The Cozy Mystery List Blog

Cozy Mystery (and Other Favorite) Books, Movies, and TV

Lucy Lawrence, Jenn McKinlay, Judi McCoy, Wendy Lyn Watson, & Peggy Webb… Four New Authors (Five New Names) on the Site :

I mentioned in my last entry that I get recommendations from site readers who believe that their authors belong on the site. I have found several new authors from these recommendations, and hope that you do to! Here are the latest authors I have added:

Lucy Lawrence (aka Jenn McKinlay): Decoupage Mystery Series which features a sleuth who happens to be an employee of a paper shop…

Jenn McKinlay (aka Lucy Lawrence): Cupcake Bakery Mystery Series which has, as its sleuth, the owner of the Fairy Tale Cupcakes Bakery…

Judi McCoy: Dog Walker Mystery Series features a sleuth who starts a dog walking business, and finds out that she is able to communicate telepathically with her charges…

Wendy Lyn Watson: Mystery à la Mode Mystery Series is set in Texas and features a sleuth who owns an ice cream parlor…

Peggy Webb: Southern Cousins Mystery Series features two cousins who sleuth – and a very darling Basset Hound named Elvis…

Lori Copeland, Elizabeth Corley, Veronica Heley, and Deryn Lake… Most Recent Four Mystery Authors Added to the Site…

I know that I say this every time I add new authors: These are mystery book authors who some of  you think should be added to the Cozy mysterysite.

The four most recent mystery book authors who I have added to the site are:

Lori Copeland: Morning Shade Mystery Series… features three generations of women sleuths who live in Arkansas… mother, mother-in-law, and daughter…

Elizabeth Corley: Detective Chief Inspector Andrew Fenwick Mystery Series… set in Sussex…

Veronica Heley: Ellie Quicke Mystery Series AND Abbot Agency Mystery Series… both feature widows who sleuth in/around London…

Deryn Lake (aka Dinah Lampitt): John Rawlings Mystery Series… has Sir John Fielding (the blind British magistrate who started the Bow Street Runners – the first British police force) and John Rawlings (a young apothecary) teaming up to solve crimes in 1700s England…

Camille Minichino/Margaret Grace (Free) Mini Miniature Drawing…

Hi all!

Camille Minichino/Margaret Grace just extended another very generous drawing, and I want to be sure to post it immediately! As all of you who read this blog know, I am a huge fan of both of her mystery book series: the Miniature Mystery Series (as Margaret Grace) AND her (Camille Minichino) Periodic Table Mystery Series.

Minichino/Grace posted this comment on the October New Mystery Book Releases page:

Nice to be included here! Thanks. And I’m bringing back my standard offer — if any of your readers would like to be entered into a drawing for a mini crime scene, email Camille@minichino.com with COZY LIST in the subject line.
Hope you enjoy Mourning in Miniature (High School Reunions can be murder!)

Camille Minichino/Margaret Grace
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camille@minichino.com

Halloween Mystery Books I'm Looking Forward to Reading…

It’s that holiday time of year again, and I am trying to line up my holiday books on my TBR (To Be Read) bookshelves. With our warm weather down here in San Antonio, I rely on my holiday mystery books to get me into the holiday frame of mind.

My Halloween new mystery book discovery is Kate Borden‘s Death of a  Trickster. I also have her Thanksgiving Cozy (Death of a Turkey) so I’m looking forward to being able to read them in their correct sequence.

I have already started stocking up on my Christmas mystery books… The holidays are the only time of year when I will read a book out of its correct chronological order. I am willing to “jump ahead” in hopes that the setting will provide enough snow and windy gusts to make me feel all “cozy” in my house. So, I have stocked up on Kate Kingsbury‘s Christmas mysteries.

I am also planning on trying a new author (to me, that is!) during the next three months. I read several reviews of Cyril Hare’s Christmas mystery book – An English Murder – and wondered how I had missed him!  I cannot wait!!!

I have lined up all of my Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas mystery books in one designated area of my bookshelves. Yes, I actually have designated areas for my different types of books! Some might call this obsessive/compulsive — I call it “being organized.”

Do you have any Halloween, Thanksgiving, or Christmas mystery books that you are looking forward to “making you feel cozy” during the next three months?

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