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November 2014 Mystery Book New Releases

October 1, 2014

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.)

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Soon to be Released Mysteries Page on the Cozy Mystery Site

September 29, 2014

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.

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Mystery Book Recommendations – September 2014

September 27, 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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Authors Who Have “Adopted” a Long-Standing Mystery Series

September 25, 2014

The very popular Jesse Stone Mystery Series, formerly written by the now-passed Robert B. Parker, has recently had a few new books released by author Michael Brandman. I haven’t had time yet to continue the series (it seems like my back log of mysteries grows every day) but I’ve heard that Brandman has managed to fully capture the “voice” of the characters I’ve come to know so well. Of course, this has gotten me thinking about some of the other popular mystery series that have seen multiple authors over the years.

Sometimes the new author is related by blood to the previous author, and often may have either directly or indirectly influenced the work. Relatively recently, the popular Dixie Hemingway Mystery Series was taken over by John Clement, following the passing of his mother, Blaize Clement. Lucky for us, he appears to be continuing the series indefinitely, though this isn’t always the case – Graham Landrum‘s son, Robert Graham Landrum, finished the fifth and final book in the Club Mystery Series, and hasn’t added to the series since.

Other times it seems that the publisher is responsible for the transition between authors, as in the case of the transition of Lawrence Sanders‘ Archy McNally Mystery Series to then-relatively unknown author Vincent Lardo. As far as I know Lardo and Sanders never even met, much less worked together – this was simply a case where the publisher thought that the series could be profitably continued with a new author whose style was similar to the original author’s technique.

Can you think of any other mystery series (other than the Nancy Drew series) that have been taken over by a second or even third author?

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Since you all have mentioned so many good examples, I’m going to go ahead and list them. Here are some other mystery authors who have taken on another mystery author’s series:

Margery Allingham: Albert Campion Mystery Series to Mike Ripley

Lucy Arlington (Jennifer Stanley & Sylvia May): Novel Idea Mystery Series to Lucy Arlington (Susan Furlong)

Heron Carvic: Miss Seeton Mystery Series to Hampton Charles and Hamilton Crane

Agatha Christie: Various Plays to Charles Osborne

Agatha Christie: Hercule Poirot Mystery Series to Sophie Hannah

Lila Dare: Southern Beauty Shop Mystery Series to Joanna Campbell-Slan

Sir Conan Doyle: Sherlock Holmes Mystery Series to Adrian Conan Doyle (Son)

Sir Conan Doyle: Sherlock Holmes to Carole Buggé

Sir Conan Doyle: Sherlock Holmes to Laurie R. King

Sir Conan Doyle: Sherlock Holmes to Lora Roberts

Sir Conan Doyle: Sherlock Holmes to Frank Thomas

Sir Conan Doyle: Sherlock Holmes to June Thomson

Sir Conan Doyle: Sherlock Holmes to Barry S. Brown (Mrs. Hudson)

Dick Francis to Felix Francis (Son)

Randall Garrett: Lord Darcy Fantasy Mystery Series to Michael Kurland

Dashiell Hammett: Maltese Falcon Mystery Series to Joe Gores (prequel)

Tony Hillerman: Joe Leaphorn & Jim Chee Mystery Series to Anne Hillerman (Daughter)

Robert B. Parker: Spencer (for Hire) Mystery Series to Ace Atkins

Virginia Rich: Eugenia Potter Mystery Series to Nancy Pickard

Dorothy L. Sayers: Lord Peter Wimsey Mystery Series to Jill Paton Walsh

Rex Stout: Nero Wolfe Mystery Series to Robert Goldsborough

Margaret Truman: Margaret Truman’s Capital Crimes Mystery Series to Donald Bain

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