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One New Cozy Mystery Series Coming May 2016

April 5, 2016

Last month I told you about three new Cozy Mystery series that are going to begin this month (April 2016). If you’d like to refresh your memories, here is that post entry: Three New Cozy Mystery Series Coming April 2016. Well, so far it looks like we’re only going to have one new Cozy Mystery series from site authors coming out in May. However, this new Cozy series looks like a real winner!

May will see the beginning of Kylie Logan‘s Ethnic Eats Mystery Series with the first entry in the series, Irish Stewed. Former chef to a Hollywood celebrity, Laurel Inwood is somewhat below her former station when she finds herself cooking for her aunt Sophie’s restaurant in Hubbard, Ohio. Aunt Sophie’s business is in a bit of trouble, as it is more of a run-down establishment than Laurel had been led to believe before she relocated. Still, Laurel is determined to turn the business around with her menu of interesting specialty dishes. But when a local investigative reporter turns up in a booth with a receipt spike in his back, Laurel will need to cook up a solution of a different kind>>> a solution to murder! (Also, for those of you who like your Cozies to have recipes, you’re in luck!)

Kyrie Logan also writes the Button Box Mystery Series, League of Literary Ladies Mystery Series, and Chili Cook-Off Mystery Series, as well as the Cooking Class Mystery Series as Miranda Bliss and the Pepper Martin Mystery Series as Casey Daniels.

And of course, this series (and many more!) can be found on the New Cozy Mystery Book Series page, as well as the Soon to Be Released Mysteries page on my Cozy Mystery site.

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Cozy Mystery Book Recommendations – March 2016

March 30, 2016

I’m going to get right to the point for this month’s Cozy Mystery book recommendations. If you read a Cozy Mystery that you thought was really, really good >>> would you please tell us about it and why you liked it so much? You know, the Cozy you thought was even better than the other Cozies you have read. We’d love to know about it so that we (too) can read it. Also, if you have more than just one extra-good Cozy, could you post the ones you think are even better than the others at the top of the list?

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

What really good Cozy Mystery book did you read during March 2016 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:

Avery Aames (aka Daryl Wood Gerber): Cheese Shop Mystery Series

M.C. Beaton (aka Marion Chesney): Hamish Macbeth Mystery Series

Rhys Bowen: Molly Murphy Mystery Series

Simon Brett: Fethering Mystery Series

Lynne Cahoon: Tourist Trap Mystery Series

Kate Carlisle: Bibliophile Mystery Series

Amanda Carmack: Elizabethan Mystery Series

Bailey Cattrell (aka Bailey Cates & Cricket McRae): Enchanted Garden Mystery Series (Two Cozy readers recommended this series this month.)

Laura Childs: Tea Shop Mystery Series (Two Cozy readers recommended this series this month.)

J.J. Cook (aka Joyce and Jim Lavene & Ellie Grant): Biscuit Bowl Food Truck Mystery Series

J.J. Cook (aka Joyce and Jim Lavene & Ellie Grant): Sweet Pepper Fire Brigade Mystery Series

Jeanne M. Dams: Dorothy Martin Mysteries

Krista Davis: Domestic Diva Mystery Series

Carola Dunn: Daisy Dalrymple Mystery Series

Kaitlyn Dunnett (Kathy Lynn Emerson): Liss MacCrimmon Mystery Series

Kerry Greenwood: Corinna Chapman Mystery Series

Joan Hess (aka Joan Hadley): Claire Malloy Mystery Series

Hazel Holt: Mrs. Malory Mystery Series

Sofie Kelly (aka Sofie Ryan): Magical Cats Mystery Series

Kylie Logan (aka Miranda Bliss & Casey Daniels): League of Literary Ladies Mystery Series

Leslie Meier: Lucy Stone Mystery Series

Carlene O’Connor: Murder in an Irish Village

Joanne Pence: Rebecca Mayfield Mystery Series

Carol J. Perry: Witch City Mystery Series

Leigh Perry (aka Toni L.P. Kelner): Family Skeleton Mystery Series

Linda Reilly: Deep Fried Mystery Series

Barbara Ross: Maine Clambake Mystery Series

Sofie Ryan (aka Sofie Kelly): Second Chance Cat Mystery Series

Karen Rose Smith: Caprice De Luca Mystery Series

Elaine Viets: Dead End Job 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.

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Snipped in the Bud – New Flower Shop Mystery Movie!

March 28, 2016

And, Gina just told us about the new Flower Shop Mystery movie that will premier on the Hallmark Movies & Mysteries channel on Sunday, April 24, 2016 at 8:00 PM (Central). These mystery movies are based on Kate Collins‘ very popular Cozy Flower Shop Mystery Series.

Flower Shop Mystery: Snipped in the Bud
When a bouquet from her shop is found at the murder scene of a professor and former courtroom adversary of Abby Knight, a former attorney-turned-small-town-florist, she finds herself as the main suspect. Stars Brooke Shields, Brennan Elliott and Beau Bridges.

I have added it to the Upcoming Television Mystery Movies for April 2016

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Krista Davis’ Cozy Mystery Series (Both of Them!)

March 23, 2016

I just received this letter from Krista Davis. She posted it earlier on Facebook.

Some of you have heard that Penguin Random House (meaning Berkley, NAL and Obsidian) is cutting back on cozies and have asked me what’s going on. Here is the situation as I understand it.

Some series have been cancelled, and we’re all very sad about that. However, I am aware that some series have been renewed, so that’s promising.

If you want to know the status of your favorite Berkley series, sign up for the author’s newsletter and follow the author’s Facebook page. Please, please check with the author before posting that a series is ending. Several of us have had to scramble to correct inaccurate information. I have four books coming out in 2016 – 2017, and a lot of other Berkley/NAL/Obsidian authors have books coming out as well.

Please do NOT boycott Penguin Random House. You will only hurt the authors. In the publishing industry we are judged by our sales numbers. A lot of series are still being published by Berkley right now. Even some new ones! And authors whose series are ending will be pitching ideas for new series, so they need good sales numbers to impress other publishers. Sales are more important for us now than ever.

I have read a claim that if a book in a series isn’t published in 2016, it means the series has been cancelled. I can refute that because one of my books was moved from a December 2016 release date to February 2017. That date was changed long before any of this ever happened.

A lot of people are asking how they can help. Support your favorite authors by buying their books. Authors love to read and we have budgets, too, so we understand if you can’t buy all the books you want to read. It’s a big help if you ask your library to carry our books. You can also write reviews and post them. More reviews mean we get more advertising from Amazon and that leads to more readers!

We appreciate your support more than we can ever express. We love our readers. Cozy readers are fun, inquisitive, smart, and delightful. Thank you for caring so much about our series.

Cheers!
Krista

Thank you for the information, Krista. I’m looking forward to many new Cozies from you. I’m glad to see the speculation about your Cozies was just an unfounded rumor.

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