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Four New Mystery Authors on the Cozy Mystery Site: Barry S. Brown, Denise Osborne, Allison Cesario Paton, & Sheila Radley

July 17, 2010

Thanks to several Cozy Mystery site readers, I have four new mystery authors who I have included on the site:

Barry S. Brown: Brown writes the Mrs. Hudson of Baker Street Mystery Series which features the housekeeper of Sherlock Holmes as the sleuth at 221-B Baker Street…

Denise Osborne: Osborne’s Feng Shui Mystery Series features Salome Waterhouse, a California practitioner of Feng Shui. Osborne also pens the Queenie Davilov Mystery series which features a California screenwriter.

Allison Cesario Paton: Paton writes the Mrs. Bundle Mystery Series which takes place in Vermont, and features a “mature woman” who starts up a private detective agency.

Sheila Radley: Radley writes the Inspector Quantrill Mystery Series which features both the inspector and his sergeant, Hilary Lloyd. the series takes place in England and provides a contrast between a rather antiquated inspector and his modern sergeant.

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August 2010 Mystery Book New Releases

July 13, 2010

The following mystery books will be released in August 2010:

Nevada Barr: Burn (This will be the 16th in the Anna Pigeon Mystery Series…)

Lorna Barrett (aka L. L. Bartlett): Chapter & Hearse (This will be the 4th in the Booktown Mystery Series…)

Cynthia Baxter: Crossing the Lion (This will be the 9th in the Reigning Cats & Dogs Mystery Series…)

Jessica Beck: Fatally Frosted (This will be the 2nd in the Donut Shop Mystery Series…)

Judy Clemens: The Grim Reaper’s Dance (This will be the 2nd in the Grim Reader Mystery Series…)

Cleo Coyle (aka Alice Kimberly): Roast Mortem (This will be the 9th in the Coffeehouse Mystery Series …)

Bill Crider: Murder in the Air (This will be the 17th in the Dan Rhodes Mystery Series…)

Ellen Crosby: The Viognier Vendetta (This will be the 5th in the Wine Country Mystery Series…)

Lonnie Cruse: Fifty-Seven Traveling (This will be the 2nd in the Kitty Bloodworth, ’57 Mystery Series…)

Clive Cussler & Grant Blackwood: Lost Empire (This will be the 2nd in the Fargo Adventure Series…)

Carole Nelson Douglas: Cat in an Ultramarine Scheme (This will be the 22th in the Midnight Louie Mystery Series…)

Dick Francis & Felix Francis: Crossfire (This will be a Stand Alone…)

Charlaine Harris & Toni L. P. Kelner (editors): Death’s Excellent Vacation (This will be an Anthology…)

Veronica Heley: Murder by Mistake (This will be the 11th in the Ellie Quicke Mystery Series…)

Miranda James (aka Dean James, Honor Hartman, Jimmie Ruth Evans): Murder Past Due (This will be the 1st in the NEW Cat in the Stacks Mystery Series…)

Faye Kellerman: Hangman (This will be the 19th in the Decker & Lazarus Mystery Series…)

Toni L. P. Kelner & Charlaine Harris (editors): Death’s Excellent Vacation (This will be an Anthology…)

Tracy Kiely: Murder on the Bride’s Side (This will be the 2nd in the Elizabeth Parker Mystery Series…)

Victoria Laurie: The Curse of Deadman’s Forest (This will be the 2nd in the Children’s Oracles of Delphi Keep Mystery Series…)

Amanda Lee (aka Gayle Trent): The Quick and the Thread (This will be the 1st in the NEW Embroidery Mystery Series…)

Laura Lippman: I’d Know You Anywhere (This will be a Stand Alone…)

Debbie Macomber: 1022 Evergreen Place (This will be the 10th in the Cedar Cove Series – not a mystery…)

Nancy Mehl: Missing Mabel (This will be one of the Hometown Mystery Series… Author is found on the Heartsong Presents page…)

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

James Patterson & Liza Marklund: The Postcard Killers (This will be a Stand Alone…)

Kathy Reichs: Spider Bones (This will be the 13th in the Temperance Brennan Mystery Series…)

Cynthia Riggs: Touch Me Not (This will be the 9th in the Martha’s Vineyard Mystery Series…)

Peter Robinson: Bad Boy (This will be the 19th in the Inspector Banks Mystery Series…)

Carolyn J. Rose: Hemlock Lake (This will be a Stand Alone…)

Jennifer Stanley (aka J. B. Stanley & Ellery Adams): The Way of the Guilty (This will be the 3rd in the Hope Street Church Mystery Series…)

Terri Thayer: False Impressions (This will be the 3rd in the Stamping Sisters Mystery Series…)

Aimée & David Thurlo: Never-Ending-Snake (This will be the 14th in the Ella Clah Mystery Series…)

Charles Todd: An Impartial Witness (This will be the 2nd in the Bess Crawford Mystery Series…)

Penny Warner:  How to Crash a Killer Bash (This will be the 2nd in the Party Planning Mystery Series…)

Heather Webber: Deeply, Desperately (This will be the 2nd in the Lucy Valentine Mystery Series…)

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PS>>> I amended the above post so that it shows that Miranda James is indeed Dean James, Honor Hartman, Jimmie Ruth Evans>>> I had asked for verification of this, thus the Cleo Coyle comment posted below…

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Mystery Books that Take Place in Arkansas…

July 5, 2010

Here are some fun Arkansas facts:
The largest city and capital is Little Rock.
State motto is “The People Rule”
State nickname is The Natural State.
State flower is the Apple Blossom.
State bird is the Mockingbird.
State animal is the White-tailed deer.
Official state beverage is milk.

Mystery authors who are found on the Cozy Mystery Site who feature Arkansas locations in their books:

Nancy Haddock: Silver Six Crafty Mystery Series: Sherry Mae Stanton and her Silver Six are retirees with a fondness for crafts and solving crimes.

Charlaine Harris: Lily Bard (Shakespeare) Mystery Series: Lily is a house cleaner/sleuth… AND Harper Connelly Mystery Series: Harper was hit by lightning and can now find dead bodies.

Joan Hess: Arly Hanks (Maggody) Mystery Series: Arly is the police chief AND Claire Malloy Mystery Series: Claire owns a small bookstore in a college town.

Donna Lynd: Gran and Bass Olson Mystery Series: Gran and Bass become private investigators in order to do their sleuthing.

K. D. McCrite: Eastgate Mystery Series: Carrie Jean Lockwood is an Assistant Pastor in Arkansas.

Radine Trees Nehring:  Something to Die For Mystery Series: Carrie McCrite & Henry King are senior citizens who sleuth around.

Please feel free to comment if you see an author from the Cozy Mystery Site who belongs on this list, or if you have any corrections.

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Authors Similar to Anne George …

July 2, 2010

Anne George is the author of the wildly enjoyable Southern Sisters Mystery Series. This wonderful Cozy Mystery series features two sisters (“Mouse” and “Sister”) in Alabama who could NOT possibly be more different. Anne George is able to highlight the sisters’ differences while showing just how close two sisters ought to be!

If you have run out of Anne George’s Southern Sisters Mystery Series and want to try to find another author who might fill the void, here is a list of authors who just might be able to do that!

Authors similar to Anne George:

Donna Andrews: Meg Langslow Mystery Series…

Jill Churchill: Jane Jeffrey Mystery Series…

Barbara Colley: Charlotte LaRue Mystery Series

Cleo Coyle (aka Alice Kimberly): Coffeehouse Mystery Series…

Amanda Cross: Kate Fansler Mystery Series…

Elizabeth Duncan: Penny Brannigan Mystery Series…

Earlene Fowler: Benni Harper Mystery Series…

Carolyn Hart: Death on Demand Mystery Series AND Henrie O Mystery Series…

Joan Hess: Claire Malloy Mystery Series…

Madison Johns: Agnes Barton Senior Sleuth Mystery Series…

Laura Levine: Jaine Austen Mystery Series…

Charlotte MacLeod (aka Alisa Craig): Peter Shandy & Helen Shandy Mystery Series AND Sarah Kelling & Max Bittersohn Mystery Series…

Nancy Martin: Blackbird Sisters Mystery Series…

Emilie Richards: Ministry is Murder Mystery Series

Ann B. Ross: Miss Julia Series…

Deborah Sharp: Mace Bauer Mystery Series…

Alexander McCall Smith: No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency Series...

Patricia Sprinkle: Thoroughly Southern Mystery Series…

Kathy Hogan Trochek (aka Mary Kay Andrews): Callahan Garrity Mystery Series

Livia J. Washburn: Fresh Baked Mystery Series

Please post your recommendations of authors who are similar to Anne George, and I will add them to the list.

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