Cozy Mysteries

(Listed in alphabetical order by author’s last name)

-A-

Aames, Avery:

The Long Quiche Goodbye (Reviewed 2/3/2013; 4 stars)

Abbott, Allyson K.:

Murder on the Rocks (Reviewed 10/26/2013; 1.5 stars)

Abbott, Victoria:

The Sayers Swindle (Reviewed 1/30/2014; 5+ stars)
The Wolfe Widow (Reviewed 9/27/2014; 5+ stars)
The Marsh Madness (Reviewed 11/8/2015; 5 stars)

Ace, Cathy:

The Case of the Dotty Dowager (Reviewed 7/7/2015; 1 star)

Adams, Ellery:

Pecan Pies and Homicides (Reviewed 2/22/2014; 2.5 stars)
A Killer Plot (Reviewed 7/8/2014; 5+ stars)
A Deadly Cliché (Reviewed 7/12/2014; 5+ stars)
The Last Word (Reviewed 7/14/2014; 5+ stars)
Written in Stone (Reviewed 7/17/2014; 4.5 stars)
Poisoned Prose (Reviewed 7/19/2014; 5+ stars)
Murder in the Mystery Suite (Reviewed 8/19/2014; 5 stars)
Lemon Pies and Little White Lies (Reviewed 5/28/2015; 2.5 stars)
Murder in the Paperback Parlor (Reviewed 8/22/2015; 3.5 stars)
Lethal Letters (Reviewed 9/13/2015; 4.5 stars)
Writing All Wrongs (Reviewed 12/19/2015; 5 stars)
Murder in the Secret Garden (Reviewed 9/25/2016; 3.5 stars)

Alan, Isabella:

Murder, Plain and Simple (Reviewed 11/3/2013; 5+ stars)

Allen, Beverly:

Bloom and Doom (Reviewed 3/29/2015; 5+ stars)
For Whom the Bluebell Tolls (Reviewed 3/31/2015; 2.5 stars)

Archer, Connie:

A Spoonful of Murder (Reviewed 10/14/2012; 4.5 stars)
A Broth of Betrayal (Reviewed 5/29/2013; 5 stars)
A Roux of Revenge (Reviewed 4/7/2014; 4.5 stars)
Ladle to the Grave (Reviewed 5/17/2-15; 2 stars)

Arlington, Lucy:

Every Trick in the Book (Reviewed 3/23/2013; 4.5 stars)
Books, Cooks and Crooks (Reviewed 4/20/2014; 5 stars)

-B-

Barrett, Lorna:

Not the Killing Type (Reviewed 9/6/2013; 3 stars)
Book Clubbed (Reviewed 8/21/2014; 5 stars)
A Fatal Chapter (Reviewed 9/7/2015; 4.5 stars)
Clause of Death (Reviewed 10/25/2022; 5+ stars)

Bartlett, Lorraine:

One Hot Murder (Reviewed 5/16/2013; 3.5 stars)

Berry, Tamara:

Buried in a Good Book (Reviewed 8/16/2022; 5+ stars)

Blackwell, Juliet:

If Walls Could Talk (Reviewed 12/23/2012; 3.5 stars)
Dead Bolt (Reviewed 12/25/2012; 5 stars)
Murder on the House (Reviewed 12/27/2012; 4.5 stars)
Home for the Haunting (Reviewed 1/20/2014; 2.5 stars)
Keeper of the Castle (Reviewed 2/9/2015; 3.5 stars)

Blake, Heather:

A Potion to Die For (Reviewed 1/15/2014; 4.5 stars)
One Potion in the Grave (Reviewed 11/16/2014; 2.5 stars)

Bowen, Rhys:

Heirs and Graces (Reviewed 10/20/2013; 3.5 stars)
Queen of Hearts (Reviewed 8/16/2014; 5+ stars)

Bradford, Laura:

Hearse and Buggy (Reviewed 12/16/2012; 4.5 stars)
Assaulted Pretzel (Reviewed 5/5/2013; 2.5 stars)
Shunned and Dangerous (Reviewed 3/1/2015; 3.5 stars)
Suspendered Sentence (Reviewed 3/8/2015; 4 stars)
Éclair and Present Danger (Reviewed 6/1/2016; 3 stars)

Brown, Duffy:

Geared for the Grave (Reviewed 3/26/2015; 2 stars)

Bryan, Mollie Cox:

Death Among the Doilies (Reviewed 9/10/2016; 4 stars)

Budewitz, Leslie:

Death Al Dente (Reviewed 9/21/2014; 1 star)

Burdette, Lucy:

Topped Chef (Reviewed 5/8/2013; 4 stars)

-C-

Cabot, Meg:

The Bride Wore Size 12 (Reviewed 4/22/2015; 5+ stars)

Carlson, Alyse:

The Begonia Bribe (Reviewed 8/17/2013; 1.5 stars)

Cates, Bailey:

Bewitched, Bothered and Biscotti (Reviewed 12/25/2013; 3 stars)
Charms and Chocolate Chips (Reviewed 12/26/2013; 2.5 stars)

Chance, Maia:

Snow White Red-Handed (Reviewed 4/19/2015; 3 stars)

Chase, Erika:

Read and Buried (Reviewed 1/2/2013; 5 stars)

Childs, Laura:

Stake & Eggs (Reviewed 12/1/2012; 3.5 stars)
Eggs in a Casket (Reviewed 4/1/2014; 3 stars)

Chow, Jennifer J.:

Death by Bubble Tea (Reviewed 11/16/2022; 3.5 stars)

Cochran, Peg:

Allergic to Death (Reviewed 10/22/2012; 3.5 stars)

Connolly, Sheila:

Buried in a Bog (Reviewed 3/21/2013; 2.5 stars)
Scandal in Skibbereen (Reviewed 4/17/2014; 4 stars)
An Early Wake (Reviewed 4/28/2015; 1.5 stars)

Cook, J.J.:

That Old Flame of Mine (Reviewed 4/1/2013; 5 stars)
Playing with Fire (Reviewed 1/14/2014; 5+ stars)

Cooper, Amanda:

Tempest in a Teapot (Reviewed 9/1/2014; 4.5 stars)

Crockett, Jessie:

Drizzled with Death (Reviewed 11/10/2013; 5+ stars)
Maple Mayhem (Reviewed 1/1/2015; 5+ stars)

Curtis, Waverly:

Dial C for Chihuahua (Reviewed 1/8/2013; 2.5 stars)
Chihuahua Confidential (Reviewed 6/10/2013; 2.5 stars)

-D-

Davies, Emma:

Death in Disguise (Reviewed 2/7/2022; 4.5 stars)

Davis, Krista:

Murder, She Barked (Reviewed 3/8/2015; 5+ stars)
The Ghost and Mrs. Mewer (Reviewed 3/10/2015; 5+ stars)

Delaney, Vicki:

Elementary, She Read (Reviewed 3/26/2017; 5 stars)

-E-

Eastman, Dawn:

Pall in the Family (Reviewed 8/9/2013; 4 stars)
Be Careful What You Witch For (Reviewed 10/30/2014; 4 stars)
A Fright to the Death (Reviewed 4/12/2015; 4 stars)
An Unhappy Medium (Reviewed 4/9/2016; 4 stars)

-F-

Fiedler, Christine:

Death Drops (Reviewed 2/24/2013; 3.5 stars)
Scent to Kill (Reviewed 3/2/2013; 3.5 stars)
Garden of Death (Reviewed 3/21/2015; 2 stars)

Flower, Amanda:

A Plain Death (Reviewed 11/26/2012; 4.5 stars)
A Plain Scandal (Reviewed 2/13/2013; 4.5 stars)
A Plain Disappearance (Reviewed 10/28/2014; 3.5 stars)
The Final Reveille (Reviewed 5/16/2015; 2.5 stars)

Freydont, Shelley:

Foul Play at the Fair (Reviewed 11/7/2012; 3 stars)

-G-

Gates, Eva:

By Book or By Crook (Reviewed 10/19/2015; 4.5 stars)
Booked for Trouble (Reviewed 10/20/2015; 4.5 stars)

Gayle, Katie:

An English Garden Murder (Reviewed 4/27/2022; 4.5 stars)

Gerber, Daryl Wood:

Final Sentence (Reviewed 9/4/2013; 4 stars)

-H-

Hamilton, Victoria:

Bran New Death (Reviewed 9/10/2013; 4.5 stars)

Hardy, Susannah:

Feta Attraction (Reviewed 1/11/2015; 5 stars)

Hart, Carolyn:

What the Cat Saw (Reviewed 11/19/2012; 4 stars)

Haywood, B.B.:

Town in a Pumpkin Bash (Reviewed 3/3/2013; 3 stars)
Town in a Strawberry Swirl (Reviewed 4/19/2014; 5 stars)

Hockensmith, Steve:

The White Magic Five and Dime (Reviewed 12/9/2014; 2.5 stars)

Hyde, Katherine Bolger:

Arsenic with Austen (Reviewed 10/17/2016; 3 stars)

Hyzy, Julie:

Grace Takes Off (Reviewed 9/30/2013; 4 stars)
Grace Against the Clock (Reviewed 8/28/2014; 3 stars)
Grace Cries Uncle (Reviewed 8/17/2015; 3.5 stars)

-I-

Ireland, D.E.:

Wouldn’t It Be Deadly (Reviewed 10/19/2014; 4 stars)

-J-

James, David:

A Not So Model Home (Reviewed 11/23/2012; 3 stars)

James, Miranda:

Bless Her Dead Little Heart (Reviewed 12/2/2014; 5 stars)

-K-

Kiely, Tracy:

Murder at Longbourn (Reviewed 7/24/2014; 4.5 stars)
Murder on the Bride’s Side (Reviewed 7/27/2014; 4.5 stars)
Murder Most Persuasive (Reviewed 7/28/2014; 5 stars)
Murder Most Austen (Reviewed 7/29/2014; 4 stars)

Kingsbury, Kate:

Room With a Clue (Reviewed 7/22/2014; 2.5 stars)

Kirwin, Mary Lou:

Killer Librarian (Reviewed 11/27/2012; 4 stars)
Death Overdue (Reviewed 3/15/2014; 1 star)

-L-

Lavene, Joyce & Jim:

Spell Booked (Reviewed 12/2/2014; 5 stars)
Be My Banshee (Reviewed 9/16/2015; 1.5 stars)

Lillard, Amy:

Dairy, Dairy, Quite Contrary (Reviewed 11/14/2022; 4.5 stars)

Lipperman, Lizbeth:

Heard It Through the Grapevine (Reviewed 4/25/2014; 1 star)

Logan, Kylie:

Mayhem at the Orient Express (Reviewed 8/6/2013; 2.5 stars)
Chili Con Carnage (Reviewed 9/30/2013; 1.5 stars)
A Tale of Two Biddies (Reviewed 4/30/2014; 4 stars)
The Legend of Sleepy Harlow (Reviewed 12/4/2014; 2.5 stars)

LoTempio, T.C.:

Purr M for Murder (Reviewed 3/8/2017; 4.5 stars)

Lynn, Kendel:

Board Stiff (Reviewed 2/12/2014; 3.5 stars)

-M-

MacInerney, Karen:

Brush with Death (Reviewed 6/19/2014; 3.5 stars)

MacRae, Molly:

Last Wool and Testament (Reviewed 10/21/2012; 4 stars)
Dyeing Wishes (Reviewed 3/9/2014; 2.5 stars)

McHugh, Mary:

Chorus Lines, Caviar, and Corpses (Reviewed 11/9/2014; 2 stars)

McKenna, Elizabeth:

The Great Jewel Robbery (Reviewed 11/14/2022; 3 stars)

McKinlay, Jenn:

Due or Die (Reviewed 2/17/2013; 4 stars)
Book, Line, and Sinker (Reviewed 2/18/2013; 4.5 stars)
Cloche and Dagger (Reviewed 10/28/2013; 5+ stars)
Read It and Weep (Reviewed 1/29/2014; 2.5 stars)
Death of a Mad Hatter (Reviewed 6/7/2014; 5 stars)

Metz, Amy:

Murder and Mayhem in Goose Pimple Junction (Reviewed 10/20/2014; 3 stars)

Moran, Terrie Farley:

Well Read, Then Dead (Reviewed 9/4/2014; 2.5 stars)

-O-

Ockley, Martha:

The Advent of Murder (Reviewed 9/7/2014; 3.5 stars)

-P-

Pape, Sharon:

Sketch Me If You Can (Reviewed 4/14/2013; 1.5 stars)
To Sketch a Thief (Reviewed 4/18/2013; 3 stars)
Alibis and Amethysts (Reviewed 9/30/3014; 1 star)

Parra, Nancy J.:

Gluten for Punishment (Reviewed 6/29/2013; 3.5 stars)
Murder Gone A-Rye (Reviewed 7/5/2014; 4 stars)

Perry, Leigh:

A Skeleton in the Family (Reviewed 10/23/2013; 4.5 stars)
The Skeleton Takes a Bow (Reviewed 11/3/2014; 4.5 stars)

Purser, Ann:

The Sleeping Salesman Enquiry (Reviewed 6/24/2013; 3 stars)

-R-

Reilly, Linda:

Fillet of Murder (Reviewed 8/10/2015; 4.5 stars)

Rigolosi, Steven:

The Outsmarting of Criminals (Reviewed 5/26/2014; 4.5 stars)

Ross, Barbara:

Clammed Up (Reviewed 10/17/2013; 4 stars)
Boiled Over (Reviewed 7/7/2014; 5+ stars)

Ryan, Sofie:

The Whole Cat and Caboodle (Reviewed 6/9/2014; 4.5 stars)

-S-

Staab, Rochelle:

Who Do, Voodoo? (Reviewed 10/23/2012; 5 stars)
Bruja Brouhaha (Reviewed 10/24/2012; 4 stars)

Swanson, Denise:

Nickeled and Dimed to Death (Reviewed 5/10/2013; 1.5 stars)
Dead Between the Lines (Reviewed 6/4/2014; 2 stars)
Dying for a Cupcake (Reviewed 6/6/2015; 3 stars)

-W-

Wenger, Christine:

Do or Diner (Reviewed 11/14/2013; 2 stars)