The Bookshop Mysteries
by S. A. Reeves
A Small Town Cozy Mystery Book Series
The Bookshop Mysteries is a British cozy mystery series by S. A. Reeves, set in the historic Derbyshire town of Belper. The books follow bookshop owner Gemma Curtis, her friend Mavis Rawlings, and Detective Inspector David Haynes as they investigate murders, cold cases, and suspicious deaths that disrupt life in their close-knit community.
Centred around the Bookworm Bookshop and Café, the series combines amateur sleuth investigations, intriguing puzzles, small-town secrets, humour, friendship, and a touch of romance. Perfect for readers who enjoy traditional British crime fiction, village mysteries, and character-driven whodunits in the style of Richard Osman, M. C. Beaton, and Murder, She Wrote, each novel presents a complete mystery while building on the lives and relationships of its recurring cast.
What Can I Expect from a Bookshop Mysteries Novel?
The Bookshop Mystery novel series is about a bookshop owner, Gemma, and her business partner, Mavis, solving murders using teamwork with their friends. The Bookshop Mysteries is about normal everyday people being put into extraordinary circumstances and using teamwork to bring the killers to justice.
As well as the Bookshop Mystery novels being about solving murders, we also like to show the main characters living their lives as booksellers at the Bookworm Bookshop and Café, and over the entire series the books develop those characters and their lives. If you read the Bookshop Mysteries from Book 1 and onward, as well as seeing each murder solved, you will live the highs and lows of the main characters lives.
What Is The Recommended Reading Order For The Bookshop Mysteries?
While you can read the Bookshop Mysteries series in any order, the recommended reading order is:
What some of our readers think of the Bookshop Mysteries
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The Bookshop Mysteries are modern small-town whodunits in the cozy mystery tradition of Agatha Christie, but with a contemporary Derbyshire twist.
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Cozy Gems With Smart Sleuthing Twists.
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I Didn't Want to Put Them Down!
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A Fun Read, With Some Clever Twists to Keep One Reading. Recommended.
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A Thought-Provoking Murder Mystery.
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These Books Welcome You In Like An Old Friend.
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An Electrifying Mystery Packed With Clever Twists.
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These Books Will Keep You Guessing.
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One Of The Vest Series I’ve Read. A Bookshop With Cafe, In An English Setting.
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A Series of ‘Thinking Person’s Cozies’.
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