Halloween Homicide in Blithedale: A small-town bookshop cozy mystery with TikTok clues, a haunted house, and a framed friend

by Liora Dawn

A Halloween cozy mystery with a bookshop sleuth, haunted-house mayhem, and modern clues that actually hold up. After leaving her fiancé, Alice Hartford unlocks Blithedale Books and tries to start over. The town’s marquee event is a haunted house, until a costumed guide dies during a blackout and Alice’s best friend is blamed. Alice follows the facts, not the gossip. A ring light creates a camera blind window, wristband colors fix the hour, and a QR schedule edit exposes a fake alibi. Expect fall vibes, cider at the Pemberley Inn, a black cat with opinions, and a clean, fair-play puzzle. Perfect for readers of small-town cozy mystery, bookstore mystery, amateur sleuth mystery, and Halloween mystery on Kindle and Kindle Unlimited.

237 pages, Kindle Edition

Published November 2, 2025