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Four New Holiday-Themed Cozy Mysteries Coming October 2018 (Part 2 of 3)

As I said a few days ago, there are going to be a lot of holiday-themed releases in October! I’ve decided to split the additional Christmas-themed Cozies into two separate posts.

First, Susan Wittig Albert will be releasing The Darling Dahlias and the Poinsettia Puzzle, the 8th in her Darling Dahlias Mystery Series. Christmas of 1934 will be a season for puzzles in Darling, Alabama, and members of the Dahlias Garden Club, investigative reporter Charlie Dickens, and Sheriff Norris will all face stumpers of one kind or another over this holiday season. Susan Wittig Albert also writes the China Bayles Herbal Mysteries Series, located halfway between Austin and San Antonio, Texas, the Cottage Tales of Beatrix Potter Series, and (with her husband Bill Albert writing under the name Robin Paige) the Kate Ardleigh Sheridan & Sir Charles Sheridan Series set in Victorian England.

Next up will be a short story in Tasha Alexander‘s Lady Emily Mystery Series, “Amid the Winter’s Snow“. Lady Emily and her husband Colin are looking forward to Christmas in their country estate, Anglemore Park, but this picturesque setting is interrupted by rumors of a barghest (a mythical dog-like creature) threaten the holiday season.

Donna Andrews will be releasing Lark! The Herald Angels Sing, the 24th in her Meg Langslow Mystery Series. The manger in Caerphilly’s nativity has an extra surprise in store this year – a live baby. Attached is a note indicating that Meg’s brother Rob is the likely father, but this might cause issues for his plans to propose to the woman he loves. Meg agrees to look into the matter to help her brother. Donna Andrews also writes the Turing Hopper Mystery Series, starring an artificial intelligence.

Finally (for this post at least), Barbara Early will be releasing Death of a Russian Doll, the third in her Vintage Toy Shop Mystery Series. Liz McCall isn’t exactly crazy about meeting her boyfriend Police Chief Ken Young’s estranged wife, but she won’t need to get to know her for long, as the other woman is quickly found dead in her barber shop. Since Ken is the prime suspect, Liz’s dad (a retired police officer himself) is asked to investigate… and Liz will no doubt need to get involved in the investigation as well. Barbara Early also writes as Beverly Allen, the name she uses when releasing the Bridal Bouquet Shop Mystery Series, which stars a flower shop owner in Virginia.

If you’re interested in looking for more Christmas themed Cozies, be sure to visit the theme page on my site: Christmas Themed Cozies

One New Cozy Mystery Series and Four New Holiday-Themed Cozy Mysteries Coming October 2018

October will be a really interesting month for Cozy Mystery releases by site authors – we’ll only have one new series, but many holiday-themed Cozy mysteries! So I’ve decided to discuss the new series and the non-Christmas holiday-themed Cozies in this post… Still deciding if I want to split up the Christmas Cozies into two posts or not, as there are a lot of them!

The new Cozy Mystery Series in October by a site author will be the Granny Reid Mystery Series, by G. A. McKevett, a spin-off of her Savannah Reid Mystery Series. The first novel will be titled Murder in Her Stocking, and will star Savannah’s grandmother, Stella, in a mystery set in the 1980s in sleepy McGill, Georgia…. not as “long long ago” as you might think when you consider that the Savannah Reid Mystery Series actually starts in the mid 1990s, but still definitely in “the past”! Also, this is actually also a holiday release, as it is set during Christmas in the 1980s… so I guess I’m discussing at least one Christmas themed Cozy today after all.

Next up will be a Mardi Gras themed Cozy Mystery, Mardi Gras Murder by Ellen Byron, part of her Cajun Country Mystery Series. Mardi Gras is always a big draw in a Louisiana plantation turned bed-and-breakfast like the one Maggie Crozat works at, so anything that could hurt business is going to be hard to deal with. When a flood deposits the body of an unknown stranger behind the Crozat Plantation B&B, Maggie will once again need to put on her sleuth hat to help figure out not only who the person is, but why they were killed – all while maintaining a busy Mardi Gras schedule for the B&B’s scheduled guests.

Surprise – there will be two Mardi Gras mysteries in October! The second will be Glitter Bomb, the 15th entry in Laura Childs & Terrie Farley Moran‘s Scrapbooking Mystery Series. A Mardi Gras float might seem like a strange thing to use as a murder weapon, but that seems to be the case when a member of a Mardi Gras krewe is killed by what first seems to be a freak accident. However, initial investigations start to turn up more and more reasons why the dead man might have been killed – and even Carmela’s best friend Ava’s ex-husband Shamus might be a suspect. Terrie Farley Moran is also the author of the Read ’em and Eat Mystery Series, while Laura Childs is likely best known for the Tea Shop Mystery Series and the Cackleberry Club Mystery Series.

Finally, Ellie Alexander will be releasing an Oktoberfest themed Cozy Mystery, The Pint of No Return, the second in her Sloan Krause Mystery series. When a movie star and his production crew turns up in Leavenworth, Washington, to film at the local Bavarian brewfest, no one expects him to turn up dead at the bar. Local brewmaster Sloan Krause will need to help get on the case to restore the communities reputation and revive the festivities. Ellie Alexander also writes the Bakeshop Mystery Series, as well as the Rose City Mystery Series and Pacific Northwest Mystery Series under the name Kate Dyer-Seeley.

New Releases – September 3 to September 9, 2018

Here is the list of new releases for September 3 to September 9!

Lynn Cahoon: A Deadly Brew (This will be a novella in the Tourist Trap Mystery Series.) (This is a Halloween themed mystery.)

Ann Cleeves: Wild Fire (This will be the 9th in the Shetland Island Mystery Series.)

J.A. Jance: Field of Bones (This will be the 18th in the Joanna Brady Mystery Series.)

Sofie Kelly (aka Sofie Ryan): The Cats Came Back (This will be the 10th in the Magical Cats Mystery Series.)

Jess Lourey: Mercy’s Chase (This will be the 2nd in the Salem’s Cipher Mystery Series.)

Melinda Mullet: Deadly Dram (This will be the 3rd in the Whisky Business Mystery Series.)

J.D. Robb (aka Nora Roberts): Leverage in Death (This will be the 47th in the Eve Dallas Mystery Series.)

Denise Swanson: Die Me a River (This will be the 2nd in the Welcome Back to Scumble River Mystery Series.)

Ashley Weaver: An Act of Villainy (This will be the 6th in the Amory Ames Mystery Series.)

October 2018 Mystery Book New Releases

The following Mystery Books will be released in October 2018:

October 2018

Susan Wittig Albert: The Darling Dahlias and the Poinsettia Puzzle(This will be the 8th in the Darling Dahlias Mystery Series.) (This is a Christmas themed mystery.)

Ellie Alexander (aka Kate Dyer-Seeley): The Pint of No Return (This will be the 2nd in the Sloan Krause Mystery Series.) (This is an Oktoberfest themed mystery.)

Tasha Alexander: Uneasy Lies the Crown (This will be the 13th in the Lady Emily Mystery Series.)

Tasha Alexander: Amid the Winter’s Snow (This will be a Christmas short story in the Lady Emily Mystery Series.)

Donna Andrews: Lark! The Herald Angels Sing (This will be the 24th in the Meg Langslow Mystery Series.) (This is a Christmas themed mystery.)

M.C. Beaton (aka Marion Chesney): The Dead Ringer (This will be the 29th in the Agatha Raisin Mystery Series.)

Ellen Byron: Mardi Gras Murder (This will be the 4th in the Cajun Country Mystery Series.) (This is a Mardi Gras themed mystery.)

Anne Canadeo (aka Katherine Spencer): Purls and Poison (This will be the 10th in the Black Sheep Knitting Mystery Series.)

Laura Childs & Terrie Farley Moran:  Glitter Bomb (This will be the 15th in the Scrapbooking Mystery Series.) (This is a Mardi Gras mystery.)

Alys Clare: Angel in the Glass (This will be the 2nd in the Gabriel Taverner Mystery Series.)

Michael Connelly: Dark Sacred Night (This will be the 23rd in the Harry Bosch Mystery Series and 2nd in the Renée Mystery Series.)

E.J. Copperman (aka Jeffrey Cohen): The Question of the Dead Mistress (This will be the 5th in the Asperger’s Mystery Series.)

E.J. Copperman (aka Jeffrey Cohen): Bird, Bath, and Beyond (This will be the 2nd in the Agent to the Paws Mystery Series.)

Cleo Coyle (aka Alice Kimberly: The Ghost and the Bogus Bestseller(This will be the 6th in the Haunted Bookshop Mystery Series.)

Alice Duncan: Shaken Spirits (This will be the 13th in the Daisy Gumm Majesty Mystery Series.)

Kaitlyn Dunnett (aka Kathy Lynn Emerson): Overkilt (This will be the 12th in the Liss MacCrimmon Mystery Series.)

Barbara Early (aka Beverly Allen): Death of a Russian Doll (This will be the 3rd in the Vintage Toy Shop Mystery Series.) (This is a Christmas themed mystery.)

Kathleen Ernst: The Lacemaker’s Secret (This will be the 9th in the Chloe Ellefson Mystery Series.)

Sharon Farrow (1/2 of D.E. Ireland): Killed on Blueberry Hill (This will be the 3rd in the Berry Basket Mystery Series.)

Sarah Fox: Yeast of Eden (This will be the 4th in the Pancake House Mystery Series.) (This is a Christmas themed mystery.)

Carolyn Haines: A Gift of Bones (This will be the 19th in the Sarah Booth Delaney Mystery Series.) (This is a Christmas themed mystery.)

Miranda James (aka Honor Hartman, Jimmie Ruth Evans, & Dean James): Six Cats a Slayin’ (This will be the 10th in the Cat in the Stacks Mystery Series.) (This is a Christmas themed mystery.)

Iris Johansen: Vendetta (This will be the 21st in the Eve Duncan Thriller series.)

Diane Kelly: The Long Paw of the Law (This will be the 7th in the Paw Enforcement Mystery Series.)

Kate Kingsbury (aka Rebecca Kent & Allison Kingsley): Be Our Ghost (This will be the 3rd in the Merry Ghost Inn Mystery Series.)

Leslie Langtry: Mean Girl Murder (This will be the 8th in the Merry Wrath Mystery Series.)

Edward Marston (aka Keith Miles and Conrad Allen): Points of Danger (This will be the 15th in the Railway Detective Series.)

Michael McGarrity: Residue (This will be the 14th in the Kevin Kerney Mystery Series.)

G.A. McKevett: Murder in Her Stocking (This will be the 1st in the NEW Granny Reid Mystery Series.) (This is a Christmas themed mystery.)

Leslie Meier, Lee Hollis, &‎ Barbara Ross: Yule Log Murder (This will be a Christmas themed anthology featuring the Lucy Stone, the Hayley Powell, & the Maine Clambake Mystery Series.)

Sara Paretsky: Shell Game (This will be the 19th in the V.I. Warshawski Mystery Series.)

Candace Robb: A Murdered Peace (This will be the 3rd in the Kate Clifford Mystery Series.)

David Rosenfelt: Deck the Hounds (This will be the 18th in the Andy Carpenter Mystery Series.) (This is a Christmas themed mystery.)

Katherine Spencer (aka Anne Canadeo): A Christmas Secret (This is a non mystery. It is the 19th in the Thomas Kinkade’s Cape Light Series.)

Lea Wait: Thread Herrings (This will be the 7th in the Mainely Needlepoint Mystery Series.)

Peggy Webb: All the Lies (This will be the second in the Breakdown suspense series.)

If you want to see this month’s releases, go to the September 2018 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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