Mystery
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The Bakeshop Mystery is an ongoing series of 21 books with a 22nd books announced for 2026. Book 1, Meet Your Baker, was published in 2014. The series is set in Ashland, Oregon, hometown of pastry chef Juliet Montague Capshaw known as Jules. She has returned home after working as a pastry chef aboard a…
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Book 1 in the A Hot Dog Detective Mystery Case series. Mark MacFarland has hit rock bottom and is now working his way up. After his wife was murdered and the suspect’s case was declared a mistrial, MacFarland left the force, drowned his sorrows in alcohol and lived on the streets for years. Now he…
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Kelsey Woods is back in Carlyle Cove to help her aunt Clara with her café and be the maid of honor at her best friend Tanya’s wedding. But when Tanya’s wedding planner is found murdered, Kelsey takes it upon herself to save the wedding by sleuthing out the murderer under the mentorship of Elinor Brooks,…
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A compelling murder mystery set in an intriguing fantasy world where people and plants are magically altered to be stronger, more productive, more alluring or more deadly. The story details the first case of Signum Dinios Kol, known as Din. Din is an Imperial engraver, magically enhanced to remember everything he has seen or heard.…
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Virginia Farrell is a journalist and long-time jazz enthusiast and mystery fan. Betty Brown, a former jazz singer, reveals the existence of a box full of priceless, thought-to-be-lost stolen jazz tapes from the 1950s, asking Virginia to ensure that they are returned to their rightful owner. But before Virginia can act, Betty Brown is murdered,…
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Four women linked through decades. Three now vanished. When Ethel Dockery reports her three bridge friends missing, only DI Ryan Hale and DS Fiona Winter take her seriously. They are only reluctantly allowed to investigate as Ethel is the superintendent’s mother, but once Ryan and Fiona begin to look into the case, they find that…
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Book 2 in the Francine Witt Mystery series. Bottled Up resumes the action where book 1, Full Bodied ended, with Francine Witt on a mission to tell the story of Penelope Radcliffe, archaeologist and grandmother of Rosalind Downing, who is accompanying Francine as her research assistant. As the two of them begin to look into…
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Book 1 in the Francine Witt Mystery series. A fun, cozy, wine and Egyptology themed mystery with a surprisingly deep message of feminism and representation. Francine Witt is a wine blogger dreaming of a career in “real” journalism while posting budget wine recommendations and blogging about the shenanigans of two wine thieves who time and…
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Book 1 in the Barker & Llewelyn series. When Cyrus Barker advertises for a new assistant, a job that is described as having “some danger involved”, Thomas Llewelyn applies for the job. Barker is a Sherlock Holmes-style private detective possessing great knowledge, impressive fighting skills, a vast network of contacts and informants and firsthand experience…
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A good historical mystery is like a time machine, transporting the reader from the present to a completely different era. If the idea of a literary trip to the Victorian era intrigues you, try one or all of these cozy mystery series set in Victorian London. Relaxing, funny and light-hearted, these books are perfect for…
Mostly Murders 