Must-Read Easter Cozy Mysteries
Fun and Festive Easter Cozy Mystery Books
Easter cozy mysteries are a type of cozy mystery set during the Easter holiday. They feature the symbols and traditions of Easter, such as egg-decorating contests, community egg hunts, church bake sales, and holiday festivals. Food, like hot cross buns, chocolate rabbits, Easter brunches, and other seasonal treats, also plays a role, especially in culinary-themed cozies.
If you’re looking for a good Easter cozy mystery, here are 12 festive whodunits that incorporate all the fun of the season. All of them are part of a cozy mystery series, but can be read as stand-alone books.
Toxic Toffee is part of the Amish Candy Shop Mystery Series by Amanda Flower. In this Easter cozy mystery, a candymaker crafts a giant toffee bunny for an Ohio Easter festival and investigates the death of a rabbit farmer.
In a Gilded Cage is part of the Molly Murphy Mystery Series by Rhys Bowen. In this historical cozy mystery, an Irish PI marches in New York with other suffragettes and investigates multiple crimes on Easter Sunday in 1918.
Eggsecutive Orders is part of the White House Chef Mystery Series by Julie Hyzy. In this Easter-themed cozy mystery, a White House chef tries to crack a tough case while cooking for the annual White House Lawn Easter Egg Roll.
Scot’s Eggs is part of the Last Ditch Mystery Series by Catriona McPherson. In this Easter cozy mystery, a therapist and her neighbors at the Last Ditch motel in California try to solve a mystery involving missing tourists.
Criminal Coconut Cake is part of the Murder in the Mix Series by Addison Moore. In this cozy mystery, A baker realizes every bunny’s a suspect at an Easter Eggstravaganza when an heir to a chocolate empire drops dead.
Nickeled-and-Dimed to Death is part of the Devereaux's Dime Store Mystery Series by Denise Swanson. In this Easter-themed mystery, the owner of a Missouri dime store juggles a love triangle and a mystery involving an antique chocolate mold.
Dyeing Season is part of the Dewberry Farm Mystery Series by Karen MacInerney. In this Easter cozy mystery, a homesteader prepares her wares for an Easter market while trying to solve a mystery in her small Texas town.
Easter Escapade is part of the long-running Zoe Donovan Cozy Mystery Series by Kathi Daley. In this Easter mystery, two amateur sleuthing teams pair up to solve a mystery involving a treasure hunter during the Easter holiday.
Chicory is Trickery is part of the Spicetown Mystery Series by Sheri Richey. In this Easter mystery, the Mayor of Spicetown sees trouble blooming with the rhododendrons during the annual Easter Eggs-Travaganza.
The Chocolate Bunny Brouhaha is part of the Chocoholic Mystery Series by JoAnna Carl. In this Easter cozy mystery, a chocolatier investigates a bad egg while preparing her famous chocolate bunnies for the Easter holiday.
Easter Egg Murder contains mystery stories from Leslie Meier, Lee Hollis, and Peggy Ehrhart. All three stories in this fun and festive Easter anthology feature Easter eggs, familiar cozy mystery characters, and a murder mystery.
The Deviled Easter Egg Hunt is a Newfound Lake Cozy by Virginia K. Bennett. In this Easter novella, a town librarian tries to solve a mystery and scramble the competition at an Easter Egg Hunt & Deviled Egg Contest.
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