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Cozy Mystery Books Recommendations – March 2012

As the month of March comes to a close, it seems like a good time to find out which authors you all have been enjoying this month. Since this is going to be the Cozy Mystery Books Recommendations for this month, please only tell us about the mystery authors who you have read this month, who you have ENJOYED. (Please don’t tell us about the authors you think we should stay away from!)

I always appreciate hearing about authors you all are enjoying, and know that it makes me more interested in trying new-to-me authors. I hope that being able to “hear” about Cozy Mystery authors from other Cozy Mystery readers will help some of us discover new authors to try.

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

(I’m still taking Cozy Mystery Books Recommendations for March 2012, but thought I would start making up the list of authors who you all have read and enjoyed during the month. I’ll be sure to add any more authors who are recommended. Please don’t forget to read the comments, though!)

March 2012 Author and Series Recommendations:

Avery Aames (aka Daryl Wood Gerber): Cheese Shop Mystery Series

Susan Wittig Albert: Darling Dahlias Mystery Series AND China Bayles (Herbal) Mystery Series

Conrad Allen (aka Edward Marston & Keith Miles): Porter Dillman Genevieve Masefield Mystery Series

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

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

M. C. Beaton (aka Marion Chesney): Hamish Macbeth Mystery Series

Jessica Beck: Donut Shop Mystery Series

Sally Berneathy: Death by Chocolate

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

Rhys Bowen: Evan Evans Mystery Series AND Molly Murphy Mystery Series AND Royal Spyness Mystery Series

Simon Brett: Fethering Mystery Series

Emily Brightwell: Mrs. Jeffries Mystery Series

Jan Burke: Irene Kelly Mystery Series

Anne Canadeo: Black Sheep Knitting Mystery Series

JoAnna Carl (aka Eve K. Sandstrom): Chocoholic Mystery Series

Kate Carlisle: Bibliophile Mystery Series

Elizabeth Lynn Casey (aka Laura Bradford): Southern Sewing Circle Mystery Series

C. S. Challinor: Rex Graves Mystery Series

Ann Charles: Deadwood Mystery Series

Laura Childs: Scrapbooking Mystery Series AND Tea Shop Mystery Series

Kate Collins: Flower Shop Mystery Series

Susan Conant: Dog Lover’s Mystery Series

E. J. Copperman (aka Jeffrey Cohen): Haunted Guesthouse Mystery Series

Alisa Craig (aka Charlotte MacLeod): Grub-and-Stakers Mystery Series AND Inspector Madoc Rhys Mystery Series

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

Jeanne M. Dams: Dorothy Martin Mystery Series

Shirley Damsgaard: Ophelia & Abby Mystery Series

Casey Daniels (aka Miranda Bliss & Kylie Logan): Pepper Martin Mystery Series

Lila Dare (aka Ella Barrick & Laura DiSilverio): Southern Beauty Shop Mystery series

Jo Dereske: Miss Zukas Mystery Series

Deborah Donnelly: Carnegie Kincaid (Wedding Planner) Mystery Series

Carola Dunn: Daisy Dalrymple Mystery Series

Janet Evanovich: Stephanie Plum Mystery Series

Monica Ferris: Needlecraft Mystery Series

Christy Fifield (aka Chirsty Evans): Haunted Souvenir Shop Mystery Series

Amanda Flower: India Hayes Mystery Series

Joanne Fluke: Cookie Jar Mystery Series

Leslie Ford: Grace Latham & Colonel Primrose Mystery Series

Elizabeth George: Detective Inspector Thomas Lynley Mystery Series

Sally Goldenbaum: Seaside Knitters Mystery Series

Margaret Grace (aka Camille Minichino & Ada Madison): Miniature Mystery Series

Sue Grafton: Kinsey Millhone Mystery Series

Kerry Greenwood: Corinna Chapman Mystery Series

Jane Haddam: Gregor Demarkian Mystery Series

Kathryn Miller Haines: Rosie Winter Mystery Series

Rebecca M. Hale: Cats and Curios Mystery Series

Lee Harris: Christine Bennett Mystery Series

Joan Hess (aka Joan Hadley): Claire Malloy Mystery Series

Susan Hill: Simon Serrailler Mystery Series

Lee Hollis: Hayley Powell Food and Cocktail Mystery Series

Maddy Hunter: Passport to Peril Mystery Series

Julie Hyzy: White House Chef Mystery Series

Sue Ann Jaffarian: Ghost of Granny Apples Mystery Series

Sofie Kelly: Magical Cat Mystery Series

Laurie R. King: Mary Russell Mystery Series

Joyce and Jim Lavene: Missing Pieces Mystery Series

Lisa Lutz: Izzy Spellman Mystery Series

Lorena McCourtney: Ivy Malone Mystery Series

G. A. McKevett: Savannah Reid Mystery Series

Jenn McKinlay (aka Lucy Lawrence & Josie Belle): Library Lovers Mystery Series

Robin Paige (aka Susan Wittig Albert & Bill Albert): Kate Ardleigh Sheridan & Sir Charles Sheridan Victorian Mystery Series

Holly Patrone: Death is a Relative Thing

James Patterson & David Ellis: Guilty Wives

Louise Penny: Chief Inspector Armand Gamache

Ann B. Ross: Miss Julia Mystery Series

Annelise Ryan (aka Beth Amos): Mattie Winston Mystery Series

Maggie Sefton: Knitting Mystery Series

Julia Spencer-Fleming: Clare Fergusson/Russ Van Alstyne Mystery Series

Rochelle Staab: Mind for Murder Mystery Series

Dana Stabenow: Kate Shugak Mystery Series

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

Fran Stewart: Biscuit McKee & Marmalade Mystery Series

Denise Swanson: Devereaux’s Dime Store Msytery Series

Charles Todd: Inspector Ian Rutledge Mystery Series

Maggie Toussaint: Death, Island Style

Kari Lee Townsend: Fortune Teller Mystery Series

Elaine Viets: Dead-End Mystery Series

Livia J. Washburn: Fresh Baked Mystery Series

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

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April 2012 Mystery Book New Releases

The following Mystery Books will be released in April 2012:

Barbara Allan: Antiques Disposal (This will be the 6th in the Trash ’n’ Treasures Mystery Series)

Nancy Atherton: Aunt Dimity and the Village Witch (This will be the 17th in the Aunt Dimity Mystery Series)

Donald Bain & “Jessica Fletcher): Trouble at High Tide (This will be the 37th in the Murder, She Wrote Mystery Series)

David Baldacci: The Innocent (This will be a Stand Alone)

Jessica Beck: Drop Dead Chocolate (This will be the 7th in the Donut Shop Mystery Series)

Josie Belle (aka Jenn McKinlay & Lucy Lawrence): 50% Off Murder (This will be the 1st in the NEW Good Buy Girls Mystery Series

Claudia Bishop (aka Mary Stanton): Dread on Arrival (This will be the 17th in the Hemlock Falls Mystery Series)

Rita Mae Brown: The Big Cat Nap: The 20th Anniversary Mrs. Murphy Mystery (This will be the 20th in the Mrs. Murphy Mystery
Series…)

Elizabeth Lynn Casey (aka Laura Bradford): Reap What You Sew (This will be the 6th in the southern Sewing Circle Mystery Series)

Chris Cavender (aka Tim Myers, Elizabeth Bright, Melissa Glazer, & Casey Myers): Rest in Pizza (This will be the 4th in the Pizza Lovers Mystery Series)

Edie Claire: Never Con a Corgi (This will be the 6th in the  Leigh Koslow “Never” Mystery Series)

Carol Higgins Clark: Gypped (This will be the 15th in the Regan Reilly Mystery Series)

Mary Higgins Clark: The Lost Years (This will be a Stand Alone)

Laura Crum: Barnstorming (This will be the 12th in the Gail McCarthy Mystery Series…)

Vicky Doudera: Deadly Offer (This will be the 3rd in the Darby Farr Mystery Series)

“Jessica Fletcher” & Donald Bain:  Trouble at High Tide (This will be the 37th in the Murder, She Wrote Mystery Series)

Margaret Grace (aka Camille Minichino & Ada Madison): Mix-up in Miniature (This will be the 6th in the Miniature Mystery Series…)

Carolyn Hart: Death Comes Silently (This will be the 22nd in the Death on Demand Mystery Series)

 Iris Johansen: What Doesn’t Kill You (This will be a Stand Alone)

Linda O. Johnston: Hounds Abound (This will be the 3rd in the Pet Rescue Mystery Series…)

Amanda Lee (aka Gayle Trent): The Long Stitch Good Night (This will be the 4th in the Embroidery Mystery Series)

Anne Perry: Dorchester Terrace (This will be the 27th in the Thomas and Charlotte Pitt Mystery Series)

Rhonda Pollero: Slightly Irregular (This will be the 4th in the F.A.T. Mystery Series )

R. T. Raichev: Murder of Gonzago (This will be the 7th in the Antonia Darcy & Major Payne Investigation Mystery Series)

Ann B. Ross: Miss Julia to the Rescue (This will be the 13th in the Miss Julia Mystery Series…)

Lisa Scottoline: Come Home (This will be a Stand Alone)

Clea Simon: Cats Can’t Shoot (This will be the 2nd in the Pru Marlowe Mystery Series)

Joanna Campbell Slan: Ready, Scrap, Shoot (This will be the 5th in the Kiki Lowenstein Mystery Series…)

Alexander McCall Smith: The Limpopo Academy of Detection (This will be the 13th in the The No. 1 Ladies’ Detectvie Agency
Series…)

Dorothy St. James: The Scarlet Pepper  (This will be the 2nd in the White House Gardener Mystery Series…)

Leann Sweeney: The Cat, the Wife and the Weapon (This will be the 4th in the Cats in Trouble Mystery Series…)

Joseph Wambaugh: Harbor Nocturne (This will be a Stand Alone)

Suzanne Young: Murder by Mishap (This will be the 3rd in the Edna Davies Mystery Series)

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Cozy Mystery Books Recommendations – February 2012

This will be the second entry in the Cozy Mystery Books Recommendations theme. The authors who we will be recommending are Cozy Mystery authors who we have read this month (February 2012) who we think other Cozy Mystery readers should give a try.

Again, if you are currently reading a Cozy Mystery author, or can think of one (or two, or three!) who you read this month, who you think everyone else should try, please post a comment with his/her name and tell us why.

(Please only post about those Cozy Mystery authors and books you have positive things to say about, not who you think we should stay away from!)

What Cozy Mystery book (or author) are you reading (or have read during February 2012), and why are you enjoying it (or him/her)?

February 29, 2012:

Here are the recommendations you all sent in about the Cozy Mystery books you have read (and enjoyed!) during the month of February 2012:

Avery Aames: Cheese Shop Mystery Series

Ellery Adams (aka , J. B. Stanley, Jennifer Stanley, & 1/2 of Lucy Arlington): Books by the Bay Mystery Series

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

Sarah Atwell (aka Sheila Connolly): Glassblowing Mystery Series

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

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

M. C. Beaton (aka Marion Chesney): Hamish Macbeth Mystery Series

Carrie Bebris: Mr. & Mrs. Darcy Mystery Series

Fiona Buckley: Ursula Blanchard Mystery Series

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

Caroline Cousins: Pinckney Plantation Mystery Series

Deborah Crombie: Kincaid & James Mystery Series

Casey Daniels (aka Miranda Bliss & Kylie Logan): Pepper Martin Mystery Series

Krista Davis: Domestic Diva Mystery Series

Carola Dunn: Daisy Dalrymple Mystery Series

Fish Tales: The Guppy Anthology – Ramona DeFelice Long (Editor), Chris Roerden (Introduction)

B. B. Haywood: Candy Holliday Mystery Series

Veronica Heley: Ellie Quicke Mystery Series & Abbot Agency Mystery Series

Joan Hess: Claire Malloy Mystery Series

Maddy Hunter: Passport to Peril Mystery Series

Faye Kellerman: Decker & Lazarus Mystery Series

Sofie Kelly: Magical Cat Mystery Series

Liz Lipperman: Clueless Cook Mystery Series

Judi McCoy: Dog Walker Mystery Series

Leslie Meier: Lucy Stone (Holiday) Mystery Series

Ann Purser: Ivy Beasley Mystery Series

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

Sarah R. Shaber: Professor Simon Shaw Mystery Series

Paige Shelton: Country Cooking School Mystery Series

Dana Stabenow: Kate Shugak Mystery Series

Rex Stout: Nero Wolfe Mystery Series

Victoria Thompson: Gaslight Mystery Series

Kathy Hogan Trocheck (aka Mary Kay Andrews): Julia Callahan Garrity Mystery Series

Livia J. Washburn: Fresh Baked Mystery Series

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March 2012 Mystery Book New Releases

The following Mystery Books will be released in March 2012:

Susan Wittig Albert: Cat’s Claw (This will be the 20th in the China Bayles Mystery Series. This will be the 1st in the NEW Pecan Springs Mystery Series…)

Marian Babson: No Cooperation from the Cat (This will be a Stand Alone…)

Rhys Bowen: Hush Now, Don’t You Cry (This will be the 12th in the Molly Murphy Mystery Series…)

Rita Mae Brown: The Big Cat Nap: The 20th Anniversary Mrs. Murphy Mystery (This will be the 20th in the Mrs. Murphy Mystery Series…) (Actually, April 3…)

Anne Canadeo (aka Katherine Spencer): Till Death Do Us Purl (This will be the 4th in the Black Sheep Knitting Mystery Series…)

C. S. Challinor: Murder of the Bride (This will be the 5th in the Rex Graves Mystery Series…)

Laura Childs: Agony of the Leaves (This will be then 13th in the Tea Shop Mystery Series…)

Jane K. Cleland: Dolled Up for Murder (This will be the 7th in the Josie Prescott Antiques Mystery Series…)

Harlan Coben: Stay Close (This will be a Stand Alone…)

Sheila Connolly (aka Sarah Atwell): Fire Engine Dead (This will be the 3rd in the Museum Mystery Series…)

Clive Cussler & Justin Scott: The Thief (This will be the 5th in the Isaac Bell Mystery Series…)

Lindsey Davis: Falco: The Official Companion (This is what the title says…)

Kate Ellis: The Cadaver Game (This will be the 16th in the Wesley Peterson Mystery Series…)

Mary Anna Evans: Plunder (This will be the 7th in the Faye Longchamp Mystery Series…)

Christopher Fowler: The Memory of Blood (This will be the 9th in the Bryant & May Mystery Series…)

Kerry Greenwood: Cooking the Books (This will be the 6th in the Corinna Chapman Mystery Series…)

Jane Haddam: Blood in the Water (This will be the 27th in the Gregor Demarkian Mystery Series…)

Rebecca M. Hale: Adrift on St. John (This will be the 1st in the NEW Mystery in the Islands Mystery Series…)

Gemma Halliday: Play Nice (This will be the 1st in the NEW Anna Smith & Nick Dade Mystery Series…)

Veronica Heley: False Report (This will be the 6th in the Abbot Agency Mystery Series…)

Victoria Houston: Dead Tease (This will be the 12th in the Loon Lake Fishing Mystery Series…)

Jonnie Jacobs: Paradise Falls (This will be a Stand Alone…)

Jonathan Kellerman: Victims (This will be the 27th in the Alex Delaware Mystery Series…)

Jess Lourey: November Hunt (This will be the 7th in the Murder-by-Month Msytery Series…)

Ada Madison (aka Camille Minichino & Margaret Grace): The Probability of Murder (This will be the 2nd in the Professor Sofie Knowles Mystery Series…)

Judi McCoy: Fashion Faux Paw (This will be the 6th in the Dog Walker Mystery Series…)

G. A. McKevett: Buried in Buttercream (This will be the 17th in the Savannah Reid Mystery Series…)

Jenn McKinlay (aka Lucy Lawrence): Due or Die (This will be the 2nd in the Library Lover’s Mystery Series…)

Sharon Pape: Sketch a Falling Star (This will be the 3rd in the Portrait of Crime Mystery Series…)

James Patterson & David Ellis: Guilty Wives (This will be a Stand Alone…)

Richard North Patterson: Fall from Grace (This will be a Stand Alone…)

Thomas Perry: Poison Flower (This will be the 7th in the Jane Whitefield Mystery Series…)

Denise Swanson: Little Shop of Homicide (This will be the 1st in the NEW  Devereaux’s Dime Store Mystery Series…)

Maggie Toussaint: Death Island Style (This will be a Stand Alone…)

Jacqueline Winspear: Elegy for Eddie (This will be the 9th in the Maisie Dobbs Mystery Series…)

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