KIRSTEN WEISS BOOKS

--By Kirsten Weiss, cozy mystery author It's launch day! And I'm so excited about this cozy mystery. Not only does Death in Red, White and Rooibos close some big circles for Abigail, but it takes place on the 250th birthday of the USA. This cozy mystery will be on sale through July 4th for $4.99, so grab it now! To help get the word out, I'm giving away 12 Tea and Tarot cootie catchers featuring the classic Tarot de Marseilles on the outside and typical Hyperion Night Tarot-r

Discover the real Pennsylvania folk magic of powwow and braucherei—potato healing, protective talismans, and witches in the woods. How this living tradition inspired Kirsten Weiss’s metaphysical mystery Legacy of the Witch.

Death in Red, White and Rooibos, a new cozy mystery by Kirsten Weiss, launches June 27, 2026 Chapter 1 Is there anything more problematic than a tearoom on the Fourth of July? Those bold Bostonians had good reason to dump tea into the harbor back in 1773—and after my latest tax bill, I was starting to sympathize. But a tearoom that hasn’t blasted into July Fourth spirit by mid-June? Downright treasonous. Paper butterflies dangled from the tearoom’s ceiling. Sunny-orange table

Cozy mysteries may have originated in England with Agatha Christie (I know, there’s some debate on that, but bear with me), their spirit is quintessentially American. Cozy characters claim their agency. They value community forged through choice, not coercion. They turn ordinary streets into realms of wonder and justice.

Why motifs matter, even in genre fiction like cozy mysteries. A discussion of Death in Red, White, and Rooibos, an upcoming Tea and Tarot cozy mystery by Kirsten Weiss.