Other Animals
There are lots of animals involved in cozy mysteries. These are the ones where we don’t have enough to make their own page, and it includes series where a person (e.g. a vet) is involved with many different animals.
The Bean to Bar Mysteries (Amber Royer) Felicity Koerber has returned to her home town of Galveston, Texas to open a bean to bar chocolate shop. She’s living with her Aunt, Naomi, and her pet lop eared bunny, Knightley, moving from one house to another as her aunt repairs and flips them.
The Beaufort Scales Mysteries (Kim M. Watt)
The Call of the Wilde Mysteries (Laura Morrigan) Animal behaviorist Grace Wilde keeps her ability to psychically communicate with furry and feathered critters under wraps. But when a Doberman turns out to be the only witness to a crime, Grace will have to let the cat out of the bag in order to catch a killer.
The Casebook of Dr. McKenzie (Claudia Bishop) On their farm nestled in upstate Trumansburg, New York, veterinarian Austin McKenzie and his wife Madeline keep themselves busy looking after a variety of ailing farm animals and pets in poor health. While they may be able to mend creatures great and small, they have yet to find a cure for murder.
The Cats and Dogs Mysteries (Fiona Grace) Audrey Smart, 34, is a brilliant vet—yet burnt-out with the endless hours. She wonders if the time has come for a new direction, and when she sees an ad for a $1 home in Sicily, it captivates her.
The Catskills Pet Rescue Mysteries (Deborah Blake) A lottery winner, Kari Stuart, uses her good fortune to save a local pet sanctuary, but when a body is discovered on the property, she just might be in the doghouse.
The Christmas Catastrophe Mysteries (Trixie Silvertale)
The Circus of Unusual Creatures (Tammie Painter) Duncan — aka “Brutus Fangwrath, Deadliest Dragon in the West” — wakes one morning to find his best friend isn’t just sleeping off a hangover. He’s been murdered.
The Clara Colby Mysteries (Nancy Garner)
The Country Girl in the Big City Mysteries (Susan Harper) Bonnie Boone is headed to the big city to live with her childhood best friend, Katie Lou, and her goat. Some of the neighbors are less than thrilled to be sharing the apartment building with a goat.
The Cozy Zoo Mysteries (Lisa Shea) Rosalinda Alameda adores zoos. When the “Free Friday” promotion features the Franklin Park Zoo in Boston, Rosalinda grabs her camera and heads east. A full day amongst lions and tigers is about the best outing she can possibly imagine.
The Crafty Witch Mysteries (Sara Bourgeois) Hazel Holloway is baffled at the news that a great uncle has left her his funeral home. Stranger still, the mortuary is in an unfamiliar small town, Fullmourn. More shocking is the gift she receives from a ghost, Witchcraft.
The Dickens & Christie Mysteries (Kathy Manos Penn) Leta Parker moved across the pond to get over her grief. And so far, the serene pastoral countryside seems just the place to make a fresh start.
The Finn Family Farm Mysteries (Elle Brooke White) Charlotte Finn never wanted to inherit the family’s produce farm–much less plow a heap of money into it. Her plan is to hammer a great big FOR SALE sign into the farm’s fallow furrows.
The Fireside Mysteries (K. E. O’Connor) In the quaint otherworldly Ithric Realm, a land of magic, castles, and royal households, people have been vanishing without a trace. As the disappearances cast a shadow over the community, Bell Blackthorn and her loyal wyvern Hodgepodge, stumble upon the truth.
The Furry Fairy Mysteries (Cate Lawley) Trixie had a problem. Furred, feathered, and scaled. Four-legged and two-legged. Fine, she had more than one problem. Trixie was a creature whisperer, and it was messing with her life.
The Gallery Café Mysteries (Sydney Tate)
The Goddess of Greene St. Mysteries (Kate Collins) After her divorce, Athena has returned to coastal Michigan to work in her family’s garden center and raise her son, while also caring for a mischievous wild raccoon and fending off her family’s annoying talent for nagging.
The Gunn Zoo Mysteries (Betty Webb) If Lucy, the pregnant Giant Anteater from Belize, didn’t kill the man found dead in her enclosure at California’s Gunn Zoo, who did? Zookeeper Teddy Bentley must find the real murderer before her furry friend is shipped off to another zoo in disgrace.
The Harland Creek Mystery Quilters (Jodi Allen Brice) Dove Agnew moved back home to the tiny town of Harland Creek. But when she finds Gertrude Brown’s body on the floor of her mom’s quilt shop, she becomes a murder suspect. It’s up to her to clear her name with the help of the Harland Creek Quilters… and a goat named Petunia.
The Witches of Hellforge Hatchery Mysteries (Skye Sullivan) Baby dragons, a paranormal animal shelter, and a magical academy where the professors are know-it-all cats? Throw a dead body in the mix, and Elsie’s thinking this magical town might be too hot to handle.
The Holiday Pet Sleuth Mysteries (Annee Jones) A multi-author series featuring dogs, cats, turkeys, and every other critter imaginable.
The Honeybee Mysteries (Katherine Hayton) When Alice Townsend installs eight beehives in Christchurch’s red zone, she expects her bees will pollinate the bounty of fruit trees in the area. Instead, a dead body is found nearby covered in stings. Now the police believe a killer used her bees as their murder weapon.
The Josiah Reynolds Mysteries (Abigail Keam) Josiah Reynolds is a beekeeper trying to stay financially afloat by selling honey at the Farmers’ Market. She finds her world turned upside down when a man is found dead in her beeyard, only to discover the victim is her nemesis.
The Jules & Bun Mysteries (J. M. Griffin) Juliette “Jules” Bridge prides herself on the tender rehabilitation she provides for injured or abused rabbits on her New Hampshire rescue farm, but she has a very special relationship with one bunny in particular.
The Leigh Koslow Mysteries (Edie Claire) Put your sleuthing skills to the test as you follow the humorous travails of advertising copywriter Leigh Koslow, her veterinarian father, a certifiable cast of friends and relatives, and their motley assortment of pets. Set in the Pittsburgh borough of Avalon.
The Madigan Amos Zoo Mysteries (Ruby Loren) Someone at the zoo has a hidden agenda. And they’re willing to kill to keep it a secret. Finding a body in the penguin pool isn’t a great way to start the day. Zookeeper Madigan Amos is just as curious as anyone about the strange circumstances surrounding the penguin keeper’s death.
The Marcalls Breakfast Cafe Mysteries (B. I. Skinner) Charlotte, an inexperienced witch, inherits her grandmother’s mountain cafe and a pair of smart-mouthed rabbit familiars. When she’s falsely accused of murdering her landlord, she struggles to catch the real killer before life in their picturesque mountain town is ruined.
The Melody’s Zoo Mysteries (J. Traveler Pelton) A broken-hearted father builds a zoo to entertain his dying child and leave a legacy of her in the community. It was not his intention for it to become the experimental grounds for a sociopath, just a place for families to gather and bond.
The Milly Pepper Mysteries (Rosie A. Point)
The Monsters of Jellyfish Beach (Ward Parker) Missy Mindle is a witch and a home-health nurse for ancient vampires. But when a mysterious organization offers a huge grant to an occult shop where she works part time, she decides to change her career path.
The Orchard Hollow Mysteries (A. N. Sage) Piper Addison thinks she finally has life figured out. Sure, her bank account could be fuller and the cafe she opened with the last of her savings could use some help, but what’s a few kinks for an Orchard Hollow witch?
The Pet Rescue Mysteries (Linda O. Johnston) Lauren Vancouver is the head of HotRescues, a no-kill animal shelter north of Los Angeles, but it’s often human nature that puts her in the path of danger.
The Polly Parrett Mysteries (Liz Dodwell) Polly is juggling the care of her wheelchair-bound mother, her pet-sitting business and the sale of the family home. On top of that she finds herself having to deal with an arrogant but really sexy realtor, and Christmas is coming!
The Possumwood Mysteries (Holly Dey) After twenty-five years in Homicide, freshly-retired Detective Sergeant PC Donovan returns to her small hometown of Possumwood, Texas, when her aging mother breaks a hip. Somebody’s got to take care of Mama’s collection of rescue critters.
The Reigning Cats and Dogs Mysteries (Cynthia Baxter) As a veterinarian, she’s more experienced with paw prints than fingerprints. But thanks to her dogged persistence and her knack for landing on her feet, Dr. Jessica Popper’s got murder on a very short leash.
The Secret Staircase Mysteries (Gigi Pandian) Tempest Raj heads back to her childhood home in California to comfort herself with her grandfather’s Indian home-cooked meals. And every day brings her closer to working for her father’s company.
The Silver Hollow Mysteries (Leighann Dobbs) Isolde “Issy” Quinn wants to fly under the radar of the paranormal police, but that’s going to be hard to do when her least favorite person dies in front of her magical pet store. Now Issy and her cousins follow a twisty path of clues that lead to a shocking betrayal. Cowritten with Traci Douglass
The Superior Bay Witch Doctor Mysteries (Paula Lester) Willow Morgan is perfectly content caring for animals and keeping her witch identity secret. But her ability to communicate with people’s pets won’t pay the latest hike on her clinic’s lease.
The Urban Tails Pet Shop Mysteries (T. C. LoTempio) Shell McMillan’s beloved aunt who recently died left her a pet shop in her will, and Shell sees it as the perfect chance to make a fresh start in the sleepy town of Fox Hollow. But adjusting to small-town life won’t be easy.