The Cozy Mystery Book Club

Angela Maria Hart

Welcome To YouTube‘s First Cozy Mystery Book Club! Sleuthing as a reading family since January 2018. Each month, we discuss a different cozy mystery live (YouTube Channel: Books Are My Hart). Now you can listen to our monthly YouTube livestream discussions as podcast episodes. Enjoy!

  1. 11H AGO

    Murder with Lemon Tea Cakes| A Daisy's Tea Garden Mystery Book One 🍋

    Welcome to The Cozy Mystery Book Club! This month we discussed all things Murder with Lemon Tea Cakes (A Daisy's Tea Garden Mystery) by Karen Rose Smith. If you are a fan of baking and tea-inspired cozy mysteries, this book is for you!  ABOUT THE BOOK In an old Victorian in the heart of Pennsylvania’s Amish country, Daisy Swanson and her aunt Iris serve soups, scones, and soothing teas to tourists and locals—but a murder in their garden has them in hot water . . . Daisy, a widowed mom of two teenagers, is used to feeling protective—so when Iris started dating the wealthy and not-quite-divorced Harvey Fitz, she worried . . . especially after his bitter ex stormed in and caused a scene at the party Daisy’s Tea Garden was catering. Then there was the gossip she overheard about Harvey’s grown children being cut out of his will. Daisy didn’t want her aunt to wind up with a broken heart—but she never expected Iris to wind up a suspect in Harvey’s murder. Now the apple bread and orange pekoe is on the back burner while the cops treat the shop like a crime scene—and Daisy hopes that Jonas Groft, a former detective from Philadelphia, can help her clear her aunt’s name and bag the real killer before things boil over . . . GoodReads Page: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34764767-murder-with-lemon-tea-cakes  Special Guest: Ben aka  @botanyandbooks    Join the Email Newsletter Family:  https://mailchi.mp/12736139528e/angelamariahart ♡ Website: https://angelamariahart.com/ ♡ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/writerahart/ (@writerahart) ♡ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/booksaremyhart (@booksaremyhart) ♡ Threads: https://www.threads.net/@writerahart (@writerahart) ♡ BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/writerahart.bsky.social (@writerahart)   THE COZY MYSTERY BOOK CLUB https://linktr.ee/cozymysteryclub 🔎 Website: https://thecozymysterybookclub.com/ 🔎 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cozymysteryclub/?hl=en (@cozymysteryclub) 🔎 Threads: https://www.threads.net/@cozymysteryclub (@cozymysteryclub) 🔎 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2ywVWROGcKu0hZmA6jGUK6kR8kGAhBb- 🔎 BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/cozymysteryclub.bsky.social (@cozymysteryclub) 🔎 Etsy Store: https://www.etsy.com/shop/CozyMysteryBookClub   The Chatting Cozies Podcast 🎙 Apple (iTunes): https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/chatting-cozies/id1628228391

    1h 40m

  2. 12/30/2025

    Two Parts Sugar, One Part Murder | Baker Street Mystery Book One

    Join Angela, Marta, and Jae for a cozy discussion of Two Parts Sugar, One Part Murder by Valerie Burns (Book One of the Baker Street Mystery Series) 🐾 ABOUT THE BOOK In a brand-new culinary cozy series with a fresh edge and a delightful small-town setting, the acclaimed author introduces Maddy Montgomery, a social media expert who’s #StartingOver in small town Michigan after inheriting her great-aunt’s bakery…and a 200-pound English Mastiff named Baby. When Maddy Montgomery’s groom is a no-show to their livestream wedding, it’s a disaster that no amount of filtering can fix. But a surprise inheritance offers a chance to regroup and rebrand—as long as Maddy is willing to live in her late, great-aunt Octavia’s house in New Bison, Michigan, for a year, running her bakery and caring for a 250-pound English mastiff named Baby. Maddy doesn’t bake, and her Louboutins aren’t made for walking giant dogs around Lake Michigan, but the locals are friendly and the scenery is beautiful. With help from her aunt’s loyal friends, aka the Baker Street Irregulars, Maddy feels ready to tackle any challenge, including Octavia’s award-winning cake recipes. That is, until New Bison’s mayor is fatally stabbed, and Maddy’s fingerprints are found on the knife . . . Something strange is going on in New Bison. It seems Aunt Octavia had her suspicions, too. But Maddy’s going to need a whole lot more than a trending hashtag to save her reputation—and her life. YouTube Livestream Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXBiFMAqqZc&t=7s  GoodReads Page: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/59769895-two-parts-sugar-one-part-murder   Email Newsletter Link:  https://mailchi.mp/12736139528e/angelamariahart

    1h 38m

  3. 12/16/2025

    Secondhand Spirits | Witchcraft Mystery Book One

    Welcome to The Cozy Mystery Book Club's YouTube livestream discussion of Secondhand Spirits (Witchcraft Mystery Book One) by Juliet Blackwell 💫🔎 Celebrate some paranormal coziness with the sleuthing family 🔮 ABOUT THE BOOK Lily Ivory is not your average witch. Her spell-casting powers tend to draw mischievous spirits while keeping normal humans at a distance. But now her vintage clothing store could give her a chance to make friends in San Francisco.... Lily hopes for a normal life when she opens Aunt Cora's Closet. With her magical knack for vintage fashion -she can sense vibrations of the past from clothing and jewelry—her store becomes a big hit. But when a client is murdered and children start disappearing from the Bay Area, Lily may be the only one who can unravel the crime. She tries to keep her identity a secret while investigating, but it's not easy—especially under the spells of sexy "mythbuster" Max Carmichael and powerful witch Aidan Rhodes. Will Lily's witchy ways be forced out of the closet?   GoodReads Link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6456016-secondhand-spirit YouTube Livestream Link: https://youtube.com/live/Y75MkP-nX1M    GUEST HOSTESS: ANGELA COX Instagram: wheel.and.wool https://www.instagram.com/wheel.and.wool/ ANGELA MARIA HART: https://linktr.ee/angelamariahart THE COZY MYSTERY BOOK CLUB: https://linktr.ee/cozymysteryclub  SIGN UP FOR THE EMAIL NEWSLETTER: https://mailchi.mp/12736139528e/angelamariahart

    1h 30m

  4. 10/21/2025

    Killer Jam | Book One of the Dewberry Farm Mystery Series

    Welcome to The Cozy Mystery Book Club YouTube! Join myself (Angela Maria here!) and special guest, Dana (aka @readingfortheseasons on Instagram) for our discussion of Killer Jam by Karen MacInerney 📖 Killer Jam | Book One of the Dewberry Farm Mystery Series 🔎 When Houston reporter Lucy Resnick cashes in her retirement to buy her grandmother’s farm in Buttercup, Texas, she’s looking forward to a simple life as a homesteader. But Lucy has barely finished putting up her first batch of Killer Dewberry Jam when an oil exploration truck rolls up to the farm and announces plans to replace her broccoli patch with an oil derrick. Two days later, Nettie Kocurek, the woman who ordered the drilling, turns up dead at the Founders’ Day Festival with a bratwurst skewer through her heart and one of Lucy’s jam jars beside her…and the sheriff fingers Lucy as the prime suspect. Horrified, Lucy begins to talk to Nettie’s neighbors, but the more she gets to know the townspeople, the more she realizes she’s not the only one who had a beef with Nettie. Can she clear her name, or will her dream life turn into a nightmare? GoodReads Page: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25244453-killer-jam DANA Instagram: @ReadingfortheSeasons https://www.instagram.com/readingfortheseasons/   JOIN THE EMAIL NEWSLETTER FAMILY! https://mailchi.mp/9e1787486d8b/thecozymysterybookclub   If you have any questions about The Cozy Mystery Book Club, please feel free to email writerahart@gmail.com and or visit TheCozyMysteryBookClub.com    2026 Voting Form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSej8upNpRoPg13z9LIIC9Ih-p3j57DCwaUtln-56bgfTSyQwg/viewform

    1h 26m

  5. 09/23/2025

    A Wicked Yarn | Craft Fair Knitters Mysteries Book One

    Welcome to The Cozy Mystery Book Club's Discussion of A Wicked Yarn by Emmie Caldwell 🔎 ABOUT THE BOOK A killer may craft the perfect crime, but as every knitter worth her yarn knows--murder wool out. Mother's Day should be a cinch for the good folks of the Crandalsburg Craft Fair, and knitting enthusiast Lia Geiger has a good feeling about this year's yield. But things quickly get knotty when Lia's daughter announces she's quit her job and Lia finds herself tangled up in the murder of her best friend's ex-husband. While Belinda's alibi quickly gets her off the hook, nasty rumors spread throughout Crandalsburg that shroud the entire fair in suspicion. Could the vendors be responsible for the murder of a man hell-bent on unraveling the fair just days before his death? Lia and her crafty group of Ninth Street Knitters must put down their needles to gather clues and save the crafting community they've grown to love. GoodReads Link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52832543-a-wicked-yarn  YouTube Livestream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtX9tC_WYFE&t=6s  Special Guest: BEN Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/botanyandbooks/ @botanyandbooks Twitter (X): https://twitter.com/botanyandbooks @botanyandbooks Creator & Hostess, Angela Maria Hart: https://linktr.ee/angelamariahart Instagram, TikTok, BlueSky, & Threads: @writerahart YouTube: Books Are My Hart  writerahart@gmail.com  The Cozy Mystery Book Club: https://linktr.ee/cozymysteryclub  Join the Email Newsletter Family: https://mailchi.mp/12736139528e/angelamariahart

    1h 47m

  6. 09/16/2025

    Take the Honey and Run | A Bee Keeping Mystery Book One

    Join the Sleuthing Fun! The Cozy Mystery Book Club discusses Take the Honey and Run (A Bee Keeping Mystery Book One) by Jennie Marts 🐝 ABOUT THE BOOK As a successful mystery author, Bailey Briggs writes about murder, but nothing prepares her for actually discovering the dead body of the founder of her hometown of Humble Hills, Colorado. Bailey grew up at Honeybuzz Mountain Ranch and was raised by her beekeeping grandmother, Blossom Briggs, aka Granny Bee, and her two eccentric sisters, Aster and Marigold—which is why she drops everything to come home and help Granny Bee after a bad fall. A broken foot doesn’t stop her grandmother from ruling The Hive, her granny’s book club, or continuing to prepare and package her bee-inspired products. But when Bailey's grandmother’s infamous "Honey I'm Home" hot spiced honey turns out to “bee” the murder weapon and her granny is now the prime suspect, Bailey has no choice but to use her fictional detective skills to help solve the murder and ‘smoke-out’ the real culprit. With the help of Bailey’s witty bestie, a pair of meddling aunts, the feisty members of The Hive, and her computer-savvy daughter, this amateur sleuth is determined to solve the case. A malicious attack and an ominous threat reveal that someone wants Bailey to butt out of the investigation, but there’s no way she’s backing down. She must use her skills to uncover the truth and catch the clever culprit before her grandmother ends up bee-hind bars. GoodReads Page: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/63177330-take-the-honey-and-run  YouTube Livestram Link: https://youtube.com/live/DYCeYBI9xrY  GUEST HOSTS: Lori Leaf: @readingwithmrsleaf https://www.instagram.com/readingwithmrsleaf/ https://linktr.ee/Readingwithmrsleaf Angela Mosteller Cox: @wheel.and.wool https://www.instagram.com/wheel.and.wool/    Angela Maria Hart: @writerahart https://linktr.ee/angelamariahart  The Cozy Mystery Book Club: @cozymysteryclub https://linktr.ee/cozymysteryclub  SIGN UP FOR THE EMAIL NEWSLETTER: https://mailchi.mp/12736139528e/angelamariahart

    1h 17m

  7. 09/02/2025

    Mimi Lee Gets a Clue | Sassy Cat Mysteries Book One

    The May 2025 Cozy Mystery Book Club title was Mimi Lee Gets a Clue (A Sassy Cat Mystery Book One) by Jennifer J. Chow 🐾 ABOUT THE BOOK Mimi Lee is in over her head. There's her new Los Angeles pet grooming shop to run, her matchmaking mother to thwart, her talking cat Marshmallow to tend to—oh, and the murder of a local breeder to solve...now if only Mimi hadn't landed herself on top of the suspect list. Mimi Lee hoped to give Los Angeles animal lovers something to talk about with her pet grooming shop, Hollywoof. She never imagined that the first cat she said hello to would talk back or be quite so, well, catty—especially about those disastrous dates Mimi's mother keeps setting up. When Marshmallow exposes local breeder Russ Nolan for mistreating Chihuahuas, Mimi steals some of her cat's attitude to tell Russ off. The next day the police show up at Hollywoof. Russ has been found dead, and Mimi's shouting match with him has secured her top billing as the main suspect. Hoping to clear her name and save the pups Russ left behind, Mimi enlists help from her dreamy lawyer neighbor Josh. But even with Josh on board, it'll take Mimi and Marshmallow a lot of sleuthing and more than a little sass to get back to the pet-grooming life—and off the murder scene. GoodReads Page: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/48652969-mimi-lee-gets-a-clue  YouTube Livestream: https://youtube.com/live/dzVACVi5xa4  Special Guest: Victoria (Eliza) Luce Instagram: @lucewriter Website: www.lucewriter.com Angela Maria Hart: https://linktr.ee/angelamariahart The Cozy Mystery Book Club: https://linktr.ee/cozymysteryclub  Sign up for the Email Newsletter:  https://mailchi.mp/12736139528e/angelamariahart

    1h 35m

  8. 08/19/2025

    By Book or By Crook | Lighthouse Library Mystery Book One

    The Cozy Mystery Book Club discussed By Book or by Crook (Lighthouse Library Mystery Book One) by Eva Gates 🔎  Join Angela, Tammy, and Tara for a cozy conversation!  ABOUT THE BOOK For ten years Lucy has enjoyed her job poring over rare tomes of literature for the Harvard Library, but she has not enjoyed the demands of her family's social whorl or her sort-of-engagement to the staid son of her father's law partner. But when her ten-year relationship implodes, Lucy realizes that the plot of her life is in need of a serious rewrite. Calling on her Aunt Ellen, Lucy hopes that a little fun in the Outer Banks sun and some confections from her cousin Josie's bakery will help clear her head. But her retreat quickly turns into an unexpected opportunity when Aunt Ellen gets her involved in the lighthouse library tucked away on Bodie Island. Lucy is thrilled to land a librarian job in her favorite place in the world. But when a priceless first edition Jane Austen novel is stolen and the chair of the library board is murdered, Lucy suddenly finds herself ensnared in a real-life mystery and she's not so sure there's going to be a happy ending . . ." ABOUT OUR GUEST HOSTS: TAMMY 📚 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tamsterdam_reads/  @tamsterdam_reads 📚 LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/tamsterdam_reads?fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAaYNtnjvkDifAbXoHmOgyD4cBP9Q4Q4hq4dJW_AM6T5AYj-nG4BMYuKZ9hU_aem_pwni8_F3KJlwNoVPXBGyHw TARA 📖 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/crystalteascozymysteries/  @crystalteascozymysteries 📖 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/crystalteaknits/  @crystalteaknits 📖 LinkTree: https://lnk.bio/crystalteascozymysteries?fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAaY8lhHF1KBHMpYnvFBjVMFY9cZcYgMDo4-h17oEhNsitkDqMis3FAQwsYk_aem_hkOmVjH-8uxMoegE2_D12w  THE COZY MYSTERY BOOK CLUB https://linktr.ee/cozymysteryclub 🔎 Website: https://thecozymysterybookclub.com/ 🔎 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cozymysteryclub/?hl=en (@cozymysteryclub) 🔎 Threads: https://www.threads.net/@cozymysteryclub (@cozymysteryclub) SIGN UP FOR THE EMAIL NEWSLETTER HERE: https://mailchi.mp/12736139528e/angelamariahart

    1h 30m
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Welcome To YouTube‘s First Cozy Mystery Book Club! Sleuthing as a reading family since January 2018. Each month, we discuss a different cozy mystery live (YouTube Channel: Books Are My Hart). Now you can listen to our monthly YouTube livestream discussions as podcast episodes. Enjoy!

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  • Creator
    Angela Maria Hart
  • Years Active
    2022 - 2026
  • Episodes
    56
  • Rating
    Clean
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    © Copyright 2019 All rights reserved.
  • Show Website
    The Cozy Mystery Book Club