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Cozy Up with a Mystery

Cozy mystery fan? Here are some new and recommended titles from 2024. Selected by Sunnyvale Public Library staff. Synopses from the catalog.

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  • Theodosia and Drayton were expecting a mellow break from the Indigo Tea Shop while catering a film, until the director is murdered. Amid the conflicts on set and the spooky legend of Brittleback Manor, Theodosia must investigate all the…
    Book, 2024New York : Berkley Prime Crime, 2024. — MYS CHILDS Laura
  • Rival sisters-in-law Peg and Rose discover something seems off at a yearling horse sale in Kentucky. When the yearling manager with serious anger issues is murdered, the ladies enter the ring to expose the culprit.
    Book, 2024New York, NY : Kensington Publishing Corp., 2024. — MYS BERENSON Laurien
  • Middle-aged Englishman and B&B owner Richard Ainsworth's quiet routine is disrupted when scandal erupts in the nearby town of Saint-Sauver. A restaurant is shamed, and the town's leading goat cheese supplier drowns himself in his own pasteurisation…
    Book, 2024Naperville, Illinois : Poisoned Pen Press, [2024] — MYS MOORE Ian
  • Felicity Jin is inspired to craft handmade fortune cookies in her mother's bakery, with her own personalized predictions. When one customer's ill-fated fortune results in his murder, Felicity becomes the main culprit. Now she must find a way to turn…
    Book, 2024New York : St. Martin's Paperbacks, 2024. — MYS CHOW Jennifer
  • Professional declutterer Ellen Curtis gets the shock of her life when one of her clients, aging TV personality and curmudgeon Humphrey Carter, seems to have taken his life. Can she track down a killer, if there even is one?
    Book, 2024Edinburgh : Severn House, 2024. — MYS BRETT Simon
  • Edinburgh is mourning recent the death of Queen Elizabeth II when Bookseller Delaney Nichols's boss comes to her with a most unusual assignment.
    Book, 2024New York : Minotaur Books, 2024. — MYS SHELTON Paige
  • The Sunset Hall crew have barely unpacked their bags on their vacation when Agnes sees something unsettling from the terrace of the hotel. It becomes clear that a murderer is on the loose-and they're trapped, just like all of the other guests!
    Book, 2024New York, NY : Soho Crime, 2024. — MYS SWANN Leonie
  • Faced with an assassin seeking revenge for a decades-old grudge, Captain Murino has no choice but to turn to his friend Nonna Maria, everyone's favorite espresso-brewing, counseling-giving amateur sleuth.
    Book, 2024New York : Bantam Dell, 2024. — MYS CARCATERR Lorenzo
  • Daphne Hanson, queen of the Tanton Towers' costume-clad dancing troupe is lying dead in the orangery. Strangled! But by whom?
    Book, 2024Edinburgh : Severn House, 2024. — MYS MYERS Amy
  • Pint-sized Seattle middle school teacher and gay dating blogger Hayden McCall and his best friend Hollister are invited to a fundraiser for Bakers Without Borders. When the celebrity performer, Kennedy Osaka, is found dead in her hotel suite, Hayden…
    Book, 2024New York, NY : Crooked Lane Books, 2024. — MYS OSLER Rob
  • Being a new mom is murder. When an opportunity presents itself in the unlikely form of an eco-protest, Alice and her friends willingly chain themselves to trees and settle in as an excuse to get some overdue rest. However, the next morning one of…
    Book, 2024New York : Minotaur Books, 2024. — MYS AILES Kat
  • Even on the stunning Amalfi Coast, things seldom run smoothly. To save her friend's café from a ruined reputation, Bria must delve into the glittering surface of false alibis, pretty lies, and not-so-glamourous hidden identities to catch a murderer…
    Book, 2024New York, N.Y. : Kensington Publishing Corp., 2024. — MYS FALCO Michael
  • After a footbridge collapses at the Paris Exposition, the American-born Countess of Harleigh discovers one of the victims died of stab wounds.
    Book, 2024New York : Kensington Publishing Corp., 2024. — MYS FREEMAN Dianne
  • In the most impulsive move of her life, down-on-her-luck sitcom writer Dee Stern teams up with her best friend, Jeff Cornetta--who happens to be her first ex-husband--to open a motel on the edge of the wilderness. It takes some getting used…
    Book, 2024New York : Kensington Publishing Corp., 2024. — MYS BYRON Ellen
  • On an exclusive train ride from Los Angeles to Santa Barbara, Jaine's client Chip Miller, a wealthy gym owner with a lot of enemies, is found dead in his cabin. Unfortunately for Jaine, she's the one who finds Chip's body, making her a prime…
    Book, 2024New York, NY : Kensington Publishing Corp., 2024. — MYS LEVINE Laura
  • Pastry chef turned amateur sleuth Jules Capshaw takes Ramiro's family to the annual Downhill Dummy competition, and must catch a stone-cold killer before they strike again.
    Book, 2024New York, NY : St. Martin's Paperbacks, 2024. — MYS ALEXANDER Ellie
  • At last, Charlie and Helen Louise's wedding is only a month away. They're busy preparing for the big day, and the last thing Charlie needs is a new mystery to solve.
    Book, 2024New York : Berkley Prime Crime, 2024. — MYS JAMES Miranda
  • In chef Bridget "Bunny" MacBride's new reality TV show Food & Spirits, she teams up with ghost hunter Brett Bloom and psychic medium Giff McGrady to visit haunted locales around the world and tempt lingering spirits back to the table with a beloved…
    Book, 2024New York, NY : Kensington Publishing Corp, 2024. — MYS HANNAH Darci
  • A Bean to Die for

    a Coffee Lover's Mystery

    Lush, Tara,
    While attempting to grow coffee in a community garden plot, Lana discovers the body of an environmental activist who was previously banned for arguing about organic produce.
    Book, 2024New York : Crooked Lane, 2024. — MYS LUSH Tara
  • Meg Langslow's neighbor, Mrs. Smetkamp, is found stabbed in her backyard, and whoever did it tried to make it look like she was attacked by one of the feral turkeys that had moved into the yard. Meg, the Chief, and the Sheriff are not fooled.…
    Book, 2024New York : Minotaur Books, 2024. — MYS ANDREWS Donna