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Thanksgiving Mystery Book List Recommendations

I know I should have done this a week ago, but I am wondering if any of you can think of a Thanksgiving mystery that you think the rest of us should absolutely know about. I did this at Halloween time (Halloween Recommendations), and thought you all had such great ideas, that I should try to do this at different holiday times. I really let time get away from me, and know this is pretty close to Thanksgiving, but wonder if you all would let us know about Thanksgiving Day mysteries you really like. We may not be able to finish the Thanksgiving mysteries we start reading, but at least we can get some of the book’s ambiance before the holiday.

If you’re anything like me, you might need to refresh your memories. Here is the Thanksgiving Mystery Book List from the Cozy Mystery site. Also, if I am missing any Thanksgiving mysteries on the list, please let me know.

Thanksgiving Mystery Book Recommendations:

Donald Bain & Jessica Fletcher: A Fatal Feast

Kate Borden (aka Kate Grilley): Death of a Turkey

Krista Davis: The Diva Runs Out of Thyme

Jane Haddam (aka Orania Papazoglou): Feast of Murder

Lee Harris: The Thanksgiving Day Murder

J. Alan Hartman, editor: The Killer Wore Cranberry

J. Alan Hartman, editor: The Killer Wore Cranberry: A Second Helping

J. Alan Hartman, editor: The Killer Wore Cranberry: Room for Thirds

Leslie Meier: Turkey Day Murder

Livia J. Washburn: The Pumpkin Muffin Murder

If you know of any Thanksgiving theme mysteries that you think should definitely be on this Thanksgiving mysteries recommendations list, please post a comment.

Leslie Budewitz, Tonya Kappes, Carla Neggers, & Barbara Ross: Four Additional Mystery Authors on the Cozy Mystery Site

Here are four author additions to the Cozy Mystery site. Remember that these four authors are authors some of you recommended as belonging on the site.

Leslie Budewitz writes the Food Lovers’ Village Mystery Series. This series is set in Montana. Erin Murphy is the manager of a general store at a Montana Lake resort. She also keeps busy sleuthing on the side.

Tonya Kappes writes several Cozy Mystery series, both paranormal and non-paranormal: Magical Cures Mystery Series, Divorced Diva Mystery Series, Olivia Davis Paranormal Mystery Series, and Beyond the Grave Series.

Carla Neggers is a New York Times bestselling author. She writes several mystery series: Sharpe & Donavan Mystery Series,  an FBI Series, Black Falls Mystery Series, U.S. Marshall Series, the Texas Rangers Series, a romance series called Swift River Valley Series, and several Stand Alone novels.

Barbara Ross at one time managed an inn on Maine’s harbor. She now puts that experience to work while writing the Maine Clambake Mystery Series. This series features Julia Snowden as its sleuth. Julia manages a clambake business in Maine.

Back to the Cozy Mystery site.

B.B. Cantwell, Jessie Crockett, Constance & Gwenyth Little, and Tyora Moody: Five New Authors on the Cozy Mystery Site

As I mentioned in my previous entry, here are the newest addition of  Cozy Mystery authors who I have added to the site. These are authors who have been recommended by some of you who think they belong on the Cozy Mystery site.

B.B. Cantwell: Portland Bookmobile Mystery Series
The sleuth is named Hester McGarrigle and she is the librarian in Portland, Oregon who takes books to people in the library’s book mobile. (B.B. Cantwell is a husband and wife writing team made up of Brian and Barbara Cantwell. Brian is a newspaper journalist while Barbara was once a bookmobile librarian in Portland.)

Jessie Crockett: Sugar Grove Mystery Series AND Granite State Mystery Series
Dani Greene is the name of the main sleuth in Crockett’s Sugar Grove Mystery Series. Dani returns home to work on her family’s sugar maple farm in New Hampshire.

Constance & Gwenyth Little: Stand Alone Mysteries
There is some speculation that if these two sisters had written their mystery books in a series format, they would be much more well-known today. The two Australian-born sisters lived in New Jersey and collaborated on all of their mystery books. (All of the titles of their mysteries include the word “black” except for the first one, which has the color “grey” in it.)

Tyora Moody: Eugeena Patterson Mystery Series
Moody is a Christian author who writes this series which has, as its sleuth, Eugeena Patterson. Eugeena is a recently widowed grandmother who lives in South Carolina. she was previously a social studies teacher, but now she spends her time sleuthing. Unfortunately, Eugeena has been diagnosed with Diabetes, which has a part in the books.

December 2013 Mystery Book New Releases

The following Mystery Books will be released in December 2013:

Victoria Abbot (writing duo Mary Jane Maffini & Victoria Maffini): The Sayers Swindle (This will be the 2nd in the Book Collector’s Mystery Series.)

Sandra Balzo: Murder on the Orient Espresso (This will be the 8th in the Maggy Thorsen Mystery Series.)

Maggie Barbieri: Once Upon a Lie (This will be the 1st in the NEW Maeve Conlon Mystery Series.)

C.C. Benison: Ten Lords A-Leaping (This will be the 3rd in the Father Christmas Mystery Series.)

Jennie Bentley (aka Jenna Bennett & Bente Gallagher): Home for the Homicide (This will be the 7th in the Do It Yourself Mystery Series.) (This is a Christmas theme mystery.)

Juliet Blackwell (aka Hailey Lind): Home for the Haunting (This will be the 4th in the Haunted Home Renovation Mystery Series.)

Laurie Cass: Lending a Paw (This will be the 1st in the NEW Bookmobile Cat Mystery Series.)

Laura Childs: Tea for Three (This is an omnibus of the first three Tea Shop Mysteries: Death by Darjeeling, Gunpowder Green, & Shades of Earl Grey.)

Judy Clemens: Leave Tomorrow Behind (This will be the 6th in the Stella Crown Mystery Series.)

J.J. Cook (aka Joyce and Jim Lavene & Ellie Grant): Hero’s Journey (This will be a Novella in the Sweet Pepper Fire Brigade Mystery Series.)

Michael Connelly: The Gods of Guilt (This will be the 5th in the Mickey Haller Mystery Series.)

Cleo Coyle (aka Alice Kimberly): Billionaire Blend (This will be the 13th in the Coffeehouse Mystery Series.)

Elizabeth Craig (aka Riley Adams & Elizabeth Craig): Quilt Trip (This will be the 3rd in the Southern Quilting Mystery Series.)

Krista Davis: Murder, She Barked (This will be the 1st in the NEW Paws and Claws Mystery Series.)

Carola Dunn: Heirs of the Body (This will be the 21st in the Daisy Dalrymple Mystery Series.)

Christopher Fowler: The Invisible Code (This will be the 10th in the Bryant & May Mystery Series.)

Frances Fyfield: Cold to the Touch (This will be the 6th in the Sarah Fortune Mystery Series.) (USA Release)

J.G. Goodhind: The Ghost of Christmas Past (This will be the 8th in the Honey Driver Mystery Series.) (This is a Christmas theme mystery.)

Carolyn Hart: Cry in the Night (This will be a Stand Alone Mystery.) (This book was released in e-book format only in ’12.)

Joan Hess: Murder as a Second Language (This will be the 19th in the Claire Malloy Mystery Series.)

Jonnie Jacobs: Lying with Strangers (This will be a Stand Alone Mystery.)

Sue Ann Jaffarian: Second-Hand Stiff (This will be the 8th in the Odelia Grey Mystery Series.) (This is a Thanksgiving theme mystery.)

Laura Levine: Killing Cupid (This will be the 12th in the Jaine Austen Mystery Series.) (This is a Valentine theme mystery.)

Liz Lipperman (aka Lizbeth Lipperman): Chicken Caccia-Killer (This will be the 4th in the Clueless Cook Mystery Series.)

Kylie Logan (aka Miranda Bliss & Casey Daniels): Buttoned Up (This will be the 4th in the Button Box Mystery Series.)

Marcia Muller & Bill Pronzini: The Spook Lights Affair (This will be the 4th in the Carpenter & Quincannon, Professional Detective Services Mystery Series.)

Gail Oust: Rosemary and Crime (This will be the 1st in the NEW Piper Prescott Mystery Series.)

Sharon Pape: Sketcher in the Rye (This will be the 4th in the Portrait of Crime Mystery Series.)

Anne Perry: A Christmas Hope (This will be the 11th in Perry’s Christmas mystery novels.)

Ann Purser: Scandal at Six (This will be the 13th in the Lois Meade Mystery Series.)

Paige Shelton: Merry Market Murder (This will be the 6th in the Farmers’ Market Mystery Series.) (This is a Christmas theme mystery.)

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