It’s the beginning of July, and two things haven’t changed since June… first, it’s still hot and humid here (way too hot and humid!) and second, I’ve still got Cozy Mystery news to share with you!

So, here’s the Cozy Mystery news for July 2018!

First, Kate Carlisle will be writing two more Cozies in her Fixer-Upper Mystery Series. This is terrific news for those of us who sleuth right along with home renovator Shannon Hammer. It’s also great news for those of us who watch the Fixer-Upper Hallmark mystery movies. Kate Carlisle also writes the very popular Bibliophile Mystery Series starring Brooklyn Wainwright, bookbinder and rare book expert in San Francisco.

And speaking of mystery movies, relative newcomer to the Cozy Mystery scene Victoria Gilbert has several pieces of good news – her Blue Ridge Library Mystery Series, starring public library manager Amy Webber in Virginia, will apparently be seeing both a television adaptation and audiobook versions. So, now we’ll not only be able to read about Amy’s mystery-solving but we’ll also be able to watch and hear about Amy’s sleuthing!

Meg Macy will be releasing the third in her Teddy Bear Mystery Series, a tale that will be titled Have Yourself a Beary Little Murder. The series stars Sasha Silverman, a teddy bear shop and factory manager in Silver Hollow, Michigan. Meg Macy is also half of D.E. Ireland, the writing team who write the Eliza Doolittle & Henry Higgins Mystery Series, starring Eliza Doolittle & Henry Higgins of Edwardian London, the characters of the same name from the movie My Fair Lady.

Maddie Day will be releasing three more books in the Country Store Mystery Series, bringing the Indiana based series starring Robbie Jordan at the Pans ‘N Pancakes Country Store Restaurant to a total of nine entries. Maddie Day also writes under the names Edith Maxwell, under which she writes the Quaker Midwife Mystery Series, starring Rose Carroll, a Quaker midwife in  late 1880s Massachusetts, and the Local Foods Mystery Series, starring Cam Flaherty, an organic farmer. Additionally, she writes the Speaking of Mystery Mystery Series, starring a Quaker linguistics professor in New England, under the name Tace Baker. She will also be releasing three Christmas novellas next year.

Jenn McKinlay (a New York Times bestselling author) will be writing Buried to the Brim, the sixth in her Hat Shop Mystery Series, starring Scarlett Parker and Viv Tremont, the owners of a ladies’ hat shop in London. Scarlett and Viv will find themselves sleuthing at a very upper-crust dog show this time. She also writes the Cupcake Mystery Series, starring Melanie Cooper, a cupcakes bakery owner, and the Library Lover’s Mystery Series, starring Lindsey Norris, a library director in Connecticut. As Josie Bell, she writes the Good Buy Girls Mystery Series, starring Maggie Gerber, the founder of a bargain hunters club. She also writes the Decoupage Mystery Series, starring Brenna Miller, a paper shop employee – as Lucy Lawrence.

Bestselling New York Times author Denise Swanson got the green light to release at least two more Cozies in her Welcome Back to Scumble River Mystery Series, taking the continuation of the Scumble River Mystery Series to a total of four books, or 23 if you consider them part of the original series. It’s pretty official: Skye’s back and has been back since 2017! Denise Swanson also writes the Deveraux’s Dime Store Mystery Series, starring Dev Sinclair, the owner of a five-and-dime store in Missouri. Denise also writes the Chef-to-Go Mystery Series which features Dani, the owner of Chef-to-Go, a company preparing delicious ready-made meals for students in a college town.

Finally, Marty Wingate will be starting a new series starring the curator of Bath, England’s largest collection of first edition mysteries. The problem the sleuth will have is that she has never read a mystery! The series will be called the The Bodies in the Library Mystery Series, which will be at least three books long. Marty Wingate already writes the Potting Shed Mystery Series, starring Pru Parke, a Texan gardener in London, and the Birds of a Feather Mystery Series, starring Julia Lanchester, a tourist manager in a small English village.

Another pretty good list of Cozy Mystery news! As always, if you want to find out more about what some of your favorite Cozy Mystery authors will be releasing in the near future, be sure to check out the Soon to be Released page on my Cozy Mystery site. I’m guessing you’ll find that several of your favorite Cozy Mystery authors are planning on releasing new Cozies in the near future!

PS: Happy Fourth of July as well!

It’s June, and I have another set of good news for Cozy Mystery fans! Which is good, because I’m spending more and more time inside… it’s sure hot! (More time for reading!)

So, here’s the Cozy Mystery news for June 2018!

First, Nevada Barr will be releasing a stand-alone novel, in which the protagonist comes out of a “mental fog” in her sixties to realize that she’s been systematically drugged and committed to an Alzheimer’s care center. Some Cozy readers have told me they don’t consider Barr to be “entirely” Cozy, so keep that in mind. Nevada Barr writes the Anna Pigeon Mystery Series, which stars a park ranger.

In a bit more of a “definitely Cozy” category, Catherine Bruns will be releasing a new Cozy Mystery series which will star an Italian cook, so maybe we can look forward to recipes as well? Bruns already writes a number of series, including the Cookies & Chance Mystery Series, starring a baker, the Carrie Jorgenson Mystery Series, starring an aspiring actress working as a waitress, the Cindy York Mystery Series, starring a mother and wife who works as a real estate agent, and Catherine Bruns also writes some of the Aloha Lagoon Mystery Series, a Hawaiian set series written by a number of different authors.

Julia Buckley fans will be happy to know she will be writing at least two more Cozies in the Writer’s Apprentice Mystery Series. This of course means we’ll be seeing plenty more of Lena London, a writer’s assistant in Blue Lake, Indiana. Julia Buckley also writes the Undercover Dish Mystery Series, starring a caterer, and the Madeline Mann Mystery Series, starring a small-town reporter.

Kate Collins will be starting a spin-off of  her Flower Shop Mystery Series. Yahoo!  The Goddess of Greene Street Series will star a sleuth who is bound and determined to save her Greek family’s garden center business and (of course!) solve a murder. As I mentioned, this will be a spin-off of her Flower Shop Mystery Series, which stars Abby Knight, a florist shop owner.

As some of you who have been with me for a while know, I’m a fan of audio books. So this is particularly great news for those of you who share my enthusiasm for audio books… Audio book fans will be glad to hear that Mary Feliz‘s Maggie McDonald Mystery Series will soon be getting the audio treatment! This will include all four of the Cozies in her series, even the fourth entry which is scheduled to come out this July. The Maggie McDonald Mystery Series stars a professional organizer.

Fans of Allison Brook‘s Haunted Library Mystery Series have some really good news – she’s been asked to write at least two more entries. This means we’ll be able join Carrie in her sleuthing adventures as she heads the programs and events department of the Clover Ridge library! As Marilyn Levinson she writes the Golden Age of Mystery Book Club Mystery Series starring a professor and the Twin Lakes Mysteries, starring a retiree on Long Island.

Julie Anne Lindsey will be writing a new series! The Cider Shop Mystery Series will star a sleuth working at her family’s Blue Ridge Mountain orchard. Lindsey also writes the Geek Girl Mystery Series, starring an IT manager and the Patience Price Mystery Series, starring a counselor. Some of you may recognize Julie better as Julie Chase – who writes the Kitty Couture Mystery Series. This series features a sleuth who is the owner of a pet boutique and organic treat bakery in New Orleans. Others of you may recognize Julie as Jacqueline Frost, the author of the Christmas Tree Mystery Series.

Finally, last but definitely not least, Linda Wiken is getting a new pseudonym and mystery series, as she’ll be writing the Castle Bookstore Mystery Series under the name Essie Lang. The Castle Bookstore will be located in the Thousand Islands, New York. Linda Wiken also writes the Dinner Club Mystery Series starring an event planner, and (as Erika Chase) the Ashton Corners Book Club Mystery Series starring Lizzie Turner, a reading specialist.

Well, that’s a pretty good list! As always, if you want to find out more about what others of your favorite Cozy Mystery authors will be releasing in the near future, be sure to check out the Soon to be Released page on my Cozy Mystery site. I’m guessing you’ll find that several of your favorite Cozy Mystery authors are planning on releasing new Cozies in the near future!

Spring continues, and with it, more Cozy Mystery News! Spring’s a mixed blessing here in Texas – life is coming back, and there are flowers growing on the trees and bushes, but it also gets hot here so fast! It’s already 85 degrees or more many days…

Well, that’s just one more reason to stay in and do some Cozy Mystery reading! Speaking of which, here’s this month’s Cozy Mystery news! It’s a long one this time!

Good news for everyone who loves Lorna Barrett‘s Booktown mystery series – she’s been approved for books 13 and 14 in the series! (These two books should continue to keep Tricia very busy sleuthing.) The Booktown series is the only one Barrett writes under this name, but she also writes the Victoria Square Mystery Series, starring a member of an artisan co-op, the Life on Victoria Square spin-off series, and the Lotus Bay Mystery Series, starring a pair of best friends, under the name Lorraine Bartlett, as well a series starring an insurance investigator, the Jeff Resnick Mystery Series, under the name L. L. Bartlett.

 Julia Buckley has been busy, as she recently has been approved to not only write two more Cozies in her Writer’s Apprentice Mystery Series, but she’s also arranged for audio versions of all five books! Great news for those of us who enjoy reading about Lena’s mystery-solving exploits! Julia also writes the Undercover Dish Mystery Series, starring the owner of a catering business, and the Madeline Mann Mystery Series, starring a small town reporter!

Author (and site blog participant!) Ellen Byron will be writing two more books in her award winning Cajun Country Mystery Series. This terrific series takes place in Louisiana – where Maggie not only runs a bed and breakfast on her family’s plantation, but where she also solves  mysteries. For those of you who read the Cajun Country series, you know there’s nowhere better than the bayou for providing places to hide clues!

Sharon Farrow will be writing two more Cozies in her Berry Basket Mystery Series. Marlee owns the Berry Basket (a berry shop) on the shores of Lake Michigan. She’s kept pretty busy with all of the tourists who visit this beautiful area of the country as well as with solving mysteries. The Berry Basket series is the only one written by Sharon Farrow, but she (along with Meg Macy) is one half of the writing team working under the pseudonym D.E. Ireland. They use that pen name when writing the Eliza Doolittle & Henry Higgins Mystery Series.

Great news for fans of Sofie Kelly and for fans of (magical) cats out there, Sofie Kelly has been gotten the green light for writing two more Cozies in her Magical Cats Mystery Series! In addition to the Magical Cats Mystery Series, Sofie Kelly also writes the Second Chance Cat Mystery Series (under the name Sofie Ryan) starring the owner of a used book store and her stray cat (Elvis) in Maine, as well as young adult novels under the name Darlene Ryan. (I told you it was great news!)

Speaking of D.E. Ireland, both co-authors are being kept very busy! The other half of that team, Meg Macy, will be releasing the third mystery in her Teddy Bear Mystery Series, entitled Have Yourself a Beary Little Murder! No word yet on any details on the novel, but I’m hoping/guessing from the name that it might be a holiday release… As mentioned before, Meg Macy also writes the Eliza Doolittle & Henry Higgins Mystery Series as part of the writing team D.E. Ireland, which she co-writes with Sharon Farrow.

Mystery Writers of America will be putting out a 75th anniversary anthology entitled Deadly Anniversaries, edited by Bill Pronzini and Marcia Muller. The theme for this particular anthology will be the commemoration of a specific day or event, so if you’re looking for an anthology by some of the greatest authors in the mystery industry, be sure to check it out when it’s released!

Paige Shelton will be releasing two more books in the near future, as she’s been approved to write the fifth and sixth books in her Scottish Bookshop Mystery Series. The Kansas transplanted sleuth, Delaney Nichols, is fitting into the Scottish way-of-living, as well as fitting into the way-of-the-dead  – by bringing murderers to justice! Paige Shelton also writes the Dangerous Type Mystery Series, starring the owner of a printing press and writing shop, the Farmers’ Market Mystery Series, starring a jam and preserves maker, and the Country Cooking School Mystery Series, starring a pair of teachers at a cooking school.

Last up (but definitely not least!), Marcia Talley will be writing another entry in her Hannah Ives Mystery Series, titled Tangled Roots. Hannah Ives is a cancer-survivor who lives in Maryland. Hannah has been kept very busy solving crimes as well as donating her time to many good causes. Those of us who are Hannah’s fans will no doubt be waiting to find out what Hannah will be up to in the near future. Great news for Hannah’s fans!

Yikes, that was a long one! If you want to find out what others of your favorite Cozy Mystery authors will be releasing in the near future, be sure to check out the  Soon to be Released page on my Cozy Mystery site! I have just updated this page by adding many, many new releases we will be seeing in the near future. I hope you find some of your favorite authors there!