Recs if you like The Serial Killer Guide to San Francisco...

The starters for cozy mystery series with fun and unique themes, amateur sleuths with niche-specific jobs and hobbies, adorable animal companions (or supernatural beings), small towns with close-knit communities, may or may not include tasty recipes, and generally just some fun romp mysteries!

Fiction, memoirs, and nonfiction set in (or at least partially!) the San Francisco Bay Area.

fiction that features podcasts and podcasters, whether they're following a crime, investigating a cold case, or something else entirely