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BostonPL_Quozy Comfort for Colder Days: 14 Queer Cozy Mystery Novels

Autumn is the perfect season to curl up with a cozy mystery! Author Rob Oslo recently coined the term "quozy," a portmanteau of the words "queer" and "cozy," and the term has caught the eye of mystery readers and writers alike. Quozies simply refer to cozy mystery novels, or mysteries devoid of gratuitous sex or violence, which feature an LGBTQ cast of characters. Check out one of these charming comfort reads today!

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  • After waking up with a black eye, a Seattle teacher discovers that his crush, dancer Camilo Rodriguez, has gone missing and joins forces with his best friends to uncover what happened to the “Dreamer” whose parents were deported years ago.
    eBookCrooked Lane Books, 2022
  • The Dinner Lady Detectives

    A charming British village cosy mystery

    Hendy, Hannah
    Margery and Clementine are enjoying a peaceful middle-age together and eagerly awaiting retirement from their jobs serving meals to students, but their calm life is shattered when their kitchen manager is found dead in the school’s walk-in…
    eBookCanelo Digital Publishing Ltd, 2021
  • Just as they are about to start filming the renovation of twin brothers Terry and Tom Cash's local Tudor, reality tv stars and domestic partners Peter and JP discover Tom Cash dead and must chip away at the clues to catch a killer.
    eBookKensington Books, 2022
  • When an out-and-proud lesbian is killed just a few days before she was to be elected as Indiana's first openly gay judge, the merry band from the small college town's drag bar hunt for the culprit.
    eBookAny Summer Sunday Books, 2021
  • When ex-CIA agent Vera Kelly loses her job and her girlfriend in one day, she reluctantly becomes a private detective, where she takes a case that dredges up dark memories and attracts dangerous characters from across the Cold War…
    eBookTin House Books, 2020
  • Valor Tarquin Scott lives a charmed life with his partner, Bishan Tamboli, until the sudden appearance of a dead body leads police to believe Bishan is responsible. Now it's up to Valor to solve cryptic puzzles and prove Bishan’s…
    eBookHot Tree Publishing, 2018
  • Facing fading stardom, a former star couple open a movie memorabilia store and become prime suspects when the owner of a competing shop with ties to a mega-auction house turns up murdered.
    eBookCrooked Lane, 2022
  • When the inimitable Miss Agatha Vanderjagt receives a blackmail letter alongside copies of scandalous photographs from her youth, trans guy Chris is the only person she can turn to for help to figure out who is extorting the elderly woman.
    eBookRainbow Crush, 2017
  • As she prepares for the statewide pie contest, Daisy Ellery, whose pies have the magical ability to avenge women done wrong by men, finds herself in a sticky situation when a blackmailer threatens to reveal her true calling to the world.
    eBookCrooked Lane Books, 2022
  • After inheriting a failing bookstore and a rundown mansion in the quaint seaside village of Pirate's Cove on Rhode Island, Ellery Page's life takes a turn for the worse when a rival bookseller is killed with the cutlass that hangs over his…
    eBookJustJoshin Publishing, Inc., 2020
  • When culinary teacher Alex's son is charged with murder after a banquet mishap leaves the hostess dead, Alex enlists the help of her love interest Josephine to find the killer and clear her son's name.
    eBookNikki Woolfolk, 2020
  • When nonbinary handyperson Lou Carsley's stumbles across the body of their old high-school bully while on a job, they become the prime suspect. Can Lou clear their name, before they become the next victim?
    eBookFallon Brown, 2022
  • Autistic, asexual, and almost forty, Pineapple “Motts” Mottley flees London with her cat and turtle to a quaint cottage in Cornwall. She craves the peace of small-town life, but the dead body buried in her garden was unexpected...
    eBookTangled Tree Publishing, 2020
  • Schoolteacher Adam Matthews just wants to help select a new headteacher and go home, but things go awry when one of the applicants is found strangled. Soon Adam and the handsome Inspector Robin Bright are fighting for their lives... and…
    eBookRiptide Publishing, 2014