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.

Here's a cute cozy mystery for you. Theo is a cleaning boy who works night shifts at the local museum, an old manor that has been recently purchased during the day, and a tech company on weekends. What happens one day when six golden nuggets are switched with fakes? Weird noises come from the old mansion? And his lazy, sassy cousin finds a flash drive? Please read to find out if there's a connection or not.

(WILL NOT BE UPDATING ANYMORE) ✦•┈┈┈┈๑⋅⋯ ⋯⋅๑┈┈┈┈•✦ ↳ 𝐢𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡: seventeen-year-old scarlett laine has always counted on summers for aimless road tips, sunkissed skin and a little freedom from reality. but instead of pulling all-nighters with her friends in new york city, her mom abruptly sends her back to marina's pointe for the summer, the boring coastal town that she left behind after her parents messy divorce six years ago. scarlett hardly talks to her mom as is - although they live together - and hasn't spoken to her dad since the divorce, so staying with him (and his new family) for the summer feels like stepping into someone else's life. and on top of that, there's chase rhodes - scarlett's childhood best friend. still living in marina's pointe, he also happens to be the same guy she once liked in sixth grade. but amidst the calm shoreline winds and worn out driftwood boardwalks, scarlett finds much more than she was expecting: an abandoned lighthouse, mysterious notes, and secrets that have been getting covered up for years. with the help of old childhood friends, and maybe even new ones - she'll have to solve clues, explore places she's never been, and investigate a disappearance, all without falling in love along the way. ✦•┈┈┈┈๑⋅⋯ ⋯⋅๑┈┈┈┈•✦ ↳ 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐬: #1 in lighthouse #1 in missing person

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.

My first gig as a PI was something unexpected. Some might even say the sleuthing found me and not the other way around, and they would be right. When some days were swept away from my memory, figuring it out was all I could think of and that led me to him, the most handsome man I've ever seen. Could he help me untangle this mystery of missing days or was he going to be swallowed in full by it? I could tell he knew something was off from the moment he saw me, and I hoped he was the one to solve it.

For fifty-one weeks of the year, Heather McNeil loves her job as assistant to the director of the Washington DC Market Show Center. But the Gift and Home trade show, the biggest show of the year at the center, is a week-long nightmare. This year's version is worse than usual. Misplaced shipments, feuding exhibitors, and malfunctioning popcorn machines are all in a day's work. Finding the body of a murdered executive dumped in a trash bin during the show isn't. The discovery tips Heather's life into havoc. The police have reason to suspect the victim's wife killed him, but Heather doesn't believe it. She's gotten glimmers of an entirely different scenario and possible motive, but questioning exhibitors about the crime doesn't make her popular with them or with her employers. Still, other lives might be at risk, and if she doesn't identify the murderer before the show ends, the culprit could well remain free to kill again. Her only help comes from a company executive with ulterior motives and the Market Center's attractive new security officer, Scott Brandon. Despite opposition from some of the exhibitors, her employers, and the police, Heather seeks to expose the killer before the show ends. To solve the mystery she will have to risk what's most important to her and be prepared to fight for answers, her job, and possibly her life.

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

At the start of the new millennium, ten-year-old Emily's made-up mysteries and snooping keeps getting her into trouble, and no one at school likes her because of it. Not fitting in and getting bored with her favorite books, she doesn't know who she should be. Worried, her mom takes her out for a girls' day at the mall, and Emily spots a Ouija board promising answers. Her mom refuses to let her buy it, so in the lamplight of her bedroom, she scrawls one herself and whispers to the spirit realm for help. Contact is made with a spirit named Morrigan, who has forgotten her past, and they agree to help each other so both of them can move on. But a dark mystery unfolds as they go searching for Morrigan's past. Emily makes a new friend, secrets are kept, and guilt and betrayal come between her and the spirit. As tensions rise, Emily seeks the guidance of three young witches for help. Now, she must learn to live for herself before losing herself forever. *** HIGHEST RANKINGS: #1 paranormalmystery #3 cozymystery #3 amateur-sleuth #3 crystals #7 ouijaboard #15 middle grade

One mysterious letter. Two childhood friends. A love story decades in the making. When a mysterious letter addressed to town socialite Lillian Beaumont appears in Olivia Harper's bookshop, it sets off an unexpected chain of events that will change lives forever. Joining forces with her childhood friend Daniel Whitfield, Olivia begins a journey to uncover the letter's author and the secrets of Lillian's past. As they navigate a web of hidden histories, missed opportunities, and whispers of lost love, will Olivia and Daniel confront their own unresolved feelings and dreams for the future? In a town where everyone knows your name, a forgotten love letter rewrites two destinies. Filled with charm, humor, and the power of second chances, this story celebrates the enduring magic of true love and the unbreakable bonds of friendship. Perfect for fans of Debbie Macomber, Susan Wiggs, and Robyn Carr, this book will leave you believing in the incredible possibilities life can offer when you least expect it.

An original cozy fantasy mystery about an elf attempting to hide her identity and the unlikely chance of belonging. Nico moves into an inherited estate in a human village, determined to hide her elf blood, searching for peace and quiet - and yet that might all go to waste when someone goes missing by the hands of an elf, and she's the only one who knows where to even start to look.

Mistmoor Point has a new dirty word... poison! Welcome to Mistmoor Point... A small town on a small island where magic is standard practice and witches rule. Felicity Redfern has a lot of jobs. Baker, girlfriend, novice witch... and... worst of all, private investigator. When the mayor's anniversary party goes wrong, disaster happened! 1. Half the town is sick. 2. The mayor's in a coma. 3. The most disastrous part... One person's dead. And someone will take the blame. Felicity's mother and her supernatural bakery. Is this a case of magic accidentally gone wrong, or is something more sinister at bay? Felicity's counting on her boyfriend, master warlock and sheriff of Mistmoor Point, Lincoln Maxwell, to help her solve the crime. But ... Lincoln thinks he already knows who the culprit is-Felicity's mother! With no one on her side, Felicity has no choice but to use her novice witchy powers to investigate on her own. But the job proves too big for one witch alone... or one amateur witch to be exact! When her own life gets threatened, there's only one friend Felicity can turn to for help... Her mother's familiar, a fuzzy feline named Sunny. But can they fix this mess before someone else gets killed? What if Felicity's mother really is to blame?

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

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.

Hello! My name is Hadlee Rain. I'm thirty(something), average(ish) weight, vertically challenged, and work as a pest control specialist. (Sounds like a great dating profile description, am I right?) What I'm about to tell you is top secret. It goes in the vault, buried in a Doomsday bunker, and then tucked away in the molten core of a volcano. Like, I'd tell you but then I'd have to kill you secret. Except, I am going to tell you, but I'm not going to kill you. And I don't know anyone with a vault. Or a Doomsday bunker. And I don't really fancy a trek into an active volcano. Anyway, I think you get the point. This day I'm going to tell you about is the day I made a name for myself... Otherwise known as the worst day of my life. And, if you knew my history, you'd know that's really saying something.

When Amy Ridley decided to compete in the Kellerton Summer Festival Pie Contest, the last thing she expected was to find the reigning pie queen dead. When Amy receives a note threatening her own life, she decides to investigate the murder herself. It seems that half the town has a reason to kill the mean pie queen. While Amy sifts through a list of suspects she also ends up playing cupid for her love-shy best friend, fending off a baker intent on finding out her prize-winning culinary secrets, and evading the killer who wants to make her the next victim. PLEASE NOTE: This story was previously published on Wattpad on my former publisher's profile, who was incorrectly listed as the author at that time.

ON HIATUS || PLAGIUM'S SEQUEL Afternoon tea, walks about the garden...and a ride on a mechanically powered steam-carriage? Enter the regency steampunk world of Plagium! We rejoin Tracey Higgenbottom as she explores the steampunk countryside of Dnalgne. When Tracey takes a steam-carriage to visit her childhood friend, she expects to spend the week relaxing by the ocean cliffside. Instead, she once again finds herself swept into a mystery: a crime is brewing in the village...and she's been tasked to stop it! With the help of familiar-and new-faces, Tracey embarks on a quest to stop the culprit and reveal their identity. But things are more than meets the eye-she must be careful of whom she trusts, and the threat of failure looms large... A steampunk mystery for all to enjoy! UPDATES EVERY FRIDAY (Annulet || An-new-let: small ring around a classical column; a charge in the form of a small ring) Alt. Title: A Curious Case of the Annulet ***ANNULET is the sequel to PLAGIUM and Book 2 in The Keepers Series.*** KEEPERS SERIES ORDER: 1-Plagium 2-Annulet ~This is an unrevised draft. The official revisions will be released sometime after the story's completion~

Marigold is an unlikely detective. Heiress to the Marchioness of Nottingham and a debutante envied by many, she's about to come out to London Society for her first Season. However, her spirit for adventure and passion for mystery make navigating the treacherous waters of polite society challenging. No more than when she meets young Henry. Connected by a murder neither know anything about, Marigold's penchant for getting at the truth makes her seem impertinent to Henry who prefers old secrets to stay buried. If he discovers she is harboring her own dangerous secrets, can he still love her or will her best chance at happiness be destroyed?

All Hazel Olson wants is to write a genuine and unique song, but when you're a perfectionist, the task can become quite daunting. After being diagnosed with minor depression, she moves to Florida to live with her grandmother where she meets August Marshall. A girl who dreams of living her own adventures, but is afraid of being alone. One day, in the newspaper, an article talks about a recent murder in their town: Blueshore Bay, August believes that it is her call. She seeks the help of Hazel, who reluctantly agrees, hoping to find the perfect subject for her next song.

It was a heck of a shot. It was the perfect murder. Someone killed Kyle Winthrop as he lay in his bed. His mother, Claire, doesn't care much - she's too strung out on prescription pain pills. But his Grandmother cares, and she begs her good friend, Hadley Pell, to try to solve this horrible crime. Hadley runs into a brick wall - there's little to go on. Still, her curiosity and keen mind won't let her abandon the case. She's determined to help her friend. In the middle of another Appalachian murder mystery, Hadley doesn't have clue where to begin. She's up to her eyeballs in clutter. Literally. While cleaning out a hoarder's house, she stumbles upon old papers. Could these dusty old newspapers and legal documents hold information that will help her crack the case? A humorous tale full of local color and wit, this is the second book in the Hadley Pell Cozy Mystery NOBODY mystery series. 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