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August 2016 Mystery Book New Releases

July 1, 2016

Ellery Adams: Murder in the Secret Garden (This will be the 3rd in the Book Retreat Mystery Series.)

Donna Andrews: Die Like an Eagle (This will be the 20th in the Meg Langslow Mystery Series.)

Mignon F. Ballard: Miss Dimple and the Slightly Bewildered Angel (This will be the 5th in the Miss Dimple Mystery Series.)

Lorraine Bartlett (aka L. L. Bartlett & Lorna Barrett): A Final Gift (This will be the 2nd in the Blythe Cove Manor Series. This is not a mystery.)

Christy Barritt: Disillusioned (This will be a Stand Alone novel.)

Rhys Bowen: Crowned and Dangerous (This will be the 10th in the Royal Spyness Mystery Series.)

Mollie Cox Bryan: Death Among the Doilies (This will be the 1st in the NEW Cora Crafts Mystery Series.)

James Lee Burke: The Jealous Kind (This will be a Stand Alone mystery.)

Lynn Cahoon: A Story to Kill (This will be the 1st in the NEW Cat Latimer Mystery Series.)

Caleb Carr: Surrender, New York (This will be a Stand Alone Psychological Thriller.)

Laurie Cass (aka Laura Alden): Cat With a Clue (This will be the 5th in the Bookmobile Cat Mystery Series.)

Isis Crawford: A Catered Tea Party (This will be the 12th in the Mystery with Recipes Mystery Series.)

Bill Crider: Survivors Will Be Shot Again (This will be the 23rd in the Dan Rhodes Mystery Series.)

Laura DiSilverio (aka Lila Dare & Ella Barrick): The Readaholics and the Gothic Gala (This will be the 3rd in the Book Club Mystery Series.)

Alice Duncan: Bruised Spirits (This will be the 10th in the Daisy Gumm Majesty Mystery Series.)

Sharon Dunn: Fatal Vendetta (This will be a Stand Alone Mystery novel.)

Janet Evanovich & Phoef Sutton: Curious Minds (This will be the 1st in the NEW Knight and Moon Thriller Series.)

Monica Ferris: Knit Your Own Murder (This will be the 19th in the Needlecraft Mysteries Mystery Series.)

Daryl Wood Gerber (aka Avery Aames): Grilling the Subject (This will be the 5th in the Cookbook Nook Mystery Series.)

Carolyn Haines: The Book of Beloved (This will be the 1st in the NEW Pluto’s Snitch Mystery Series.)

Victoria Hamilton  (aka Amanda Cooper & Donna Lea Simpson):Much Ado About Muffin (This will be the 4th in the Merry Muffin Mystery Series.)

A.L. Herbert: Murder with Macaroni and Cheese (This will be the 2nd in the Mahalia Watkins Soul Food Mystery Series.)

Lee Hollis: Death of a Pumpkin Carver (This will be the 8th in the Hayley Powell Food and Cocktails Mystery Series.) (This is a Halloween themed mystery.)

Julianne Holmes: Clock and Dagger (This will be the 2nd in the Clock Shop Mystery Series.)

Maureen Jennings: Dead Ground in Between (This will be the 4th in the Detective Inspector Tom Tyler Series.)

Linda O. Johnston: Covert Alliance (This will be a Stand Alone mystery.)

Tonya Kappes: Betting Off Dead (This will be the 2nd in the Spies and Spells Mystery Series.)

Diane Kelly: Death, Taxes, and a Satin Garter (This will be the 10th in the Tara Holloway Mystery Series.)

Deryn Lake: Death at the Boston Tea Party (This will be the 17th in the John Rawlings Mystery Series.)

Edward Marston (aka Conrad Allen & Keith Miles): Signal for Vengeance (This will be the 13th in the Railway Detective Mystery Series.)

Alyssa Maxwell: Murder at Rough Point (This will be the 4th in the Gilded Newport Mystery Series.)

Ruth Moose: Wedding Bell Blues (This will be the 2nd in the Dixie Dew Mystery Series.)

Carla Neggers: Liar’s Key (This will be the 6th in the Sharpe & Donovan Mystery Series.)

James Patterson & Michael Ledwidge: Bullseye (This will be the 9th in the Michael Bennett Mystery Series.)

James Patterson: Triple Threat

James Patterson & Michael Ledwidge: Chase (This will be a Michael Bennett “BookShot” – Amazon describes these as “Novels you can devour in a few hours”)

James Patterson & James O. Born: Let’s Play Make-Believe (This will be a “BookShot” – Amazon describes these as “Novels you can devour in a few hours”)

Louise Penny: A Great Reckoning (This will be the 12th in the Chief Inspector Gamache Mystery Series.)

Peter Robinson: When the Music’s Over (This will be the 24th in the Inspector Banks Mystery Series.)

Lisa Scottoline: Damaged (This will be the 15th in the Rosato & DiNunzio Mystery Series.)

Susan Sleeman: Silent Sabotage (This will be the 5th in the First Responders Mystery Series.)

Alexander McCall Smith: The Bertie Project (This will be the 11th in the 44 Scotland Street series. This is not a mystery.)

Leann Sweeney: The Cat, the Collector and the Killer (This will be the 8th in the Cats in Trouble Mystery Series.)

David Thurlo: Rob Thy Neighbor (This will be the 3rd in the Charlie Henry Mystery Series.)

Charles Todd: The Shattered Tree (This will be the 8th in the Bess Crawford Mystery Series.)

Diane Vallere: Silk Stalkings (This will be the 3rd in the Material Witness Mystery Series.)

Elaine Viets: Brain Storm (This will be the 1st in the NEW Death Investigator Mystery Series.) (It’s a hardboiled mystery.)

Penny Warner (aka Penny Pike): The Secret of the Puzzle Box (This will be the 6th in the Code Busters Club Mystery Series for childen.)

Marty Wingate: The Bluebonnet Betrayal (This will be the 5th in the Potting Shed Mystery Series.)

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If you want to see this month’s releases, go to the July 2016 Mystery Book New Releases.

You can find these and many more Cozies scheduled for release soon on the Soon to be Released Mysteries page on my site.

(These are the mysteries by authors who are currently on the Cozy Mystery site.)

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  1. Daniele K says

    July 1, 2016 at 8:34 am

    So many to add to my wish list. Thanks for all the information.

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  2. Bev S says

    July 1, 2016 at 9:32 am

    Just finished reading book 5 “Arsenic and Old Silk” in the Secrets of the Quilt series….was on pins and needles the whole time to see if the heroine of the book would get back where she belonged.

    A great series and this book was really well written, just when you were ready for the next page, it flipped either back in time or back to the present.

    Was curious, Henry’s mother was Elizabeth Blount, and the author’s middle name is also Blount….wonder if there is any connection there….

    This series is well worth the read, and now on to book 6, Target for Revenge by Marlene Chase

    One thing I do, which may help others, if the series doesn’t have the book number on the spine, some series do and some don’t, then on the first page I put the number of the book in the top right corner…helps when there are several books waiting to be read.

    Have a wonderful weekend….some of us will be celebrating 1 July as Canada and others 4 July as Independence Day, and then a few of us will be celebrating both days…like me….

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    • Danna - cozy mystery list says

      July 5, 2016 at 2:06 pm

      Bev S, thanks for letting us know how good these Secrets of the Quilt Cozies are. That’s interesting about her (possibly) using her middle name as a character. I’ve often wondered if authors use their children’s names when they invent pseudonyms.

      I like your idea of penciling the number of the book. I wonder if a piece of masking tape on the spine would come off easily. It would certainly help if you put the books on a bookshelf. I use masking tape a lot around the house and it usually doesn’t ruin things when you take it off, but I’m not sure about a paper cover…

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      • Pat says

        August 23, 2016 at 3:29 pm

        At our library, to help the patrons, we have been using a label maker printer to label the spine of the book with the number. It probably won’t come off, but then we don’t want it to!

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        • Danna - cozy mystery list says

          August 23, 2016 at 4:01 pm

          Pat, thanks for the tip.

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  3. Sheila in CT says

    July 1, 2016 at 11:50 am

    What a great August list! Thank you for all your hard work with this and all the work you do on the site. It’s my favorite.

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    • Danna - cozy mystery list says

      July 1, 2016 at 12:47 pm

      Sheila in CT, thank you for the kind words. I’m so glad you enjoy it around here!

      Reply
  4. KG says

    July 1, 2016 at 12:21 pm

    I’m looking forward to the new Lee Hollis book – Death of a Pumpkin Carver. The trick for me will be to save it for reading in October!

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    • Danna - cozy mystery list says

      July 1, 2016 at 12:46 pm

      KG, that’s exactly my problem! I’ve been able to save some books, but it’s terribly difficult…

      Reply
  5. Margaret M. says

    July 1, 2016 at 4:18 pm

    WOW, look at the length of that list.

    Happy Independence Day!

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    • Danna - cozy mystery list says

      July 1, 2016 at 7:10 pm

      Margaret M, I hope your fourth of July is terrific, as well. Oh, and make it a safe one!

      Reply
  6. Michele says

    July 11, 2016 at 2:03 am

    I want to thank you, Danna, for assembling this mystery list month after month. It is something I truly look forward to and enjoy. Thank you. Thank you Thank you.

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    • Danna - cozy mystery list says

      July 13, 2016 at 10:13 am

      Michele, you’re welcome. I’m glad you enjoy it.

      Reply
  7. "neice" says

    July 14, 2016 at 1:55 am

    Is it just me, but am I the only one still grieving and soooo sad about the ending of the Penny Foot Hotel mystery series? I am still stuck in the Edwardean and Victorian time period and refuse to budge! life is rough and I miss “Penny Foot”…… does anyone know of any series like the Penny Foot hotel by kate kingsbury, setting England, Edwardean and Victorian my preferance!

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    • Danna - cozy mystery list says

      July 15, 2016 at 6:47 pm

      Neice, I think there are several of us who were sorry when the Penny Foot Hotel closed up its doors. I was so sorry to see Kate Kingsbury’s Christmas Cozies end that I wrote this entry in November of 2014: Kate Kingsbury Special Pennyfoot Hotel Christmas Mystery Series Released during Past Novembers. They were sort of a Christmas tradition…

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  8. Terrylynn says

    July 15, 2016 at 8:56 pm

    Thank you for making the lists every month. They are so helpful.

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    • Danna - cozy mystery list says

      July 15, 2016 at 8:56 pm

      Terrylynn, you’re welcome! I’m glad they’re helpful.

      Reply
  9. Judy says

    July 18, 2016 at 5:12 pm

    Im looking for a new book from the joyce and jim lavene authors . Do you know if there will be any new books.

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    • Danna - cozy mystery list says

      July 18, 2016 at 7:30 pm

      Judy, I just looked at my Soon to be Released Mysteries page, and it shows there will be a new Retired Witches mystery released in early October. Joyce and Jim Lavene (aka J.J. Cook & Ellie Grant): Putting on the Witch (This will be the 3rd in the Retired Witches Mystery Series.)

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    • Pata says

      August 3, 2016 at 1:11 pm

      They have a new series about retired witches. I loved all their books but this series not so much.

      Reply
  10. Judy says

    July 21, 2016 at 9:40 pm

    Do you know if any of the other series will continue? My favorite series all of them ! So sad for EVERYONE

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    • Danna - cozy mystery list says

      July 25, 2016 at 3:49 pm

      Judy, I’m sorry, but I just don’t know if the Cozy series by Joyce and Jim Lavene will continue or not.

      Reply
  11. Noreen says

    August 27, 2016 at 1:07 pm

    Hi there, I just discovered this excellent reference site! I have been trying to come to terms with my long commute by listening to audiobooks, mostly cozy mysteries. Now I have a treasure chest of titles to hunt down in the library! Thanks ?

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    • Danna - cozy mystery list says

      August 27, 2016 at 5:48 pm

      Noreen, welcome to the site. Glad you find it useful.

      Reply
  12. Shirley says

    September 16, 2016 at 3:43 pm

    I remember reading a cozy mystery recently, where the protagonist had hearing aids and mentioned it in the story. I can’t remember much else. Hope someone reading this can tell me who the author is or the name of the mystery. I love this site and have asked questions before and appreciate the quick replies.
    Thank you…..

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    • Danna - cozy mystery list says

      September 16, 2016 at 6:38 pm

      Shirley, the only Cozy series I can recall offhand that has a sleuth with a hearing aid is the Josiah Reynolds Beekeeper Mystery Series by Abigail Keam. Is it possible that’s what you’re thinking of?

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    • Janice says

      September 16, 2016 at 8:12 pm

      Kathleen Bridge writes the Hamptons Home & Garden Mystery series in which the main character is hearing impaired and wears hearing aids. The second book in the series came out recently.

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      • Shirley says

        September 17, 2016 at 8:25 am

        Thank you Janice,

        Yes that is the series I was thinking of.

        Thank you too Danna

        I love this site and all of you are so very helpful and so quick to answer.
        Shirley

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        • Danna - cozy mystery list says

          September 17, 2016 at 11:42 am

          Shirley, you are welcome!. Glad you enjoy the site. Aren’t the people here the best?

          Reply

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