Cosy Mysteries 🔎☕ Faves + TBR 🕵🏻‍♀️ | The Book Castle | 2023

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The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman
Cocaine Blues by Kerry Greenwood
The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie
The Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie
A Meditation on Murder by Robert Thorogood
The Marlow Murder Club by Robert Thorogood
Crocodile on the Sandbank by Elizabeth Peters
The Widows of Malabar Hill by Sujata Massey
Chapter and Curse by Elizabeth Penney
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley
The Mitford Murders by Jessica Fellowes
Vera Wong’s Unsolicited Advice for Murderers by Jesse Q. Sutanto
Death by Dumplings by Vivien Chen
Arsenic and Adobo by Mia P. Manansala
The Bangalore Detectives Club by Harini Nagendra
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Hi! My name is Alice and I love books! I read just about everything from classics to contemporary fiction, adventures to mysteries, fantasy to all kinds of non-fiction - and I love reviewing and recommending books, and just generally having a chat about literature. I also adore baking, hot chocolate, crafts and basically everything cosy, soft and peaceful. I currently live in Oslo, Norway.
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[@andraste6746]

So many amazing recs here.

[@enjay5087]

Hi Alice, great selection, I love cosy mysteries. Miss Marple did first appear in a collection of short stories called The Thirteen Problems about a group of friends who meet each week to discuss murders. I think Richard Osman has said that's where he took the inspiration from for The Thursday Murder Club. Love the Phryne Fisher books too.

[@galeocean4182]

Agatha Raisin series and Hamish McBeth series by MC Beaton.

[@getbookish]

'Thursday Murder Club' sounds a bit like 'The Little Old Lady Who Broke All the Rules'. I found the latter challenging to stay engaged with, so I will have to give 'Thursday Murder Club' a try! I'm delighted to see someone else try out 'The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie', as Flavia de Luce and all ten of her books are some of my favourites!! - Les

[@gangabhetwal9]

inspiring dear keep it up best information- ideas

[@nevaidos]

So far my favourite "cozy" mysteries are by Agatha Christie and Seishi Yokomizo. Just give me a classic detective or murder mystery which doesn't take itself too seriously and I'm hooked. The honkaku genre (Japanese murder mysteries) really hits the same spot as Christie's books. The modern police thrillers and neighbourhood detectives are often just over the top and most of the times I'm just annoyed by the neighbours getting in the way of the police investigation and getting away with it (looking at you Marlow Murder Club). I just can't suspend my disbelief and they are pretty predictable.

[@ReadingNymph]

Vera Wong is so much fun to read! I hope you enjoy it

[@bujobyfilo]

Hi Alice! I had a lot of fun reading Everyone in my family has killed someone, and I think it can be categorized as cozy murder mystery! And now I added The thursday murder club to my tbr 🧡

[@sewalot1897]

Hey, Alice -- I love your videos! I've read most of these series and enjoyed them all. A few others come to mind you might like: *Lily Adler Series by Katharine Schellman (set in London 1815) *First Edition Library Mysteries by Marty Wingate (set in modern-day Bath) *Mrs. Pollifax Series by Dorothy Gillman (think Miss Marple as New Jersey widow turned CIA agent) *Finley Donovan Series by Elle Cosimano (Virginia author mistaken for a hitman, hilarious shenanigans ensue with her nanny Vero)

[@lindaklinedinst9236]

Hi Alice I love reading Cozy Mysteries. They are my kind of Mysteries to read. You have a lot of good ones that you mention in this Video. I have read some of the Peabody Mysteries by Elizabeth Peters. I also read the first book - The Murder Club Mystery by Richard Ossman. Now I just need to read the rest of the books in the Series of both of these. You look so pretty. I just love the way you wear your Hair. I use to have Blond Curly Hair when I was younger. If I let my hair grow out it will start to get real curly. I have to keep my hair short because it is so ungodly thick and once it starts to grow out you can’t do nothing with it. I am reading Death Under The Dryer by Simon Brett. He is one of my all time favorite Mystery Authors. I have been reading his books for years. Take Care & Happy Reading ❤️🤗📚🔰📒📖🍁🍂☕️❤️

[@irhonda31]

I’ve really enjoyed The Thursday Murder Club series, thanks to you! So, I’m anxious to try some of these others. I have read Death by Dumpling and was disappointed, darn it! I had high hopes for the series. Also read The Mitford one, and it kind of dragged, so won’t read anymore of those. Thanks for always sharing your experience!

[@Omi1031]

My favorite cozy mystery is The Domestic Diva series by Krista Davis. I’ve read it through twice. Have a great day! 😊

[@catsandbats77]

Phrine Fisher is amazing and I love her. Of course Agatha Christie books are classics for a reason. Flavia de Luce is such a fantastic character. Those books are great. I read Vera Wong this year and absolutely loved it. I laughed a lot plus there was found family in the book, which I loved. Arsenic and Adobo was fun. The third audiobook in that series just became available for me on libby and I'm excited to read it soon.

[@miroslavahamerova9070]

Hi Alice, lovely video, I love mystery books too😊! Richard Osman's books are brilliant and I love Agatha Christie's books. Enjoyed The Marlow murder club by Thorogood and The widows of Malabar Hill book is waiting on my pile to be read soon😊. I wholly recommend Vaseem Khan's Inspector Chopra series, it's great! Take care and happy reading😊!!!

[@Without_words.]

I love all books you mentioned ❤

[@user-km7fu7su1d]

I love Vivien Chien’s series and really love Vera .wong😊

[@MLLatUtube]

I love the Meg Langslow series which begins with Murder With Peacocks. The series is very long at this point but well worthwhile.

[@stacyj7]

I recently read "The Nanny" by Gilly MacMillan. It was a very good book. The main character had a Nanny who she loved who disappeared without any real explanation. She grows up and moves away but then comes back to live with her mother after her husband dies and the hijinks ensue. Another book I want to read is "The Housemaid" by Freida McFadden, it's had really good reviews.A couple hires a maid, not knowing that she's a criminal (she didn't put it in her resume).🙂

[@kaleed.8260]

Hi Alice! Just wanted to make you aware of the new cozy that just came out in the U.S., called ""The Christmas Orphans Club". I can't do holiday romance cozies and this one is on my TBR. It's less romance focused.

[@nastya6509]

Thank you for this video! So far I liked only the Thursday Murder Club series (and Christie’s of course). But rn I am in the middle of Murder Before Evensong, it is quick, a bit witty, and it is def a cozy one.

[@ChristinaLorenzen]

I love cozy mysteries and you have such a great selection. I want to make a dent in my cozy TBR over the winter. I have so many already but I added Death by Dumplings to my list. FIngers crossed for a very good reading winter.

[@MatildaTheBookDragon]

I love cosy mystery with magical realism or with a witchy vibe. Eiterwise, it feels more like a detective story? Which I also enjoy ❤ one really good witchy autumnal mystery I just read is In the Company of Witches by Auralee Wallace. It was really good! I also really enjoy the series about Beatrix Potter who solves murders and mysteries in The Lake District at the same time as the animals in and out of the village are solving them. They are really cute, funny and England in the 1920s and forward 🥰🥰 first book is called The Tale of Hill Top Farm by Susan Wittig Albert ❤

[@marthajumartins]

Lovely list. Thank you! ❤

[@SamanthaPajor]

I can recommend the Christie Bookshop series by Ann Claire. The first book is called Dead and Gondola, and book 2 recently came out!

[@leonief8066]

Great recs, thanks! Not super-cosy, but look out Sujata Massey’s stories set in Japan - they’re fab!

[@starlasell5698]

❤📚📚❤️ I just saw Death By Dumpling yesterday at the thrift store! I wish I'd picked it up! I enjoyed Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie. 😊

[@baileydaye]

Have you heard about the Miss Fortune series? The first book is called Louisiana Longshot, and I believe there's 25 books total in the series. I really loved it as a palate cleanser between dark books.

[@lindarosborough7091]

Great recommendations! Have you read Anthony Horowitz’s series featuring a fictional version of himself and a detective named Hawthorne? I appreciate the humour in them. The first one is The Word is Murder; there are four so far. The audiobooks are particularly fun. I would also suggest Alexander McCall Smith’s No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency series, set in Botswana. If you like his style, he’s very prolific and has some other light-hearted mystery series beyond this one.

[@hibabelimi5328]

Hy Alice. Thank for your videos. I like your content

[@anastasiariley2414]

Hi Alice, thank you for the recomendations. I thought you may like detective stories by Jason Goodwin, which set up in 19th century Istanbul 😊

[@Stargazerlost]

Have you seen the tv adaptation Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries? I haven’t read the Phryne Fisher books yet, but I loved the show.

[@TheBookCastle]

Yes, the show is sooo good!

[@danieleigh6468]

I am reading Murder by the book by Lauren Elliot I really like it so far! I have Getaway w murder by Diane Kelly. I have that whole series. I hope to start that next! I have so cute magical cozy mysteries. What’s a Goul to do by Victoria Laurie, Brownie ls and Broomsticks by Bailey Cates, A Familiar Tail by Delia James, Curiosity thrilled the cat by Sophie Kelly. I have so many I could go on and on hahaha

[@jenniferrosebruce6385]

❤ from Thailand. Hi Alice

[@AnnaRak423]

Hi Alice, I have so many of these books on my tbr, just not enough time to read them all! I have read The Bangalore Detectives Club which is a nice slow paced mystery. I have the second one, Murder Under a Red Moon, as well. I did get Crocodile on a Sandbank based on your rec and I am looking forward to reading it soon! Your book choices are always amazing! 📚🥰

[@TheBookCastle]

🖤😊

[@fillefilante]

Not book related but can you share what you are wearing on your lips?? 👀 I can't stop staring, I love the color! Also love the 📚 recommendations 😆

[@TheBookCastle]

Thank you! It's the Maybelline Superstay Vinyl Ink in the color 40 🖤

[@fillefilante]

@@TheBookCastle thank you so much! ❤️

[@eloisecondon4413]

Have you read Elizabet is missing?

[@lilaccottage]

📚😊

[@prairierose1115]

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