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Settle down with a cozy classic
Classic and contemporary mysteries in the manner of Agatha Christie.

Agatha Raisin and the Murderous Marriage - M.C. Beaton
Agatha Raisin, now retired in the Cotswolds, is about to marry neighbor, James Lacey.
When long missing (thought dead) husband, Jimmy, reappears...the wedding is off.
When Jimmy is found dead (really dead), Agatha and James, now suspects, 
team up to solve the crime.

Miss Seeton Undercover - Hamilton Crane
The villagers of Plummergen vie for the spotlight as a television crew arrives
to feature the rare Plummergen Peculiar apple. When some antiques are stolen and a man
is found murdered, retired art teacher Miss Emily D. Seeton, proves she's an amateur
sleuth who hasn't lost her polish.

Trouble in the Town Hall - Jeanne M. Dams
Retired American schoolteacher Dorothy Martin has moved to the English village
of Sherebury. On her way to meet Chief Constable Alan Nesbitt for lunch she notices
movement in the abandoned town hall. Inside she finds......a dead body.

A Hobby of Murder - E.X. Ferrars
Seeking a change of pace on completion of his latest work, Professor Andrew Broom
visits friends in the country and finds himself with a baffling murder to solve as
a guest is poisoned at a dinner given in his honor. A classic cozy.

Mrs. Malory and the Only Good Lawyer - Hazel Holt
No one would dispute that solicitor Graham Percy was a deadly bore, but could this
have been a motive for his murder? Scenic Taviscombe by the Sea's favorite amateur sleuth,
Mrs. Sheila Malory, has the honor of the solving the murder of her unwanted houseguest.

Something in the Water - Charlotte Macleod
Horticulturist Professor Peter Shandy heads to a small town in Maine to investigate
a lupine blooming mysteriously in the area; but he soon finds more to investigate than
a spiky plant. When a patron of a seacoast inn collapses at his table, Shandy suspects
foul play and finds possible grounds for murder.

More Cozy Mysteries

Aird, Catherine - Hole in one

Albert, Susan Wittig - Beatrix Potter Mystery Series

Atherton, Nancy - Aunt Dimity and the deep blue sea
Beacon, M.C. - Love, lies and liquor: an Agatha Raisin mystery

Bishop, Claudia - A puree of poison

Borthwick, J.S. - Intensive scare unit

Braun, Lilian Jackson - The cat who dropped a bombshell

Cannell, Dorothy - How to murder your mother-in-law

Charles, Kate - Evil intent

Christie, Agatha - Starring Miss Marple

Craig, Alisa - Pint of murder

Dunn, Carola - Daisy Dalrymple Mystery Series

Elkins, Aaron J. - Where have all the birdies gone?

Fluke, Joanne - Chocolate chip cookie murder

Giroux, E. X. - Death for a double

Granger, Ann - The way murder lies

Hart, Carolyn G. - Death on demand series

Hess, Joan - The Maggody Mystery Series

 

Kelner, Toni L. - Tight as a tick

King, Peter - Eat, drink and be buried : a gournet detective mystery
Lamalle, Cecile - Appetite for murder
Landrum, Graham - The garden club mystery
Malmont, Valerie S. - Death, bones and stately homes
Meek, M.R.D. - Kemp's last case
Meier, Leslie - New Year's Eve murder
Murray, Donna H. - School of hard knocks
Myers, Tamar - Thou shalt not grill
Pence, Joanne - Red hot murder
Pickard, Nancy - The Secret Ingredient Murder
Rich, Virginia - Baked bean supper murders
Richman, Phyllis - Who's Afraid of Virginia Ham
Ripley, Ann - Summer garden murder
Rosen, Dorothy and Sidney Belle Aplman - Death & Strudel
Ruryk, Jean - Next week will be better
Sawyer, Corinne Holt - Geezer factory murders
Sherwood, John - Creeping Jenny
Temple, Lou Jane - The spice box


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