Culinary

Sammy Baker’s confectionaries are a big hit in Sunny Cove, but when a fundraising drive turns into a hair-raising crime it’s time for Sam to don her sleuthing cap again....

Big Ben chiming in the distance, chilly walks along the river Thames, cocktails at the Ritz… and a government secretary dead? Only Jane Treen can solve the case!

When Jane Treen is summoned to her boss’s office at the end of a long day, she smooths down her tweed skirt and makes them both another strong pot of coffee. Brigadier Remmington-Blythe slides a folded copy of the evening newspaper towards her, with one small article circled in red ink.

A glorious ocean liner setting sail, sunset on the horizon, and champagne on deck. All seems shipshape…until Kitty discovers a body on board. Time for some sleuthing!

Cottages, English roses and rolling hills: that's Earlsraven. When Nathalie unexpectedly inherits her aunt's cosy inn "Black Feather", she...

It's the end of a long day at the Dogs Need Nice Homes charity shop. Fiona, Daisy, and Partial Sue, the three retired ladies who volunteer there, are ready to lock up for the night. The chippie is beckoning. But supper will have to wait.

A vanished body. A deadly bookshop. A country house party full of suspects. Can a living gargoyle and an alchemist decipher the clues before poisoned pages claim another victim?

Pantomime season has arrived in the brand new hilarious cozy murder mystery from Fiona Leitch. 'Murder and mayhem are rarely this enjoyable. Another fantastic entry in this brilliant series that solidifies Leitch as one of the very best and funniest writers around’ Jonathan Whitelaw ‘A...

Jodie ‘Nosey’ Parker is back to solve another Cornish murder mystery, perfect for fans of Richard Osman’s The Thursday Murder Club… 'Leitch crafts a Cornwall that I want to live in – vibrant, funny and dripping with mystery and mayhem. Brilliant’ Jonathan Whitelaw, author of The...

'Oozing with mystery, style and unforgettable characters – I'm transported into a world of delightful intrigue and murderous mystery, and all home in time for tea. Absolutely fantastic.' Jonathan Whitelaw, author of The Bingo Hall Detectives The perfect Cornish cozy mystery for fans of Richard...

Newlyweds Lady Swift and Detective Hugh Seldon are honeymooning in the most romantic city on earth. Clifford, her butler, has come along for the trip to make sure everything goes to plan for the happy couple. And Gladstone, the mischievous bulldog, to make sure it doesn’t!

‘A sparklingly delicious confection to satisfy the mystery reader’s appetite’ Helena Dixon, bestselling author of the Miss Underhay Mysteries Jodie ‘Nosey’ Parker is back! When popular TV baking contest and national institution ‘The Best of British Baking Roadshow’ rolls into town...

‘A sparklingly delicious confection to satisfy the mystery reader’s appetite’ Helena Dixon, bestselling author of the Miss Underhay Mysteries The first book in a NEW cozy mystery series! Still spinning from the hustle and bustle of city life, Jodie ‘Nosey’ Parker is glad to be back in...

Midlife crisis? More like midlife magic! Step into Cypress Grove, Florida, where the historic Crescent Moon Inn isn't just serving up Southern hospitality–it's dishing out supernatural surprises.

“Listeners will be entertained by narrator Karen Chilton's performance of this deliciously devious novel set at Essie's Soul Food Cafe on the South Side of Chicago.”—AudioFile A sparkling debut mystery set on the south side of Chicago, featuring the quick-witted, unforgettable Savvy...

Devon, 1937. Kitty Underhay is enjoying a crisp winter morning walk with her best friend, Alice, and her fiancé, Robert, who have recently bought the mysterious Midwinter Farm.

Summerview Secondary School is holding its annual charity auction. Margery and Clementine Butcher-Baker are on hand to prepare delicious baked goods for the big day - with the assistance of Clementine's mysterious sister, Maria.

Albert Smith might be retired, but a long career as a police detective has left him with skills that just won’t switch off. So on a walking tour of the British Isles, it doesn’t take long for his eyes to spot something he wasn’t supposed to see.

‘A sparklingly delicious confection to satisfy the mystery reader’s appetite’ Helena Dixon, bestselling author of the Miss Underhay Mysteries A PINCH OF PARANOIA It’s three days before Christmas, and detective-turned-chef Jodie ‘Nosey’ Parker is drafted in to cater a charity event...

When the Village Blend caters a glittering rooftop party, their creative coffee concoctions are eclipsed by a shocking murder in this thrilling new Coffeehouse Mystery from New York Times bestselling author Cleo Coyle. Years ago, when master roaster Clare Cosi was a newly divorced mom raising...

A real estate agent’s death sends shock waves through the idyllic town of St. Denis, leading Bruno, Chief of Police, to suspect that there’s more to this tragedy than meets the eye. When Bruno stumbles upon a motionless figure in a car parked at a scenic overpass on the ridge of the Vézère...

After a brutal breakup and a dramatic workplace walkout, Lana Lee figures waiting tables at her family's restaurant is her best option for putting her life back together. Soon, the restaurant’s property manager, Mr. Feng, turns up dead - after a delivery of shrimp dumplings from Ho-Lee....

Annie Murray is excited to host a murder mystery-themed dinner party, but soon the evening takes a deadly turn…

Welcome to The Three Hounds Bakery, where sweet treats and secrets mix, and every wag of the tail might lead to danger!

The Hopeless Tigers just won the biggest football game in school history! But as often happens in the quirky yet snakebitten town of Hopeless, Idaho... there's a bit of a problem. A dead body has shown up.

Devon, 1938. Kitty Underhay is enjoying a well-deserved rest when her very upset cousin Hattie suddenly bursts in. She sobs that the gentleman she had been seeing, Richard Westonholme, seems to have vanished, taking all of her jewellery with him. As Hattie describes Richard, he sounds eerily familiar, and Kitty and her husband Matt board a ship in hot pursuit–only to find him lying in a lifeboat…dead.

Summerview Secondary School is holding its annual charity auction. Margery and Clementine Butcher-Baker are on hand to prepare delicious baked goods for the big day - with the assistance of Clementine's mysterious sister, Maria. As the auction begins, chaos erupts when Eleanor Black, the owner of Dewstow Museum, is found murdered in the stage storeroom. Maria has vanished. Her fingerprints cover the crime scene. Clementine refuses to believe her sister is capable of murder and is sure they need to widen the search – Eleanor has a long list of enemies.

En medio de la crisis económica que sacude España, Ubaldo Contador, un psicólogo de la Policía Nacional, se ve inmerso en una investigación que lo llevará lejos de su hogar y de sus problemas cotidianos. A su lado, la investigadora checa Janka Kopecká lucha por descifrar la mente del implacable criminal conocido como el Mutilador de Praga. Tú no eres Sherlock Holmes es una novela que entrelaza las vidas de estos y otros muchos personajes, cada uno luchando por encontrar su camino en una ciudad que parece devorar a sus habitantes.

Ghosts, small town sleuth, dog, cozy mystery Chantilly Adair has seen enough ghosts in Castleberry, Georgia, to know when something isn't right. But when Nell Pickett appears in Del's Diner — confused, slightly transparent, and completely invisible to everyone else — this one hits close to home. Nell volunteered at the historical society just yesterday. Now she's dead. The official ruling? Heart attack. The problem? There's an inventory tag stuck to the bottom of a dead woman's shoe, and it came from the box of Pruitt family donations Nell was cataloging hours before she died. With the ...

Du sucre, des épices et tout ce qu’il y a de plus délicieux… sauf quand la recette inclut un meurtrier au goût prononcé pour le crime. Lorsqu’une émission nationale de pâtisserie débarque à Gloamington, des boulangers amateurs s’affrontent pour la gloire et la fortune. Mais quand tout tourne mal et que l’un des candidats trouve la mort, Malcolm et Ella comprennent vite que ce ne sont pas seulement les recettes qui posent problème. Pris dans un tourbillon de chaos où rien n’est jamais ce qu’il paraît, le duo d’enquêteurs doit traquer un meurtrier. Et le meurtre ...

When a billionaire’s assistant drops dead clutching a cup from Brewed Awakening, Hattie Calder’s cozy coffee shop becomes the scene of Maplewood’s biggest scandal. A friendly note on the cup—her signature smiley and heart—turns from charm to evidence overnight, painting her as the town’s prime suspect. Determined to clear her name, Hattie follows a trail of gossip, greed, and poisoned secrets to the doors of Maplewood Manor, where eccentric tycoon Graham Larken offers her an impossible deal: help solve his assistant’s murder, and earn ten million dollars in the process. With ...

After years of planning and hard work, Merry Wynter was finally ready to host the grand opening gala of the Wynter Woods Center for the Performing Arts. With musicians, entertainers, members of the media and even influencers on the guest list, the event went off without a hitch—until a particularly nasty journalist posted a criticism of the gala and everything Merry was trying to accomplish.

It’s Christmastime again in Fallingbrook, Wisconsin. Emily has truly decked the halls of her donut shop and decorated her donuts with festive designs from green and red frosting to snowflake sprinkles. For the annual Ice and Lights Festival, she’s commissioned a sculpture with three ice-carved donut shapes to form a holey snowman, Frosty the Donut. She has one Christmas wish this year—to spend some time under the mistletoe with a certain detective.

Maddie Penrose is staying with her beloved grandmother, Nor, at her gorgeously idyllic Cornish farm. She’s looking forward to days helping out in Nor’s little teashop and evenings wandering down the cliff path to watch the sunset. But before Maddie has even finished serving up scones on her first morning, a man bursts through the door: Nor’s neighbour Clive has found a body in the field behind the teashop....

Welcome back to The Berry Home, where the cappuccinos are frothy, the pastries are dangerous, and Kylie Berry’s “slow week” lasts six minutes. When a college student working at Kylie's café is killed, the shock ripples through town—and suspicion lands fast and hard on one target. Everyone seems convinced the tragedy was meant for someone else… and that the wrong girl paid the price. As rumors spread and tempers flare, Kylie finds herself staring down a tangled mess, including: 🧐 An unusual Support Group 📚 A glamorous dean 🎭 And way too many people with a grudge and a ...

Petals and Politics in Maple Glade A Maple Glade Wedding Mystery The Cozy Novel Club Series – Book 10 By Brandi Knight A wedding meant to unite the town… A murder meant to silence the truth. When wedding planner Quinn Marisol returns to her charming hometown of Maple Glade to design the flowers for the mayor’s high-profile wedding, she expects long hours, picky guests, and a few last-minute disasters. She doesn’t expect murder. When the town’s most notorious gossip is found dead inside a florist’s storage cooler—clutching one of Quinn’s own bouquet designs—the celebration ...

It’s love at first light on a golden Sri Lankan beach… until the tide turns deadly. Café owner, Keya Varma, is overjoyed to escape the English Cotswold winter for tropical sunshine, and her happiness soars when her CSI partner surprises her with a marriage proposal. A quiet ceremony on a golden beach seems the perfect start to their life together. But paradise loses its sparkle when a priceless sapphire disappears, and a body is found on the sand. With the local police quick to accuse the newlyweds, Keya’s honeymoon takes a disastrous turn. Caught between suspicion and island ...

After Allie inherited her family’s McMurphy Hotel and Fudge Shop, cousin Tori moved off to California in a bitter huff and the two haven’t spoken since. So to have her cousin reappear on Mackinac Island without warning is a big surprise—but not as surprising as finding her standing over a dead woman impaled with a garden spade in the Mackinac Butterfly House.

The Buttercream & Batter Mysteries The Complete Six-Book Collection Welcome to William's Cove, a small coastal New England town where the harbor smells like salt and possibility, the bakery on Main Street is always warm, and the locals are exactly as charming and complicated as small-town people tend to be. Fanny Fairchild owns The Sugared Spatula, bakes the best shortcake in three counties, employs the most endearingly clumsy apprentice in the history of pastry, and — through absolutely no plan of her own — has become William's Cove's most reliable solver of murders. Her partner in ...

Chocolate Clues at the Lighthouse *A Maple Glade Harbor Mystery* **By Brandi Knight** Valentine’s Day in Maple Glade Harbor is supposed to be sweet.Chocolate The twin sisters behind **Bittersweet & Co.**, the town’s beloved artisanal chocolate shop set inside a restored lighthouse, have planned their most charming event yet—an annual **Valentine’s Chocolate Scavenger Hunt**. Visitors wander the harbor following clues hidden inside handcrafted chocolates, leading them from cozy cafés to the windswept lighthouse cliffs. But when one participant is discovered drowned near the rocks ...

Iris Desmarais only meant to stop in Palmetto Cove for lunch. But the Florida marina has a way of rearranging plans. Between the steady rhythm of dock life, a growing line at her food truck, and a stray dog named Biscuit who seems determined to make friends with the entire town, Iris begins to wonder if passing through might turn into staying. Then the marina manager turns up dead. The police say it was an accident. Most of the town seems ready to agree. But Iris has spent enough time in small towns to recognize when a story is being smoothed over—and the more she notices, the clearer it ...

A Secret in the Cabernet Cellar A Cozy Novel Club Mystery By Brandi Knight The harvest season in Silver Glen should be filled with celebration, wine, and long golden evenings in the vineyards. Instead, it ends with murder. When Fiona Bell attends an elegant harvest dinner at Beaumont Vineyards, the evening takes a shocking turn when a rival vintner collapses beside the old grape crusher. At first it looks like a tragic accident—but Fiona knows something isn’t right. The night before the dinner, Fiona uncorked a dusty bottle of cabernet in the cellar and discovered something hidden ...

Spring has finally arrived in Sparrow Creek, and Vera Holloway is up to her elbows in buttercream. The town's most anticipated wedding of the decade is just weeks away, and Vera has been commissioned to create the cake—a towering confection meant to symbolize new beginnings for a family haunted by tragedy. Thirty years ago, a groom died at his wedding reception. Anaphylactic shock. A baker was blamed, a business was destroyed, and the bride was left in her white dress, a widow before she was ever a wife. Now that bride's granddaughter is getting married—at the same venue, in the same ...

On a culinary tour of the British Isles, retired Detective Superintendent Albert Smith and snarky former police dog Rex Harrison find something quite unexpected waiting for them at their B&B... it’s the almost-dead body of their landlady.

Mel und Angie sind seit der Schulzeit beste Freundinnen. Und nun, 25 Jahre später, haben die Beiden sich einen lang gehegten Traum erfüllt und betreiben nun gemeinsam die Fairy Tale Cupcake Bäckerei in Scottsdale, Arizona. Christie stirbt, nachdem sie einen von Mels Cupcakes probiert hat! Das sieht weder für die Fairy Tale Cupcake Bäckerei, noch für Mels Unschuld gut aus. Den beiden Freundinnen bleibt keine Wahl: Sie müssen die Ermittlungen aufnehmen, um Mels Namen wieder reinzuwaschen und weitere Mordfälle zu verhindern!

Blair Whitcome left Chicago's cutthroat restaurant scene for a quieter life on the Gulf Coast, and for three years, Pelican Harbor has delivered exactly that — salt air, good gossip, and the satisfaction of feeding a town that has slowly, generously become home. Blair's Bistro sits at the warm center of Main Street, and Blair herself sits at the warm center of the community, known for her grandmother's cast-iron recipes, her sharp instincts, and an enormous, unbothered tabby cat named Lil' Beefy who supervises the kitchen from atop the walk-in cooler and considers mouse-catching a ...

Welcome to Pelican Harbor, a quirky coastal Louisiana town where the morning coffee is always hot, the gossip is even hotter, and the local festivals have a frustrating habit of ending in felony. At the heart of it all is Blair Whitcome — a sharp-instincted Chicago chef who traded the high-pressure restaurant world for the salt air of the Gulf Coast and opened Blair's Bistro, the culinary soul of her adopted hometown. Blair has a gift for tasting when something is off — in a sauce, in a story, or in a suspect — and that gift keeps pulling her into investigations the local detective ...

Murder by the Seaside Script *A Cozy Novel Club Mystery* By Brandi Knight When fiction becomes deadly serious, one retired schoolteacher must solve the mystery before her seaside getaway becomes a crime scene. After retiring from decades in the classroom, **Mitzi Holloway** is ready for a quieter life. Her dream is simple: transform her charming coastal cottage into **Seabreeze Cottage**, a welcoming bed-and-breakfast for book lovers seeking peaceful ocean views and good conversation. Her first big event seems like the perfect start—an eccentric mystery book club is gathering for a ...

In Willow Creek, history isn’t just preserved—it’s protected… sometimes fatally. When respected historian Harold Whitcomb dies after a fall near the town’s historic root cellar, most call it a tragic accident. But Cynthia Harper—former NYC strategist turned small-town B&B owner—has learned that Willow Creek’s calm exterior often hides careful rearrangements. With her golden retriever Duke sniffing out tension as reliably as crumbs, Cynthia starts asking inconvenient questions about missing archive pages and a trust tied to valuable land. The town’s polished Historical ...

On a culinary tour of the British Isles, a retired detective and a failed police dog intend to taste the smoked fish that made the town famous …… but when the first person they meet turns up dead a few hours later in an apparent suicide neither one of them believes, both man and dog must accept they’ve stumbled into another mystery. All too soon, they wish they hadn’t poked their noses in because what they have uncovered could be truly sinister.