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Ellie Avery (Mom Zone Series)

The Mom Zone Series started in 2006 and is set in different cities. It features Ellie, an air-force wife and professional organizer. The series is now called the Ellie Avery Mystery series. So it's confusing when you see the first 7 books in the…

Elliott Lisbon Mystery Series

Kendel Lynn writes the Elliott Lisbon Mystery series which is set on an island in South Carolina and started in 2013. It features Elliott Lisbon, who balances life as the director of a charity with the quirky antics of the eccentric board members…

Fishen-Rodd Mystery Series

Suzanne Young writes the Fishen-Rodd Mystery Series which is set in Colorado. It features Beryl Fishen and Nadine Rodd, two “women of a certain age,” live in a Colorado retirement community. Together, they solve murders.


Garden Girls Cozy Mysteries Series

Hope Callaghan writes the The Garden Girls Cozy Mysteries Series which is set in Michigan. It features “Garden Girl” Gloria Rutherford, a small town amateur sleuth who gets into all sorts of misadventures with a little help from her friends …the…

Gilded Newport Mystery Series

Alyssa Maxwell writes the the Gilded Newport Mystery series which started in March 2014 and is set in late 1800's Newport, Rhode Island. It features amateur sleuth Emmaline Cross. As both a Vanderbilt cousin and a Newporter born and raised, Emma'…

Goose Pimple Junction Mystery Series

Amy Metz writes the Goose Pimple Junction Mystery Series which is set in Tennessee. It features recently divorced Tess Tremaine who moves to a small southern town to start a new life.


Grad School Can Be Murder Series

Chris Hunter writes the Grad School Can Be Murder series which is set in Louisiana. James Ellis, a twenty-two year old graduate student returns to his hometown of Carrington, Louisiana, to pursue his masters degree in business administration at…

Haley Randolph Mystery Series

This series is set in Los Angeles and started in 2008. This series centers around Haley Randolph who is obsessed with designer purses. After losing her accounting job, Haley goes to work part-time in a department store.


High Heels Mystery Series

Gemma Halliday writes the High Heels Mystery series which started in 2011 and is set in California. It features L.A. shoe designer, Maddie Springer. Maddie Springer, lives her life by three rules: Fashion. Fashion. Fashion. But when she stumbles…

Hope Street Church Mystery Series

This series started in 2009 and is set in Virginia. It features Cooper Lee who repairs office machines in Richmond, Virginia. Cooper is looking for life's answers after breaking up with her boyfriend of 5 years. She joins a church bible study…

Isle of Man Cozy Mystery Series

Diana Xarissa writes the Isle of Man Cozy Mystery series which started in 2014 and is set on the Isle of Man. It features Aunt Bessie, a character who first appeared in the Isle of Man Romance Island Inheritance. In that novel, she had just…

Izzy Greene Mystery Series

Sylvia Selfman writes the Izzy Greene Mystery Series which started in 2014 and is set in Palm Springs, California. It features Izzy Greene, a woman of a certain age fwho inds herself embroiled in one murder after another. Along with her sidekick…

Jake and Emma Mystery Series

Linda Crowder writes the Jake and Emma Mystery series which is set in Wyoming. It features attorney Jake Rand. He specializes in juvenile justice cases. His wife, Emma, is a therapist in private practice. In the first book, Too Cute to Kill, they…

Jane Austen Mystery Series

Victoria Grossack writes the Jane Austen Mystery Series which is set in historic England. It features Emma Knightley, a character from the Jane Austen novels and everyone's favorite meddling matchmaker who turns detective in this cozy mystery.…

Jocelyn Shore Mystery Series

Janice Hamrick writes the Jocelyn Shore Mystery series which started in 2010 and takes place in Texas. It features Jocelyn Shore a Texas high school teacher and her cousin Kyla. Together they solve murders. The first book in this series, DEATH ON…

Josie Marcus Mystery Shopper Series

This series started in 2005 and is set in St. Louis, Missouri. It features Josie Marcus who is a single mom and member of the sandwich generation, mystery shops in St. Louis.


Last Ditch Mystery Series

Catriona McPherson writes the Last Ditch Mystery Series which started in April 2018 and is set in California. It features Lexy Campbell who fell in love and left her native Scotland for a golden life in California―hitched to a hunk, building her…

Lexie Starr Mystery Series

This series started in 2008 and is set in Kansas but she travels to different states in this series. It features widow, Lexie Starr who is a volunteer librarian. She's an amateur sleuth who solves murders. Lexie is likeable and quick-witted, and…

Lily Gayle Lambert Mystery Series

Susan boles writes the Lily Gayle Lambert Mystery Series which is set in Mississippi. It features genealogist Lily Gayle Lambert. In the first book Lily Gayle Lambert finds herself embroiled in investigating the Halloween night murder of a…

Lord James Harrington Mystery Series

Lynn Florkiewicz writes the Lord James Harrington Mystery series which started un 2011 and is set in England. It features Lord James Harrington and his delightful wife, Beth; residents of the tiny village of Cavendish, deep in the heart of West…

Lotus Bay Mystery Series

Lorraine Bartlett (aka Lorna Barrett, L.L. Bartlett) writes the Lotus Bay Mystery series which started in January 2015. It features Tori Cannon and her grandfather, Herb. They return from her grandmother’s funeral, and it’s with sadness that she…

Love or Money Mystery Series

Diana Orgain writes the Love or Money Mystery series which started in March 2015 and is set in California. It features brokenhearted Georgia Thornton who goes on reality TV looking for romance-- she has nothing to lose—apart from a good man, a…

Maggie McGill Mystery Series

Sharon Burch Toner writes the Maggie McGill Mystery series which is set in California. It features psychotherapist Maggie McGill and her 30-something daughter, Allie. Maggie lives in Florida and Allie lives in California. In the first book in…

Maggie Morgan Mystery Series

Michelle Goff writes the Maggie Morgan Mystery series which started October 2014 in and is set in Kentucky. It features amateur sleuth Maggie Morgan. She lives in Sugar Creek, a small community nestled in the hills and hollows of eastern Kentucky…

Maine Murder Mystery Series

Cornelia Kidd (aka Lea Wait) writes the Maine Murder Mystery Series which started in June 2018 and is set in Maine. It features Anna Winslow, her husband Burt and their teenage son who have deep roots on Quarry Island, Maine. Burt and his brother…

Mara Tusconi Mystery Series

Charlene DAvanzo writes the Mara Tusconi Mystery Series which started in May 2016 and is set in Maine. It features oceanographer Mara Tusconi. In the first book Mara investigates something much hotter than the ocean’s temperature––a potential…

Martha's Vineyard Mystery Series

Cynthia Riggs writes the Martha's Vineyard Mystery Series which started in and is set in Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts. It features amateur sleuth Victoria Trumbull, a feisty ninety-two-year-old who refuses to let the aches and pains of age…

Mary & Carol Higgins Clark Holiday Series

Carol Higgins Clark and her mother Mary Higgins Clark teamed up to write a Christmas Holiday series featuring Regan Reilly, the dynamic young sleuth featured in the novels of Carol Higgins Clark and Alvirah Meehan, Mary Higgins Clark’s famous…

Maternal Instincts Mystery Series

This series started in 2009 and is set in San Francisco. It features Kate Connolly who is a new mom and amateur sleuth.


Math Puzzle Mystery Series

As Casey, Tim writes the Math Puzzle Mystery Series which started in 2010. It features Math whiz Savannah Stone and Zach, her retired police chief husband. It takes place in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains in a small town in North…