Small Town Holidays: Halloween 2026

Book : Small Town Holidays

by Kathi Daley

Genres: Mystery; Amateur Sleuth; Mystery Anthologies & Collections; Cozy Mystery; Animal Cozy Mysteries; Female Sleuths

Synopsis

Love cozy mysteries and Halloween? Then curl up and enjoy five previously published holiday stories featuring charming small-town characters, lovable animals, seasonal celebrations, and cleverly crafted mysteries. This limited-edition collection, which delivers the perfect blend of suspense, heart, and Halloween fun, includes hearty fall recipes to make the season even cozier.

Whales and Tails: Frankencat - The week before Halloween, Caitlin Hart hosts a cozy book club meeting at Coffee Cat Books just as a fierce storm traps everyone inside. When the lights come back on after a sudden blackout, one of the guests is dead—and with no one able to leave, every attendee is a suspect. As long-buried secrets come to light, Cait must unravel the truth before the killer strikes again in this atmospheric cozy mystery.

Cottage on Gooseberry Bay: Halloween Moon - The Cottage at Gooseberry Bay is a series about, not only finding answers, but finding hope, family and friendship. When Ainsley Holloway rolls into Gooseberry Bay on Halloween she is searching for answers about her forgotten past. But when a young woman she meets on her first night in town is found dead, Ainsley sets aside her own search for answers in order to find the truth someone powerful will do anything to keep buried.

Zoe Donovan Cozy Mystery: Haunted Hamlet - Just days before Halloween, a ghost hunter is found dead inside the town's most notorious haunted house, and rumors spread that the killer may not be among the living. As Zoe Donovan juggles Halloween festivities and personal challenges, she uncovers a connection to a decades-old tragedy hidden within the house's walls. With danger closing in, Zoe must expose the truth behind Hezekiah Henderson's House of Horrors before she becomes the next victim.

Bistro at Holiday Bay: Clues and Canines - Halloween has arrived in Holiday Bay, and the bistro is decked out with festive decorations, spooky games, and seasonal treats. But the holiday fun takes a dark turn when a local dog walker reports witnessing the aftermath of a brutal murder—only for the body to vanish before the police arrive. Convinced she saw something real, she hires Beck to investigate, setting the team on the trail of a mystery where nothing is quite as it seems.

Inn at Holiday Bay: Haunting in the Hallway - After a personal tragedy, Abby Sullivan leaves San Francisco for a fresh start in Holiday Bay, Maine, where she unexpectedly finds a new home, loyal friends, and a family she never knew she needed. In book five, Halloween festivities at the inn are interrupted when the town's new bank president is found dead, buried in his own grave. As Abby investigates a growing list of suspects, strange noises echo through the inn, leaving everyone wondering if the old mansion might truly be haunted.

Release date: September 1, 2026

Publisher: Kathi Daley Books