Best Cozy Mysteries of 2025

The Impossible Fortune by Richard Osman (Thursday Murder Club #5) — The beloved retirement-village sleuths return for another case, this time involving a wedding, a best man in peril, and an uncrackable code worth killing for. Osman continues to deliver his signature blend of warmth, wit, and surprisingly twisty plotting. Elizabeth, Joyce, Ron, and Ibrahim feel like old friends at this point. (September 2025.)

Doggone Bones by Carolyn Haines (Sarah Booth Delaney #29) — Twenty-nine books in and Haines still keeps the Mississippi Delta mysteries fresh. When a pet activist's dog is snatched in Sunflower County, Sarah Booth and the Delaney Detective Agency uncover something far darker than a simple dognapping. Her loyal hound Sweetie Pie and the ghostly Jitty remain scene-stealers. (May 2025.)

Murder on the Marlow Belle by Robert Thorogood (The Marlow Murder Club #4) — Judith Potts, Suzie, and Becks investigate when a complicated member of Marlow's Amateur Dramatic Society turns up shot and floating in the Thames. Following the success of the TV adaptation, Thorogood's twisty, humor-laced village mysteries are more popular than ever. (2025.)

A Fashionably French Murder by Colleen Cambridge (An American in Paris Mystery #3) — Set in 1950 Paris, American expat Tabitha Knight teams up with her friend and neighbor Julia Child to solve a murder in the haute couture world, where a couturier is found strangled with a length of lace amid Christian Dior's "New Look." The food descriptions alone are worth the price of admission. (April 2025.)

Menu of Happiness by Hisashi Kashiwai (The Kamogawa Food Detectives #3) — The third installment of this Japanese sensation, where father-and-daughter duo Nagare and Koishi solve emotional mysteries by recreating meaningful dishes from their customers' pasts. Heartwarming, unique, and beautifully translated by Jesse Kirkwood. (US release October 2025.)

Secrets, Lies and Fireflies by Angie Fox (Southern Ghost Hunter Mysteries #14) — Verity Long's dearly departed grandmother drops by with a chilling request tied to a family heirloom, sending Verity and her ghostly sidekick Frankie on a trail from her family home to a hidden enclave inside the Sugarland Library. Fox keeps the series fresh with humor, heart, and a ghost who steals every scene. (2025.)

The Case of the Christie Conspiracy by Kelly Oliver (The Detection Club #1) — A clever historical cozy that imagines Agatha Christie not as the author but as a murder suspect. When a fellow writer dies at a Detection Club initiation in 1926 and Christie vanishes, it falls to Eliza Baker — assistant to club secretary Dorothy Sayers — to investigate. A strong series opener with plenty of Easter eggs for Christie fans. (February 2025.)

Murder at the Wham Bam Club by Carolyn Marie Wilkins (A Psychics and Soul Food Mystery #1) — In 1922, a young psychic in the small Black community of Agate, Illinois, investigates a disappearance and a jazz-club killing during Prohibition. Written by a real-life psychic medium and jazz pianist, this historical debut blends a vivid Jazz Age setting, supernatural elements, and a strong sense of community. (July 2025.)