Mystery - Cosy Crime - Christchurch City Libraries
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Curl up and relax with a soft and easy-to-read tale of mystery and crime. These books aren't typically gorey or violent, instead they opt for lighter, sometimes funny, mysteries that remain enthralling and intriguing. Featuring authors like Agatha Christie, M.C. Beaton, and Kerry Greenwood, this genre is perfect for fans of gentle and humorous whodunnits.
This charming read has all the elements of the perfect cosy mystery - a delightful cast of elderly amateur detectives, a picturesque little town, and a murder that is more than meets the eye. It's up to Judith, Suzie, and Becks, three…
Trouble is stirring on the set of the hit reality series Bake Week... Six contestants are invited to a sprawling Gothic estate for the chance to claim the title of America's Best Baker. However, it's not long before things start going up…
An adorable mystery-slash-found family story. Vera, a sweet and quirky old Chinese auntie, decides to take matters into her own hands when a dead body unexpectedly turns up one day in the middle of her tea shop. As any sleuth would know,…
Part of Agatha Christie's Poirot series, which follow the great detective as he uses his 'little grey cells' to solve murders and mysteries. In this story, Poirot is challenged to get to the bottom of a 16-year-old crime, where a woman was…
Here's a quirky, cosy mystery, packed with laugh out loud moments! Molly loves her job as a maid at a 5 star boutique hotel but struggles with the intricacies of social interaction. When a wealthy and infamous guest is found dead in his…
M.C. Beaton is one of the Queens of cosy crime and the author of the Hamish Macbeth mystery series. In this novel, set in the Scottish Highlands, a mouthy newcomer to town meets an early end, leaving local copper, Hamish Macbeth, the…
A less conventional example of cosy crime, this series of short stories follows Maud, an 80-year-old lady with a penchant for murder who uses her age to throw others off the scent. A quick and darkly funny read filled with tongue-in-cheek…
A best-selling and long-running series featuring the indomitable Agatha Raisin. Clumsy and gruff, yet endearing, Agatha bumbles around upsetting everyone but somehow always gets her man and solves the mystery. In 'The Vicious Vet',…
Another cosy foodie mystery from crime queen Kerry Greenwood. 'The Spotted Dog' is number 7 in the Corinna Chapman series. This is a quirky tale about a Scottish war veteran, a missing dog, a drug runners' gang, and how Corrina and her…
A Golden Age great - Dorothy Sayers' Lord Peter Wimsey mysteries are amateur detective stories, set in post-WWI Britain. Accused of murdering her former lover, Novelist Harriet Vane has all the evidence stacked against her. After all, she…
Precious Ramotswe has just set up shop as Botswanas No.1 (and only!) lady detective. Quickly she’s flooded with requests, from missing husbands, impostor relatives, wayward daughters and abduction. Not all her cases are successful. This…
A culinary cosy crime with Filipino flair, 'Arsenic and Adobo' is part rom-com, part Agatha Christie-esque mystery. When a bad break up sends Lila Macapagal back home to try and save her Tita Rosie's floundering restaurant, things take a…
A funny and sweet cosy crime that just goes to show that sleuthing isn't just a young person's game. Joyce, Ibrahim, Ron and Elizabeth are cold case aficionados who meet every Thursday to go over unsolved crimes. The catch? All four are…
This Agatha Award nominee set in the roaring 1920s makes a great read for fans of Phryne Fisher. Jane Wunderly and her meddling Aunt Millie are among the many guests staying at the Mena Hotel while holidaying in Egypt. When Jane's rival in…
The Appeal is a particularly creative cosy crime novel, as the story unfolds through a series of emails, text messages and letters. In this unique story an appeal for a sick child leads to widespread suspicion, a dead body and a thoroughly…
Susan Ryeland is an experienced editor, having worked alongside a bestselling (and rather unusual) crime writer for years. As she works on his latest tale, Susan begins to believe there may be more to his latest story than meets the eye...…
Jodie 'Nosey' Parker returns in the fifth instalment of Fiona Leitch's bestselling series. As the representative for Cornwall in the Best of British Baking Roadshow, Jodie is excited to showcase her baking repertoire and focus on the…
