![]() Killing Thyme is the third book in this series published by Penguin Putnam. Kate must set aside her financial woes to delve into the world of teenage homelessness.Īnother great Seattle-based cozy mystery series is Leslie Budewitz’s Seattle Spice Shop Mysteries, set in Seattle’s Pike Place Market. Murder Likes It Hot is the sixth book in this series where amateur sleuth and Yogi Kate Davidson starts a yoga program at a local resource center for homeless youth, and a center employee is found dead. Book one in this series is Alpha Alpine and book two is out now, titled Bitter Alpine.Īnother favorite Pacific Northwest series of mine is Tracy Weber’s Downward Dog Mysteries (Midnight Ink), set in Seattle. Prefer to stick to the Pacific Northwest? Mary Daheim’s Emma Lord Mysteries take place in the small town of Alpine, Washington, where mountains and murder collide. This long running series latest title is A Case of Bier and Judith McMongle Flynn, the popular protagonist and owner of Seattle’s Hillside Manor B&B, takes her amateur sleuthing skills on vacation to the Canadian Rockies. Next is popular author Mary Daheim’s wonderful Bed-and-Breakfast Mystery series (Harper Collins), set in Washington state. The protagonist Jules Capshaw and friends are enjoying the Christmas season and a Charles Dickens feast when the weather becomes frightful and one of the guests turns up dead. This is the tenth book in the series set in Ashland, Oregon-a small town in southwestern Oregon near the California border. Her latest is titled A Cup of Holiday Fear. Martin’s Press), set in small-town Oregon. We’ll start with Ellie Alexander’s Bakeshop Mystery series (St. If you like quirky fun with a touch of crazy, you’ll love these novels offering delightful puzzles and a touch of a murder. Let’s get a taste of five other cozy mystery series set in the Pacific Northwest that are set in this lush and rugged landscape and embody the spirit of the area. The Pacific Northwest also has a relatively new in population and therefore still has roots in the old west. You can hike through dense forests, whale watch and go on a boat ride to look for Bigfoot. You can go skiing and surfing in the same day. As far north as it is, the Pacific Northwest doesn’t suffer from the extreme cold or heat that you see in the Midwest, due to the Pacific Ocean’s currents. There are many small towns and quirky festivals like the Halloween Town Festival, the Big Foot Festival, ghost festivals, and the McMinnville UFO festival. Readers tell me they love the appeal of the large forests, the cool surf with cliffs and volcanic areas. The people there are quirky, smart, and from sturdy pioneer stock, from Wren’s Aunt Eloise, to loggers, surfers, and crab and whale boat operators. ![]() ![]() In Death Bee Comes Her, the first installment in my new Oregon Honeycomb mysteries, Wren Johnson lives in a fictional coastal town that combines the charms of several of my favorite places to visit. I had the privilege of living in Oregon for two years and took multiple trips to the coast to enjoy the water, wildlife, and hiking. ![]() I think it’s also the perfect area for writers and mysteries-and that’s the reason why I set my latest cozy series along the Oregon Coast. ![]()
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