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Beyond the Page Bookstore Mystery Series

Lauren Elliott writes the Beyond the Page Bookstore Mystery Series which started in October 2018 and is set in Massachusetts. It features Addie Greyborne who loved working with rare books at the Boston Public Library. Addie left some painful…

Bibliophile Mystery Series

This series takes place in San Francisco and started in 2009. It features Brooklyn Wainwright who is a San Francisco bookbinder specializing in rare book restoration.


Black Cat Bookshop Mystery Series

Ali Brandon aka Anna Gerard aka Diane A.S. Stuckart writes the Black Cat Bookshop Series. This series started in 2011 and is set in New York. It features Darla Pettistone who has just inherited her late aunt's bookstore, Pettistone's Fine Books.…

Book Collectors Mystery Series

Victoria Abbott are mother and daughter authors Mary Jane and Victoria Maffini. Mary Jane Maffini's latest Charlotte Adams book The Busy Woman’s Guide to Murder won the 2012 RT Award for Best Amateur Sleuth. Together they write the Book…

Book Group Mystery Series

Maggie King writes the Book Group Mystery series which started in December 2014 and is set in Virginia. It features 'Murder on Tour' Book Group member Hazel Rose. She never dreamed that the murder mystery book group she and her friend Carlene…

Bookstore Cafe Mystery Series

Alex Erickson writes the Bookstore Cafe Mystery series which started in May 2015 and is set in Ohio. It features bookstore/cafe owners Krissy Hancock and her best friend Vicki. Together they solve murders.


Castle Bookshop Mystery Series

Essie Land (aka Erica Chase) writes the Castle Bookshop Mystery Series which is started in March 2019 and is set in New York. It features rookie bookstore owner Shelby Cox who must hit the books to learn the ropes before she loses a killer in the…

Chocolate Covered Mystery Series

Kathy Aarons writes the Chocolate Covered Mystery series which started in September 2014 and is set in Maryland. It features best friends Michelle Serrano and Erica Russell who own a combined bookstore and chocolate shop. Whether it’s to satisfy…

Claire Malloy Mystery Series

This series started in 1986 and is set in Arkansas. It features Claire Malloy who owns a small bookstore in a university town.


Cozy Capers Book Group Mystery Series

Maddie Day writes the Cozy Capers Book Group Mystery Series which started in December 2019 and is set in Massachusetts. Mac (Mackenzie) Almeida runs a bicycle repair and rental shop in the fictional Cape Cod village of Westham, and also hosts a…

Death on Demand Series

Carolyn Hart writes the Death on Demand mystery series which started in 1987 and is set in South Carolina. It features Annie Laurance who sells books and solves murders with equal flair at her small town bookstore.


Golden Age of Mystery Book Club Series

Marilyn Levinson writes the Golden Age of Mystery Book Club series which started in 2014 and is set in New York. It features Professor Lexie Driscoll has taken on the role of leader of the Golden Age of Mystery book club. In the first book, the…

Haunted Bookshop Mystery Series

Alice Kimberly (aka Cleo Coyle) writes Haunted Bookshop Mystery Series. The series takes place in Rhode Island and features Penelope Thornton-McClure and the ghost of Jack Sheppard. Penelope moves to Rhode Island with her son from New York after…

Highland Bookshop Mystery Series

Molly MacRae writes the Highland Bookshop Mystery Series which started in December 2016 and is set in Scotland. It features Janet Marsh who is one of four new owners of the Highland Bookshop in Scotland.


League of Literary Ladies Mystery Series

Kylie Logan (aka Casey Daniels, Miranda Bliss, Constance Laux) writes the League of Literary Ladies Mystery series which started in June 2013 and takes place in Ohio. It features B&B owner Bea Cartwright, hippy cat lover Chandra Morrisey, and…

Literary Pub Mystery Series

Sarah Fox writes the Literary Pub Mystery Series which started in December 2018 and is set in Vermont. Booklover Sadie Coleman knows that in life, as in fiction, the right setting can make a world of difference. The small town of Shady Creek,…

Magical Bookshop Mystery Series

Amanda Flowers writes the Magical Bookshop Mystery Series which starts in April 2016. It features Violet Waverly who rushes back home to sit by her ailing grandmother’s bedside. She is shocked to find that Grandma Daisy is the picture of perfect…

Main Street Book Club Mystery Series

Amy Lillard writes the Main Street Book Club Mystery Series which started in October 2019 and is set in Mississippi . It features bookstore owner Arlo Stanley.


Mystery Bookshop Series

VM Burns (Valerie Burns) writes the Mystery Bookshop Series which is set in Michigan. It features book store owner Samantha Washington. After Samantha Washington’s husband dies, she decides to quit her job as an English teacher and follow through…

PTA Mystery Series

Laura writes the PTA Mystery Series which takes place in Wisconsin and started in 2010. Her first book in this series was nominated for an Agatha Award for Best First Novel. The PTA Mystery Series features Beth Kennedy who is single with two…

Raven's Nest Bookstore Mystery Series

Cousins and best friends, Clara and Stephanie Quinn run The Raven's Nest Bookstore, where people go to find their most coveted reads. But they have no idea it's the psychically-gifted Clara who's reading them... Set in Finn's Harbor, Maine,…

Read Em' and Eat Mystery Series

Terrie Farley Moran writes the Read Em' and Eat Mystery series which started in August 2014 and is set in Fort Myers, Florida. It features Mary “Sassy” Cabot and Bridget Mayfield—owners of the bookstore café, Read ’Em and Eat. But when they’re…

Scottish Bookshop Mystery Series

Paige Shelton writes the Scottish Bookshop Mystery Series which starts in March 2016 and is set in Scotland. It features Delaney Nichols who takes the leap and moves to Edinburgh, Scotland to start a job at The Cracked Spine. She doesn't know…

Secret, Book & Scone Society Series

Ellery Adams writes the Secret, Book & Scone Society Series which starts in October 2017 and is set in North Carolina. Miracle Springs, North Carolina, is a place of healing. Strangers flock here hoping the natural hot springs, five-star…

Sherlock Holmes Bookshop Mystery

Vicki Delany writes the Sherlock Holmes Bookshop Mystery series which starts in March 2017 and is set in Massachuettes. It features Gemma Doyle, a transplanted Englishwoman, who has returned to the quaint town of West London on Cape Cod to manage…

The Booktown Mystery Series

Stoneham, New Hampshire, was a dying town until community leaders invited booksellers to open shop. Now, its streets are lined with bookstores--and paved with murder… When she moved to Stoneham, city-slicker Tricia Miles was met with friendly…

Whales and Tails Mystery Series

Kathi Daley writes the Whales and Tails Mystery Series which started in January 2015 and is set in Washington state. As a fourth generation islander Caitlin Hart is struggling to make her way as the economy and culture of the island evolves…