Cozycrime Stories

In the small coastal Texas town of Harlow, Nora Callette has built exactly the life she intended. At thirty‑eight, she runs Calloway Crest, a luxury pet resort where the town's wealthiest residents trust her with the animals they love more than most people. She is quiet, capable, and precise. She notices everything and says very little. Her life is peaceful by design. Then her younger sister Gemma moves in. Gemma brings two impeccably dressed dogs, an opinionated parakeet, a pet bakery, and enough warmth and chaos to disrupt eleven weeks of carefully maintained routine. She also brings the one person Nora trusts completely into the middle of everything that is about to go wrong. Because something is going wrong in Harlow. Three of Nora's wealthiest clients have quietly rewritten their wills within the same six‑month window. Nora only knows because people talk freely in front of the woman holding their dog's leash. Two of those clients are already dead. Their deaths were ruled accidents. Nora does not believe in coincidences, and she has read enough estate documents in her former life as an attorney to know exactly what a rewritten will means. The third client is still alive. Nobody is looking for a pattern except Nora. Into this walks Callum Hayes, the new town veterinarian-steady, unhurried, and entirely too perceptive for Nora's comfort. And Allen Michaels, a former army sniper turned small‑town detective who tells Nora to stay out of it and cannot seem to stop her. While Nora quietly dismantles a conspiracy built on old money and older jealousy, she is also navigating her first IVF cycle alone, her first real friendship with a man who might become something more, and the chaos of loving a sister who says out loud everything Nora keeps inside. Some secrets get buried. Nora Callette digs them up.

New City. New Job. Same Ghost. At thirty-one, Clara Vance is traded the quiet woods of Vermont for the concrete jungle of New York City. Her goal is simple: work at the library, stay within her dwindling budget, and finally forget the man who walked out for a bag of ice five years ago and never came back. But New York has other plans. Between a "studio" apartment that's basically a closet and a hair-frizz level of one hundred, Clara starts to realize she's being followed. A familiar scent in the hallway. A peppermint wrapper on the sidewalk. Is she losing her mind, or did her past just follow her to the Big Apple? In a city of eight million people, it's very easy to hide... and even easier to disappear.

"In this game, the smartest person wins. In this building, the smartest person is the next to die." At Azure Palms Luxury Suites, retirement isn't about bingo and knitting it's about high-stakes strategy. For the "Bubbly & Brains" troupe, the nightly trivia tournament is a blood sport. But when Judge Montgomery collapses while answering a $50,000 jackpot question, the game turns deadly. The police see a heart attack. Gwen Thorne sees a crime scene. A Taurus with a lethal eye for detail, Gwen knows the Judge's Sherry didn't smell of vintage grapes it smelled of betrayal. To catch a killer, she must lead an unlikely crew: a retired corporate spy, an esports champion, a high-stakes gambler, and a sweet grandmother with a dark obsession for toxins. As the building goes into lockdown and the trivia questions turn into cryptic threats, the troupe discovers that the "Architects" of this game are playing for much more than a trophy.

When a peaceful mountain retreat welcomes its first guests, no one expects murder. But when an elderly German woman dies under mysterious circumstances, and soon after her daughter too, suspicion falls on everyone - including the host and his closest friend. With his partner arrested and a dark secret hidden in the walls, Andreas Lito must solve the case before the killer strikes again. mystery, cozycrime, murdermystery, amateurdetective, mountainretreat, slowburnromance, whodunit, secrets, crimefiction

The Bumbling Detective Carter and his very competent ex spy best friend Lisa Cain attend a garden party. Things quickly turn sour when a murder is committed and it is up to the pair to solve the case. A short story collection following the adventures of the himbo detective as he tries his best to keep his small Welsh village safe

In the picturesque seaside village of Llyncroft, nestled amidst rolling hills and lush greenery, Evelyn Hartwell inherits her grandmothers quaint bed and breakfast. The inn offers cozy rooms, blooming gardens and a welcome retreat from the chaos of city life. However, Evie soon discovers that beneath its charming exterior lies a tangled web of secrets and mysteries. Evelyn and her fiancée Marcus stumble upon a shocking discovery, a dead body in one of the guest rooms. With the help of her new eccentric friends, including the enigmatic police captain Gethin Wolfhart, the wise apothecary Agnes Blackwood, and the elusive pub owner Cedric Thorne, Evie embarks on a quest to unravel the truth behind the murder. But as clues emerge and suspicions mount, Evie realizes that the idyllic village of Llyncroft harbours dark secrets of its own. From ancient feuds to long-buried betrayals, the past threatens to surface with deadly consequences. With time running out Evelyn must rely on her instincts and unearth her grandmother's secrets before she becomes the next victim. Grab a cup of your favourite brew and join Evelyn Hartwell on her journey as she navigates the treacherous waters of deceit and deception in a world where nothing is as it seems in Bloom and Doom.