Cozy England

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 prestigious yacht-club event could give Sabrina Jordan’s tea house its biggest break yet. Instead, it serves up another murder. Former Chicago court reporter Sabrina Jordan is finally learning to charge what her work is worth. When The Steeped Daisy lands a high-paying catering job for Bellweather Cove’s season-end regatta, Sabrina should be thinking about invoices, shortbread, and whether her aging furnace will survive another Maine winter. Then wealthy summer resident Whit Calloway is found dead near the docks. At first, everyone wants to call it an accident. Whit was charming, ...

A picturesque seaside town. A body by the boathouse. And a retired detective who thought he’d left murder behind. When Arthur “Art” Lennox moves to the quiet village of Bracktown-on-Sea, he expects sea breezes, friendly neighbors, and peace. But when a body washes up by the old boathouse, his hopes for a tranquil retirement vanish with the tide. The victim, a well-connected newcomer with more enemies than friends, has left behind a tangle of grudges, secrets, and half-truths. The suspects range from a hot-tempered fisherman to the victim’s estranged daughter — and in a place this ...

Three murders. One bookseller who keeps saying she'll stay out of it. One detective who keeps turning up at exactly the wrong moment with exactly the right questions. And one spaniel who has been ahead of everyone from the very beginning. Welcome to Bramblecombe – a honey-stone Cotswold village of winding lanes, beautiful countryside and neighbours who know rather too much about one another. Bookshop owner Molly Thornwood would be perfectly happy running The Cracked Spine and walking her self-possessed spaniel, Crumpet. Instead, she keeps finding mysteries. And then there's former ...

Three years after news of her scandalous husband’s death, Adelaide Fiske is at the altar again, her groom a soldier on the Marquis of Wellington’s staff. The prospects seem bright for one of the most notorious women in Kent—until Jane Austen discovers a corpse on the ancient Pilgrim’s...

Primrose Thorne has been in Hartsboro fourteen months, and the first person to threaten her business is the first person to turn up dead. Victoria Devonport wanted the little soap shop on Main Street closed. She said so at the zoning board, in the post office, and to anyone who would stand still for it. Four days later Prim finds her on the north slope, under a rhododendron bush, with a length of hemp rope beside her. The rope is the problem. It came from Cross's lumberyard, and Ethan Cross worked for Victoria Devonport for three years — long enough that half the town saw him look at her ...

Murder on the Menu: A Bakery Cozy Mystery (Sugar & Spice Mystery Series Book 1) When baker Daphne Whittaker caters a Halloween murder mystery dinner in small-town Autumnboro, she expects fake blood and theatrical deaths—not a real corpse face-down in her chocolate mousse. Now she's the prime suspect in a deadly game where the killer is still on the loose. With her reputation and bakery business on the line, Daphne must sift through a town full of secrets to find the real murderer. Between a mysterious employee with a hidden identity, threatening notes slipped under doors, and a corrupt ...

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” ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

GREAT EXCITEMENT GRIPS Cumbria when Midsomar Manor, a small private Lakeland hotel, is chosen as the filming location for ‘FRIEND or FOE?’, the reality TV show that has captured the nation’s imagination – and this the ‘Celebrity Edition’, no less. A former colonial estate, set in private grounds close to the shore of picturesque Somar Water, Midsomar Manor seems the perfect choice. With its thirteen bedrooms and classic Georgian country house features – drawing room, billiards room, cocktail bar, wine cellar, scullery, attics, gun room – it is the film producer’s dream. ...

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....

They say you can never tame a wildflower... From the USA Today bestselling superstar romance author of the Boston Bolts hockey series comes a spicy rivals-to-lovers, grumpy-sunshine romance about a young woman returning to her family’s daffodil farm only to find “Cowboy” running 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 ...

"A smart, twisty debut that will keep you guessing until the final shocking twist . . . Readers take note—Gabbie Hanks is a writer to watch!” —Heather Gudenkauf, New York Times bestselling author of The Perfect Hosts An infamous murder case is blown back open when a crime writer’s sister...

Young widow Dotty Sayers is delighted with her new job at a Cotswold auction house until the body of an unknown man threatens her chance of a fresh start. The police ask Dotty to appraise items from the victim’s home, but rather than learning his name, she finds a trail of false identities. One of them leads to a new client, but Dotty is shocked when the woman is murdered in the middle of an auction. When the police arrest the groundsman at a local country estate, Dotty is convinced they have the wrong man. Agreeing to care for his British Blue cat, she starts asking questions of her own....

STAND-ALONE MURDER MYSTERY, #15 IN THE SERIES. MEET MAVERICK BRITISH DETECTIVE DI SKELGILL... "MAD, BAD AND JUST A LITTLE BIT COZY." VIRILE; HANDSOME; RUTHLESS. When gamekeeper Lawrence Melling takes over at traditional Lakeland sporting estate Shuteham Hall he soon ruffles the feathers of not only elderly Lord Edward Bullingdon and his younger model wife Miranda, but also their adult offspring and fellow estate workers. Meanwhile local conservationists perceive an existential threat to rare hen harriers nesting on nearby Over Moor. And when Miranda’s jewellery worth a six-figure sum goes...

Class is back in session! New York Times bestselling authors of The Academy Elin Hilderbrand and Shelby Cunningham return with The Thoroughbreds: what has more high-stakes drama, tension, and intrigue than senior year at a New England boarding school? September at Tiffin Academy is always a...

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.