Cozymystery Stories

Detective Kane Elsher was raised by a single mother and pushed into becoming a male model, so his mother could fulfill her dreams. After the murder of his best friend, Kane changed careers and became a cop, moving to the small sea-side town of Whetherwood. Two years later, Kane responds to a murder at the town's most famous restaurant, known to celebrities around the country. The only suspect is Claire Demitchell, niece of the establishment's owner. Kane falls for immediately, refusing to believe she had anything to do with the murder. Claire thinks she is tragically flawed and has a hard time believing anyone could love her. All she wants to do is cook, but her uncle had other plans for her -- including marrying her off to the town's mayor. Claire and Kane team up to find the killer before they strike again.

After the discoveries of book one Faustine and her friends embark on a new Journey to save their friends their home and maybe all the 7 lands.

I am just writing this as part of my MA Creative Writing course and as I recover from brain injury which has caused aphasia so will be posting the things randomly in response to the course but for this specific book set in the 1920s.

Sandrine is reluctant to take the job as a ghost hunter, despite her ancestral gift. And when she meets her boss and future partners, every fibre of her being tells her to quit-but she needs the money. How hard can it be to dispel the ghost of a bird? Soon, she finds herself fighting the advances of a medieval playboy, targeted by a flock of ectoplasmic ravens, and trying to solve the puzzle of the cottage in the lake. With disaster waiting around the corner, she truly has no time for a budding romance, right? ~ ~ ~ My entry for the open novella contest 2021. Prompts: No 5: There is a terrible drought ravaging the land, but when the waters recede from the local lake/reservoir, they reveal something no one expected to find. No 64. What should have been a simple task for a trio of ghost hunters quickly becomes something for which the term 'Worst Case Scenario' is the mother of all understatement. No 61. I would've lived longer if it weren't for Lorraine. There's only one issue... who's Lorraine? Words according to Wattpad: Chapter 1 - 1495 Chapter 2 - 1455 - milestone 1 reached Chapter 3 - 1469 Chapter 4 - 1552 Chapter 5 - 1563 Chapter 6 - 1620 - milestone 2 reached Chapter 7 - 1564 Chapter 8 - 1700 Chapter 9 - 1637 Chapter 10 - 1797 Chapter 11 - 1605 Chapter 12 - 1561 Chapter 13 - 1690 - milestone 3 reached Chapter 14 - 1842 Chapter 15 - 1762 Epilogue - 233 Total words published: 24545

Meredith Gray is finally rebuilding her life - and not about to let a murder get in the way... I have a new (temporary) job and a new (potential) romance on the horizon. Life is looking up since that awful Christmas business - until my first date with gorgeous Rob the vet ends in us stumbling across a crime scene. With one of my friends a prime suspect in a murder and another benched from investigating, I'm going to do all I can to help clean up this mess - and keep the town in coffee and cookies while I do it.

Nero is not just the cat who prowls the windowsills of Most, the Italian‑Polish restaurant in Kraków. He is its unofficial inspector, shadow, and self‑appointed guardian of everything that smells like food and trouble at the same time. ​ When a batch of stuffed cabbage left in a back alley carries a scent that is almost delicious-and just wrong enough to make his fur rise-Nero is the first to notice that something in his district has turned poisonous. While Matteo Bellini and Ania Zielińska chase another impossible case across kitchens and council chambers, Nero follows a trail made of sauce, perfume and bitter metal on his own four paws. ​ This standalone short story takes place during The Gołąbki Gambit in Cold Case Files: The Bellini‑Zielińska Mysteries and shows that sometimes the first detective on the scene is the one everyone mistakes for a nap‑loving restaurant mascot. ​ If you want to see how the humans get into this mess in the first place, you can read the full‑length novel Murder à la Polonaise, then the five connecting cases in Cold Case Files, followed by the London‑set sequel. All are available on Amazon and via the author's site and socials, where recipes, extras, and reading order are listed together. Amazon link: https://amzn.eu/d/8dAc7Ny Author website: https://francorwestley.wixsite.com/author

Diego Ramírez has exactly ONE rule for his day off: no detective work. The enthusiastic Spanish waiter promised his boss Matteo he'd spend the day being a normal tourist in Kraków-visiting monuments, taking selfies, staying out of trouble. Simple, right? Wrong. Five minutes at Wawel Castle, Diego witnesses what looks like an international art smuggling operation: a nervous Italian man exchanging a briefcase full of medieval dragon replicas in a shadowy transaction. His inner detective (and inner chaos) immediately takes over. Armed with broken Polish, theatrical hand gestures, and absolutely zero investigative training, Diego launches his own amateur investigation. He follows suspects through Old Town. He takes "covert" photographs (that are anything but subtle). He accidentally crashes a midnight exchange at Market Square. There's just one problem: Diego's investigating completely innocent people. But while chasing the wrong suspects, Diego's chaotic "evidence gathering" accidentally captures ACTUAL criminals in the background of his tourist photos. Now he's tangled in a real police investigation, trying to clear the people he wrongly suspected while helping catch thieves who definitely don't want a clumsy Spanish waiter ruining their plans. Between fountain mishaps, pierogi-related disasters, and one very exasperated police inspector, Diego proves that sometimes the best detectives are the ones who have no idea what they're doing. A FREE comedic mystery spin-off from The Bellini-Zielińska Mysteries series. ✨ New readers welcome! No prior knowledge needed-Diego's enthusiasm (and confusion) transcends everything. 📚 Love Diego? Meet the full detective team in Murder à la Polonaise and Cold Case Files-available on Amazon! https://amzn.eu/d/1ZyAeL9 🌐 Author site: https://francorwestley.wixsite.com/author Perfect for fans of: Cozy mysteries - Culinary fiction - Cultural comedy - Lovable disasters - Accidental heroes

Imogen Fox, the personal assistant and wife-to-be of John Oakby, the Mayor of Fleckney Woulds, a small and peaceful county town, arrives at her office one rainy morning, only to find a corpse there - and her fiancé standing over it, his hands covered in blood. The victim turns out to be the husband of the woman everyone in Fleckney knows of. In the past she had been a part of several scandals involving the sons of the most wealthy and powerful families in the county, before she left for London in pursuit of a better life - and a richer husband. This isn't Imogen's first murder investigation, but it might yet prove to be the most challenging one. In order to catch the culprit Imogen will have to unearth the secrets of many of her dear friends, including the local police sergeant; the vicar; the husband of her closest friend who owns most of the property in the county; a famous military writer, residing in Fleckney - and unsurprisingly, the Mayor himself. Meanwhile, someone is breaking into people's gardens and ruins their lawn, digging for something. With only three months left until her wedding, Imogen has her hands full.

What if you could have a reset button, one that undos all of your most regretted mistakes? What if you could mend your past from the future? One dark purple rose and a Victorian-styled letter can change a life forever. On a quiet September 1st, Sierra Wilson, an independent-minded seventeen year old, discovers a letter supposedly written by her twenty eight year old self. Letter after letter, Sierra realizes that everything is not what it appears to be, and her sister is at the center of it all. With the help of her older self, will Sierra be able to fix the mistakes that took her sister's life? A/n: I am not continuing this book. It is only still up for me to look back on.

A ghost on the archaeological excavation of a Roman cemetery sounds like a perfect opportunity for Sandrine and Matt, founders of Ghost Guard Inc., to showcase their talent. But when they arrive on Vic's dig site to investigate, the ghost already disappeared - only to pop up in the museum's depot the next day. What should have been a piece-of-a-cake case becomes complicated when the police turns up to investigate a break in. And what is the connection to the mysterious lead tablet found 33 years ago across town? A Ghost Guard cosy mystery This story was originally written for ONC 2022, following the prompt #67: While working on a case, you come across a newspaper dated 25 years ago, and when you start reading it, an article catches your attention.

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Fly fishing was something that her late husband, Harry Pell, loved to do. When Hadley's friend, Hobie Stricker, invites her to try for the Big One, she only has trout in mind. A dead body brings a lot of unwanted attention and a lot of unanswered questions, too. Her brother-in-law, Sheriff Bill Whittaker has sworn Hadley to secrecy. The newly elected mayor of Hope Rock County is giving the good sheriff a fit. There are rumors that he wants to clean house, especially at the local law enforcement's office. How can you not trust your younger sister with all that you know? How do you keep the peace in the family and keep Bill's trust? It seems you can't. At least, not without one big sister fight. To mend family fences and help heal Maury's hurt feelings, Hadley decides to take her little sister on a road trip. But this is not just any road trip. Hadley makes reservations at the VistaView Motor Court, a revamped and renovated resort built in the 1920s. She visits her local beauty shop for a trim before heading off, but when Lou Edna, proprietor of the Beauty Boutique, hears that she and Maury are planning to hightail it out of town, the beautician insists she must accompany the pair. It's going to take a lot of fast talking to smooth this out with Maury. There is mystery surrounding the VistaView, and it's been decades in the making. The answers are there, but will Hadley be clever enough to pick up on the clues? Will she live to tell what she has uncovered? Will they lock her away in an insane asylum if she does? Join these ladies as they embark on another wacky mountain mystery. The Hadley Pell Cozy Mystery Series: 1. Nobody's Sorry You're Dead 2. Nobody Knows Your Secret 3. Nobody Can Say It's You 4. Nobody's Fool Y'all 5. Nobody Says It's Easy

Three siblings: Ambrosio, Olivia, and Marco Santiago find a magical key that opens the door to the world of Casa Christmas where the Christmas Celebration is always going on. But they soon find that not everyone in this new world is feeling the joy of the season. The Santiago children will have to solve a mystery if they want to save their new friends and the festive world they walked into.

New World is a novel about a young boy who vows to create a new world where only the hardworking and the honest would thrive, and where he would be the absolute God. He hears a mysterious voice in his mind that grants him the power to change the world, but at what cost? He faces many obstacles and enemies along the way, as well as moral dilemmas and inner conflicts. Will he succeed in his quest, or will he lose himself in the process? New World is a novel that explores the themes of justice, revenge, power, and morality, and the consequences of one's actions.

Maple Glade's charming community theatre is ready to raise the curtain on its most ambitious production yet. But opening night turns into a nightmare when a veteran actor collapses during rehearsal, stabbed with the very prop meant to signal his dramatic demise. What was supposed to be a staged murder is suddenly all too real. When Jade Reed, mystery writer and amateur sleuth, is asked to help polish the script, she's pulled into a tangled world of egos, secrets, and theatrical rivalries. As rehearsals spiral into suspicion and the production teeters on collapse, Jade uncovers a chilling truth: someone among the troupe has rewritten the script... with murder in mind.

AN EERIE TWIN-TOWERED CASTLE of white stone on an ice-bound island on a frozen winter lake, a nearby English manor house haunted by a flute playing ghost who roams the halls at night accompanied by a wolf, and a mysterious kidnapped girl from the past all come together in one of the most thrilling Dana Girls cases ever! THE DANA GIRLS were a sister-series to NANCY DREW and THE HARDY BOYS from the same publishers and writers from the 1930s to the 1970s. This is a FANFICTION MYSTERY, written in the same style as the original Danas from the 1930s, and set in that era. There were 30 Dana Girls mystery stories written and published by the creators of the original Nancy Drew and Hardy Boys books in the 1930s - 1970s. This book is representative of the early volumes in the series. The Dana Girls have also appeared in some of the recent Nancy Drew graphic novels.

Mel's world is a quiet one. Wonderful parents. Awesome friends. A perfectly safe and insured life. But, What happens when her world becomes not so quiet? Follow Mel as her trip to the Manchester Park changes her life. A BerniceCynthia novel Manchester Park- Thriller/mystery

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