#Female sleuth
Melissa Erin Jackson
When Amber Blackwood’s best friend is found dead, clutching a vial of headache tonic from Amber’s curiosity shop, Amber becomes the prime suspect.
Categories:
Cozy Mystery
Romance Level:
No Spice
Stacy Claflin
Ariana and Damon moved to the gated neighborhood of Rosy Hills to put their traumatic pasts behind them. But the private community hides more secrets than they do...
Categories:
Psychological Thriller
After Eris
Explicit content
R.M. Demeester
After a layoff, Eris becomes a hunted woman and must trust a haunted widower before buried secrets get her killed.
Categories:
Romantic Suspense
Romance Level:
Low Spice
Explicit Content:
Language
Miranda's Rights
Explicit content
Lily Luchesi
The dead don’t always rest easy. And when Danny Mancini is forced to work with his newly Undead ex on a murder case, he won't be resting easy either.
Categories:
Crime
Romance Level:
No Spice
Rowan Dillon
She’s looking for a fresh start. But with eerie noises in the night and murder most foul, can she keep from going down for a crime she didn’t commit?
Categories:
Cozy Mystery
Romance Level:
No Spice
Renée Shantel
Audrey Herringbone’s main focus has always been her YouTube channel dedicated to helping find missing persons, but when her best friend is the one to go missing things start getting a little too real.
Categories:
Young Adult
Romance Level:
No Spice
K.E. O'Connor
Unmask the magic and the motives: The Crypt Witch collection features five spell-casting whodunits!
Categories:
Cozy Mystery
Romance Level:
No Spice
Kristy T Dixon
Meg didn’t plan on running a library—or falling for the man hired to help her. When fires begin targeting her new start, she must uncover the truth before everything goes up in smoke.
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Cozy Mystery
Romance Level:
No Spice
Lyssa Lund
When Paris Bishop returns to her childhood home after her mentor’s sudden death, she expects grief—not magic. Some inherit property. Paris inherited a reckoning.
Categories:
Cozy Mystery
Romance Level:
Low Spice
C. S. Woolley
Can she save her two friends from the hands of the vicious men that have held them prisoner for so long, or will they both be lost for good?
Categories:
Cozy Mystery
Romance Level:
No Spice
A Thief in Stickleback Hollow
Shorter read
C.S. Woolley
A shattered peace, a manor house burgled, and the butler didn’t do it! Can she find the thief before the wrong man gets sent to prison?
Categories:
Cozy Mystery
Romance Level:
Low Spice
The Woman I befriended
Explicit content
Sara Kate
Several missing men. A suspicious neighbor. A pattern only Ellie sees.
Categories:
Thriller
Explicit Content:
Language
Paige Sleuth
Join small-town sleuth Kat Harper and her feline sidekicks as they tackle murder and mayhem in this adventure-packed cozy mystery box set.
Categories:
Cozy Mystery
Romance Level:
No Spice
Mindy Killgrove
When Mama Baldwin's Cafe closes unexpectedly and Mama herself disappears, Avery, Chance, & Cubby search for answers. She never should've let Mama out of her sight.
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Cozy Mystery
Romance Level:
No Spice
Mindy Killgrove
There's been a murder at the Buenaventura Beach Golf Course. Avery, Chance, & Cubby need to act fast to figure out who is coming after the local businessmen. One sip won't kill you.
Categories:
Cozy Mystery
Romance Level:
No Spice
Kelly Brakenhoff
A massive earthquake strikes Japan. A tsunami warning threatens Oahu. Discover the thrilling prequel to the Cassandra Sato Mystery series. Before the snow, before the murders, before Cassandra became a sleuth.
Categories:
Cozy Mystery
Kelly Brakenhoff
Will Dead Week kill Cassandra Sato's career? Juggling student activists, quirky academics, and a dash of romance, and a cold case. Can you guess whodunit before time's up on final exams?
Categories:
Cozy Mystery
Romance Level:
No Spice
The Murder in Stall #4
Shorter read
Renee Marski
Clara discovers the diary of a dead girl, whose murder was never solved. Clues lead her to suspect the killer. Can she stop him before he hurts someone else?
Categories:
Cozy Mystery
Romance Level:
No Spice
Erica J Whelton
What's harder than smoking the perfect brisket at 4:30 AM? Working with a sister you haven't spoken to in years. Add a murderer to the mix and things really heat up.
Categories:
Cozy Mystery
Romance Level:
No Spice
Erica J Whelton
All she wanted was to cook great food. Murder investigations were not on the menu. Yet here she is.
Categories:
Cozy Mystery
Romance Level:
No Spice
Josephine Beintema
As bidding paddles fly and jealousy brews, the competition to win reaches a fever pitch. However, the excitement quickly fades when a shocking twist emerges—one of the bachelors is found dead.
Categories:
Cozy Mystery
Romance Level:
No Spice
Five Drops of Doubt (Autumn Heights Series #5)
Shorter read
Josephine Beintema
Between nosy neighbors, missing blueprints, and a cat who seems to know more than he should, Vi finds herself in the middle of two puzzles: one ghostly, one all too real.
Categories:
Cozy Mystery
Romance Level:
No Spice
Murder and Tacos (Taco Truck Mysteries - Book1)
Shorter read
Dennis Shock
Zoey sells tacos next to a bookstore that doubles as a bar, but her quiet life in the one-stoplight town is shaken when a dead body is found near her taco truck.
Categories:
Cozy Mystery
Romance Level:
No Spice
The Broken Doll (Inheriting Evil Series #1)
Explicit content
Paris Hansen
The return of the Mommy Murderer isn't the only reason Sloane Matthews is back on the FBI's radar. Someone's recreating her parents' greatest hits, and she's the #1 suspect.
Categories:
Crime
Romance Level:
No Spice
Explicit Content:
Language
P.D. Workman
When Reg’s ex returns to Black Sands with a secret, her psychic instincts flare. The truth could destroy the town—and Jake isn’t the only one hiding what he really is.
Categories:
Cozy Mystery
Romance Level:
Low Spice
E. Elizabeth Franklin
A nice lady buys her first business to make her dreams come true, only to be stalked and terrorized by a murderer! Does she lose everything, or find the strength to defend herself and her bakery?
Categories:
Cozy Mystery
Romance Level:
No Spice
Kathryn Mykel
With a mysterious quilt and an unknown destination; Alex must trust that everything will go according to the plan. Until a death onboard the Tranquility puts a wrinkle in her idyllic quilting vacation.
Categories:
Cozy Mystery
Romance Level:
No Spice
I Pittie the Yule
Shorter read
Kathryn Mykel
A small-town sleuth must sift through sweet secrets and bitter rivalries to uncover the killer hiding in plain sight. With her one-eyed pit bull, Bruizer, Rena Mulberry dives paws first into a mysterious death.
Categories:
Cozy Mystery
Virginia K. Bennett
Will the Fireman's Carnival leave town, never to return again, due to the death of such a prominent figure, or will someone’s mask slip, causing a circus among the local business owners?
Categories:
Cozy Mystery
Romance Level:
No Spice
Twist the Knot (The Ice Cream Truck Mysteries)
Shorter read
Virginia K. Bennett
Katie is looking forward to serving ice cream at a black-tie wedding. What will it take to prevent the unofficial royalty of New England from keeping their bouquet of dirty little secrets to themselves?
Categories:
Cozy Mystery
Romance Level:
No Spice
Paige Cassel
A ruined first date, a body in a corn maze, and million-dollar apple secrets! Bookstore owner Helga and her clever pets must catch a killer before she becomes the next victim.
Categories:
Cozy Mystery
Romance Level:
No Spice
The Dark Side of Pain (An Alicia Anderson Story, Book 1)
Explicit content
Beverley Neilson
Alicia Anderson's world changes in an instant. Does she have the strength to claw herself back from the edge? Can she right the wrongs done to her? Can she face the truth about herself?
Categories:
Thriller
Romance Level:
Spicy
Explicit Content:
Language
The Fifth Lock
Explicit content
Becca Lynne
A serial killer is rocking sunny San Diego & the only tie in is Delilah's father, a retired homicide Detective. With his refusal to cooperate, can Delilah figure out who is murdering them before it's too late?
Categories:
Psychological Thriller
Explicit Content:
Language
Secrets at the Zoo
Shorter read
Lisabeth Earley
Gwen is hoping for a quiet day at the zoo with her grandkids—not a front-row seat to a fatal fall inside the gorilla sanctuary. But when her second sight flares up, she knows this was no accident.
Categories:
Cozy Mystery
Romance Level:
No Spice
Jayna Morrow
The 4th of July holiday is underway at Caddo Lake State Park, but Anne Marie Chandler has more than just food, friends, and fireworks on her agenda. There’s also a little matter of a murder at the campground…
Categories:
Cozy Mystery
Romance Level:
No Spice
Corktown (Abby Kane Thrillers #1)
Explicit content
Ty Hutchinson
They locked him up seven years ago. He’s still killing. Abby Kane faces the impossible: catching a killer already behind bars.
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Thriller
Explicit Content:
Language
Tricia Arnold
Step inside Plastic House, if you dare. Plastic House is part artist’s masterpiece, part local oddity, and part chilling mystery.
Categories:
Cozy Mystery
Romance Level:
No Spice
Jemima Jenkins
Elisa Brown's life is finally back on track, until her business rival is murdered, and she is suspect #1. With her reputation in ruins and the police convinced of her guilt, Elisa must clear her name.
Categories:
Cozy Mystery
Squashed in the Fountain
Shorter read
Jemima Jenkins
Done with being invisible, Maggie Moore trades the mundane for a designer wardrobe and a red sportscar. When she trips over a body in a Mudgee vineyard, her new life becomes a murder investigation.
Categories:
Cozy Mystery
Beneath The Shadows (A Townsend & Gray romantic suspense crime series prequel)
Explicit content
Shorter read
Tanya Nellestein
When a child disappears and the pressure to close ranks mounts, Detective Ashleigh Gray chooses truth over protection… knowing it could cost her everything.
Categories:
Crime
Romance Level:
No Spice
Explicit Content:
Language
Patti Larsen
Who knew running a B&B could be so deadly? In this award-winning first in series, cozy up with Fiona Fleming, her pug Petunia, and a mystery that will have you laughing and guessing to the very end!
Categories:
Cozy Mystery
Romance Level:
No Spice
Patti Larsen
Retired Inquisitor Georgia Drake and her faithful Hades mastiff, Benjamin, are recruited by a local sheriff to dig up a past residents of Whitewitch Island would rather forget...
Categories:
Cozy Mystery
Romance Level:
No Spice
Gina X. Grant
A former con artist, a retired FBI agent, and a teenage hacker walk into a murder investigation. Stop me if you’ve heard this one. A Fun Senior Sleuth Mystery for fans of Thursday Murder Club.
Categories:
Cozy Mystery
Romance Level:
No Spice
B I Skinner
In this small Colorado mountain town, the tea is hot, the books are old, and the ghosts have stories that are dying to be told.
Categories:
Cozy Mystery
Irene Jorgensen
When Olivia Twist poses as a psychic to avoid a catastrophe, it ends with a friend in handcuffs for murder. Olivia must continue the mystic act to guard her own secret while clearing her pal’s name.
Categories:
Cozy Mystery
White Lies, Black Lies (DI Nikki Ross series #0)
Shorter read
Karen Guyler
On Nikki Ross' first day as a detective she's sure dismissing a crime without considering the evidence isn't right. Her mentor's specific - case solved, drop it. But Nikki never does what she's told...
Categories:
Crime
K.L. Montgomery
Can Ruby solve the mystery of what happened to Mother Abbess in their production of The Sound of Music? She'll climb every mountain on her quest to bring the murderer to justice.
Categories:
Cozy Mystery
Romance Level:
No Spice
The Skull Keeper
Explicit content
Mariëtte Whitcomb
Best friends on social media, Allysa and Morgan share a love of three things: thriller novels, true crime, and keeping secrets from each other.
Categories:
Psychological Thriller
Memories and Mementos (Button Club Series #1)
Shorter read
Joan Raymond
Four friends unite to crack a case that hits close to home. Posing as members of a button club, they come together to solve a plot to steal valuables from dementia patients in a local retirement home.
Categories:
Cozy Mystery
Romance Level:
No Spice
Who Am I Spooking With? (A Spot-On Cozy Mytery #1)
Shorter read
Diana Dane
When ghosts turn deadly and bones refuse to stay buried, one woman and her detective dog must uncover a century-old conspiracy. Join in on Lily and Domino's first adventure.
Categories:
Cozy Mystery
Stolen Sommer (Nora Sommer Caribbean Suspense - Book 2)
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Nicholas Harvey
When a Cayman burglary revives Nora Sommer’s darkest secret, a wave of thefts and a missing girl push her towards an impossible theory—and a man who’ll do anything to keep his lie alive.
Categories:
Crime
Explicit Content:
Language
Jann Franklin
Welcome to Graisseville, Louisiana—where small-town charm hides big secrets. Evangeline Delafose thought she left the drama behind when she returned to her quiet hometown.
Categories:
Cozy Mystery
Jann Franklin
She can’t boil an egg—but she just might crack a case. When murder interrupts the guest list, it’s up to Ro and her tail-wagging team to uncover the truth—before breakfast turns deadly.
Categories:
Cozy Mystery
Maya Black
A cozy holiday mystery featuring a creative heroine, a charming small town, and absolutely no murder! Perfect for readers who love their mysteries with Christmas cheer and an adorable canine companion.
Categories:
Cozy Mystery
Romance Level:
No Spice
Blood Orchids
Explicit content
Toby Neal
A young female cop in sleepy Hilo, Hawaii, stumbles on the bodies of two drowned girls--and one of them looks like her. Lei can't stop searching for answers--because her own past is shrouded in mystery.
Categories:
Crime
Romance Level:
Low Spice
Explicit Content:
Violence
Marked for Revenge: An Art Heist Thriller
Explicit content
Jennifer S. Alderson
Stolen art, the mafia, and a father’s vengeance... A museum researcher’s new job leads her on a bizarre journey into shady art world doings and criminal intent in this fast-paced race through Europe.
Categories:
Thriller
Explicit Content:
Language
Nellie K. Neves
A favor for her quirky aunt leads to a mystery that someone will kill to keep in the dark.
Categories:
Romantic Suspense
Romance Level:
No Spice
Sophie Sterling
She’s chasing a story through murky waters, but someone wants to be sure it never comes to light. Will she find the truth before they silence her forever?
Categories:
Romantic Suspense
Romance Level:
No Spice