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Cozy Mystery Series that Take Place In: WA


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Abby McCree Mystery Series

Alexis Morgan writes the Abby McCree Mystery series which started in January 2019 and is set in Washington. After a rough divorce, Abby McCree only wants to stitch up her life and move on. But other loose ends appear after her elderly Aunt Sybil…

Barking Detective Mystery Series

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,…

Bed & Breakfast Series

Judith McMonigle Flynn has traveled a rough road from tending bar at the Meat & Mingle to owning Hillside Manor on Seattle’s upscale Queen Anne Hill. After a second—and much happier—marriage to her old flame, Joe Flynn, life seems sweet.…

Belly Dance Mysteries Series

Rebecca Wolf-Nail writes the The Belly Dance Mysteries series which started in 2014 and is set in Seattle. It features lifelong friends Ginger and Susan who took their first bellydance class on a dare. They never dreamed they’d end up performing…

Books & Biscuits Mystery

Abby Collette writes the Books & Biscuits Mystery Series which started in November 2021 and is set in Washington.  When Koby Hill and Keaton Rutledge were orphaned at age two, they were separated, but their unbreakable connection…

Carnegie Kincaid Mystery Series

Deborah Donnelly writes the Carnegie Kincaid Mystery Series which started in 2002 and is set in Seattle, Washington. It features Carnegie Kincaid, owner of Made in Heaven Wedding Planning. Carnegie is a thirtysomething single with home and office…

Carson Stables Mystery Series

Leigh Hearon writes the Carson Stables Mystery series which starts in March 2016 and is set in Washington state. It features horse trainer Annie Carson who runs the Carson Stables ranch.


Downward Dog Mystery Series

Tracy Weber writes the Downward Dog Mystery series which started in January 2014 and is set in Seattle, Washington. It features yoga instructor Kate Davidson. When she’s not teaching yoga, she spends her time hiding from her creepy landlord and…

Emma Lord

Emma Lord lives in the Cascade Mountains in the town of Alpine. Runs a newspaper and solves mysteries. Very good series.


Ghost Dusters Mystery Series

Wendy Roberts writes the Ghost Dusters Mystery Series which started in 2007 and takes place in Washington. It features Sadie Novak, a professional crime scene cleaner and amateur medium. And if wiping up after murders weren’t spooky enough, she…

Home Crafting Mysteries

Come join Sophie Mae as she juggles murder investigations with running Winding Road Bath Products, preserving food, spinning, cheese making and learning about the age old art of making mead. Along the way hunky Barr Ambrose, her best friend…

Imogene Museum Mystery Series

Jerusha Jones writes the Imogene Museum Mystery series which started in 2012 and is set in the beautiful Columbia River Gorge area of Washington state. It features Meredith Morehouse, curator of the eclectic Imogene Museum.


Latte, Espresso, Cappuccino & Murder Mystery Series

Wendy Roberts writes the new Latte, Espresso, Cappuccino & Murder Mystery Series which started in January 2013 and takes place in Washington state. It features Barista Jen Hanby who works in a cafe. Jen has mystical powers... when her palm…

Mayfield Mystery Series

Jerusha Jones writes the Mayfield Mystery series which is set in Washington state. It features amateur sleuth Nora Sheldon. Her husband, Skip is kidnapped while they’re on their honeymoon and Nora finds herself mixed up with the FBI while trying…

Northwest Cozy Mystery Series

Dianne Harman writes the Northwest Cozy Mystery Series which is set in Bainbridge Island, Washington. It features recently divorced DeeDee Wilson, Jake, a private investigator she's developed a relationship with after her divorce, and her new dog…

Old Maids of Mercer Island Mystery Series

Lynn Bohart writes the Old Maids of Mercer Island Mystery series which started in 2013 and is set in Seattle, Washington. Someone is killing older women on Mercer Island. Join Julia Applegate, her talking parrot, two miniature Dachshunds, and the…

Pancake House Mystery Series

Sarah Fox wrties the Pancake House Mystery Series which started in 2016 and is set in Washington. It features Marley McKinney. When her aging cousin, Jimmy, is hospitalized with pneumonia, she agrees to help run his pancake house while he…

Port Chatham Mystery Series

This series started in 2009 and is set on the shores of Washington. It features Jordan Marsh who left L.A. for the quaint Pacific Northwest town of Port Chatham in pursuit of some much-needed R & R. As the prime suspect in her cheating…

Rosaria Trout Mystery Series

Jerusha Jones writes the Rosaria Trout Mystery Series which started in November 2020 and is set in the state of Washington.  Rosaria Trout is on the run—from a bucketload of heartache and fury, and toward a clean slate where her new name is…

Rylie Keyes Mystery Series

Marianne Harden writes the Rylie Keyes Mystery series which is set in Washington and started in 2013. It features 24-year-old Rylie Keyes. Is it strange to have the unemployment office on speed dial? Not for twenty-four-year-old college dropout…

Sloan Krause Mystery Series

Ellie Alexander writes the Sloan Krause Mystery Series which started in October 2017 and is set in Washington. It features Sloan Krause who walks in on her husband, Mac, screwing the barmaid and she gives him the boot. Sloan has spent her life in…

Spice Shop Mystery Series

Leslie Budewitz writes the Spice Shop Mystery series which started in March 2015 and is set in Seattle, Washington. It features Pepper Reece, the owner of the Seattle Spice Shop who thinks she can handle any kind of salty customer—until a…

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…

Witches' Brew Mystery Series

Gretchen Rue writes the Witches' Brew Mystery Series which started in 2022 and is set in Washington.  It features Phoebe Winchester’s whose beloved aunt Eudora has passed away. Her aunt has a taste for adventure—and a knack for…