Now that it’s fall, it is time for the tradition of rounding up cozy mystery books with a fall theme! For me, fall means witches on my TV and in my books, and sweating while putting up Halloween decor because I don’t live where the trees turn colors as it gets crisp outside. But while my turtlenecks are faux, my fall spirit is not!
If you also like your reading to have some seasonal flair, here are three cozy mysteries, each with a different autumn vibe.
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Crazy Spooky Love (Melody Bittersweet #1) by Josie Silver
For fans of ghost and the genre blend of cozy mystery with romance!
In her late twenties, Melody Bittersweet doesn’t want to work for the family business—the family women are all mediums who see/talk to ghosts— so she uses the backroom to open a new business: ghostbusting! Her first job is to get rid of a trio of ghosts that are keeping a house from selling. But she wasn’t planning on there being a murder to solve, nor for her ex—and business rival—to be on the case, along with a local reporter, set to prove that seeing ghosts is a con.
If you enjoy this series starter, you only have until October to wait for the sequel: Kooky Spooky Love!
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