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April 2009 Mystery Book New Releases

March 8, 2009

The following mystery books will be released in April 2009:

Susan Wittig Albert: Wormwood (This will be the 17th in the China Bayles Herbal Mystery Series…)

Donald Bain: Madison Avenue Shoot (This will be the 31st in the Jessica Fletcher Murder She Wrote Mystery Series…)

David Baldacci: First Family (This will be the 4th in the Maxwell & King Mystery Series…)

Nevada Barr: Borderline (This will be the 15th in the Anna Pigeon Mystery Series…)

Dorothy Cannell: She Shoots to Conquer (This will be the 15th in the Ellie Haskell Mystery Series…) (Actually March 31…)

Carol Higgins Clark: Cursed (This will be the 12th in the Regan Reilly Mystery Series…)

Mary Higgins Clark: Just Take My Heart (This will be a Stand Alone…)

Jane K. Cleland: Killer Keepsakes (This will be the 4th in the Antiques Roadshow Mystery Series…)

Harlan Coben: Long Lost (This will be the 9th in the Myron Bolitar Mystery Series…)

Jeffrey Cohen: A Night at the Operation (This will be the 3rd in the Double Feature Mystery Series…)

Diane Mott Davidson: Fatally Flaky (This will be the 15th in the Goldy Bear Mystery Series…)

Anthony Eglin: The Trail of the Wild Rose (This will be the 4th in the English Garden Mystery Series…)

Nancy Fairbanks: Blood Pudding (This will be the 12th in the Culinary Food Writer Mystery Series…)

“Jessica Fletcher” & Donald Bain: Madison Avenue Shoot (This will be the 31st in the Murder She Wrote Mystery Series…)

Sally Goldenbaum: Patterns in the Sand (This will be the 2nd in the Seaside Knitters Mystery Series…)

Jane Haddam: Living Witness (This will be the 24th in the Gregor Demarkian Mystery Series…)

Parnell Hall: Dead Man’s Puzzle (This will be the 10th in the Puzzle Lady Mystery Series…)

Carolyn Hart: Dare to Die (This will be the 19th in the Death on Demand Mystery Series…) (Actually March 31…)

Roderic Jeffries: Sun, Sea and Murder (This will be the 33rd in the Inspector Alvarez Mystery Series…)

Linda O. Johnston: Never Say Sty (This will be the 7th in the Kendra Ballantyne, Pet-Sitter Mystery Series…)

Rebecca Kent (aka Kate Kingsbury): Finished Off (This will be the 2nd in the Bellehaven House Mystery Series…)

Diana Killian: Docketful of Poesy (This will be the 4th in the Poetic Death Mystery Series…)

Donna Leon: About Face (This will be the 18th in the Guido Brunetti Mystery Series…)

G. M. Malliet: Death and the Lit Chick (This will be the 2nd in the St. Just Mystery Series…)

Leslie Meier: Mother’s Day Murder (This will be the 15th in the Lucy Stone Mystery Series…)

James Patterson & Maxine Paetro: The 8th Confession (This will be the 8th in the Women’s Murder Club Mystery Series…)

Rhonda Pollero: Fat Chance (This will be the 3rd in the Finley Anderson Tanner, F.A.T. Mystery Series…) (Actually March 17…)

Suzanne Price: Notoriously Neat (This will be the 3nd in the Grime Solvers Mystery Series…)

Cynthia Riggs: Death and Honesty (This will be the 8th in the Martha’s Vineyard Mystery Series…)

Sara Rosett: Magnolias, Moonlight and Murder (This will be the 4th in the Mom Zone Mystery Series…)

Ann B. Ross: Miss Julia Delivers the Goods (This will be the 10th in the Miss Julia Mystery Series…)

Lisa Scottoline: Look Again (This will be a Stand Alone…)

Clea Simon: Probable Claws (This will be the 4th in the Theda Krakow Mystery Series…)

Alexander McCall Smith: Tea Time for the Traditionally Built (This will be the 10th in the No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency Series…)

Denise Swanson: Murder of a Royal Pain (This will be the 11th in the Scumble River Mystery Series…)

Terri Thayer: Ocean Waves (This will be the 3rd in the Quilting Mystery Series…)

Marilyn Todd: Blood Moon (This will be the 2nd in the High Priestess Iliona Mystery Series…)

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Mystery Authors Similar to Carolyn Hart & Rex Stout…

February 28, 2009

I received a comment asking for help in finding mystery authors who are similar to the following authors.

I have listed a few authors who might be similar. Remember, though, this is not scientific or 100% “accurate.” I hope that readers from the site can come up with some more names for you.

Carolyn Hart:

M. C. Beaton

Mary Daheim

Jeanne M. Dams

Earlene Fowler

Carolyn Haines

Katherine Hall Page

Rex Stout:

Ellery Queen

If  you would like to add to the lists, please post a comment.

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The Men of Cozy Mysteries, Part One…

February 23, 2009

Bill wrote a comment to the site that started me thinking, so I thought I would post it here:

“I have a question about cozy mysteries: Why are they seen as largely geared to female readers? I enjoy many elements of cozy mysteries — their plots, their wit, their avoidance of relying overly much on gratuitous graphic details, etc. I wonder why there are not a greater number with male protagonists, etc.? Do you have a list of those that might be more appealing to male readers? Thanks! (I don’t suppose writers such as William Tapply and Bill Crider would quite fit into the cozy genre, would they? I like those two authors, among MANY others.”

Bill, you are right! Cozy Mysteries really do seem to be marketed for women. It seems like even male authors of Cozy Mysteries prefer to have women as their protagonists. But there are many men who enjoy the subgenre. (My husband listens to Agatha Christie and Ngaio Marsh… two of the four Queens of the Golden Age of Mysteries, and he would not listen to them if he didn’t like them>>> Believe me! He has access to many different books.) 

As for your Bill Crider and William Tapply question… I don’t read either of those authors, so I don’t know… but I do read Reginald Hill (Dalziel and Pascoe Series), Colin Dexter (Inspector Morse), and R. D. Wingfield (A Touch of Frost) and I know that they don’t qualify as Cozy. (They are police procedurals.) To me, they don’t seem to bog themselves down with minute, gratuitious details. (This is not to say that they aren’t grittier than Cozy Mysteries… In some cases, they are quite a bit grittier!)

Right now, I am drawing a blank, except for J. A. Jance‘s J. P. Beaumont series, but I’m not sure if her books really qualify as Cozies… they are a little grittier than, let’s say, Agatha Christie. (I happen to be a fan of both her J. P. Beaumont and Joanna Brady series.)

So, readers, do you have any suggestions for Bill? If you do, I’ll post them, and then make a theme for the male protagonists in Cozy Mysteries.

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March 2009 Mystery Book New Releases

February 18, 2009

The following mystery books will be released in March 2009:

Jeffrey Archer: Paths of Glory (This will be a Stand Alone…)

Maureen Ash: A Plague of Poison  (This will be the 3rd in the Templar Knights Mystery Series…)

Cynthia Baxter: Too Rich and Too Dead (This will be the 2nd in the Murder Packs a Suitcase Mystery Series…)

Rhys Bowen:  In a Gilded Cage  (This will be the 8th in the Molly Murphy Mystery Series…)

Emily Brightwell:  Mrs. Jeffries in the Nick of Time (This will be the 25th in the Mrs. Jeffries Mystery Series…)

Dorothy Cannell: She Shoots to Conquer (This will be the 14th in the Ellie Haskell Mystery Series…)

Kate Charles: Deep Waters (This will be the 3rd in the Callie Anson Mystery Series…)

Laura Childs: Oolong Dead  (This will be the 10th in the Theodosia Browning Mystery Series…)

Harlan Coben: Long Lost (This will be the 9th in the Myron Bolitar Mystery Series…)

Hannah Dennison: Scoop! (This will be the 2nd in the Vicki Hill Mystery Series…)

Carola Dunn: Manna from Hades (This will be the 1st in the NEW Cornish Mystery Series OR will be a Stand Alone…)

Nadia Gordon: Lethal Vintage (This will be the 4th in the Sunny McCoskey Napa Valley Mystery Series…)

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

Carolyn Hart: Dare to Die (This will be the 19th in the Death on Demand Mystery Series…)

Harley Jane Kozak: A Date You Can’t Refuse (This will be the 4th in the Wollie Shelley Mystery Series…)

Victoria Laurie: Ghouls Just Want to Have Fun (This will be the 3rd in the Ghost Hunter Mystery Series…)

Laura Lippman: Life Sentences (This will be a Stand Alone…)

Lisa Lutz: Revenge of the Spellmans (This will be the 3rd in the Izzy Spellman Mystery Series…)

Peg Marberg: Fatal Flip  (This will be the 3rd in the Interior Design Mystery Series…)

Cricket McRae: Spin a Wicked Web (This will be the 3rd in the Home Crafting Mystery Series…)

James Patterson: Max (This will be the 5th in the Maximum Ride Series…)

Anne Perry: Execution Dock (This will be the 16th in the William Monk Mystery Series…)

Deanna Raybourn: Silent on the Moor (This will be the 3rd in the Lady Julia Grey Mystery Series…)

J. B. Stanley: The Battered Body (This will be the 5th in the Supper Club Mystery Series…)

Barbara Vine (aka Ruth Rendell): The Birthday Present (This will be a Stand Alone…)

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