Cozy England

In the picturesque coastal town of Sunrise Harbor, Maine, where salty ocean breezes mingle with the scent of freshly caught lobsters, a chilling mystery unfolds. When a supposedly idyllic lobstering cruise takes an unexpected turn, steamy romance author, baker and amateur sleuth, Tabitha Clive, finds herself accused of murdering her husband’s former sister-in-law, Ethel Brownville. As whispers of her guilt spread through the town, Tabitha's closest friends refuse to let her face the weight of false accusations alone. In The Women Sleuths Club Murder, a vibrant group of “mature” ...

A fraught family reunion. A corpse by the coast. Can an amateur sleuth crack this egg‑xtraordinary mystery, or will she be left scrambling for answers? Spring signifies new beginnings, yet rookie antiques expert Dotty Sayers is uncertain about her future. A colleague’s invitation to Northumberland, in search of hidden family treasure, offers her a fresh start. Once there, she befriends her neighbour and assists with a prestigious project at a nearby castle. But when her mentor vanishes and a body washes up in a secluded cove, Dotty wonders why the people around her keep turning up dead....

He was forced to hang up his badge. Now, a kidnapping has raced into his retirement England, 1960’s. Former inspector Tom Ramsay is taking advantage of having to step down. Invalided after getting shot in the line of duty, the plain-speaking man adopts a border collie and gets down to the serious business of hiking the scenic countryside of his ancestry. But after hearing over the radio about a missing local, the fifty-five-year-old ex-cop is shocked when a pleasant walk brings him face-to-face with the victim fleeing her captors. With the young woman reported as a runaway and no ransom ...

Spring is in full bloom in the Cotswolds… but someone is dancing rings around the truth! When a body is found tied to the maypole, sharp-eyed antiques expert Dotty Sayers can’t ignore the mystery tangled up in a village's May Day celebrations. Alongside her cafe-owning friend Keya, Dotty begins pulling at the threads of the dead man's life. What they uncover is a web of financial deceit with victims far closer to home than either of them expected. But will revealing the betrayal destroy the very community they're fighting to protect? Grab your ribbon and unravel the answers in A Maypole...

STAND-ALONE MURDER MYSTERY, #13 IN THE SERIES. MEET MAVERICK BRITISH DETECTIVE DI SKELGILL... "MAD, BAD AND JUST A LITTLE BIT COZY." MURDER ON THE MIDNIGHT EXPRESS? When the exclusive London-to-Edinburgh sleeper plunges into a snowdrift deep in the Cumbrian fells, DI Skelgill awakes to discover one fellow passenger dead and another missing. Through a blinding blizzard Skelgill leads a daring evacuation – but even before they reach the sanctuary of an isolated coaching inn, a third traveller suffers a life-threatening mishap. As suspicion pervades the elite group of apparent strangers, ...

STAND-ALONE MURDER MYSTERY, #3 IN THE SERIES. MEET MAVERICK BRITISH DETECTIVE DI SKELGILL... "MAD, BAD AND JUST A LITTLE BIT COZY." WHEN A MAN IS FOUND STRANGLED by a climbing rope beneath the Lake District's notorious Sharp Edge, it is assumed he is the victim of a tragic accident. But Detective Inspector Skelgill suspects otherwise, and his fears are borne out when a second corpse is discovered close to Striding Edge. Soon it appears that a ritualistic serial killer stalks Cumbria's fells. As the body count increases, Skelgill must determine the connection between the seemingly randomly ...

Three Clever Mysteries. One Charming Town. Zero Escape for Killers. When former Portland detective Eliza Prescott traded her badge for a bookstore in the quaint coastal town of Ashford Creek, she thought she'd found peace. But in a town where everyone knows everyone's secrets, murder has a way of finding her. Armed with her detective instincts, her loyal retired K-9 partner Bruno, and an uncanny knack for noticing what others miss, Eliza can't help but investigate when suspicious deaths disrupt her quiet New England haven. From poisoned dinner parties to deadly cottage encounters, each ...

Community police officer Keya Varma’s dream of opening a cafe is buried when a thirty-year-old skeleton is unearthed in a quiet Cotswold village. With her sister’s wedding looming and the cafe still weeks away from selling its first pot of tea, Keya barely has time for her new rural beat, never mind a murder enquiry. Alongside her police colleagues, she reopens the case of a missing girl, but local villagers refuse to answer her questions. When a friend is found dead on her building site, confusion over identities threatens to sour the investigation. Can Keya close the case and open her...

A fresh start, a quirky bookstore, and one very nosy schnauzer… what could possibly go wrong? Newly divorced and craving a reset, Agatha Royale loads up her vintage Ford Falcon and heads to Bristol Lake, a postcard-pretty Maine town where she’s inherited her late stepmother’s charming old bookstore. Agatha’s plan is simple: coffee, cozy mysteries, and long walks with Mike, her mischievous miniature schnauzer. Then Mike makes a discovery that turns Agatha’s fresh start upside down. Suddenly, Bristol Lake’s friendly smiles come with secrets—and everyone has an opinion about the ...

STAND-ALONE MURDER MYSTERY, #11 IN THE SERIES. MEET MAVERICK BRITISH DETECTIVE DI SKELGILL... "MAD, BAD AND JUST A LITTLE BIT COZY." WHEN BEAUTIFUL YOUNG SOCIALITE Scarlett Liddell apparently commits suicide during a ‘Murder Mystery Weekend’, extravagantly staged at a Lakeland castle, the coroner calls in DI Skelgill to tie up the loose ends. Post mortem results, however, cast doubt upon the provisional verdict – and circumstantial evidence begins to point to one obvious suspect – the woman’s multi-millionaire husband, Will Liddell. And when Will Liddell is accused of a separate ...

Oxford, 1920. One body. Three impossible clues. And a woman mathematician who will not accept “accident” as an answer. Women can study at Oxford, but they still cannot earn degrees. With a historic vote on women’s degrees approaching and the city caught up in the spectacle of Eights Week, Oxford’s annual rowing races, the last thing the university needs is a scandal. Then the Duke of Calverley—a powerful patron of the university and outspoken opponent of women’s education—is found dead in a locked boathouse. Oxford is quick to call it a tragic accident. Celia Wren, a brilliant...

Two people have been targeted. Shots have been fired. Who stands to inherit? Who has the most to lose? Evangeline "Evie" Parker, Countess of Woodridge, thinks it's nothing but an accident but then an attempt is made on her host's life. Suddenly, all the guests attending the Duke of Hetherington's house party think they are being targeted. Who will be next? Evie and her new chauffeur form an unlikely alliance to discover as much as they can before the killer can get it right.

One dead body. Multiple identities. In the Cotswolds even the truth is disguised! Young widow Dotty Sayers is delighted with her new auction house job until she discovers she’s about to lose her home and her chance at a fresh start. Concealing her disappointment, she reluctantly takes part in an autumn parade, but the day’s pageantry is tarnished when an unknown man is found dead. The police ask Dotty to appraise items from the victim’s home, but rather than learning his name, she uncovers a trail of false identities. When one of them leads to a client, her search for the truth takes ...

When vintage dealer Nora Blackwell receives a call from a precise, recently retired textile conservator, she expects an interesting acquisition. What she finds, hidden in the lining of an extraordinary 1920s beaded coat, is something far more consequential: a fragment of musical manuscript, signed with two initials and a single sentence in French. Ce que j'ai composé ne mourra pas avec moi. What I have composed will not die with me. The manuscript belongs to Élise Lavigne, a French composer who vanished in occupied Paris in 1943 and whose music was believed entirely lost. The coat belongs...

STAND-ALONE MURDER MYSTERY, #6 IN THE SERIES. MEET MAVERICK BRITISH DETECTIVE DI SKELGILL... "MAD, BAD AND JUST A LITTLE BIT COZY." SUMMONED TO AN ISOLATED maximum-security hospital, DI Skelgill inadvertently catches the eye of a notorious female serial killer. Does she read his censorious thoughts? Is this the trigger that turns a routine investigation into a rollercoaster of murder, mayhem, escapes and hostage taking? And what of the establishment? Are these crises purely coincidental, or is some conspiracy afoot? Could it be blackmail, corruption, a power struggle ... or something ...

“Every Manor Keeps Its Secrets—Some Too Perilous to Remain Silent, and One Woman’s Courage Stands Against a Century of Deceit.” It was on an autumn afternoon, golden yet heavy with the foreboding hush of evening, that Rosalind Harrington stepped from her carriage and crossed the threshold of Montrose Manor, a place she had once called home. She has been summoned home to fulfill the dying requests of Lady Beatrice Montrose. In the serene yet shadowed corridors of Montrose Manor, an estate of grand but fading splendor, widowed Rosalind Harrington, a woman of wit and quiet strength, ...

Three generations of women, an unforgettable summer of music, and the epic cross-country road trip they'll never forget. Summer, 1969: Eleanor Bell doesn't have anything to lose. According to the doctors, she might not remember how to sing or play guitar soon, so why not head west now? Why not...

STAND-ALONE MURDER MYSTERY, #4 IN THE SERIES. MEET MAVERICK BRITISH DETECTIVE DI SKELGILL... "MAD, BAD AND JUST A LITTLE BIT COZY." BY THE TIME Detective Inspector Skelgill becomes the tenth person to be stranded on secluded Grisholm (Pigs’ Isle in Old Norse) where a writers’ retreat is taking place, one of the assembled literati is already dead. Though natural causes may provide the explanation, a second ‘accidental’ death and a raft of curious experiences convince Skelgill that a cold and calculating killer is at large. But where is his evidence? Set around Derwentwater in the ...

Cornwall, 1854. The people of Roche have always whispered about the recluse in the black granite tower that looms above the moorland. But one young woman is driven to discover the truth behind the old tales. Her life overshadowed by family tragedy, Mina Penrose escapes her lonely days by working at The Magpie, a cozy tearoom on the village’s edge. Lately she’s been seeing shapes in the sodden leaves that hint at the future. After one such omen, Mina stumbles upon a murdered man on the heath.

Perfect for fans of Agatha Christie, Richard Osman, and the golden age of English detective fiction. A body beneath an oak tree. No wound. No struggle. No explanation. The village is content to look the other way — Ashgrove Hall has always managed its affairs quietly, and no one dares ask questions of the manor. Clara Hart is not from the village. A former nurse with a sharp eye and a sharper stubbornness, Clara came to Ashgrove at the invitation of an old friend. What she found was a dead man arranged with suspicious neatness in the frost, a second death no one wants to explain, and a ...