Cozy Mystery Chapter 1 “What time is Brenda supposed to stop by?” Sally asked me as I was firing up the coffee machine at the Read Wine Bookstore while she put pastries in the display case for the morning rush. “She called me a little while ago and asked if I could come out to […]
Buy the cozy mystery book now. Chapter 1 “Whoo-hoo, I’m going to California!” I yelled to Jared, my best friend and roommate, as I hung up the phone. Bella was prancing around my legs, which was semi-dangerous, since she was almost a year old and weighed in at one-hundred-plus pounds. I gave her giant mastiff […]
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Chapter 1 The parents’ viewing room at the gym of my daughter’s cheerleading team, The Aces of Cherry City, was full of activity as I waited for the start of practice. We were at the last practice before competing for the weekend, which would not only be the last cheer competition of the year, but […]
Chapter 1 “Mom, I can’t find my shoes,” my daughter Ashley said. She frantically dumped everything out of her backpack and suitcase onto the bed in our hotel room to locate the missing items. “What do you mean?” I said, fully understanding her but mildly in shock. “Just what I said, Mom. My shoes aren’t […]
Cozy mysteries, also known as “cozies,” are a popular sub-genre of mystery fiction that are known for their lighthearted and genteel tone. Unlike traditional mystery novels, cozies tend to focus more on the amateur sleuth’s personal life and relationships rather than on grisly crimes and gore. This sub-genre has become so popular that it has […]
My name is Laina Turner, and I write clean, small town romance with mature characters and cozy mysteries with fun, quirky sleuths and their pets!
