A married detective duo brings built-in history, banter and loyalty. Here are my favourite husband and wife sleuths, including my own Bob and Shirley.

If you love Midsomer Murders and Father Brown on the telly, here's the good news. Cosy mystery books cover exactly the same ground, and a couple of them are the actual books these shows came from. Start with Caroline Graham's Inspector Barnaby novels for the Midsomer feel, and the original Father Brown stories by G.K. Chesterton for the vicar detective one. After that, there are five more murder mystery books below that give you the same gentle village crime and the same nosy

If you love Agatha Raisin, go straight to Simon Brett's Fethering mysteries. Same sort of English village, same middle-aged woman who is not remotely nice about her neighbours, same murder that everybody would rather gossip about than solve. After that, there are six more cosy crime series below that scratch the same itch. M.C. Beaton did something a lot of cozy mystery books do not dare to do. She made her sleuth unlikeable. Agatha is vain, rude and lies about her age. The v

If you're wondering what cozy mystery series to start, here's my answer: start with one where the worst thing that happens to you is wanting a cup of tea and a biscuit halfway through. That's the whole joy of cozy mystery books. A gentle village, a nosy amateur sleuth, a body that turns up somewhere polite (the vicarage garden, the WI bake sale), and absolutely nobody getting chased through a car park by a man with a chainsaw. I get asked this question SO often by readers who

Looking for cozy mystery books with eccentric characters? Meet Bob and Shirley, plus M.C. Beaton, Richard Osman and more, free on Kindle Unlimited.

Looking for cozy mystery books with brilliant female leads? Suzy K Quinn shares her favourite picks, plus her own Bob and Shirley series, free on Kindle Unlimited.

If you love Richard Osman, you're already a fan of witty, British cozy mystery books. Here are the best murder mystery books to read next - many free on Kindle Unlimited.

If you're looking for good British cozy mystery series, you have come to exactly the right place. Britain is practically the world capital of cosy crime - we've been bumping people off in village halls and country houses for centuries, and we are SO good at it. The best British cozy mystery series combine sharp wit, loveable characters, and a setting so gloriously cosy you want to move there. Even if people do keep getting murdered. Bob and Shirley: A British Pub Cozy Mystery

If you've got a Kindle Unlimited subscription and you love murder mystery books, you are having a very good time right now. The range of brilliant British murder mystery authors on Kindle Unlimited at the moment is genuinely wonderful. Here are the ones worth knowing - the writers whose books reliably top book club lists and have you reading at 2am when you absolutely should not be. M.C. Beaton [ADD IMAGE HERE: Hamish Macbeth or Agatha Raisin book cover. Alt text: 'M.C. Beato