Cozy Fall Reading: Four Cozy Mystery Series To Binge Read Right Now
Ready for some cozy fall reading? Here’s four cozy mystery series with fall vibes you can binge right now.
by Staff Writer
Nothing says Fall like apples and maple syrup. Almost sounds like the beginning of a delicious autumn-themed dessert.
But no, it’s just the setting of the four cozy mystery series we’re sharing today to keep you in cozy feels and autumn vibes. Each cozy mystery series is set in an apple orchard, apple cider mill or maple tree farm and has enough books in the series to keep you reading for a few weeks – maybe even through the entire fall season.
What do you have a taste for – apples or maple syrup? Pick your favorite cozy fall flavor, and get ready to fall into some autumnal reading. Cozy mysteries are fun, fast-paced reads with cozy settings, yummy food and an interesting mystery to keep you on your toes.
We’ve listed the first book in each series. If you’re gonna binge, we suggest you start at the beginning and make your way chronologically through the series.
Grab your cup of hot apple cider and snuggly blanket. Cozy fall reading begins now!
One Bad Apple by Sheila Connolly
Meg Corey has come to the quaint New England town of Granford, Massachusetts, to sell her mother’s old colonial home and apple orchard. Instead, she becomes embroiled in development plans that include her land, and her former flame from Boston. When he’s found dead in the new septic tank on her property, the police immediately suspect Meg, whose only ally in town is the plumber Seth Chapin. Together, they’ll have to peel back the layers of secrecy that surround the deal in order to find the real murderer, and save the orchard.
There are 12 books in the Orchard Mystery series.
A Doomful of Sugar by Catherine Bruns
Leila Khoury has always believed that everyone loved her father as much as they loved his artisanal maple syrup. But when he’s killed, and she returns to Sugar Ridge, Vermont to take over his business, she starts to realize how much of his life she’s left untapped.
With her brother under suspicion, her mother just barely holding it together, and police not producing any leads, Leila will have to investigate herself if she wants answers about her father’s sticky end. But the more she learns, the more she worries that there won’t be a sappy ending to the story treasure hunt around town, chasing clues that could spell danger.
There are three books in the Maple Syrup Mysteries.
A Sticky Inheritance by Emily James
Nicole Fitzhenry-Dawes feels like she’s the only failure amid a family of high achievers. Her last serious boyfriend turned out to be married and her career as a criminal defense attorney is in tatters. When her uncle passes away and leaves her his maple syrup farm in Michigan, she thinks it might be time for a career change—hopefully one that allows her to stay as far away from murderers and liars as possible.
For half a day at least.
Her uncle’s suicide quickly begins to look like it wasn’t a suicide after all, but the chief of police is reluctant to investigate and soil the reputation of his serene little tourist town. Murder’s bad for business. Nicole has no choice but to search for the killer on her own, with a little help from the handsome county medical examiner—who’s exactly her type and all wrong for her.
And as she closes in, she not only risks becoming the murderer’s next victim but also starts to wonder if the truth is ever worse than the lie…
There are 13 books in the Maple Syrup Mysteries.
Apple Cider Slaying by Julie Anne Lindsay
Blossom Valley, West Virginia, is home to Smythe Orchards, Winnie and her Granny’s beloved twenty-five-acre farm and family business. But any way you slice it, it’s struggling. That’s why they’re trying to drum up business with the “First Annual Christmas at the Orchard,” a good old-fashioned holiday festival with enough delicious draw to satisfy apple-picking locals and cider-loving tourists alike—until the whole endeavor takes a sour turn when the body of Nadine Cooper, Granny’s long-time, grudge-holding nemesis, is found lodged in the apple press. Now, with Granny the number one suspect, Winnie is hard-pressed to prove her innocence before the real killer delivers another murder . .
There are three books in the Cider Shop Mysteries.
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