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January 2012 Mystery Book New Releases

The following Mystery Books will be released in January 2012:

Jeffrey Ashford (aka Roderic Jeffries & Peter Alding): Justice Deferred (This will be a Stand Alone…) (Actually releases Feb. 1…)

Robert Barnard: A Charitable Body (This will be the 11th in the Charlie Peace Mystery Series…)

Nevada Barr: The Rope (This will be the 17th in the Anna Pigeon Mystery Series…) (This is a prequel…)

Jessica Beck: Killer Crullers (This will be the 6th in the Donut Shop Mystery Series…)

Heather Blake (aka Heather Webber): It Takes a Witch (This will be the 1st in the NEW Wishcraft Mystery Series…)

Lucy Burdette (aka Roberta Isleib): An Appetite for Murder (This will be the 1st in the NEW Key West Food Critic Mystery Series…)

Alys Clare: The Way Between the Worlds (This will be the 4th in the Aelf Fen Mystery Series…)

Blaize Clement: The Cat Sitter’s Pajamas (This will be the 7th in the Dixie Hemingway Mystery Series…)

Isis Crawford (aka Barbara Block): A Catered St. Patrick’s Day (This will be the 8th in the Mystery with Recipes Mystery Series…) (This will be a St. Patrick’s Day theme mystery…) (Actually releases Feb. 1…)

Jeanne M. Dams: The Evil that Men Do (This will be the 11th in the Dorothy Martin Mystery Series…)

Casey Daniels (aka Miranda Bliss & Kylie Logan): Wild Wild Death (This will be the 8th in the Pepper Martin Mystery Series…)

Lila Dare (aka Laura DiSilverio & Ella Barrick ): Die Job (This will be the 3rd in the Southern Beauty Shop Mystery Series…)

Tim Dorsey: Pineapple Grenade (This will be the 15th in the Serge Storms Mystery Series…)

Carola Dunn: Gone West (This will be the 20th in the Daisy Dalrymple Mystery Series…)

Janet Evanovich & Dorien Kelly: Love in a Nutshell (This will be a Stand Alone…)

Elizabeth George: Believing the Lie (This will be the 17th in the Inspector Lynley Mystery Series…)

Lee Goldberg: Mr. Monk on Patrol (This will be the 13th in the Mr. Monk Mystery Series…)

Parnell Hall: $10,000 in Small, Unmarked Puzzles (This will be the 13th in the Puzzle Lady Mystery Series…)

Julie Hyzy: Affairs of Steak (This will be the 5th in the White House Chef Mystery Series…)

Miranda James (aka Honor Hartman, Jimmie Ruth Evans, & Dean James): File M for Murder (This will be the 3rd in the Cat in the Stacks Mystery Series…)

Faye Kellerman: Gun Games (This will be the 20th in the Decker & Lazarus Mystery Series…)

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

Sara Paretsky: Breakdown (This will be the 16th in the V.I. Warshawski Mystery Series…)

James Patterson & Maxine Paetro: Private: #1 Suspect (This will be the 3rd in the Private Mystery Series…)

Hannah Reed (aka Deb Baker): Plan Bee (This will be the 3rd in the Queen Bee Mystery Series…)

Jennifer Rowe: Love, Honour, and O’Brien (This will be the 1st in the NEW Holly Love Mystery Series…)

Paige Shelton: If Fried Chicken Could Fly (This will be the 1st in the NEW Country Cooking School Mystery Series…)

Charles Todd: The Confession (This will be the 14th in the Ian Rutledge Mystery Series…)

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Hmmm… Mary Monica Pulver >>> I Really Like This New-to-Me Author!

I just started a new Cozy Mystery Christmas theme book last night, and so far, I am really enjoying it. I have never read one of the author’s mysteries before, but I was quite impressed by some of the comments on the back cover. One of these comments endorsing the author’s books was by Elizabeth Peters also known as the creator of the Amelia Peabody Mystery Series, the Vicky Bliss Mystery Series, the Jacqueline Kirby Mystery Series, and, oh, did I mention she is also known as Barbara Michaels? So, here goes >>> This is Elizabeth Peters’  quote from the back cover of my current Christmas mystery:

“Pulver adds a fresh American luster to the traditional mystery. She’s one of the few writers whose work I actually buy-in hardcover?”

So there I went and told you who I am reading! Mary Monica Pulver, a new-to-me author. Last night I began reading Original Sin, which is the fourth of Pulver’s Peter Brichter Mystery Series. (I make an exception to my always-start-at-the-beginning-of-a Cozy-Mystery-series rule with holiday mysteries.) As I continued reading (way longer than I had planned to read) I thought to myself: “This author is really good! I am going to have to add her to my list of authors to follow. Why has it taken me so long to finally read this Christmas mystery that I have had amongst my TBR Christmas mystery books for the last several years?”

This morning, I brought the book downstairs in order to be able to tell you all about Mary Monica Pulver, this new-to-me author.

HOLD YOUR HORSES!!!

This morning, when I went to my site to check out her other books, imagine my surprise to find that Mary Monica Pulver is indeed not a new-to-me author! She is actually one of my favorite authors! Good grief!!! As many times as I have updated the Monica Ferris page, making additions to her Needlecraft Mystery Series, making sure that I add those very same additions to her Mary Monica Pulver page, you would think that I would have remembered these two authors are one and the same person!

I debated telling you all about this error of mine, but since I have told you all about my need for writing notes to myself for things as obvious as my cleaning day rituals and running errands, why not?!?  And, speaking of my cleaning day tasks, I have to go get back to number 5 on my list!

Laura DiSilverio, Mitzi Kelly, Cindy Sample, & Susan Santangelo : Four New Authors on the Cozy Mystery Site

I have just added four “new” authors to the Cozy Mystery site. All four of them have been recommended by site readers – as belonging on the site.

Laura DiSilverio  (aka Lila Dare & Ella Barrick) DiSilverio was an Air Force intelligence officer who went on to teach English at the Air Force Academy. She writes the Charlie Swift Mystery Series which features a former Air Force intelligence officer. DiSilverio also writes the Mall Cop Mystery Series which has, as its sleuth, a security officer at a mall in Virginia.

Mitzi Kelly   Kelly writes the Silver Sleuths Mystery Series which is set in Texas. The three senior citizen sleuths are: bossy Millie, nice Edna, and always-dieting Trish. These three ladies have a penchant for solving mysteries.

Cindy Sample   Sample writes the Laurel McKay Mystery Series. Laurel has recently gone through a divorce. She is now a single soccer mom living in California who works at a bank, and solves mysteries.

Susan Santangelo  Santangelo writes the Baby Boomer Mystery Series, which is set in Connecticut. Carol & Jim Andrews are recently retired baby boomers. They may have just retired, but they certainly aren’t slowing down – not when there are crimes to be solved!

December 2011 Mystery Book New Releases

The following Mystery Books will be released in December 2011:

Ellery Adams (aka Jennifer Stanley, J. B. Stanley, 1/2 of Lucy Arlington): The Last Word (This will be the 3rd in the Books by the Bay Mystery Series…)

Sandra Balzo: Triple Shot (This will be the 7th in the Maggy Thorsen Mystery Series…)

Juliet Blackwell (aka Hailey Lind): Dead Bolt (This will be the 2nd in the Haunted Home Renovation Mystery Series…)

Barbara Bretton: Spells & Stitches (This will be the in the 4th in the Chloe Hobbs’ Paranormal Mystery Series…)

Stephen J. Cannell: Vigilante (This will be the 11th in the Shane Scully Mystery Series…)

Patricia Cornwell: Red Mist (This will be the 19th in the Kay Scarpetta Mystery Series…)

Monica Ferris: Threadbare (This will be the 15th in the Needlecraft Mystery Series…)

Christopher Fowler: Hell Train (This will be a Stand Alone…)

Gar Anthony Haywood: Assume Nothing (This will be a Stand Alone…)

Tami Hoag: Down the Darkest Road (This will be the 3rd in the Oak Knoll Mystery Series…)

Deryn Lake: Death at the Wedding Feast (This will be the 14th in the John Rawlings, Apothecary Mystery Series…)

Victoria Laurie: Ghoul Interrupted (This will be the 6th in the Ghost Hunter Mystery Series…)

Joyce & Jim Lavene: A Spirited Gift (This will be the 3rd in the Missing Pieces Mystery Series…)

Virginia Lowell: A Cookie Before Dying (This will be the 2nd in the Cookie Cutter Shop Mystery Series…)

Edward Marston (aka Keith Miles & Conrad Allen): A Bespoke Murder (This will be the 1st in the NEW Home Front Detective Mystery Series…)

Ralph McInerny (aka Monica Quill): The Compassion of Father Dowling (This will be a collection of Father Dowling short stories…)

Leslie Meier: Chocolate Covered Murder (This will be the 18th in the Lucy Stone Mystery Series…) (This is a Valentine theme mystery…)

J. J. Murphy: You Might As Well Die (This will be the 2nd in the Algonquin Round Table Mystery Series…)

Amy Myers: Murder in Abbot’s Folly (This will be the 8th in the Marsh and Daughter Mystery Series…)

Ann Purser: Foul Play at Four (This will be the 11th in the Lois Meade Mystery Series…)

Al Roker & Dick Lochte: The Talk Show Murders (This will be the 3rd in the Billy Blessing Mystery Series…)

Mark Schweizer: The Christmas Cantata (This will be the 10th in the Liturgical Mystery Series…) (This will be a Christmas theme mystery…)

Paige Shelton: Crops and Robbers (This will be the 3rd in the Farmers’ Market Mystery Series…)

Alexander McCall Smith: The Forgotten Affairs of Youth (This will be the 8th in the Isabel Dalhousie Sunday Philosophy Club Series…)

Ann Summerville: The Berton Hotel (This will be a Stand Alone…)

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