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March 2016 Mystery Book New Releases

The following Mystery Books will be released in March 2016:

Sparkle Abbey: Raiders of the Lost Bark (This will be the 8th in the Pampered Pets Mystery Series.)

Tess Arlen: Death Sits Down to Dinner (This will be the 2nd in the Lady Montfort Mystery Series.)

Maggie Barbieri: Lie in Plain Sight (This will be the 3rd in the Maeve Conlon Mystery Series.)

Maeve Binchy: A Few of the Girls (This will be a collection of some of Maeve Binchy’s writing. Not a mystery.)

Gail Bowen: What’s Left Behind (This will be the 16th in the Joanne Kilbourn Mystery Series.)

Rhys Bowen: Time of Fog and Fire (This will be the 16th in the Molly Murphy Mystery Series.)

Laura Bradford (aka Elizabeth Lynn Casey): A Churn for the Worse (This will be the 5th in the Amish Mystery Series.)

Simon Brett: The Killing in the Cafe (This will be the 17th in the Fethering Mystery Series.)

Emily Brightwell: Mrs. Jeffries Wins the Prize (This will be the 34th in the Mrs. Jeffries Mystery Series.)

Laura Childs: Devonshire Scream (This will be the 17th in the Tea Shop Mystery Series.)

Harlan Coben: Fool Me Once (This will be a Stand-Alone mystery.)

Lesley Cookman: Murder Dancing (This will be the 16th in the Libby Sarjeant Mystery Series.)

Clive Cussler & Justin Scott: The Gangster (This will be the 9th in the Isaac Bell Mystery Series.)

Kathi Daley: Murder at Dolphin Bay (This will be the 1st in the NEW Sand and Sea Hawaiian Mystery Series.)

Kathi Daley: New Beginnings – Phyllis (This will be the 2nd novella in the Zimmerman Academy spinoff of the Zoe Donovan Mystery Series.

Jeffery Deaver: The Steel Kiss (This will be the 12th in the Lincoln Rhyme Mystery Series.)

Sharon Dunn: Mistaken Target (This will be a Love Inspired Suspense Stand Alone mystery.)

Kate Dyer-Seeley (aka Ellie Alexander): Silenced in the Surf (This will be the 3rd in the Pacific Northwest Mystery Series.)

Christopher Fowler: London’s Glory (This will be a Peculiar Crimes Unit Mystery Series collection of short stories.)

Susanna Gregory: The Chelsea Strangler (This will be the 11th in the Thomas Chaloner Mystery Series.)

Lee Hollis: Death of a Bacon Heiress (This will be the 7th in the Hayley Powell Food & Cocktails Mystery Series.)

J.A. Jance: Clawback (This will be the 11th in the Ali Reynolds Mystery Series.)

Laurie R. King: The Marriage of Mary Russell (This will be a Mary Russell & Sherlock Holmes story.)

Joyce and Jim Lavene (aka J.J. Cook & Ellie Grant): Those Who Walk In Darkness (This will be the 1st in the NEW Jacks Jackson Mystery Series.)

Donna Leon: The Waters of Eternal Youth (This will be the 25th in the Guido Brunetti Mystery Series.)

Kylie Logan (aka Miranda Bliss & Casey Daniels): And Then There Were Nuns (This will be the 4th in the League of Literary Ladies Mystery Series.)

Lisa Lutz: The Passenger (This will be a Stand-Alone thriller.)

Karen MacInerney: Mother Knows Best (This will be the 2nd in the Margie Peterson Mystery Series.)

G.A. McKevett: Killer Reunion (This will be the 21st in the Savannah Reid Series.)

Carlene O’Neil: Ripe for Murder (This will be the 2nd in the Cypress Cove Mystery Series.)

James Patterson & Mark Sullivan: Private Paris (This will be the 9th in the Private Mystery Series.)

Anne Perry: Treachery at Lancaster Gate (This will be the 31st in the Thomas & Charlotte Pitt Series.)

Paige Shelton: The Cracked Spine (This will be the 1st in the NEW Scottish Bookshop Mystery Series.)

Clea Simon: When Bunnies Go Bad (This will be the 6th in the Pru Marlowe Mystery Series.)

Clea Simon: The Ninth Life (This will be the 1st in the NEW Blackie and Care Mystery Series.)

Joanna Campbell Slan: All Washed Up (This will be the 3rd in the Cara Mia Delgatto Mystery Series.)

Denise Swanson: Between a Book and a Hard Place (This will be the 5th in the Devereaux’s Dime Store Mystery Series.)

Jacqueline Winspear: Journey to Munich (This will be the 12th in the Maisie Dobbs Mystery Series.)

In case you would like to see this month’s releases: February 2016 Mystery Book New Releases.

I have lots and lots of  Cozies that are scheduled to be released so please click on this link to go to the Soon to be Released Mysteries page on the site.

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

Cozy Mystery Book Recommendations – January 2016

This month, I’m going to start out the Cozy Mystery Recommendations by telling you about my favorite Cozy Mystery book that I read during January. As I have mentioned many times before, I try several new-to-me authors in between reading a Cozy by one of my favorite authors. I’m always on the look-out for new authors to add to my favorites list, and this time, I found one!

The Cozy Mystery I tried, and enjoyed a lot, is Plantation Shudders by Ellen Byron. A few days ago, Kimmie wrote some rather glowing comments about this Cozy right here in one of the comments:

LOVED the setting, cast of characters and the family dynamics. This is a place I would absolutely visit!! With all of the descriptive visuals, I was sucked in and felt like I was watching the whole story from the comfort of my comfy couch on the front porch!? (Not to mention, it left me salivating over the delicious dishes referenced throughout the book!!)

Kimmie, I couldn’t have said it better! Plantation Shudders is the first in the new Cajun Country Mystery Series (by Ellen Byron) and it is set between New Orleans and Baton Rouge, which after visiting a few times, I will say is almost like a country within itself. (I can’t think of anywhere else that has its own unique flavor!)

Maggie (short of “Magnolia” >>> which may well be pretty common in Cajun country!) comes from two very respected families in the area. She lives/works at the bed and breakfast that was formerly the plantation on her father’s side of the family. She also works as a guide at the plantation her mother’s side of the family had to bequeath to the state because of financial reasons. Her family’s B&B is finally starting to recover from the devastation brought on my Hurricane Katrina. Unfortunately >>> enter Murder!

I enjoyed all of the characters in the book, both the “regulars” as well as those who were in the book as guests at the B&B >>> who I am guessing won’t reappear. I especially enjoyed Maggie’s interaction with Xander, the Autistic son of one of the “regulars”, and I am hoping he continues to inhabit this Cozy series. (Also, Gopher, the family Basset Hound is too darling!)

The plot, characters, unique setting, small town feeling, mystery, and writing style are all things that I enjoyed, and I find myself looking forward to the release of the second Cozy in this series. Oh, and for those of you who enjoy your Cozies with recipes, there are some pretty appetizing looking recipes included as well!

So now it’s your turn! Would you please tell us about the really good Cozy Mysteries you read during January, and please tell us why you liked them so much. These should be the Cozies you thought were better than the other Cozies you read during the month. This way, the rest of us will be able to read your recommendations/comments, and put those authors on our Cozy Mystery radar. Please list the Cozies you liked the most at the very 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 January 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:

Susan Wittig Albert: Darling Dahlias Mystery Series

Ellie Alexander (aka Kate Dyer-Seeley): Bakeshop Mystery Series

Sally Andrew: Tannie Maria Mystery Series (Recipes for Love and Murder is book #1)

Donna Andrews: Meg Langslow Mystery Series

Melissa Bourbon (aka Misa Ramirez): Magical Dressmaking Mystery Series

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

P.J. Brackston: A Brothers Grimm Mystery Series (Gretel and the Case of the Missing Frog Prints is book #1)

Simon Brett: Fethering Mystery Series

Catherine Bruns: Cookies & Chance Mystery Series (Taste Like Murder is book #1)

Ellen Byron: Cajun Country Mystery Series

Laurie Cass (aka Laura Alden): Bookmobile Cat Mystery Series

Laura Childs: Scrapbooking Mystery Mystery Series

Jane K. Cleland: Josie Prescott Antiques Mystery Series

Kate Collins: Flower Shop Mystery Series

Cleo Coyle (aka Alice Kimberly): Coffeehouse Mystery Series

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

Laura DiSilverio (aka Lila Dare & Ella Barrick): Readaholics Book Club Mystery Series

Carola Dunn: Cornish Mystery Series

Kate Dyer-Seeley (aka Ellie Alexander): Pacific Northwest Mystery Series

Wendy Sand Eckel: Murder at Barclay Meadow (Stand Alone?)

Amanda Flower (Isabela Alan): Living History Museum Mystery Series

Eva Gates (aka Vicki Delany): Lighthouse Library Mystery Series

Nancy Haddock: Silver Six Crafting Mystery Series

Barbara Hambly: Benjamin January Mystery Series (Crimson Angel is book #13) not Cozy

Susannah Hardy (aka Sadie Hartwell): Greek to Me Mystery Series

Julianne Holmes: Clock Shop Mystery Series (Just Killing Time is book #1)

Christine Husom: Snow Globe Shop Mystery Series

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

Joyce and Jim Lavene (aka J.J. Cook & Ellie Grant): Sharyn Howard Mystery Series

Joyce and Jim Lavene (aka J.J. Cook & Ellie Grant): Canterville Book Shop Mystery Series

Karen MacInerney: Gray Whale Inn Mystery Series

Jenn McKinlay (aka Josie Belle & Lucy Lawrence): Library Lover’s Mystery Series

Terrie Farley Moran: Read ‘Em and Eat Mystery Series

Patchwork Mystery Series: The Christmas Quilt by Kelly Ann Riley

Kathy Reichs: Temperance Brennen Mystery Series (not Cozy)

Ruth Rendell: Dark Corners (Stand Alone, not Cozy)

Paige Shelton: Dangerous Type Mystery Series

Rosemary Stevens (aka Rosemary Martin): Beau Brummell Mystery Series

Joyce Tremel: Brewing Trouble Mystery Series (To Brew or Not to Brew is book #1)

Ashley Weaver: Amory Ames Mystery Series (Murder at the Brightwell is book #1)

Christine Wenger: Comfort Food Mystery Series

Marty Wingate: Potting Shed Mystery Series (The Garden Plot is book #1)

[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.

Cozy Mystery News – January 2016

Cozy Mystery NewsEvery once in a while I have Cozy Mystery news that I simply cannot keep to myself. Of course, I share it with my husband, but that almost doesn’t count. (I usually get a “That’s nice.” type of response from him…) I have a feeling that some of you all will be happier about some of these Cozy Mystery tidbits than my husband was!

If you’re all caught up with Allyson K. Abbott‘s Mack’s Bar Mystery Series, you can look forward to at least three more books in that series. And, as if Allyson K. Abbott’s news isn’t great enough, her “AKA” Annelise Ryan has gotten the go-ahead for at least three more Mattie Winston Mystery Series books! That’s double the terrific news for this talented author and her fans.

Good news for fans of Juliet Blackwell‘s Haunted Home Renovations Mystery Series. She is scheduled to bring us a 7th book in that series.

Here’s super good news for Cajun Country Mystery Series fans: Ellen Byron has the green light to release books 3 & 4 in that very Cozy New Orleans series. (I told you it was good news!)

And, for those of you who are fans of Jane K. Cleland‘s Josie Prescott Antiques mysteries AND fans of audiobooks: her Ornaments of Death (Christmas theme) is already in audio format, and three more of her mysteries are set to be made audible as well (Deadly Threads, Lethal Treasure, & Blood Rubies).

I know there are a lot of Amanda Flower fans out there. Well, you will probably be over-joyed to find out that she will be writing a new Amish-themed Cozy Mystery series: the Amish Sweetshop Mystery Series. The sleuth is a chocolatier who visits her Amish grandparents in Ohio, and stays for a longer amount of time than she had expected. (No spoilers here!)

OK, so I know everyone who reads Cozy Mysteries has heard about Carolyn Hart. Her Death on Demand series is going strong, and she will be bringing us a new one. Carolyn Hart is also scheduled to bring us a new Bailey Ruth Ghost Mystery. (How about that for good Cozy Mystery news?)

Calling all D.E. Ireland fans! Remember, Ireland is a duo of authors. One of them (Sharon Pisacreta) will write the new Berry Basket Mystery Series using the Sharon Farrow moniker. The Berry Basket series will take place near Lake Michigan and will feature a berry shop owner.

Also, Laura Levine‘s Jaine Austen Mystery Series fans will be happy to see that she will be writing at least three more mysteries after this year’s release in June. Great news!

Jess Lourey (of the Murder by the Month series) will be starting the new Witch Hunt Mystery Series, which she will be writing as Jessica Lourey. (This is a non Cozy series.)

OK, now this is great news for the Margaret Maron fans amongst us. She will be be bringing back Sigrid Harald. Sigrid is a New York City homicide detective, and she hasn’t been around for us to read about since 1995.

Those of you who follow Marcia Muller‘s San Francisco private eye, Sharon McCone, rest assured that there will be more mysteries in that series. She has just gotten the OK for at least two more.

If you’re a fan of Carol J. Perry‘s Witch City Mystery Series, you’ll be pleased to know that she will be releasing three more Cozies in this series. Pretty exciting!

Hank Phillippi Ryan has gotten a contract for two more Jane Ryland mysteries. I know some of you who will be absolutely delighted by this news!

Well, as I said, I just couldn’t keep these great Cozy Mystery tidbits to myself. I hope some of you are as pleased by some of these new-sy announcements as I am!

P.S. Any time you hear something that you think might interest the rest of us, please post a comment or drop me a note. I must warn you though, I’m not good at keeping secrets. Thanks!

Four New-to-the-Site Mystery Authors: Susan M. Boyer: Liz Talbot, Kay Finch: Bad Luck Cat, Cheryl Hollon: Webb’s Glass Shop, Anna Lee Huber: Lady Darby

Well, it’s that time again >>> time to add more authors to the Cozy Mystery site! As usual I try to post recommended authors Cozy Mystery readers who comment here on the site have told me about in comments and letters, so it shouldn’t be too much of a surprise if site “regulars” have already seen a name or two of these authors. I’m trying to add authors more frequently, with the goal of one post like this (about) once a month. We’ll see if that ends up being a reasonable possibility…

 Susan M. Boyer – A South Carolina native, it’s no surprise that Susan M. Boyer has set her Liz Talbot Mystery Series in that scenic state. Her first book in this series won the prestigious Agatha Award! The series features Liz Talbot, a private investigator who just so happens to see ghosts!

 

 

 

 Kay Finch – A paralegal in Houston, Texas, Kay Finch has used her professional career to good use as inspirational material for her two series. The Bad Luck Cat Mystery Series stars Sabrina Tate, an aspiring mystery author and her black cat, Hitchcock. Her Corie McKenna Mystery Series stars a private investigator.

 

 

 Cheryl Hollon – Cheryl Hollon was once an engineer living in amazing places like England, Australia, and Taiwan, but now she’s fulfilling her lifetime dream of writing full-time in Petersburg, Florida. She and her husband create glass artwork, which is highlighted in her Webb’s Glass Shop Mystery Series. This series stars Savannah Webb, a glass shop owner in St. Petersburg, Florida.

 

 

 Anna Lee Huber – Anna Lee Huber earned a bachelor’s degree in music (with a minor in psychology) and  began writing after spending a brief period as an administrative assistant. She has lived in many places throughout the United States and now lives in Indiana. Her Cozy Mystery series, the Lady Darby Mystery Series, is set in 1830’s Scotland and stars the wife of a deceased anatomist.

And of course you can find these authors and many many more on the Cozy Mystery site.

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