It’s a little late in the month, but I have some good news regarding upcoming Cozies to share with you all!

First up, Rhys Bowen will be writing at least two more in the Molly Murphy Mystery Series, including the 18th named Wild Irish Rose and an as-yet-unnamed 19th entry. This will be the first entries in the series that Bowen (currently 79 years old) will be writing with her daughter, Clara Broyles.

 

Catherine Bruns will be starting a new series, the Maple Syrup Shop Mystery Series, with the first entry titled There’s Nothing Sweet About Murder, as well as at least two more entries in the series. This series will star a Lebanese-American woman who is returning to her hometown of Sugar Ridge, Vermont, to take over her family’s maple syrup business after the death of her father in what appears to be a robbery.

Next up, Krista Davis has been confirmed to be working on at least two more entries in the Paws & Claws Mystery Series, starring Holly Miller, an employee at a family owned inn intended for both owners and their pets. No news yet on the names of these entries, which will bring the series to at least nine entries.

 

Betty Hechtman will be continuing the Writer For Hire Mystery Series with at least three more entries, which will bring the series starring a writer for hire to a total of at least four entries. Again, no news on specific names of titles at this time.

 

 

Finally, Victoria Houston will be writing at least two more entries in her long-running mystery series, the Loon Lake Fishing Mystery Series, with two entries – Wolf Hollow, and another entry as-yet-unannounced. This will take the series starring a police chief and a retired dentist to at least 21 entries.

I’ve got a number of pieces of good Cozy Mystery news to share with you all this month!

First, Ellen Byron (aka Maria DiRico) will be starting a new series, the Vintage Cookbook Mystery Series, which will feature at least two book sand will star a woman returning to New Orleans to run a gift shop which will include cookbooks and kitchenware among its sales. Ellen Byron is already the author of the Cajun Country Mystery Series, set in Louisiana, and (as Maria DiRico) the Catering Hall Mystery Series, set in New York City.

Next up, Vicki Delany (aka Eva Gates) will be putting out at least two more entries in the Tea by the Sea Mystery Series, which will take the series to a total of at least four entries. Delany is also the author of the Year-Round Christmas Mystery Series, the Sherlock Holmes Bookshop Mystery Series, and (as Eva Gates) the Lighthouse Library Mystery Series – among others! 

Victoria Houston will be starting a new series, the Lew Ferris Mystery Series, a spin-off of her 19 entry series, the Loon Lake Mystery Series. I’m not sure exactly what the difference between the series will be, as it stars the same sleuth, police chief Lewellyn (Lew) Ferris, but it will at least definitely extend the series by at least two more books.

 

Finally, Dorothy St. James will be releasing a fourth entry in her Southern Chocolate Shop Mystery Series, titled Bonbon With the Wind, which will involve a hurricane, treasure, and chocolate tea. St. James is the author of several other series, including the Beloved Bookroom Mystery Series and the White House Gardener Mystery Series.

 

I have a fair amount of good news to share with you all – four pieces relevant to Cozy Mystery authors already on the site!

First, Julia Buckley will be starting a new Cozy Mystery series, the Dinner and a Murder Mystery Series under the name Veronica Bond, which will star an actress in the cast of a murder mystery troupe that stumbles across actual murders. This series will have at least two entries. Buckley is already the author of multiple series, including the Hungarian Tea House Mystery Series and the Writer’s Apprentice Mystery Series.

Next up, Lynn Cahoon will be starting The Tuesday Night Survivors Club Mystery Series, which will star a cancer survivor owning a bookstore in Sedona, Arizona, and will feature at least three books in the series. Cahoon is already the author of multiple series, including the Tourist Trap MysterY Series, the Cat Latimer Mystery Series, and the Farm-to-Fork Mystery Series.

 

Carlene O’Connor will be starting an as-yet-unnamed mystery series with an Irish theme – I don’t know much else about this one, except that it will feature at least three entries. O’Connor already writes extensively on the Irish theme, with the Irish Village Mystery Series and the Home to Ireland Mystery Series.

 

Finally, Teresa Trent will be starting The Twist and Shout Murder Mystery Series, which will star a small-town Texas girl in the 1960s who investigates the death of the town’s elite. The series will have at least three entries. Trent is already the author of the Pecan Bayou Mystery Series, also set in Texas.

I’ve only got one piece of news this month…

Sandra Bretting will be putting out a new book, either as a stand alone novel or possibly the first entry in a new series, which will star an older safecracker and his younger student help the Houston police hunt down a drug dealer. From the synopsis, this might not be a Cozy, we’ll have to see. Bretting’s main series is the Missy DuBois Mystery Series, which stars the owner of a hat shop in Louisiana.