Summer is basically over- I am fighting the urge to cry about this fact. My first reaction is always to bemoan how quickly the summer has gone- but fall is lovely too! There is still a lot to enjoy outdoors before the weather changes. And there will be cool mornings and crisp evenings to enjoy both outside and inside. Regardless of where you will be enjoying this transition time here are 3 cozy mystery series to transition you from summer to fall.
Lighthouse Library Mystery Series by Eva Gates
Maybe start this series while it is still summer! This series is set in a fictional town in the outer banks, in an old light house that has been converted into a library. Lucy is enjoying her brand new dream job at the LightHouse Library, just getting familiar with the job and the townspeople. It is an exciting time as the library will be hosting a traveling exhibit of first edition Jane Austen books. Things go from great to terrible however when someone ends up dead during the party. The situation only gets worse as one by one books front the traveling exhibit start to disappear. This catapults Lucy’s job position from one of security to a very tenuous nature indeed.
I loved the small town feel embodied in this book, the discussion of Jane Austen’s work and the coastal setting.
Murder with the Classics by Katherine Bolger Hyde
Emily was just your average English professor at a small college when her great aunt dies and she suddenly finds herself the heiress of a large estate- but there are some suspicious things surrounding her aunt’s death… Emily tries to ignore all these things that seem not quite right but when there is another death Emily can no longer ignore her intuition that all is not as it seems.
I also enjoyed that there are a lot of references to Jane Austen and her works in this book- the English professor side of Emily peaks out throughout the books pages. If it’s been a while since you’ve picked up one of the classics you may find yourself inspired to do so after reading one of the books in this series!
Placed in a quaint, coastal Oregon town, and taking place on an estate known as windy hill there are a lot of references to the stormy ocean that makes you want to simultaneously take a walk along the beach and curl up in a cozy chair.
Booktown Mysteries by Lorna Barret
The quaint setting of this series pulled me in right away. Set in New Hampshire, book town is a tourist attraction where all the shops are specially store dedicated to one specific genre. The main character, Trisha Miles, owns and operates a mystery book store that further specializes in vintage mysteries. Alas, it seems that all of Trisha’s years as a mystery enthusiast were preparing her for all the sleuthing she will have to do as mystery after mystery shows up on her front door, earning her the title of village jinks.
I love the settings of these books. There’s something about a town built around books, about the day to day life as a small business owner, and the quirky personalities of the characters that just draws the reader in. Current mysteries, classic mysteries, if you are a mystery lover that is in need of some additional titles to pick up then you will find your list of to be read titles refreshed after reading this! While I would not classify this series as a great work of fiction there is something cozy and comforting about this series- like having a chai latte on the first cool day of fall! And there are lots of mysteries sprinkled throughout the book that will have you pulling out your mixing bowls and baking something delicious to munch on as you read.
If you are looking for the next great American Novel, you’ll be disappointed in these books. However if you are looking for a book that keeps your attention and provides distraction from everyday life, then you’ll enjoy these. They are light, easy, fun reads! Each of these books will help to develop your interest in the classics and it will have you wanting to either pull out one of your favorite classics or pick up one of the classics that you have been meaning to read for years. Maybe you’ll even be motivated to pick up that one that you were supposed to read in high school but that you only read the notes on in order to pass the test. 😉 If you are looking for something light and enjoyable, fairly clean of offensive language, violence and explicit sex scenes, then take a look at the three cozy mystery series I have enjoyed, and that you just might too!
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