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Cosy-Crime

Richard Osman

All Richard Osman books in order. Complete reading order for The Thursday Murder Club and We Solve Murders.

Janice Hallett

All Janice Hallett books in order. Complete reading order for The Appeal, The Twyford Code, and more.

Amanda Flower

All Amanda Flower books in order. Complete reading order for Amish Candy Shop Mystery.

Louise Penny

All Louise Penny books in order. Complete reading order for Chief Inspector Gamache.

Vaseem Khan

All Vaseem Khan books in order. Complete reading order for Malabar House.

Belinda Bauer

All Belinda Bauer books in order. Complete reading order for Blacklands, Snap, Exit, and more.

Jacqueline Winspear

All Jacqueline Winspear books in order. Complete reading order for Maisie Dobbs.

Stig Abell

All Stig Abell books in order. Complete reading order for the Jake Jackson detective mystery series.

Darynda Jones

All Darynda Jones books in order. Complete reading order for Sunshine Vicram.

S.E. Boyd

All S.E. Boyd books in order. Complete reading order for The Lemon.

M.C. Beaton

All M.C. Beaton books in order. Complete reading order for Agatha Raisin and Hamish Macbeth series.

Ann Cleeves

All Ann Cleeves books in order. Complete reading order for the Vera Stanhope and Shetland series.

Alexander McCall Smith

All Alexander McCall Smith books in order. Complete reading order for the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series.

Elly Griffiths

All Elly Griffiths books in order. Complete reading order for the Ruth Galloway series.

Alan Bradley

All Alan Bradley books in order. Complete reading order for the Flavia de Luce series.

Anthony Horowitz

All Anthony Horowitz mystery books in order. Complete reading order for the Hawthorne & Horowitz series.

Robert Thorogood

All Robert Thorogood books in order. Complete reading order for the Marlow Murder Club series.

Kerry Greenwood

All Kerry Greenwood books in order. Complete reading order for the Phryne Fisher series.

Joanne Fluke

All Joanne Fluke books in order. Complete reading order for the Hannah Swensen Mystery series.

Donna Leon

All Donna Leon books in order. Complete reading order for the Commissario Brunetti series.

Agatha Christie

All Agatha Christie books in order. Complete reading order for Hercule Poirot, Miss Marple, Tommy and Tuppence, and all series.

Janet Evanovich

All Janet Evanovich books in order. Complete reading order for the Stephanie Plum, Fox and O'Hare, and Knight and Moon series.

Rhys Bowen

All Rhys Bowen books in order. Complete reading order for the Her Royal Spyness, Molly Murphy, and Constable Evans series.

Rita Mae Brown

All Rita Mae Brown mystery books in order. Complete reading order for the Mrs. Murphy and Sister Jane series.

Dorothy L. Sayers

All Dorothy L. Sayers books in order. Complete reading order for the Lord Peter Wimsey mystery series.

Lorna Barrett

All Lorna Barrett books in order. Complete reading order for the Booktown Mystery series.

Cleo Coyle

All Cleo Coyle books in order. Complete reading order for the Coffeehouse Mystery and Haunted Bookshop Mystery series.

Jenn McKinlay

All Jenn McKinlay books in order. Complete reading order for the Cupcake Bakery, Library Lover's, and Hat Shop Mystery series.

Ellery Adams

All Ellery Adams books in order. Complete reading order for the Secret, Book and Scone Society, Book Retreat, and other series.

Diane Mott Davidson

All Diane Mott Davidson books in order. Complete reading order for the Goldy Schulz culinary mystery series.

A Bad Day for Sunshine

Newly elected sheriff Sunshine Vicram returns to Del Sol to find a missing teenage girl and dodge the mysterious person who keeps trying to kill her.

A Better Man

During catastrophic spring floods, Gamache searches for a missing woman while trying to mentor a troubled young detective.

A Dangerous Place

Grief-stricken and adrift in Gibraltar, Maisie witnesses a murder on the dock and finds herself pulled back into investigation as the Spanish Civil War erupts nearby.

A Fatal Grace

Chief Inspector Gamache investigates the electrocution of a widely despised woman during a curling match in the village of Three Pines.

A Good Day for Chardonnay

Sheriff Vicram investigates a series of bizarre crimes in Del Sol while dealing with a fugitive on the loose and her complicated love life.

A Great Reckoning

Gamache takes over as commander of the Sûreté Academy and discovers a mysterious old map that may be connected to a fresh murder.

A Hard Day for a Hangover

Sun races to solve a kidnapping and a decades-old cold case while the secrets of Del Sol threaten to destroy everything she has built.

A Lesson in Secrets

Maisie goes undercover as a lecturer at a Cambridge college to investigate a suspicious death and the rise of fascist sympathies in academia.

A Sunlit Weapon

A female pilot with the Air Transport Auxiliary is shot at while landing, and Maisie's investigation reveals dangers both in the sky and on the ground.

A Trick of the Light

An art world rival is found dead at a celebrated painter's exhibition opening in Three Pines, exposing the dark side of creativity and ambition.

A Twist in the River

Jake Jackson follows a trail of clues along the river that winds through Caelum Parvum, uncovering a conspiracy that runs deeper than anyone imagined.

A World of Curiosities

Two troubled children from Gamache's first case resurface as adults, bringing unresolved trauma and fresh danger to Three Pines.

Agatha Christie Standalones

All Agatha Christie standalone novels in order. Complete reading order for 13 non-series mystery novels.

Agatha Raisin

All Agatha Raisin books in order by M.C. Beaton. Complete publication order for the bestselling Cotswolds mystery series.

All the Devils Are Here

Gamache's godfather is attacked in Paris, uncovering a conspiracy that reaches into the highest levels of French and Canadian society.

Amish Candy Shop Mystery

All Amish Candy Shop Mystery books in order by Amanda Flower. Complete reading order for this culinary cosy mystery series.

Among the Mad

A threat against the government on Christmas Eve draws Maisie into the world of shell-shocked veterans and political extremism.

An Incomplete Revenge

Strange fires and acts of vandalism in a Kent hop-picking village lead Maisie to uncover a community's deeply buried wartime guilt.

Assaulted Caramel

Bailey King arrives in Amish country to help her grandmother's candy shop and immediately finds herself investigating a murder in the close-knit community of Harvest, Ohio.

Birds of a Feather

Maisie searches for a missing heiress and discovers that the young woman's disappearance is connected to the wartime deaths of her closest friends.

Blueberry Blunder

A blueberry festival in Harvest takes a dark turn when Bailey discovers a body and must navigate small-town rivalries to find the killer.

Book Retreat Mystery

All Book Retreat Mystery books in order by Ellery Adams. Complete publication order for the cosy mystery series set at Storyton Hall luxury resort.

Books by the Bay Mystery

All Books by the Bay Mystery books in order by Ellery Adams. Complete publication order for the cosy mystery series set in Oyster Bay, North Carolina.

Booktown Mystery

All Booktown Mystery books in order by Lorna Barrett. Complete publication order for the cosy mystery series set in Stoneham, New Hampshire.

Botched Butterscotch

A novella set between Toxic Toffee and Marshmallow Malice.

Bury Your Dead

While recovering from a traumatic operation, Gamache investigates a murder at Quebec City's Literary and Historical Society, linked to a centuries-old mystery.

Candy Cane Crime

A Christmas novella featuring Bailey and the Swissmen Sweets crew.

Charmed Pie Shoppe Mystery

All Charmed Pie Shoppe Mystery books in order by Ellery Adams. Complete publication order for the cosy mystery series with a touch of Southern magic.

Chief Inspector Armand Gamache

All Chief Inspector Gamache books in order by Louise Penny. Complete reading order for the 18-book Three Pines mystery series.

City of Destruction

Persis Wadia confronts a case that threatens to shake the foundations of Bombay's political establishment as India's democracy faces its greatest test.

Coffeehouse Mystery

All Coffeehouse Mystery books in order by Cleo Coyle. Complete reading order for this culinary cosy mystery series set in Greenwich Village, New York.

Commissario Brunetti

All Commissario Brunetti books in order by Donna Leon. Complete reading order for the 33-book Venice mystery series.

Constable Evans

All Constable Evans books in order by Rhys Bowen. Complete reading order for the 10-book Welsh village mystery series.

Criminally Cocoa

A holiday novella set between Toxic Toffee and Marshmallow Malice.

Cupcake Bakery Mystery

All Cupcake Bakery Mystery books in order by Jenn McKinlay. Complete publication order for the cosy mystery series set in Scottsdale, Arizona.

Death in a Lonely Place

Jake Jackson's quiet rural life is disrupted again when a body is discovered in circumstances that suggest the past is never truly buried.

Death of a Lesser God

A condemned man's last words send Persis investigating a decade-old murder that exposes the fault lines between India's religious communities.

Death Under a Little Sky

A retired detective moves to an isolated smallholding and is drawn into a murder investigation when a village treasure hunt unearths human remains.

Elegy for Eddie

The death of a gentle horse whisperer in a Lambeth factory leads Maisie to confront press barons and the growing shadow of Oswald Mosley.

Flavia de Luce

All Flavia de Luce books in order by Alan Bradley. Complete reading order for the 12-book cosy mystery series set in 1950s England.

Fox and O'Hare

All Fox and O'Hare books in order by Janet Evanovich. Complete reading order for this heist comedy series featuring a con man and an FBI agent.

Gingerbread Danger

Bailey faces her most personal case yet when danger strikes close to home during the gingerbread season at Swissmen Sweets.

Glass Houses

A mysterious masked figure appears on the village green, and Gamache must make an impossible choice between justice and the law.

Goldy Schulz

All Goldy Schulz books in order by Diane Mott Davidson. Complete publication order for the 17-book culinary mystery series.

Hannah Swensen Mystery

All Hannah Swensen Mystery books in order by Joanne Fluke. Complete reading order for this culinary cosy mystery series set in Lake Eden, Minnesota.

Hat Shop Mystery

All Hat Shop Mystery books in order by Jenn McKinlay. Complete publication order for the cosy mystery series set in London's Notting Hill.

Haunted Bookshop Mystery

All Haunted Bookshop Mystery books in order by Cleo Coyle. Complete reading order for this supernatural cosy mystery series set in a Rhode Island bookshop.

Hawthorne & Horowitz

All Hawthorne & Horowitz books in order by Anthony Horowitz. Complete reading order for the 5-book meta-mystery series.

Her Royal Spyness

All Her Royal Spyness books in order by Rhys Bowen. Complete reading order for the 19-book 1930s aristocratic mystery series.

Hercule Poirot

All Hercule Poirot books in order by Agatha Christie. Complete reading order for the 33-novel detective series.

How the Light Gets In

As Gamache closes in on corruption within the Sûreté, a death in Three Pines reveals that darkness can hide in the most beautiful places.

In This Grave Hour

On the day Britain declares war on Germany in 1939, a Belgian refugee is murdered, and Maisie discovers a pattern of killings targeting those who fled the Great War.

Jake Jackson

All Jake Jackson books in order by Stig Abell. Complete reading order for the detective mystery series.

Journey to Munich

British intelligence recruits Maisie to travel to Nazi Germany to secure the release of a prominent prisoner.

Kingdom of the Blind

Gamache is named as an executor of a stranger's will, which contains a bizarre bequest that draws him into a case involving opioid trafficking.

Knight and Moon

All Knight and Moon books in order by Janet Evanovich. Complete reading order for this two-book comic mystery series.

Leaving Everything Most Loved

The murder of an Indian woman in London's canal district forces Maisie to examine empire, prejudice, and her own future.

Lemon Drop Dead

The grand opening of Bailey's new candy factory is overshadowed when a construction worker is killed and all evidence points to her Amish employees.

Lethal Licorice

A candy-making competition at the county fair turns deadly when a rival chocolatier is found murdered among the prize entries.

Library Lover's Mystery

All Library Lover's Mystery books in order by Jenn McKinlay. Complete publication order for the cosy mystery series set in Briar Creek, Connecticut.

Lord Peter Wimsey

All Lord Peter Wimsey books in order by Dorothy L. Sayers. Complete publication order for the classic Golden Age mystery series.

Maisie Dobbs

A former servant turned psychologist and investigator takes her first case in 1929, uncovering a hidden hospital for disfigured Great War veterans.

Maisie Dobbs

All Maisie Dobbs books in order by Jacqueline Winspear. Complete reading order for the 18-book historical mystery series.

Malabar House

All Malabar House books in order by Vaseem Khan. Complete reading order for the Inspector Persis Wadia mystery series.

Marlow Murder Club

All Marlow Murder Club books in order by Robert Thorogood. Complete publication order for the cosy mystery series set in Buckinghamshire.

Marshmallow Malice

An Amish wedding celebration is ruined when the groom's estranged brother is found dead, forcing Bailey to untangle a family's painful secrets.

Messenger of Truth

The suspicious death of a war artist at a gallery opening pulls Maisie into the bohemian world of 1930s London art and politics.

Midnight at Malabar House

On New Year's Eve 1949, India's first female detective investigates the murder of a prominent British diplomat in a case that crosses cultural and political lines.

Miss Marple

All Miss Marple books in order by Agatha Christie. Complete reading order for the 12-novel village mystery series.

Molly Murphy

All Molly Murphy books in order by Rhys Bowen. Complete reading order for the 21-book 1900s New York mystery series.

Mrs. Murphy

All Mrs. Murphy books in order by Rita Mae Brown. Complete publication order for the long-running cat mystery series set in Virginia.

No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency

All No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency books in order by Alexander McCall Smith. Complete reading order for the beloved Botswana mystery series.

Pardonable Lies

A mother hires Maisie to prove her son survived the Great War, leading to an investigation that takes Maisie back to the battlefields of France.

Peanut Butter Panic

A peanut allergy scare at the candy shop leads to a real death, and Bailey must determine whether it was an accident or carefully planned murder.

Phryne Fisher

All Phryne Fisher books in order by Kerry Greenwood. Complete reading order for the 21-book historical mystery series.

Premeditated Peppermint

Bailey returns to New York for a holiday candy competition, but a fellow contestant's death means she must solve a murder far from home.

Ruth Galloway

All Ruth Galloway books in order by Elly Griffiths. Complete reading order for the 16-book Norfolk mystery series.

Secret, Book and Scone Society

All Secret, Book and Scone Society books in order by Ellery Adams. Complete publication order for the ongoing cosy mystery series set in Miracle Springs, NC.

Sister Jane

All Sister Jane books in order by Rita Mae Brown. Complete publication order for the fox-hunting mystery series set in rural Virginia.

Stephanie Plum

All Stephanie Plum books in order by Janet Evanovich. Complete reading order for this humorous mystery series set in Trenton, New Jersey.

Still Life

A beloved village resident is found dead in the woods during Thanksgiving weekend, and the new detective must earn the trust of Three Pines to find the killer.

Sunshine Vicram

All Sunshine Vicram books in order by Darynda Jones. Complete reading order for this humorous small-town mystery series.

Superintendent Battle

All Superintendent Battle books in order by Agatha Christie. Complete reading order for the 4-novel detective series.

The American Agent

An American war correspondent is murdered during the London Blitz, and Maisie must navigate wartime secrecy and Anglo-American tensions to find the killer.

The Beautiful Mystery

A monk is murdered in a remote monastery famous for its Gregorian chants, and Gamache must solve the crime while cut off from the outside world.

The Brutal Telling

A stranger's body found in the local bistro forces Three Pines to confront the secrets that visitors — and residents — bring to the village.

The Bullet That Missed

A decade-old cold case involving a missing journalist leads the group into the glamorous and treacherous world of television.

The Burial Place

A dark secret beneath the English countryside draws Jake into his most dangerous investigation yet.

The Comfort of Ghosts

As the war draws to a close in 1945, Maisie takes in orphaned children at her estate and confronts one final case that brings her extraordinary journey full circle.

The Consequences of Fear

A young message runner for the French Resistance witnesses a murder on a London street, and Maisie must protect him while uncovering a wartime conspiracy.

The Cruelest Month

A séance in the haunted Hadley house ends in death, forcing Gamache to investigate whether the supernatural or human malice is to blame.

The Dying Day

A priceless six-hundred-year-old manuscript vanishes from the Bombay Asiatic Society, and its guardian is found dead in a locked room.

The Grey Wolf

Gamache's most challenging investigation yet takes him into uncharted territory as past and present collide in Three Pines.

The Last Devil to Die

When a beloved friend is murdered over an antique worth millions, the club must track a killer while grappling with loss and mortality.

The Long Way Home

Gamache's neighbor Clara asks for help finding her missing husband, leading to a journey through Quebec's art world and wilderness.

The Lost Man of Bombay

A skeleton discovered inside a construction site wall leads Persis into a web of wartime secrets and corporate corruption.

The Madness of Crowds

A controversial statistician gives a dangerous lecture in Three Pines, and Gamache must prevent a community's fear from turning into violence.

The Man Who Died Twice

The gang rallies to help an old friend whose stolen diamonds have attracted the attention of dangerous criminals and international spies.

The Mapping of Love and Death

An American cartographer's remains are discovered on a Great War battlefield, and Maisie is hired by his parents to learn the truth about his death.

The Murder Stone

A family reunion at a grand lakeside lodge turns deadly when the patriarch's long-hidden secrets begin to surface.

The Nature of the Beast

A young boy who cried wolf is found dead near a massive hidden weapon in the forest, and Gamache must separate the child's fantasies from reality.

The Thursday Murder Club

Four retirees who meet weekly to investigate cold cases stumble upon a real murder at their peaceful retirement village.

The Thursday Murder Club

All Thursday Murder Club books in order by Richard Osman. Complete publication order for the bestselling cosy mystery series.

To Die but Once

During the Blitz, Maisie investigates the disappearance of a young apprentice painter whose work brought him into contact with military secrets.

Tommy and Tuppence

All Tommy and Tuppence books in order by Agatha Christie. Complete reading order for the 4-novel adventure mystery series.

Toxic Toffee

A church organist collapses during a Sunday service, and the investigation reveals bitter feuds simmering beneath the peaceful Amish community.

We Solve Murders

A retired detective and his thrill-seeking daughter-in-law are forced to work together when a contract killer targets them both.

We Solve Murders

We Solve Murders by Richard Osman. The start of a new adventure series from the author of The Thursday Murder Club.