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Cozy Mystery Books Recommendations – July 2012

It’s really difficult for me to grasp the fact that it is already the end of July. But, it is!

I have tried several new authors because of your monthly recommendations. I have enjoyed most of them, and as I have told you before, added some of them to my “favorite authors” list.

Please tell us about a few of the authors you read this past month (July 2012), only those authors who you really, really enjoyed. And, as usual, please tell us WHY you enjoyed the author(s). (Please, do not tell us about the authors you tried reading who you did not like.) I will add the recommended authors to this entry as they come in.

What Cozy Mystery book (or author) have you read during July 2012, and why did you enjoy it (or him/her)?

Here are the current authors who some of you have read this past month, and wanted to tell the rest of us about:

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

Kate Atkinson: Started Early, Took My Dog

Elizabeth Bailey: Lady Fan Mystery Series

Lorna Barrett (aka L. L. Bartlett & Lorraine Bartlett): Booktown Mystery Series

Lorraine Bartlett (aka L. L. Bartlett & Lorna Barrett): Victoria Square Mystery Series

Heather Blake (aka Heather Webber): Witchcraft Mystery Series

Robin Blake: A Dark Anatomy

Janet Bolin: Threadville Mystery Series

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

Rhys Bowen: Lady Georgiana Mystery Series

Emily Brightwell: Mrs Jeffries Mystery Series

Frances Brody: Kate Shackleton Mystery Series

Dorothy Cannell: Ellie Haskel Mystery Series

Grace Carroll (aka Carol Culver): Accessories Mystery Series

Heron Carvic: Miss Seeton Mystery Series

Laura Childs: Tea Shop Mystery Series AND Cackleberry Club Mystery Series

Alisa Craig (aka Charlotte MacLeod): Grub-and Stakers Mystery Series

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

Anna Dean: Miss Dido Kent Mystery Series

Janet Evanovich: Stephanie Plum Mystery Series

Sharon Fiffer: Jane Wheel Mystery Series

Amanda Flower: Appleseed Creek Mystery Series

Joanne Fluke: Hannah Swensen Mystery Series

Anne George: Southern Sisters Mystery Series

Katherine Miller Haines: Rosie Winter Mystery Series

Rebecca M. Hale: Cats and Curios Mystery Series

Tarquin Hall: Vish Puri Mystery Series

Victoria Hamilton: Vintage Kitchen Mystery Series

Tessa Harris: The Anatomist’s Apprentice

B. B. Haywood: Candy Holliday Mystery Series

Maddy Hunter: Passport to Peril Mystery Series

Julie Hyzy: Manor of Murder Mystery Series

Dorte Jakobsen: The Cozy Knave

P.D. James: Adam Dalgliesh Mystery Series

Craig Johnson: Walt Longmire Mystery Series

Garrison Keillor: Guy Noir and the Straight Skinny

Mitzi Kelly: Silver Sleuths Mystery Series

Sofie Kelly: Magical Cats Mystery Series

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

Victoria Laurie: Psychic Eye Mystery Series

Amanda Lee (aka Gayle Trent): Embroidery Mystery Series

Liz Lipperman: Clueless Cook Mystery Series

M. Louisa Locke: Victorian San Francisco Mystery Series AND The Misses Moffet Mend A Marriage: A Victorian San Francisco Story

Kylie Logan (aka Miranda Bliss & Casey Daniels): Button Box Mystery Series

Amanda Matetsky: Paige Turner Mystery Series

Lorena McCourtney: Cate Kinkaid Files Mystery Series.

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

Amy Patricia Meade: Rosie the Riveter Mystery Series

Miss Read: Fairacre Series

Katherine Hall Page: Faith Fairchild Mystery Series

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

Clayton Rawson: The Great Merlini Mystery Series

Dorothy St. James: White House Gardener Mystery Series

Denise Swanson: Scumble River Mystery Series

Victoria Thompson: Gaslight Mystery Series

Kari Lee Townsend: Fortune Teller Mystery Series

Peter Turnbull: Hennessey & Yellich Mystery Series

Elaine Viets: Dead-End Mystery Series

P. G. Wodehouse: The Adventures of Sally

Dornford Yates: Chandos Series

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

Mickey Spillane Wanna Be Sleuth in Mystery Series

Linda wrote a couple of months ago asking help is finding this author and/or mystery series:

“…  I too have an author that I can’t remember and I liked the stories so much that I thought I would remember easily, but guess what? I can’t remember. The main sleuth was hit in the head some how and woke up thinking he was a “gumshoe”. He kept talking like he was a character in a Mickey Spillane murder mystery. Anyone got any ideas. This series would have come out, I would say, in the last 3 to 5 years. The guy was funny. He couldn’t remember any other parts of his life. He didn’t even know his own mother.”

Again, if you think you might know who the author of this series is, or the name of the mystery series, please post a comment. Thanks!

Late 1800s or Early 1900s San Francisco Female Attorney Sleuth in Mystery Series

Last month, Fran wrote and asked for help finding the following author and/or mystery book series:

“A while back I read a couple of books that I’d like to find again. The books were set in San Francisco and were in the late 1800s or early 1900. The main character was a woman who had trained as an attorney and was trying to make it in the male dominated world of law – against her parents’ wishes.

Can you help?
Fran”

If you think you might know who the author of this series is, or the name of the mystery series, please post a comment. Thank you!

Connie Archer, Frances Brody, Duffy Brown, Peg Cochran, & Meg London : “Five” Author Additions to the Cozy Mystery Site

Since I have gotten several letters telling me about the following Cozy Mystery authors, I wanted to get their pages posted on the site quickly. Here are the four newest additions to the Cozy Mystery site:

Connie Archer: Soup Lover’s Mystery Series – Lucky Jamieson inherits her parents’ soup shop in a beautiful Vermont skiing town called Snowflake. (This culinary Cozy Mystery series includes recipes.)

Frances Brody: Kate Shackleton Mystery Series – Kate Shackleton lives in a small British milling  village during the 1920s. Our sleuth’s husband is a WWI MIA (missing in action).

Duffy Brown (aka Dianne Castell): Consignment Shop Mystery Series – Recently divorced Reagan Summerside is the owner of Prissy Fox Consignment Shop in Savannah, Georgia. Duffy Brown in a best selling romance novels, writing as Dianne Castell.

Peg Cochran (aka Meg London): Gourmet De-Lite Mystery Series – Gigi Fitzgerald has returned to Connecticut, after living in New York. She is a caterer for a very select crowd, and specializes in low calorie cuisine. (Low calorie recipes are included in this culinary Cozy Mystery series.)

Meg London (aka Peg Cochran): Sweet Nothings Vintage Lingerie Mystery Series – Emma Taylor has returned from New York City, where she worked as a stylist. She is now a stylist in Paris… but Tennesse, not France.

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