6 cozy books to read if you like Only Murders in the Building
- Dane Luna
- Sep 3
- 3 min read
Updated: Sep 9
There's plenty to love about Only Murders in the Building: the unusual and completely adorable friendship between our three amateur sleuths and podcasters, Oliver, Mabel and Charles-Haden; the other quirky dwellers of The Arconia; and the gripping mystery of every season.
If you can't get enough of the show, here are 6 books like Only Murders in the Building for some cozy reading, and a few recipes reminiscent of the iconic food from the show.
A senior citizen and a twentysomething team up to solve a murder and save their beloved apartment building from demolition.
The Fog Ladies are a group of spunky senior citizens living in an elegant apartment building in San Francisco. But when the old ladies of the building start dying, the Fog Ladies try to uncover the murderer with the help of their young neighbor Sarah James.
Lila Macapagal and her godmothers April, Mae and June are celebrating the opening of their laundromat when April's niece, newly arrived from the Philippines, is found dead next to a chilling message. Lila and the Calendar Crew have to use their network to find the killer.
Lana Lee is back working at Ho-Lee Noodle House, her family's restaurant at the Asia Village shopping plaza in Cleveland. When the property manager suffers a fatal allergic reaction from a shrimp dumpling delivered from their restaurant, Lana has to find the killer and prove her family's innocence.
This one is not a full-fledged cozy mystery, but there is a mystery in the story when the residents of 44 Scotland Street in Edinburgh are shocked to hear the discovery of a Neanderthal skull by a resident's dog.
Clayton Stumper, a twentysomething who dresses like a grandpa and was raised by the Fellowship of Puzzlemakers, receives a puzzle from beyond the grave promising the revelation of his parentage.
Featured recipes from Only Murders in the Building
Season 2 features an off-menu order for a liverwurst and marmalade sandwich, which sounds really strange, but which I personally find intriguing! And while I couldn't find an actual recipe for it, I did find one for pate crostini with jam, which seems delightful:
Meanwhile, anyone who watched and loved the show knows Oliver has a fondness for dips, and Dip In has 80 recipes to satisfy one's every dip craving.
Let's sleuth and solve our way into uncovering the killer—or killers—behind this season’s murder. In the episode below, I’ll be doing a rundown of what we know of the season so far: the murder, the murder victim, and of course, a long list of potential suspects.
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