A cozy, sunlit kitchen table arranged as a mystery-writing command center, captured in photographic realism. An open, slightly worn notebook lies in the center, its pages filled with looping handwritten notes and color-coded sticky tabs. A chipped pastel mug brimming with coffee sits on a stack of parenting magazines, a single crayon resting beside it. In the softly blurred background, a school calendar covered in reminder notes hangs on a pale blue wall. Warm morning light from an unseen window washes across the wooden tabletop, casting gentle shadows and a playful, lived-in atmosphere. Shot at eye level with shallow depth of field, the focus rests sharply on the notebook and mug, suggesting the collision of everyday motherhood with brewing mystery.

Kristin Elizabeth | The Carline Cozy Mysteries

An overhead photographic view of a minivan's cluttered yet organized front seat, styled like a cozy mystery hub. The center console holds a travel coffee tumbler with lipstick print, a crumpled receipt, and a neatly highlighted paperback mystery novel.

The Carline Cozy Mysteries

Kristin Elizabeth

Different genres. Different kinds of chaos.

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Snacks, Schedules, & Everyone’s a Suspect

Release Date: 08/01/26
Genre: Cozy Mystery

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The Lantern Keepers

Release Date: 11/10/26
Genre: Horror

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Prombie


Release Date: 01/27
Genre: Rom-Com

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Beatrix Hawthorne Mystery

Release Date: 02/27
Genre: Cozy Mystery

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How do you like to read? Did you know that "Snacks, Schedules, and Everyone's a Suspect" is available as an audiobook? Help an indie author out 😉 Sign up to receive an advance copy of "The Lantern Keepers: 13 Voices of Contemporary Horror." Nothing to do with writing or books, but I went to see @billnye tonight at UNLV 💙🧪🌎💚 How freaking cool is that?!?! 📣📣 ALC Readers 📣📣 Horror has been a huge part of my life for as long as I can remember. From watching horror on the big screen and reading Cujo when I was 8 years old to writing some creepy ass screenplays in the 90s and now delving into horror fiction as a middle-aged mom. ♐️ SAGITTARIUS AUTHOR PROBLEMS When I decided I wanted to create a horror anthology, I had absolutely no idea what I was doing. Technically, still don't! 😂 "This book is for tired moms everywhere who spend so much time taking care of everyone else that they sometimes forget who they are beneath the schedules, snacks, and endless mental checklists.