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August 2013 Mystery Book New Releases

The following Mystery Books will be released in August 2013:

Laurien Berenson: Gone with the Woof (This will be the 16th in the Melanie Travis Mystery Series.)

Gail Bowen: The Gifted (This will be the 14th in the Joanne Kilbourn Mystery Series.)

Rhys Bowen: Heirs and Graces (This will be the 7th in the Royal Spyness Mystery Series.)

Elizabeth Lynn Casey (aka Laura Bradford): Remnants of Murder (This will be the 8th in the Southern Sewing Circle Mystery Series.)

Erika Chase: Cover Story (This will be the 3rd in the Ashton Corners Mystery Series.)

Alys Clare: Land of the Silver Dragon (This will be the 5th in the Aelf Fen Mystery Series.)

Barbara Cleverly: A Spider in the Cup (This will be the 11th in the Joe Sandilands Mystery Series.)

Kate Collins: Seed No Evil (This will be the 14th in the Flower Shop Mystery Series.) (This is a wedding theme mystery.)

Bill Crider: Compound Murder (This will be the 20th in the Dan Rhodes Mystery Series.)

Diane Mott Davidson: The Whole Enchilada (This will be the 17th in the Goldy Bear Mystery Series.)

Carole Nelson Douglas: Cat in an Alien X-Ray (This will be the 25th in the Midnight Louie Mystery Series.)

Shelley Freydont: Cold Turkey (This will be a Novella in the Celebration Bay Mystery Series.) (This is a Thanksgiving theme mystery.)

David Handler: Runaway Man (This will be a Stand Alone.)

Faye Kellerman: The Beast (This will be the 21st in the Decker & Lazarus Mystery Series.)

William Kent Krueger: Tamarack County (This will be the 13th in the Cork O’Connor Mystery Series.)

Amanda Lee (aka Gayle Trent): Cross-Stitch before Dying (This will be the 6th in the Embroidery Mystery Series.)

Nancy Martin: Little Black Book of Murder (This will be the 9th in the Blackbird Sisters Mystery Series.)

Jenn McKinlay (aka Lucy Lawrence & Josie Belle): Cloche and Dagger (This will be the 1st in the NEW Hat Shop Mystery Series.)

Sharon Pape:  Alibis and Amethysts (This will be the 1st in the NEW Crystal Shop Mystery Series.

James Patterson & David Ellis: Mistress (This will be a Stand Alone.)

Louise Penny: How the Light Gets In (This will be the 9th in the Armand Gamache Mystery Series.) (This is a Christmas theme mystery.)

Kathy Reichs: Bones of the Lost (This will be the 16th in the Temperance Brennan Mystery Series.)

Delia Rosen: From Herring to Eternity (This will be the 4th in the Deadly Deli Mystery Series.)

Maggie Sefton: Poisoned Politics (This will be the 2nd in the Molly Malone Mystery Series.)

Paige Shelton: If Bread Could Rise to the Occasion (This will be the 3rd in the Country Cooking School Mystery Series.)

Marcia Talley: Dark Passage (This will be the 12th in the Hannah Ives Mystery Series.) (Actually, September 1.)

Robert K. Tanenbaum: Tragic (This will be the 26th in the Butch Karp and Marlene Ciampi Mystery Series.)

Charles Todd: A Question of Honor (This will be the 5th in the Bess Crawford Mystery Series.)

Lauren Willig: The Passion of the Purple Plumeria (This will be the 10th in the Pink Carnation Mystery Series.)

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

Senior Sleuth Traveler with Young Companion…

Here’s a question that Ann H posed in one of her comments:

“Help, please! I found an American cozy – an older, retired female sleuth who travels around the country solving mysteries. Along the way she picked up a younger woman who now accompanies her. Like a dummy I did not write down the author’s name or even the heroine’s. I truly enjoyed the first one. It also reminded me of one about an older woman who has a mobile home and travels in the West. Can’t remember names for that one either….. Thanks if you can give me some help (and even if you cannot). “

Linda C pointed out that the mystery series with the older woman in an RV is by Sue Henry (the Maxie & Stretch Mystery Series) but we still don’t know who the other retired woman is.

Do any of you know? If you do, please post a comment. Thank you!

Cozy Mystery Books Recommendations – June 2013

Summer is finally here, and believe me, I know it! I missed writing an entry about summer officially starting, but take a look at our forecast:

Today it’s supposed to hit 100°, Friday sees us at a projected 102°, however, Saturday is supposed to be our scorcher at 104°. Thankfully, we’ll be cooling back down on Sunday (102°)! Yes, summer is upon us here in San Antonio. (I absolutely don’t know what people did before air conditioning!)

As July quickly approaches, it’s time for me to ask you all to recommend your favorite June 2013 Cozy Mystery book. This should be the book you read during this month that you want the rest of us to know about. (If you read more than just one Cozy Mystery that you loved, let us know about those.) Please tell us why you enjoyed the book (books). That way, the rest of us can decide whether your recommended Cozy Mystery is a book we would like to try.

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

What Cozy Mystery book (or author) have you read during June 2013, and why did you enjoy it (or him/her)?

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

Susan Wittig Albert: Cottage Tales of Beatrix Potter Mystery Series

Esri Allbritten: Chihuahua of the Baskervilles

Jenna Bennett (aka Jennie Bentley & Bente Gallagher): Savanna Martin Real Estate Mystery
Series

Susan M. Boyer: Lowcountry Boil

Emily Brightwell: Mrs. Jeffries Mystery Series

Duffy Brown: Consignment Shop Mystery Series

Susanna Calkins: Lucy Campion Mystery Series

Kate Carlisle: Bibliophile Mystery Series

Carol K. Carr: Madam of Espionage Mystery Series

Erika Chase: Ashton Corners Book Club Mystery Series 

Laura Childs: Tea Shop Mystery Series

Blaize Clement: Dixie Hemingway Mystery Series

Peg Cochran (aka Meg London): Gourmet De-Lite Mystery Series

Sheila Connolly (aka Sarah Atwell): Museum Mystery Series

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

Shelley Costa: You Cannoli Die Once

Philip R. Craig: Martha’s Vineyard Mystery Series

Judith Cutler: Lina Townend Mystery Series

Krista Davis: Domestic Diva Mystery Series

Sharon Dunn: Texas K-9 Unit Mystery Series

Dorothy Eden: Darkwater

Janet Evanovich & Lee Goldberg: FBI Special Agent Kate O’Hare Mystery Series

Anne George: Southern Sisters Mystery Series

Carolyn Haines: Sarah Booth Delaney Mystery Series

Emma Jameson: Lord & Lady Hetherdige Mystery Series

Abigail Keam: Death by a HoneyBee (Josiah Reynolds Mystery Series)

Stephen King: Joyland (Hard Case Crime Mystery)

Allison Kingsley (aka Kate Kingsbury & Rebecca Kent): Raven’s Nest Bookstore Mystery Series

Sherry Lewis (aka Jacklyn Brady): Senior Sleuth Fred Vickery Mystery Series

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

Meg London (aka Peg Cochran): Sweet Nothings Vintage Lingerie Mystery Series

Patricia MacDonald: Sisters

Charlotte MacLeod (aka Alisa Craig): Sarah Kelling Mystery Series

Susan Elia MacNeal: Maggie Hope Mystery Series

Mary Jane Maffini (aka Victoria Abbot): Charlotte Adams Mystery Series

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

Katherine Hall Page: Faith Fairchild Mystery Series

Stuart Palmer: Hildegarde Withers Mystery Series

Nancy Pickard: Eugenia Potter Mystery Series

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

Anne Rutherford: The Opening Night Murder

Joanna Campbell Slan: Kiki Lowenstein Scrap-N-Craft Mystery Series

Dana Stabenow: Kate Shugak Mystery Series

Denise Swanson: Devereaux’s Dime Store Mystery Series

Texas K-9 Unit Mystery Series

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

Maggie Bishop, James Hime, Amy Metz, Lane Stone, & Lois Winston – 5 Author Additions to the Cozy Mystery Site

Since I have well over 100 authors on my “Authors to Post” list, I thought that I would try to get some of them posted. (Every time I post new authors, I get letters with even more authors for me to post.)

Here are the five newest mystery author additions to the Cozy Mystery site:

Maggie Bishop  Bishop writes the Appalachian Adventure Mystery Series. This series involves the daughter of the owners of a guest house ranch in North Carolina. Jemma Chase (the daughter) comes home to help on the ranch. She not only sleuths, but also has some very good carpentry skills.

James Hime  Hime’s first mystery in his Jeremiah Spur Mystery Series was nominated for 2004’s impressive Edgar Award – Best First Novel. The series features a retired Texas Ranger in a small town in Texas.

Amy Metz  Metz is a former school teacher who writes the Goose Pimple Junction Mystery Series. Goose Pimple Junction is the quaint, little town in the south where Tess Tremaine lives and sleuths.

Lane Stone  Stone writes the Tiara Investigations Mystery Series, which features three middle-aged former beauty queens who sleuth. These women have replaced their beauty queen tiaras with their Standard Schnauzers.

Lois Winston  Winston writes the Anastasia Pollack Crafting Mystery Series. This series features a widow (mother of two) who is the craft editor at a New Jersey crafting magazine. Winston has won awards for her needlework and craft designs.

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