cosy crime fiction

Death Comes to Marlow by Robert Thorogood

By Erin Britton

5 January, 2023

The crossword and the classic murder mystery are two types of puzzle that exploded in popularity following World War I. Both relying on clues, they have been inextricably bound for over a century. While a cryptic crossword clue must comprise two elements – a definition…

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Murder at the Christmas Carols by Izzie Harper

By DeathBecomesHer

12 December, 2022

When we last heard from Vicky Newham, she was deep in the East End of London, following the trail of DI Maya Rahman. That was back in 2019, when Out of the Ashes was just pipped at the post for a place in my Top…

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Murder Before Evensong by Richard Coles

By Erin Britton

8 July, 2022

In Murder Before Evensong, Richard Coles’ debut cosy mystery, Canon Daniel Clement joins the ranks of crime-fighting clergy alongside such literary legends as Father Brown, Reverend Sidney Chambers and Brother Cadfael. As the Rector of Champton St Mary, a bucolic English parish still supported by…

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The Trust by MH Eccleston

By Erin Britton

5 July, 2022

Macabre murders, quirky characters and delightful settings combine in a way that would make Midsomer proud in The Trust, the first book in the Astrid Swift cosy mystery series by MH Eccleston. Astrid’s burgeoning career as an amateur sleuth might get off to an inauspicious…

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Tom Boy by Shelley Blanton-Stroud

By Paul Burke

29 June, 2022

Tom Boy is the sequel to Copy Boy, with Shelley Blanton-Stroud bringing us the further adventures of cub reporter Jane Benjamin in a tale that is lighter than her first outing. Back then, Jane got a job as a copy boy with Prospect, a San…

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Curtain Call at the Seaview Hotel by Glenda Young

By DeathBecomesHer

26 May, 2022

The holiday resort of Scarborough, on the north east coast of England, already has a literary pedigree. Award winning playwright Alan Ayckbourn launched the majority of his work there, at the famed Stephen Joseph Theatre, while Anne Bronte, sister of Charlotte and Emily, is buried…

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Smoke and Cracked Mirrors by Karen Charlton

By DeathBecomesHer

21 April, 2022

Anyone who has ever been to York will have been struck by the city’s palpable sense of history. It boasts Roman walls and medieval streets, with the ancient York Minster imperiously towering above it all. But it is more recent occurrences that have inspired Karen…

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The Corpse with the Turquoise Toes by Cathy Ace

By Erin Britton

11 April, 2022

In The Corpse with the Turquoise Toes, the 12th cosy mystery featuring Cait Morgan and Bud Anderson, Cathy Ace delights in derailing yet another holiday for her devoted detective duo. An internationally renowned criminal psychologist and a retired homicide detective, respectively, Cait and Bud are…

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Death Comes to Marlow by Robert Thorogood

Murder at the Christmas Carols by Izzie Harper

Murder Before Evensong by Richard Coles

The Trust by MH Eccleston

Tom Boy by Shelley Blanton-Stroud

Curtain Call at the Seaview Hotel by Glenda Young

Smoke and Cracked Mirrors by Karen Charlton

The Corpse with the Turquoise Toes by Cathy Ace

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