Cozy Mystery Series for Avid Readers to Curl Up With This Fall

Lady Victoria Georgiana Eugenie, or Georgie, may be the cousin of King George V, but that doesn’t mean she isn’t penniless. Life as a non-royal isn’t so bad.

She’s managed to crash a wedding and make money secretly cleaning houses. The job helps with her other secret missive: spy for Her Majesty the Queen. Georgie thinks she’s stayed under the radar, but when she finds a body in her bathtub, she knows the truth. 

Someone wants her dead. And she better find out who.

Delilah O’Leary’s life is shaping up to be delicious. She’s opening her gourmet deep-dish pizzeria in Geneva Bay, Wisconsin and is set to marry the man of her dreams.

But right before her grand opening, her boyfriend breaks up with her and leaves their overweight tabby cat in his wake. Things only get worse when she finds a dead body—and her aunt holding the murder weapon.

Now, if she wants to open her business and start making dough, she has to find the real killer—before her aunt gets burned.

Life is feeling pretty drab for librarian Molly Kimball and her mother. So, when a letter arrives from her aunt inviting them both to Cambridge to help run the family bookstore, they enthusiastically accept.

The shop is one of the oldest in Cambridge and desperately needs a breath of fresh air. Molly invited famed poet Persephone Brightwell to give a reading during the height of the infamous Literary Festival, hoping it would generate revenue.

But when the evening ends with a dead body with her aunt’s knitting needles sticking out, Molly’s afraid that might be the final chapter for the shop.

She has to sift through secrets, lies, and blackmail to reveal the plot twist and clear her aunt’s name.

Bailey King knows sweets. She grew up in her grandparent’s Amish candy shop. So, when she hears that her grandfather’s heart condition is worse, she rushes back to Harvest, Ohio.

She’s relieved he’s healthier than she feared. But when a local developer is found dead in the candy shop kitchen with her grandfather’s chocolate knife in his chest, her grandfather is the prime suspect.

Bailey knows he’s innocent. And she’s going to prove it.

With a killer crafty enough to fudge the truth, Bailey has to work fast—before she finds herself in over her head.

Every year, strangers flock to Miracle Springs, North Carolina for their natural hot springs and renowned spas. Nora Pennington offers her own promise of healing: books.

Customers can get a comfort scone or the perfect read at Miracle Books. When a young businessman who asked for Nora’s guidance was found dead, she formed the Secret, Book, and Scone society.

Anyone can join if they’re willing to reveal their darkest secret.

The society uncovers more than murder and corruption, they learn that it’s never too late to turn the page on their own story.

When a New York editor visits Briar Creek, it throws the whole town into a frenzy. All Lindsey Norris wants to do is settle into her new job as library director.

But her best friend Beth has a children’s book she wants to sell, and she’s convinced Lindsey can help seal the deal. Only, Beth’s famous author boyfriend gets to the editor first.

And when Beth goes to confront him, finds him dead. Now, Beth is the prime suspect.

It’s up to Lindsey to prove her friend’s innocence before they close the book on the case.

After she catches her celebrity chef boyfriend in the arms of another woman, Lindsey Blackwell leaves Wall Street to open a pastry shop in quiet Beacon Harbor, Michigan.

It should be as easy as pie fixing up the rundown lighthouse and converting it into a bakery café. But not everyone is excited. The preservation society crashes her opening weekend with protests.

But that’s not the worst of it. Her ex-boyfriend and his new girlfriend make an appearance.

And when the girlfriend dies, Lindsey is the main suspect. If she wants to keep her fresh start, she has to find the killer before time runs out.

Lila Macapagal’s life feels like the worst rom-com ever. A bad breakup forces her back home where she’s tasked with saving her aunt’s failing restaurant amid meddling matchmaking aunties.

But when her ex-boyfriend, a food critic with a penchant for cruelty, dies minutes after an argument with Lila, she doesn’t think things could possibly get any worse.

Trying to clear her name is top of her priority list and Lila soon finds herself following the twists of turns of the case. But as the list of suspects narrows, Lila realizes their focus might also be on her.

And if she doesn’t hurry, her neck might be closer to the chopping block than she’s comfortable with.