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Mystery Book Series – Anthropology or Artifacts ???

Here’s another mystery book mystery! Sara asked us to help her find the author for this mystery book series:

“I’m trying to recall the author of this series, and would appreciate help from you and your readers. IF I remember it correctly, it’s a series that came out at least since 1996 (or later) in which a female who works either in anthropology or with Native American artifacts in a western U.S. state. She found clues to a hidden mine (gold or silver maybe???) and one of the books had a really old map in it that she traced. I think there were at least three books or more in the series. Any clues? Thanks. SARA”

If you think you might know who the mystery author is, please post a comment.

PS… I probably should have included the fact that Sara posted her comment on the Cozy Mystery Professions’ Theme:
Mystery Books with Anthropologists and Archaelogists as Their Sleuths…

Great Narrators of Mystery Books on Tape… Pt. 2

In my previous entry I talked about Barbara Rosenblat and Derek Jacobi, two people who really know how to narrate a mystery book on tape! Today I want to add the following people to my list of (mystery) book narrators who help bring a book to life. 

Davina Porter
Davina Porter narrates best selling books in a manner that allows the listener to enjoy every aspect of the mystery novel. Porter is one of the pioneers in audio books. Her ease with mastering accents (whether for male or female protagonists) is truly an art form. She narrates the Isabel Dalhousie (non-mystery) series by Alexander McCall Smith, the Charlotte & Thomas Pitt mystery series by Anne Perry, Cynthia Riggs’ Martha’s Vineyard mysteries, and mysteries by such masters as Ruth Rendell and Elizabeth George.

Barbara Caruso
Mystery fans who have listened to audio books by Edna Buchanan or James Patterson have no doubt enjoyed the narrations of Barbara Caruso. Caruso is also an actress, which helps explain her rich portrayals. Caruso first started narrating audio books for the American Foundation for the Blind. She received the Alexander Scrouby Award, which is a very high award given by the American foundation for the Blind for excellent work in audio books.

John McDonough
Perhaps a lot of people visually recognize John McDonough as the second Captain Kangaroo, but a lot of people also recognize his voice as the terrific narrator of Jan Karon‘s Mitford (non-mystery) series. McDonough’s voice is so peaceful to listen to, with very soothing qualities. Once you have heard McDonough, he will become instantly recognizable to you.

Joan Hickson
Joan Hickson is a treat to watch and hear. She portrays Miss Jane Marple in the BBC’s Miss Marple mystery series. She also narrates several of the Agatha Christie Miss Marple novels. What a treat! She is a perfect choice for the Miss Marple readings and portrayals. Agatha Christie actually thought she would be a perfect Miss Marple.

David Suchet
Who better to narrate Agatha Christie‘s Hercules Poirot mystery books than the actor who personified the fictional detective? In 1991, Suchet was nominated for the BAFTA (comparable to the Emmy) for his portrayal of Hercules Poirot, and in 2008, he won an Emmy for his roll in “The Way We Live Now. His narrations are true treats to hear.

Part 1 of Audiobook Narrators

Part 3 of Audiobook Narrators

Four New Additions to the Cozy Mystery Site Authors: Sarah Addison Allen, Olive Etchells, Jim Lacey, and Donna Lynd

I get many recommendation each month to add authors who you all think belong on the site. I know that I don’t get them posted as fast as the recommending people would like, but I do eventually get them posted! Here are the four latest additions to the Cozy Mystery site:

Sarah Addison Allen: Allen’s novels have paranormal/magical events laced throughout them. She is a New York Times bestselling author. Her novels are not necessarily mysteries…

Olive Etchells: Etchells writes the DCI Channon Mystery Series which takes place in a Cornish seaside village. DCI (detective chief inspector) Channon and his Sergeant (Bowles) have different approaches to solving mysteries… 

Jim Lacey: Lacey has his Ph.D. in American Civilization and uses his expertise in the academic world to write the Ryan/Lehrer Mystery Series…

Donna Lynd: Lynd writes the Gran and Bass Olson Mystery Series which features a grandmother and her adult grandson who become private investigators in Arkansas so that they can solve crimes…

September 2010 Mystery Book New Releases

The following mystery books will be released in September 2010 :

Susan Wittig Albert: The Tale of Oat Cake Crag (This will be the 7th in the Beatrix Potter Mystery Series…)

Suzanne Arruda: The Crocodile’s Last Embrace (This will be the 6th in the Jade del Cameron Mystery Series…)

Sandra Balzo: A Cup of Jo (This will be the 6th in the Maggy Thorsen Mystery Series…) (Actually, October 1…)

Lisa Bork: For Richer, For Danger (This will be the 2nd in the Broken Vows Mystery Series…)

Rhys Bowen: Royal Blood (This will be the 4th in the Lady Georgiana Mystery Series…)

Rita Mae Brown: A Nose for Justice (This will be the 1st in the NEW Mags & Baxter Mystery Series…)

Ann Cleeves: Blue Lightning (This will be the 4th in the Shetland Island Quartet Mystery Series…)

Margaret Coel: The Spider’s Web (This will be the 15th in the Wind River Reservation Mystery Series…)

Mary Daheim: Loco Motive (This will be the 25th in the Hillside Manor Bed & Breadfast Mystery Series…)

Jan Dunlap: A Bobwhite Killing (This will be the 3rd in the Bob White Birder Murder Mystery Series…)

Janet Evanovich: Wicked Appetite (This will be the 1st in the NEW Diesel Mystery Series…)

Joanne Fluke, Leslie Meier, & Laura Levine: Gingerbread Cookie Murder [This will include: Gingerbread Cookie Murder by Joanne Fluke (Hannah Swensen Series), The Dangers of Gingerbread Cookies by Laura Levine (Jaine Austen Series), & Gingerbread Cookies and Gunshots by Leslie Meier (Lucy Stone Series)] (This is a Christmas theme mystery which will include holiday recipes…)

Christopher Fowler: Bryant & May off the Rails (This will be the 8th in the Peculiar Crimes Unit Mystery Series…)

J. G. Goodhind: Murder by Mudpack (This will be the 5th in the Honey Driver Mystery Series…)

Charlaine Harris, Ilona Andrews, Meljean Brook & Nalini Singh: Must Love Hellhounds (This will be a paranormal compilation of stories featuring magical dogs…)

Sue Henry: Cold as Ice (This will be the 13th in the Jessie Arnold Alaska Mystery Series…)

Sue Ann Jaffarian: Murder in Vein (This will be the 1st in the NEW Fang-in-Cheek Mystery Series…)

William Kent Krueger: Vermillion Drift (This will be the 10th in the Cork O’Connor Mystery Series…)

Joyce & Jim Lavene: Deadly Daggers (This will be the 3rd in the Renaissance Faire Mystery Series…)

Laura Levine, Leslie Meier, & Joanne Fluke: Gingerbread Cookie Murder [This will include: Gingerbread Cookie Murder by Joanne Fluke (Hannah Swensen Series), The Dangers of Gingerbread Cookies by Laura Levine (Jaine Austen Series), & Gingerbread Cookies and Gunshots by Leslie Meier (Lucy Stone Series)] (This is a Christmas theme mystery which will include holiday recipes…)

Hailey Lind (Duo of 2 sisters, one of whom is Juliet Blackwell): Arsenic and Old Paint (This will be the 4th in the Art Lover’s Mystery Series…)

Archer Mayor: Red Herring (This will be the 21st in the Joe Gunther Mystery Series…)

Leslie Meier: Wicked Witch Murder (This will be the 16th in the Lucy Stone Mystery Series…) (This is a Halloween theme mystery…) (Actually, August 31…)

Leslie Meier, Joanne Fluke, & Laura Levine: Gingerbread Cookie Murder [This will include: Gingerbread Cookie Murder by Joanne Fluke (Hannah Swensen Series), The Dangers of Gingerbread Cookies by Laura Levine (Jaine Austen Series), & Gingerbread Cookies and Gunshots by Leslie Meier (Lucy Stone Series)] (This is a Christmas theme mystery which will include holiday recipes…)

Clare O’Donohue: The Double Cross (This will be the 3rd in the Someday Quilts Mystery  Series…)

Karen E. Olson: Driven to Ink (This will be the 3rd in the Tattoo Shop Mystery Series…)

Sara Paretsky: Body Work (This will be the 15th in the V. I. Warshawski Mystery Series…) (Actually, August 31…)

James Patterson & Howard Roughan: Don’t Blink (This will be a Stand Alone…)

Louise Penny: Bury Your Dead (This will be the 6th in the Three Pines Chief Inspector Gamache Mystery Series…)

Spencer Quinn (aka Peter Abrahams): To Fetch a Thief (This will be the 3rd in the Chet and Bernie Mystery Series…)

Hannah Reed (aka Deb Baker): Buzz Off (This will be the 1st in the NEW  Queen Bee Mystery Series…)

Ruth Rendell (aka Barbara Vine): Portobello (This will be a Stand Alone…)

S. J. Rozan: On the Line (This will be the 10th in the Bill Smith & Lydia Chin Mystery Series…)

Marcia Talley: All Things Undying (This will be the 9th in the Hannah Ives Mystery Series…) (Actually, October 1…)

Aimée and David Thurlo: Never-Ending-Snake (This will be the 15th in the Ella Clah Mystery Series…) (Actually, August 31…)

Wendy Lyn Watson: Scoop to Kill (This will be the 2nd in the Mystery à La Mode Mystery Series…)

Peggy Webb: Elvis and the Memphis Mambo Murders (This will be the 3rd in the Southern Cousins Mystery Series…)

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