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Cozy Mystery Series that Take Place In: MI


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Baker Street Mystery Series

Valerie Burns writes the Baker Street Mystery Series which started in August 2022 and is set in Michigan.  It features Maddy Montgomery, a social media expert who’s #StartingOver in small town Michigan after inheriting her great-aunt’s…

Beacon Bakeshop Mystery

Darci Hannah writes the Beacon Bakeshop Mystery Series which started in February 2021 and is set in Michigan.  It features Lindsey Bakewell who left big city Wall Street for small town Beacon Harbor, Michigan.  Lindsey converts an…

Berry Basket Mystery Series

Sharon Farrow writes the Berry Basket Mystery Series which started in October 2016 and is set in Michigan. It features Marlee Jacob who returns to the sandy shores of Oriole Point, Michigan and now runs the Berry Basket, a berry emporium with…

Bookmobile Cat Mystery Series

Laurie Cass (aka Laura Alden) writes the Bookmobile Cat Mystery series which started in December 2013 and is set in Michigan. It features Minnie Hamilton. With the help of her rescue cat, Eddie, librarian Minnie Hamilton is driving a bookmobile…

Candy Coated Mystery Series

Nancy Coco (aka Nancy Parra) writes the Candy Coated Mystery series which started in November 2013 and is set in Mackinac Island, Michigan. It features Alice McMurphy, owner of the “Historic McMurphy Hotel and Fudge Shop. The old Victorian Inn…

Chocoholic Mysteries

Joanna Carl (AKA Eve K Sandstrom) writes the Chocoholic Mystery Series. It features Lee McKinney, a Texas beauty queen transplanted to a Michigan resort, where she is business manager for TenHuis Chocolade, a business owned by her aunt, Nettie…

Cranberry Cove Mystery Series

Peg Cochran writes the Cranberry Cove Mystery series which starts in August 2015 and is set in Michigan. It features Monica Albertson who comes to Cranberry Cove—a charming town on the eastern shore of Lake Michigan—to help her half-brother Jeff…

Cycle Path Mystery Series

Duffy Brown writes the Cycle Path Mystery series which started in December 2014 and is set on Mackinac Island, Michigan. Mackinac Island is a peaceful summer resort town where everyone coasts through the streets on bicycles. Hoping to shift her…

Domestic Partners in Crime Mystery Series

Frank Anthony Polito writes the Domestic Partners in Crime Mystery Series which is set in Michigan and started in May 2022.  Real-life domestic partners and stars and producers of the new hit reality home renovation show Domestic Partners,…

Family Fortune Mystery Series

Dawn Eastman writes the Family Fortune Mystery series which started in August 2013 and is set in Michigan. Crystal Haven is the destination for tourists seeking psychics, séances, and the promise of contacting the spirit world. In this small…

Farm to Table Mystery Series

Amanda Flower (aka Isabella Alan) writes the Farm to Table Mystery Series which started in February 2021 and is set in Michigan.  Shiloh Bellamy cashed in her big city job and 401K to return home to Michigan to save the family farm, but turning…

Farmer's Daughter Mystery Series

Peg Cochran writes the Farmer's Daughter Mystery Series which starts in September 2016 and is set in Michigan. On her blog, The Farmer’s Daughter, Shelby McDonald is growing her audience as she posts recipes, gardening tips, and her experiences…

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…

Goddess of Greene St. Mystery Series

Kate Collins writes the Goddess of Greene St. Mystery Series which is set in Michigan and started in January 2020.  Athena Spencer comes back home to work with her crazy big Greek family at their garden center. But she never expected…

Little Library Mystery Series

Elizabeth Kane Buzzelli (aka Elizabeth Lee) writes the Little Library Mystery Series which started in July 2016 and is set in Michigan. It features Jenny Weston who moves home to Bear Falls, Michigan to nurse her bruised ego back to health after…

Lucky Pie Mystery Series

Gretchen Rue (AKA Sierra Dean) writes the Lucky Pie Mystery Series which started in February 2024 and is set in Michigan. It features Este March who runs the family-owned Lucky Pie Diner…

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…

Teddy Bear Mystery Series

Meg Macy writes the Teddy Bear Mystery Series which started in May 2017 and is set in Michigan. As manager of the family teddy bear shop and factory, thirty-one-year-old Sasha Silverman leads a charmed life. Well, except for the part about being…

The Sleuthing Sisters Mystery Series

Maggie Pill writes The Sleuthing Sisters Mystery series which started in 2014 and is set in Michigan. Recently unemployed, Faye Burner talks her retired sister Barbara into opening a detective agency. Their first few months are disappointing,…

Vintage Kitchen Mysteries Series

Victoria writes the series the Vintage Kitchen Series which started in May 2012. This series takes place in a small tourist town in Michigan and features Jaymie Leighton who collects vintage pieces. Jaymie lives in her parents nineteenth century…

Yooper Mystery Series

The series takes place in Michigan and features an older ameteur sleuth Gertie Johnson.