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Looking to curl up with a good book? Grab a blanket, a hot cup of tea, and get lost in these remarkably cozy mysteries!

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    We Solve Murders

    by Richard Osman

    Solving murders. It’s a family business. Steve Wheeler is enjoying retired life. He still does the odd bit of investigation work, but his days of adventure are over. Adrenaline is daughter-in-law Amy’s job now. Amy Wheeler works in private security. She’s currently on a remote island protecting mega-bestselling author Rosie D’Antonio, until a dead body and a bag of money mean trouble in paradise. So she sends an SOS to the only person she trusts …
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    Lavender Blue Murder

    by Laura Childs

    Coffee not your cup of tea? Then dip into the latest Tea Shop Mystery! Tea maven Theodosia Browning is stirring up trouble again. Bring on the drama, recipes, and southern charm. This New York Times bestselling cozy series is the perfect blend of tea and solving murders.
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    A Killer Sundae

    by Abby Collette

    Ice cream shop owner Bronwyn Crewse is in for two scoops of murder when someone is poisoned and Bronwyn is implicated. To clear her name before the chill of winter sets in, Bronwyn will have to investigate and hope that her detective skills won’t “dessert” her.
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    A Chateau Under Siege

    by Martin Walker

    When an actor in a local play is attacked during a performance, Bruno must learn whether it was an accident, a crime of passion, or an assassination attempt with implications far beyond the small French village.
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    Mimi Lee Reads Between the Lines

    by Jennifer J. Chow

    When a local teacher is found dead, LA’s newest pet groomer Mimi Lee finds herself in a pawful predicament—with her younger sister’s livelihood on the line.
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    Honey Roasted

    by Cleo Coyle

    Clare Cosi is busy as a bee planning her honeymoon when murder buzzes into the Village Blend in this all-new mystery in the beloved New York Times bestselling Coffeehouse series by Cleo Coyle.
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    The Mistletoe Mystery

    by Nita Prose

    Molly the Maid has a whole new mystery to solve in this heartwarming novella from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Maid and The Mystery Guest.
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    Premeditated Mortar

    by Kate Carlisle

    Contractor Shannon Hammer gets tangled up in murder at a spooky old asylum in the latest Fixer-Upper Mystery from New York Times bestselling author Kate Carlisle.
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    Death of a Wandering Wolf

    by Julia Buckley

    Hana Keller is enjoying a day off from serving up tea and delicious pastries at her family’s Hungarian Tea House when her downtime turns deadly …
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    A Most Agreeable Murder

    by Julia Seales

    When a wealthy bachelor drops dead at a ball, a young lady takes on the decidedly improper role of detective in this action-packed debut comedy of manners and murder. “A delightful cocktail that mixes elements of the Bridgerton series, Jane Austen’s Pride & Prejudice, and Agatha Christie’s Miss Marple mysteries … The payoff is a wealth of wit, hilarity, and suspense” (People, Book of the Week).
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    A Deadly Bone to Pick

    by Peggy Rothschild

    After the death of her husband, Molly Madison and her golden retriever, Harlow, move cross-country to California. On one of their daily beachside walks, her dog digs up a severed hand. But when the police run a background check on Molly, an incident from her past makes her an immediate suspect. To prove her innocence, Molly must rely on instincts keener than a canine’s to sniff out the real killer.
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    Miss Julia Knows a Thing or Two

    by Ann B. Ross

    Miss Julia has decided to turn over a new leaf. It’s time to stop meddling in other peoples’ lives, she thinks – but her hands are full before long! Her neighbor Mildred is sent into a tizzy when a grandchild she’s never met shows up on her doorstep. And Mildred’s husband keeps forgetting who she is, so she’s all on her own. Meanwhile, Etta Mae is worried about losing her job now that the Handy Home Helpers is up for sale. Luckily, Miss Julia has experience dealing with children dropped on doorsteps, and sweeps in to lend a hand. But there’s something missing in that child’s life, and Miss Julia knows exactly what it is.
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    The Kamogawa Food Detectives

    by Hisashi Kashiwai

    What’s the one dish you’d do anything to taste just one more time? Down a quiet backstreet in Kyoto exists a very special restaurant. Run by Koishi Kamogawa and her father, the father-daughter duo are “food detectives.” Through ingenious investigations, they are able to recreate dishes from a person’s treasured memories. The restaurant of lost recipes provides a link to vanished moments, creating a present full of possibility.
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    Cat Me If You Can

    by Miranda James

    Charlie Harris and his feline companion Diesel take a bookish vacation but discover that murder never takes a holiday, in this all-new installment of the New York Times bestselling series. 
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    Killer Chardonnay

    by Kate Lansing

    A young winery owner won’t let one sour grape ruin the bunch in the first installment of this exciting cozy mystery series.
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    How to Solve Your Own Murder

    by Kristen Perrin

    For fans of Knives Out and The Thursday Murder Club, an enormously fun mystery about a woman who spends her entire life trying to prevent her foretold murder only to be proven right sixty years later, when she is found dead in her sprawling country estate … Now it’s up to her great-niece to catch the killer.
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    Haunted Homicide

    by Lucy Ness

    Avery Morgan has been hired to breathe new life into the Portage Path Women’s Club, but first she’ll have to deal with a dead body and a meddling ghost.
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    Lady Takes the Case

    by Eliza Casey

    The first book in the new historical Manor Cat series is the perfect cozy mystery for a Downton Abbey fan. When a dinner party at Danby Hall turns deadly, the feisty Lady Cecilia Bates, her clever maid Jane, and intuitive cat Jack are on the case. Agatha Christie meets Jane Austen in this historically detailed mystery.
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    What Time the Sexton’s Spade Doth Rust

    by Alan Bradley

    Amateur sleuth Flavia de Luce, along with her pestilent younger cousin, investigates the murder of a former public hangman and uncovers a secret that brings the greatest shock of her life.
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    Deadly Director’s Cut

    by Vicki Delany

    Famous director Elias Theropodous has chosen Haggerman’s Catskills Resort as a shooting location for his next film. It sounds glamorous to much of the staff, but resort manager Elizabeth Grady is less satisfied dealing with all their ridiculous demands. But when Elias is poisoned during a dinner at the resort, the future of the film and the resort itself are on the line. Between an aging movie star, a harried producer, and former victims of the deceased director’s wrath, Elizabeth has a full cast of suspects to examine, and she’ll need to investigate every lead to catch a killer.
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    Handbook for Homicide

    by Lorna Barrett

    Tricia Miles must swim against the tide to catch a killer when Haven’t Got A Clue’s assistant manager is accused of murder in the latest entry to Lorna Barrett’s New York Times bestselling Booktown series.
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    Feline Fatale

    by Rita Mae Brown

    Politicians fight like cats and dogs, but when things take a deadly turn at the Virginia House of Delegates, Mary Minor “Harry” Haristeen calls on her beloved pets to help her crack the case and stop the fur from flying in this latest mystery from Rita Mae Brown and her feline co-author Sneaky Pie Brown.
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    Peril on the Page

    by Margaret Loudon

    Penelope Parish is ready to close the book on her amateur sleuthing — from now on, The Open Book’s writer-in-residence will be sticking to villains of the fictional variety while she puts the final touches on her new novel. But when an author is murdered inside the bookshop, Pen and the quirky citizens of Chumley-on-Stoke will try to stop a killer and protect the charming British town they call home.
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