This list of New Cozy Mystery Books for Fall 2025 proves that fall is the coziest of seasons! This list of new Cozy Fall Reading ideas is filled with wholesome whodunits. It includes standalone cozy fall mysteries and new installments in cozy mystery book series. Because it’s the Spooky Season, I am also including some paranormal cozies!
New Cozy Mystery Books for Fall 2025
Table of Contents:
- Classic Cozy Mysteries for Fall (includes standalone cozies and series books)
- Fall Cozy Mysteries with Games and Puzzles Themes
- Witchy and Magical Fall Cozy Mysteries
- Comic Fall Cozies
- Heartwarming Historical Mysteries for Fall 2025
After this list, be sure to check out my New Cozy Mystery Books for Winter 2026!
Classic Cozy Mysteries for Fall
The Librarians by Sherry Thomas (Sept 30)
Librarians are a staple of cozy mysteries (like the Aurora Teagarden series) but this new title features four librarians whose murder mystery night at the branch turns deadly.
Check out My Review of The Librarians
The Impossible Fortune (Thursday Murder Club 5) by Richard Osman (Sept 30)
Yes, the Thursday Murder Club is BACK with a new adventure. I’m excited!
If you need a refresher on the Thursday Murder Club series, characters, and more, check this post out!
And My Readers Guide to The Impossible Fortune is UP!
Murder on the Marlow Bell (Marlow Murder 4) by Robert Thorogood (Sept 16)
I have read the first three books and enjoyed this one!
Check out my Readers Guide to Murder on the Marlow Belle for more details, including a character list!
The Man Next Door by Sheila Roberts
A mother daughter crime solving team!
New Additions to Popular Series Mysteries to Check Out
If one of your favorite series is on this list, tell us in comments why you love it!
A Perilous Plot (Booktown 9) by Lorna Barnett (Sept 23)
- City slicker opens a bookstore in a small town
- Sister story
- Family drama
- Police chief ex
Murder in an Italian Piazza (Bria Bartolucci 3) by Michael Falco (Sept 30)
- A young widow runs a bed and breakfast in Positano
- Single mom
- The “Italian Miss Marple
In the Time of Five Pumpkins (Ladies Detective Agency 21) by Alexandre McCall
- Lady detectives in Botswana
- Friends, family, and tons of cozy charm
Death and Dinuguan (Tita Rosie 6) by Mia P. Manansala
- A woman steps in to save her aunt’s Filipino restaurant
- Food, family and mystery!
- Check out my full list of AAPI Mystery Writers
The Burning Grounds (Wyndham & Banerjee Mysteries 6) by Abir Mukherjee
- A former Scotland Yard detective in colonial Calcutta, India
- His partner, Sergeant Banarjeea
- A fascinating historical setting
- This series is also on my list of AAPI mysteries, linked above
Death by Java (Bookstore Cafe 14) by Alex Erickson
- Two best friends open a bookstore in Pine Hills, Ohio
- One is the daughter of a famous mystery writer
- Who doesn’t love a bookstore cafe?
Two Truths and a Murder (Phyllida Bright 5) by Colleen Cambridge
- A cozy historical mystery set in 1930s Devon
- The main character is the housekeeper for Agatha Christie
- I want to try this series!
Death on a Scottish Train (Scottish Isle 4) by Lucy Connelly (Oct 14)
- Like Virgin River in Scotland: an American doctor moves to Sea Isle, Scotland
- Castles and village festivals give this book a small town feel
Sisters Before Misters (Finch Sisters 2) by Amelia Diane Coombs
- Three estranged sisters team up to solve murders
- Seattle setting, fun sister vibe
- Book one free on Kindle Unlimited!
Death and the Final Cut (St Just 7) by GM Malliet (Nov 4)
- Detective Chief Inspector St. Just solves mysteries with his fiancee
- Shades of Lord Peter Wimsey and Harriet Vane!
Fall Cozy Mysteries with Games and Puzzles Themes
Seven Reasons to Murder Your Dinner Guests by KJ Whittle (Sept 9)
- Seven strangers are invited to a dinner party
- Each gets a card predicting when they will die
- And … the cards start coming true
This book ended up feeling very different than I expected, more about the meaning of life. The narrative spanned YEARS and didn’t really have the tense murder mystery feel I was expecting. If you loved Here One Moment by Liane Moriarty, then try this!
You Are the Detective: The Creeping Hand Murder by Maureen Johnson and Jay Cooper (Sept 16)
- 1930s historical mystery
- Seven random people are summoned to a townhouse. One dies.
- Can you help Scotland Yard solve the murder?
My Goodreads Review of The Creeping Hand Murder!
Perilous Puzzles of Quandry Park by Stephanie von Reiswitz (Sept 30)
- A heiress is found dead at her annual summer soirée
- Quandary Park has riddles, hidden doors, and secrets.
- You’ve been hired to investigate the events
Miss Winter in the Library with a Knife by Martin Edwards – I’m reading this one too! (October 7)
- Six people in the crime writing world are invited to match wits
- You’re invited too!
My Goodreads Review of Miss Winter in the Library With a Knife!
Witchy and Magical Fall Cozy Mysteries
I don’t usually include paranormal mysteries in my lists but it’s the spooky season!
Hearth Witch’s Guide to Magic and Murder by Kiri Callaghan (October 7)
- A London setting, a supernatural crime spree, and a formerly imprisoned detective make this seem like a fun new book to try for the Spooky Season
Higher Magic by Courtney Floyd (October 7)
- A student at a school for magic has one last chance to pass her exams. But when she discovers that some of her fellow students are disappearing, she also needs to get to the bottom of what is happening.
Murder Most Haunted by Emma Mason (October 7)
- Midge, a detective about to retire, gets a ticket to a haunted house as her gift
- A ghostly locked room murder ensues. Can Midge crack the case?
A Gargoyle’s Guide to Murder (Accidental Alchemist 9) by Gigi Pandian (October 7)
- I had not heard of this series, but it sounds so fun. A shy gargoyle witnesses a murder in Oxford, but then the body and all the evidence disappear. The case leads him to a house party of bibliophiles.
Sugar and Spite (Witch City 15) by Carol Perry (October 28)
- A Salem psychic married to a detective investigates a suspicious death at a local chocolate shop.
Sugar and Spite (Agatha Raisin 36) by M.C. Beaton (October 14)
- Yes, there are TWO Sugar and Spite books coming out in October. This one is about murders in teh Cotswold bird-watching community.
Alchemy of Secrets by Stephanie Garber (October 7)
- A student of folklore is told she will die unless she finds a mysterious object called the Alchemical Heart.
The Tattered Cover (Secret Book and Scone 8)by Ellery Adams (October 28)
- When someone expires at a Halloween reading by a noted psychic at the local bookstore, an amateur sleuth tackles the case.
Witch and Tell (Witch Way 7) by Angela M. Sanders
- A small-town librarian/witch finds a body in the library. When the body disappears, it’s a real-life locked-room murder mystery.
Cozy Historical Mysteries for Fall 2025
Two Jane Austen inspired Regency cozy mysteries! TWO royal and royal adjacent historical mysteries!
The Girl in the Green Dress by Mariah Fredericks (Sept 2)
- An intrepid reporter teams up with Zelda Fitzgerald to solve a murder in 1920s NYC.
- My Readers Guide to The Girl in the Green Dress is here!
Murder at Donwell Abbey by Vanessa Kelly (Nov 25)
- Beloved couple Emma and George Knightley solve mysteries
The Austen Intrigue (Regency Secrets 4) by Julia Golding (Nov 28)
- Dr Jacob Sandys and his lover, the actress Dora Fitz-Pennington solve mysteries in this cozy regency romp series.
The Creeping Hand Murder by Maureen Johnson and Jay Cooper
- Both a puzzle mystery and a historical
- Such a fun book and great for holiday gift giving!
- My Goodreads Review is here!
The Queen Who Came in From the Cold (Her Majesty the Queen 5) by S.J. Bennett (Nov 11)
- In book one, a 90 year old Queen Elizabeth solves murders. In book four, the series moves back in time to the 1950s, and this installment takes place in the 1960s.
Revenge Served Royal by Celeste Connally (Nov 11)
- After losing her fiancé in a tragic accident, Lady Petra Forsyth decides to become an independent woman and a detective.
- In this installment, the nobility gathers in 1815 to celebrate the birthday of Queen Charlotte.
Two Truths and a Murder by Colleen Cambridge (Oct 28)
See the description above in the historical section!
Comic Fall Cozies
How to Talk to Your Dog About Murder by Emily Soderberg (Oct 21)
A St Louis pet behaviorist and dog walker investigates the death of a wealthy client.
Murder Two Doors Down by Chuck Storia
Murder in a small Atlanta development gets the neighbors riled up in this cozy neighborhood mystery for fans of Only Murders in the Building.
Looking for Cozy Winter Mystery Books?
Check out my list of New Cozy Mystery Books for Winter 2026!
