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Donald Bain Interview

I am absolutely delighted to tell you that my newest Cozy Mystery Author Interview is with Donald Bain. That’s right!!! THE Donald Bain, “co-author” (with “Jessica Fletcher”) of the Murder, She Wrote Mystery Series.

Over the course of our many months of the monthly Cozy Mystery Books Recommendations, Donald Bain’s Murder, She Wrote Mystery Series is one of the most recommended series you all have submitted. That’s saying a lot!

Who doesn’t know (and love!) Jessica Fletcher? She is the epitome of a Cozy Mystery sleuth. I actually used her as an example in my 2006 Cozy Mystery definitions.

The interview was quite insightful for me. I was surprised to see when he started writing Margaret Truman’s Capital Crimes Mystery Series, as well as how Mr. Bain feels about Jessica leaving Cabot Cove. (You’ll have to read the interview, no SPOILERS here!)

Please take a few minuted to read the Donald Bain interview. I think you’ll find it as informative as I do!

Click here for the Donald Bain Interview.

November 2014 Mystery Book New Releases

The following Mystery Books will be released in November 2014:

Ellery Adams (aka Jennifer Stanley, J.B. Stanley, & 1/2 of Lucy Arlington): Lethal Letters (This will be the 6th in the Books by the Bay Mystery Series.)

David Baldacci: The Escape (This will be the 3rd in the Puller Mystery series.)

Jessica Beck (aka Elizabeth Bright, Melissa Glazer, Chris Cavender, Casey Mayes, Tim Myers, & D.B. Morgan): Old Fashioned Crooks (This will be the 17th in the Donut Mystery Series.)

Jenna Bennett (aka Jennie Bentley & Bente Gallagher): Dirty Deeds (This will be the 9th in the Savannah Martin Mystery Series.)

Stephen Booth: The Corpse Bridge (This will be the 15th in the Cooper & Fry Mystery Series.)

Rita Mae Brown: Let Sleeping Dogs Lie (This will be the 9th in the Fox Hunting Mystery Series.)

Jan Burke: Case Closed (This will be a collection of Jan Burke short stories.)

Lynn Cahoon: If the Shoe Kills (This will be the 3rd in the Tourist Trap Mystery Series.) (This is a Christmas theme mystery.)

JoAnna Carl (aka Eve K. Sandstrom): The Chocolate Clown Corpse (This will be the 14th in the Chocoholic Mystery Series.)

Kate Carlisle: A High-End Finish (This will be the 1st in the NEW Fixer-Upper Mystery Series.)

Mary Higgins Clark & Alafair Burke: The Cinderella Murder (This will be a Stand Alone mystery.)

Michael Connelly: The Burning Room (This will be the 18th in the Harry Bosch Mystery Series.)

Patricia Cornwell: Flesh and Blood (This will be the 22nd in the Kay Scarpetta Mystery Series.) (Not Cozy)

Kathi Daley: Christmas Cozy (This will be the 11th in the Zoe Donovan Mystery Series.) (This is a Christmas theme mystery.)

Anthony Eglin: The Alcatraz Rose (This will be the 6th in the English Garden Mystery Series.)

Janet Evanovich & Lee Goldberg: The Job (This will be the 3rd in the Fox and O’Hare Mystery Series.)

Charles Finch: The Laws of Murder (This will be the 8th in the Charles Lenox Mystery Series.)

Anthea Fraser: Justice Postponed (This will be the 9th in the Rona Parish Mystery Series.)

Lee Goldberg & Janet Evanovich: The Job (This will be the 3rd in the Fox and O’Hare Mystery Series.)

Parnell Hall: Safari (This will be the 19th in the Stanley Hastings Mystery Series.)

Victoria Hamilton (aka Amanda Cooper): No Mallets Intended (This will be the 4th in the Vintage Kitchen Mystery Series.)

Betty Hechtman: Knot Guilty (This will be the 9th in the Crochet Mystery Series.)

Sue Ann Jaffarian: Hell on Wheels (This will be the 9th in the Odelia Grey Mystery Series.)

J.A. Jance: A Last Goodbye (This will be an Ali Reynolds Mystery Series novella.) (This is a Christmas theme mystery.)

Joyce and Jim Lavene (aka J.J. Cook & Ellie Grant): Dae’s Christmas Past (This will be the 6th in the Missing Pieces Mystery Series.) (This is a Christmas theme mystery.)

Rett MacPherson: Sleeping the Churchyard Sleep (This will be a Stand Alone mystery.)

Molly MacRae: Plague by Quilt (This will be the 4th in the Haunted Yarn Shop Mystery Series.)

Mary Marks: Knot in My Backyard (This will be the 2nd in the Martha Rose Quilting Mystery Series.)

Jenn McKinlay (aka Josie Belle & Lucy Lawrence): On Borrowed Time (This will be the 5th in the Library Lover’s Mystery Series.) (This is a Christmas theme mystery.)

Catriona McPherson: A Deadly Measure of Brimstone (This will be the 8th in the Dandy Gilver Mystery Series.)

Tyora Moody: Oven Baked Secrets (This will be the 2nd in the Eugeena Patterson Mystery Series.)

James Patterson: Hope to Die (This will be the 22nd in the Alex Cross Mystery Series.)

Anne Perry: A New York Christmas (This will be the 12th of the Christmas novels.)

R.T. Raichev: The Killing of Olga Klimt (This will be the 9th in the Antonia Darcy and Major Payne Mystery Series.)

Deanna Raybourn: Bonfire Night (This will be a Lady Julia Grey Mystery Series novella.)

Ruth Rendell (aka Barbara Vine): The Girl Next Door (This will be a Stand Alone mystery novel.)

Lisa Scottoline: Betrayed (This will be the 13th in the Rosato & Associates Mystery Series.)

Maggie Sefton: Bloody Politics (This will be the 3rd in the Molly Malone Mystery Series.)

Connie Shelton: Legends Can Be Murder (This will be the 15th in the Charlie Parker Mystery Series.)

Alexander McCall Smith: The Handsome Man’s Deluxe Cafe (This will be the 15th in the No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency Series.)

Janice Thompson: Don’t Rock the Boat (This will be the 6th in the Bridal Mayhem Mystery Series.)

Diane Vallere: Suede to Rest (This will be the 1st in the NEW Material Witness Mystery Series.)

Elaine Viets: A Dog Gone Murder (This will be the 10th in the Mystery Shopper Mystery Series.)

To go back to the Cozy Mystery New Book Release page, click here.

Here is the entry I wrote about the mystery book releases of this month – October 2014. If you would like to see it, click on this link:

October 2014 Mystery Book New Releases

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

Soon to be Released Mysteries Page on the Cozy Mystery Site

Here’s a very quick note: I just updated the Soon to be Released Mysteries page on the Cozy Mystery site. I already had a lot of Cozy Mysteries listed on this page, but I found a bunch more today. Here are just two of some of the new mysteries on the page. I thought the Clea Simon book and the J.A. Jance story had two of the cutest covers. Are these two too cute?!?

In case you want to go take a look at a whole lot of new titles, I now have Cozy Mysteries on that page that will be released all the way from September 2014 (one more day!) to July 2015!

Click on this link to take you there: Soon to be Released Mysteries page.

Mystery Book Recommendations – September 2014

As it is the end of September, how about if we do our Mystery Book Recommendations list for this month?

If you read an extremely good Cozy Mystery during September, please tell us about it! The rest of us are always looking for another great Cozy Mystery read! Please only tell us about the ones that were above and beyond the others, and also, tell us why you consider this book (or these books!) to have been so good.

[As usual, I ask that you don’t tell us about the mystery books you read that you didn’t like.]

What Cozy Mystery book (or author) have you read during September 2014, and why did you enjoy it (or him/her)?

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

Kathy Aarons: A Chocolate Covered Mystery Series (Death Is Like a Box of Chocolates is book #1)

Victoria Abbott (aka Mary Jane Maffini & Victoria Maffini): Book Collectors Mystery Series

Ellery Adams (aka J.B. Stanley, Jennifer Stanley, & 1/2 of Lucy Arlington ): Book Retreat Mystery Series

Susan Wittig Albert (aka 1/2 of Robin Paige): Darling Dahlias Mystery Series

Tasha Alexander: Lady Emily Mystery Series

Eric Ambler: Journey of Fear (1940s thriller)

Terri Austin: Rose Strickland Mystery Series (Diners, Dives and Dead Ends is book #1)

Josie Belle (aka Jenn McKinlay & Lucy Lawrence): Good Buy Girls Mystery Series

Simon Brett: Charles Paris Mystery Series

Janet Cantrell: Fat Cat Mystery Series (Fat Cat at Large is book #1)

Kate Carlisle: Bibliophile Mystery Series

Nancy Coco (aka Nancy J. Parra): Candy-Coated Mystery Series

Susan Rogers Cooper: Milt Kovak Mystery Series

Isis Crawford (aka Barbara Block): Mystery with Recipes Mystery Series

Jessie Crockett: Sugar Grove Mystery Series

Waverly Curtis: Barking Detective Mystery Series

Mary Daheim: Hillside Manor Bed & Breakfast Mystery Series

Jeanne M. Dams: Dorothy Martin Mystery Series

Rosie Genova: Italian Kitchen Mystery Series

Daisy Goodwin: The Fortune Hunter (Not a Cozy nor a Mystery)

Jane Haddam: Gregor Demarkian Mystery Series

B.B. Haywood: Candy Holliday Mystery Series

Lee Hollis: Hayley Powell Food & Cocktail Mystery Series

Maria Hudgins: Dotsy Lamb Travel Mystery Series

Julie Hyzie: Manor House Mystery Series

D.E. Ireland: Eliza Doolittle & Henry Higgins Mystery Series (Wouldn’t It Be Deadly is book #1)

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

Mary Kennedy: Dream Club Mystery Series

Victoria Laurie, Nancy Martin, Denise Swanson, & Elaine Viets: Drop Dead Blonde (4 novellas)

Marilyn Levinson: Murder a la Christie

G. M. Malliet: St. Just Mystery Series

Mary Marks: Martha Rose Quilting Mystery Series

Terrie Farley Moran: Read ‘Em & Eat Mystery Series

Sandra Nobel: Fat Women Mystery Series (Fat Woman Mystery is book #1)

Carol J. Perry: Witch City Mystery Series

Susan Santangelo: Baby Boomer Mystery Series

Denise Swanson: Scumble River Mystery Series

Victoria Thompson: Gaslight Mystery Series

Lea Wait: Shadows Antique Print Mystery Series

L.C. Tyler: Crooked Herring

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.]

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

P.S. While I try to respond to all of the comments that are made on the Cozy Mystery blog, I generally don’t respond to the comments on these monthly recommendation entries. I do, however, list the recommended books that come via the Cozy Mystery blog’s comments!

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