History Sandbox / AnoneMouseJr

* CatchPhrase: Bob's is "I'm off, said the madman". Nina thinks it's a cheesy exit line, but he takes it seriously.

* WeHelpTheHelpless: Travis himself. He usually gives his profession as 'salvage consultant'. His normal fee is half of the value of whatever he is hired to recover; if the client objects he's quick to remind them that [[CatchPhrase half of the lost property/money is considerably more than none of it]]. Will occasionally waive the fee entirely ForGreatJustice.

As of 09/26/23, I (Anon e Mouse Jr.) own seven of the first ten anthologies in paperback, missing only paperbacks of #5 (''Christmas Cocoa Murder''), #8 (''Christmas Card Murder'') and #10 (''Christmas Scarf Murder''). #11 (''Irish Coffee Murder'') is slated for MMP release on December 26 of 2023 #12 (''Halloween Cupcake Murder'') and #13 ('Chrristmas Mittens Murder'') are out in hardcover with no paperback announced yet, while #14 will have its initial release, in hardcover, later this year.

* Literature.EventGroupAdventures

* StockUnsolvedMysteries: Many are covered, including Roswell (which forms an ongoing plotline that serves as the focus of books 1, 6 and 9, with book 11 dealing with the fallout), the fate of Amelia Earhart, the truth about Atlantis and the truth about the Philadelphia Experiment.

* #10.5: "Murder Most Irish" (announced for December 2023) [[note]]Collected in [[Literature/IrishVillageMysteries Carlene O'Connor's]] ''Irish Milkshake Murder'' anthology.[[/note]]

* #14: Carlene O'Connor's ''Irish Milkshake Murder'' (collects ''Home to Ireland Mysteries'' #4, ''Knit & Nibble Mysteries'' #9.5 and ''Mrs. Claus Mysteries'' #4.5) (announced for December 2023)

* #10: ''Knitmare on Beech Street'' (announced for November 2023)

** Anon's note: I own books 1-15 (minus the e-book).\\\

** Anon's note: I own all eight (minus the e-book).\\\

** Anon's note: I own 1-11, minus the novella.\\\

** Anon's note: I own 1-7 (minus the novella).\\\

** Anon's note: I own 1-3 (but not the e-book).\\\

** Anon's note: I own #1-5.5, and 9-11 (need 6, 6.5 and 7-8).\\\

** Anon's note: I own books 1-13 (minus the e-book) and #15.\\\

%%* #12: (announced as ordered by publisher in January 2022)

* #17: ''The Twelve Books of Christmas'' (announced for October 2023)

[[folder:''Bewitching Mysteries''; by Madelyn Alt]]

[[folder:''Bibliophile Mysteries''; by Kate Carlisle]]

[[folder:''Black Cat Bookshop Mysteries''; by Ali Brandon]]

[[folder:''Bookmobile Cat Mysteries''; by Laurie Cass]]

[[folder:''Cat Rescue Mysteries''; by T. C. [=LoTempio=]]]

[[folder:''Cats and Curios Mysteries''; by Rebecca M. Hale]]

[[folder:''Dead-End Job Mysteries''; by Elaine Viets]]

[[folder:''Dream Club Mysteries''; by Mary Kennedy]]

[[folder:''Fixer-Upper Mysteries''; by Kate Carlisle]]

[[folder:''Haunted Home Renovation Mysteries''; by Juliet Blackwell]]

[[folder:''Key West Food Critic Mysteries''; by Lucy Burdette]]

[[folder:''Laura Fleming Mysteries''; by Toni Kelner]]

[[folder:''Lighthouse Library Mysteries''; by Vicki Delany as Eva Gates]]

[[folder:''Magical Cats Mysteries''; by Darlene Ryan as Sofie Kelly]]

[[folder:''Nick & Nora Mysteries''; by T. C. [=LoTempio=]]]

[[folder:''Novel Idea Mysteries''; by three authors as Lucy Arlington]]

[[folder:''Scottish Bookshop Mysteries''; by Paige Shelton]]

[[folder:''Scumble River Mysteries''; by Denise Swanson]]

[[folder:''Second Chance Cat Mysteries''; by Darlene Ryan as Sofie Ryan]]

[[folder:''Sunny & Shadow Mysteries''; by Claire Donally]]

[[folder:''"Where Are They Now?" Mysteries''; by Toni Kelner]]

[[folder:''Witchcraft Mysteries''; by Juliet Blackwell]]

[[folder:''Witch's Cat Mysteries''; by Delia James]]

[[folder:''Bookstore Café Mysteries''; by Alex Erickson]]

** Anon's note: As of 06/10/23, I own #2, 4 and 9; first added the series to my wantlist because of its connection to other books I have via an anthology.\\\

[[folder:''Knit & Nibble Mysteries''; by Peggy Ehrhart]]

[[folder:''Maine Clambake Mysteries''; by Barbara Ross]]

[[folder: ''Always October''; by Bruce Coville]]

[[folder:''Event Group''; by David Lynn Golemon]]

[[folder:''Universal Monsters''; by Larry Mike Garmon]]

!!Literature.TravisMcGee -- Main section is already on the site. This is for adding tropes to individual books, as I get around to reading them.

* #15: ''Paws to Remember'' (announced for October 2023)

* #06: Leslie Meier's ''Haunted House Murder'' (collects ''Lucy Stone Mysteries'' #25.7, ''Hayley Powell Food and Cocktails Mysteries'' #11.5 and ''Maine Clambake Mysteries'' #7.5) (October 2019)

* #12: ''Death by Peppermint Cappuccino'' (announced for September 2023)\\\

* #13: Lee Hollis's ''Christmas Mittens Murder'' (collects ''Hayley Powell Food and Cocktails Mysteries'' #16.5, ''Kitchen Witch Mysteries'' #4.5 and ''Cece Barton Mysteries'' #0.5) (announced for September 2023)

As of 08/22/23, I (Anon e Mouse Jr.) own seven of the first nine anthologies in paperback, missing only paperbacks of #5 (''Christmas Cocoa Murder'') and #8 (''Christmas Card Murder''). #10 (''Christmas Scarf Murder'') and #11 (''Irish Coffee Murder'') are slated for MMP release on September 26 and December 26 of 2023, respectively; #12 (''Halloween Cupcake Murder'') is out in hardcover with no paperback announced yet, while #13-14 will have their initial releases, in hardcover, later this year.

* Joanne Fluke's ''Candy Cane Murder'' (collects ''Hannah Swensen Mysteries'' #9.5, ''Jaine Austen Mysteries'' #6.5 and ''Lucy Stone Mysteries'' #13.5) (October 2007)
* Joanne Fluke's ''Gingerbread Cookie Murder'' (collects ''Hannah Swensen Mysteries'' #13.5, ''Jaine Austen Mysteries'' #9.5 and ''Lucy Stone Mysteries'' #17.5) (October 2010)
* Leslie Meier's ''Eggnog Murder'' (collects ''Lucy Stone Mysteries'' #23.5, ''Hayley Powell Food and Cocktails Mysteries'' #8.5 and ''Maine Clambake Mysteries'' #4.5) (October 2016)
* Leslie Meier's ''Yule Log Murder'' (collects ''Lucy Stone Mysteries'' #25.5, ''Hayley Powell Food and Cocktails Mysteries'' #10.5 and ''Maine Clambake Mysteries'' #6.5) (October 2018)
* Carlene O'Connor's ''Christmas Cocoa Murder'' (collects ''Irish Village Mysteries'' #2.5, ''Country Store Mysteries'' #6.5 and ''Bookstore Cafe Mysteries'' #7.5) (September 2019)
* Leslie Meier's ''Haunted House Murder'' (collects ''Lucy Stone Mysteries'' #25.7, ''Hayley Powell Food and Cocktails Mysteries'' #11.5 and ''Maine Clambake Mysteries'' #7.5) (October 2019)
* Joanne Fluke's ''Christmas Sweets'' (collects ''Hannah Swensen Mysteries'' #8.5, ''Jaine Austen Mysteries'' #11.5 and ''Lucy Stone Mysteries'' #18.5) (October 2019)
* Leslie Meier's ''Christmas Card Murder'' (collects ''Lucy Stone Mysteries'' #26.5, ''Hayley Powell Food and Cocktails Mysteries'' #13.5 and ''Knit & Nibble Mysteries'' #6.5) (October 2020)
* Leslie Meier's ''Halloween Party Murder'' (collects ''Lucy Stone Mysteries'' #27.5, ''Hayley Powell Food and Cocktails Mysteries'' #14.5 and ''Maine Clambake Mysteries'' #9.5) (August 2021)
* Carlene O'Connor's ''Christmas Scarf Murder'' (collects ''Irish Village Mysteries'' #8.5, ''Country Store Mysteries'' #10.5 and ''Knit & Nibble Mysteries'' #8.5) (September 2022)
* Leslie Meier's ''Irish Coffee Murder'' (collects ''Lucy Stone Mysteries'' #28.5, ''Hayley Powell Food and Cocktails Mysteries'' #15.5 and ''Maine Clambake Mysteries'' #10.5) (January 2023)
* Carlene O'Connor's ''Halloween Cupcake Murder'' (collects ''Home to Ireland Mysteries'' #3, ''Mrs. Claus Mysteries'' #3.5 and ''Witch City Mysteries'' #12.5) (August 2023)
* Lee Hollis's ''Christmas Mittens Murder'' (collects ''Hayley Powell Food and Cocktails Mysteries'' #16.5, ''Kitchen Witch Mysteries'' #4.5 and ''Cece Barton Mysteries'' #0.5) (announced for September 2023)
* Carlene O'Connor's ''Irish Milkshake Murder'' (collects ''Home to Ireland Mysteries'' #4, ''Knit & Nibble Mysteries'' #9.5 and ''Mrs. Claus Mysteries'' #4.5) (announced for December 2023)
* Leslie Meier's ''Easter Basket Murder'' (collects ''Lucy Stone Mysteries'' #29.5, ''Hayley Powell Food and Cocktails Mysteries'' #16.7? and ''Maine Clambake Mysteries'' #11.5) (announced for January 2024)

As of 08/22/23, I (Anon e Mouse Jr.) own seven of the first nine anthologies in paperback, missing only paperbacks of ''Christmas Cocoa Murder'' and ''Christmas Card Murder''. (The tenth and eleventh books -- ''Christmas Scarf Murder'' and ''Irish Coffee Murder'' -- aren't out in that format until September and December 2023, respectively, and #12 is out in hardcover with no paperback announced yet, while #13-14 will have their initial releases, in hardcover, later this year.)

* Carlene O'Connor's ''Halloween Cupcake Murder'' (collects ''Home to Ireland Mysteries'' #3, ''Mrs. Claus Mysteries'' #3.5 and ''Witch City Mysteries'' #12.5) (announced for August 2023)

As of 04/22/23, I (Anon e Mouse Jr.) own seven of the first nine anthologies in paperback, missing only paperbacks of ''Christmas Cocoa Murder'' and ''Christmas Card Murder''. (The tenth and eleventh books -- ''Christmas Scarf Murder'' and ''Irish Coffee Murder'' -- aren't out in that format until September and December 2023, respectively, while 12-14 will have their initial releases, in hardcover, later this year.)

** Anon's note: I own and have troped #1-3 (including 2.5), and own but have not yet troped #4-7-11, 13-19, and sequel series #1 and 3; need to fill in 12 and sequel series #2.\\\

''Scumble River Mysteries'' is an armchair/amateur sleuth/CozyMystery series by Denise Swanson. The series features Skye Denison, a school psychologist who's left no choice but to return home to Scumble River, Illinois, after losing her job over supposed "insubordination" and her fiancé left her the same day. Being hired at the local elementary, middle and high school, she has to deal with difficult parents who refuse to admit their kids have done anything wrong, administration who give in to the parents' wishes on a regular basis, and people in general who don't like it when she winds up investigating the dead bodies that start cropping up in town.\\\

* #2: ''Die me a River'' (2018)

* ArrestedForHeroism: More like "fired for refusing to ''not'' report someone for wrongdoing'', which is why Skye ends up back in Scumble River -- she'd been working at a New Orleans school, but after making out and submitting a report on a case of child abuse, her boss ordered her to retract it (in order to appease a wealthy and powerful individual), and the child herself refused to back up her statement (having been bullied into saying she made it all up). The end result was that Skye was fired, with the official reason being "insubordination".

** Anon's note: I own and have troped #1-3 (including 2.5), and own but have not yet troped #4-7-11, 13-19, and sequel series #3; need to fill in 12 and sequel series #1-2.\\\

** Anon's note: I own 1-9, 11, and 14-15 (looking to fill in the gaps before I read these last three).\\\

** Anon's note: I own and have troped #1-3 (including 2.5), and own but have not yet troped #4-6, 7-11, 13-19, and sequel series #3; need to fill in 6.5, 12 and sequel series #1-2.\\\

* #13: ''A Clue in the Crumbs'' (announced for August 2023)

!!Cozy Mystery series (26 of 27):

[[folder:''Bookstore Café Mysteries''; by Alex Erickson]]

* Literature.BookstoreCafeMysteries (by [[https://www.fantasticfiction.com/e/alex-erickson/ Alex Erickson]])
** Anon's note: As of 06/10/23, I own #2, 4 and 9; first added the series to my wantlist because of its connection to other books I have via an anthology.\\\

''Bookstore Café Mysteries'' is an armchair/amateur sleuth/CozyMystery series by Alex Erickson. The series features Kristina "Krissy" Hancock, who's recently moved to Pine Hills, Ohio and opened the combination café and bookstore "Death by Coffee". However, when a customer suddenly drops dead, Krissy finds herself working with local officer Paul Dalton to solve his murder, and subsequently other murders that happen in town.\\\

* #1: ''Death by Coffee'' (2015)
* #2: ''Death by Tea'' (2015)
* #3: ''Death by Pumpkin Spice'' (2016)
* #4: ''Death by Vanilla Latte'' (2017)
* #5: ''Death by Eggnog'' (2017)
* #6: ''Death by Espresso'' (2018)
* #7: ''Death by Café Mocha'' (2019)
* #7.5: "Death by Hot Cocoa" (2019)[[note]]Collected in Carlene O'Connor's ''Christmas Cocoa Murder'' anthology, along with books #6.5 of Maddie Day's ''Literature/CountryStoreMysteries'' and #2.5 of Carlene O'Connor's ''Literature/IrishVillageMysteries''.[[/note]]
* #8: ''Death by French Roast'' (2020)
* #9: ''Death by Hot Apple Cider'' (2021)
* #10: ''Death by Spiced Chai'' (2022)
* #11: ''Death by Iced Coffee'' (2023)
* #12: ''Death by Peppermint Cappuccino'' (announced for September 2023)\\\

* AccidentalMurder: A surprising number of murders weren't planned in the series.
** In ''Death by Coffee'', [[spoiler:Tess only wanted to hurt Brendon Lawyer with his peanut allergy, but didn't realize just how severe it was.]]
** The killer from ''Death by Espresso'' didn't mean to kill Cathy, they just hit her so they could [[spoiler:get back the necklace]]. Unfortunately, she was eating her chocolate covered espresso beans at the time and ended up choking to death after she was knocked out.
** In ''Death by Café Mocha'', the killer also never intended to kill Charles Maddox. The guy just hit his head on the way down.
** In ''Death by French Roast'', the killer didn't set out to kill the first victim, [[spoiler:she]] just snapped and hit him in the head with a rock. [[spoiler:The second victim years later, on the other hand, she ''did'' mean to kill.]]

* AlliterativeName: '''C'''athy '''C'''arr, from ''Death by Espresso''.

* AssholeVictim: What murder mystery series would be complete without these guys?
** Brendon Lawyer from ''Death by Coffee'' was a really sour sort of person.
** Rick Wiseman from ''Death by Vanilla Latte''. The man was a sleazy creep who hit on Krissy in a skin-crawling way.

* BludgeonedToDeath: The victim of ''Death by Tea'' was killed like this with a [[ImprovisedWeapon silver]] [[ItMakesSenseInContext teapot.]]
** The victim of ''Death by Spiced Chai'' is also beaten to death with a teapot.

* BoobyTrap: The victim of "Death by Hot Cocoa" was killed by picking up a mug of hot cocoa that had a hidden needle of poison built into the handle.

* ChristmasEpisode: Novel ''Death by Eggnog'' and novella "Death by Hot Cocoa".

* DeathByFallingOver: The murder in ''Death by Café Mocha''. While Charles was hit in the head with a coffee carafe, what killed him was striking his head on the corner of a metal table.

* EyeScream: In book 4, Rick Wiseman is killed by being stabbed in the eye with a pen.

* InTheBack: Chuck Saunders from ''Death by Eggnog'' was killed from being stabbed in the back.

* NonIndicativeName: In book 1, despite his last name being "Lawyer", Brendon Lawyer actually worked in insurance.

* StealingFromTheTill: [[spoiler:This was ultimately the killer's motive in ''Death by Tea''. The killer had been making false orders in the coffee part of Death by Coffee and pocketed the money. The victim tried to extort money from him over this and...[[BlackmailBackfire wound up on the other side of the dirt.]]]]

* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Cathy Carr from ''Death by Espresso'' loves eating chocolate covered espresso beans, snacking on them constantly. Unfortunately for her, it really ends up biting her in the ass, as shown in AccidentalMurder above.

* VacationEpisode: ''Death by Café Mocha'' sees Krissy, Rita, and Vicki going to a coffee convention. Of course, somebody just ''has'' to get murdered there, don't they?

[[folder:''Cat Rescue Mysteries''; by T. C. [=LoTempio=]]]

* Literature.CatRescueMysteries (by [[https://www.fantasticfiction.com/l/t-c-lotempio/ T. C. LoTempio]])
** Anon's note: I own none, but I know the author's work and like it.\\\

''Cat Rescue Mysteries'' is an armchair/amateur sleuth/CozyMystery series by Toni [=LoTempio=] writing as T. C. [=LoTempio=]. The series features Sydney [=McCall=], who has just left an advertising job in New York and returns to Deer Park, North Carolina to help her sister Kat run the local animal shelter. There, with the aid of an orange tabby cat named Toby, she finds herself solving mysteries. It was discontinued by its original publisher after two volumes, but the author intends to find a new one.\\\

* #1: ''Purr M For Murder'' (2017)
* #2: ''Death By a Whisker'' (2017)

*

[[folder:''Cats and Curios Mysteries''; by Rebecca M. Hale]]

* Literature.CatsAndCuriosMysteries (by [[https://www.fantasticfiction.com/h/rebecca-m-hale/ Rebecca M. Hale]])
** Anon's note: I own all six.\\\

''Cats and Curios Mysteries'' is an armchair/amateur sleuth/CozyMystery series by Rebecca M. Hale. The series features accountant Rebecca Hale, who unexpectedly inherits her uncle's antique shop in San Francisco when he dies. Along with her cats Rupert and Isabella, she stumbles across mysteries as she explores her uncle's past and the investigations he and his own friends had been conducting.\\\

* #1: ''How to Wash a Cat'' (2008)
* #2: ''Nine Lives Last Forever'' (2010)
* #3: ''How to Moon a Cat'' (2011)
* #4: ''How to Tail a Cat'' (2012)
* #5: ''How to Paint a Cat'' (2014)
* #6: ''How to Catch a Cat'' (2015)

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!!This series provides examples of:

* MultiPartEpisode: Books 5 and 6 are essentially this, as book 5 revolves around exposing a killer and book 6 revolves around tracking down that same killer and trying to keep them from killing again.

[[/folder]]

[[folder:''Dead-End Job Mysteries''; by Elaine Viets]]

* Literature.DeadEndJobMysteries (by [[https://www.fantasticfiction.com/v/elaine-viets/ Elaine Viets]])
** Anon's note: I own 1-9, 11, and 14-15 (looking to fill in the gaps before I read these last three).\\\

''Dead-End Job Mysteries'' is an armchair/amateur sleuth/CozyMystery series by Elaine Viets. The series features Helen Hawthorne, formerly an executive who is now living off the grid and working a string of dead-end jobs in order to make ends meet, all while stumbling upon murders and trying to stay out of the spotlight, all so her deadbeat ex-husband and the courts that sided in his favor during their divorce can't track her down. After book 9, her life takes a turn for the better, with a new husband and a full-time career as a private detective, but she still winds up having to go undercover at other jobs to solve her cases.\\\

The series consists of:\\\

[[folder:''Knit & Nibble Mysteries''; by Peggy Ehrhart]]

* Literature.KnitAndNibbleMysteries (by [[https://www.fantasticfiction.com/e/peggy-ehrhart/ Peggy Ehrhart]])
** Anon's note: I own and have troped #1-3; own #6.\\\

''Knit & Nibble Mysteries'' is an armchair/amateur sleuth/CozyMystery series by Peggy Ehrhart. The series features widowed mother Pamela Paterson, whose daughter has just gone off to college, and who deals with her empty nest syndrome by keeping busy as associate editor of a craft magazine and founder of the Knit and Nibble knitting club in Arborville, New Jersey. But soon, she and her club members must begin a new type of project -- solving murders.\\\

* #01: ''Murder, She Knit'' (2018)
* #02: ''Died in the Wool'' (2018)
* #03: ''Knit One, Die Two'' (2019)
* #04: ''Silent Knit, Deadly Knit'' (2019)
* #05: ''A Fatal Yarn'' (2020)
* #06: ''Knit of the Living Dead'' (2020)
* #06.5: "Death of a Christmas Card Crafter" (2020)[[note]]Collected in [[Literature/LucyStoneMysteries Leslie Meier's]] ''Christmas Card Murder'' anthology.[[/note]]
* #07: ''Knitty Gritty Murder'' (2021)
* #08: ''Death of a Knit Wit'' (2022)
* #08.5: "Death by Christmas Scarf" (2022) [[note]]Collected in [[Literature/IrishVillageMysteries Carlene O'Connor's]] ''Christmas Scarf Murder'' anthology.[[/note]]
* #09: ''Irish Knit Murder'' (2023)
* #10: ''Knitmare on Beech Street'' (announced for November 2023)
* #10.5: "Murder Most Irish" (announced for December 2023) [[note]]Collected in [[Literature/IrishVillageMysteries Carlene O'Connor's]] ''Irish Milkshake Murder'' anthology.[[/note]]

* AbominationAccusationAttack: Late in book 3, the killer tries this as a last-ditch effort -- they accuse Pamela of trying to kill ''them'', when ''they'd'' in fact been trying to kill ''her'' just a few minutes before after Pamela figured out they were the killer. Fortunately, nobody believes them.

* AccidentalMurder: In book 3, the killer reveals that they set up an accident to try and shut down the play they were taking part in. One such "accident" actually winds up killing Caralee Lorimer, the person who stumbled into it.

* CatScare: A two-for-one case happens in book 1 when Pamela and her daughter hear a weird gurgling sound outside that makes Pamela suspicious of possible danger after the two recent murders. Penny, against her mother's wishes, opens the door to investigate anyway, and startles (and gets startled by) a small cat that's been hanging out around the house. ''Then'', they find out the noise that first spooked them is actually just a flock of wild turkeys wandering down the street.

* ChristmasCreep:
** Book 1 has a mention of this when one of the club members grumbles about the town putting up garlands the day after Halloween.
** For a variant, book 3 (set in September) sees Pamela checking the catalogs in her mail and noting "Thanksgiving-inspired covers -- already!".

* ChristmasEpisode: Book 4 and novellas 6.5 and 8.5 are all set during the Christmas season.

* EmptyNest: The series' background is that Pamela is missing her daughter, who went off to college three months before the start of book 1, and uses the Knit and Nibble knitting club she founded two years before in part as a way of coping with her empty nest syndrome.

* HalloweenEpisode: Book 6 is set during the Halloween season.

* IfICantHaveYou: In book 3, Pamela speculates (incorrectly, as it happens) that this could be a motive for Caralee's murder.

* ImprovisedWeapon: In book 1, the first victim -- Amy Morgan -- is stabbed through the heart with a metal knitting needle.

* TheInsomniac: Book 2 has Randall Jefferson, the first murder victim, revealed as one some time after his death. It's explained that he'd hired a woman to read him a bedtime story while knitting -- the combination of her voice and the click of the knitting needles brought back memories of his mother, which soothed him and helped him fall asleep.

* TheLostLenore: Pamela's husband, an architect, died five years before the start of the series in an accident on a construction site. To this day, she still grieves and hasn't been willing to start dating again, despite Bettina's encouragement.

* TheMaidenNameDebate: In book 1, Pamela discovers a painting of murder victim Amy Morgan, done by one Chad Lawrence. While tracing its province, she learns he's married to Amy's sister, but Dorrie -- whom Pamela had met before -- goes by her maiden name instead of her husband's.

* MakeItLookLikeAnAccident: In book 3, after Caralee Lorimer was killed by furniture falling on her, her accidental murderer decides to recreate the "accident" on Anthony Wadsworth after realizing he won't cancel the play like the killer wants.

* NervousWreck: Bettina and Wilfred's dog Woofus is always nervous -- someone knocking at the door will send him hiding under the table, and a smaller dog barking at him makes him cower behind his owner (as seen in book 2). This is explained by him being a former shelter dog who evidently had some bad experiences.

* NotWhatItLooksLike:
** Inversion in book 1 when Pamela and her friend Bettina are talking about someone's possible motive for a recent murder, and the server overhears them... but mistakes the conversation as being about an event on a TV show.
** Played straight early in book 3, when Pamela hears Craig Belknap in an argument with Caralee Lorimer (who's murdered the next day) and thinks the argument could be a motive for it. It turns out, as he eventually reveals, that she was just mad at him for putting himself down and doubting his skills as an actor after he got a callback for a part in an off-Broadway play.

* RebuffTheAmateur: Several times, Pamela and Bettina are told not to investigate the murders that happen in their town -- by the police (who say it's their job and not for civilians), by Nell Bascomb from her knitting club (who doesn't believe in gossip or snooping around, and tells her husband not to help them, though he does anyway), and by Pamela's daughter Penny (who worries about her mom's safety and doesn't want to lose her like she did her dad). Pamela herself isn't too eager to get involved in investigations, but Bettina keeps ignoring anyone who tells her not to go poking around and just drags Pamela into it anyway.

* RelativeError: In book 1, Pamela's new neighbor, Richard "Rick" Larkin, has had two younger women stopping in periodically, causing Pamela to suspect that he's a serial seducer with an interest in younger women. When Pamela and Penny are invited in one night though, he reveals that the women in question are his daughters.

* RevealingCoverUp: Subverted in book 3 -- Pamela begins to suspect that Caralee was killed to keep her from exposing the secrets of some people on her blog, but this turns out to not be the case.

* ShipperOnDeck: Almost immediately after Richard Larkin moves in next door to Pamela, her friend Bettina starts encouraging Pamela to ask him out. Pamela, however, is hesitant to start a new relationship, as she's still grieving for her late husband.

* StartingANewLife: The culprit in book 1 turns out to be an embezzler who used the stolen money to escape her old life and assume a new identity in a new town, then killed two women from her old hometown when they moved to the same new town as she did, ten years later, and recognized her.

* TragicKeepsake: Book 1 has Pamela meet a woman who's oddly obsessed with recovering some yarn (which she says had been sold accidentally by the assistant at her store) that had belonged to Amy Morgan, the first murder victim, and makes Pamela suspicious that she might be in on the murder. Eventually, Pamela agrees to return the yarn when the woman confesses that she'd owned an afghan dog named Buster (who's since died of natural causes), and the yarn was made from his shed hair when he was still alive; she wants it back because it's all she had left of him.

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!!Trivia:

* Book 2 features a character named Candace Flynn -- not to be confused with [[WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb Phineas Flynn's sister]] -- in a minor, mentioned-only role.

[[folder:''Laura Fleming Mysteries''; by Toni Kelner]]

* Literature.LauraFlemingMysteries (by [[https://www.fantasticfiction.com/k/toni-l-p-kelner/ Toni Kelner]])
** Anon's note: I own 1-2.\\\

''Laura Fleming Mysteries'' is an armchair/amateur sleuth/CozyMystery series by Toni Kelner, focused on Laura "Laurie Ann" Fleming and her husband Richard. Having lived in Byerly, North Carolina before moving to Boston, Laura periodically returns home to visit family, only to stumble upon murder mysteries and, with her husband and family by her side, work to solve them.\\\

* #1: ''Down Home Murder'' (1993)
* #2: ''Dead Ringer'' (1994)
* #3: ''Trouble Looking for a Place to Happen'' (1995)
* #4: ''Country Comes to Town'' (1996)
* #5: ''Tight as a Tick'' (1998)
* #6: ''Death of a Damn Yankee'' (1999)
* #7: ''Mad as the Dickens'' (2001)
* #8: ''Wed and Buried'' (2003)
* #9: ''Crooked as a Dog's Hind Leg'' (2015; anthology)

* PassedOverInheritance: The series features a reversal in the very first book. Reverend Glass, who runs the church next door to Ellis "Paw" Burnette's house, has been after him to leave his house to the church so they can expand. He's most dismayed to find that Paw left it to his only surviving sister Maggie (and asked her to leave it to Laura, his granddaughter, in Maggie's own will), due to the Burnettes having long since sworn to keep the house and what was left of their land in the family after having had to sell off a lot of the property during the Depression.

[[folder:''Lighthouse Library Mysteries''; by Vicki Delany as Eva Gates]]

* Literature.LighthouseLibraryMysteries (by [[https://www.fantasticfiction.com/g/eva-gates/ Eva Gates]])
** Anon's note: I own 1-5.\\\

''Lighthouse Library Mysteries'' is an armchair/amateur sleuth/CozyMystery series by Vicki Delany writing as Eva Gates. The series features librarian Lucy Richardson, who has recently moved to the outer banks of North Carolina, where she works in the Bodie Island Lighthouse Library -- a library built into a lighthouse. There, she stumbles across mysteries.\\\

* #01: ''By Book Or By Crook'' (2015)
* #02: ''Booked for Trouble'' (2015)
* #03: ''Reading Up a Storm'' (2016)
* #04: ''The Spook in the Stacks'' (2018)
* #05: ''Something Read, Something Dead'' (2019)
* #06: ''Read and Buried'' (2019)
* #07: ''A Death Long Overdue'' (2020)
* #08: ''Deadly Ever After'' (2021)
* #09: ''Death by Beach Read'' (2022)
* #10: ''Death Knells and Wedding Bells'' (2023)

* InheritanceMurder: [[spoiler:The culprit's motive in book 3.]]

*

[[folder:''Magical Cats Mysteries''; by Darlene Ryan as Sofie Kelly]]

* Literature.MagicalCatsMysteries (by [[https://www.fantasticfiction.com/k/sofie-kelly/ Sofie Kelly]])
** Anon's note: I own 1-11, minus the novella.\\\

''Magical Cats Mysteries'' is an armchair/amateur sleuth/CozyMystery series by Darlene Ryan writing as Sofie Kelly. The series features librarian Kathleen Paulson, who has recently moved to Mayville Heights, Minnesota, to supervise the renovations at the local library. While there, she winds up adopting Owen and Hercules, a pair of feral kittens she found at the neglected Wisteria Hill estate, and whom have unusual talents that prove to come in handy when Kathleen stumbles onto mysteries.\\\

* #01: ''Curiosity Thrilled the Cat'' (2011)
* #02: ''Sleight of Paw'' (2011)
* #03: ''Copycat Killing'' (2012)
* #04: ''Cat Trick'' (2013)
* #05: ''Final Catcall'' (2013)
* #06: ''A Midwinter's Tail'' (2014)
* #07: ''Faux Paw'' (2015)
* #08: ''Paws and Effect'' (2016)
* #08.5: "The Cat Burglar" (2016)[[note]]Collected in e-book exclusive anthology "Two Tall Tails".[[/note]]
* #09: ''A Tale of Two Kitties'' (2017)
* #10: ''The Cats Came Back'' (2018)
* #11: ''A Night's Tail'' (2019)
* #12: ''A Case of Cat and Mouse'' (2020)
* #13: ''Hooked on a Feline'' (2021)
* #14: ''Whiskers and Lies'' (2022)
* #15: ''Paws to Remember'' (announced for October 2023)

* ByTheBookCop: Main character Kathleen Paulson's semi-love interest is Marcus Gordon, a cop of this type who investigates most (if not all) of the major crimes in Mayville Heights, Minnesota, and is adamant about sticking to the facts and physical proof rather than gut instinct like Kathleen. And no matter how helpful she and her discoveries are, he keeps telling her to just keep away from whatever case he's working on and not to go snooping around (advice that she continually ignores, despite her own best efforts, seeing as she tends to be a MysteryMagnet and the evidence just keeps coming her way). This puts a major strain on their relationship, such as it is. He mellows out considerably by the end of book 5 (''Final Catcall''), when they become an official couple, and is more open with her in books 6 (''A Midwinter's Tail'') and beyond.

* CatsHateWater: Hercules, one of Kathleen Paulson's two cats, ''really'' hates getting his paws wet. His brother Owen isn't bothered as much, and when the two are arguing, has been known to dump out Hercules' water dish in such a way that the puddle blocks Hercules from getting to his food dish. [[spoiler:In book 8 (''Paws and Effect''), when Hercules willingly goes out in the rain at one point, [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness Kathleen's friends realize it's a sure sign that something's wrong and come looking for her]], just in time to help she and another woman as they're escaping from the cistern that the book's villain had trapped them in.]]

* ClearMyName: Kathleen has to prove herself innocent of murder in book 1 (''Curiosity Thrilled the Cat'') when Gregor Easton turns up dead and Kathleen is the prime suspect due to some disagreements she had with him.

* HighOnCatnip: Kathleen's friend and neighbor Rebecca regularly makes and provides her with handmade cloth chickens stuffed with catnip and dubbed "Fred the Funky Chicken". Of Kathleen's two cats, Owen regularly gets stoned from chewing on Fred. His brother Hercules, on the other hand, doesn't see the attraction and views the toys with disdain.

* {{Intangibility}}: This is Hercules's special ability, letting him phase through matter. He typically uses it to get through any door that's between himself and whatever he wants to get to.

* {{Invisibility}}: This is Owen's special ability, letting him become unseen to the naked eye.

* MysteryMagnet: Kathleen. No matter how hard she tries to stay away from whatever cases are happening in town, the evidence just keeps coming her way, so she does what she feels is the right thing and gives it to the police, regardless of how much they ''don't'' want her help.

* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Hercules, one of Kathleen Paulson's two cats, is well known for his [[CatsHateWater hatred of getting his paws wet]]. Late in book 8, his willingness to go out in the rain tips off Kathleen's friends that something's seriously wrong.

* RebuffTheAmateur: No matter how helpful Kathleen and her discoveries are, Marcus Gordon keeps telling her to just keep away from whatever case he's working on and not to go snooping around. Being a MysteryMagnet who just keeps attracting evidence, she's unable to do so.

* SameFaceDifferentName: While the books are published under the name Sofie Kelly, the author also publishes nonfiction and young adult books under her real name of Darlene Ryan, and another CozyMystery series, ''Literature/SecondChanceCatMysteries'', under the name Sofie Ryan.

* WhoMurderedTheAsshole: In book 3 (''Copycat Killing''), Kathleen accidentally discovers the skeletonized body of Tom Karlsson, the biological father of her friend Roma (Tom had disappeared when Roma was just a child). When speaking to Roma's mother Pearl about it later, asking who would want to kill him, Pearl admits she knows who: "Pretty much anyone who knew him." Tom, it turns out, had worked for the town bootlegger, cheated at cards, and was abusive to his wife.

!!YMMV:

* LessDisturbingInContext: Book 2 (''Sleight of Paw'') starts with Kathleen and her friends Maggie and Roma trying to get a body into the back of an SUV, and they start talking about what they can do to make him fit inside, including taking off his legs... then, at the end of the page, Kathleen says "No, my legs don't detach, but I'm a human being and Eddie's a mannequin." Up until that line, there's nothing suggesting the "body" was anything other than a corpse.

[[folder:''Maine Clambake Mysteries''; by Barbara Ross]]

* Literature.MaineClambakeMysteries (by [[https://www.fantasticfiction.com/r/barbara-ross/ Barbara Ross]])
** Anon's note: I own 1-10 and novellas 4.5, 6.5, 7.5 and 9.5.\\\

''Maine Clambake Mysteries'' is an armchair/amateur sleuth/CozyMystery series by Barbara Ross. The series features Julia Snowden, who returns to her hometown of Busman's Harbor, Maine, to rescue her family's struggling clambake business. Soon though, she must also begin solving murder mysteries.\\\

* #01: ''Clammed Up'' (2013)
* #02: ''Boiled Over'' (2014)
* #03: ''Musseled Out'' (2015)
* #04: ''Fogged Inn'' (2016)
* #04.5: "Nogged Off" (2016)[[note]]Collected in [[Literature/LucyStoneMysteries Leslie Meier's]] ''Eggnog Murder'' anthology.[[/note]]
* #05: ''Iced Under'' (2016)
* #06: ''Stowed Away'' (2017)
* #06.5: "Logged On" (2018)[[note]]Collected in [[Literature/LucyStoneMysteries Leslie Meier's]] ''Yule Log Murder'' anthology.[[/note]]
* #07: ''Steamed Open'' (2018)
* #07.5: "Hallowed Out" (2019)[[note]]Collected in [[Literature/LucyStoneMysteries Leslie Meier's]] ''Haunted House Murder'' anthology.[[/note]]
* #08: ''Sealed Off'' (2019)
* #09: ''Shucked Apart'' (2021)
* #09.5: "Scared Off" (2021)[[note]]Collected in [[Literature/LucyStoneMysteries Leslie Meier's]] ''Halloween Party Murder'' anthology.[[/note]]
* #10: ''Muddled Through'' (2022)
* #10.5: "Perked Up" (2023)[[note]]Collected in [[Literature/LucyStoneMysteries Leslie Meier's]] ''Irish Coffee Murder'' anthology.[[/note]]
* #11: ''Hidden Beneath'' (2023)
* #11.5: "Hopped Along" (announced for January 2024)[[note]]Collected in [[Literature/LucyStoneMysteries Leslie Meier's]] ''Easter Basket Murder'' anthology.[[/note]]

* ChristmasEpisode: The novellas "Nogged Off" and "Logged On" are both set during the Christmas season.

* HalloweenEpisode: The novellas "Hallowed Out" and "Scared Off" are both set on and around Halloween.

* IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming: Every title, including the novellas, follows the same two-word pattern -- a verb (ending in "-ed" for the first ten books and five novellas) followed by a nearly always shorter word.

[[/folder]]

[[folder:''Nick & Nora Mysteries''; by T. C. [=LoTempio=]]]

* Literature.NickAndNoraMysteries (by [[https://www.fantasticfiction.com/l/t-c-lotempio/ T. C. LoTempio]])
** Anon's note: I own 1-3.\\\

''Nick & Nora Mysteries'' is an armchair/amateur sleuth/CozyMystery series by Toni [=LoTempio=] writing as T. C. [=LoTempio=]. The series features Nora Charles, an investigative journalist in Chicago, who's moved back to her small home town in California to run her late mother's sandwich shop, but finds herself again involved in mysteries after meeting Nick, a cat who belonged to a now-missing and possibly dead private investigator.\\\

The series consists of:\\\

* #1: ''Meow if it's Murder'' (2014)
* #2: ''Claws For Alarm'' (2015)
* #3: ''Of Crime and Catnip'' (2016)
* #4: ''Hiss H for Homicide'' (2021)
* #5: ''Murder Faux Paws'' (2022)
* #6: ''A Purr Before Dying'' (2023)

!!This series provides examples of:

* AdoptiveNameChange: In book 1, Nora is "adopted" by a black-and-white cat, whom she starts calling Nick (after [[Literature/TheThinMan Nick Charles]]). After tracking down the identity of his original owner, a private investigator named Nick Atkins, she learns that the cat's original name is Sherlock (after Literature/SherlockHolmes), but decides to keep calling him Nick.

* FakingTheDead: Book 1 revolves in part around the fact that Nick Atkins, the cat Nick's original owner, has disappeared and is believed dead. After much speculation, the last chapters of book 3 confirm that he faked his death so he could go undercover and work on an important case overseas.

* NeverHeardThatOneBefore: Oliver Jebidiah Sampson, a private detective, is a supporting character. He's quite annoyed when people mention that together, his first two initials and last name sound like "O. J. Simpson", complaining that he's heard all the jokes since the trial in 1995 and that this is why he doesn't like to give out his middle name.

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!!Trivia:

* SequelGap: There was a five-year delay between books 3 and 4, due to the original publisher declining to order more of the series and [=LoTempio=] having to find a new publisher as a result.

[[/folder]]

[[folder:''Novel Idea Mysteries''; by three authors as Lucy Arlington]]

* Literature.NovelIdeaMysteries (by [[https://www.fantasticfiction.com/a/lucy-arlington/ Lucy Arlington]])
** Anon's note: I own all 5 (and have troped 3-5).

''Novel Idea Mysteries'' is an armchair/amateur sleuth/CozyMystery series by Jennifer Stanley and Sylvia May (for books 1-3) and Susan Furlong (for books 4-5) writing as Lucy Arlington. The series features Lila Wilkins, a middle-aged mother and features journalist in North Carolina, who loses her job when her employers are forced to downsize and finds a new one as an intern at the Novel Ideas literary agency. She soon finds herself stumbling across dead bodies and must solve the crimes.\\\

It has been effectively discontinued since book 5, as the publisher has yet to request any further volumes.\\\

The series consists of:\\\

* #1: ''Buried in a Book'' (2012)
* #2: ''Every Trick in the Book'' (2013)
* #3: ''Books, Cooks, and Crooks'' (2014)
* #4: ''Played by the Book'' (2015)
* #5: ''Off the Books'' (2016)

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!!This series provides examples of:

!!Book 1, chapters 1-7 (to be expanded and integrated into the rest of the article when I'm in the mood):

* AbominationAccusationAttack: In book 1 (''Buried in a Book''), Lila learns that the recently-deceased Marlette, a supposed vagrant, has often hung around children's playgrounds just watching the kids play. Flora Meriweather, who represents children's books at the agency, has reported him to the cops and tried to rile up local parents for it, accusing him of being a pedophile; it's not revealed until after his death that he's actually ().

* AlcoholInducedIdiocy: In book 1 (''Buried in a Book''), Lila gets a call from the cops informing her that some of her high school-age son's friends had gotten drunk, inspiring them to set up an obstacle course on a high school football field and then drive through it at breakneck speeds. Subverted with Trey (since he had ''not'' indulged), but his friends' drunkenness and peer pressure still caused him to take his own turn at it and crash the car -- Lila's red Honda Civic -- into a metal support and caused the bleachers to collapse on it (fortunately, he was already out of it by the time of the collapse, and nobody was seriously hurt).

* CassandraTruth: In book 1 (''Buried in a Book''), Lila's mother Althea warns her to get out of her new job while she can, because she did a Tarot reading and saw the Death card in Lila's "Future" spot. Lila, knowing full well that Death doesn't mean ''literal'' death in Tarot (in the Future position, it simply signifies major changes in a person's life), isn't buying it, even when Althea again claims that Death is coming for someone at the agency. It turns out she was right though, as one of the firm's clients ends up dead.

* CollectorOfTheStrange: Book 1 (''Buried in a Book'') shows Lila's mother Althea to be one of these -- she brings home anything she thinks looks interesting and uses it to decorate her house. Such decorations include a light-up "EXIT" sign and a working traffic signal.

* DumpsterDive: In book 1 (''Buried in a Book''), Lila has to try and get into a dumpster to retrieve a batch of flowers with a query letter that the recently deceased Marlette had brought in, and which the owner had ordered thrown out. She ends up falling in, to her chagrin, and never does find the query letter in the dumpster.

* EmbarrassingNickname: A variant, as introduced in book 1 (''Buried in a Book''). The local café is "Catcher in the Rye", and the owner, a Big Ed, assigns customers a card with a literary or other inspirational name to be called when their order is introduced. One of the customers on Lila's first visit, an adult man named Mr. Hodges, is not thrilled to have the name "Rumpelstiltskin" (and apparently it's not the first time he's gotten it).

* FortuneTeller: Lila's mother Althea works as "Amazing Althea", a professional psychic, specializing in tarot readings. She'll also use tarot cards to predict her daughter's future, which does not usually thrill Lila.

* OutOfJobIntoThePlot: Book 1 (''Buried in a Book'') kicks off its plot when Lila Wilkins loses her job at the ''Dunston Herald'' to downsizing and has to move to Inspiration Valley, the small hamlet where her mother lives, when she's hired by the Novel Idea Literary Agency... and ends up solving murders.

* StrugglingSingleMother: Lila is one -- she explains in book 1 (''Buried in a Book'') that she divorced her husband when she caught him sleeping with another woman during her pregnancy, and while she's had a steady job for about twenty years, she still has bills to worry about (including her son's college fund) and has recently had a change of careers. And at the time she explains this, she now has to replace her car ''and'' pay for repairs to the football field where it was wrecked.

* ThirdPersonPerson: Zach Cohen, when introducing himself to Lila in book 1 (''Buried in a Book''), refers to himself as "the Zach Attack" more than once. Lila, for her part, finds his third-person habit annoying.

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[[folder:Cozy Mystery trivia]]

Due to publishing company Kensington's practices, as of 2023, a total of fourteen series by twelve authors are connected (though not part of the same continuity) via fourteen [[GenreAnthology anthologies]]. A fifteenth has been announced for 2024.\\\

The authors and series are:\\\

* [[https://www.fantasticfiction.com/c/lynn-cahoon/ Lynn Cahoon]] (''Literature/KitchenWitchMysteries'');
* [[https://www.fantasticfiction.com/d/maddie-day/ Maddie Day]] (2 series -- ''Literature/CountryStoreMysteries'' and ''Literature/CeceBartonMysteries'');
* [[https://www.fantasticfiction.com/e/peggy-ehrhart/ Peggy Ehrhart]] (''Literature/KnitAndNibbleMysteries'');
* [[https://www.fantasticfiction.com/e/alex-erickson/ Alex Erickson]] (''Literature/BookstoreCafeMysteries'');
* [[https://www.fantasticfiction.com/f/joanne-fluke/ Joanne Fluke]] (''Literature/HannahSwensen Mysteries'');
* [[https://www.fantasticfiction.com/h/lee-hollis/ Lee Hollis]] (''Literature/HayleyPowellFoodAndCocktailsMysteries'');
* [[https://www.fantasticfiction.com/i/liz-ireland/ Liz Ireland]] (''Literature/MrsClausMysteries'');
* [[https://www.fantasticfiction.com/l/laura-levine/ Laura Levine]] (''Literature/JaineAustenMysteries'');
* [[https://www.fantasticfiction.com/m/leslie-meier/ Leslie Meier]] (''Literature/LucyStoneMysteries'');
* [[https://www.fantasticfiction.com/o/carlene-oconnor/ Carlene O'Connor]] (2 series -- ''Literature/IrishVillageMysteries'' and ''Literature/HomeToIrelandMysteries'');
* [[https://www.fantasticfiction.com/p/carol-j-perry/ Carol J. Perry]] (''Literature/WitchCityMysteries'');
* [[https://www.fantasticfiction.com/r/barbara-ross/ Barbara Ross]] (''Literature/MaineClambakeMysteries'').\\\

The anthologies are as follows (in order by release date):\\\

* Joanne Fluke's ''Candy Cane Murder'' (collects ''Hannah Swensen Mysteries'' #9.5, ''Jaine Austen Mysteries'' #6.5 and ''Lucy Stone Mysteries'' #13.5) (October 2007)
* Joanne Fluke's ''Gingerbread Cookie Murder'' (collects ''Hannah Swensen Mysteries'' #13.5, ''Jaine Austen Mysteries'' #9.5 and ''Lucy Stone Mysteries'' #17.5) (October 2010)
* Leslie Meier's ''Eggnog Murder'' (collects ''Lucy Stone Mysteries'' #23.5, ''Hayley Powell Food and Cocktails Mysteries'' #8.5 and ''Maine Clambake Mysteries'' #4.5) (October 2016)
* Leslie Meier's ''Yule Log Murder'' (collects ''Lucy Stone Mysteries'' #25.5, ''Hayley Powell Food and Cocktails Mysteries'' #10.5 and ''Maine Clambake Mysteries'' #6.5) (October 2018)
* Carlene O'Connor's ''Christmas Cocoa Murder'' (collects ''Irish Village Mysteries'' #2.5, ''Country Store Mysteries'' #6.5 and ''Bookstore Cafe Mysteries'' #7.5) (September 2019)
* Leslie Meier's ''Haunted House Murder'' (collects ''Lucy Stone Mysteries'' #25.7, ''Hayley Powell Food and Cocktails Mysteries'' #11.5 and ''Maine Clambake Mysteries'' #7.5) (October 2019)
* Joanne Fluke's ''Christmas Sweets'' (collects ''Hannah Swensen Mysteries'' #8.5, ''Jaine Austen Mysteries'' #11.5 and ''Lucy Stone Mysteries'' #18.5) (October 2019)
* Leslie Meier's ''Christmas Card Murder'' (collects ''Lucy Stone Mysteries'' #26.5, ''Hayley Powell Food and Cocktails Mysteries'' #13.5 and ''Knit & Nibble Mysteries'' #6.5) (October 2020)
* Leslie Meier's ''Halloween Party Murder'' (collects ''Lucy Stone Mysteries'' #27.5, ''Hayley Powell Food and Cocktails Mysteries'' #14.5 and ''Maine Clambake Mysteries'' #9.5) (August 2021)
* Carlene O'Connor's ''Christmas Scarf Murder'' (collects ''Irish Village Mysteries'' #8.5, ''Country Store Mysteries'' #10.5 and ''Knit & Nibble Mysteries'' #8.5) (September 2022)
* Leslie Meier's ''Irish Coffee Murder'' (collects ''Lucy Stone Mysteries'' #28.5, ''Hayley Powell Food and Cocktails Mysteries'' #15.5 and ''Maine Clambake Mysteries'' #10.5) (January 2023)
* Carlene O'Connor's ''Halloween Cupcake Murder'' (collects ''Home to Ireland Mysteries'' #3, ''Mrs. Claus Mysteries'' #3.5 and ''Witch City Mysteries'' #12.5) (announced for August 2023)
* Lee Hollis's ''Christmas Mittens Murder'' (collects ''Hayley Powell Food and Cocktails Mysteries'' #16.5, ''Kitchen Witch Mysteries'' #4.5 and ''Cece Barton Mysteries'' #0.5) (announced for September 2023)
* Carlene O'Connor's ''Irish Milkshake Murder'' (collects ''Home to Ireland Mysteries'' #4, ''Knit & Nibble Mysteries'' #9.5 and ''Mrs. Claus Mysteries'' #4.5) (announced for December 2023)
* Leslie Meier's ''Easter Basket Murder'' (collects ''Lucy Stone Mysteries'' #29.5, ''Hayley Powell Food and Cocktails Mysteries'' #16.7? and ''Maine Clambake Mysteries'' #11.5) (announced for January 2024)

As of 04/22/23, I (Anon e Mouse Jr.) own seven of the first nine anthologies in paperback, missing only paperbacks of ''Christmas Cocoa Murder'' and ''Christmas Card Murder''. (The tenth and eleventh books -- ''Christmas Scarf Murder'' and ''Irish Coffee Murder'' -- aren't out in that format until September and December 2023, respectively, while 12-14 will have their initial releases, in hardcover, later this year.)
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The narrator of "Christmas Cocoa Murder", Amy Landon, also provided the narration for the audiobook of the novel that would be adapted into ''Series/TheQueensGambit''.

According to her website, Laura Levine, the writer of the Jaine Austen Mysteries created [[Advertising/MonsterCereals Count Chocula and Frankenberry]].

[[folder:Images (Cozy Mysteries)]]

* ''Bewitching Mysteries''; by Madelyn Alt -- [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/81ijalfugl.jpg]]
* ''Bibliophile Mysteries''; by Kate Carlisle -- [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/91o5vj3kyal.jpg]]
* ''Black Cat Bookshop Mysteries''; by Ali Brandon -- [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/81ghcyulxhl.jpg]]
* ''Bookmobile Cat Mysteries''; by Laurie Cass -- [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/81tu3mk0pjl.jpg]]
* ''Bookstore Café Mysteries''; by Alex Erickson -- [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/91cq04gnqfl.jpg]]
* ''Cat Rescue Mysteries''; by T. C. [=LoTempio=] -- [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/81ya3rqcjhl.jpg]]
* ''Cats and Curios Mysteries''; by Rebecca M. Hale -- [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/914rpd3fpl.jpg]]
* ''Dead-End Job Mysteries''; by Elaine Viets -- [[quoteright:307:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/41zucua1b7l.jpg]]
* ''Dream Club Mysteries''; by Mary Kennedy -- [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/81fyo3itjtl.jpg]]
* ''Fixer-Upper Mysteries''; by Kate Carlisle -- [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/91bffpsogbl.jpg]]
* ''Haunted Home Renovation Mysteries''; by Juliet Blackwell -- [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/81f09p8dlsl.jpg]]
* ''Key West Food Critic Mysteries''; by Lucy Burdette -- [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/81vima2bel.jpg]]
* ''Knit & Nibble Mysteries''; by Peggy Ehrhart -- [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/81ezbljw3_l.jpg]]
* ''Laura Fleming Mysteries''; by Toni Kelner -- [[quoteright:299:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/51qx706z5el.jpg]]
* ''Lighthouse Library Mysteries''; by Vicki Delany as Eva Gates -- [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/912vxwxaqul.jpg]]
* ''Magical Cats Mysteries''; by Darlene Ryan as Sofie Kelly -- [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/91zfiototjl.jpg]]
* ''Maine Clambake Mysteries''; by Barbara Ross -- [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/9107bpnr2dl.jpg]]
* ''Nick & Nora Mysteries''; by T. C. [=LoTempio=] -- [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/910plgmkbwl.jpg]]
* ''Novel Idea Mysteries''; by three authors as Lucy Arlington -- [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/91q1dcb3j_l.jpg]]
* ''Scottish Bookshop Mysteries''; by Paige Shelton -- [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/910yzqdpkwl.jpg]]
* ''Scumble River Mysteries''; by Denise Swanson -- [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/71w6n5bluml.jpg]]
* ''Second Chance Cat Mysteries''; by Darlene Ryan as Sofie Ryan -- [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/81_ez1_irll.jpg]]
* ''Sunny & Shadow Mysteries''; by Claire Donally -- [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/91hala4lqil.jpg]]
* ''"Where Are They Now?" Mysteries''; by Toni Kelner -- [[quoteright:309:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/51vp9ompvml.jpg]]
* ''Witchcraft Mysteries''; by Juliet Blackwell -- [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/919gzmvve4l.jpg]]
* ''Witch's Cat Mysteries''; by Delia James -- [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/91uyg7oszpl_2.jpg]]

[[/folder]]

!!Miscellaneous non-mystery fiction (5):

[[folder: Misc. Bruce Coville notes]]
* ''Literature/TheEnchantedFiles'' -- Anon's note: I have troped book 1 and published the page; one trope remains here as I haven't gotten confirmation that it's the right one for the setup.
** ImplausibleDeniability (?): Alex's reaction, when she first meets Angus (and has even ''held him in her hand''), is to utter "This can't be real" and think she's going crazy. She comes to admit he's real pretty quick though.
* ''Literature/GoblinsInTheCastle'' -- Anon's note: I've troped the full duology and published the page; one trope remains here as it's in the TRS queue.
** "Guttural Growler" (name to change once TRS has been applied): Igor almost always speaks in a growling tone, which Fauna notes in book 2 isn't because he's angry (usually) -- it's just the way he talks. He's also ''incredibly'' strong, as evidenced in the first book when he shoves aside a massive boulder.

[[folder: ''Always October''; by Bruce Coville]]
* Literature.AlwaysOctober
** Anon's note: I own this book.\\\

''Always October'' is a standalone work by Creator/BruceCoville, released in 2012 as Coville's 100th published book. It tells the story of Jacob Doolittle and his best friend Lily Carker, whose lives change forever when, one night, Jacob discovers a baby on his doorstep, and soon discovers the child is a literal monster. What follows is a journey through the land of Always October, to learn the baby's origins and how to prevent the unweaving of the world, while also discovering the strange truth about Jacob's family.

!!This book contains examples of:

* AdaptationExpansion: ''Always October'', a full-length standalone novel, originated as the short story "My Little Brother Is a Monster", published in 1993 as the opening story of the anthology ''Literature/BruceCovillesBookOf Monsters'' before eventually being expanded.

* DoorstopBaby: Dum Pling, AKA "Little Dumpling" (or L.D. for short).

* InSeriesNickname: Lily's is "Weird Lily", which she got after an incident in second grade where she made the mistake of singing her new song, "How the Wolf Ate Gramma", for show and tell.

* RelatedInTheAdaptation:
** In the original short story "My Little Brother Is a Monster", Jason Burger and his mom adopt Dum Pling / Little Dumpling as a part of their family, but do not share blood with him; nor does Mazrak, the chief enforcer of Dum Pling's father King Bork. In the full novel, Jason is replaced with Jacob Doolittle, whose grandfather Arthur was married twice; his first wife, Tia [=LaMontagne=] (alias Teelamun) had two children, Meer Askanza (the mother of Little Dumpling) and Mazrak. After she disappeared and Arthur remarried, his second wife bore him a son, Jacob's father. This makes Little Dumpling into Jacob's paternal cousin by blood (and by extension his mother into Jacob's aunt), and Mazrak into both Jacob and Little Dumpling's uncle.
** In the original short story, only one member of the Council of Poets -- Keegel Farzym -- was related to Dum Pling. In this version, another of them is his maternal grandmother Teelamun.

* SwitchingPOV: The chapters alternate between Lily and Jacob as the P.O.V. character.

[[folder:''Event Group''; by David Lynn Golemon]]

* Literature.EventGroupAdventures
** Anon's note: I own 1-7 and 10.\\\

''Event Group Adventures'', or just ''Event Group'', is a series of thrillers by David Lynn Golemon and revolves around "the most secret organization in the United States", dedicated to studying the hidden truths behind the myths and legends propagated throughout world history, from [=UFO=]s to Noah's ark to various cryptids and mysterious disappearances. As book 1 begins, the organization is joined by Major Jack Collins, recruited as their new leader, and kicks off a new era in the group's existence.\\\

The series consists of:\\\

* #01: ''Event'' (2006)
* #02: ''Legend'' (2007)
* #03: ''Ancients'' (2008)
* #04: ''Leviathan'' (2009)
* #05: ''Primeval'' (2010)
* #06: ''Legacy'' (2011)
* #07: ''Ripper'' (2012)
* #08: ''Carpathian'' (2013)
* #09: ''Overlord'' (2014)
* #10: ''The Mountain'' (2015)
* #11: ''The Traveler'' (2016)
* #12: ''Beyond the Sea'' (2017)
* #13: ''Empire of the Dragon'' (2018)
* #14: ''Season of the Witch'' (2019)

!!The series contains examples of:

* BigfootSasquatchAndYeti: Mentioned in book 4, where Jack Collins states that there's no conclusive proof of their existence. One book later, they actually appear, living in Canada, where the local tribe of Tlingit Indians refer to them as the Chulimantan, or "They Who Follow". The creatures have excellent camouflage abilities, tend to send signals by beating on trees with wooden clubs, are attracted to shiny things, and are descended from the prehistoric apes known as Giganticus Pythicus, which followed prehistoric man over the Bering land bridge from Siberia to Alaska.

* DidAnastasiaSurvive: Book 5, ''Primeval'' (released in 2010 -- a year after Anastasia's death was confirmed in real life), states that yes, Anastasia and Alexei did indeed escape, with the aid of Russian soldiers loyal to their father (a pair of body doubles were left in their place), and made it to Canada, along with a whole lot of gold and two enormous diamonds (payment to the lead soldier). Most of the soldiers died in the fall of 1918 after attempting to betray their leader (believing the bad luck that had fallen on them was because of a curse on the Romanovs and wanting to kill the two children in order to save their own lives), and Alexei the following March, but Anastasia and the lead soldier not only survived, they married and lived out the rest of their lives in that area, dying of old age in the mid 1950s; they were survived by their daughter. Anastasia's daughter married at some point, but her own child and their spouse died later (one in childbirth, the other a few years later), and by the end of the book, only Anastasia's great-granddaughter remains, content to live out her life in peace and asking the protagonists to keep her ancestry a secret.

* StockNessMonster:
** Some odd, turtle-shelled plesiosaurs show up in a lagoon in Brazil in book 2.
** According to book 4, the Loch Ness Monster ''used'' to be real, but the species went extinct during World War II.

* StockUnsolvedMysteries: Many are covered, including Roswell (which forms an ongoing plotline that serves as the focus of books 1, 6 and 9, with book 11 dealing with the fallout), the fate of Amelia Earhart, the truth about Atlantis and the truth about the Philadelphia Experiment.

* WholeEpisodeFlashback: Book 10 is this in more ways than one. Its prologue is set just before book 1, then jumps ahead to just ''after'' book 1, and shows main protagonist Jack Collins receiving and starting to read a journal by an ancestor of his that records the very first Event, back before the organization was even founded, in the 1860s. The rest of the book, save for the epilogue, is the events recorded in the journal.

[[folder:''Storm Runner''; by Jennifer C. Cervantes (for the ''Rick Riordan Presents'' imprint line)]]

* Literature.StormRunner
** Anon's note: I own book 1.\\\

The ''Storm Runner'' trilogy is the second series in the ''Creator/RickRiordan Presents'' imprint line, written by Jennifer C. Cervantes and focused on [[Myth/MayanMythology Maya]] and [[Myth/AztecMythology Aztec]] mythology. It centers around Zane Obispo, a boy whose adventure begins when he discovers his father is one of the Mayan gods, and that he's destined to release Ah-Puch (pronounced "ah-POOCH"), the Mayan god of death, darkness and destruction and the former ruler of the ninth lowest level of Xib'alb'a (the Mayan underworld) from his prison, which turns out to be only the first of his adventures.\\\

The series consists of:\\\

* #1: ''The Storm Runner'' (September 18, 2018)
* #2: ''The Fire Keeper'' (September 3, 2019)
* #3: ''The Shadow Crosser'' (September 1, 2020)
* ''The Cave of Doom'' (September 28, 2021; released in ''The Cursed Carnival and Other Calamities: New Stories About Mythic Heroes'')\\\

The ''Shadow Bruja'' duology is the thirteenth entry in the ''Rick Riordan Presents'' imprint line, a sequel to the ''Storm Runner'' trilogy and focused more prominently on Aztec myth. It centers around Renata "Ren" Santiago (daughter of Pacific, the former Mayan goddess of time), who debuted in ''The Fire Keeper'', and consists of:\\\

* #1: ''The Lords of Night'' (October 4, 2022)
* #2: ''Dawn of the Jaguar'' (October 10, 2023)\\\

Not to be confused with the similarly titled ''Literature/StormRunners'' trilogy by Creator/RolandSmith.

!!This series contains the following tropes:

* {{Animorphism}}: Brooks is a half-human, half-Nawal, whose mother was a full Nawal, or shapeshifter. Due to this heritage, she's also able to change into an animal, but her human blood limits her to just one species -- a hawk, in her case, though she can also vary its size.

* BigEater: In book 1, Zane mentions that his dog Rosie (a Boxer/Dalmatian mix) is one of these, eating as much as an elephant.

* CanineCompanion: Rosie, a Boxer/Dalmatian mix who's missing one of her front legs, is this for Zane; he found her wandering the desert when he was ten and adopted her, and spends much of the first book seeking to rescue her from the underworld after she sacrifices herself to save him from a demon runner. After becoming a hellhound, she remains Zane's companion,

* DivineParentage: Zane Obispo is a godborn, whose mother is a mortal and whose father is Hurakan, the Mayan god of wind, storms and fire.

* EyeBeams: After becoming a hellhound, Boxer/Dalmatian mix Rosie gains the ability to use heat vision.

* GodOfFire: Hurakan is the Mayan god of wind, storms, and fire. His son [[TheHero Zane]] has inherited his fire abilities.

* GrowingWings: After becoming a hellhound, Rosie is able to grow a pair of bat-like wings and fly while in Xibalba.

* {{Hellhound}}: During the first book, when Zane's dog Rosie dies and goes to Xibalba, she becomes one of these, having her form altered (including growing in size to twice the size of a lion) and gaining supernatural powers.

* SuperMode: At the climax of book 3, Rosie's hellhound form becomes this, as she's granted the ability to change between her original form and her hellhound form.

!!Trivia:

* TributeToFido: Jennifer Cervantes based Zane's dog Rosie, a boxer/Dalmatian mix, off her own dog, who passed away about six months after book 1 was released.

[[folder:''Universal Monsters''; by Larry Mike Garmon]]

* Literature.UniversalMonsters
** Anon's note: I own 1-5.\\\

''Universal Monsters'' is a six-part series by Larry Mike Garmon, released by Scholastic for younger readers in 2001-2002 and based on some of the classic Franchise/UniversalHorror films. The series begins when three 21st century teenagers -- Robert "Captain Bob" Hardin, Joe Motley and Nina Nobriega -- from San Tomas Inlet in Florida have an accident with a prototype of an experimental holographic movie projector (illicitly borrowed from the Universal Studios theme park) and a lightning storm, releasing the monsters and other antagonistic characters from the films ''Film/{{Dracula|1931}}'' (1931), ''Film/{{Frankenstein|1931}}'' (1931), ''[[Film/TheMummy1932 The Mummy]]'' (1932), ''Film/BrideOfFrankenstein'' (1935), ''[[Film/TheWolfMan1941 The Wolf Man]]'' (1941) and ''Film/CreatureFromTheBlackLagoon'' (1954) into the real world. Consequently, the trio have to hunt down the escapees and return them to the films.\\\

The series consists of:\\\

* #1: ''Dracula: Return of Evil''
* #2: ''The Wolf Man: Blood Moon Rising''
* #3: ''Frankenstein: Anatomy of Terror''
* #4: ''The Mummy: Book Of The Dead''
* #5: ''Creature From the Black Lagoon: Black Water Horror''
* #6: ''Bride Of Frankenstein: Vow Of Vengeance''

[[/folder]]

* #11: ''A Troubling Tail'' (announced for August 2023)

** Anon's note: I own 1-4 and 6-9; read #1 only as of this writing.\\\

* #10: ''Scaredy Cat'' (announced for July 2023)

Due to publishing company Kensington's practices, as of 2023, a total of fourteen series by twelve authors are connected (though not part of the same continuity) via fourteen anthologies. A fifteenth has been announced for 2024.\\\

* #11: ''Hidden Beneath'' (announced for June 2023)

* [[https://www.fantasticfiction.com/e/peggy-ehrhart/ Peggy Ehrhart]] (''Literature/KnitAndNibbleMysteries'');