Cozy mysteries with no murder
Not every good mystery needs a body. In these three books, Margaret Hale finds things tucked inside returned library books and sets out to give them back: a pawn ticket from 1987, a lost recipe card, an old key.
Start with Rose's Ring and read them in order. The later books answer questions the first one raises.
Rose's Ring
The Lost and Found Library Mysteries
Every librarian finds things in returned books. Margaret Hale is the one who gives them back. On a rainy Monday in Millbrook, Pennsylvania, Margaret fishes a waterlogged copy of Great Expectations out of the library book drop. Tucked inside is a pawn ticket from 1987. Someone has written one word on it in pencil: Ring.
Rhoda's Recipe
The Lost and Found Library Mysteries
A recipe card that vanished one Christmas in 2004 has just come back to the library inside a cookbook.
Vivian's Key
A Lost and Found Library Mystery
The key came back on Christmas Eve. The woman who left it knocked on Christmas morning.
Questions readers ask
Is there really no murder?
Yes. Each of the three books says so on the label: no murders, and more pie than the one before.
Do I need to read them in order?
Rose's Ring comes first. Rhoda's Recipe stands on its own, and Vivian's Key is best enjoyed after the other two.