Penguin/Random House has just put a bunch of bestselling cozy mysteries on sale for $1.99 or $2.99 for Kindle from the Berkley Prime Crime imprint. The vast majority of the sale books are first in series titles. These prices are unlikely to last long, so grab them while you can! Below we have summarized the books in sale alphabetically by author and title. Be sure to scroll ALL THE WAY down...it is a long list, and we have some additional daily specials below the Berkley list:
- Kathy Aarons' Death is Like a Box of Chocolate, the debut of her Chocolate Covered series
- Ellery Adams' Murder in the Mystery Suite, #1 in her Book Retreat Mysteries series
- Rebecca Adler's Here Today, Gone Tamale, the debut of her Taste of Texas series
- Susan Wittig Albert's An Unthymely Death, a collection of short stories from her China Bayles series
- Beverly Allen's Bloom and Doom, #1 in her Bridal Bouquet Shop series
- Claudia Bishop's The Case of the Roasted Onion, the debut of her Casebook of Dr. Mckenzie series
- Juliet Blackwell's If Walls Could Talk, the first in her Haunted Home Renovation series
- Melissa Bourbon's Pleating for Mercy, the debut of her Magical Dressmaking series
- Kathleen Bridge's Better Homes and Corpses, the first in her Hamptons Home & Garden series
- Julia Buckley's The Big Chili, #1 in her Undercover Dish series
- Leslie Budewitz's Assault and Pepper, the debut of her Spice Shop series
- Leslie Budewitz's Death Al Dente, #1 in the Food Lovers' Village series
- Lucy Burdette's An Appetite for Murder, the debut of her popular Key West Food Critic series
- Janet Cantrell's (aka Kaye George) Fat Cat at Large, the debut of her Fat Cat series
- Alyse Carlson's The Azalea Assault, #1 in her Garden Society series
- Elizabeth Lynn Casey's (aka Laura Bradford) Sew Deadly, the debut of her Southern Sewing Circle series
- Laurie Cass' Lending a Paw, the first in her Bookmobile Cat series
- Maia Chance's Snow White Red-Handed, the debut of her Fairy Tale Fatal series
- Joelle Charbonneau's Murder for Choir, #1 in her Glee Club series
- Erika Chase's A Killer Read, the debut of her popular Ashton Corners Book Club series
- Peg Cochran's Allergic To Death, the debut of her Gourmet De-Lite series
- Peg Cochran's Berried Secrets, the first in her Cranberry Cove series
- Margaret Coel's well reviewed The Eagle Catcher, the debut of her popular Wind River series
- JJ Cook's (aka Joyce and Jim Lavene) well reviewed That Old Flame of Mine, the debut of the popular Sweet Pepper Fire Brigade series
- Amanda Cooper's Tempest in a Teapot, #1 in her Teapot Collector series
- Jessie Crockett's Drizzled with Death, the first in her Sugar Grove series
- Lila Dare's Tressed to Kill, the debut of her Southern Beauty Shop series
- Eileen Davidson's Death in Daytime, the debut of her Soap Opera series
- Laura DiSilverio's The Readaholics and the Falcon Fiasco, #1 in her Book Club series
- MaryJanice Davidson's Undead and Unwed, the debut of her popular Queen Betsy series
- Christy Evans' Sink Trap, the debut of her series with plumber's apprentice Georgiana Neverall
- Christy Fifield's Murder Buys a T-Shirt, the debut of her Haunted Souvenir Shop series
- Kay Finch's Black Cat Crossing, the first in her Bad Luck Cat series
- Jean Flowers' Death Takes Priority, the debut of the Postmistress series
- Susan Furlong's Peaches and Scream, the first in her Georgia Peach series
- Eva Gates' (aka Vicki Delany) By Book or by Crook, the debut of the Lighthouse Library series
- Melissa Glazer's A Murderous Glaze, #1 in the Clay and Crime series
- Lee Goldberg's Mr. Monk Goes to the Firehouse, the well reviewed debut of the popular Monk series
- Nancy Haddock's Basket Case, the first in her Silver Six Crafting series
- Rebecca Hale's Adrift on St. John, #1 in her Mystery in the Islands series
- Susannah Hardy's Feta Attraction, the first in her Greek To Me series
- Charlaine Harris' Dead Until Dark, the debut of her bestselling Sookie Stackhouse/True Blood series
- Julianne Holmes Just Killing Time, #1 in her Clock Shop series
- Mary Ellen Hughes' The Pickled Piper, the debut of her Pickled and Preserved series
- Christine Husom's Snow Way Out, the first in her Snow Globe Shop series
- Delia James' A Familiar Tail, the debut of her Witch's Cat series
- Mary Kennedy's Nightmares Can Be Murder, #1 in her Dream Club series
- Allison Kinsley's Mind Over Murder, the debut of her Raven's Nest Bookstore series
- Joyce and Jim Lavene's Spell Booked, the first in their Retired Witches series
- Lucy Lawrence's (aka Jenn McKinlay) Stuck On Murder, the debut of her Decoupage series
- Elizabeth Lee's A Tough Nut To Kill, the first in her Nut House series
- Kathryn Lilly's Dying to Be Thin, #1 in her Fat City series
- Liz Lipperman's Liver Let Die, the first in her Clueless Cook series
- Kylie Logan's Chili Con Carnage, the debut of the Chili Cook-Off series
- Kylie Logan's Mayhem at the Orient Express, the debut of the popular League of Literary Ladies series
- TC LoTempio's Meow If It's Murder, the first in the Nick and Nora series
- Meg London's Murder Unmentionable, the debut of her Sweet Nothings series
- Merline Lovelace's All the Wrong Moves, #1 in her Samantha Spade series
- Anna Maclean's Louisa and the Missing Heiress, the debut of her Louisa May Alcott historical mystery series
- Ada Madison's The Square Root of Murder, the debut of her Professor Sophie Knowles series
- Peg Marberg's Faux Finished, #1 in her Interior Design series
- Jennifer McAndrews' Ill-Gotten Panes, the first in her Stained Glass series
- Terrie Farley Moran's Well Read, Then Dead, #1 in her Agatha Award winning Read Em and Eat series
- Linda O Johnston's Sit, Stay, Slay, the debut of her Kendra Ballantine, Pet Sitter series
- Diana Orgain's A First Date with Death, the first in the Love or Money series
- Kate Parker's The Vanishing Thief, #1 in her Victorian Bookshop series
- Nancy J Parra's Engaged in Murder, the first in her Perfect Proposals series
- Nancy J Parra's Gluten for Punishment, #1 in her Baker's Treat series
- Leigh Perry's (aka Toni LP Kelner) A Skeleton in the Family, the debut of her Family Skeleton series
- Penny Pike's (aka Agatha and Macavity Award winner Penny Warner) Death of a Crabby Cook, the first in her Food Festival series
- Cate Price's Going Through the Notions, #1 in her Deadly Notions series
- Ann Purser's The Hangman's Row Enquiry, the debut of her popular Ivy Beasley series
- William Rabkin's A Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Read, the debut of the popular Psych series, based on the hit TV series
- Deanna Raybourn's A Curious Beginning, the debut of her Veronica Speedwell historical mystery series
- Hannah Reed's (aka Deb Baker) Off Kilter, the first in the Scottish Highlands series
- Linda Reilly's Fillet of Murder, the debut of her Deep Fried Mystery series
- Emilie Richards' Blessed Be the Busybody, the debut of her Ministry is Murder series
- Natalie Roberts' Tutu Deadly, the debut of her Jenny T Partridge Dancy Mystery series
- Fran Rizer's A Tisket, A Tasket, a Fancy Stolen Casket, the first in her series with mortuary cosmetologist Callie Parrish
- Maggie Sefton's Double Knit Murders, with the first 2 books in her Knitting Mysteries series
- Rochelle Staab's Who Do, Voodo?, the debut of her Mind for Murder series
- Fran Stewart's A Wee Murder in My Shop, #1 in the ScotShop series
- Dorothy St. James' Flowerbed of State, the debut of her White House Gardener series
- Terri Thayer's Stamped Out, the first in the Stamping Sisters series
- Kari Lee Townsend's Tempest in the Tea Leaves, #1 in her Fortune Teller series
- Joyce Tremel's To Brew or Not to Brew, the debut of her Brewing Trouble series
- Diane Vallere's A Disguise to Die For, #1 in her Costume Shop series
- Diane Vallere's Suede To Rest, the first in her Material Witness series
- Christine Wenger's Do or Diner, the debut of her popular Comfort Food series
Other Daily Deals
The first of the month always is a great time for new Kindle book deals, and this month is no exception. Today there are particularly good deals on British cozy mysteries and there are also several good opportunities for grabbing multiple books in the same series. If you missed yesterday's big batch of mystery deals and new releases you can find them here. As always, be aware that when we include prices, they may not last and are subject to change. Please double-check before you buy.
Today's new mystery releases include:
Today's Kindle book deals include:
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Today's new indie e-book mystery releases include:
- Molly Dox's Sand-Witch on Rye, the debut of her Soup and Sand-Witch paranormal culinary cozy series. On sale for 99c for Kindle for a limited time.
- Lauren Nichols' From Bad to Wurst, the second book in her Schnitzel Haus culinary cozy series
- Jordaina Sydney Robinson's A Little More Dead, the third in her Bridget Sway paranormal ghost cozy series
- Amy Alessio's novella Struck by Shillelagh, an Alana O'Neil mystery with vintage recipes
Steeply discounted e-books include:
- Ben Rehder's humorous mystery Bone Dry, the second book in his Edgar Award nominated Blanco County, TX series with game warden John Marlin
- Colleen Coble's romantic mystery/suspense novel Rosemary Cottage, the second in her bestselling Hope Beach series
- Peter King's The Gourmet Detective, the debut of his Gourmet Detective culinary mystery series
- The pre-order for Kerri Nelson's Disorganized Crime, the third book in her Working Stiff cozy mystery series from Gemma Halliday Publishing
- Julie Moffett's No One Lives Twice, the debut of her popular and highly praised series with geek girl Lexi Carmichael
- Aubree Lane's well reviewed romantic mystery Tahoe Blues
- The pre-order for Lawrence Kelter's humorous legal mystery/suspense novel Back to Brooklyn, his sequel to the popular movie My Cousin Vinny
- Alison Joseph's A Dark and Sinful Death, the fourth in her British female sleuth series with Sister Agnes
- Linda Green's bestselling psychological thriller While My Eyes Were Closed
- Gemma Halliday's Hollywood Secrets, the second book in her Hollywood Headlines humorous/romantic cozy series
Sales on multiple books from the same author include:
- Each of the 2 books in Robert Bailey's popular and highly praised McMurtrie and Drake legal mystery/thriller series are on sale for 99c for Kindle, and you can get another 60% off if you buy them both with one click. Get both books in the series for only 80 cents!!
- 14 of Archer Mayor's mysteries in his popular Joe Gunther series are on sale for $1.99 each for Kindle
We also want to mention that Berkley has the paperback versions of a dozen cozy mysteries on sale for $5.18 each, including pre-orders from Julie Hyzy, Miranda James (aka Dean James), Laura Bradford, Delia James, Gayle Leeson and Kylie Logan.
December's big batch of "first Tuesday" new mystery releases are a great match for the Christmas gift giving season. Among today's new mysteries are:
- Lorraine Bartlett and Laurie Cass' Dead, Bath and Beyond, the fourth book in the Victoria Square cozy series
- Morgana Best's Witch Christmas, and Australian Witch cozy novella
- DS Butler's A Witchy Christmas, the third book in her Harper Grant paranormal cozy series
- Laura Childs' Egg Drop Dead, the latest in her popular Cackleberry Club cozy series
- the big bargain collection Christmas Mysteries - 20 Thriller Classics in One Volume
- The reissue of the collection of Christmas mystery stories, Christmas Stalkings, collected by Charlotte Macleod and including stories from Elizabeth Peters, Margaret Maron, Reginald Hill, Bill Crider and more
- EJ Copperman's Spouse on Haunted Hill, the eight book in his Haunted Guesthouse cozy series
- Kathi Daley's Murder at Christmas, the fourth book in her Sand and Sea Hawaiian Mystery cozy series
- KJ Emrick's Christmas themed cozy mystery The Naughty List, the 20th in her popular Darcy Sweet series
- Loren Estleman's historical mystery Brazen, a Valentino mystery
- AE Fielding's reissued British Golden Age classic The Craig Poisoning Mystery
- Vanessa Fletcher's Santa's Last Drop, the third book in her Tara Trott cozy series
- Amanda Flower's Prose and Cons, the second book in her Magical Bookshop cozy series
- Erle Stanley Gardner's The Knife Slipped, the first publication of a lost Donald Lam and Bertha Cool mystery
- Pearl Goodfellow's Filthy Witch and Dead Famous, the debut of her Hattie Jenkins and the Infiniti Chronicles paranormal cozy series
- Alison Golden and Grace Dagnall's The Case of the Broken Doll, the fourth book in their Inspector David Graham British village mystery series
- Eleanor Gray's female sleuth mystery Don't Tell Anyone with art historian Grace Neville
- DE Haggerty's Self-Serve Murder, the third book in her Death by Cupcake cozy series
- Lily Harper Hart's Welcoming Seas, the debut of her cozy series with photojournalist Rowan Gray
- Anne Holt's Beyond the Truth, the seventh in her Norwegian mystery series with Hanne Wilhelmsen
- The 6 book Christian mystery collection In the Arms of Danger, with books from Cynthia Hickey, Traci Tyne Hilton and more
- Sue Ann Jaffarian's The Ghosts of Misty Hollow, the latest in her popular Ghost of Granny Apples cozy mystery series
- CeeCee James' The Sour Taste of Suspicion, the third book in her Angel Lake/Walking Calamity cozy series
- Jerusha Jones' Carbon Dating, the third book in her Tin Can cozy series
- Jenny Kales' Spiced and Iced, the second book in her Callie's Kitchen culinary cozy series
- Diane Kelly's Above the Paw, the latest in her Paw Enforcement cozy series
- Amanda Lee's (aka Gayle Trent) Better Off Thread, the Christmas themed tenth book in her Embroidery cozy series
- Amanda Lee's A Holiday of Witches, a collection of 5 Wicked Witches of the Midwest paranormal cozy shorts
- Amanda Lee's Merry Witchmas, a Wicked Witches of the Midwest paranormal cozy short
- Harper Lin's Food Festival and a Funeral, the third book in her Pink Cupcake culinary cozy series
- TC LoTempio's Crime and Catnip, the third book in the Nick and Nora cozy series
- Molly MacRae's Plaid and Plagiarism, the debut of her Highland Bookshop cozy series
- Naomi Miller's Christmas Cookie Mystery, the second book in her Amish Sweet Shop culinary cozy series
- The reissue of the collection of Christmas mystery stories Mistletoe Mysteries, collected by Charlotte Macleod and including stories from Mary Higgins Clark, Marcia Muller, Aaron Elkins and more
- Kristina Ohlsson's The Chosen, the fifth in her Swedish mystery series with Fredrika Bergman
- Diana Orgain's Trigger Yappy, the second book in her Roundup Crew cozy series
- Summer Prescott's culinary cozy mystery Baby Back Murder, the second book in her Hawg Heaven series
- Matthew Redford's Food Crime Investigation novella Who Killed Mince Spy
- Eileen Rendahl's mystery/suspense novel Cover Me In Darkness from Midnight Ink
- Kym Roberts' Fatal Fiction, the debut of her Book Barn cozy series from Penguin/Random House's Lyrical Underground imprint
- Helene Tursten's Who Watcheth, the latest in her Inspector Irene Huss Swedish mystery series
- A reissue of Fred M White's mystery/thriller classic The Mystery of the Ravenspurs
- AR Winters' Slippery Solicitors, the fourth book in her Piece of Cake cozy series
Let us know if there are any that we missed and we will add them!
I have been looking forward to this month for a long time! There is a big batch of terrific new releases just in time for the holiday season including:
- Ellery Adams' Writing All Wrongs, the seventh book in her bestselling Books by the Bay cozy series
- Judy Alter's Murder at Peacock Mansion, the third book in her Blue Plate Cafe cozy mystery series
- Sally Andrews' South African mystery Recipes for Love and Murder, a Tannie Maria mystery
- Morgana Best's inexpensive paranormal cozy mystery series debut Miss Spelled, the first book in her Kitchen Witch series
- Cindy Blackburn's Five Spot, the fifth book in her Cue Ball humorous cozy series with Jessie Hewitt
- Susan Boyer's Lowcountry Bordello, the fourth book in her Agatha Award winning Liz Talbot series from Henery Press
- Ali Brandon's Plot Boiler, the fifth book in the Black Cat Bookshop cozy mystery series
- Alison Brennan's tenth Lucy Kincaid mystery/thriller No Good Deed
- Robin Burcell's The Last Good Place, a continuation of Carolyn Weston's Krug & Kellog mystery series (the basis for the TV series "The Streets of San Francisco")
- Hope Callaghan has 4 new cozy mystery shorts (about 50 pages) in her new Sweet Southern Sleuths series
- JoAnna Carl's The Chocolate Falcon Fraud, the 15th book in her popular Chocoholic culinary cozy mystery series
- Kate Carlisle's Crowned and Moldering, the third book in her Fixer-Upper cozy mystery series
- Joelle Charbonneau's YA thriller Need
- The bargain holiday mystery collection Cozy Holiday Escapes, with stories from Ritter Ames, Karen Cantwell, Maria Grazia Swan, Carolyn Haines, Joanna Campbell Slan and Leslie O'Kane
- Linda Crowder's Death Changes Everything, the fourth book in her Jake and Emma cozy mystery series
- Kathi Daley's The Cat of Christmas Past, the sixth book in her Whales and Tails cozy mystery series
- Vicki Delany's Rest Ye Murdered Gentlemen, the debut of her A Year-Round Christmas cozy mystery series
- David Deutsch's second Max Slade mystery from Gemma Halliday Publishing, The Killing Green
- KJ Emrick's Digging for Trouble, the second book in her bargain priced Pine Lake Inn cozy series
- Jean Flowers' (aka Camille Minichino) Death Takes Priority, the debut of the Postmistress cozy mystery series from Berkley Prime Crime
- Gone Girl author Gillian Flynn's Kindle Single ghost story The Grownup
- Brian Freemantle's spy thriller The Cloud Collector
- Sally Goldenbaum's Trimmed with Murder, the tenth book in her Seaside Knitters cozy mystery series
- Janel Gradowski's bargain priced Culinary Competition Mysteries Boxed Set Books 1-3
- Victoria Hamilton's White Colander Crime, the 5th book the Vintage Kitchen cozy mystery series from Berkley Prime Crime
- Susannah Hardy's Olive and Let Die, the second book in her Greek To Me cozy mystery series from Berkley Prime Crime
- Lily Harper Hart's Deadly Christmas, the fourteenth book in her Hardy Brothers Security series
- Traci Tyne Hilton's Killer Honeymoon, the sixth book in her Plain Jane cozy mystery series
- Linda Joffe Hull's Sweetheart Deal, the third book in her Mrs. Frugalicious Shopping mystery series
- Jonathan and Jesse Kellerman's thriller The Golem of Paris
- Stephen King's short story collection The Bazaar of Bad Dreams
- Joyce and Jim Lavene's A Dickens of a Murder, the first in their Canterville Book Shop cozy mystery series
- Amanda Lee's Life's a Witch, the seventh book in her popular Wicked Witches of the Midwest paranormal cozy series
- Amanda Lee's (aka Gayle Trent) The Stitching Hour, the ninth book in her Embroidery cozy mystery series
- Elizabeth Lee's Nuts and Buried, the third book in her Nut House cozy mystery series
- TC LoTempio's Claws for Alarm, the second book in the Nick and Nora cozy mystery series
- Blanche Manos' Moonlight Can Be Murder, the debut of her Ned McNeil cozy mystery series
- Nancy Martin's humorous mystery Miss Ruffles Inherits Everything, a new series debut from the Blackbird Sisters mysteries
- Lisa Q Mathews' Cardiac Arrest, the debut of her The Ladies Smythe and Westin cozy mystery series
- Jenn McKinlay's A Likely Story, the latest in her Library Lover's cozy mystery series
- Ana Moure's bargain priced novella The Flower Girl Murder, the first book in her Primrose and Sage cozy mystery series
- Diana Orgain's humorous small town cozy mystery Yappy Hour, a new dog lover's series debut (with a heroine who is not particularly fond of dogs)
- LJM Owen's Olmec Obituary, the debut of the Dr Elizabeth Pimms Intermillennial Sleuth series
- Marta Perry's Amish mystery When Secrets Strike
- Summer Prescott's Apple Cider Murder, the 18th book in the Frosted Love cozy mystery series
- James Rollins' Sigma Force Kindle Single The Midnight Watch
- Nic Saint's Three Shots of Disaster, the bargain priced third book in her Felicity Bell series
- Jack Soren's international suspense/adventure novel from Witness Impulse, The Tomorrow Heist
- Tom Soule and Ricardo Taylor's inexpensive novella collection Kim's Cozy Mystery Series Books 1 - 4
- Tom Soule and Rick Tales' culinary cozy mystery short Murderous Shortbread, the first in their Sugar Sweet cozy series
- Victoria Thompson's Murder on St. Nicholas Avenue, the seventeenth in her Gaslight historical mystery series
- Livia Washburn's The Candy Cane Cupcake Killer, the tenth book in her Fresh Baked culinary cozy mystery series
- Betty Webb's The Puffin of Death, the fourth book in her Gunn Zoo series
- Lisa Wysocky's The Fame Equation, the third book in her Cat Enright Equestrian cozy mystery series
Let us know if we have missed any!! This is the biggest batch yet!