27 Wedding Cozy Mysteries To Fall in Love With

Say “I do” to these reads.

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Who doesn't love a wedding? The fancy clothes, the food, the drinks, the music—the party! There's a reason so many films, TV shows, and books incorporate wedding plots. Because emotions are at an all-time high, weddings are rife with opportunity for drama, conflict, mishaps—and yes, even mysteries.

Some of our favorite cozy mystery authors understand the oft-nefarious power of wedding bells—and to fabulous effect. In these books, when love is in the air—murder isn't far behind. From feuding families to jealous exes, weddings are a great opportunity for some matrimonial mayhem.

We’ve compiled this list of 27 wedding-themed cozy mysteries for you to fall in love with. 

A WEDDING TO DIE FOR

A WEDDING TO DIE FOR

By Adrianne Lee

Daryl Anne Blessing was more than happy to move out of her small Puget Sound hometown of Weddingville–so named because 100 years earlier a swarm of desperate young bachelors had moved there to marry.

The only part of Weddingville that Daryl Anne misses is sexy photographer Seth Quinlan. But now Daryl Anne is back home for the wedding of her best friend. 

Daryl Anne is trying to fulfill her maid of honor duties when the bride’s mother turns up… murdered! Now Seth and Daryl Anne must dig up clues to get to the bottom of the cold hearted killing.

Along the way Daryl Anne catches Seth’s lusty attention, not to mention the attention of the determined killer. 

Bel of the Brawl

Bel of the Brawl

By Maggie McConnon

Bel McGrath loves her job as the wedding chef at her family’s venue, the Shamrock Manor. But at this wedding, everything has gone wrong.

When Bel finds the groom dead in a bathroom, the death is ruled a heart attack. But that’s not all, the huge tip meant for the McGraths is missing, and so is a server. 

With claims of murder and Irish gangsters circling, it’s up to Bel to get to the bottom of the case. If only she could focus all of her attention on the case, instead of being distracted by her new boyfriend and an old mystery from many years ago. 

Gone with a Handsomer Man

Gone with a Handsomer Man

By Michael Lee West

Things are looking up for Teeny Templeton: she’s finally getting married and even baking her wedding cake. Until she finds her fiancé with some naked girls.

Now, the wedding is off, and her fiancé has placed a restraining order on her. 

When her now ex-fiancé is murdered, Teeny is the prime suspect! With nowhere else to turn, she goes to her former boyfriend-turned-lawyer for help.

As trouble from her past comes back to the surface and the evidence mounts against her, Teeny must work to clear her name and protect her heart. 

Down the Aisle with Murder

Down the Aisle with Murder

By Auralee Wallace

Sleuth Erica Bloom is on the case of a maid of honor who was missing from her duties… only to be found dead.

Along with her team of fellow crime solvers, Erica is determined to follow every clue and no one in all of Otter Lake is beyond suspicion.

Could the death be a result of a crazy bachelorette party? Did someone always have it out for the maid of honor?

It’s up to Erica to get to the bottom of the mystery and ensure the wedding can still go on, hopefully without any more murder. 

Just Murdered

Just Murdered

By Elaine Viets

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After a marriage, a divorce, and a flight from paying alimony, Helen Hawthorne wants nothing to do with the wedding business. But a job at Millicent’s Bridal Salon will pay her the money she desperately needs, and in cash, so she takes it. 

Enter Kiki, an extremely rich mother of the bride who wants the big day to be all about herself, instead of her daughter. Helen hates her with a passion, but when Kiki is found smothered to death with the wedding dress, Helen is innocent, despite what the police think.

Now, Helen must keep her identity hidden while finding the real killer and clearing her name, all before the wedding bells ring. 

Murder on the Bride's Side

Murder on the Bride's Side

By Tracy Kiely

The stress of being maid of honor increases even more when Elizabeth Parker finds the bride’s Aunt Roni dead after the ceremony. 

To make matters worse, the bride’s cousin Harry is the prime suspect, even though everyone vets for him as a kindhearted person, and Elizabeth’s boyfriend seems to be falling for the wedding planner, an old flame of his. 

Can Elizabeth clear the name of sweet Harry, control the erratic bride, and solve her own relationship problems in time to save the day?

The Wedding Dress Quilt

The Wedding Dress Quilt

By Jeffree Wyn Itrich

Art quilter Lisbeth James was adopted as a baby and never knew her birth family. But, when her grandmother dies, Lisbeth sets out for Texas and her newly inherited family house.

In Texas, Lisbeth meets her long-lost family and a new man who catches her eye. She also finds a beautiful wedding dress which inspires her next elaborate quilting project. 

But all is not well. Lisbeth soon discovers a stalker and long-buried secrets about her past. It’s seeming like the tragic passing of her ex-fiancé was maybe not an accident after all.

Navigating old secrets and new love, Lisbeth must piece together the circumstances of her past. 

Wedding Bell Blues

Wedding Bell Blues

By Ruth Moose

Beth McKenzie, owner of the Dixie Dew Bed and Breakfast in Littleboro North Carolina is enjoying running her business and spending time with her new love, Scott. The talk of the town is the upcoming marriage of an eccentric, old homeless woman, affectionately called Crazy Reba, with no one quite sure if the nuptials are real. 

When Reba is arrested for her fiancé’s murder, Beth sets out to clear the beloved woman’s name. But, she is soon overwhelmed by a threatening female wrestler, a neighbor’s missing rabbit, the town’s green bean festival and the worsening illness of a famous writer. Can she still find a way to catch the culprit?

Engaged in Death

Engaged in Death

By Stephanie Blackmoore

After she catches her fiancé cheating on her, Mallory Shepard gets an unexpected—and unwanted—fresh start when she inherits a mansion in her ex’s hometown of Port Quincy, Pennsylvania.

To say Thistle Park is run down would be an understatement. The wallpaper is peeling and it’s nearly overrun with stray cats. Mallory figures the best she can do is fix the place up so she can sell it—and leave Port Quincy behind her.

As she begins her renovation, Thistle Park begins to grow on Mallory. Still, she’s dealing with unwanted visitors all the time, and when one of them winds up dead on her front lawn, small-town gossip turns to the newcomer.

Mallory calls in her sister Rachel to help her solve the mystery before she can become suspect number one. 

Stabbed in the Baklava

Stabbed in the Baklava

By Tina Kashian

Ex-lawyer Lucy Berberian is happily settling into her new life running Kebab Kitchen, her family’s Mediterranean restaurant on the Jersey Shore.

It’s a nice break from the stressful hustle and bustle of Philadelphia, and things between Lucy and her ex-boyfriend-turned-head-chef Azad seem to be heating up.

Now, Kebab’s Kitchen has a major business opportunity as they cater a high-society wedding. But the happy day comes to a screeching halt when the best man is found stabbed to death.

When suspicion turns to Azad, everything is suddenly on the line. It’s up to Lucy to clear his name and rescue Kebab Kitchen’s reputation—she’ll just need to catch a killer to do it. 

Til Death Do Us Party

Til Death Do Us Party

By Vickie Fee

Wedding planner Liv McKay is finally going to be able to actually have some fun at the ceremony when Mama and Earl bring the whole family to Las Vegas for their Elvis-themed wedding.

After a few chaotic parties back home, Liv needs a break. But as everyone files into the Burning Love Wedding Chapel, disaster strikes when their Elvis-impersonating minister is murdered. 

Now, with her cousin Little Junior at the top of the suspect list and Mama and Earl’s big day on the line, time is of the essence. Liv enlists the help of her best friend Di to scour the neon-lit streets of Vegas and catch a real hound dog of a killer. 

A Catered Cat Wedding

A Catered Cat Wedding

By Isis Crawford

Sisters and catering business co-owners Bernie and Libby Simmons are working one of their strangest gigs yet, a wedding of two Russian blue cats.

Their client is Susie Katz—Longely, New York’s proud resident crazy cat lady. She’s an absolute fiend for felines, but is far less enthusiastic about humans. This wedding is partly for her cats Boris and Natasha, but also to irritate the many enemies she’s put on the guest list. 

From a rival cat breeder, to her bird nerd of a neighbor, to the niece and nephew who are set to inherit her sizable fortune, all of Susie’s foes turn up.

When a prank gift unleashes mice all over the wedding tent and causes Susie’s cats to scatter, everything goes downhill. Things get even worse when, hours later, as Susie searches through the empty tent for her pets, she is stabbed in the back.

Now it’s up to Bernie and Libby to track down a murderer before they get away with the purr-fect crime. 

Bagpipes, Brides, and Homicides

Bagpipes, Brides, and Homicides

By Kaitlyn Dunnett

Moosetookalook Scottish Emporium owner Liss MacCrimmon is facing the biggest weekend of her life. Not only are the Western Maine Highland Games coming to town, but she’s also getting married!

But the festivities turn sour when an eccentric professor is found dead. Liss tries to ignore her sleuthing instincts, but mysteries have a way of finding her—and now she’ll have to discover the truth, or her happily ever after might end before it even starts.

Buried in Buttercream

Buried in Buttercream

By G. A. McKevett

Private Investigator Savannah Reid can’t wait to get married. Of course, because she loves her fiancé Dirk Coulter, but also so she doesn’t have to deal with her wedding planner anymore.

Once the go-to wedding planner for Hollywood’s elite, a nasty divorce has led Madeline Aberson to a ruined reputation—and much less glamorous clients.

By the time the big day arrives, Savannah is ready to kill Madeline, but it seems someone else had similar ideas.

When Savannah finds Madeline’s body floating in the pool, surrounded by rose petals, she and Dirk agree to postpone the wedding. She is an investigator, after all.

Now it’s a race to find out who brought this diva to her demise. 

Cut to the Chaise

Cut to the Chaise

By Karen Rose Smith

Although she’s excited about her wedding, home stager Caprice De Luca is beginning to regret her choice of venue. She redecorated Rambling Vines Winery two years ago, but the business has taken a turn for the worse.

With their reputation on the decline, someone is now planning to hurt the business even further. Just when it seems like things couldn’t get worse, Rambling Vines' co-owner Michelle Dodd’s estranged husband is found stabbed to death in the tasting room.

Now, Caprice will have to track down a killer with a taste for murder before her entire wedding goes down the drain. 

Ditched 4 Murder

Ditched 4 Murder

By J.C. Eaton

When not working for a private investigator, Sophie “Phee” Kimball spends a lot of her time at her mother Harriet’s retirement community.

Recently, she’s been roped into helping to organize her 74-year-old Aunt Ida’s upcoming wedding. Ida is something of a bridezilla, but finding the perfect pastry becomes the least of everyone’s worries when the body of a celebrity chef is found on the golf course just outside Harriet’s door. 

Phee’s PI firm is quickly drawn into the case, which has her extra attention since her mother now fears for her safety. With the wedding still on the way and a killer on the loose, Phee will have to pull out every trick in her book. 

Fed Up

Fed Up

By Jessica Conant-Park, Susan Conant

Between planning her best friend’s wedding and her boyfriend getting a spot on a hit reality show, it’s an exciting time for Chloe Carter.

Josh is set to compete on Chefly Yours, where a lucky shopper gets to enjoy gourmet meals and the audience chooses the winner.

All seems to be going well as a shopper’s wife, Francine, dines on Josh’s signature lamb chops and pesto gnocchi—until she drops dead. It seems someone snuck poison into the meal.

Chloe has several questions right from the start. Was the culprit one of Josh’s fellow chefs or a prankster who went too far? And was Francine’s final meal even supposed to be for her?

As she investigates, secrets come to light that throw everything Chloe thought she knew about the case—and about Josh—into question. 

Murder Wears White

Murder Wears White

By Stephanie Blackmoore

With renovations on her Thistle Park mansion almost complete, Mallory Shepard is hoping she’ll be able to unveil it as a B&B just in time for her first official gig as a wedding planner.

But a food tasting goes sour when the bride’s aunt is poisoned. Now, the venue is a crime scene and this upcoming marriage is overshadowed by mystery. 

As Mallory investigates, she learns this isn’t the first murder in the bride’s family. It’s starting to seem like the man originally convicted might have been innocent.

Suddenly, Mallory has two mysteries on her hands. But the real killer will do anything to bring Mallory’s snooping to an end. 

Goodbye Cruller World

Goodbye Cruller World

By Ginger Bolton

Donut shop owner Emily Westhill is excited when a fellow business owner asks her to create a donut wall for her wedding reception. When the big day arrives, she enlists the help of her father-in-law and business partner to help hang the treats.

The reception seems to be going off without a hitch, and the donuts are a big hit...until the groom takes a bite and collapses. Suddenly, this wedding has turned into a crime scene. 

With suspicion turning towards the bride and her shop’s reputation on the line, it’s up to Emily to unroll this mystery and find the real killer before any other pastries get poisoned.

Marriage Is Pure Murder

Marriage Is Pure Murder

By Staci McLaughlin

Dana Lewis could think of no better venue for her upcoming wedding to Jason Forrester than her own job site, the O’Connell Organic Farm and Spa.

In addition to her friends from the farm, it seems the whole town of Blossom Valley is pitching in. This includes florist Bethany Lancaster...until Dana discovers her body. When Dana does some digging, she learns her friend had a side business: blackmail. 

The suspect list is long, and suspicions are growing faster than the flowers in Bethany’s garden. When people start asking questions about Dana herself, she’ll have to trade in her veil for a detective’s hat before the real killer puts a stop to her happily ever after. 

Gown with the Wind

Gown with the Wind

By Stephanie Blackmoore

Mallory Shepard is taking on one of her hardest jobs yet when she’s hired to plan her ex’s wedding. Keith’s fiancé Becca has just decided to have the wedding be Gone With the Wind themed as a tribute to her sick grandmother, the owner of a vast array of memorabilia from the film.

Mallory is already dealing with the feud between Becca’s grandmother and Keith’s mother, but Becca complicates things further when she has a spat with a childhood friend over her wedding gown—a replica of Scarlett O’Hara’s infamous dress.

After Becca manages to get the dress, it seems like the situation has sorted itself out—until her friend is found dead in Becca’s pool. 

Now, Becca is a murder suspect, and it’s up to Mallory to track down the real killer and get the wedding back on track before the whole occasion ends up gone with the wind.

Marriage, Monsters-in-Law, and Murder

Marriage, Monsters-in-Law, and Murder

By Sara Rosett

Ellie is hardly on vacation when her sister-in-law Summer asks her to help manage a destination wedding on Georgia’s barrier islands. The whole thing is a bit of a handful between someone pranking the bride and two feuding mothers-in-law.

When the best man shows up with the groom’s bitter ex-girlfriend, Ellie assumes she’s the prankster, but it’s no laughing matter when a dead body turns up. 

With the wedding in jeopardy, Ellie takes on the case. Did the high tensions in the wedding party drive someone to murder? Or is Summer the real target?

It’s a race against time to get the bride down the aisle before anyone else says “I do” to death. 

Silver Anniversary Murder

Silver Anniversary Murder

By Leslie Meier

A town-wide silver wedding anniversary celebration has Lucy Stone remembering her own wedding from years ago. She’s not sure what she would have done without her maid of honor, Beth Gerard.

Although the two lost touch over the years, she still remembers her fondly. But before Lucy can reach out, she learns Beth is dead.

In the middle of finalizing her fourth divorce, some people think Beth committed suicide, but not Lucy. All of her former husbands seem to have an ax to grind, and Lucy has a feeling one of them might have let his anger drive him to murder.

Leaving Tinker’s Cove, Maine for New York City, Lucy is determined to figure out which bitter ex is the killer, but how far will this murderous man go to keep his secret? 

Wedding Cake Murder

Wedding Cake Murder

By Joanne Fluke

Everything is finally going well in Hannah Swensen’s life. She’s engaged to the man of her dreams, and she’s competing on the Food Channel’s famous dessert chef contest show—which has just agreed to come film the rest of the season in her hometown of Lake Eden, Minnesota.

Now, with the whole town watching, Hannah’s sweets will be judged by Alain Duquesne—a chef as famous for his bad attitude as he is for his food.

But before Hannah can face his judgment, Alain is found murdered in the Lake Eden Inn’s walk-in cooler. With everything thrown into disarray, it’s up to Hannah to discover the truth. 

Wed and Buried

Wed and Buried

By Toni L. P. Kelner

Laura Fleming is shocked when she learns that her near-80-year-old Aunt Maggie, a lifelong spinster, has eloped with Big Bill Waters, her hometown of Byerly’s wealthiest businessman.

Laura, her husband Jason, and their newborn daughter race down south to Byerly to find out just what happened. It turns out someone has been threatening to kill Big Bill, and Aunt Maggie is determined to get to the bottom of it.

Lucky for her, Laura’s experienced her fair share of mysteries too.

The suspect list is long. It seems Big Bill’s business history has made him quite a few enemies over the years, and Aunt Maggie’s old beau has just returned to town too.

But when innocent people start getting caught up in this violent game, Laura will have to risk everything to expose a killer. 

Murder Borrowed, Murder Blue

Murder Borrowed, Murder Blue

By Stephanie Blackmoore

Mallory Shepard has a huge business opportunity when famous actress Dakota Craig chooses her Pennsylvania B&B as the venue for her upcoming wedding to her musician boyfriend.

To make things even better, this star-studded Valentine’s Day wedding is going to air on I Do, a popular reality show. But when the maid of honor drops dead, it’s up to Mallory to find the killer.

With everyone refusing to postpone the wedding, Mallory has to launch an investigation along with managing preparations for the nuptials. On top of everything, the town gets hit with a foot of snow.

But when it seems like the bride is the killer’s next target, Mallory will have to race to solve this mystery before this wedding show goes true crime. 

Wedding Day Murder

Wedding Day Murder

By Leslie Meier

As a working mother, Lucy Stone has a hectic enough schedule as it is, but she’s promised to help her friend arrange a high-profile wedding in town, and she doesn’t go back on promises.

The groom is internet mogul Ron Davitz, who has already managed to irritate all of Tinker’s Cove with his big personality and his giant yacht—which he cleared out nearly every boat in the harbor to dock.

But all the planning turns out to have been in vain when Ron’s body is found floating in the harbor. 

With his long list of enemies, Lucy suspects foul play. Shifting from wedding planning to amateur sleuthing, Lucy investigates her neighbors' grudges—but she may just have put herself in the killer’s sights.