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

These cozy mystery series are still adding new books—and lucky for you, they've all come out in time for fall. 

collage of new cozy mysteries fall 2024

As the dark nights creep in earlier and earlier, there’s nothing better than grabbing a warm blanket and a cozy mystery to keep you warm and entertained.

But with new releases always piling up, it’s easy to get lost in the mix. So, we’re going back to the beginning.

Here are eight cozy mystery series with new releases this fall.

Cozy Mysteries

Her Royal Spyness

By Rhys Bowen

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.

Cozy Mysteries
Six Feet Deep Dish (Deep Dish Mysteries Book 1)

Six Feet Deep Dish (Deep Dish Mysteries Book 1)

By Mindy Quigley

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.

Six Feet Deep Dish (Deep Dish Mysteries Book 1)
Chapter and Curse (Cambridge Bookshop Book 1)

Chapter and Curse (Cambridge Bookshop Book 1)

By Elizabeth Penney

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.

Chapter and Curse (Cambridge Bookshop Book 1)
Assaulted Caramel (An Amish Candy Shop Mystery Book 1)

Assaulted Caramel (An Amish Candy Shop Mystery Book 1)

By Amanda Flower

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.

Assaulted Caramel (An Amish Candy Shop Mystery Book 1)
The Secret, Book & Scone Society (A Secret, Book, and Scone Society Novel 1)

The Secret, Book & Scone Society (A Secret, Book, and Scone Society Novel 1)

By Ellery Adams

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.

The Secret, Book & Scone Society (A Secret, Book, and Scone Society Novel 1)
Books Can Be Deceiving (A Library Lover's Mystery Book 1)

Books Can Be Deceiving (A Library Lover's Mystery Book 1)

By Jenn McKinlay

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.

Books Can Be Deceiving (A Library Lover's Mystery Book 1)
Murder at the Beacon Bakeshop (Beacon Bakeshop Mysteries Book 1)

Murder at the Beacon Bakeshop (Beacon Bakeshop Mysteries Book 1)

By Darci Hannah

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.

Murder at the Beacon Bakeshop (Beacon Bakeshop Mysteries Book 1)
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Arsenic and Adobo

By Mia P. Manansala

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.

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