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The first in the Aurora Anderson cozy mystery series, FATAL BRUSHSTROKE by Sybil Johnson is set along the Southern California coastline. Sybil Johnson writes the seaside Aurora Anderson cozy mystery series set in sunny Southern California. Featuring African-American amateur sleuth Gethsemane Brown, MURDER IN G MAJOR by Alexia Gordon, is the first in this cozy mystery series. Alexia Gordon's second entry in the cozy mystery series featuring African-American sleuth Gethsemane Brown is DEATH IN D MINOR. Cozy mystery author Alexia Gordon has been nominated for multiple awards for her mystery series featuring African-American amateur sleuth Gethsemane Brown. CROPPED TO DEATH, part of the Faith Hunter Scrap This cozy mystery series, is the first (when reading in book series order). Perfect for crafters! David Burnsworth writes the Blu Carraway mystery series featuring a Southern PI in South Carolina. LOWCOUNTRY BONEYARD by Susan M. Boyer, book 3 in the Liz Talbot Mystery Series, hit the USA Today Bestseller List. LOWCOUNTRY BOMBSHELL by Susan M. Boyer is part of the Liz Talbot Mystery Series. When reading in book series order, this one is second. LOWCOUNTRY BOIL by Susan M. Boyer won the Agatha Award for and hit the USA Today bestseller list. When reading in series book order, start with this one. USA Today bestselling author, Susan M. Boyer, writes the Agatha Award-Winning Liz Talbot mystery series featuring her authentic Southern fiction voice. COUNTERFEIT CONSPIRACIES by USA Today bestselling author, Ritter Ames. When reading in book series order, this is the first in the Bodies of Art cozy mystery series. USA Today bestselling author, Gretchen Archer, writes the Davis Way Crime Caper humorous cozy mystery series which Janet Evanovich calls "funny and wonderful and human." USA Today Bestselling Author, Ritter Ames, writes cozy mysteries with amateur sleuths who take their art heists on international adventures.

amateur sleuths, cozy mysteries, international adventure

ritter

AMES

Bodies of Art Mystery Series by Ritter Ames

cozies, humorous mysteries, Southern fiction

Davis Way Crime Capers by Gretchen Archer

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gretchen

ARCHER

cozy mysteries, private investigators, Southern fiction

Liz Talbot Mystery Series by Susan M. Boyer

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susan m.

BOYER

private investigators, Southern fiction, traditional mysteries

Pelton & Carraway Mysteries by David Burnsworth

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BURNSWORTH

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humorous mysteries, cozy mysteries, paranormal, amateur sleuths

Movie Palace Mystery Series by Margaret Dumas

margaret

DUMAS

PUMPKINS IN PARADISE by USA Today bestselling author, Kathi Daley. When reading the book series in order, this is the first Tj Jensen cozy mystery. Kathi Daley is the USA Today bestselling author of the Tj Jensen cozy mystery series.

amateur sleuths, cozy mysteries, women sleuths

Tj Jensen Mystery Series by Kathi Daley

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kathi

DALEY

CIRCLE OF INFLUENCE by Annette Dashofy hit the USA Today bestsellers list and was nominated for an Agatha Award. LOST LEGACY by USA Today Bestselling Author, Annette Dashofy, is part of the Zoe Chambers cozy mystery series (#2 when reading in order).

amateur sleuths, cozy mysteries, suspense, women sleuths

Zoe Chambers Mysteries by Annette Dashofy

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annette

DASHOFY

amateur sleuths, crafty cozy mysteries, women sleuths

Merry & Bright Mysteries by Christina Freeburn

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christina

FREEBURN

amateur sleuths, cozy mysteries, light paranormal mysteries

Gethsemane Brown Mysteries by Alexia Gordon

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alexia

GORDON

amateur sleuths, craft cozy mysteries, coastal settings

Aurora Anderson Mysteries by Sybil Johnson

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sybil

JOHNSON

cozy mysteries, humorous mysteries, PI-in-training, Southern fiction

Elliott Lisbon Mystery Series by Kendel Lynn

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kendel

LYNN

academic mysteries, suspense books, women sleuths

Red Solaris Mystery Series by Bourne Morris

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bourne

MORRIS

Julie Mulhern is the USA Today Bestselling Author of the Country Club Murders cozy historical mystery series.

amateur sleuths, cozy mysteries, historical (70s), humorous mysteries

Country Club Mystery Series by Julie Mulhern

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julie

MULHERN

ARTIFACT, the first Jaya Jones Treasure Hunt mystery by Gigi Pandian, hit the USA Today bestsellers list.

academic mysteries, amateur sleuths, cozy mysteries, international adventure

Jaya Jones Treasure Hunt Mysteries by Gigi Pandian

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gigi

PANDIAN

chick lit, humorous fiction, women's fiction

Humorous Women's Fiction by Meredith Schorr

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meredith

SCHORR

amateur sleuths, suspense books, women sleuths

Carol Childs Mysteries by Nancy Cole Silverman

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nancy cole

SILVERMAN

amateur sleuths, cozy mysteries, women sleuths

Madison Night Mystery Series by Diane Vallere

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diane

VALLERE

amateur sleuths, humorous cozy mysteries, Southern fiction

Romaine Wilder Mystery Series by Abby L. Vandiver

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abby l.

VANDIVER

amateur sleuths, cozy mysteries, suspense, women sleuths

Greenhouse Mystery Series by Wendy Tyson

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wendy

TYSON

amateur sleuths, suspense, medical mysteries, women sleuths

Maggie O'Malley Mystery Series by Kathleen Valenti

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kathleen

VALENTI

Winner of the Agatha Award, Cynthia Kuhn's THE SEMESTER OF OUR DISCONTENT is part of the Lila Maclean Academic Mystery Series (read first when reading in book series order). The second book in the Lila Maclean Academic cozy mystery series is THE ART OF VANISHING by Agatha Award-Winning author Cynthia Kuhn.

academic mysteries, amateur sleuths, humorous mysteries

Lila Maclean Academic Mysteries by Cynthia Kuhn

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cynthia

KUHN

amateur sleuths, cozy mysteries, women sleuths, Southern humor

Mystery A-la-mode Series by Wendy Lyn Watson

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wendy lyn

WATSON

amateur sleuths, coastal, cozy mysteries, humorous mysteries

Kate Kennedy & Jake O'Hara by Noreen Wald

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noreen

WALD

Cynthia Kuhn won the Agatha Award for her debut cozy mystery, THE SEMESTER OF OUR DISCONTENT.

Looking for cozy mysteries and their book series order? Whether you prefer to start at the beginning of a series or with the newest release, we've got all our books listed (in reading order). For the very best mystery books, check out our entire series list, and you might just find your next favorite read!

culinary cozy mysteries, amateur sleuths, women sleuths

Café Cinema Mystery Series by Vickie Fee

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vickie

FEE

amateur sleuths, cozy mysteries, humorous mysteries

Podcasting Sisters Mysteries by Erin Huss

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erin

HUSS

amateur sleuths, cozy mysteries, women sleuths

Laura Bishop Mysteries by Grace Topping

grace

TOPPING

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