7 Cozy Halloween Mysteries

Of all the places Olivia could have ended up stuck, Nightmare Arizona is unlike anything she could have dreamt up. Starting over in midlife is hard. It’s even harder when you have to start working at a haunted house. 

It’s nearly impossible when a dead body shows up on your first day. Olivia can’t believe she’s found herself in such a predicament. Now she’s trying to solve the crime before they lock her up for it!

As if she doesn’t have enough to deal with already, something is definitely up with this haunted house she’s working at, not to mention the owner’s son, who’s awfully full of himself. 

In this cozy Halloween mystery, Olivia will do what she can to solve the case and pull her life out of the shambles. 

Lindsey would prefer her home, conveniently located in the local lighthouse, not be the subject of public speculation on Halloween. 

The thing is, people love a ghost story, and Beacon Harbor residents are convinced her lighthouse is haunted. They’re not wrong, per se, but Lindsey worries about infringing on the ghost’s privacy. 

Thanks to her best friend, Kennedy, she allows a professional team to conduct a ghost hunt. It isn’t until they’re sent running out the door that a body is discovered. 

With the help of her dog, Wellington, Lindsey is on the trail to try to solve the murder. 

Bailey has got to learn how to prioritize. Because of her crazy busy schedule, she’s missing out on all the Halloween fun her town is known for! 

Elyan Hollow, Oregon, loves Halloween so much that they decided to keep the holiday year-round. Bailey has so much on her plate. 

One of her top priorities is her bookshop and running the Spooky Season Literary Festival. This book-loving event kicks off the town’s Halloween festival, and no one ordered a dead body to the party. 

After finding the corpse, Bailey will race against the clock to try to find the killer before more bodies fall.

Hercule Poirot, a famous detective, is called in to help with another murder on Halloween. This time, the victim is a young teen, and she’s been drowned in an apple-bobbing tub! 

The only lead is that said victim was heard claiming she had witnessed a murder before. Unlucky for her, no one believed her. This, ultimately, led to her demise as she went off alone. 

Detective Poirot must figure out a motive and sleuth out the clues. It’s tricky, however, to set about such a delicate task on a night like Halloween. 

In Agatha Christie’s well-known style, she draws readers along as Poirot works his magic to find the killer.

What spells cozy better than a small town bookshop in the fall? Harper is taking over the family business: her grandma’s bookshop. 

She’s excited for this chance to start over and settle into her new, quaint life. What she didn’t plan on was being the prime suspect in a murder, where the victim is found at her shop! 

Instead of happy, cozy vibes, Harper must put her head down and focus on clearing her name. It’s hard in a small town, though. Secrets abound, and it seems as though anyone could be a suspect.

For fans of the Savannah Reid books, the Granny Reid series offers heartfelt stories. G.A. McKevett shows Savannah, a 12-year-old, solving mysteries with her grandma Stella. 

Murder in the Corn Maze follows Stella with her grandchildren through the Halloween activities. At last, they find themselves at the corn maze. 

Unfortunately, a grisly surprise waits for them in the middle! When they discover these remains, they’ll have to look back at family history and work together to uncover the story behind this long, unsolved case. 

The mystery begins at the abandoned convent on the edge of town. Jodie Parker is hired to find out who’s working to stop the development of this old, abandoned property. 

Someone seems to be pulling out all the stops, and it even makes Parker wonder if it’s the building’s former inhabitants. Parker handles the spookiness in stride, and even with a dash of humor. 

That is, until the body of one of the workers is found dead. Now her husband, Nathan Withers, is pulled in as the detective to work the case. Together, they must follow the clues and figure out how it all connects. 

Set against the backdrop of a town preparing for Halloween celebrations, this cozy mystery is the perfect way to usher in fall.