Fall 2025 Cozies to be Excited for!
As the crisp autumn air settles in and leaves turn shades of gold and crimson, there’s no better time to curl up with a warm drink and a gripping cozy mystery. This fall, readers are in for a treat with a host of new releases featuring amateur sleuths, small-town secrets, and puzzling whodunits that are perfect for sweater-weather reading. From new and long-running series, these cozy mysteries promise suspense, charm, and plenty of clever twists to keep fans turning pages well into the long fall nights.
The Impossible Fortune by Richard Osman
Available September 30th, 2025
A Thursday Murder Club Mystery #5
The Thursday Murder Club has enjoyed a quiet year—Joyce is busy planning a wedding, Elizabeth is mourning, Ron is facing family troubles, and Ibrahim continues his unconventional therapy sessions—but when Elizabeth meets Nick, a wedding guest who asks for her help and then mysteriously vanishes, the gang is pulled back into danger. With Nick’s evasive business partner raising suspicions, whispers of an uncrackable code, and Joyce’s daughter Joanna joining the hunt, the friends must uncover whether Nick has been kidnapped—and if murder is once again on the table.
2. Death and Dinuguan by Mia P. Manansala
Available November 25th, 2025
Tita Rosie's Kitchen Mystery #6
Love is in the air in Shady Palms, but Cupid’s arrow isn’t the only thing striking the town when a killer sets their sights on local women-owned businesses. Lila Macapagal is happily preparing to celebrate Valentine’s Day with her boyfriend Jae Park while welcoming his cousin Hana Lee, the new chocolatier at Choco Noir, but the sweet season quickly turns bitter when Hana is attacked and left in a coma, and her best friend—the shop’s owner—is murdered. With fear spreading through the community, the Park brothers and the Brew-ha crew must work together to unmask the villain before more lives, and livelihoods, are destroyed.
We love this series (did you see our book club for Arsenic and Adobo?), and are excited to check out this next installment!
3. The Killer Question by Janice Hallett
Available September 23rd, 2025
A fresh, edge-of-your-seat mystery unfolds at The Case is Altered, a rural pub revived by its weekly trivia nights—until a body is discovered in the nearby river and a new team arrives, mysteriously dominating every round. Sue and Mal Eastwood, the pub’s owners, are hiding a past tied to a secret police operation, a past that seems to have finally caught up with them. Five years later, with the pub abandoned, their nephew Dominic sets out to uncover the truth in a documentary, asking the chilling question: what really happened at this unassuming pub, and can a single question kill?
We love bar trivia almost as much as we love mysteries so we are eager to see a book set at such a place!
4. Death at the Door by Olivia Blacke
Available October 21st, 2025
The Ruby and Cordelia Mysteries # 2
Ruby Young is settling into her new life in Boston with an unusual roommate—the ghost of former tenant Cordelia Graves, who still considers the apartment hers. Despite their rocky start, the two have forged an unlikely friendship, and Cordelia even helped Ruby land her job. But when Ruby discovers the body of a delivery driver at work, the fragile peace of her new beginning shatters. Cordelia, remembering how close Ruby came to joining her in the afterlife during their last investigation, tries to keep her out of danger—but Ruby refuses to stand by. To catch a killer, the living and the dead will once again have to team up, no matter the risks.
After seeing the author on a paranormal mystery panel, we can’t wait to check out this odd couple investigative series.
5. Murder on the Marlow Belle by Robert Thorogood
Available September 16th, 2025
The Marlow Murder Club # 4
When Verity Beresford’s husband, Oliver, goes missing after a party aboard The Marlow Belle, she turns to Judith Potts and the Marlow Murder Club for help. When Oliver’s body is found in the Thames, riddled with bullet holes, the sleuthing trio dives into a case brimming with secrets and suspects. As they dig into the drama within the Marlow Amateur Dramatic Society, Judith, Suzie, and Becks must unravel the truth before the killer escapes unpunished.
We love the Marlow Murder Club on the pages and on the screen and look forward to this nautical adventure!
6. Mockingbird Court by Juneau Black
Available October 7th, 2025
Shady Hollow Mysteries #6
In the latest Shady Hollow mystery, fox reporter Vera Vixen faces a chilling case when famed author Bradley Marvel arrives in town, fleeing accusations of murder after a body is discovered in his city penthouse. As the woodland creatures gather for the annual Harvest Festival, Vera and her friends must sift through secrets stretching far beyond their quiet village. But when Vera realizes she knew the victim—and could even be implicated herself—the investigation becomes more than a hunt for the truth; it’s a confrontation with the shadows of her own past.
This is an incredibly cozy series with a cast of animal characters and we look forward to this conclusion of this delightful series.
7. Two Truths and a Murder by Colleen Cambridge
Available October 28th, 2025
A Phyllida Bright Mystery #5
Agatha Christie’s housekeeper-turned-sleuth Phyllida Bright returns in a sparkling new mystery when a dinner party game of Two Truths and a Lie leads to shocking consequences. During the evening, glamorous Genevra Blastwick claims she once witnessed a murder, a statement that leaves the guests rattled and suspicious. But by the next morning, Genevra’s shy sister Ethel is found deliberately run down, and Phyllida fears Genevra was the real target. With Inspector Cork dragging his feet and the possibility of past crimes resurfacing, Phyllida must dig into the secrets of every guest before the killer strikes again—proving once more that even the quiet lanes of Mallowan Hall are never far from danger.
What’s not to love about a historical mystery that involved Agatha Christie? This premise sounds incredibly fun!
8. Halloween Night Murder by Leslie Meier, Lee Hollis, and Liz Ireland
Available September, 2025
In this chilling Halloween collection, beloved cozy mystery authors Leslie Meier, Lee Hollis, and Liz Ireland deliver three festive tales where the tricks are deadlier than the treats. In Halloween Night Murder, Lucy Stone is haunted after a teenager she gave candy to is killed in a hit-and-run, leading her to uncover unsettling secrets in Tinker’s Cove. In Death of a Halloween Night Stalker, Hayley Powell and friends are stranded in rural Maine, where their uneasy hosts and a terrifying costume hide something far more sinister. And in Mrs. Claus and the Wily Witch, Christmastown’s peace is shattered when mischievous elf Flake is blamed for a string of bizarre incidents, forcing Mrs. Claus to untangle whether he’s guilty—or if dark sorcery has invaded the North Pole.
With this trifecta of cozy authors, this sounds like the perfect Halloween treat!
9. Murder at Donwell Abbey by Vanessa Kelly
Available November 25th, 2025
Emma Knightley Mysteries #2
Jane Austen’s beloved heroine Emma Knightley (née Woodhouse) finds her life upended when her father announces his engagement to Miss Hetty Bates, forcing Emma to adjust to the excitable woman as both stepmother and mistress of Hartfield. But family changes pale beside darker events at Donwell Abbey, where during a glittering betrothal ball, Emma’s trusted lady’s maid, Prudence Parr, is found dead in what’s deemed a tragic accident. Convinced Prudence’s fall was no mishap, Emma turns sleuth once more, determined to expose the truth before an innocent man is condemned—and before Donwell Abbey becomes the setting for an even greater tragedy.
We love Jane Austen inspired mysteries (see our earlier list of our favorites) and look forward to reading about Emma as an investigator as well as a matchmaker.
10. Death by Java by Alex Erickson
Available on October 28th, 2025
Bookstore Café Mysteries #14
Krissy Hancock is uneasy leaving her Pine Hills bookstore-café in someone else’s hands while visiting family in California—but her trip takes a deadly turn when a killer strikes back home. Upon arriving, she discovers a copycat café run by her high school rival Valerie, complete with a feisty stray cat and a bitter clash with a health inspector. The rivalry takes a grim turn when the inspector is found dead, and Krissy must put her sleuthing skills to work, gathering clues drip by drip, even as her boyfriend teams up with local law enforcement to uncover the culprit.
Cats, coffee, and books are quintessential cozy!