The following Mystery Books will be released in October 2013:
Ellery Adams (aka J. B. Stanley, Jennifer Stanley, ½ of Lucy Arlington): Poisoned Prose (This will be the 5th in the Books by the Bay Mystery Series.)
Tasha Alexander: Behind the Shattered Glass (This will be the 8th in the Lady Emily Mystery Series.)
Donna Andrews: Duck the Halls (This will be the 16th in the Meg Langslow Mystery Series.) (This is a Christmas theme mystery.)
Donald Bain & “Jessica Fletcher”: Close-up on Murder (This will be the 40th in the Murder, She Wrote Mystery Series.)
Jessica Beck (aka Elizabeth Bright, Melissa Glazer, Chris Cavender, Casey Mayes, & Tim Myers): Assault and Batter (This will be the 11th in the Donut Shop Mystery Series.)
Josie Belle (aka Jenn McKinlay & Lucy Lawrence): Buried in Bargains (This will be the 3rd in the Good Buy Girls Mystery Series.) (This is a Christmas theme mystery.)
Emily Brightwell: Mrs. Jeffries and the Merry Gentlemen (This will be the 32nd in the Victorian Mystery Series.) (This is a Christmas theme mystery.)
Emily Brightwell: Mrs. Jeffries Sallies Forth (This is an omnibus of Mrs. Jeffries Mystery Series books 10, 11, & 12.)
Rita Mae Brown: The Litter of the Law (This will be the 22nd in the Mrs. Murphy Mystery Series.) (This is a Halloween theme mystery book.)
JoAnna Carl (aka Eve K. Sandstrom): The Chocolate Book Bandit (This will be the 13th in the Chocoholic Mystery Series.)
Joelle Charbonneau: Skating Under the Wire (This will be the 4th in the Rebecca Robbins Mystery Series.)
Jennifer Chiaverini: The Spymistress ’13 (This will be the 2nd in the Elizabeth Van Lew Civil War Sery Series. This is not a mystery book.)
Laura Childs: Gilt Trip (This will be the 11th in the Scrapbooking Mystery Series.)
Sheila Connolly (aka Sarah Atwell): Golden Malicious (This will be the 7th in the Orchard Mystery Series.)
E. J. Copperman: An Open Spook (This will be a Haunted Guesthouse Mystery Series novella.)
Isis Crawford (aka Barbara Block): A Catered Christmas Cookie Exchange (This will be the 9th in the Mystery with Recipes Mystery Series.) (This is a Christmas theme mystery.)
Waverly Curtis: The Big Chihuahua (This will be the 3rd in the Barking Detective Mystery Series.)
Jeffery Deaver: The October List (This will be a Stand Alone Mystery.)
Elizabeth J. Duncan: Never Laugh As a Hearse Goes By (This will be the 5th in the Penny Brannigan Mystery Series.)
“Jessica Fletcher” & Donald Bain: Close-Up on Murder (This will be the 40th in the Murder, She Wrote Mystery Series.)
Elizabeth George: Just One Evil Act (This will be the 18th in the Inspector Lynley Mystery Series.)
John Grisham: Sycamore Row (This will be the 2nd in the Jake Brigance Mystery Series.)
Rebecca M. Hale: Afoot on St. Croix (This will be the 2nd in the Mystery in the Islands Mystery Series.)
Tarquin Hall: The Case of the Love Commandos (This will be the 4th of the Files of Vish Puri, India’s Most Private Investigator Mystery Series.)
Charlaine Harris: After Dead: What Came Next in the World of Sookie Stackhouse (This will be the 14th in the Sookie Stackhouse Southern Vampire Mystery Series. It will be perfect for Sookie’s fans, so they get answers to their many “What happened to…?” questions.)
Carolyn Hart: Ghost Gone Wild (This will be the 4th in the Bailey Ruth Ghost Mystery Series.)
Ellen Hart: Taken by the Wind (This will be the 21st in the Jane Lawless Mystery Series.)
Inherit the Dead anthology of 20 mystery authors, including Mary Higgins Clark & Charlaine Harris
Iris Johansen: Silencing Eve (This will be the 17th in the Eve Duncan Mystery Series.)
Diane Kelly: Death, Taxes, and Green Tea Ice Cream (This will be the 6th in the Death and Taxes Mystery Series.)
Sofie Kelly: Final Catcall (This will be the 5th in the Magical Cats Mystery Series.)
Kate Kingsbury (aka Allison Kingsley & Rebecca Kent): Mulled Murder (This will be 9th in the Special Pennyfoot Hotel Mystery Series.) (This is a Christmas theme mystery.)
Joyce and Jim Lavene (aka J. J. Cook & Ellie Grant): A Finder’s Fee (This will be the 5th in the Missing Pieces Mystery Series.)
Kylie Logan (aka Miranda Bliss & Casey Daniels): Chili Con Carnage (This will be the 1st in the NEW Chili Cook-Off Mystery Series.)
Gail Lukasik: Peak Season for Murder (This will be the 3rd in the Leigh Girard Mystery Series.)
Debbie Macomber: Starry Night (This will be a Stand Alone Christmas theme novel. This is not a mystery.)
G. M. Malliet: Pagan Spring (This will be the 3rd in the Max Tudor Mystery Series.) (This is an Easter theme mystery.)
Archer Mayor: Three Can Keep a Secret (This will be the 24th in the Joe Gunther Mystery Series.)
Miss Read: Mrs Griffin Sends Her Love (This is a Miss Read novel. It is not a mystery.)
Sara Paretsky: Critical Mass (This will be the 17th in the V.I. Warshawski Mystery Series.)
James Patterson & Maxine Paetro: Confessions: The Private School Murders (This will be the 2nd in the Confessions Mystery Series.)
Richard North Patterson: Loss of Innocence (This is the 2nd in a planned trilogy.)
Sara Rosett: Milkshakes, Mermaids, and Murder (This will be the 8th in the Mom Zone Mystery Series.)
Lisa Scottoline: Accused (This will be the 12th in the Rosato and Associates Mystery Series.)
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Today is the first day of school for our school district. Unbelievable! It is just so hard to believe that fall will officially begin in less than a month (September 22). I am getting a little antsy to put my fall theme knick-knacks out on my desk so that I know it will officially be the time of year when the leaves are supposed to be turning different hues of golds and coppers. Good grief, living here in San Antonio I really miss my seasons!
I have received several letters asking me if I would do an “Authors Similar to M.C. Beaton” theme. I have tried to come up with the beginning of a list of authors who write similarly to M.C. Beaton. Here are some of the authors who I think might fit the bill. It would be great if you all would suggest some authors, whom you think other Cozy Mystery readers could read when they run out of M.C. Beaton’s mysteries.