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Top 3 Cozy Mysteries with Small-Town Secrets curated by Penelope McGrath

Top 3 Cozy Mysteries with Small-Town Secrets

In these towns, everyone knows your name—and your alibi.

This Top 3 cozy mystery set proves that even the sweetest settings hide scandal, betrayal, and murder. A historian drops dead during a community event. A fairground favorite takes her last breath near a pie stand. And in a charming harbor town, perfume formulas become deadly clues.

If you love nosy neighbors, secret pasts, and mysteries where the killer could be the lady behind the bakery counter, this trio of free cozies is your next binge.

  1. Murder in Windy Hollow – Iris Kingsley

    Cinnamon dough, buried family legacies, and a historian who didn’t live to tell the tale. Small-town mystery at its sharpest.
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  2. Fairground Fatality – C. Hardy

    Baking competition meets cold-blooded murder. Can Clara clear her name before the sheriff stops looking for other suspects?
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  3. Murder in Harborview – Harper Burton

    A border collie with a nose for murder. A perfume formula worth killing for. And a woman whose scent memory is the only key to the truth.
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Curious what’s hiding behind the neighbor’s perfect smile?

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Stay curious, stay aware... because in small towns, everyone has a secret—and some are buried deeper than the bodies.


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With thrills,
Penelope McGrath


📚 About Penelope McGrath

Penelope McGrath writes psychological thrillers and twisted mysteries from Puerto Rico, where she’s raising two toddlers and collecting story ideas in every thunderstorm.
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