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Ella Barrick, Melissa Bourbon, Allison Kingsley, Liz Lipperman, Mary Moody, & Kari Lee Townsend : Six New Authors on the Cozy Mystery Site

I have added six new authors to the Cozy Mystery site, and this time, they are really NEW! Actually, one of them is a very popular Cozy Mystery author who a lot of you might already follow, but she is now writing a new Cozy Mystery series under a new pseudonym.

Ella Barrick   Barrick, an ex-college English teacher, writes the NEW Ballroom Dance Mystery Series… Stacy Graysin is a co-owner of a ballroom dance studio in Alexandria, Virginia.

Melissa Bourbon (aka Misa Ramirez)    Bourbon, an ex-teacher, writes the NEW Magical Dressmaking Mystery Series. This series, has as its sleuth, Harlow Cassidy, owner of a boutique dressmaking shop in Texas. Harlow gets help from beyond the grave when solving her mysteries. (As Ramirez, she writes the Lola Cruz Mystery Series.)

Allison Kingsley    Kingsley is also known as Kate Kingsbury and Rebecca Kent. As Kingsley, she is now writing the NEW Raven’s Nest Bookstore Mystery Series. Two cousins (Clara and Stephanie Quinn) own the bookstore in Maine. Clara has psychic abilities which help when solving mysteries.

Liz Lipperman (aka Liz Roth)  Lipperman, a registered nurse, writes the NEW Clueless Cook Mystery Series which is set in Texas. Jordan McAllister does not know how to cook, but that doesn’t stop her from becoming a newspaper food critic.

Mary Moody   Moody has her MBA, which might come in handy when writing the NEW Lucy St. Elmo Antiques Mystery Series. Lucy is an antiques shop owner (as well as a sleuth) in Massachusetts.

Kari Lee Townsend   Townsend has her Masters in English Education, and writes the NEW Fortune Teller Mystery Series. Sunshine Meadows is a fortune teller in New York. Townsend also writes the Samantha Granger Experiment Series for middle school-age children.

Authors Who Are Similar to Jonnie Jacobs

Here is another “Authors Similar to…” entry. Mary Joy would like help identifying:

Authors Who Are Similar to Jonnie Jacobs:

Sue Grafton: Kinsey Millhone Mystery Series…

J. A. Jance: Joanna Brady Mystery Series…

Karen Kijewski: Kat Colorado Mystery Series…

Perri O’Shaughnessy: Nina Reilly Mystery Series…

Lisa Scottoline: Rosato & Associates Mystery Series…

Please post your recommendations of authors who are similar to Jonnie Jacobs, and I will add them to the list.

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Linda French, Ron Goulart, Susan Hill, Betty Webb, & Don Yarber: Five New Mystery Authors on the Cozy Mystery Site

For those of you who are “regulars” to the Cozy Mystery site, you know that every once in a while I add new authors to the site. These are always authors who you all have told me “belong” on the site. Of course, as I have not read the authors (if I had, they would probably already be on the site!) I just have to go with what I am told.

I have mentioned before that I have actually found several of the authors on my “favorite authors” list from these recommendations. But, I have also found some authors who I tried, and did not like. You know the expression: “To each, his (or in this case ‘her’) own.”

The five newest author additions to the site are:

Linda French   French writes the Professor Teodora Morelli Mystery Series, which features an nontenured history professor in Seattle, Washington. French is a  professor of history in Washington state…

Ron Goulart    Goulart pens the Groucho Marx Mystery Series. This series is based on Groucho Marx, a “real person” who was an actor and comedian in the 1930s+ Hollywood.

Susan Hill    Hill writes the British police procedural called the Simon Serrailler Mystery Series. The series begins with Serrailler being a Chief Inspector and follows him as he is promoted to Detective Chief Superintendent.  (Reportedly Not Cozy) Hill also writes Stand Alone mysteries.

Betty Webb     Webb is an ex-journalist who teaches creative writing. She writes the Lena Jones Mystery Series, which features a private investigator in Arizona. Webb also writes the Gunn Zoo Mystery Series, which has, as its sleuth, a zookeeper in California.  (Both series are reportedly not cozy)

Don Yarber    Yarber writes the Kip Yardley Mystery Series. This series features a Los Angeles private detective who used to be a highway patrol officer. Yarber states that his books “do not use a lot of graphic sex scenes, foul language or deeply disturbed psycho-babble”…

October 2011 Mystery Book New Releases

The following Mystery Books will be released in October 2011:

*****Madelyn Alt: In Charm’s Way (This will be the 8th in the Bewitching Mystery Series…) (This will be a Halloween theme mystery…)(This mystery’s publication date appears to have been postponed.)

Donald Bain & “Jessica Fletcher”: The Fine Art of Murder (This will be the 36th in the Murder, She Wrote Mystery Series…)

M. C. Beaton: As the Pig Turns (This will be the 22nd in the Agatha Raisin Mystery Series…)

C. C. Benison: Twelve Drummers Drumming: A Mystery (This will be the 1st in the NEW Father Christmas Mystery Series…)

Jennie Bentley (aka Bente Gallagher & Jenna Bennett) : Flipped Out (This will be the 5th in the Do It Yourself Mystery Series…)

Rita Mae Brown: Murder Unleashed (This will be the 2nd in the Mags & Baxter Mystery Series…)

JoAnna Carl (aka Eve K. Sandstrom): The Chocolate Castle Clue (This will be the 11th in the Chocoholic Mystery Series…)

Grace Carroll (aka Carol Culver): Shoe Done It (This will be the 1st in the NEW Accessories Mystery Series…)

Laura Childs: Skeleton Letters (This will be the 9th in the Scrapbooking Mystery Series…)

Christmas Memories from Grace Chapel Inn (This is not a mystery, but I do have a Tales from Grace Chapel Inn page on the site…)

Harlan Coben: Shelter (This will be the 1st in the NEW Mickey Bolitar Mystery Series for Young Adults…)

Harlan Coben & Otto Penzler, Editors: The Best American Mystery Stories 2011 (This will be an anthology….)

Clive Cussler: Built for Adventure: The Classic Automobiles of Clive Cussler and Dirk Pitt (This will include pictures of the classic cars the Dirk Pitt mysteries feature…)

Tim Dorsey: When Elves Attack: A Joyous Christmas Greeting from the Criminal Nutbars of the Sunshine State (This will be the 14th in the Serge A. Storms Mystery Series…) (This will be a Christmas theme mystery – not cozy…)

Elizabeth J. Duncan: A Killer’s Christmas in Wales (This will be the 3rd in the Penny Brannigan Mystery Series…) (This is a Christmas theme mystery…)

Kaitlyn Dunnett (aka Kathy Lynn Emerson): Scotched (This will be the 5th in the Liss MacCrimmon Mystery Series…)

“Jessica Fletcher” & Donald Bain: The Fine Art of Murder (This will be the 36th in the Murder, She Wrote Mystery Series…)

Joanne Fluke: Joanne Fluke’s Lake Eden Cookbook: Hannah Swensen’s Recipes from the Cookie Jar…

Anthea Fraser: Shifting Sands (This will be a Stand Alone…)

John Grisham: The Litigators (This will be a Stand Alone…)

Barbara Hamilton: Sup with the Devil (This will be the 3rd in the Abigail Adams Mystery Series…)

David Handler: The Blood Red Indian Summer (This will be the 8th in the Berger & Mitry Mystery Series…)

Iris Johansen: Bonnie (This will be the 12th in the Eve Duncan Mystery Series…)

Linda O. Johnston: The More the Terrier (This will be the 2nd in the Pet Rescue Mystery Series…)

Laurie R. King & Leslie S. Klinger, Editors: A Study in Sherlock (This will be an anthology…)

Vicki Lane: Under the Skin (This will be a Stand Alone…)

M. Louisa Locke: Uneasy Spirits (This will be the 3rd in the Victorian San Francisco Mystery Series…)

Jenn McKinlay (aka Lucy Lawrence): Death by the Dozen (This will be the 3rd in the Cupcake Bakery Mystery Series…)

Diane Morlan: Shake Down Dead (This will be the 2nd in the Jennifer Penny Mystery Series…)

Marcia Muller: City of Whispers (This will be the 30th in the Sharon McCone Mystery Series…)

Helen Macie Osterman: The Elusive Relation (This will be the 3rd in the Emma Winberry Mystery Series…)

James Patterson & Richard DiLallo: The Christmas Wedding (This will be a Stand Alone…) (This is a Christmas theme novel…)

Anne Perry: A Christmas Homecoming (This will be the 9th in the Christmas Series…)

Kathy Reichs & Brendan Reichs: Seizure (This will be the 2nd in the Tory Brennan Virals Trilogy Mystery Series for Young Adults…)

Delia Rosen: One Foot in the Gravy (This will be the 2nd in the Nashville Katz Deadly Deli Mystery Series…)

Denise Swanson: Murder of a Creped Suzette (This will be the 14th in the Scumble River Mystery Series…)

Aimée & David Thurlo: Black Thunder (This will be the 16th in the Ella Clah Mystery Series…)

Peter Tremayne: The Chalice of Blood (This will be the 21st in the Mystery of Ancient Ireland Sister Fidelma Mystery Series…)

Gayle Trent (aka Amanda Lee): Killer Sweet Tooth (This will be the 3rd in the Daphne Martin Mystery Series…)

Penny Warner: How To Party with a Killer Vampire (This will be the 4th in the Party Planning Mystery Series…)

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