A Cozy Mystery site reader asked for me to get a Baseball Theme Mystery Books list together. Unfortunately, I don’t know how Cozy these mysteries are, since I haven’t read any of them. However, they are all set in the world of Baseball.

Baseball Theme Mystery Books:

Garrison Allen: Baseball Cat

Donald Bain & “Jessica Fletcher”: Three Strikes and You’re Dead

Tori Carrington: Foul Play

Harlan Coben: The Final Detail (A Myron Bolitar Mystery)

Jen Estes: Cat McDaniel Mystery Series

1. Big Leagues    ’11
2. Curveball    ’12
3. Double Play    ’13

Crabbe Evers: Duffy House Mystery Series

1. Murderer’s Row    ’91
2. Bleeding Dodger Blue    ’91
3. Murder in Wrigley Field    ’91
4. Fear in Fenway    ’93
5. Tigers Burning    ’94

“Jessica Fletcher” & Donald Bain: Three Strikes and You’re Dead

Robert Goldsborough: Murder in the Ball Park (A Nero Wolfe Mystery)

Gemma Halliday: Homicide in High Heels (High Heels Mystery Series)

Robert B. Parker: Mortal Stakes (a Spenser mystery)

Robert B. Parker: Double Play 

Troy Soos: Mickey Rawlings Mystery Series

1. Murder at Fenway Park    ’94
2. Murder at Ebbets Field    ’95
3. Murder at Wrigley Field    ’96
4. Hunting a Detroit Tiger    ’97
5. The Cincinnati Red Stalkings    ’98
6. Hanging Curve    ’99
7. The Tomb that Ruth Built   ’14

Rex Stout: This Won’t Kill You (Novella in Three Men Out)

Baseball Theme Mysteries for Children:

David A. Kelly: Ballpark Mystery Series (Age 6-9, Grade 1-4)

John Feinstein: Change Up: Mystery at the World Series (Age 10+, Grade 5+)

If any of you know of some Cozy Mysteries that are set in the Baseball world, please post a comment. Thank you!

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With summer soon approaching (June 21), what better time than right now to list all of the Summer Cozy Mysteries that are out there? I know I can start the list with some very obvious mysteries: Fourth of July Mystery Books theme and Father’s Day Mystery Books theme. Also, there are other very obvious Summer Cozy Mysteries that have the word summer in the titles, or a reference to a beach, barbeque, or summer month. And then of course, there are those that we know about because we have read them.

If I have missed any Summer Cozy Mystery theme books, please post a comment. Thank you!

SUMMER COZY MYSTERY Theme:

Donald Bain…. Murder on Parade (Fourth of July)

Lorraine Bartlett….. One Hot Murder

Laurien Berenson….. A Pedigree to Die For

Laurien Berenson….. Hair of the Dog (Fourth of July)

Rhys Bowen….. Royal Flush

Lilian Jackson Braun….. The Cat Who Went Underground (Fourth of July)

Mollie Cox Bryan….. Scrappy Summer (novella)

JoAnna Carl….. The Chocolate Frog Frame-Up (Fourth of July)

Jill Churchill….. Someone to Watch Over Me (Fourth of July)

Carol Higgins Clark…..Twanged (Fourth of July)

Nancy Coco….. To Fudge or Not to Fudge

Christine E. Collier…. A Holiday Sampler (Father’s Day)

Cleo Coyle….. Murder Most Frothy (Fourth of July)

Isis Crawford….. A Catered Fourth of July (Fourth of July)

Bill Crider….. Red, White, and Blue Murder (Fourth of July)

Mary Daheim….. The Alpine Recluse

Kathi Daley….. Bikinis in Paradise

Kathi Daley….. Beach Blanket Barbie

Jeffery Deaver (editor of anthology)….. A Century of Great Suspense Stories (includes Fourth of July Picnic by Rex Stout) (Fourth of July)

Christy Fifield: Murder Sends a Postcard

“Jessica Fletcher”…..  Murder on Parade (Fourth of July)

Joanne Fluke….. Lemon Meringue Pie Murder (Fourth of July)

Joanne Fluke….. Red Velvet Cupcake Murder

Shelley Freydont ….. Independence Slay (Fourth of July)

Sally Goldenbaum….. Angora Alibi

Sarah Graves….. Knockdown (Fourth of July)

Jane Haddam….. Act of Darkness (Fourth of July)

Jane Haddam….. Dear Old Dead  (Father’s Day)

Victoria Hamilton….. Bowled Over (Fourth of July)

Susannah Hardy….. Feta Attraction

Lee Harris….. The Father’s Day Murder (Father’s Day)

Carolyn G. Hart….. Yankee Doodle Dead (Fourth of July)

Carolyn Hart….. Dead, White, and Blue (Fourth of July)

Carolyn Hart….. Dead Days of Summer

B.B. Haywood….. Town in a Strawberry Swirl

Betty Hechtman….. A Stitch in Crime

Ellen Elizabeth Hunter….. Murder at Wrightsville Beach

Sue Ann Jaffarian ….. Rockets’ Red Glare (Short Story) (Fourth of July)

Sue Ann Jaffarian….. Where’s Your Daddy? (Short Story) (Father’s Day)

Joyce and Jim Lavene….. A Timely Vision (Fourth of July)

Amanda Lee (aka Gayle Trent)….. Thread End

Kylie Logan….. A Tale of Two Biddies

Jess Lourey….. Knee High by the Fourth of July (Fourth of July)

Jess Lourey….. June Bug

Jess Lourey….. August Moon

Karen MacInerney….. Death Runs Adrift

Judy McCoy….. Till Death Do Us Bark

Donna McLean…..  A Sparrow Falls Fourth of July  (story) (Fourth of July)

Donna McLean….. A Sparrow Falls Holiday (Includes 4 stories: Christmas, Halloween, Valentine’s Day, & the above Fourth of July) (Fourth of July)

Leslie Meier….. Tippy Toe Murder

Leslie Meier….. Star Spangled Murder (Fourth of July)

Leslie Meier….. Father’s Day Murder (Father’s Day)

Katherine Hall Page….. The Body in the Lighthouse

James Patterson & Maxine Paetro….. 4th of July (Not Cozy) (Fourth of July)

Cathy Pickens….. Can’t Never Tell (Fourth of July)

Larissa Reinhart….. Still Life in Brunswick Stew

Barbara Ross….. Clammed Up

Barbara Ross….. Boiled Over

Sara Rossett….. Mint Juleps, Mayhem, and Murder 

Maggie Sefton….. Yarn Over Murder

Sharon Short….. Death by Deep Dish Pie (Fourth of July)

Earl H. Smith….. The Dam Committee (Fourth of July)

Rex Stout….. Fourth of July Picnic (found in And Four to Go) (Fourth of July)

Rebecca Tope….. Deception in the Cotswold

Kari Lee Townsend….. Trouble in the Tarot

Teresa Trent….. Doggone Dead (Fourth of July)

Teresa Trent….. Murder for a Rainy Day

Elaine Viets….. Board Stiff

Lea Wait….. Shadows of a Down East Summer

Valerie Wolzien….. A Star-Spangled Murder (Fourth of July)

Valerie Wolzien….. Death in a Beach Chair

Sue Owens Wright….. Embarking on Murder (Fourth of July)

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