Must-Read B&B Cozy Mysteries
Bed & Breakfast Mysteries for a Cozy Getaway
Bed and breakfast cozy mysteries, also known as B&B cozy mysteries, are a cozy mystery subgenre centered around an amateur sleuth who manages or owns a charming inn or B&B. These stories evoke a warm, inviting feeling, blending domestic comfort with engaging puzzle mysteries.
The mystery is usually a murder or crime that threatens to disrupt the cozy home-away-from-home atmosphere. The victim is often a guest at the B&B, and suspects typically include other guests, staff, or community members.
The B&B is almost always a charming Victorian house, seaside inn, or restored farmhouse. Popular locations include New England, Southern states, coastal areas, historic districts, and the countryside. In other words, the bed and breakfast is in a place people like to visit on vacation. The location is the appeal of the B&B cozy mystery subgenre. Readers get the pleasure of “staying” somewhere cozy while enjoying a clever mystery.
If you’re looking for a good book to escape with, here are several B&B cozy mystery books to try. All of them are the first book in a series of bed and breakfast cozy mysteries.
Get beamed up in an out of this world UFO themed Victorian bed and breakfast nestled high in the Sierra foothills. At Wit’s End is the first book in the Doyle Cozy Mystery Series by Kirsten Weiss.
Put on your Irish step dance shoes and dance a jig in this family B&B in Shamrock, Massachusetts. The Jig Is Up is the first book in the Irish Bed & Breakfast Mystery Series by Lisa Q Mathews.
Hide under the covers in a historic Salem, Massachusetts mansion with a spooky reputation and a haunting houseguest. Mrs. Morris and the Ghost is the first book in the Salem B&B Mysteries by Traci Wilton.
Read one more chapter in this bookish B&B nestled in a historic North Carolina waterfront village full of Southern charm. Booked for Death is the first book in the Book Lovers B&B Mystery Series by Victoria Gilbert.
Bask in witchy vibes and the Florida sun in an inn in Cypress Grove, the Psychic Capital of the World, where magic, mystery, and midlife mayhem collide. Eat, Pray, Hex is the first book in the Crescent Moon Mystery Series by Tara Lush.
Take a seat and have a drink (or two) on the veranda of the Three Sisters B&B in the heart of Kentucky’s bourbon county. My Old Kentucky Homicide is the first book in the Bourbon B&B Mysteries by Gin Jones.
Have a whiskey by the fire in a lovingly restored old Scottish malthouse with mountain views in the Scottish Highlands. Murder in the Scottish Highlands is the first book in the Ally McKinley Mystery Series by Dee MacDonald.
Put on your detective hat and solve a mystery with a talking parrot in a warm, charming Florida Keys bed and breakfast. Murder Mystery Book Club is the first book in the Florida Keys Bed & Breakfast Cozy Mystery Series by Danielle Collins.
Savor sensational Southern charm and cozy Cajun food in the Crozat family plantation-turned-bed-and-breakfast in Louisiana. Plantation Shudders is the first book in the Cajun Country Mystery Series by Ellen Byron.
Get a taste of country cooking and a true “Amish experience” in a Pennsylvania Dutch Inn run by a persnickety proprietor. Too Many Crooks Spoil the Broth is the first book in the Pennsylvania Dutch Mystery Series by Tamar Myers.
Have an enchanting stay with witches in Ivywood Hollow, a magical bed and breakfast in a quaint Connecticut town. In the Company of Witches is the first book in the Evenfall Witches B&B Mystery Series by Auralee Wallace.
Uncover secrets and become besties with a charming 90-year-old ghost at Marlow House, a seaside B&B in Oregon. The Ghost of Marlow House is the first book in the Haunting Danielle Mystery Series by Bobbi Holmes.
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