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The best Mystery Amateur Sleuth Cozy books
Honest reviews and recommendations for mystery amateur sleuth cozy readers.
18 reviews in this genre.
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Highest-rated mystery amateur sleuth cozy on the shelf
Do Unto Others
by Jeff Abbott
The first Jeff Abbott mystery. Small-town Texas librarian as accidental detective. Edgar winner for a reason.
The Only Good Yankee
by Jeff Abbott
The second Jordan Poteet mystery. Jeff Abbott loosening up and writing his small Texas town with full confidence.
Promises of Home
by Jeff Abbott
The third Jordan Poteet mystery. Jeff Abbott bringing back a former friend to the small Texas town and turning the screws.
Distant Blood
by Jeff Abbott
The fourth and final Jordan Poteet mystery. Jeff Abbott closing out the small-town Texas librarian series with appropriate weight.
Dead Man's Bones
by Susan Wittig Albert
A mid-series China Bayles mystery. Herb mysteries are a niche and Susan Wittig Albert is the queen of it.
Bleeding Hearts
by Susan Wittig Albert
The 14th China Bayles. A house fire, a missing manuscript, and a community college English department at its most cozy and its most poisonous.
Spanish Dagger
by Susan Wittig Albert
The 15th China Bayles. China's sister returns to Pecan Springs and the family history thread Susan Wittig Albert has been quietly setting up for years pays off.
Nightshade
by Susan Wittig Albert
The 16th China Bayles. China's family history collides with a cold-case murder in Pecan Springs. Sue Wittig Albert in her late prime.
WormWood
by Susan Wittig Albert
The 17th China Bayles. Susan Wittig Albert taking her herbalist sleuth into the Kentucky Shaker community at Pleasant Hill. Quietly fascinating.
Holly Blues
by Susan Wittig Albert
The 18th China Bayles. Holiday-themed and unusually serious. McQuaid's ex-wife is back in town and the investigation hits closer to home than the series usually allows.
Mourning Gloria
by Susan Wittig Albert
The 19th China Bayles. A car fire on a country road, a body that should not be there, and Susan Wittig Albert at her most quietly devastating.
Toast Mortem
by Claudia Bishop
A late Hemlock Falls Inn cozy. Claudia Bishop running the formula with affection.
Dread on Arrival
by Claudia Bishop
Another Hemlock Falls Inn cozy. Claudia Bishop with the formula running smoothly through another upstate New York season.
A Fete Worse Than Death
by Claudia Bishop
A Fete Worse Than Death by Claudia Bishop review. The 18th Hemlock Falls cozy. A village summer fete, a body in the pie tent, and the formula running smoothly.
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