Cozy Mystery A to Z: My #CozyFrolic2026 Roundup

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One book, one author, every letter of the alphabet, sorted by the author’s last name (because let’s be honest, going by book title is basically cheating). For the tricky letters, I let myself use the letter anywhere in the author’s name. Here’s how my year of cozy reading filled out the whole alphabet.

Book List:

A — Ellery Adams The Tattered Cover (Secret Book and Scone Society #8) Cozy comfort in Miracle Springs, North Carolina, where books and scones solve just about everything.
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B — Taffy Beach The Ghost Moon Tide Three holidays. Two ghosts. And a town that knows how to take care of its own.
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C — Laurie Cass Murder on Thin Ice (Bookmobile Cat Mystery #14)
Minnie Hamilton and her rescue cat, Eddie, on the case again in Chilson, Michigan.
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D — Carmela Dutra Hot Wings and Homicide
Twins Beth and Seth Lloyd are on the chopping block in the follow-up to A Murder Most Fowl, where a perfect recipe for murder is stirred up.
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E — Alex Erickson Death by Red Velvet Latte (Bookstore Café Mystery #16)
Another “Death by ___” entry from Krissy Hancock’s bookstore-café.
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F — Joanne Fluke Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder (Hannah Swensen #1)
The one that started it all: Lake Eden, Minnesota, and Hannah’s bakery.
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G — Eva Gates The Stranger in the Library (Lighthouse Library Mystery #11)
Lucy Richardson, back at the lighthouse library on the Outer Banks.
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H — Anthony Horowitz A Deadly Episode (Hawthorne series)
Ex-detective Hawthorne and his reluctant author sidekick, back on a case.
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I — Ian Ferguson (flex letter) I Only Read Murder
A cozy where the title matches the letter twice over.
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J — Uzma Jalaluddin Moonlight Murder
A fresh, character-driven mystery from a name better known for rom-coms.
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K — Alice Kimberly The Ghost and Mrs. McClure (Haunted Bookshop Mystery #1)
A haunted bookstore and the ghost who won’t stop giving Penelope opinions.
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L — Fiona Leitch The Cornish Wedding Murder
Wedding caterer Jodie Parker, back in Cornwall with another body to deal with.
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M — Jenn McKinlay Booking for Trouble (Library Lover’s Mystery #16)
Lindsey Norris, library director and reluctant sleuth, Briar Creek, Connecticut.
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N — Jo Nichols Murder on Charity Lane
A small-town cozy with a charity-shop twist.
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O — Richard Osman The Thursday Murder Club
Four retirees, one retirement village, and a cold case they can’t resist.
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P — Kristen Perrin How to Cheat Your Own Death
A twisty modern cozy with a great hook of a title.
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Q — Mindy Quigley Six Feet Deep Dish (Deep Dish Mysteries #1) Pizza, small-town secrets, and a series starter worth the carbs.
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R — G. B. Ralph Murder on Milverton Square (Milverton Mysteries)
A charming queer cozy with a village worth revisiting.
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S — Paige Shelton Written in Stone (Scottish Bookshop Mystery #10)
Delaney Nichols, the Cracked Spine, and Edinburgh at its most atmospheric.
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T — Sam Tschida Gabby Greene Knows Whodunit
A sharp, modern amateur-sleuth mystery with a lot of personality.
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U — Jesse Q. Sutanto (flex letter) Ms. Mebel Goes Back to the Chopping Block
Sutanto’s signature blend of humor and heart, with murder on the side.
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V — Vikki VanSickle The Mystic and the Missing Girl
A missing person’s case with just the right amount of small-town mysticism.
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W — Jonathan Whitelaw All at Sea
BELOW DECK meets KNIVES OUT in this breathless voyage into murder and mayhem on the high seas
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X — Em X. Liu (flex letter) The Death I Gave Him
A dark, literary Hamlet retelling — the biggest genre stretch on this list, but the X placement is too perfect to pass up.
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Y — Debbie Young The Importance of Being Murdered (Sophie Sayers Village Mystery)
English village charm with a body in the vicarage garden.
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Z — Roz Nay (flex letter) All Rise for Murder
A courtroom-adjacent mystery that rounds out the alphabet in style.
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Twenty-six letters, twenty-six authors, zero repeats. If you’re doing your own #CozyFrolic2026 alphabet and need a hard-letter assist, feel free to borrow my I, U, X, and Z picks.