Cozy Mystery Books Set in All 50 States: The Ultimate USA Reading List

Cozy Mystery Books Set in All 50 States: The Ultimate USA Reading List

Alabama: Bless Her Dead Little Heart by Miranda James (Berkley)

Alaska: Murder at the B & B by Sue Henry (Avon)

Arizona: The Cactus Plot by Mary Angela (Camel Press)

Arkansas: Death at Devil’s Bridge by Robin Paige (Berkley)

California: The Chocolate Cat Caper by JoAnna Carl (Signet)

Colorado: The Ghost and Mrs. McClure by Alice Kimberly (Berkley)

Connecticut: Murder in an Irish Village by Carlene O’Connor (Kensington)

Delaware: Death by Darjeeling by Laura Childs (Berkley)

Florida: Murder with Peacocks by Donna Andrews (St. Martin’s)

Georgia: Sweet Tea and Sympathy by Molly Harper (Gallery)

Hawaii: Murder on Bamboo Lane by Naomi Hirahara (Prospect Park)

Idaho: Death by Committee by Alexis Morgan (Berkley)

Illinois: The Quiche of Death by M.C. Beaton (St. Martin’s)

Indiana: Murder on the Rocks by Karen Macinerney (Midnight Ink)

Iowa: The Whole Cat and Caboodle by Sofie Ryan (Berley)

Kansas: Murder on the Menus by Miranda Bliss (Berkley)

Kentucky: Buried in a Book by Lucy Arlington (Berkley)

Louisiana: A Cajun Christmas Killing by Ellen Byron (Crooked Lane)

Maine: Clammed Up by Barbara Ross (Kensington)

Maryland: Death by Chocolate Lab by Bethany Blake (Kensington)

Massachusetts: Buried in a Bog by Sheila Connolly 

Michigan: The Cherry Cola Book Club by Ashton Lee (Kensington)

Minnesota: Murder on the Iditarod Trail by Sue Henry (Avon)

Mississippi: Fixing to Die by Miranda James (Berkley)

Missouri: Murder in an Irish Pub by Carlene O’Connor (Kensington)

Montana: Death with Reservations by Karen Macinerney (Midnight Ink)

Nebraska: Mother’s Day Murder by Leslie Meier (Kensington)

Nevada: Elivs and the Dearly Departed by Peggy Webb (Kensington)

New Hampshire: Live Free or Die by Kate Flora (Minotaur)

New Jersey: One for the Money by Janet Evanovich (Scribner)

New Mexico: Death Comes Silently by Carolyn Hart (Bantam)

New York: Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder by Joanne Fluke (Kensington)

North Carolina: A Killer Plot by Ellery Adams (Berkley)

North Dakota: Murder at Hatchet Ranch by Anne Hillerman (Harper)

Ohio: The Battered Body by Diane Mott Davidson (Bantam)

Oklahoma: Death at the Drop-In by Leslie O’Kane

Oregon: Killer Crab Cakes by Livia J. Washburn (Kensington)

Pennsylvania: Death by Cashmere by Sally Goldenbaum (Kensington)

Rhode Island: The Body in the Lighthouse by Katherine Hall Page (Avon)

South Carolina: Lowcountry Boil by Susan M. Boyer (Henery Press)

South Dakota: The Round House by Louise Edrich (Harper)

Tennessee: A Deadly Clichee by Ellery Adams (Berkley)

Texas: Texas Tall Tail by Janet Dailey (Zebra)

Utah: Death in Zion National Park by Scott Graham (Torrey House)

Vermont: Murder at the PTA by Laura Alden (Obsidian)

Virginia: Hounded to Death by Rita Mae Brown (Bantam)

Washington: Snow Way Out by Christine Husom (Midnight Ink)

West Virginia: Murder in the Mountains by Elizabeth Penney (St. Martin’s)

Wisconsin: A Killer Stitch by Maggie Sefton (Berkley)

Wyoming: Cowboy Trouble by Joanne Kennedy (Sourcebooks)

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