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Cozy Mystery Books Recommendations – June 2013

June 28, 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

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Mystery Books that Take Place in Tennessee

June 14, 2013

tennesseeHere are some fun Tennessee facts:
The capital is Nashville.
The largest city Memphis.
State motto is “Agriculture and Commerce”
State nickname is The Volunteer State.
State flower is the Iris.
State bird is the Mockingbird.
State animal is the Raccoon.

Mystery authors who are found on the Cozy Mystery Site who feature Tennessee locations in their books:

Deborah Adams: Jesus Creek Mystery Series: Jesus Creek, a small town in Tennessee, is the setting for this very unique series. Each book features a different character as the sleuth.

Riley Adams (aka Elizabeth Spann Craig): Memphis BBQ Mystery Series: Lulu Taylor is the main sleuth and owner of a barbeque restaurant in Memphis, Tennessee.

Jenna Bennett (aka Jennie Bentley & Bente Gallagher): Cutthroat Business Mystery Series OR Savannah Martin Real Estate Mystery Series: Savannah is a divorced, southern belle who is now working as a realtor (and sleuth!) in Nashville. AND Fidelity Investigations Mystery Series: Gina, the sleuth, lives in Nashville, Tennessee.

Virginia Brown: Blue Suede Memphis Mystery Series: Harley Jean is a Memphis tour guide/sleuth.

V.M. Burns: Lilly Echosby Dog Club Mystery Series – Lilly is a recently divorced CPA who is a member of a dog club in Tennessee.

J. J. Cook (aka Joyce and Jim Lavene): Sweet Pepper Fire Brigade Mystery Series: Stella Griffin is the sleuth and current fire chief. Stella gets a lot of help from the ex-fire chief, Eric Gamlyn, who happens to be deceased!

Vickie Fee: Liv and Di in Dixie Mystery Series: Liv McKay, a party planner, and Di Souther, her best friend, live and solve crimes in the fictional town of Dixie, Tennessee.

Christy Tillery French: Natasha Chamberlain Mystery Series: Natasha is a bodyguard who works for Jonce Striker (the owner of the bodyguard company) in Knoxville, Tennessee.

Susan Furlong: Bone Gap Travellers Mystery Series – Brynn is an ex-Marine who returns to Tennessee with her cadaver dog, Wilco.

Jackie Griffey: Maryvale Mystery Series: Cas Larkin is the sheriff of this town in Tennessee AND Maggie & Joe Cozy Mystery Series: Maggie Murphy is a columnist/sleuth.

Diane Kelly writes the House-Flipper Mystery Series which stars Whitney Whitaker, a house flipper in Nashville. Oh, and also, it stars Sawdust, her cat.

Joyce and Jim Lavene (aka J.J. Cook & Ellie Grant): Taxi for the Dead Paranormal Mystery Series: Police officer Skye Mertz makes a deal with Abe to drive Abe’s Taxi for the Dead so that she can be saved from dying.

Meg London (aka Peg Cochran): Sweet Nothings Vintage Lingerie Series: Emma Taylor has returned home to Paris, Tennessee from New York City.

Molly MacRae:  Haunted Yarn Shop Mystery Series: Kath Rutledge is the owner of a wool shop that has, as its tenant, a ghost.

Mystery and the Minister’s Wife Mystery Series: This series follows Kate and Paul Hanlon (a minister and his wife) in Copper Mill, Tennessee. Several authors pen this mystery series.

Delia Rosen: Deadly Deli Mystery Series: Gwen Silver (aka Nashville Katz) is the owner of a Nashville Jewish deli, and also a sleuth.

Mary Saums: Willi Taft Mystery Series: Willi is not only a private investigator, but a Nashville singing sleuth as well.

Please feel free to comment if you see an author from the Cozy Mystery Site who belongs on this list, or if you have any corrections.

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Cozy Mystery Books Recommendations – May 2013

May 28, 2013

I have been anticipating this entry for almost an entire month. It is the time of the month when I ask you all to recommend your favorite Cozy Mystery book read of this past month. This should be the book you read during May 2013 that you think the rest of us have absolutely got to know about >>> so that we can read it also.  Of course, if you read more than one Cozy Mystery that you loved, let us know about those. Please tell us why you enjoyed the book (books). This makes it easier for the rest of us to decide whether we want to give the authors/books a try.

The Cozy Mystery book I read this month which I thought was a really good book is Susanna Calkins’ A Murder at Rosamund’s Gate. I am hoping that Calkins has many more Lucy Campion mysteries in store for us. (Here is the link to my entry explaining why I like this first mystery novel in Calkins’ new Lucy Campion Mystery Series so much.)

[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 Mayl 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:

Victoria Abbot (aka Mary Jane Maffini & Victoria Maffini): Book Collector’s Mystery Series

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

Susan Wittig Albert: China Bayles Mystery Series

Laura Alden: PTA Mystery Series

Lucy Arlington (Duo: Jennifer Stanley & Sylvia May): Novel Idea Mystery Series

Nancy Atherton: Aunt Dimity Mystery Series

Ella Barrick (aka Laura DiSilverio & Lila Dare: Ballroom Dance Mystery Series

C. C. Benison: Her Majesty Investigates Mystery Series 

Heather Blake (aka Heather Webber): Wishcraft Mystery Series

Janet Bolin: Threadville Mystery Series

Jacklyn Brady (aka Sherry Lewis): Piece of Cake Mystery Series

Emily Brightwell: Mrs. Jeffries Mystery Series

Duffy Brown: Consignment Shoppe Mysteries

Rita Mae Brown: Mrs. Murphy Mystery Series

Lucy Burdette (aka Roberta Isleib): Key West Food Critic Mystery Series

Susanna Calkins: Lucy Campion Mystery Series

Kate Carlisle: Bibliophile Mystery Series

Ann Charles: Deadwood Mystery Series

Erika Chase: Ashton Corners Book Club Mystery Series

Laura Childs: Scrapbooking Mystery Series

Laura Childs: Tea Shop Mystery Series

Edie Claire: Leigh Koslow (Never) Mystery Series

Mary Jane Clark: Piper Donovan Wedding Cake Mystery Series

Sheila Connolly (aka Sarah Atwell): County Cork Mystery Series

Jeanne M. Dams: Dorothy Martin Mystery Series

Laura DiSilverio (aka Lila Dare & Ella Barrick): Mall Cop Mystery Series

Joanne Dobson: Karen Pelletier Mystery Series

Alice Duncan: Mercy Allcutt Mystery Series

Laura Durham: Annabelle Archer Mystery Series

Sara Hoskinson Frommer: Joan Spencer Mystery Series

Anne George: Southern Sisters Mystery Series

Sally Goldenbaum: Seaside Knitters Mystery Series

Kerry Greenwood: Phryne Fisher Mystery Series

Carolyn Haines: Sarah Booth Delaney Mystery Series

Victoria Hamilton: Vintage Kitchen Series

Rosemary Harris: Dirty Business Mystery Series

Anna Lee Huber: The Anatomist’s Wife

Julie Hyzy: White House Chef Mystery Series

Julie Hyzy: Manor of Murder Mystery Series

Diane Kelly: Tara Holloway Death and Taxes Mystery Series

Joyce and Jim Lavene (aka J. J. Cook): Peggy Lee  Garden Mystery Series 

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

Karen MacInerney: Grey Whale Inn Mystery Series

Charlotte MacLeod (aka Alisa Craig): Peter Shandy Mystery Series

Katherine Hall Page: Faith Fairchild Mystery Series

Nancy J. Parra: Gluten for Punishment

Cynthia Riggs: Martha’s Vineyard Series

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

Dorothy St. James: White House Gardener Mystery Series

Ann Summerville: Lowenna Mystery Series

Shirley Tallman: Death on Telegraph Hill

Lea Wait: Shadows Antique Mystery Series

Edith Wharton: The Age of Innocence (not a mystery)

Livia J. Washburn: Literary Tour Mystery Series

Heather Webber (aka Heather Blake): Lucy Valentine Mystery Series 

Jacqueline Winspear: Masie Dobbs Mystery Series

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Cozy Mystery Books Recommendations – April 2013

April 28, 2013

I’m home from our California trip just in time to ask you all about your favorite Cozy Mystery reads of April 2013. I hate to keep repeating myself, because I know those of you who follow this particular entry know the drill, but for those of you who are new to this very helpful entry: these should be authors (books) about whom (which) you really want other Cozy Mystery readers to know. They should be the authors (books) you enjoyed so much during April that you want to let the rest of us know about them. Please include WHY you enjoyed these authors.

What Cozy Mystery book (or author) have you read during April 2013, 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:

Susan Wittig Albert: China Bayles Mystery Series

Esri Albritten: The Portrait of Doreene Gray

Connie Archer: Soup Lover’s Mystery Series

Lucy Arlington (aka Jennifer Stanley & Sylvia May): Novel Idea Mystery Series 

Nancy Atherton: Aunt Dimity Mystery Series

Donald Bain & “Jessica Fletcher”: Murder, She Wrote Mystery Series

Jessica Beck: Donut Shop Mystery Series

Jessica Beck: Ghost Cat Cozy Mystery Series

C. L. Beville: Bubba and the Dead Woman

Annette Blair: Vintage Magic Mystery Series

Heather Blake (aka Heather Webber): Witchcraft Mystery Series

Simon Brett: Mrs. Pargeter Mystery Series

Emily Brightwell: Mrs. Jeffries Mystery Series

Duffy Brown: Consignment Shop Mystery Series

Bailey Cates (aka Cricket McRae): Magical Bakery Mystery Series

Laura Childs: Cackleberry Club Mystery Series

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

Sheila Connolly (aka Sarah Atwell): County Cork Mystery Series

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

Cleo Coyle (aka Alice Kimberly): Coffee House Mystery Series

Philip R. Craig: Martha’s Vineyard Mystery Series

Jeanne M. Dams: Hilda Johansson Mystery Series

Lila Dare (aka Joanna Campbell Slan): Southern Beauty Shop Mystery Series (book #4)

Anna Dean: A Woman of Consequence

“Jessica Fletcher” & Donald Bain: Murder, She Wrote Mystery Series

Amanda Flower: Applecreek Creek Mystery Series

Joanne Fluke: Hanna Swensen Cookie Jar Mystery Series

Erle Stanley Gardner: Perry Mason Mystery Series

Robert Goldsborough: Archie Meets Nero Wolfe: A Prequel to Rex Stout’s Nero Wolfe Mysteries

Sue Grafton: Kinsey and Me

C. S. Harris: What Darkness Brings

Maddy Hunter: Passport to Peril Mystery Series

Dolores Johnson: Mandy Dyer Mystery Series

Sofie Kelly: Magical Cat Mystery Series

Victoria Laurie: Ghost Hunter Mystery Series

Mary Lou Kirwin: Librarian Mystery Series

Liz Lipperman: Clueless Cook Mystery Series

Charlotte MacLeod (aka Alisa Craig): Professor Peter Shandy Mystery Series

Jenn McKinlay (aka Lucy Lawrence & Josie Belle): Cupcake Bakery Mystery Series

Leslie Meier: Lucy Stone Mystery Series

Marcia Muller: Carpenter & Quincannon, Professional Detective Services Mystery Series 

Deborah Sharp: Mace Bauer Mystery Series

Denise Swanson: Devereaux’s Dime Store Mystery Series

Victoria Thompson: Gaslight Mystery Series

Kari Lee Townsend: Fortune Teller Mystery Series

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