
The French Bookshop Murder
A Brand-new Utterly Gripping Cozy Murder Mystery Series for 2025
Hodder · Print & ebook · December 23, 2025
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- Who it’s for
- A cozy mystery with bookish atmosphere and enough gravity for serious conversation.
- Genres
- Cozy Bookshop Mysteries, International Crime Fiction, Women Detectives
- Published
- Hodder, December 23, 2025
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Don't miss the brand-new cozy crime series from Greg Mosse - available to pre-order now! Zoe Pascal has decided to live her dream: leave England and open up a bookshop in a small village in the south of France. She wants to spend her later years in life eating croissants, reading her beloved books, and getting to know her charming new hometown.
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When the body of a tourist is found inside the local church, Zoe begins to discover that something is afoot in the village of Sainte-Catherine. And as the last person to have seen the deceased alive, Zoe suddenly becomes a prime suspect in a murder investigation. Can she prove her innocence and discover who the real murderer is, or will Zoe have to say au revoir to her French countryside dream? Readers love Greg Mosse: 'Maisie Cooper is a brilliant main character, an everyday Miss Marple!... I love cosy crime and I loved this book!' 5 star reader review 'Fans of Osman are in for a treat!' Peter James 'Fabulous, full of wit, mystery, romance and small town politics... The characters are witty, quirky... The plot is twisty and engaging with lots of red herrings' 5 star reader review 'I loved the way that I was pulled into the mystery... I found myself constantly looking for potential clues which made it feel like a real puzzle to get stuck into. I had a lot of fun reading this book' 5 star reader review 'I was addicted from the first page' Fern Britton 'Mixes classic whodunnit with cozy mystery elements... Kept me guessing... I thoroughly enjoyed it' 5 star reader review
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A cozy mystery with bookish atmosphere and enough gravity for serious conversation.
Come here for
- French-bookshop coziness
- A new series to settle into
Expect
- Murder mystery rhythms
- Light, layered escapism
Where it sits
| Cozy Bookshop Mysteries | 91% |
|---|---|
| Women Detectives | 44% |
| International Crime Fiction | 32% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Funny Fiction
- Amateur Sleuths
- Small-Town Fiction
- Authors
- Greg Mosse
- Publisher
- Hodder
- Published
- December 23, 2025
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Reading lane
- Funny Fiction