{"id":51273,"date":"2024-04-22T06:00:07","date_gmt":"2024-04-22T11:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/?p=51273"},"modified":"2024-04-01T11:10:27","modified_gmt":"2024-04-01T16:10:27","slug":"cozy-mysteries-set-in-a-library","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/cozy-mysteries-set-in-a-library\/","title":{"rendered":"Cozy Mysteries set in a Library"},"content":{"rendered":"

What\u2019s cozier than a cozy mystery that takes place in a library? A cozy mystery falls in the mystery \/ crime genre. Some of the traits of a cozy mystery are the violence taking place off-page, a cast of quirky supporting characters, and an amateur sleuth. In our case today, we are looking at cozy mysteries where the crime-solver\u2019s day job is working as a librarian!<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>42nd Street Library Mysteries<\/strong><\/em><\/a> by Cornelius Lehane – Con Lehane’s 42nd Street Library Mysteries<\/a><\/strong><\/em> feature librarian and reluctant sleuth Raymond Ambler, curator of the (fictional) crime fiction collection at New York City’s landmark 42nd Street Library. Raymond is a doggedly curious fellow who uncovers murderous secrets hidden behind the majestic marble building.
\nFirst title of series: Murder at the 42nd Street Library<\/a><\/strong><\/em>. Total number in series: 5<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Cat in the Stacks<\/a><\/strong><\/em> by Miranda James – Charlie Harris is a widowed librarian who knows how to search for clues. Diesel is a Maine coon cat who likes to go on walks. Together this duo is known for cracking the case when a murder occurs in the college town of Athena, Mississippi.
\nFirst title of series: Murder Past Due<\/a><\/strong><\/em>. Total number in series: 16<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>First Edition Library Mysteries<\/strong><\/em><\/a> by Marty Wingate – The First Edition Library Mysteries<\/a><\/strong><\/em> are set in the lovely spa town of Bath, England. Here we find Hayley Burke, curator of an impressive collection of books from the Golden Age of Mystery\u2014Agatha Christie, Dorothy L. Sayers, Ngaio Marsh, Margery Allingham, and all the rest. Too bad Hayley has never read a detective story in her life.
\nFirst title of series: The Bodies in the Library<\/strong><\/em><\/a>. Total number in series: 3<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>The Haunted Library Mysteries<\/strong><\/em><\/a> by Allison Brook \u2013 Ghosts, books, and cats, oh my! This is a \u2018spirited\u2019 cozy mystery series about a sleuthing Connecticut librarian, her paranormal sidekick, and the library\u2019s resident cat. Carrie Singleton works as the head of programs and events at the haunted local library, complete with its own librarian ghost.
\nFirst title of series: Death Overdue<\/strong><\/em><\/a>. Total number in series: 8<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Lakeside Library Mysteries<\/strong><\/em><\/a> by Holly Danvers \u2013 Rain Wilmot runs an informal library out of her family\u2019s waterfront log cabin in Lofty Pines, Wisconsin. Between snowed in winters and busy touristy summers, there is never a dull moment in the Northwoods, especially as the locals keep turning up murdered!
\nFirst title of series: Murder at the Lakeside Library<\/strong><\/em><\/a>. Total number in series: 3<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Lighthouse Library Mystery<\/strong><\/em><\/a> by Eva Gates – Determined to rewrite her life, Lucy leaves her job pouring over the rare tomes of literature for the Harvard Library. It\u2019s a dream come true when she arrives in the Outer Banks and lands a librarian job at the Bodie Island Lighthouse Library, but theft and murder could derail her happy ending.
\nFirst title of series: By Book or By Crook<\/strong><\/em><\/a>. Total number in series: 11<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

What\u2019s cozier than a cozy mystery that takes place in a library? A cozy mystery falls in the mystery \/ crime genre. Some of the traits of a cozy mystery are the violence taking place off-page, a cast of quirky supporting characters, and an amateur sleuth. In our case today,[Read more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[10,1],"tags":[8240,8242,8246,8237,8236,2899,708,80,8243,8250,8244,8248,553,139,8245,8252,8249,8247,8238,8241,8239,8251,1641,4709,1688],"class_list":["post-51273","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books","category-reference","tag-athena","tag-bath","tag-bodie-island","tag-con-lehane","tag-cornelius-lehane","tag-cozy-mysteries","tag-detectives","tag-england","tag-golden-age-of-mystery","tag-harvard-library","tag-haunted-library","tag-lakeside-library","tag-librarians","tag-libraries","tag-library-cat","tag-library-ghosts","tag-lighthouse-library","tag-lofty-pines","tag-maine-coon-cat","tag-mississippi","tag-new-york-city-library","tag-s","tag-series","tag-widow","tag-wisconsin"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pd0CXx-dkZ","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51273","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/42"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51273"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51273\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51332,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51273\/revisions\/51332"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51273"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51273"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51273"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}