Autumn, nature’s paintbrush of glorious colors with beautiful gold, red, and orange hues, brings the promise of cool, crisp air, thoughts of outdoor fun, pumpkins, and ghostly happenings. What better way to get in the Fall mood than with delightful, intriguing cozy mysteries paired with Autumn desktop computer screensavers?
Below is The Crew’s pick of photos full of beautiful fall colors, Autumn leaves, and colorful trees. The cozy mysteries The Crew found inspired each of these Autumn screensavers. Add a touch of the magic of Autumn to your computer, then kick back and enjoy a cozy mystery.
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A Winning Twosome: Free Fall Screensavers and Cozy Mysteries that inspired them
Murder at the Convent by Tanya R. Taylor
A murdered nun.
A convent full of suspects.
Who could have committed such a horrible crime?
Father Joe McCullen is no ordinary priest.
He has a heart of gold, but he’s no pushover.
Very little passes his ears or his eyes and he can smell a “rat” from a mile away.
The community of Old Providence is held by higher standards by the beloved priest, yet “skeletons” still manage to creep out of the closets of his faithful parishioners every now and then, and oftentimes are not headed anywhere in the direction of the confessional.
Join Father Joe McCullen on the most extraordinary, eyebrow-raising adventures of mystery, suspense, humor – and surprise after surprise!
On Goodreads, Amazon, and Bookbub.
Chili Cookoff Murder By Sara Bourgeois
Chatty cats and killer chili!
When a cantankerous food critic turns up dead at Maplewood’s annual cook off, innkeeper Emily Hartley and her feline friend Mr. Whiskers must figure out who spiced up their small town with a side of murder before the killer dishes up seconds. But with a committee of colorful characters carrying seasonings and secrets galore, tracking down the killer proves trickier than Emily’s famous five alarm chili recipe.
Can Emily sniff out the culprit before she’s next on the chopping block?
On Goodreads, Amazon, and Bookbub.
Body in the Bookstore by Ellie Alexander
An addictively cozy and gripping murder mystery introducing a brand-new amateur sleuth and lovable heroine to the crime scene…
Welcome to The Secret Bookcase, a quirky bookstore in a grand, converted manor house, where the selection of crime fiction is dangerously good. The store has been bookseller and events manager Annie Murray’s sanctuary ever since her dreams of starting a detective agency with her best friend died, literally, when Scarlet was murdered.
Annie has never stopped trying to solve the mystery of her friend’s death, but her quiet life in leafy Redwood Grove, with its warm community of likeminded local business-owners and book-lovers, has provided the solace she needed. Until now.
When a body is discovered in the bookstore during the town’s inaugural Mystery Fest, Anne finds herself catapulted to the centre of a real-life whodunit. Dusting off her criminology degree, Annie is determined to put her sleuthing skills to good use and catch the killer – before it’s too late.
On Goodreads, Amazon, and Bookbub.
Siblings and Secrets by Kathleen J. Easley
Even the quietest neighborhood can harbor dark secrets.
Brenna Wickham’s life is in turmoil after the death of her husband and the loss of her job. She moves in with her cousin who has inherited their grandmother’s old house, a place where Brenna used to spend happy summers visiting and playing with the children next door. Now she is confronted with the tragic news that the girl next door, Brenna’s childhood friend, disappeared twenty-five years ago without a trace. Despite an extensive search, the little girl was never found.
The missing girl’s agoraphobic older sister still lives next door and carries an appalling secret, and two doors down lives an aging ex-con with a grievous past. Brenna also becomes reacquainted with the girls’ handsome brother. She remembers him as a mischievous, fun-loving boy on whom she once had a crush. Now she finds that he’s grown sullen and ill-tempered, harboring deep resentments. And most alarming of all is the random appearance of the little girl’s ghost.
On Goodreads, Amazon, and Bookbub.
Murder Your Employer: The McMasters Guide to Homicide
Who hasn’t wondered for a split second what the world would be like if a person who is the object of your affliction ceased to exist? But then you’ve probably never heard of The McMasters Conservatory, dedicated to the consummate execution of the homicidal arts. To gain admission, a student must have an ethical reason for erasing someone who deeply deserves a fate no worse (nor better) than death. The campus of this “Poison Ivy League” college—its location unknown to even those who study there—is where you might find yourself the practice target of a classmate…and where one’s mandatory graduation thesis is getting away with the perfect murder of someone whose death will make the world a much better place to live.
Prepare for an education you’ll never forget.
On Goodreads, Amazon, and Bookbub.
We hope you enjoy these colorful forests, with the vibrant autumn colors that have the colors of autumn fully on display. They made us feel more happy fall thoughts, and feel inspired by all the colors of fall and we hope you like our collection of these free fall wallpapers. Be sure to check out our other free screensaver collections: Halloween Screensavers, Christmas Screensavers, Valentines Day Screensavers, and Spring Screensavers.
