Steven’s Cozy Mysteries
Discover Your Next Mystery
Discover charming small towns, unforgettable characters, hidden secrets, and mysteries you’ll still be thinking about long after the final page.
The Ivy Hill Flower Shop Mystery Series
“Small-town charm. Fresh flowers. One inconvenient corpse.”
Every Story Opens a New Door
From forgotten family secrets and haunted museums to cozy cafés and flower shops hiding deadly truths, every novel invites you into a completely new mystery. Each story is a standalone adventure, so you can begin wherever curiosity leads you.
Six Standalone Mysteries
Step Into Six Different Worlds
Secrets in D Minor
Some melodies were never meant to be played again.
An antique dealer buys a music box at an estate sale. Inside: a photo marked "Murderer" and a hand-written score that brings a killer closer to the surface.
Granny’s Got a Shovel
Small-town charm. Fresh flowers. One inconvenient corpse.
Edith "Granny" Malloy is 70, widowed, and armed with a shovel. When her grandson is accused of murdering the town's real estate queen, Granny digs into Mosswood Hollow's secrets to clear his name, one bake sale and blackmail scheme at a time.
Death Brewed Daily
Fresh coffee. Ocean views. A murder served before breakfast.
When Ivy Prescott inherits her late aunt’s seaside café, she expects hard work and fresh beginnings—not a body in the kitchen.
The Suitcase Beneath the Floorboards
Some houses remember everything.
Vera Cartwright inherits her grandfather's crumbling boarding house and finds a suitcase hidden beneath the nursery floor, packed with baby clothes and a photo of a girl who looks exactly like her. The town won't talk. Her mother won't visit. And Vera starts to wonder if she's the missing child everyone forgot.
Whispers of a Poisoned Past
Every beautiful estate hides its shadows.
A quiet manor, an unexpected death, and a trail of secrets stretching back generations threaten to destroy everything left behind.
Death in the Gallery
Some masterpieces conceal more than paint.
When murder interrupts an exhibition, every curator, donor, and collector becomes a suspect inside the town’s beloved museum.
A Three-Book Series
Ivy Hill Flower Shop Mystery Series
Three books. One long-buried secret. Follow Hazel and Poppy through a cozy mystery trilogy where every case uncovers another piece of Magnolia Springs’ past.
Something Borrowed, Something Dead
A wedding bouquet becomes a crime scene centerpiece.
Hazel Thornwood's first wedding as Magnolia Springs' new florist should have been her big break. Instead, the groom's mother is found dead, poisoned by the corsage Hazel made, and Hazel becomes the town's prime suspect.
Pushing Up Daisies
The Garden Club has trimmed more than the hedges.
Sienna Hartwell, the rival who stole Hazel's designs and destroyed her Atlanta career, turns up dead in the Garden Festival's rose garden, surrounded by the very work she stole. Now Hazel is suspect number one. Again.
To Have & To Homicide
Some vows were never meant to be kept.
The Whitmore-Astor wedding was supposed to be Hazel's crowning achievement. Instead, the mayor is found dead in her greenhouse, clutching evidence of a forty-year cover-up that reaches back to Aunt Dahlia and the secret that started it all.
Find Your Perfect Mystery
Where Would You Like to Begin?
A Sharp-Witted Granny
Gossip. Secrets. Small-town murder.
Granny’s Got a Shovel
A Coastal Café
Coffee. Ocean breeze. Unexpected danger.
Death Brewed Daily
An Old Museum
History. Art. Deadly discoveries.
Death in the Gallery
A Forgotten Manor
Old estates. Family secrets. Hidden rooms.
Whispers of a Poisoned Past
A House Full of Secrets
Forgotten memories. Buried evidence. One impossible discovery.
The Suitcase Beneath the Floorboards
Music and Mystery
Long-buried secrets. Haunting melodies. A mystery waiting to be heard.
Secrets in D Minor
A Village Wedding
A radiant bride. A guest who won’t make the reception.
Something Borrowed, Something Dead
The Garden Club
Trimmed hedges. A killer pouring tea every Thursday.
Pushing Up Daisies
A Golden Anniversary
A whispered toast. Some vows were never meant to be kept.
To Have & To Homicide
Comfortable Enough to Stay. Clever Enough to Surprise.
Charming Settings
Every mystery unfolds in places you’ll wish were real.
Clever Mysteries
Follow the clues, question every suspect, and enjoy twists that reward careful readers.
Complete Stories
Every novel stands on its own, making it easy to begin anywhere.
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