Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Death on the Coast | 2021 | M.A. Comley | Buy |
| 2 | Death by Association | 2021 | M.A. Comley | Buy |
| 3 | A Time For Change | 2011 | M.A. Comley | Buy |
| 4 | A Time to Heal | 2011 | M.A. Comley | Buy |
| 5 | Evil in Disguise | 2014 | M.A. Comley | Buy |
| 6 | Forever Watching You | 2014 | M.A. Comley | Buy |
| 7 | She’s Gone | 2021 | M.A. Comley | Buy |
| 8 | The Cottage / Shattered Lives | 2022 | M.A. Comley | Buy |
The Wellington Cozy Mystery series is the gentlest corner of M.A. Comley’s catalog. Set in a rural English community, the eight books follow the kind of small-town crime that characterizes the cozy mystery genre: unexpected deaths in familiar settings, amateur detection, and a community whose surface calm hides darker undercurrents. The series spans 2011 to 2022, with early books like A Time For Change and A Time to Heal giving way to later entries like Death on the Coast and She’s Gone.
Several titles in the Wellington series also appear in Comley’s Standalone Novels and Temptation series, which reflects how fluidly her cozy work overlaps with her other outputs. For readers, this means that picking up the Wellington series gives access to some books they might also encounter elsewhere in her catalog.
The series sits comfortably alongside other British cozy mystery traditions, with an emphasis on character and community over graphic violence. Readers who enjoy authors like Joanna Fluke or Agatha Christie’s Miss Marple books will find the Wellington series familiar in its approach, while Comley’s brisk pacing gives the books a more modern feel.