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Diverse Cozy Mysteries

Because cozy mysteries are for everyone! Celebrate National Mystery Month this May with these diverse reads. #IndyPLAdults #NationalMysteryMonth

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  • After a horrible breakup, the last thing Lila Macapagal needed was to be accused of murder. Sure, the food critic that died after eating at her family restaurant just happened to be her ex, but that doesn't make her responsible...does it?
    Book, 2021New York : Berkley Prime Crime, 2021. — MYS MAN
  • A former snooty cheerleader turned local health inspector dies just minutes after eating at Lucy's place of work and parents' restaurant, The Kebab Kitchen. What's worse - she wrote up a long list of bogus violations that threaten the restaurant…
    Book, 2018New York, NY : Kensington Books, 2018. — MYS KAS
  • Bronwyn Crewse's To do list: 1. Keep the family ice cream shop in business. 2. Solve a murder to prove my best friend's innocence and save the ice cream shop's reputation. 3. Stop my aunt from taking over Crewse Creamery. 4. Done. All in a day or…
    Book, 2021New York : Berkley Prime Crime, 2021. — MYS COL
  • Murder in G Major

    A Gethsemane Brown Mystery, Book 1

    Gordon, Alexia,
    Stranded in the Irish countryside and needing to raise money to get home to Virginia, classical musician Gethsemane Brown takes on the difficult job of turning a group of rowdy schoolboys into an orchestra. On the upside, she gets to housesit a…
    eBook, 2016New York : Henery Press Publishing, 2016. — EBOOK LIBBY
  • A befuddling mystery involving the death of a young boy and later a baby elephant that takes Inspector Chopra on a deep dive through the bustling city of Mumbai.
    Book, 2015New York, NY : Redhook/Hachette Book Group, 2015. — MYS KHA
  • Murder by Page One

    a Peach Coast Library Mystery

    Matthews, Olivia,
    A Brooklyn native, small town Georgia transplant librarian uses her research skills to prove her friend's innocence in a shocking local homicide case. Along the way she teams up with a wealthy and charming newspaper owner, whose status and ties to…
    Book, 2021Kansas City, Missouri : Hallmark Publishing, [2021] — MYS MAT
  • After a string of mysterious murders, food anthropologist and morning show Caribbean cooking expert Miriam Quiñones-Smith partners with Detective Pullman, using her culinary knowledge and Spanish language skills to uncover clues and solve the crime.
    Book, 2021New York, NY : Crooked Lane Books, 2021. — MYS REY
  • Part-time sleuth and full-time owner of Singapore's beloved home cooking restaurant, Rosie "Aunty" Lee teams up with rookie Police Commissioner Raja to investigate the suspicious death of one of her regular (and wealthy) customers.
    Unknown, 2013New York : William Morrow, [2013] — MYS YU
  • Lana Lee's life turns upside down after a rough breakup and dramatic walk-out at work send her to the last place she'd thought she end up: waiting tables at the family restaurant. When the restaurant's property owner dies after eating their shrimp…
    Book, 2018New York, NY : St. Martin's Paperbacks, 2018. — MYS CHI
  • Between running her pet grooming shop, a stubbornly persistent matchmaking mother, and her talking cat Marshmallow, Mimi Lee has more than enough on her hands. Much to her dismay, she gets caught up in a murder investigation as a prime suspect,…
    Unknown, 2020New York : Berkley Prime Crime, 2020. — MYS CHO
  • Aspiring (but very broke) actress Dayna Anderson trades the big screen for sleuthing after witnessing a deadly hit and run. While she initially takes on the task because of the fifteen grand reward being offered, as she gets deeper into her hunt for…
    Book, 2017Woodbury, Minnesota : Midnight Ink, [2017] — MYS GAR
  • Deep Fried Trouble

    Eugeena Patterson Mysteries, No. 1

    Moody, Tyora,
    When widowed retiree Eugeena Patterson decided to organize a neighborhood association, she thought it would be a great opportunity to reconnect with old friends and to meet new people. She never expected that it would lead her to discover her…
    eBook, 2016Pacific Grove : Tyora Moody, 2016. — EBOOK LIBBY
  • Spice Isle Bakery owner Lyndsay Murray is accused of murder after a fight with a rival bakery owner who died soon after under suspicious circumstances. Trying to prove your own innocence is hard, and doing it while running a bakery and dealing with…
    Book, 2023New York, NY : St. Martin's Paperbacks, 2023. — MYS MAT