Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Death at the Old Curiosity Shop | 2024 | Debbie Young | Buy |
| 2 | Death at the Village Chess Club | 2025 | Debbie Young | Buy |
| 3 | Death at the Village Christmas Fair | 2025 | Debbie Young | Buy |
The Cotswold Curiosity Shop Mysteries is Debbie Young’s newest series, launching in 2024 with Death at the Old Curiosity Shop. The series is set in the Cotswolds, as with Young’s other fiction, but features a new protagonist and a curiosity shop setting that provides a fresh backdrop for village-based sleuthing. The antiques and collectibles world gives the series its own atmosphere and a steady supply of plot possibilities.
Two further books followed in 2025: Death at the Village Chess Club and Death at the Village Christmas Fair, establishing a pattern of self-contained mysteries tied to specific village events and locations. The titles follow the formula Young uses across her cozy mystery output, signaling the genre clearly while varying the specific setting within the Cotswold world.
Readers who have enjoyed the Sophie Sayers series will find this new series comfortable and familiar in tone while offering something new in terms of character and specific setting. All three books can be read as standalones, though reading in order gives the fullest sense of the recurring characters.