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The Needlecraft Mysteries is a series of cozy mystery novels by American author Monica Ferris (Mary Monica Pulver). The series is set in Excelsior, Minnesota and follow a needlecraft shopowner named Betsy Devonshire.
Peter & Kori Brichter is a series of cozy mystery novels by American novelist Mary Monica Pulver (also known as Monica Ferris). Peter Brichter is a detective who has been described as “a hardboiled sleuth who’s somehow landed in a cozy mystery.” Luckily, Peter isn’t on his own, and has his wife Kori to assist […]
Joliffe the Player is the central character in a series of historical mystery novels by American author Margaret Frazer. We first meet Joliffe in Frazer’s Dame Frevisse series, although the series is set slightly before the former series. Joliffe begins the series as apart of an acting troupe that travels the countryside of England, but […]
Sister Frevisse is the main character in a series of historical mystery novels by Margaret Frazer (Gail Frazer & Mary Monica Pulver). The series is set in a convent during the 15th century in Oxfordshire. The series often has an “English village” quality to it, looking at everyday life during the time period, whereas others […]
Margaret Frazer is the pen name of American author Gail Frazer (1946-2013), who wrote historical mysteries and other historical fiction. Margaret Frazer is best known for her Sister Frevisse and Joliffe the Player mysteries. Her first novel was published the same summer that she was first diagnosed with breast cancer. She fought for over twenty […]
The Haunted Bookshop Mysteries is a cozy mystery series by Alice Kimberly (Alice Alfonsi & Marc Cerasini). The series follows Penelope Thornton-McClure, who owns a bookshop in Rhode Island that is haunted by the ghost of Jack Shepard, who assists her in solving various mysteries.
The Coffehouse Mysteries is a series of cozy mystery novels by Cleo Coyle, the pen name of American authors Alice Alfonsi and Marc Cerasini. The series is set in a Greenwich Village coffeehouse called the Village Blend, which is managed by Clare Cosi. The Village Blend is considered to be a local landmark of sorts.
Marc Cerasini is an American author of cozy mystery novels, young adult novels, picture books, television tie-ins, movie novelizations and military non-fiction. He co-authors the Coffeehouse Mysteries and Haunted Bookshop Mysteries with his wife, Alice Alfonsi. He has also ghostwritten for Tom Clancy. He is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author.
Cleo Coyle and Alice Kimberly are pen names belonging to American author Alice Alfonsi. Alice Alfonsi co-authors the Coffeehouse Mysteries series (as Cleo Coyle) and the Haunted Bookshop Mysteries (as Alice Kimberly) with husband Marc Cerasini. Aside from those cozy mystery series, Alice has also written many young adult television tie-in novels (such as That’s […]
Mrs. Jeffries is the central character in a series of cozy historical mystery novels by American novelist Emily Brightwell. Set in Victorian England, housekeeper Mrs. Jeffries and her staff assist Inspector Witherspoon of Scotland Yard in solving mysteries. The series is also known as the Victorian Mysteries series.