Here are some fun Vermont facts:
The capital is Montpelier.
Largest city in Vermont is Burlington.
State motto is “Freedom and Unity.”
State nickname is “Green Mountain State.”
State flower is the Red Clover.
State bird is the Hermit Thrush.
State animal is the Morgan horse.

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

Connie Archer: Soup Lover’s Mystery Series. It is set in a little Vermont skiing town.

Barbara Bretton: Chloe Hobb’s Paranormal Mystery Series: Chloe owns the Sticks & Strings Knitting Shop and happens to be half human, half sorceress…

B. Comfort (aka Barbara Comfort): Tish McWhinny Mystery Series: Tish is a septuagenarian artist/sleuth…

Sarah Fox: writes the Literary Pub Mystery Series – which takes place in Vermont and features a pub owner who caters to book groups and other literary lovers.

Melissa Glazer (aka Tim Myers, Elizabeth Bright, & Chris Cavender): Clay & Crime Cozy Mystery Series: Carolyn Emerson owns the Fire at Will Pottery Shop…

Archer Mayor: Joe Gunther Mystery Series… This is a police procedural series…

Amy Patricia Meade:  Pret’ Near Perfect Mystery Series… Stella Thornton Buckley lives in a village in Vermont with her husband…

Allison Cesario Paton: Mrs. Bundle Mystery Series… Mrs. Bundle is a senior citizen sleuth …

Fran Stewart: ScotShop Mystery Series… Peggy Winn owns a shop which specializes in Scottish merchandise. Peggy has the help of a 14th century Scottish specter.

Sarah Stewart Taylor: Sweeney St. George Mystery Series:  Sweeney is a professor/historian/sleuth…

Nancy Means Wright: Ruth Willmarth Mystery Series: Ruth is a single mother/dairy farmer/sleuth…

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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I just got this request from Alicia:

“I work at a library and I am trying to compile a list of cozy mysteries where the main character is a PI or other paid investigator (police, etc) and not just a person of another profession who happens to solve crimes…”

OK, OK, I know that one of the characteristics that I have listed of the Cozy Mystery genre is that the sleuth is an amateur… but, that’s just the majority of the time, and as with all other things, there are always exceptions!

Here are the authors who are on the Cozy Mystery site who have, as their sleuths, professional sleuths. (Not all of them are Cozy.)

Private Investigators:

Conrad Allen (aka Edward Marston & Keith Miles): Dillman Mystery Series… Transatlantic Cruise Ship Detective…

Lori Avocato: Pauline Sokol Mystery Series… Medical Fraud Investigator…

Linda Barnes: Carlotta Carlyle Mystery Series… Boston PI AND Michael Spraggue Mystery Series… PI Actor…

M. C. Beaton: Agatha Raisin Mystery Series… Owner of PI Agency…

Carol Lea Benjamin: Rachel Alexander Mystery Series… PI Dog Trainer…

Ruth Birmingham (aka Walter Sorrells & Lynn Abercrombie): Sunny Childs Mystery Series… Georgia PI…

Nero Blanc (aka Cordelia Frances Biddle & Steve Zettler): Crossword Puzzle Mystery Series… PI and Crossword Puzzle Editor…

Lawrence Block (aka Paul Kavanagh): Matt Scudder Mystery Series… New York PI…

D.B. Borton (aka Della Borton): Cat Caliban Mystery Series… Sexagenarian PI…

Kate Bryan: Maggie Maguire Mystery Series… Pinkerton PI…

Carole Buggé:  Sherlock Holmes Mystery Series… British PI…

Nancy Bush: Jane Kelly Mystery Series… PI & Pug…

Dorothy Cannell: Ellie Haskell Mystery Series… Flower Sisters PIs…

Sally Chapman (aka Annie Griffin): Silicon Valley Mystery Series… Computer Fraud PI…

Agatha Christie: Hercule Poirot Mystery Series… PI with a whole lot of the little Gray Cells…

Carole Higgins Clark: Regan Reilly Mystery Series… California PI…

Bruce Cook (aka Bruce Alexander): Chico Cervantes Mystery Series… California PI…

Bill Crider: Truman Smith Mystery Series… Texas PI…

Lindsey Davis: Marcus Didius Falco Mystery Series… 1st Century Roman Detective…

Arthur Conan Doyle: Sherlock Holmes Series… London PI…

Sarah Dunant: Hannah Wolfe Mystery Series… London PI…

Sharon Duncan: Scotia MacKinnon Mystery Series… Washington (State) PI…

Susan Dunlap: Kiernan O’Shaughnessy Mystery Series… California PI…

Grace F. Edwards: Mali Anderson Mystery Series… New York PI…

Selma Eichler: Desiree Shapiro Mystery Series… “Murder Can…” PI…

Christy Tillery French: Natasha Chamberlain Mystery Series… Bodyguard PI…

Lee Goldberg: Mr. Monk Mystery Series… Idiosyncratic PI….

Sue Grafton: Kinsey Millhone Mystery Series… Alphabetical PI…

Ann Granger: Fran Varady Mystery Series… British PI…

Linda Hall: Teri Blake-Addison Mystery Series AND Fog Point Mystery Series… both Maine PIs…

Carolyn G. Hart: Death on Demand Mystery Series…Book Store Owner & PI…

Veronica Heley: Abbot Agency Mystery Series… British PI…

Gabriella Herkert: Animal Instincts Mystery Series… Washington (State) PI…

Kaye C. Hill: Lexy Lomax Mystery Series… PI and her Chihuahua…

P.D. James: Cordelia Gray Mystery Series… Inheritor of PI Business…

Jon Katz: Suburban Detective Mystery Series… New Jersey PI…

Marne Davis Kellogg: Lilly Bennett Mystery Series… Wyoming PI…

Karen Kijewski: Kat Colorado Mystery Series… Sacramento PI…

Alice Kimberly (aka Cleo Coyle): Haunted Bookshop Mystery Series…Ghostly PI

Laurie R. King: Mary Russell Mystery Series… Sherlock Holmes’ Wife PI…

Mary Kruger: Gilded Age Mystery Series… 1890s PI…

Vincent Lardo: Archy McNally Mystery Series… Palm Beach PI…

Hilda Lawrence: Mark East Mystery Series… New England PIs…

Martha C. Lawrence: Elizabeth Chase Mystery Series… Parapsychologist / Psychic PI…

Laura Lippman: Tess Monaghan Mystery Series… Baltimore PI…

Lisa Lutz: Izzy Spellman Mystery Series… San Francisco PI…

Charlotte MacLeod (aka Alisa Craig): Sarah Kelling & Max Bittersohn Mystery Series… Art Security PI…

Taylor McCafferty (aka Barbara Taylor McCafferty & Tierney McClellan): Haskell Blevins, PI Mystery Series… Kentucky PI…

Alexander McCall Smith: The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency Mystery Series… Botswana PIs…

Ralph McInerny (aka Monica Quill): Notre Dame Mystery Series… Indiana PI…

G.A. McKevett: Savannah Reid Mystery Series… California PI…

Marcia Muller: Sharon McCone Mystery Series… San Francisco PI…

Katy Munger (aka Gallagher Gray): Casey Jones Mystery Series… North Carolina PI…

Shirley Rousseu Murphy: Joe Grey Cat Mystery Series… California PI & Kit, the Cat…

Lynne Murray: Josephine Fuller Mystery Series… Seattle PI…

Diana Orgain: Maternal Instincts Mystery Series… New Mom PI…

Sara Paretsky: V.I. Warshawski Mystery Series… Chicago PI…

Robert B. Parker: Sunny Randall Mystery Series AND Spenser Mystery Series… Boston PIs…

Rose Pressey: Maggie, PI Mystery Series… Florida PI

Sandra West Prowell: Phoebe Siegel Mystery Series… Montana PI…

Spencer Quinn (aka Peter Abrahams): Chet and Bernie Mystery Series… PI & His Narrator Dog…

Rick Riordan: Tres Navarre Mystery Series… San Antonio PI…

Lynda S. Robinson: Lord Meren Mystery Series… Ancient Egypt PI…

S.J. Rozan: Bill Smith & Lydia Chin Mystery Series… New York PIs…

Lawrence Sanders: Archy McNally Mystery Series… Palm Beach PI…

Walter Satterthwait: Joshua Croft Mystery Series… Santa Fe PIs…

Dorothy L. Sayers: Lord Peter Wimsey Mystery Series… English PI…

Sandra Scoppettone: Faye Quick Mystery Series AND Lauren Laurano Mystery Series… New York PIs…

Connie Shelton: Charlie Parker Mysteries (Charlie is an accountant, her brother is the PI in a small PI firm)

Steve Sherman: New England Cozy Mystery Series… New Hampshire PI…

Dana Stabenow: Kate Shugak Mystery Series… Alaska PI…

Rex Stout: Nero Wolfe Mystery Series… Orchid Lover PI…

Winona Sullivan: Sister Cecile Mystery Series… Boston PI…

Leann Sweeney: Yellow Rose Mystery Series… Houston PI…

Elizabeth Atwood Taylor: Maggie Elliott Mystery Series… California PI…

Patricia Wentworth: Miss Maud Silver Mystery Series… British Ex-Governess PI…

Valerie Wilson Wesley: Tamara Hayle Mystery Series… New Jersey PI…

Jacqueline Winspear: Maisie Dobbs Mystery Series… Early 20th Century London PI…

PS>>>>>>> I know that there are authors on the above list who are not Cozy Mystery authors. But, as I said at the beginning of the entry… these are authors who can be found on the Cozy Mystery Site…

Here is an updated list of Private Investigator Sleuths from 2016.

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I decided to make the Teachers as Sleuths theme a while ago, during the beginning of the school year. But, I got side-tracked (again!) This theme includes the mystery authors who are included on the Cozy Mystery Site… (Obviously, this theme entry does not include all of the mystery books which have teachers as the primary sleuths.)

Teachers as the Primary Sleuths from mystery books found on the Cozy Mystery site:

Judith Arnold: Lainie Lovett Still Kicking Mystery Series – Grade School Teacher

Donald Bain (& “Jessica Fletcher”): Murder She Wrote Mystery Series – Retired English teacher

Tace Baker (aka Edith Maxwell): Speaking of Mystery Mystery Series – Linguistics Professor

Mignon F. Ballard: Miss Dimple Mystery Series – 1st Grade Teacher

Jo Bannister: Brodie Farrell Mystery Series – Math Teacher

Maggie Barbieri: Murder 101 Mystery Series – English Professor

Laurien Berenson: Melanie Travis Mystery Series – Special Education Teacher

Joan Blacher: Ardis Jensen Mystery Series – Ex University Counselor

Alice Boatwright: Ellie Kent Mystery Series – English Professor

J.S. Borthwick: Deane & McKenzie Mystery Series – English Professor

Gail Bowen: Joanne Kilbourn Mystery Series – Poly-Sci Professor

Julia Buckley: Teddy Thurber Mystery Series – English Teacher

Heron Carvic: Miss Seeton Mystery Series – Retired Art Teacher

Sarah Caudwell: Hilary Tamar Mystery Series – Law Professor

Hampton Charles: Miss Seeton Mystery Series – Retired Art Teacher

Erika Chase: Ashton Corners Book Club Mystery Series – Reading Specialist

Anna Clarke: Paula Glenning  & James Goff Mystery Series – Professors

Melissa Cleary: Dog Lover’s Mystery Series – Film Studies Professor

V. C. Clinton-Baddeley: Cambridge Crime Mystery Series – Retired Professor

Elizabeth Spann Craig (aka Riley Adams): Myrtle Clover Mystery Series – Retired Octogenarian

Hamilton Crane (aka Sarah J. Mason): Miss Seeton Mystery Series – Retired Art Teacher

Bill Crider: Sally Good Mystery Series – English Professor AND Carl Burns Mystery Series – English Professor

Edmund Crispin: Gervase Fen Mystery Series – English Professor

Amanda Cross: Kate Fansler Mystery Series – English Professor

Kathi Daley: TJ Jensen Paradise Lake Mystery Series – High School

Jeanne M. Dams: Dorothy Martin Mystery Series – Retired Teacher

Lesley A. Diehl: Laura Murphy Mystery Series – Psychology Professor

Joanne Dobson: Karen Pelletier Mystery Series – English Professor

Jan Dunlap: Bob White Birder Murder Mystery Series – High School Counselor

Anthony Eglin: English Garden Mystery Series – Retired Botany Professor

Aaron Elkins: Gideon Oliver Mystery Series – Anthropology Professor

Honora Finkelstein & Susan Smily: Ariel Quigley Mystery Series – English Teacher

“Jessica Fletcher” & Donald Bain: Murder She Wrote Mystery Series – Retired English Teacher

Linda French: Professor Teodora Morelli Mystery Series – History Professor

P. L. Gaus: Ohio Amish Mystery Series – History Professor

Anne George: Southern Sisters Mystery Series – Retired English Teacher

Alexia Gordon: Gethsemane Brown Mystery Series – Music Teacher in Ireland

Paula Gosling: Stryker & Trevorne Mystery Series – English Professor

Margaret Grace: Miniature Mystery Series – Retired English Teacher

Elissa D. Grodin: Edwina Goodman Mystery Series – Physics Instructor

Janice Hamrick: Jocelyn Shore Mystery Series – High School

Maria Hudgins: Dotsy Lamb Travel Mystery Series – Retired History Professor

Mary Ellen Hughes: Maggie Olenski Mystery Series – Math Teacher

Jane Isenberg: Bel Barrett Mystery Series – English Professor

Abigail Keam: Josiah Reynolds, Beekeeper Mystery Series – Ex-History Professor

Diana Killian: Poetic Death Mystery Series – Teacher

Cynthia Kuhn: Lila Maclean Academic Mystery Series – English Professor

Jim Lacey: Ryan/Lehrer Mystery Series – History Professor

Jane Langton: Homer Kelly Mystery Series – History Professor

Marilyn Levinson (aka Allison Brook): Golden Age of Mystery Book Club Mystery Series – Professor

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

Ada Madison (aka Camille Minichino & Margaret Grace): Sophie Knowles Mystery Series – Math Professor

Liesa Malik: Daisy Arthur Mystery Series – Retired Special Education Teacher

Sarah J. Mason (as Hamilton Crane): Miss Seeton Mystery Series – Retired Art Teacher

Sujata Massey: Rei Shimura Mystery Series – English Teacher

Ralph M. McInerny (aka Monica Quill): Notre Dame Mystery Series – Philosophy Professor

Tyora Moody: Eugeena Patterson Mystery Series – Retired Social Studies

Mary Grace Murphy: Noshes Up North Mystery Series – Retired Teacher

Tim Myers (aka Chris Cavender, Casey Mayes, Elizabeth Bright, & Melissa Glazer) Slow Cooker Mystery Series – Instructor of Slow Cooking Techniques

Clare O’Donohue: World of Spies Mystery Series – Hollis and Finn Larsson are college professors who assist Interpol in Ireland.

Bernadette Pajer: Professor Bradshaw Mystery Series – Electrical Engineering Professor

Stuart Palmer: Hildegarde Withers Mystery Series – Retired Teacher

Leigh Perry (aka Toni L.P. Kelner): Family Skeleton Mystery Series – English Professor

Cate Price: Deadly Notions Mystery Series – Retired Teacher

Gillian Roberts: Amanda Pepper Mystery Series – English Teacher

Patricia Rockwell: Pamela Barnes, Acoustic Mystery Series –  Psychology Professor

Sarah R. Shaber: Professor Simon Shaw Mystery Series – History Professor

Catherine Shaw: Vanessa Duncan Cambridge Mystery Series – Teacher

Susan Smily & Honora Finkelstein: Ariel Quigley Mystery Series – English Teacher

Robert Spiller: Bonnie Pinkwater Mystery Series – High School Math Teacher

Sarah Stewart Taylor: Sweeney St. George Mystery Series – History Professor

Denise Swanson: Scumble River Mystery Series – School Social Worker

Margaret Truman: Smith & Reed Mystery Series – Law Professor

Ann Waldron: Princeton Murders Mystery Series – Writing Professor

Jill Paton Walsh: Imogen Quy Mystery Series – College Nurse

Livia J. Washburn: Fresh-Baked Mystery Series – Retired Teacher

Tracy Weber: Downward Dog Mystery Series – Yoga Instructor

Margaret Yorke: Dr. Patrick Grant Mystery Series – Professor

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