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Cozy Mystery Series that Take Place In: FL


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All-Day Breakfast Cafe Mystery Series

Lena Gregory writes the All-Day Breakfast Cafe Mystery Series which started 2018 in and is set in Florida.  It features Gia Morelli who owns the All-Day Breakfast Cafe.


Bad Hair Day Mystery Series

Award-winning author Nancy J. Cohen writes the Bad Hair Day Mystery Series. It features hairdresser Marla Shore, who solves crimes with wit and style under the sultry Florida sun. Several of these titles have made the Independent Mystery…

By the Sea Mystery Series

Kathleen Bridge writes the By the Sea Mystery series which started in April 2018 and is set in Florida. Liz Holt returns home after an intense decade in New York to help run the family inn. The Indialantic by the Sea hotel has a hundred-year-old…

Caribbean Kitchen Mystery Series

Raquel V. Reyes writes the Caribbean Kitchen Mystery Series which started in October 2021 and is set in Miami, Florida.  It features Cuban-American cooking show star Miriam Quiñones-Smith. Food anthropologist Miriam Quiñones-Smith's move from New…

Chloe Jackson Sea Glass Saloon Mystery Series

Sherry Harris writes the Chloe Jackson, Sea Glass Saloon Mystery Series which is set in Florida and started in June 2020.  With Chicago winters in the rearview mirror, Chloe Jackson is making good on a promise: help her late friend’s…

Coffee Lover's Mystery Series

Tara Lush writes the Coffee Lover's Mystery Series which is set in Florida and started in December 2020.  It features Lana Lewis, owner of the Perkatory coffee shop.


Cookie House Mystery Series

Eve Calder writes the Cookie House Mystery Series which started in July 2019 and is set in Florida. Kate McGuire’s life was sweet in Manhattan before she lost her restaurant job and fiancé both. But sometimes that’s just the way the cookie…

Cozy Mysteries To Die For Series

Judy Moore writes the Cozy Mysteries To Die For Series which started in May 2020 and is set in Florida. It features Beck O’Rourke and her grandmother Alice who own Beach Reads bookstore and…

Dead-End Job Mystery Series

This series started in 2003 and is set in Florida. It features Helen Hawthorne who left the fast track-- on the run from the court, she works dead-end jobs for cash under the table. She works a different low-paying job each novel. Helen finds…

Devil's Beach Mystery Series

Tara Lush writes the Devil's Beach Mystery Series which started in July 2022 and is set in Florida.  It features food truck owner Hadley Mortimer who fled New Hampshire and opened 'Give Me Chills', an artisan ice cream truck.


Dying to Live Mystery Series

Jane Grossman writes the Dying to Live Mystery series which started in 2013 and is set in Palm Beach, Florida. It features a group of eight close-knit widows living in Palm Beach who all agree life is for celebrating. The spend their time on…

Eve Appel Mysteries Series

Lesley Diehl writes the Eve Appel Mysteries Series which started in September 2013 and is set in rural Florida and features spunky and outspoken Eve Appel. Eve moves from Connecticut to rural Florida intent on starting a new life, free of drama,…

Haunted Haven Mystery Series

Carol Perry writes the Haunted Haven Mystery Series which is set in Florida and started in August 2021.  Maureen Doherty and her golden retriever Finn have taken possession of a charming old inn—only to discover that it’s already…

Haunted Souvenir Shop Mystery Series

This series started in 2012 and takes place in Florida. It features Glory Martine who has inherited her uncle's Souvenir Shop... that just happens to be haunted.


Jamie Quinn Mystery Series

Barbara Venkataraman writes the Jamie Quinn Mystery series which is set in Florida. It features reluctant lawyer, Jamie Quinn. In the first book Jamie Quinn, who has been living in a grief-driven fog since her mother's unexpected death, must help…

Key West Culinary Mystery Series

Summer Prescott writes the Key Lime Culinary Mystery series which is set in the Florida keys and started in 2015. It features pie shop owner Marilyn and her quirky daughter.


Key West Food Critic

Lucy Burdette writes the Key West Food Critic series which started in 2012 and takes place in Key West Florida. It features Hayley Snow. Hayley Snow's life always revolved around food. But when she applies to be a food critic for a Key West style…

Murders by Design Series

Jean Harrington writes the Murders by Design mystery series which started in 2012 and is set in Florida. It features interior designer Deva Dunne. Deva who has an eye for detail and a nose for trouble.


Oceanside Mystery Series

CeeCee James writes the Oceanside Mystery Series which is set in Florida. It features Maisie Swenson who takes over as manager at Florida’s elite Oceanside hotel, she’s thrilled to move on site with her Momma and their basset hound, Bingo.


Pet Psychic Mystery Series

Shannon Esposito writes the Pet Psychic Mystery series which is set in Florida. Darwin Winters, reluctant pet psychic, is determined to leave her family's paranormal past behind and lead a normal life. So she strikes out on her own and opens up a…

Pineapple Port Cozy Mystery Series

Amy Vansant writes the Pineapple Port Cozy Mystery series which is set in Florida. It features Charlotte who is in her twenties but lives in a retirement community. She has lived there a long time with her grandmother before she died and has…

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…

Rosa The Cuban Psychic Mystery Series

Ileana Muñoz-Renfroe writes the Rosa The Cuban Psychic Mystery Series which started in 2020 and is set in Florida.  On an island off Miami, Florida fashion designer/boutique owner, psychic Rosa de los Reyes can read minds and see…

Webb’s Glass Shop Mystery Series

Cheryl Hollon writes the Webb’s Glass Shop Mystery series which started in September 2015 and is set in St. Petersburg, Florida. It features Savannah Webb. After Savannah’s father dies unexpectedly of a heart attack, she drops everything to…