15 Cozy Mysteries for the Long Winter

The Golden Spoon

Everyone’s a suspect after someone’s killed on the set of America’s top baking competition in this delicious mystery named to NPR’s Best Books of 2023 list: "Fans of The Great British Baking Show, rejoice! This cozy whodunit is for you."

A World of Curiosities

The Agatha Award is the most prestigious prize for cozy mystery writers, and this year’s honors went to this bestselling Canadian author for the ninth time! In her latest, Chief Inspector Armand Gamache investigates a long-buried secret that threatens to bring mayhem to the village of Three Pines.

Magpie Murders

It’s double the coziness for the price of one with this ingenious mystery-within-a-mystery that the Irish Times called “a hugely enjoyable tale of avarice and skullduggery in the world of publishing.” When an editor receives her bestselling crime author’s latest manuscript, she unearths a separate, sinister plot hidden in its pages.

A Surprise for Christmas and Other Seasonal Mysteries

Everyone’s been naughty in this cozy anthology of vintage British mysteries set around the holidays, which features twelve classic Christmas-themed capers by the likes of Julian Symons, Margery Allingham, Anthony Gilbert and Cyril Hare.

Marple: Twelve New Mysteries

A brilliant gift for Agatha Christie fanatics! A dozen new mysteries by contemporary authors reviving the legendary Miss Marple on an international case cracking tour, by crime writing talents like Jean Kwok, Kate Mosse, Elly Griffiths and more.

Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder

The first book in the popular series starring a ginger-haired sleuth with a sweet tooth. When a body covered in chocolate chip cookies turns up behind the Cookie Jar bakery, the quick-witted Hannah Swensen springs into action.

The Mystery Guest: A Maid Novel

There’s another bloody mess to clean up when a famous mystery author is murdered at maid Molly Gray’s hotel, in the follow-up to the smash hit The Maid (there’s a splashy Florence Pugh picture in the works). Harper's Bazaar called this standalone caper “fun, tightly written, and reminiscent of Agatha Christie's whodunnits. A charming thriller with heart and wit.”

Strong Poison

In this classic Golden Age caper from 1930, aristocratic sleuth Lord Peter Wimsey joins forces with a mystery writer accused of poisoning her fiance to clear her good name. “The end of this story is as ingenious as any solution could be,” marveled the Times Literary Supplement.

The Plot Is Murder

A cozy mystery writer is just about to open her dream mystery bookshop on the shores of Lake Michigan when a sketchy realtor turns up dead in her backyard, thrusting her into a cozy murder mystery of her own.

The Christmas Appeal: A Novella

An amateur theater group puts on a holiday production of Jack and the Beanstalk to raise money for their church, when a murder puts a dent in their plans and sets two sleuthing lawyers on the case.