Dog Themed Cozy Mystery Series
Alex Erickson writes the Furever Pets Mystery Series which is set in and started in March 2020. It features the Denton family. The father is a veterinarian and the mother performs pet-rescues mom Helping animals is a family…
Diane Kelly writes the Paw Enforcement Mystery series which started in June 2014 and is set in Fort Worth, Texas. It features police officer Megan Luz and her loyal K-9 partner Brigit—two Fort Worth cops who are worth their weight in kibble. SHE’…
Kathi Daley writes the Tess and Tilly Mystery series which is set in Montana. Set in the small town of White Eagle Montana, the series features Tess and her dog Tilly, who spend their days delivering the latest gossip along with the daily mail.…
This series started in 2008 and is set in Mississippi. It features cousins Callie and Lovie Jones. Callie works in the family-owned Eternal Rest Funeral Home. Elvis, Callie's Basset Hound steals the show in this series and helps Callie solve…
Steve Higgs writes the Blue Moon Investigations Mystery series which is set in England and started in 2017. It features Tempest Michaels who after retiring from the army opens a detective agency. Tempest Michaels is a paranormal investigator by a…
This series started in 2011 and takes place in California. It features Lauren Vancouver who is an Animal Advocate and runs an animal shelter. Lauren is an amateur sleuth.
Mary Feliz writes the Maggie McDonald Mystery Series which is set in California. It features professional organizer Maggie. Maggie McDonald has a penchant for order that isn’t confined to her clients’ closets, kitchens, and sock drawers. As she…
Sparkle Abbey aka Mary Lee Woods (Sparkle) and Anita Carter (Abbey) write the Pampered Pet Mystery Series which started in 2011 and is set in Laguna Beach, CA. It features Caro Lamont, former psychologist turned pet therapist. She finds herself…
Kathy Daley writes the Inn at Holiday Bay Mystery Series which is set in Maine. After suffering a personal tragedy Abby Sullivan buys a huge old seaside mansion she has never even seen, packs up her life in San Francisco, and moves to Holiday Bay…
This delightful paranormal series takes place in Manhattan on the Upper East Side and started in 2009. It features Ellie Englema and Rudy, her Yorkie. She is recently divorced and opens a dog walking business. To her surprise she realizes she can…
Arlene Kay writes the Creature Comforts Mystery Series which started in March 2019 and is set in Massachusetts. It features army vet Persephone “Perri” Morgan who has big plans, as her custom leather leashes, saddles, and other pet accessories…
Reigning Cats & Dogs Mystery Series features veterinarian Jessica Popper and her 4 legged friends, Westie, Max, Lou the Dalmatian, aging pussycat Catherine the Great, Tinkerbell, a tiger kitten, Prometheus, a Blue and Gold Macaw and a…
Annelise Ryan writes the Helping Hands Mystery Series which started in July 2019 and is set in Wisconsin. It features social worker Clothilde “Hildy” Schneider. Alongside her loyal therapy Golden Retriever, Hildy stumbles through incriminating…
This series started in 2011 by Brown (author of the Mrs. Murphy series) that takes place in Nevada. The main characters are a wire-haired dachshund, Baxter and former Wall Street trader Mags Rogers. Mags leaves her ruined Wall Street career to…
Jennie Brown writes the Cafe Prose Mystery Series which started in June 2019 and is set in Pennsylvania. It features thirty-three-year-old Talbot Meadows who has thrown herself into her work as a rare materials appraiser at the prestigious…
Barbara Allen writes the Trash 'n' Treasures Mysteries series which started in 2006 and takes place in Iowa It features recently divorced Brandy Borne who has moved back home with her mother. The series also features Sushi, Brandy's blind Shih…
Sheila Webster Boneham writes the Animals in Focus Mystery series. It features Janet MacPhail , a freelance photographer specializing in pet photography. Janet also trains her dog Jay, an Australian Shepard in obedience and solves mysteries.
Laura Quinn writes the Pawtisserie Mystery Series which started in July 2019. This cozy mystery series centers around the Posh Pup Pawtisserie and Pawtique, located in the fictional Chicago suburb of North Haven. Claire Noble owns the shop, with…
Waverly Curtis is the pseudonym of Waverly Fitzgerald and Curt Colbert. Together they write the Barking Detective Mystery series which started in 2010 and is set in Seattle, Washington. It features P.I. Geri Sullivan and her talking Chihuahua,…
Linda O. Johnston writes the Barkery & Biscuits Mystery series which started in May 2015. It features veterinary technician Carrie Kennersly, who purchases a bakery from a friend who is about to leave town. She changes half of it into a…
Kathi Daley writes the Zoe Donovan Mystery series which is set in Nevada and started in 2013. This is a cozy-lite mystery series set in the small lakeside town of Ashton Falls, a quaint village with a big heart but a tiny local budget. Each short…
Nancy Martin writes the Miss Ruffles Mystery series which starts in November 2015 and is set in Texas. It features Sunny McKillip, personal assistant to Honeybelle Hensley, Mule Stop's wealthy, elderly matriarch. Sunny main job is taking care of…
Abigail Deuel writes the Mandy Bell Mystery series which started in 2014 and is set in Wisconsin. It features veterinarian, Mandy Bell and her Border collie sidekick who solve murders. A colleague and classmate from vet school has passed away and…
Meg Muldoon writes the Dog Town USA Mystery Series. It's set in Oregon and started in 2015. It features reporter Freddie Wolf who returns to Dog Mountain, Oregon, to take a job as a reporter for the local newspaper. She left her crime reporter…
Krista Davis writes the Paws and Claws Mystery series which starts in December 2013 and is set in Virginia. It features Holly Miller who returns home to her family-run inn on Wagtail Mountain after receiving a troubling phone call about her…
Under the pen name Lia Farrell, Lisa Fitzsimmons and Lyn Farquhar write the Mae December Mystery series which is set in Tennessee. It features Mae December (dog whisperer), the successful owner of a dog boarding business in Rosedale, Tennessee…
Linda O. Johnston writes the Superstition Mystery Series which started in October 2014 and is set in California. It features Rory Chasen and her dog Pluckie. When her beloved fiancé walks under a ladder and is killed by a car five minutes later…
Bethany Blake writes the Lucky Paws Petsitting Mystery Series which is set in Pennsylvania and started in February 2017. It features Pet sitter Daphne Templeton. She has a soft spot for every stray and misfit who wanders into the quaint, lakeside…
Annie Knox (aka Wendy Lyn Watson - La Mode Mystery Series) writes the Pet Boutique Mystery series which started in January 2014 and is set in Minnesota. It features Izzy McHale, owner of the new Trendy Tails Pet Boutique in Merryville, Minnesota…
Julie Chase writes the Kitty Couture Mystery Series which started in 2016 and is set in New Orleans. It features pet boutique and organic treat bakery owner Lacy Marie Crocker. Grandeur and opulence are everything in the famed New Orleans Garden…