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August 2017 Mystery Book New Releases

The following Mystery Books will be released in August 2017:

August 2017

Donna Andrews: Gone Gull (This will be the 21st Meg Langslow Mystery Series.)

Gail Bowen: The Winners’ Circle (This will be the 17th in the Joanne Kilbourne Mystery Series.)

Rhys Bowen: On Her Majesty’s Frightfully Secret Service (This will be the 11th in the Royal Spyness Mystery Series.)

Molly Cox Bryan: Macramé Murder (This will be the 3rd in the Cora Crafts Mystery Series.)

Vannetta Chapman: When the Bishop Needs an Alibi (This will be the 2nd in the Amish Bishop Mystery Series.)

Nancy Coco (aka Nancy Parra & Nell Hampton): Oh, Fudge! (This will be the 6th in Candy-Coated Mystery Series.)

Cate Conte (aka Liz Mugavero): Cat about Town (This will be the 1st in the NEW Cat Cafe Mystery Series.)

E.J. Copperman (aka Jeffrey Cohen): Dog Dish of Doom (This will be the 1st in the NEW An Agent to the Paws Mystery Series.)

Isis Crawford (aka Barbara Block): A Catered Costume Party (This will be the 13th in the Mystery with Recipes Mystery Series.) (This is a Halloween themed mystery.)

Bill Crider: Dead, to Begin With (This will be the 24th in the Sheriff Dan Rhodes Mystery Series.)

Kathi Daley: Third Strike (This will be the 3rd in the Writers Retreat Southern Seashore Mystery Series.)

Connie di Marco (aka Connie Archer): All Signs Point to Murder(This will be the 2nd in the Zodiac Mystery Series.)

Amanda Flower (aka Isabella Alan) Assaulted Caramel (This will be the 1st in the NEW Amish Candy Shop Mystery Series.)

Sally Goldenbaum: Murder Wears Mittens (This will be the 12th in the Seaside Knitters Society Mystery Series.)

Sue Grafton: Y is for Yesterday (This will be the 25th in the Kinsey Millhone MysterySeries.)

Susanna Gregory (aka Simon Beaufort): The Habit of Murder (This will be the 23rd in the Chronicles of Matthew Bartholomew Mystery Series.)

David Handler (aka 1/2 of Russell Andrews w/Peter Gethers): The Girl with Kaleidoscope Eyes (This will be the 9th in the Stewart Hoag and Lulu Mystery Series.)

Sadie Hartwell (aka Susannah Hardy): A Knit before Dying (This will be the 2nd in the Tangled Web Mystery Series.)

Betty Hechtman: A Tangled Yarn (This will be the 5th in the Yarn Retreat Mystery Series.)

Julianne Holmes: Chime and Punishment (This will be the 3rd in the Clock Shop Mystery Series.)

William Kent Krueger: Sulfur Springs (This will be the 16th in the Cork O’Connor Mystery Series.)

Susan Elia MacNeal: The Paris Spy (This will be the 7th in the Maggie Hope Mystery Series.)

Marcia Muller: The Color of Fear (This will be the 33rd in the Sharon McCone Mystery Series.)

Shirley Rousseau Murphy: Cat Shining Bright (This will be the 20th in the Joe Grey Mystery Series.)

Louise Penny: Glass Houses (This will be the in the Chief Inspector Gamache Mystery Series.)

Carol J. Perry: Grave Errors (This will be the 5th in the Witch City Mystery Series.) (This will be a Halloween mystery.)

Peter Robinson: Sleeping in the Ground (This will be the 24th in the Inspector Banks Mystery Series.)

Lisa Scottoline: Exposed (This will be the 16th in the Rosato & DiNunzio Mystery Series.)

Robert K. Tanenbaum: Without Fear or Favor (This will be the 29th in the Butch Karp and Marlene Ciampi Thriller Series.)

David Thurlo: Kill the Heroes (This will be the 4th in the Charlie Henry Mystery Series.)

Rebecca Tope: Peril in the Cotswolds (This will be the 14th in the Cotswold Mystery Series.)

Diane Vallere: Dressed to Confess (This will be the 3rd in the Costume Shop Mystery Series.)

If you want to see this month’s releases, go to the July 2017 Mystery Book New Releases.

You can find these and many more Cozies scheduled for release soon on the Soon to be Released Mysteries page on my site.

(These are the mysteries by authors who are currently on the Cozy Mystery site.)

Cozy Mystery Book Recommendations – June 2017

We’re reaching the end of June, so it’s time to discuss our favorite Cozy Mysteries that we haveread this month! If you read a Cozy mystery this month and want to recommend it to the rest of us, be sure to post it here! While I haven’t had time to read any Cozies this month for the site, I do heartily recommend the not-quite-Cozy spy series, the Mrs. Pollifax Series, by Dorothy Gilman. In this one case, I decided to break my own rules a bit – I can recommend it so strongly, I decided to add it to this list.

If you’re interested in reading why I’m recommending these series, you can go to the Most Popular & Recommended Cozy Mystery Series page on my Cozy-Mystery site for my full write-ups on each of these great Cozy series.

So, what have you been reading that you can recommend in June? Please be sure to tell us why you liked these Cozies so much. I know we’re all always on the lookout for more particularly good Cozy Mystery authors! (If you have a lot of Cozies you think are great, please post the ones you like the most at the top of the list.)

As always, please do not tell us about the Cozy Mysteries you did not like.

What really good Cozy Mystery did you read during June 2017 that you want the rest of us to know about, and why did you enjoy it?

Here are the current recommended authors who some of you have read and recommended this past month:

Barbara Allan (aka Barbara & Max Allan Collins): Trash ‘n’ Treasures Mystery Series

Winnie Archer (aka Melissa Bourbon & Misa Ramirez): Bread Shop Mystery Series

Nancy Atherton: Aunt Dimity Mystery Series

Clara Benson: Angela Marchmont Mystery Series (first entry the Murder at Sissingham Hall)

Laura Bradford (aka Elizabeth Lynn Casey): Emergency Dessert Squad Mystery Series

Ali Brandon (aka Diane A.S. Stuckart): Black Cat Bookshop Mystery Series

Simon Brett: Mrs. Pargeter Mystery Series

Kathleen Bridge: Hamptons Home & Garden Mystery Series

Julia Buckley: Undercover Dish Mystery Series AND Writer’s Apprentice Mystery Series

Leslie Budewitz: Food Lovers’ Village Mystery Series

Lynn Cahoon: Tourist Trap Mystery Series

Kate Carlisle: Bibliophile Mystery Series

Bailey Cattrell (aka Bailey Cates &  Cricket McRae): Enchanted Garden Mystery Series

Julia Chapman: Dales Detective Mystery Series (first entry Date with Death)

Laura Childs (aka Gerry Schmitt): Tea Shop Mystery Series

Kate Collins: Flower Shop Mystery Series

Marla Cooper: Destination Wedding Mystery Series

E. J. Copperman (aka Jeffrey Cohen): Mysterious Detective Mystery Series

Vicki Delany (aka Eva Gates): Year-Round Christmas Mystery Series

Hannah Dennison: Honeychurch Hall Mystery Series

Leighann Dobbs: Mooseamuck Island Cozy Mystery Series

Barbara Early (aka Beverly Allen): Vintage Toy Shop Mystery Series

Elizabeth Edmonson: A Very English Mystery Series (first entry A Man of Some Repute)

Alex Erickson: Bookstore Cafe Mystery Series (first entry Death by Coffee)

Vickie Fee: Liv and Di in Dixie Mystery Series

Dorothy Gilman: Mrs. Pollifax Series (not quite mysteries, but very Cozy in my mind)

Nathan Dylan Goodwin: Forensic Genealogist Mystery Series (first entry Hiding the Past)

Victoria Hamilton (aka Amanda Cooper & Donna Lea Simpson): Vintage Kitchen Mystery Series

Carolyn Hart: Death on Demand Mystery Series

Sadie Hartwell (aka Susannah Hardy): Tangled Web Mystery Series

Anne Hillerman: Joe Leaphorn & Jim Chee Mystery Series

Lee Hollis: Hailey Powell Food & Cocktail Mystery Series

Delia James: Witch’s Cat Mystery Series

Miranda James (aka Honor Hartman, Jimmie Ruth Evans, & Dean James): Cat in the Stacks Mystery Series

Laura Levine: Jaine Austen Mystery Series

Kylie Logan (aka Miranda Bliss & Casey Daniels): Ethnic Eats Mystery Series

Meg Macy (aka 1/2 of D.E. Ireland): Teddy Bear Mystery Series

Edith Maxwell (aka Maddie Day & Tace Baker): Quaker Midwife Mystery Series

G. A. McKevett: Savannah Reed Mystery Series

Jenn McKinlay (aka Josie Belle & Lucy Lawrence): Cupcake Bakery Mystery Series

Robin Paige (aka Susan Wittig Albert and husband Bill Albert): Victorian Mystery Series

Peggy O’Neal Peden: Nashville Mystery Series (first entry Your Killin’ Heart)

Louise Penny: Chief Inspector Gamache Mystery Series

Anne Perry: Charlotte & Thomas Pitt Mystery Series

Ann Purser: Lois Meade Mystery Series

Spencer Quinn (aka Peter Abrahams): Chet and Bernie Mystery Series

Jordaina Sydney Robinson: Paranormal Ghost Cozy Mystery Series (first entry Beyond Dead)

Ann B. Ross: Miss Julia Mystery Series

Maggie Sefton: Knitting Mystery Series

Paige Shelton: Scottish Bookshop Mystery Series

Gayle Trent (aka Amanda Lee & Gayle Leeson): Daphne Martin Cake Mystery Series

[If you click on the author’s name (blue) link, it will take you to his/her page on the Cozy Mystery site. The pages have all of the authors’ books listed chronologically.]

I will list the authors and series that have been recommended, but I urge you to read the comments below so you can see the reasons other Cozy Mystery readers thought these were their best reads of the month.

♦To access more Cozy Mystery Books Recommendations, click on this link♦

P.S. I usually don’t comment on your recommendations since they speak for themselves.

New Releases – June 26 to July 2, 2017

Here is the list of new release for June 26 to July 2!

Ellie Alexander (aka Kate Dyer-Seeley): A Crime of Passion Fruit (This will be the 6th in the Bakeshop Mystery Series.)

Laurien Berenson: Murder at the Puppy Fest (This will be the 20th in the Melanie Travis Mystery Series.)

Juliet Blackwell (aka Hailey Lind): A Ghostly Light (This will be the 7th in the Haunted Home Renovation Mystery Series.)

Susan M. Boyer: Lowcountry Bonfire (This will be the 6th in the Liz Talbot Mystery Series.)

Maya Corrigan: The Tell-Tale Tarte (This will the 4th in the Five-Ingredient Mystery Series.)

Carolyn Haines: The House of Memory (This will be the 2nd in the Pluto’s Snitch Mystery Series.)

Lee Hollis: Death of a Lobster Lover (This will be the 9th in the Hayley Powell Mystery Series.)

Julie Hyzy: Grace to the Finish (This will be the 8th in the Manor House Mystery Series.)

Diane Kelly: Enforcing the Paw (This will be the 6th in the Paw Enforcement Mystery Series.)

Leslie Langtry: Mud Run Murder (This will be the 5th in the Merry Wrath Mystery Series.)

Laura Levine: Death of a Bachelorette (This will be the 15th in the Jaine Austen Mystery Series.)

Susan McBride: Come Helen High Water (This will be the 4th in the River Road Mystery Series.)

Rose Pressey: If the Haunted Fits, Wear It (This will be the 5th in the Haunted Vintage Mystery Series.)

Spencer Quinn: The Right Side (This will either be a Stand Alone novel or a new series.)

Sara Rosett: Death at an English Wedding (This will be the 7th in the Murder on Location Mystery Series.)

New Releases – June 19 to June 25, 2017

Here is the list of new release for June 19 to June 25!

Kathi Daley: Taming of the Tabby (This will be the 12th in the Whales and Tails Mystery Series.)

Janet Evanovich: Dangerous Minds (This will be the 2nd in the Knight and Moon Mystery Series.)

Victoria Hamilton (aka Amanda Cooper & Donna Lea Simpson): Leave it to Cleaver (This will be the 6th in the Vintage Kitchen Mystery Series.)

Edward Marston (aka Keith Miles and Conrad Allen): The Circus Train Conspiracy (This will be the 14th in the Railway Detective Mystery Series.)

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