The Teacup Sleuth
Aurora Teagarden — everyone calls her “Roe” — is a small-town librarian in Lawrenceton, Georgia, with a habit of stumbling into murder investigations. Charlaine Harris (better known today for the Sookie Stackhouse/True Blood books) wrote her first, and the series is where the cozy-mystery reading experience really started for a lot of us. If you’ve … Read more
If you’ve ever seen a Hallmark “Murder, She Baked” movie, you already know Hannah Swensen — the cookie-shop owner turned amateur sleuth in the small town of Lake Eden, Minnesota. Her books are some of the most popular cozy mysteries ever published, with a full recipe tucked into nearly every chapter. Here’s the complete reading … Read more
New month, new stack of cozy mysteries. Here’s what’s landing on shelves in November 2026 — witches, bakers, royals, and one very unusual grim reaper. We’ll update this list every month, so bookmark this page if you want to keep up with new releases without digging through retailer sites yourself. Early November 1. A Grim … Read more
Nothing says “gratitude and grudges at the same table” quite like a Thanksgiving cozy mystery. Small-town parades, turkey farms, family feasts gone wrong — the holiday gives cozy authors plenty to work with. We rounded up 12 Thanksgiving cozy mysteries to get you through the holiday, from long-running series favorites to a modern classic set … Read more
Twelve Christmas cozy mysteries for the holidays: small-town parades, cookie exchanges, a bibliophile mystery in Scotland and one Agatha Christie classic.
Twelve Halloween cozy mysteries for spooky season: festival murders, haunted houses, library ghosts, Salem witches and one Agatha Christie classic.