cosy crime fiction

I Only Read Murder by Ian Ferguson and Will Ferguson

28 December, 2023

Ian Ferguson and Will Ferguson are highly regarded Canadian humorists – Leacock Award winners, no less – who now and again joins forces to pen books like How to be a Canadian. Now they’ve turned their satirical eye on cosy crime fiction with a short…

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The Corpse with the Opal Fingers by Cathy Ace

By Sharon Richardson

29 November, 2023

The Corpse with the Opal Fingers is the 13th book in the Cait Morgan series by Cathy Ace. This series features a globe-trotting duo, Welsh-Canadian professor of criminal psychology, Cait Morgan and her husband, Bud Anderson who is a retired cop. These books are traditional…

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Have Yourself a Deadly Little Christmas by Vicki Delany

By Erin Britton

7 November, 2023

Vicki Delany’s Have Yourself a Deadly Little Christmas offers a welcome return to the charmingly festive yet murder-stricken town of Rudolph, New York, where Christmas spirit runs high and malice simmers beneath the surface. The sixth instalment in the Year-Round Christmas Mystery series, it’s a…

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The Christmas Appeal by Janice Hallett

By Erin Britton

25 October, 2023

It’s early December 2022 and the Fairway Players are rehearsing for their latest command performance: a one-night-only production of Jack and the Beanstalk in aid of the local church’s roof repair fund. The parts have been cast, the props procured and the set staged, and…

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Foul Play at the Seaview Hotel by Glenda Young

By DeathBecomesHer

28 September, 2023

Seaside landladies are the stuff of British folklore and the butt of many a 1970s comic’s jokes. They’re depicted as tough, unwielding, no-nonsense types, who delight in cutting corners and have little or no sense of humour. Thankfully, Helen Dexter, the heroine of Glenda Young‘s…

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The Discreet Charm of the Big Bad Wolf by Älexander McCall Smith

By Sonja van der Westhuizen

21 August, 2023

Think back to the most violent, twisted and darkest Scandinavian crime fiction you’ve ever read. Now imagine the polar opposite and you might be close to Alexander McCall Smith‘s Scandi Blanc series – his own cosy version of Nordic Noir. You won’t find graphic murders…

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A Death in the Parish by Richard Coles

By Erin Britton

10 July, 2023

The latest in an impressive line of crime-fighting members of the clergy, Canon Daniel Clement returns to tackle his second cosy mystery in A Death in the Parish. It’s been a few months since the disturbing events of Murder Before Evensong and life in the…

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The Cherrywood Murders by Penny Blackwell

By Erin Britton

26 May, 2023

It’s pure madness that people are still moving to picturesque country villages in search of rest and relaxation when they or someone they know is far more likely to be murdered and/or accused of murder. At least, that’s what cosy crime fiction will lead you…

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I Only Read Murder by Ian Ferguson and Will Ferguson

The Corpse with the Opal Fingers by Cathy Ace

Have Yourself a Deadly Little Christmas by Vicki Delany

The Christmas Appeal by Janice Hallett

Foul Play at the Seaview Hotel by Glenda Young

The Discreet Charm of the Big Bad Wolf by Älexander McCall Smith

A Death in the Parish by Richard Coles

The Cherrywood Murders by Penny Blackwell

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