Cozy Mysteries for Adults

Some of our favourite picks for mysteries featuring amateur sleuths in small communities that are light on violence and sex.


Updated June 16, 2023
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A world of curiosities
Penny, Louise
Paper Book
Book 18 in the acclaimed and number one-bestselling Three Pines series featuring the beloved Chief Inspector Armand Gamache. It's spring and Three Pines is re-emerging after the harsh winter. But not everything buried should come alive again. Not everything lying dormant...

Also available in Large Print, CD, eBook, and eAudiobook.

Devil's delight
Beaton, M. C.
Paper Book
'Every new Agatha Raisin escapade is a total joy' ASHLEY JENSEN'No wonder she's been crowned Queen of Cosy Crime' MAIL ON SUNDAYThe next Agatha Raisin mystery from 23 million copy-selling author M. C. Beaton, the Queen of Cosy Crime, about an eccentric Cotswolds-based...

Also available in Large Print, CD, eBook, and eAudiobook.

Murder is in the air
Brody, Frances
Paper Book
'Frances Brody has made it to the top rank of crime writers' Daily Mail 'Brody's writing is like her central character Kate Shackleton: witty, acerbic and very, very perceptive' Ann Cleeves A call for help It...

Also available in Large Print, eBook and eAudiobook.

Murder through the English post
Ellicott, Jessica
Paper Book

Also available in Large Print.

Auntie Poldi and the lost Madonna
Giordano, Mario
Paper Book
There's only one Auntie Poldi: bewigged, cursing in Bavarian, and knocking back a wee shot of grappa as a pre-breakfast aperitif ... or is there? No one is as they seem (and sound) in this hilarious new mystery featuring Sicily's sultriest sleuth. Strange dealings are afoot in...

Also available in Large Print.

The painted queen
Peters, Elizabeth
Paper Book
Egypt, 1912. Amelia Peabody and her dashing archaeologist husband, Radcliffe Emerson, are once again in danger as they search for a priceless, stolen bust of legendary Queen Nefertiti... Arriving in Cairo for another thrilling excavation season, Amelia is relaxing in her...

Also available in Large Print and CD.

A song of comfortable chairs
McCall Smith, Alexander
Paper Book

Also available in Large Print, eBook, and eAudiobook.

The golden tresses of the dead
Bradley, Alan
Paper Book

Also available in Large Print, CD, eBook, eAudiobook and DAISY format.

The bullet that missed
Osman, Richard
Paper Book
It is an ordinary Thursday, and things should finally be returning to normal. Except trouble is never far away where the Thursday Murder Club are concerned. A decade-old cold case leads them to a local news legend and a murder with no body and no answers. Then a new...

Also available in Large Print, eBook and eAudiobook format.

Arsenic and adobo
Manansala, Mia P.
Audiobook
A RUSA Award-winning novel! The first book in a new culinary cozy series full of sharp humor and delectable dishes--one that might just be killer.... When Lila Macapagal moves back home to recover from a horrible breakup, her life seems to be following all the...

Also available in eBook and eAudiobook.


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