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Three New Mystery Series Coming September 2015 – K. K. Beck: Workplace, Deanna Raybourn: Veronica Speedwell, Wendy Corsi Staub: Mundy’s Landing

Last month I told you about the new Cozy Mystery Series that would be coming out this month, August (Three New Cozy Series Starting in August 2015), so this month I’ll be discussing some of the new series getting started by established site authors coming out next month, September.

First up is K.K. Beck‘s new series, the Workplace Mystery Series, starting with her the first novel in the series, Tipping the Valet. This new series will star unlucky young Tyler Benson, currently a valet, who becomes involved in a series of auto thefts and a murder at his workplace restaurant. When a body turns up in a parked car and someone takes shots at a famous local tech magnate, Tyler will start to seem more and more like the logical suspect >>> which will force him to take up a second job as an amateur detective to avoid landing in jail! Beck writes several other series on the site, including the Iris Cooper & Jack Clancy Mystery Series, set in the 1920’s, and the Jane Da Silva Mysteries, starring a lounge singer and detective in Seattle, as well as a number of stand alone mysteries.

Next will be Deanna Raybourn‘s A Curious Beginning, which will be the first in the Veronica Speedwell Mystery Series. An orphan in Victorian England, Veronica intends to travel abroad and pursue her scientific studies after the death of her spinster aunt, but will instead be plunged into intrigue and a bit of romance when a mysterious German baron helps her thwart her own kidnapping. Unfortunately the baron soon turns up murdered – forcing Veronica and the baron’s friend, a foul-tempered librarian named Stoker, to both discover the killer and help piece together the mystery of what the baron knew about why Veronica was targeted for kidnapping. Raybourn also writes another Victorian-themed mystery series listed on the site, the Lady Julia Grey Mystery Series, starring a young widow living in Victorian London.

Finally will be Wendy Corsi Staub‘s Blood Red, the 1st in her Mundy’s Landing Mystery Series. (Staub’s books are more thriller than Cozy, but she is on the site and I know many of the site viewers are fans, so I thought it should be mentioned…) Mundy’s Landing is a scenic town in New York’s Hudson Valley, known for its beautiful vistas… and a past including a hundred-year-old serial killer case. Elements of this dangerous past appear to be repeating around Rowan Mundy, a grade school teacher and mother of three. Staub also writes the Lily Dale Mystery Series, the Nightwatch Trilogy, and the Thriller Trilogy – none really are Cozy, but thrillers that have been recommended by friends of the site.

Good Grief! I should have written this entry about the four new mystery series that will start in September! (Where is my head?)

 Joyce and Jim Lavene (aka J.J. Cook & Ellie Grant) will be starting their Purple Door Detective Agency Mystery Series. Sunshine Merryweather is the sleuth in this series, and she happens to be a witch! She is also the owner of the Purple Door Detective Agency in Norfolk, Virginia. Sunshine will be spending a lot of time with Aine, a spirit, while she does her sleuthing. The first book in this series is Be My Banshee.

If you want to take a look at some of the other upcoming Cozy Mystery series, be sure to check out this page on the site: New Cozy Mystery Book Series.

If you’re looking for more upcoming Cozy Mystery releases in general but aren’t picky about whether they are new series, check out this page instead: Soon to be Released Mysteries. There sure are a lot of great looking Cozies coming up soon!

Three New Christmas Cozies Coming in September 2015 – Barbara Allan: Antiques St. Nicked, Laurien Berenson: The Bark Before Christmas, and Nancy Coco (aka Nancy J. Parra): All I Want for Christmas is Fudge

Since there were so many holiday themed Cozy Mystery releases upcoming in September, I decided to split them up into two posts. Last time I talked about Halloween Cozy Mystery releases for September, while this month I’ll be discussing the three Christmas-themed Cozy releases we can look forward to!

First on our Christmas-themed Cozy Mystery list will be Barbara Allan‘s Antiques St. Nicked, a novella in the Trash ‘n’ Treasures Mystery Series. This next entry in the continuing mystery adventures of Brandy Borne and her lovable Shi Tzu (Sushi) will occur during the annual Holiday Stroll activities in Serenity, a scenic small town. When a Santa’s workshop employee turns up dead and his donation bag empty, it will be up to Brandy and her mother Vivian to solve the case of both the murder and the missing presents!

The next book on our Christmas-in-September list will be The Bark Before Christmas, the 18th book in Laurien Berenson‘s Melanie Travis Mystery Series. This entry in the series will see the return of Melanie, who will once again need to balance the her part-time job, full time mothering for two children, and the care for half a dozen darling poodles while solving a festive murder! When a Santa at her school’s big fundraiser turns up dead and a prize poodle missing, she’ll need to use all of her now-formidable sleuthing experience to get to the bottom of the case!

Last but certainly not least will be Nancy Coco‘s All I Want for Christmas is Fudge, the  fourth in her Candy-Coated Mystery Series… though the description sounds like it might actually be a novella, not a full-fledged entry in the series. When fudge shop owner Allie McMurphy’s old friend Jenn arrives back in town to celebrate the holidays, neither woman expects Jenn to end up the target of a police investigation. But when Santa turns up dead in a ditch, it will be up to the girls to hunt down the killer and clear Jenn’s name! Nancy Coco also writes the Baker’s Treat Mystery Series and Perfect Proposals Mystery Series under the pseudonym Nancy J. Parra.

Wow, these look like some really festive Cozies! It sounds like being Santa might be a more dangerous job than you might think!

If you’re just too eager to get started on your Christmas Cozy Mystery reading, check out the many books we’ve already got to choose from when you’re feeling like nothing but a festive holiday mystery will do on this page of my site: Christmas Themed Cozies (There are so many of them that I had to cut the Christmas themed mysteries into six pages!)

Three New Halloween Cozies Coming in September 2015 – Mollie Cox Bryan: Scrapbook of the Dead, Kathi Daley: The Legend of Tabby Hollow, Shelley Freydont: Trick or Deceit

The first half of the year is always a little “light” on Cozies with holiday themes, but those days will soon be ending! I’ve already discussed the soon-to-be-released August holiday Cozies in an earlier post, so it’s about time to talk about next month’s releases, the September holiday releases. Well, upcoming in September we have so many Holiday Cozy releases that I’ll be splitting them up into two posts – with this first post dedicated to the three new Halloweeen-themed Cozy Mysteries we can look forward to in the month of September! (Broken record alert: I love holiday Cozies!)

First up will be Scrapbook of the Dead, by Mollie Cox Bryan. This will be the fifth in her Cumberland Creek Mystery Series, starring Annie Chamovitz, a former journalist and current stay-at-home mom who finds herself drawn into murder as often as into her favorite pastime, scrapbooking. This isn’t the first Holiday-themed book in the series – two have already featured holidays, including Christmas and the much less used St. Patrick’s Day. This time Annie will need to solve the murders of a pair of sisters, each found clutching scrapbook pages.

 Kathi Daley will also have a Halloween themed mystery coming out – The Legend of Tabby Hollow, which will be the fifth in the Whales and Tails Mystery Series. This book will see the return of Caitlin Hart, owner of a bar, bookstore, and cat lounge, as well as a cat sanctuary employee and multiple animal owner living on a fictional island in the San Juan Islands off the coast of Washington State. When a body is found in a nearby hollow, she will once again need to help assist in the investigation! Kathi Daley also writes the Zoe Donovan series, starring an animal rehabilitator, and the TJ Jensen Paradise Lake series, starring a high school teacher and coach.

Finally, on the Halloween-themed mystery list, we have Shelley Freydont‘s Trick or Deceit. You can tell that Freydont must really love Halloween, because this will be the second time it’s featured in her holiday-themed Celebration Bay Mystery Series. (Actually, the first Halloween themed mystery in this series is more of a Harvest themed mystery.) This series stars Liv Montgomery, an event planner in New York, who will once again need to figure out the mysterious death at one of her events, this time a Haunted House! Freydont also writes the Victorian themed Newport Gilded Age Mystery Series, the Sudoku Mystery Series, and the Lindy Haggerty Series starring an ex-dancer in New Jersey.

Can’t wait! If like me, you’re just too impatient to wait for September, you can check out plenty more Halloween themed Cozy Mysteries at the following page on the site: Halloween Theme Mysteries

September 2015 Mystery Book New Releases

The following Mystery Books will be released in September 2015:

Victoria Abbott (aka Mary Jane Maffini & Victoria Maffini): The Marsh Madness (This will be the 4th in the Book Collectors Mystery Series.)

Susan Wittig Albert: The Darling Dahlias and the Eleven O’Clock Lady (This will be the 6th in the Darling Dahlias Mystery Series.)

Barbara Allan: Antiques St. Nicked (This will be a Trash ‘n’ Treasures Mystery Series novella.) (This is a Christmas themed mystery.)

Maureen Ash: A Holy Vengeance (This will be the 8th in the Templar Knight Mystery Series.)

David Baldacci: The Keeper (This will be the 2nd in the Finisher Series for grades 6 – 9.)

M.C. Beaton (aka Marion Chesney): Dishing the Dirt (This will be the 26th in the Agatha Raisin Mystery Series.)

Jessica Beck (aka Elizabeth Bright, Casey Mayes, Melissa Glazer, Chris Cavender, & Tim Myers): Criminal Crumbs (This will be the 21st in the Donut Shop Mystery Series.)

K.K. Beck: Tipping the Valet (This is the first in the NEW Workplace Mystery Series.)

Mike Befeler: Murder on the Switzerland Trail (This will either be the first in a new series or a Stand Alone mystery.)

Josie Belle (aka Jenn McKinlay & Lucy Lawrence): All Sales Final (This will be the 5th in the Good Buy Girls Mystery Series.)

Jenna Bennett (aka Jennie Bentley & Bente Gallagher): Busman’s Honeymoon (This will be a Savannah Martin Mystery novella.)

Laurien Berenson: The Bark Before Christmas (This will be the 18th in the Melanie Travis Mystery Series.) (This is a Christmas themed mystery.)

Mollie Cox Bryan: Scrapbook of the Dead (This will be the 5th in the Cumberland Creek Mystery Series.) (This is a Halloween themed mystery.)

Erika Chase: Law and Author (This will be the 5th in the Ashton Corners Book Club Mystery Series.)

Ann Cleeves: The Moth Catcher (This will be the 7th in the Vera Stanhope Mystery Series.)

Barbara Cleverly: The New Cambridge Mysteries (This will be a collection of mystery stories that take place in/around Cambridge.)

Nancy Coco (aka Nancy J. Parra): All I Want For Christmas is Fudge (This will be the 4th in the Candy-Coated Mystery Series. That’s how this “book” is described, however, I think it might be a novella.) (This is a Christmas themed mystery.)

Margaret Coel: The Man Who Fell from the Sky (This will be the 19th in the Wind River Reservation Mystery Series.)

Nancy J. Cohen: Peril by Ponytail (This will be the 12th in the Bad Hair Day Mystery Series.)

Kathi Daley: The Legend of Tabby Hollow (This will be the 5th in the Whales and Tails Mystery Series.) (This is a Halloween themed mystery.)

Diane Mott Davidson: Goldy’s Kitchen Cookbook: Cooking, Writing, Family, Life (A cookbook related to the Goldy Bear Mystery Series.)

Jana DeLeon: Hurrican Force (This will be the 7th in the Miss Fortune Mystery Series.)

Laura DiSilverio (aka Lila Dare & Ella Barrick): The Reckoning Stones (This will be a Stand Alone suspense novel.)

Stephen Dobyns: Is Fat Bob Dead Yet? (This will either be the first in a new series or a Stand Alone comic suspense mystery.)

Jan Dunlap: The Kiskadee of Death (This will be the 7th in the Bob White Birder Murder Mystery Series.)

Shelley Freydont: Trick or Deceit (This will be the 4th in the Celebration Bay Mystery Series.) (This is a Halloween theme mystery.)

Eva Gates (aka Vicki Delany): Booked for Trouble (This will be the 2nd in the Lighthouse Library Mystery Series.)

Suzette A. Hill: A Southwold Mystery (This will be a Stand Alone mystery or the 1st in a NEW mystery series.)

Dorothy Howell: Swag Bags and Swindlers (This will be the 11th in the Haley Randolph Mystery Series.)

D. E. Ireland: Move Your Blooming Corpse (This will be the 2nd in the Eliza Doolittle & Henry Higgins Mystery Series.)

Jonnie Jacobs: Payback (This will be a Stand Alone suspense novel.)

Miranda James (aka Jimmie Ruth Evans, Honor Hartman, & Dean James): Dead with the Wind (This will be the 2nd in the Southern Ladies Mystery Series.)

Iris Johansen: Shadow Play (This will be the 18th in the Eve Duncan Mystery Series.) (not Cozy)

Tonya Kappes: A Ghostly Murder (This will be the 4th in the Ghostly Southern Mystery Series.)

Jan Karon: Come Rain or Come Shine (This will be the 11th in the Mitford very Cozy but non-mystery series.)

Toni L.P. Kelner (aka Leigh Perry): Crooked as a Dog’s Hind Leg (This will be a collection of the Laura Fleming Mystery Series stories.)

Joyce and Jim Lavene (aka J.J. Cook & Ellie Grant): Be My Banshee (This will be the 1st in the NEW Purple Door Detective Agency Mystery Series.)

Lizbeth Lipperman (aka Liz Lipperman & Liz Roth): Mission to Kill (This will be the 3rd in the Dead Sister Talking Mystery Series.)

Colette London: Dangerously Dark (This will be the 2nd in the Chocolate Whisperer Mystery Series.) (This is a wedding themed mystery.)

Karen MacInerney: Pumpkin Pied (This will be a Gray Whale Inn story.) (This is a Halloween themed mystery story.)

Molly MacRae: Knot the Usual Suspects (This will be the 5th in the Haunted Yarn Shop Mystery Series.)

Archer Mayor: The Company She Kept (This will be the 26th in the Joe Gunther Mystery Series.) (not Cozy)

Catriona McPherson: The Child Garden (This will be a Stand Alone mystery.)

Amy Metz : Short & Tall Tales in Goose Pimple Junction (This will be a collection of Goose Pimple Junction Mystery Series stories.)

Amy Myers: Classic in the Dock (This will be the 7th in the Jack Colby, Car Detective Mystery Series.)

Joyce Carol Oates: The Lost Landscape: A Writer’s Coming of Age (This will be a Stand Alone.)

James Patterson & David Ellis: The Murder House (This will be a Stand Alone mystery.)

James Patterson & Chris Grabenstein: Treasure Hunters: Secret of the Forbidden City (This will be the 3rd in the Treasure Hunters Mystery Series for grades 3 – 7.)

Joanne Pence: Cook’s Big Day (This will be the 16th in the Angie Amalfi Mystery Series. This is a novella length mystery.)

Anne Perry: Corridors of the Night (This will be the 21st in the William Monk Mystery Series.)

Rose Pressey: Haunt the Haunt, Walk the Walk (This will be the 3rd in the Haunted Tour Guide Mystery Series.)

Deanna Raybourn: A Curious Beginning (This will be the 1st in the NEW Veronica Speedwell Mystery Series.)

Kathy Reichs: Speaking in Bones (This will be the 18th in the Temperance Brennan Mystery Series.) (Actually, Speaking in Bones has already been released!)

J.D. Robb (aka Nora Roberts): Devoted in Death (This will be the 42nd in the In Death Mystery Series.) (not Cozy)

Wendy Corsi Staub: Blood Red (This will be the 1st in the NEW Mundy’s Landing Mystery Series.) (not Cozy)

Denise Swanson: Murder of an Open Book (This will be the 18th in the Scumble River Mystery Series.)

Charles Todd: Tales (This will be a collection of Bess Crawford and Ian Rutledge short stories.)

Gayle Trent (aka Amanda Lee & Gayle Leeson): Perp and Circumstance (This will be the 4th in the Myrtle Crumb Mystery Series.)

Here are this month’s releases: August  2015 Mystery Book New Releases.

Here is my page with all of the Cozy Mystery books that are scheduled to be released (that I know of) so please click on this link to go to the Soon to be Released Mysteries page on the site.

(These are the mysteries by authors who are currently on the Cozy Mystery site.)

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