Cozy Case Files Mystery Sampler Books

Looking for a new cozy mystery author to love? Dive in to this collection of excerpts from the Minotaur Books/St. Martin's Press Spring/Summer 2017 season (books published from late April to August). The Cozy Case Files collection includes: Trumpet of Death by Cynthia Riggs Sticks and Bones by Carolyn Haines Murderous Mayhem at Honeychurch Hall by Hannah Dennison Love & Death in Burgundy by Susan C. Shea Your Killin' Heart by Peggy O'Neal Peden Gone Gull by Donna Andrews Dog Dish of Doom by E.J. Copperman Enforcing the Paw by Diane Kelly Cat About Town by Cate Conte A Crime of Passion Fruit by Ellie Alexander

Looking for a new cozy mystery author to love? Dive in to this collection of excerpts from the Minotaur Books/St. Martin's Press Fall 2017 season (books published from September to October). The Cozy Case Files collection includes: The Essence of Malice by Ashley Weaver Death at the Seaside by Frances Brody The Witches' Tree by M.C. Beaton How the Finch Stole Christmas! by Donna Andrews Gin and Panic by Maia Chance Cat Among the Pumpkins by Mandy Morton The Ghost of Christmas Past by Rhys Bowen Vineyard Victims by Ellen Crosby Ginger Snapped by Gail Oust Sleep Like a Baby by Charlaine Harris Death on Tap by Ellie Alexander

Looking for a new cozy series? In this new edition of Cozy Case Files , Minotaur Books compiles the beginnings of eight charming cozy mysteries coming in Spring 2019 for free for easy sampling. Jump into the latest cozies by the following authors: Donna Andrews, Shelia Connolly, Cate Conte, Leonard Goldberg, Carolyn Haines, Ellen Hart, Kylie Logan, and Allison Montclair. With the charm of a southern belle and none of the rules, private investigator Sarah Booth Delaney is back in Games of Bones . In Terns of Endearment , Meg Langslow races to solve a mystery while aboard a broken down cruise ship. Or follow PI Jane Lawless in Twisted at the Root as she works to attain justice for a widower wrongfully convicted of his husband’s murder. If you’re an animal lover, return to cat café JJ’s House of Purrs in The Tell Tail Heart or check out The Scent of Murder , starring cadaver dog trainer Jazz Ramsey. For history fans, there's The Right Sort of Man , and the proprietresses of the Right Sort of Marriage Bureau, in 1946 London, who find their livelihood in danger when a client is arrested for the murder of another. In The Disappearance of Alistair Ainsworth , the daughter of Sherlock Holmes confronts a threat to the crown. Or revisit the modern-day town that’s about to be turned into a working Victorian village in Killer in the Carriage House.

Looking for a new cozy series? In the new edition of Cozy Case Files , Minotaur Books compiles the beginnings of seven charming cozy mysteries coming in Fall 2019 for free for easy sampling. Jump into the latest cozies by the following authors: Ellie Alexander (x2), Donna Andrews, Vivien Chien, Ellen Crosby, Diane Kelly, and Ashley Weaver. In Paw of the Jungle , police officer Megan Luz and her K-9 partner try to solve a case involving stolen exotic animals. In A Dangerous Engagement , get drawn into the glamourous, dangerous world of nightclubs and bootleggers in 1930’s New York. Or go home with Meg Langslow for the holidays in Owl Be Home for Christmas . For cozies that will ignite your taste buds, return to Ho-Lee Noodle House in Wonton Terror . For dessert, stop in to Oregon’s favorite bakeshop, Torte, in A Cup of Holiday Fear . Then pour yourself a pint for brewer Sloan Krause in Beyond a Reasonable Stout , or grab a glass of wine and dig into The Angels' Share for the latest corking mystery featuring vineyard owner Lucie Montgomery.

Looking for a new cozy series? In the new edition of Cozy Case Files , Minotaur Books compiles the beginnings of five charming cozy mysteries starting in December 2019 for free for easy sampling. Travel cross country – and across the ocean – with the latest cozies by the following authors: M.C. Beaton, Vivien Chien, Diane Kelly, Elizabeth Penney, and Paige Shelton. Start in Cleveland in Egg Drop Dead , where a dinner party catered by Ho-Lee Noodle House has deadly consequences. From there pop down to Nashville, where the real estate market is to die for, in Dead in the Doorway . Travel to Maine in series debut Hems & Homicide ; this apron shop will have readers on pins and needles! You’ll finish your journey across the pond. In The Stolen Letter , pandemonium ensues in Edinburgh when bookseller Delaney Nichols meets a woman who believes she is Mary, Queen of Scots, reborn. And in Beating About the Bush , Agatha Raisin must investigate a case of industrial espionage at a factory where nothing is quite what it seems.

Looking for a new cozy series? In the new edition of Cozy Case Files , Minotaur Books compiles the beginnings of eleven charming cozy mysteries publishing in Spring/Summer 2020 for free for easy sampling. The latest edition of Cozy Case Files has something for everyone with the latest cozies by the following authors: Carolyn Haines, Hannah Dennison, Eve Calder, Donna Andrews, Ellie Alexander, Kylie Logan, Susanna Calkins, Leonard Goldberg, and Allison Montclair. The bonds of friendship are put to the test in The Devil’s Bones and Sugar and Vice . Two sisters inherit an old hotel in the remote Scilly Islands in series debut Death at High Tide . A new Meg Langslow mystery, The Falcon Always Wings Twice , finds the family at a Renaissance Faire. Past crimes are unburied in Nothing Bundt Trouble and The Secret of Bones . Go back in time with these next historical cozies. Sherlock Holmes’s daughter is back in The Art of Deception . In A Royal Affair , Princess Elizabeth has developed feelings for a Greek prince, and The Right Sort of Marriage Bureau is engaged to dig into the suitor’s past. Or visit a 1920’s Chicago speakeasy in The Fate of the Flapper .

Looking for a new cozy series? In the new edition of Cozy Case Files , Minotaur Books compiles the beginnings of eleven charming cozy mysteries publishing in Fall 2020 for free for easy sampling. The tenth edition of Cozy Case Files features the latest cozies by the following authors: Ashley Weaver, Jane K. Cleland, Ellen Hart, Carolyn Haines, Donna Andrews, Ellie Alexander, Cate Conte, Diane Kelly, Elizabeth Penney, Vivien Chien, and Susan Cox. In 1930s England, Amory Ames must sort through secret identities and whirlwind romances to uncover the killer in the crowd in A Deception at Thornecrest . Or in Hidden Treasure and In a Midnight Wood , things from the past shake things up in the present. Christmas is threatened to be canceled in A Garland of Bones , The Gift of the Magpie, and A Whisker of a Doubt . Then after the holidays are over, a murder in the midst of preparation for the town’s annual IceFest means brewer Sloan Krause must serve a pint of hoppy justice in Without a Brew . In Bending the Paw, murder without a body is like a dog without a bone. Need an excuse to order takeout? Thread & Dead and Killer Kung Pao have you covered with a lobster festival or the popular Ho-Lee Noodle House. And finally, San Francisco is calling your name in The Man in the Microwave Oven .

Looking for a new cozy series? In the new edition of Cozy Case Files , Minotaur Books compiles the beginnings of six charming cozy mysteries publishing in Winter 2021 for free for easy sampling. The eleventh edition of Cozy Case Files features the latest cozies by the following authors: Ellie Alexander, Vivien Chien, Mariah Fredericks, Diane Kelly, Elizabeth Penney, and Paige Shelton. It’s 1914 New York, and a killer is stalking Broadway in Death of a Showman . A treasure hunt through Edinburgh gives way to a search for a villain terrorizing the city in Deadly Editions . It’s the end of a beautiful Maine summer in Bodies and Bows , and apron shop owner Iris Buckley must track down a killer before her best friend is arrested for murder and everything unravels. In Murder with a View , the body of a popular country music singer turns up in Nashville carpenter Whitney Whitaker’s latest real estate investment. Oregon’s favorite bakery Torte’s newest venture - a pop-up ice cream shop - is swirling into a nightmare in Chilled to the Cone . And in Fatal Fried Rice , a delectable cozy set in Cleveland, Ohio, Lana Lee may be next on the chopping block when her cooking class turns deadly and Lana is forced to investigate to clear her name.

Looking for a new cozy series? In the free edition of Cozy Case Files , Minotaur Books compiles the beginnings of fourteen charming cozy mysteries for easy sampling. The twelfth edition of Cozy Case Files features the latest cozies by the following authors: Ellie Alexander, Meri Allen, Donna Andrews, Eve Calder, Sheila Connolly, Cate Conte, Hannah Dennison, Jess Dylan, Leonard Goldberg, Carolyn Haines, Kylie Logan, Allison Montclair, S. C. Perkins, and Ashley Weaver. Have a sweet tooth? Get your fix in A Tale of Two Cookies , The Rocky Road to Ruin , and Mocha, She Wrote . Pick up some flowers and read Death in Bloom , then travel to your favorite cat café in Claws for Alarm . You can join in for preparations for a production of Macbeth in Murder Most Fowl , and stay the night at a hotel in Danger at the Cove . And in the morning, train cadaver dogs in A Trail of Lies , then help clear a professor’s name in Independent Bones . Perhaps you prefer to travel in time. A Sherlockian mystery awaits you in The Abduction of Pretty Penny . Visit England in WWII with a safe cracker in A Peculiar Combination . In post-WWII England, play matchmaker in A Rogue’s Company . Or you can stay in the present, with crimes tied to the past, in Fatal Family Ties and The Secret Staircase .

Looking for a new cozy series? In the new edition of Cozy Case Files , Minotaur Books compiles the beginnings of seven charming cozy mysteries publishing in Fall 2021 for free for easy sampling. The thirteenth edition of Cozy Case Files features the latest cozies by the following authors: Ellie Alexander, Donna Andrews, M. C. Beaton with R. W. Green, Jane K. Cleland, Jess Dylan, Elizabeth Penney, and Diane Kelly. Dip into two series debuts! In Chapter and Curse , follow Molly Kimball as she heads to Cambridge, England to help run the family bookshop. In Getaway with Murder , Misty Murphy celebrates her fiftieth birthday by ending her marriage, emptying both her nest and her bank account, and purchasing a dilapidated mountain lodge at the top of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Spring has arrived in Leavenworth, Washington in The Cure for What Ales You , and despite the festive spirit Slone Krause is brewing over her past. And speaking of things in bloom, Petals and Poison returns readers to a flower shop with a knack for attracting trouble as well as customers. Beloved heroine Agatha Raisin is back in Down the Hatch , where a newfound hobby, power-walking, leads Agatha to a dead body and right into her newest case. In Jane Austen’s Lost Letters , Josie Prescott comes across two undiscovered letters, under mysterious circumstances, written by the beloved novelist. Finish by getting in the holiday spirit in The Twelve Jays of Christmas , where a snowstorm brings to light not only a murder, but an elopement within the Langslow family.

Looking for a new cozy series? In the new edition of Cozy Case Files , Minotaur Books compiles the beginnings of six charming cozy mysteries publishing in Winter 2022 for free for easy sampling. The fourteenth edition of Cozy Case Files features the latest cozies by the following authors: Korina Moss, Gigi Pandian, Diane Kelly, Ellie Alexander, and Paige Shelton. Feeling hungry? Check out these two series debuts. In Cheddar Off Dead , a cheesemonger discovers that her new home in a small Sonoma Valley town is ripe for murder... something here stinks to high heaven, and it's not the cheese. An impossible crime. A family legacy. The intrigue of hidden rooms and secret staircases. Under Lock & Skeleton Key layers stunning architecture with mouthwatering food in an ode to classic locked-room mysteries. Continuing with the architecture theme: Nashville’s killer real estate market returns in Batten Down the Belfry : Here is the church, here is the steeple… Open the doors, and see all the trouble. Celebrate the greats in these next two offerings. Bake, Borrow, and Steal finds Oregon’s favorite bakery, Torte, catering an authentic feast to celebrate a museum’s unveiling of Shakespeare’s lost manuscript. After being invited to a traditional Scottish celebration to honor poet Robert Burns, bookseller Delaney Nichols faces off against an elusive arsonist in The Burning Pages . Travel to 1907, New York: Beloved heroine Molly Murphy returns in Wild Irish Rose , from New York Times bestselling author Rhys Bowen, now writing in partnership with her daughter, Clare Broyles.

Looking for a new cozy series? In this edition of Cozy Case Files , Minotaur Books compiles the beginnings of eight charming cozy mysteries publishing in Spring/Summer 2022 for free for easy sampling. The fifteenth edition of Cozy Case Files features the latest cozies by the following authors: Ellie Alexander, Meri Allen, Donna Andrews, Cate Conte, Jess Dylan, Leonard Goldberg, Carolyn Haines, and Ashley Weaver. Something old, something new, something borrowed, someone murdered? It’s wedding season in Fatal Flowers , Round Up the Usual Peacocks , and Donut Disturb . An ice cream social gone wrong in Mint Chocolate Murder . A Halloween season of beguiling cult leaders, witchcraft, and potentially human sacrifice in Lady of Bones . A small community’s secrets need to be uncovered in Gone but Not Furgotten . For historicals, the daughter of Sherlock Holmes is back in The Blue Diamond . And A Key to Deceit is a delightful World War II mystery filled with spies, murder, romance, and wit.

Looking for a new cozy series? In the new edition of Cozy Case Files , Minotaur Books compiles the beginnings of seven charming cozy mysteries publishing in Fall 2022 for free for easy sampling. The sixteenth edition of Cozy Case Files features cozies by the following authors: Diane Kelly, Mindy Quigley, Korina Moss, Elizabeth Penney, M. C. Beaton with R. W. Green, Carolyn Haines, and Donna Andrews. Ready for your cozy-themed Fall vacation? Hit the road and head to the Blue Ridge Mountains in A Trip with Trouble , where life in the fast lane could end in a crash. Forgot your snacks? Check out Six Feet Deep Dish and the perfect recipe for a delicious first entry to a series: Fresh mozzarella, tangy tomato sauce, and murder. Double down on the cheese in Gone for Gouda , where things are going from gouda to bad to ugly for the local cheesemonger. Fancy a trip across the pond? In A Treacherous Tale , visit an English bookshop with a habit of bookmarking trouble. Or tag along in Devil’s Delight , where there’s a dead body… if Agatha Raisin can find it before she’s the next one to disappear. Love Christmas? In Bones of Holly , a library decorating contest leads to a deep dive into the history of Bay St. Louis and Al Capone. Finish the season in Dashing Through the Snowbirds . Can Meg Langslow crack the case in time to keep the Yuletide bright?

Looking for a new cozy series? In the new edition of Cozy Case Files , Minotaur Books compiles the beginnings of nine charming cozy mysteries publishing in Winter 2023 for free for easy sampling. The seventeenth edition of Cozy Case Files features the latest cozies by the following authors: Ellie Alexander, Jean-Luc Bannalec, Olivia Blacke, Rhys Bowen and Clare Broyles, Anastasia Hastings, Diane Kelly, Olivia Matthews, Gigi Pandian, and Paige Shelton. This editions has THREE cozy series starters for you to enjoy. Set in 1885 London, Of Manners and Murder follows Violet as she discovers that when you represent best-loved Agony Aunt in Britain, both marauding husbands and murder are par for the course. In Vinyl Resting Place , three sisters knew there could be some scratches on the track when opening Sip & Spin Records in Texas, but no one was expecting to find a body deader than disco in the supply closet. And in Little Caribbean, Brooklyn, New York, investigating a murder was never supposed to be on Spice Isle Bakery’s menu in Against the Currant . Catch up at what’s happening at your favorite eatery in Muffin But the Truth. Check in to see the latest renovation projects in The Raven Thief and Primer and Punishment . Travel abroad to Edinburgh and Brittany in Fateful Words and The Body by the Sea . Or visit New York at the turn of the century with the incomparable Molly Murphy Sullivan in All That is Hidden .

Looking for a new cozy series? In the new edition of Cozy Case Files , Minotaur Books compiles the beginnings of eight charming cozy mysteries publishing in Fall 2023 for free for easy sampling. The nineteenth edition of Cozy Case Files features cozies from the following authors: Ellie Alexander, Donna Andrews, M.C. Beaton with R.W. Green, Cate Conte, Celeste Connally, Diane Kelly, Korina Moss, and Elizabeth Penney. Check out the historical series debut Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Lord , it’s Bridgerton meets Agatha Christie. Find out what in the bleu blazes is happening in Case of the Bleus . Or discover if an arrow really did go astray in Dead on Target . Who doesn’t love a good holiday? Don’t be a scaredy cat around Halloween and read Nine Lives and Alibis . Or double, double, toil and truffle in Catch Me if You Candy . Celebrate Guy Fawkes Night across the pond in The Fatal Folio . A fire and a hot beverage make the perfect pairing for these Christmas mysteries: Snow Place for Murder and Let it Crow! Let it Crow! Let it Crow!

Looking for a new cozy series? In the latest edition of Cozy Case Files , Minotaur Books compiles the beginnings of nine charming cozy mysteries publishing in Winter 2024 for free for easy sampling. The twentieth edition of Cozy Case Files features cozies from the following authors: Ellie Alexander, Rhys Bowen and Clare Broyles, Olivia Blacke, Jennifer Chow, Anastasia Hastings, Olivia Matthews, Gigi Pandian, Mindy Quigley, and Paige Shelton. Cook up some delicious treats with a variety of culinary cozies! On the menu, you'll find killer West Indian pastries in Coconut Drop Dead, deadly deep dish pizzas in Public Anchovy #1, fatal fortune cookies in Ill-Fated Fortune, and suspicious spiced curry buns in A Smoking Bun. Get with the groove and catch a killer while you're at it with Rhythm and Clues . Solve your way out of a deadly booby trap while racing against time in A Midnight Puzzle . Discover the mystery behind an antique Crusader Sword in The Poison Pen . Getaway to the Catskills with In Sunshine or in Shadow. And infiltrate a scandalous cult in historical Britain as you read Of Hoaxes and Homicide .

Looking for a new cozy series? In the next edition of Cozy Case Files, Minotaur Books compiles the beginnings of ten charming cozy mysteries published in Fall 2024 for free for easy sampling. The twenty-second edition of Cozy Case Files features cozies from the following authors: Ellie Alexander, Donna Andrews, M. C. Beaton with R.W. Green, Celeste Connally, Cate Conte, Carolyn Haines, Korina Moss, Elizabeth Penney, Mindy Quigley, and Paige Shelton. Prepare for the Barfield Extravaganza while solving a murder in Killing Time . Uncover a threat to the monarchy in All's Fair in Love and Treachery . Attend a Shakespeare Festival where a leading actor meets his final call in Sticks and Scones . Get your fix at the Dairy Days festival as you investigate what happened beneath all that cheese in Fondue or Die . Go undercover at a madrigal performance to solve an attempted murder in Madrigals and Mayhem . Retreat to a small town where nothing is as it seems when a woman vanishes in Perfect Storm . Don't forget to spread the Holiday cheer! Search for Elvis's jewel-encrusted belt or else you'll have a Blue Christmas in Blue Christmas Bones . Try to tamper down the holiday family drama when a dead body is found in the backyard in Rockin' Around the Chickadee . Bring a murderer out of the dark when it comes to light that an accidental Christmas light electrocution isn't so accidental in Shock and Paw . And warm up your detective skills when a frozen corpse is found in the midst of a National Snow Sculpting Championship in Sleep In Heavenly Pizza .

Looking for a new cozy series? In the new edition of Cozy Case Files, Minotaur Books compiles the beginnings of six charming cozy mysteries publishing in Winter 2025 for free for easy sampling. The twenty-third edition of Cozy Case Files features cozies from the following authors: Jennifer J. Chow, Ellie Alexander, Gigi Pandian, Paige Shelton, Diane Kelly, and Vivien Chen. Attend a deadly wedding in Star-Crossed Egg Tarts . Investigate the fatal fall of a new restaurant's manager in Killing Me Soufflé . Uncover how a real murder happened at a murder mystery dinner in The Library Game. Dig into a paleontologist's questionable past when he's found dead in Written in Stone . Give a beautiful Victorian property a new life by solving a cold case from years ago in Dead Post Society . Capture a murderer after a rash of unsolved murders and thefts in The Chow Maniac .