth Juliet Capshaw finds herself on thin ice as she attempts to solve her latest case of small-town murder in Ellie Alexander's Chilled to the Cone: A Bakeshop Mystery.The deep freeze has thawed in Ashland, Oregon and Torte is gearing up for a busy spring...
  • A Vacation to Die For by Lynn Cahoon

    A Vacation to Die For by Lynn Cahoon

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    In the California coastal town of South Cove, Jill Gardner, owner of Coffee, Books, and More, discovers that wedding planning can be murder . . .Hustling her fiancé off to a neighboring tourist town might be the only way Jill Gardner can plan her nuptials to South Cove’s in-demand police detective...
  • 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...
  • And Then There Were Crumbs by Eve Calder

    And Then There Were Crumbs by Eve Calder

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    She’s a talented pastry chef―with a secret recipe for solving crimes…WELCOME TO THE COOKIE HOUSEKate McGuire’s life was sweet in Manhattan before she lost her restaurant job and fiancé both. But sometimes that’s just the way the cookie crumbles, and soon she finds herself starting from scratch in the island town of Coral Cay, Florida...
  • Word to the Wise by Jenn McKinlay

    Word to the Wise by Jenn McKinlay

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    It's no-holds-barred murder, in the latest page-turning Library Lover's Mystery from the New York Times bestselling author of Hitting the Books.Lindsey Norris is finally getting married to the man of her dreams--but it's not all roses for Briar Creek's beloved library director, as gardening enthusiast and town newcomer Aaron Grady gives the term "book lover" a whole new meaning...
  • Sign Off by Patricia McLinn

    Sign Off by Patricia McLinn

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    Divorce a husband, lose a career …grapple with a murder. TV journalist Elizabeth “E. M.” Danniher will tell you she committed two sins — she didn’t stay young, and she made an enemy of a powerful news executive — her ex. She used to break national news. Now her top story as the “Helping Out!” reporter at dinky KWMT-TV in Sherman,Wyoming is getting a refund for a defective toaster...
  • The Moth Catcher by Ann Cleeves

    The Moth Catcher by Ann Cleeves

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    This case was different from anything Vera had ever worked before. Two bodies, connected but not lying together. And nothing made her feel as alive as murder.Life seems perfect in Valley Farm, a quiet community in Northumberland. Then a shocking discovery shatters the silence...
  • Celtic Justice by Rebecca Zanetti

    Celtic Justice by Rebecca Zanetti

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A stolen treasure, a sabotaged pie, and a town full of trouble…Silverville’s St. Patrick’s Day is bigger than ever, thanks to Nana O’Shea’s Pot of Gold display at her brand-new magic potion shop, Celtic Moon Herbals. The centerpiece? Antique gold nugget boxes that just might form a treasure map. Most people think it’s just another of Nana’s tall tales—until the display vanishes...
  • Evil Under The Stars by C.A. Larmer

    Evil Under The Stars by C.A. Larmer

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    It was supposed to a frivolous night out. The champagne was flowing, the rugs were arranged, and the Agatha Christie Book Club had settled in to watch their favourite mystery Evil Under the Sun on the moonlit screen above. Yet it all comes to a crashing halt when a woman’s lifeless body is discovered lying between the jumble of picnic baskets and blankets...
  • Murder on Vacation by Nell Goddin

    Murder on Vacation by Nell Goddin

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Happy Valentine’s Day! Well, maybe not so much… Molly Sutton’s B&B is jam-packed for the holiday, but whatever romance is in the air is quickly snuffed out when somebody turns up dead. In addition to worrying that one of her remaining guests is a killer, Molly’s not feeling tip-top and spends more time napping than sleuthing...
  • Something Deadly on Desert Drive by Kris Bock

    Something Deadly on Desert Drive by Kris Bock

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Starting over at fifty might be hard, but it shouldn’t be deadly…Still recovering from an injury that might have permanently derailed her career as an international war correspondent, Kate Tessler is living in her childhood bedroom and pondering her second act when another case lands in her lap. Kate’s father and his coffee group are worried...
  • Muffin But the Truth by Ellie Alexander

    Muffin But the Truth by Ellie Alexander

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    In Muffin But the Truth, Torte's pastry chef and amateur sleuth Juliet Capshaw finds herself in deep water..
  • Knitted and Knifed by Tracey Drew

    Knitted and Knifed by Tracey Drew

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Wanted: Cat mum to manage a yarn store, corral two curious cats, all the while being tangled up in murderous mayhem and mystery. A smart woman would dump her cheating ex, move from the city, and give herself a chance for a well-deserved do-over...
  • The Prisoner of Castillac by Nell Goddin

    The Prisoner of Castillac by Nell Goddin

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    What if Valerie is still alive?Virtually no one in the village of Castillac holds out any hope. It has been seven years, after all. Seven years since the popular, mischievous Valerie Boutillier disappeared without a trace. The exertions of the gendarmes, led by Chief Dufort, yielded almost no clues, and his failure to solve the case had been one of the main reasons he quit the force...
  • Scone Cold Killer by Lena Gregory

    Scone Cold Killer by Lena Gregory

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    For Florida diner owner Gia Morelli, there’s no such thing as too much breakfast—unless it kills you . . .When Gia Morelli’s marriage falls apart, she knows it’s time to get out of New York. Her husband was a scam artist who swindled half the millionaires in town, and she doesn’t want to be there when they decide to take revenge...
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