Nancy J Cohen Books in Order

Attorney Sarina Bretton is pulled from Earth into an interstellar crisis and told she may be the legendary healer who can stop a plague. Duty, danger, and forbidden attraction collide as she searches for the truth.

On a slave planet, undercover diplomat Rolf Cam'brii is captured and drawn into an uneasy alliance with Ilyssa, a gifted overseer with secrets of her own. Their escape turns into a risky journey through politics, desire, and survival.

Psychic cultural specialist Mara Hendricks joins a rescue mission after a baby is kidnapped by aliens. Working with hard-driving Commander Deke Sage, she uncovers a wider conspiracy that tests both her instincts and her heart.

Archaeologist Leena Worthington-Jax hunts a stolen sacred horn that controls her world's weather. Her only ally is Taurin, a guarded protector whose hidden origins may be the key to saving the planet.

Marla Shore's day turns disastrous when a difficult salon client dies in her chair and the police think poison came from Marla's coffee setup. To save her business and herself, she starts asking dangerous questions.

Marla volunteers at a charity food event and watches accidents, sabotage, and then murder tear through the guest list. With chefs dropping out and tempers rising, she has to sort through nonprofit politics before someone else gets burned.

Trying to get in shape, Marla joins a fitness club and finds one of her salon clients dead in the whirlpool. The deeper she digs into the club's secrets, the clearer it becomes that the killer is still close by.

When Marla's ex-husband lands in trouble, she goes undercover as a nurse's aide in a wealthy household to help clear his name. Old emotions, family secrets, and a murder investigation make the case dangerously personal.

Marla's oddball neighbor disappears, leaving his pets behind and a dead man in his bedroom. Clues in the victim's hair send her back to beauty school memories, a former mentor, and a secretive pet fur business.

When Marla finds her rival salon owner dead behind their strip mall, curiosity and justice pull her into the case. A pushy psychic, a missing lock of hair, and a brewing hurricane keep the pressure high.

A Thanksgiving reunion at the haunted Sugar Crest Plantation Resort turns grim when Marla finds her Aunt Polly dead. Family history, ghost stories, and a fight over the property's future leave her digging into secrets some relatives would rather bury.

A beauty industry show looks like a career boost for Marla until a company director turns up dead in a foot bath. Clearing her former college roommate means untangling big egos, blackmail, and backstage grudges.

Marla expects romance on her first Caribbean cruise with fiancé Dalton, not threatening notes and vanishing passengers. When their dinner companions are tied to a suspicious museum death, she realizes the killer may be sailing with them.

Framed space pilot Jace Vernon joins forces with rookie assassin Silver Malloy to chase the terrorist who ruined both their lives. Their uneasy alliance mixes revenge, romance, and a race to stop interstellar war.

Serving as a bridesmaid should be stressful enough, but Marla finds the matron of honor dead under the cake table. With her own wedding only weeks away, she has to sort out lies, rivalries, and family trouble fast.

Mythologist Nira Larsen thinks she's heading to a dream job interview, then learns interdimensional invaders want her dead. Teaming with Drift Lord Zohar, she must awaken hidden powers and help seal a portal threatening Earth.

Fashion designer Jen Dyhr's job in Japan goes sideways when a replacement actor turns out to be a space warrior. Stranded, hunted, and tangled in prophecy, she and Paz race to stop an alien invasion.

Marla and Dalton settle into married life and a new neighborhood just in time for their combative HOA president next door to die. Since Dalton is too close to the case, Marla steps in to clear his name.

A stunt wedding in Las Vegas becomes alarmingly real when Erika Sherwood discovers her new husband is an alien warrior. To survive enemy attacks and find a crucial weapon, she must trust Magnor and her own buried power.

A belated honeymoon at an Arizona dude ranch turns messy when a run of accidents grows into murder. Marla and Dalton uncover buried family secrets while trying to save a resort, a ghost town, and themselves.

Marla volunteers for her stepdaughter's Halloween haunted house project and finds a real corpse on the estate grounds. Between worried parents, stubborn school officials, and too many suspects, this short mystery packs in genuine chills.

Holiday bustle turns deadly when a wealthy client dies during a facial at Marla's new day spa. To protect her reputation, she digs into old secrets tied to local history, preservation politics, and another looming body count.

After close friends are hurt in a suspicious New Year's Eve crash, Marla takes care of their baby and starts asking questions. Fraud, family strain, and hidden grudges make this one of her most personal investigations.

In this short between-novels adventure, Marla returns a friend's baby after her recovery and gets pulled into a search for a missing cat. A ransacked house and a string of local thefts quickly turn the errand into a case.

Marla enters a charity bake-off and joins a scavenger hunt at a fall farm festival, only to find a food magazine publisher dead in the strawberry field. The suspects are all food-world personalities with grudges to stir.

Cohen's practical guide walks writers through building a cozy mystery, from character and setting to clues, suspense, and series planning. It is geared toward beginners but useful for anyone who wants a clearer whodunit framework.

This companion cookbook gathers more than 160 recipes inspired by the Bad Hair Day mysteries. Along with easy dishes, it includes excerpts, cooking tips, and commentary from sleuth Marla Vail.

At an Easter egg hunt on a historic estate, Marla finds a dead man in a bunny suit and a friend gone missing. Pregnant and worried, she still cannot resist chasing the clues.

Marla rushes to her mother's house after a body turns up in the shower during a remodel. The victim had plenty of enemies, and her stepfather's secret connection makes this home improvement headache far more dangerous.

A Fourth of July visit to a living history village explodes into trouble when a battle reenactment reveals a real corpse. Marla follows leads involving renovation plans, old grudges, and a possible lost Confederate payroll.

During a Hanukkah-season museum mystery, Marla gets pulled into the hunt for a missing diamond-studded hairbrush. What starts as a glittering theft soon leads her into tangled secrets and very real danger.