Must-Read Cozy Mystery Books | May 2021
Need some new book recommendations for your cozy mystery reading list? Look no further because we’ve found some amazing new releases we know you’ll love. Don’t miss the latest from bestselling authors Quinn Avery, Sara Bourgeois, Annabel Chase, Elle Adams, Carolyn Haines, J A Whiting, and Ariel Slick. Enjoy your new books!
Moscow Mules & Murder
by Quinn Avery
Release Date: May 18, 2021
The first book in the Tiki Trouble Cozy Mystery Series by Quinn Avery… Welcome to Beach Bummers on the white quartz shores of Santa Maria Island, Florida, where the weather is always perfect, drinks are served ice cold, and the locals’ secrets run deep! If you love the idea of escaping to a small beach town and sleuthing alongside quirky characters, you’ll love the Tiki Trouble series!
Buy on AmazonBlack Arts & Bones
by Sara Bourgeois
Release Date: April 27, 2021
The eleventh book in the Familiar Kitten Mysteries by Sara Bourgeois… Kinsley and Thorn finally get the date night they’ve been discussing for months. Except an unexpected issue sends them home early, where they find a distraught young woman on the porch waiting for Kinsley’s return. She’s afraid to go home and begs Kinsley for help. The woman’s house was never haunted before, but lately, she’s had strange and unusual things happening.
Buy on AmazonLife’s A Birch
by Annabel Chase
Release Date: May 6, 2021
The second book in The Bloomin’ Psychic Series by Annabel Chase… Forty-two-year-old Mia Thorne is settling into her new life in the small riverside town of Newberry, Pennsylvania. Part of her misses the bright lights of the big city, but Mia is determined to make the best of the cottage she inherited and its surrounding gardens, as well as her blossoming love life. Residents like Scarlet and Patrick have welcomed her with open arms and encourage Mia to embrace her special abilities with the same enthusiasm.
Buy on AmazonCurses & Cliffhangers
by Elle Adams
Release Date: May 18, 2021
The eighth book in the Library Witch Mystery Series by Elle Adams… Life is good for Rory Hawthorn. She’s progressing well in her magical lessons and is also finally unearthing her father’s long-kept secrets. If not for the Grim Reaper trying to interfere in her love life, things would be perfect. Until the Grim Reaper goes missing, at the same time as a lethal curse is set loose in Ivory Beach which leaves even Rory’s family stumped.
Buy on AmazonIndependent Bones
by Carolyn Haines
Release Date: May 18, 2021
When Dr. Alala Diakos, a visiting professor of Greek literature, comes to teach at Ole Miss in Oxford, Mississippi, it doesn’t take long for controversy to follow. With her fervent feminist ideals and revolutionary leanings, she quickly earns the admiration of many—and the ire of others. During a speech in the park, in which Alala tries to organize the women of Zinnia to demand equal pay, the crowd gets unruly, with men heckling the professor. And when PI Sarah Booth Delaney finds a sniper rifle and scope in the bushes, she begins to worry that there are more than fighting words at stake.
Buy on AmazonSew Dead
by J A Whiting & Ariel Slick
Release Date: May 15, 2021
The first book in the Good Harbor Witches Mystery Series by J A Whiting & Ariel Slick… Carly Cooper and her sister, Dana, live in the coastal town of Good Harbor, Maine where they belong to a small community quilting club. Only their “community” is a group of witches, warlocks, and a vampire who are terrible at magic. A non-magical town citizen who moved to Hollywood fifteen years ago is returning to film a new series and the mayor wants the quilting club to plan a party for the famous actress
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