Contemporary
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Book 1 in the Jane Christie series. 50 year old Jane Christie is obssessed with two things, reading murder mysteries and reminiscing about her late husband Gerry. She is reclusive, lonely and seemingly incapable of moving on with her life. But after a fall from a roof leaves her in a coma, she wakes up…
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Book 1 in the Aaron Falk series. In the small farming town of Kiewarra in Australia, the Hadler family is found brutally murdered, with the infant daughter being the only survivor. Aaron Falk, Federal Police investigator in Melbourne, is called back to town for the Hadler funeral. As a child, Aaron was best friends with…
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Book 1 in the California Bookshop Mystery series. After being dumped by her boyfriend and business partner, Scarlett has single-handedly managed to achieve her dream of having a bookstore by the seashore in sunny Southern California. But her cozy bookworm routines are suddenly interrupted when she finds a dead body under the pier near her…
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Book 1 in the Trouble in Paradise! series. Plum Lockhart is a brash travel magazine editor in New York. When she looses her job, she decides to take up an offer as a villa broker on a Caribbean resort island. What may sound like a dream location to many, soon reveals itself to be quite…
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Book 1 in the Thursday Murder Club series. On the surface Cooper’s Chase is a peaceful and sleepy luxury retirement village full of idling senior citizens, set in the tranquil surroundings of a former convent for nuns. But when a murder occurs nearby, the Thursday Murder Club springs into action, and the local police officers…
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Book 1 in the Ådalen series. Written in Swedish by Tove Alsterdal and translated into English by Alice Menzies When an old man is found dead in his home, a 23 year old murder case is brought back into the light. The dead man’s son, Olof, was convicted of the rape and murder of teenage…
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Book 1 in The Vacation Mysteries series. Elanor Dash is trying to kill her ex. In her book series, that is. Like Agatha Christie and Hercule Poirot, Elanor is stuck with a highly sucessful book series and a main character she has grown tired off. But unlike Agatha Christie, Elanor has to deal with the…
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Book 1 in the Finlay Donovan series. Finlay Donovan is broke and way behind on her next romantic suspense novel, her rich ex husband wants their children to come live with him and his annoyingly perfect fiance, her nanny quit and her car could break down any minute. After a meeting with her agent discussing…
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A melancholic and introspective view of life in a small Polish town, seen through the eyes of an older woman who believes in astrology and loves animals far more than humans. In the winter Janina is a caretaker, looking after the empty houses of her richer neighbours who spend the winter in the city. In…
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Looking for a summer themed cozy mystery? Here are five cozy mysteries for the summer, all perfect for a beach read, poolside book or just for cozy mystery lovers who like the vibes in their books to match the season. The Murder of Mr Wickham by Claudia Gray is a Regency era mystery/romance featuring Jane…
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