I love sharing new Authors and new books with you especially when they are free. Today I wanted to bring you a new Mystery series. Only book one is free so read it and then check out the rest of the books at the library if they carry them.
Tapas, Carrot Cake and a Corpse (A Charlotte Denver Cozy Mystery Book 1)
What happens when small-town murder meets a big-hearted café owner?
In the coastal town of St Eves, there are three things you can always rely on. There’s always tea in the pot, there’s always cake, and gossip spreads through neighbourhoods faster than the local broadband.
But when a shocking crime disrupts the close-knit community, and café owner Charlotte becomes determined to restore peace to the town she loves, she reveals a hidden truth that points to a killer.
Small-town murder was never so calculated…
Get settled in your favourite reading spot to solve this novella-length cozy mystery with engaging characters, a little romance, and recipes to try for yourself.
This book is written using British English spelling and terminology, and doesn’t contain any graphic violence, language, sex, or cliffhangers.
Fudge Cake, Felony and a Funeral (A Charlotte Denver Cozy Mystery Book 2)
What happens when small-town murder meets a big-hearted café owner? Light, clean, fun, cozy mysteries, set in an English coastal town, with characters who’ll stay with you long after you’ve finished reading, and recipes to try for yourself. No gore, graphic language, sex or violence, and no cliffhangers! Grief, greed and grudges – the perfect recipe for murder …
The death of a much-loved member of the community is the catalyst for another murder in the bustling English coastal town of St. Eves. When relatives of the deceased arrive in town it’s not long before tempers flare as they become consumed by greed, so intent are they to get their hands on the family fortune.
As hostilities go from bad to worse, Charlotte Denver inherits a new addition to her family and becomes involved in a feud which threatens to rid her beloved town of a long-standing landmark. When a body is discovered in the car park of a local hotel, Detective Chief Inspector Nathan Costello heads up the murder investigation as Charlotte delves for clues to the identity of the killer and finds her life in danger as the story twists and turns its way to a dramatic conclusion. Join Charlotte and the rest of the St. Eves’ residents in this, the second book in the Charlotte Denver Cozy Mystery Series. This is a clean mystery read and contains no strong profanity, sex or graphic violence.
Spare Ribs, Secrets and a Scandal (A Charlotte Denver Cozy Mystery Book 3)
What happens when small-town murder meets a big-hearted café owner?
Sometimes it’s the people you think you know best who are keeping the biggest secrets…
Charlotte Denver is preparing to move into her new home.
All is well with the world in the English coastal town of St. Eves and life couldn’t be sunnier.
However, when old friends return to the town, tragedy follows close behind and it’s not long before Charlotte finds herself trying to clear her best friend’s name as long-hidden secrets and a scandal from years gone by are revealed.
In a race against time to save a loved one, Charlotte needs every one of her amateur sleuthing skills as the story reaches its shocking climax.
Light, clean, fun, cozy mysteries, set in an English coastal town, with characters who’ll stay with you long after you’ve finished reading, and recipes to try for yourself. No gore, graphic language, sex or violence, and no cliffhangers!
Pumpkins, Peril and a Paella (A Charlotte Denver Cozy Mystery Book 4)
What happens when small-town murder meets a big-hearted café owner?
Light, clean, fun, cozy mysteries, set in an English coastal town, with characters who’ll stay with you long after you’ve finished reading, and recipes to try for yourself. No gore, graphic language, sex or violence, and no cliffhangers!
When a ghost from the past resurfaces at Halloween, Charlotte Denver soon realises they will stop at nothing to get what they want …
When a dead body is discovered during the annual St. Eves Halloween fair, it isn’t long before Charlotte finds herself up to her neck in helping to solve yet another murder mystery.
This one, however, proves to be a little too close to home for her liking as she finds herself, and the man she loves, in danger.
And what is the secret that fiancé, Nathan, is keeping from her?
With clues to find, a killer to catch and a wedding to arrange, Charlotte has her work cut out for her in this, the fourth book in the Charlotte Denver Cozy Mystery Series.
This is a clean mystery read and contains no graphic violence, profanity or sex
Hamburgers, Homicide and a Honeymoon (A Charlotte Denver Cozy Mystery Book 5)
What happens when small-town murder meets a big-hearted café owner?
Old friends, best friends, dead friends…
When a belated honeymoon to London coincides with an international tattoo awards ceremony, a celebration with new friends ends abruptly with the untimely death of one of the guests…and it looks like foul play.
Back in St Eves, Charlotte and Nathan are looking forward to the birth of their first child, but with a killer on the loose, the countdown to baby Costello’s arrival couldn’t be less relaxed!
Charlotte, Nathan and the rest of the St. Eves gang are back in this mystery, set in London and St. Eves.
This is a clean mystery read and contains no graphic violence, profanity, sex, or cliffhangers.
Updated December 2025
Crab Cakes, Killers and a Kaftan (A Charlotte Denver Cozy Mystery Book 6)
Sadie Grey, prolific crime writer, fifty-something spinster, and former wild child, is threatening to write her memoirs. Unfortunately, not everyone in the UK coastal town of St. Eves is as keen to see the result of her reminiscences as she is so, when she is found dead at the foot of her staircase, the list of likely suspects is a long one.
Who was it who would stop at nothing to prevent Sadie’s story from being published. And why?
As Detective Inspector Nathan Costello and his team have their work cut out to establish a motive and track down the killer, his wife, Charlotte, is busy juggling motherhood with working at her café. Thank goodness for old friend, Ava Whittington, who has taken on chief childminding duties for little Molly, with comical results.
As the investigation into Sadie’s murder gathers pace, long-buried secrets are revealed, along with the killer’s shocking motive for wanting to keep Sadie’s story out of the public eye. After all, the reputations of some of the town’s most respected residents are at stake…
A clean mystery with all the feelgood, cozy vibes, set in an English coastal town, with characters who’ll stay with you long after you’ve finished reading. No gore, graphic language, sex or violence, and no cliffhangers.
Mince Pies, Mistletoe and Murder: A Charlotte Denver Cozy Mystery Book 7
What happens when small-town murder meets a big-hearted café owner?
Christmas comes but once a year, but murder visits more often…
When an unpopular St. Eves’ resident is found dead, the shadow of suspicion falls upon a familiar face returning to the town, a group of visiting newcomers, and a trusted friend to many. As reluctant amateur sleuth Charlotte Costello digs ever deeper in her quest to find the murderer, more lives are thrown into peril, and the race to stop a killer from striking again is on. And who is playing Secret Santa?
A clean, feelgood, small-town mystery with all the cozy vibes. Get acquainted with characters who’ll stay with you long after you’ve finished reading and know there’s a happy ending ahead. If you’re looking for gore, graphic language, sex, violence, and cliffhangers, you won’t find them here!
Doughnuts, Diamonds and Dead Men (A Charlotte Denver Cozy Mystery Book 8)
What happens when small-town murder meets a big-hearted café owner?
True love never dies. But it can drive someone to kill…
When a bundle of old love letters is found, rekindling concerns caused by a fortune teller’s ancient prophecy, a much-loved member of the St. Eves’ community is left fearing for her life. A mission to return the letters to their writer takes a group of friends on a trip, during which a tragic tale is discovered and the fortune teller’s prophecy takes an unexpected turn.
Back in St. Eves, a grim discovery leads to a murder investigation, and reveals shocking secrets about a missing resident. Will a killer be caught before the prophecy comes true?
If you enjoy small-town British mysteries with twists you won’t see coming, you might love this series. All the books are clean mystery reads with plenty of cozy feelgood vibes, and contain no graphic violence, profanity or sex.
Bread, Dead and Wed: A Charlotte Denver Cozy Mystery – Book Nine
What happens when small-town murder meets a big-hearted café owner?
Well, you know what they say about too many cooks…
Sharp-tongued food critic and TV baking show judge, Roman Haley, has it all: fame, fortune, wealth, a bevy of adoring fans… and a list of enemies as long as a ten-foot pole. When he offers a raffle prize of a cookery course at his school in the coastal town of St. Eves, no one expects it to result in murder. Roman Haley’s murder, to be precise. As the investigation into begins, it seems there’s no shortage of people who had motive enough to want him dead, and witnesses soon become suspects as long-buried secrets are uncovered. As Charlotte Costello awaits the birth of her second child, she watches the murder investigation unfold from the sidelines, with her loyal friend and politically-incorrect senior citizen, Ava Whittington, by her side, and sharpens her sleuthing instincts once more as the hunt for a killer begins. And, as she becomes a mother again, she makes a decision that will change her life forever…
This is a clean mystery read with no graphic violence, profanity or sex.
Flash, Crash and Chocolate Ganache: A Charlotte Denver Cozy Mystery – Book 10
During a memorial service in St Eves for the victims of a crash that killed five people exactly one year before, a scream rings out and an unpopular member of the small town is found dead, lying against a gravestone in the cemetery.
When it comes to light that the victim was murdered hours before the scream was heard, detectives get to work to solve the puzzling mystery, and amateur sleuth Charlotte, along with her old friend Ava, start doing a little detective work of their own.
When the shocking truth behind the murder, and the crash, is revealed, and a killer is finally brought to justice, the close-knit community takes a collective breath, and life starts to get back to normal.
But then, tragedy strikes…
Note: This is a clean mystery, with no profanity or sex, and no cliffhanger
Meet the Author: Sherri Bryan
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