Cozy Mysteries

Fiction

Time is Ticking for Agatha Raisin to Solve Another Murder in “Killing Time”

In MC Beaton’s Killing Time (Minotaur), Agatha Raisin again proves that no one can outsmart her; not her friend and former lover Sir Charles Fraithe, her assistant Toni, her BFF Roy Silver, or the many criminals trying to best her in her 35th mystery. When, at a friendly dinner, Sir…

Jodé MillmanOctober 11, 2024

Fiction Listicles

6 New Whodunit Mysteries for Kate Atkinson Fans

Lightning flashes, you hear a scream, and when the lights come on, someone is dead. Suddenly, everyone is a suspect. Was it the maid, in the library with the revolver? Full-cast murder mysteries are timeless favorites. From classic books like Murder on the Orient Express and The Mystery of Edwin…

Megan BeauregardSeptember 18, 2024

Not that kind of call girl by Nova Garcia

Fiction Recommended

Young New Mom Struggles with Workplace Drama in Cozy Mystery

Set between November 2016 and September 2017 in Cascade City, Washington, Not That Kind of Call Girl is a humorous mystery and family drama novel written by Women’s Advocate & Crusader for the Social Good, Nova García. The storyline revolves around Julia Navarro-Nilsson, a young new mom who is navigating…

Natalia KavaleJune 19, 2024

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Jealousy and Revenge Are Motives for Murder in New Hamish Macbeth Mystery

"Veteran storyteller Beaton may be gone, but her beloved Highlands policeman lives on." —Kirkus Reviews —∞— In M.C. Beaton’s Death of a Green-Eyed Monster (Grand Central), Scottish Police Sergeant Hamish Macbeth does not have a jealous bone in his tall, muscular, fiery redheaded body. In his thirty-sixth adventure in the…

Jodé MillmanFebruary 23, 2022

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The Catchiest, Jazziest Murder Mystery You Ever Will Read

Very touchy people, those struggling jazz musicians: just looking to get gigs, ply their craft and gain a little respect for their art and creativity. Very sensitive indeed. But so much so that you have to commit murder? Author Durden Kell would have you believe that in her jazz crime…

Jim AlkonFebruary 3, 2022

Miscellany Thrillers

AuthorBuzz: Tea Shop Mystery and Giveaway for Domestic Thriller

Sorry, this promotion has ended. Read on for another great recommendation from AuthorBuzz! Murder in the Tea Leaves, Tea Shop Mystery #27 by Laura Childs (Berkley – Penguin Random House) Dear Reader, When tea maven Theodosia Browning reads the tea leaves on the set of a spooky movie, sparks fly…

AuthorBuzzMarch 4, 2024

Fiction Miscellany

RW Green Continues MC Beaton’s Legacy in Cozy Agatha Raisin Mystery, “Dead on Target”

M.C. Beaton, with R.W. Green, hits the bulls-eye with her latest, and 36th, Agatha Raisin mystery, Dead on Target (Minotaur). Feisty, middle-aged Agatha is attending the Carsely Village fete when she’s enticed to participate in an archery exhibition presented by the Anscombe Archers. Before a large crowd, Agatha nails the…

Jodé MillmanNovember 15, 2023

Audiobooks Recommended Thrillers

Murder Strikes at Yoga Class in Cozy Australian Mystery on Audio

The title of Susan Rogers and John Roosen’s exciting new novel and audiobook, Dead Man’s Pose, refers to what is known in the yoga world as Shavasana. It is a pose meant to relieve tension, not to kill you. Hence as the novel opens, Yoga Boronia studio owner and instructor…

Anne Eliot FeldmanOctober 18, 2023

Fiction Podcasts

Writers, Ink Podcast: Stephen King’s Former Assistant, Marsha DeFilippo, Proves It’s Never Too Late to Write That First Book

BookTrib is proud to present to our readers the Writers, Ink podcast, a show about the business of writing. J.K. Rowling was nearly homeless when she wrote the first Harry Potter book. Stephen King penned Carrie on a small desk wedged between a washer and dryer. James Patterson worked in advertising and…

Writers, InkAugust 28, 2023

Fiction

Cozy Mystery’s Senior Sleuth Exposes Cybercrime and Spam Calls in the Age of AI

Spencer Quinn is the pseudonym of writer Peter Abrahams and the author of the delightful and addicting Chet and Bernie mystery series as well a number of other works of fiction. Time and again he has proven himself to be a deft wordsmith and compelling, highly entertaining storyteller. Mrs. Plansky’s…

Linda HitchcockAugust 24, 2023

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Join the Rapid Pursuit of a Painting, a Killer and a Hint of Romance in “An Exhibit of Madness”

The intrepid Dulcinea Chambers, winsome director of the Maine Museum of Art, encounters the bright light of summer and the darkness of murder in the first installment of Kerry J. Charles’ Dulcie Chambers Museum Mysteries series, An Exhibit of Madness (Edmund+Octavia Publishing). Dr. Chambers, a Portland native, has just presided…

Claudia KeenanSeptember 10, 2021

Miscellany

New Giveaways and Stories from Four AuthorBuzz Authors

Dear Reader, see what this week’s AuthorBuzz authors have to say! In each note you’ll receive invitations to join contests, get free books, bookplates or bookmarks, read personal stories, and more. Dear Reader: Every romance reader loves a bad boy hero. In Last Night with the Duke, Griffin has never…

BookTribMarch 7, 2017

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A Post-Pandemic Murder Dredges Up Past Sins in “The Madness of Crowds”

Is it too soon to read a novel inspired by the pandemic experience? In Louise Penny’s latest novel, The Madness of Crowds (Minotaur Books), Armand Gamache, Chief Inspector of Homicide for the Sûreté du Québec, and the residents of his cozy village of Three Pines, view the pandemic as a…

Jodé MillmanAugust 24, 2021

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It’s All Up to the Universe in Connie di Marco’s Zodiac Mystery “The Madness of Mercury”

You’ve heard of the Age of Aquarius, right? Well this cozy mystery is about something more sinister: The Madness of Mercury (Midnight Ink). In this first book of the Zodiac Mystery series by Connie di Marco, featuring San Francisco astrologer Julia Bonatti, our protagonist finds herself in danger as her…

Sharon GeltnerAugust 26, 2021

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From Chaos Comes Truth in Renaii West’s Thriller “Death by Chaos”

“Time may fly if you’re having fun, but if you’re waiting to give the performance of a lifetime — that is, convincing everyone from roommates to college presidents and Topanga sheriffs that you are totally surprised by the sudden death of one of your classmates — well, time can drag.…

BookTribJuly 12, 2021

Fiction Thrillers

A Christmas Cozy in Cabot Cove for “Murder, She Wrote”

Just in time for the holidays, Jon Land offers a Christmas treat for followers of the “Murder, She Wrote” series. Murder in Season (Berkley), the fifty-second story in the series, finds Jessica Fletcher finally returning to 698 Candlewood Lane after her long temporary residency at the Hill House Hotel. The…

James R. HannibalNovember 24, 2020

6 New Whodunit Mysteries for Kate Atkinson Fans

Young New Mom Struggles with Workplace Drama in Cozy Mystery

Jealousy and Revenge Are Motives for Murder in New Hamish Macbeth Mystery

The Catchiest, Jazziest Murder Mystery You Ever Will Read

AuthorBuzz: Tea Shop Mystery and Giveaway for Domestic Thriller

RW Green Continues MC Beaton’s Legacy in Cozy Agatha Raisin Mystery, “Dead on Target”

Murder Strikes at Yoga Class in Cozy Australian Mystery on Audio

Writers, Ink Podcast: Stephen King’s Former Assistant, Marsha DeFilippo, Proves It’s Never Too Late to Write That First Book

Join the Rapid Pursuit of a Painting, a Killer and a Hint of Romance in “An Exhibit of Madness”

New Giveaways and Stories from Four AuthorBuzz Authors

A Post-Pandemic Murder Dredges Up Past Sins in “The Madness of Crowds”

It’s All Up to the Universe in Connie di Marco’s Zodiac Mystery “The Madness of Mercury”

A Christmas Cozy in Cabot Cove for “Murder, She Wrote”

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