Plotting Your Irresistible Cozy Mystery

🧁🔍 Plotting Your Irresistible Cozy Mystery

A step-by-step guide to planning your next charming whodunit—with confidence, clarity, and a sprinkle of mischief.

Do your cozy mystery plots feel a little… squishy in the middle?

Are your clues tripping over each other like kittens on a keyboard?

Or maybe you're staring at a blinking cursor thinking, Where does this story even begin?

Breathe easy, sleuth—this guide was made for you.

Plotting Your Irresistible Cozy Mystery walks you through the exact framework cozy authors use to craft compelling mysteries with quirky sleuths, twisty plots, red herrings galore, and satisfying endings that leave readers smiling.

Inside you’ll learn how to:

🔸 Hook your reader in the very first scene

🔸 Weave clues and red herrings like a pro (without losing the thread)

🔸 Create memorable suspects your readers will love to suspect

🔸 Build your sleuth’s emotional arc while solving the crime

🔸 Tie it all together with a reveal that makes sense and surprises

Designed for both plotters and pantsers who love a little structure, this guide gives you everything you need to plan a mystery readers won’t be able to put down.

✨ Bonus: Includes your Cozy Mystery Blueprint—a printable worksheet to track your sleuth, suspects, secrets, and scenes as you plan.

Whether you’re writing your first cozy or your fifteenth, this guide will help you plot with joy, confidence, and a little extra sparkle.