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Authors Similar to Anne George …

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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Mysteries of Sparrow Island Series … Complete List …

I just posted the Mysteries of Sparrow Island Mystery Series on the Cozy Mystery site. I know that it took me way longer than it should have, but I finally finished it. I had quite a few requests for the complete list of the books in the series, and am sorry that it took me so long to get it done.

Better Late than Never!

The Mysteries of Sparrow Island follow Abigail Stanton (an ornithologist) who moves to Sparrow Island off of the state of Washington’s coast. Abby relocates to the island in order to help her sister (Mary) to adjust to her new life after a debilitating car accident which leaves Mary in a wheelchair. (Finnegan, Mary’s service dog, also helps.

This is a Christian theme mystery series which was offered by Guideposts as a membership club.

Miss Marple: The Blue Geranium – Agatha Christie – PBS NEW Masterpiece Mystery!

OK, everyone! This is it! This is the last new Miss Marple Masterpiece Mystery! episode that PBS will be airing during their summer Mystery! bonanza, and it’s on tonight!

The Blue Geranium is indeed a Miss Marple mystery… which is great to know! Actually, The Blue Geranium is an Agatha Christie short story … which is still great to know! (If you read my previous entry about The Secret of Chimneys, and the fact that it was an Superintendent Battles mystery novel, then you know what I mean!) I think it’s always clever when they air mystery episodes which feature true depictions of the works by the highlighted authors, and not changes the producers think the public should see!

Anyway… The very talented Julia McKenzie (again) appears as Miss Marple. And, as an added bonus for all of the Masterpiece Mystery! fans amongst us>>> Sharon Small (Barbara Havers in Elizabeth George’s Inspector Lynley Mystery televized mysteries) is going to be one of the featured actors (or should that be actresses?!!?)

After looking around on  the PBS site, I came away with two very interesting (to me, anyway!) tidbits… Julia McKenzie says that she “had hardly read any” Agatha Christie novels, and that when she first took on the roll of Miss Marple, the scripts had been written for Geraldine McEwan (the previous Miss Marple). I had wondered if the production company was the same for both McEwan and McKenzie, and apparently it is!

But, this posed a mystery to me: Why did McKenzie replace McEwan? I found out, through Google-ing different phrases, that McEwan retired after the third season of her Miss Marple sojourn. I have been a tremendous fan of McEwan since I saw her on Masterpiece Theatre’s Mapp and Lucia miniseries, in the mid 1980s. Actually, had it not been for her absolutely phenomenal portrayal of Lucia, I wonder if I would have ever discovered E. F. Benson… my favorite of all my many authors…

PS>>> What a delight it was to see Caroline Catz (from Doc Martin) as Hazel Instow!

Authors Similar to Janet Evanovich …

I was prompted to start a new theme for the Cozy Mystery site by a site reader. She thought that I should have an “authors similar to…” section. What a great idea! I will be doing some research, as well as using my own ideas for coming up with the authors who are similar to the given authors. I would also love to have input from you all! So, please post a comment if you think there is an author (or two!) who I am leaving off of the lists.

Authors similar to Janet Evanovich:

Donna Andrews: Meg Lanslow Mystery Series

Lori Avocato: Pauline Sokol Mystery Series

Kathleen Bacus: Calamity Jayne Mystery Series

Nevada Barr: Anna Pigeon Mystery Series

M. C. Beaton: Agatha Raisin Mysteries

Stephanie Bond: Body Movers Mystery Series

Jan Burke: Irene Kelly Mystery Series

Meg Cabot: Heather Wells Mystery Series

Dorothy Cannell: Ellie Haskell Mystery Series

Tori Carrington: Sophie Metropolis Mystery Series

Dixie Cash: Domestic Equalizers Mystery Series

Harlan Coben: Myron Bolitar Mystery Series

Mary Daheim: Emma Lord Alpine Mystery Series

Lila Dare: Southern Beauty Shop Mystery Series

Diane Mott Davidson: Goldy Bear Mystery Series

Jana DeLeon: Miss Fortune Mystery Series

Shelly Fredman: Brandy Alexander Mystery Series

Kinky Friedman: Kinky Friedman Series

Sue Grafton: Kinsey Millhone Mystery Series

Carolyn Haines: Sarah Booth Delaney Mystery Series

Parnell Hall: Puzzle Lady Mystery Series

Gemma Halliday: Hollywood Headlines Mystery Series

Joan Hess: Maggody Mystery Series

Dorothy Howell: Haley Randolph Mystery Series

J. A. Jance: Joanna Brady Mystery Series AND J. P. Beaumont Mystery Series AND Alison Reynolds Mystery Series

Karen Kijewski: Kat Colorado Mystery Series

Harley Jane Kozak: Wollie Shelly Mystery Series

Rita Lakin: Gladdy Gold Mystery Series

Victoria Laurie: Psychic Eye Mystery Series

Laura Levine: Jaine Austen Mystery Series 

Jess Lourey: Murder by Month Mystery Series

Lisa Lutz: Izzy Spellman Mystery Series

Valerie S. Malmont: Tori Miracle Mystery Series

Nancy Martin: Blackbird Sisters Mystery Series

Susan McBride: Debutante Dropout Mystery Series 

Karen E. Olson: Tattoo Shop Mystery Series

Rhonda Pollero: Finley Anderson Tanner Mystery Series

J. D. Robb: Eve Dallas Mystery Series

Gillian Roberts: Amanda Pepper Mystery Series

Annelise Ryan (aka Allyson K. Abbott & Beth Amos): Mattie Winston Mystery Series

Deborah Sharp: Mace Bauer Mystery Series

Sarah Strohmeyer: Hairdresser Mystery Series

Elaine Viets: Dead End Job Mystery Series AND Mystery Shopper Mystery Series

Ayelet Waldman: Mommy Track Mystery Series

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

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