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Cozy Mystery Book Recommendations – October 2021

October 30, 2021

We’re just about at the end of October, so it’s time to discuss our favorite Cozies that we’ve read this month!

If you read a Cozy mystery this month and want to recommend it to the rest of us, be sure to post it here! For this month, I read the first entry of Victoria Thompson’s Gaslight Mystery Series. For the reasons I want to recommend it, be sure to check out the blog entry!

So, what have you been reading that you can recommend in October? Please be sure to tell us why you liked these Cozies so much. I know we’re all always on the lookout for more particularly good Cozy Mystery authors! (If you have a lot of Cozies you think are great, please post the ones you like the most at the top of the list.)

As always, please do not tell us about the Cozy Mysteries you did not like.

What really good Cozy Mystery did you read during October 2021 that you want the rest of us to know about, and why did you enjoy it?

Ellie Alexander (aka Kate Dyer-Seeley): Sloan Krause Mystery Series AND Bakeshop Mystery Series

Nancy Atherton: Aunt Dimity Mystery Series

Laura Gail Black: Antique Bookshop Mystery Series (first entry For Whom the Bell Tolls)

Veronica Black: Sister Joan, Daughters of Compassion Mystery Series

Elizabeth C Bunce: Myrtle Hardcastle Mystery Series (first entry Premeditated Myrtle)

Lynn Cahoon: Tourist Trap Mystery Series

Laura Childs (aka Gerry Schmitt): Tea Shop Mystery Series

Nancy Coco (aka Nancy J. Parra and Nell Hampton): Candy-Coated Mystery Series

Sheila Connolly (aka Sarah Atwell): Victorian Village Mystery Series

Elizabeth Craig  (aka Riley Adams & Elizabeth Spann Craig): Southern Quilting Mystery Series

Agatha Christie: Tommy and Tuppence Mystery Series

Krista Davis: Pen & Ink Mystery Series AND Paws & Claws Mystery Series

Maddie Day (aka Edith Maxwell & Tace Baker): Country Store Mystery Series

Aaron Elkins: Gideon Oliver Mystery Series

Sarah Fox: Literary Pub Mystery Series

Mimi Granger: Love is Murder Mystery Series (first entry Death of a Red-Hot Rancher)

Lena Gregory: All-Day Breakfast Cafe Mystery Series

Mary Ellen Hughes: Keepsake Cove Mystery Series

Elizabeth Penney: Chapter and Curse Mystery Series (first entry Chapter and Curse)

Carol J. Perry: Haunted Haven Mystery Series

Raquel V. Reyes: Caribbean Kitchen Mystery (first entry Mango, Mambo, and Murder)

Rosemary Simpson: Gilded Age Mystery Series (first entry What the Dead Leave Behind)

Dorothy St. James: Beloved Bookroom Mystery Series

Victoria Thompson: Gaslight Mystery Series

Diane Vallere: Samantha Kidd Mystery Series

I will list the authors and series that have been recommended, but I urge you to read the comments below so you can see the reasons other Cozy Mystery readers thought these were their best reads of the month.

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P.S. I usually don’t comment on your recommendations since they speak for themselves.

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Cozy Mystery Book Recommendations – September 2021

September 29, 2021

We’re just about at the end of September, so it’s time to discuss our favorite Cozies that we’ve read this month!

If you read a Cozy mystery this month and want to recommend it to the rest of us, be sure to post it here! For this month, I read the first entry of Jenn McKinlay’s Library Lover’s Mystery Series. For the reasons I want to recommend it, be sure to check out the blog entry!

So, what have you been reading that you can recommend in September? Please be sure to tell us why you liked these Cozies so much. I know we’re all always on the lookout for more particularly good Cozy Mystery authors! (If you have a lot of Cozies you think are great, please post the ones you like the most at the top of the list.)

As always, please do not tell us about the Cozy Mysteries you did not like.

What really good Cozy Mystery did you read during September 2021 that you want the rest of us to know about, and why did you enjoy it?

Meri Allen: Ice Cream Shop Mystery Series (first entry The Rocky Road to Ruin)

Winnie Archer (aka Melissa Bourbon & Misa Ramirez): Bread Shop Mystery Series

Bree Baker (aka Jacqueline Frost, Julie Chase, & Julie Anne Lindsey): Seaside Cafe Mystery Series

Rickie Blair: Leafy Hollow Mystery Series (first entry From Garden to Grave)

Veronica Bond: Dinner and a Murder Mystery (first entry Death in Castle Dark)

Allison Brook (aka Marilyn Levinson): Haunted Library Mystery Series

Kelsey Browning and Nancy Naigle: Seasoned Southern Sleuths Cozy Mystery Series (first entry In for a Penny)

Julia Buckley: Hungarian Tea House Mystery Series

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

Ellen Byron (aka Maria DiRico): Cajun Country Mystery Series

Vicki Delany (aka Eva Gates): Catskill Summer Resort Mystery Series

Allen Eskens: Joe Talbert Mystery Series (first entry The Life We Bury)

Amanda Flower (aka Isabella Alan): Amish Matchmaker Mystery Series AND Farm to Table Mystery Series

Tracy Gardner: Avery Ayers Mystery Series (first entry Ruby Red Herring)

Betty Hechtman: Crochet Mystery Series

Diane Kelly: Southern Homebrew Mystery Series

Sofie Kelly  (aka Sofie Ryan & Darlene Ryan for Young Adult): Magical Cats Mystery Series

Jenn McKinlay (aka Josie Belle & Lucy Lawrence): Library Lover’s Mystery Series AND Hat Shop Mystery Series

Richard Osman: Thursday Murder Club Mystery Series (first entry The Thursday Murder Club)

Dorothy St. James: Beloved Bookroom Mystery Series

Denise Swanson: Scumble River Mystery Series

Livia J. Washburn: Fresh-Baked Mystery Series

Kate Young: Jane Doe Book Club Mystery Series (first entry On Borrowed Crime)

I will list the authors and series that have been recommended, but I urge you to read the comments below so you can see the reasons other Cozy Mystery readers thought these were their best reads of the month.

♦To access more Cozy Mystery Books Recommendations, click on this link♦

P.S. I usually don’t comment on your recommendations since they speak for themselves.

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Cozy Mystery Book Recommendations – August 2021

August 30, 2021

We’re just about at the end of August, so it’s time to discuss our favorite Cozies that we’ve read this month!

If you read a Cozy mystery this month and want to recommend it to the rest of us, be sure to post it here! For this month, I read the first entry of Eve Calder’s Cookie House Mystery Series. For the reasons I want to recommend it, be sure to check out the blog entry!

So, what have you been reading that you can recommend in August? Please be sure to tell us why you liked these Cozies so much. I know we’re all always on the lookout for more particularly good Cozy Mystery authors! (If you have a lot of Cozies you think are great, please post the ones you like the most at the top of the list.)

As always, please do not tell us about the Cozy Mysteries you did not like.

What really good Cozy Mystery did you read during August 2021 that you want the rest of us to know about, and why did you enjoy it?

Victoria Abbott (Writing duo Mary Jane Maffini & daughter Victoria Maffini): Book Collectors Mystery Series

Sara Nish Adams: The Reading List

Meri Allen: Ice Cream Shop Mysteries (first entry The Rocky Road to Ruin)

Donna Andrews: Meg Langslow Mystery Series

Mary Kay Andrews (aka Kathy Hogan Trocheck): The Santa Suit (not a mystery, I think?)

Bree Baker (aka Jacqueline Frost, Julie Chase, & Julie Anne Lindsey): Seaside Cafe Mystery Series

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

Veronica Bond: Dinner and a Murder Mystery (first entry Death in Castle Dark)

Emily Brightwell: Mrs. Jeffries Mystery Series

Julia Buckley: Writer’s Apprentice Mystery Series

Eve Calder: Cookie House Mystery Series

Stevyn Colgan: A Murder to Die For

Kate Collins: Goddess of Green St. Mystery Mystery Series

Cate Conte (aka Liz Mugavero): Cat Cafe Mystery Series

Peggy Ehrhart: Knit & Nibble Mystery Series

Mariah Fredericks: Jane Prescott Mystery Series (first entry A Death of No Importance)

Darci Hannah: Beacon Bakeshop Mystery Series (first entry Murder at the Beacon Bakeshop)

Sherry Harris: Sea Glass Saloon Mystery Series

Anna Lee Huber: Verity Kent Mystery Series

Julie Anne Lindsey (aka Jacqueline Frost, Julie Chase, & Bree Baker): Cider Shop Mystery Series

Tara Lush: Coffee Shop Mystery Series (first entry Grounds For Murder)

Paula Munier: Mercy Carr Mystery Series (first entry A Borrowing of Bones)

Nora Page (Ann Myers): Bookmobile Mystery Series

Louise Penny: Chief Inspector Gamache Mystery Series

David Rosenfelt: Andy Carpenter Mystery Series

I will list the authors and series that have been recommended, but I urge you to read the comments below so you can see the reasons other Cozy Mystery readers thought these were their best reads of the month.

♦To access more Cozy Mystery Books Recommendations, click on this link♦

P.S. I usually don’t comment on your recommendations since they speak for themselves.

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Cozy Mystery Book Recommendations – July 2021

July 30, 2021

We’re just about at the end of July, so it’s time to discuss our favorite Cozies that we’ve read this month!

If you read a Cozy mystery this month and want to recommend it to the rest of us, be sure to post it here! For this month, I read the first entry of Lynn Cahoon’s Farm to Fork Mystery Series. For the reasons I want to recommend it, be sure to check out the blog entry!

So, what have you been reading that you can recommend in July? Please be sure to tell us why you liked these Cozies so much. I know we’re all always on the lookout for more particularly good Cozy Mystery authors! (If you have a lot of Cozies you think are great, please post the ones you like the most at the top of the list.)

As always, please do not tell us about the Cozy Mysteries you did not like.

What really good Cozy Mystery did you read during July 2021 that you want the rest of us to know about, and why did you enjoy it?

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

Christin Brecher: Nantucket Candle Maker Mystery Series (first entry Murder’s no Votive Confidence)

Simon Brett: Fethering Mystery Series

Lynn Cahoon: Farm to Fork Mystery Series

Kate Carlisle: Bibliophile Mystery Series

Agatha Christie: Hercule Poirot Mystery Series AND Miss Marple Mystery Series

Kate Collins: Flower Shop Mystery Series

Elizabeth Craig  (aka Riley Adams & Elizabeth Spann Craig): Southern Quilting Mystery Series

Hannah Dennison: Island Sisters Mystery Series

Maria DiRico (aka Ellen Byron): Catering Hall Mystery Series

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

Dianne Freeman: Countess of Harleigh Mystery Series (first entry A Lady’s Guide to Etiquette and Murder)

Tracy Gardner: Avery Ayers Mystery Series (first entry Ruby Red Herring)

John Gaspard: Eli Marks Mystery Series (first entry The Ambitious Card)

Anna Gerard (aka Diane A.S. Stuckart and Ali Brandon): Georgia B&B Mystery Series

Daryl Wood Gerber (aka Avery Aames): Fairy Garden Mystery Series 

Ann Granger

Elly Griffiths: Dr, Ruth Galloway Mystery Series (first entry The Crossing Places)

Diane Kelly: Paw Enforcement Mystery Series AND Southern Homebrew Mystery Series

Jenn McKinlay (aka Josie Belle & Lucy Lawrence): Hat Shop Mystery Series

Louise Penny: Chief Inspector Gamache Mystery Series

Allie Pleiter: Riverbank Knitting Mystery Series (first entry On Skein of Death)

David Rosenfelt: Andy Carpenter Mystery Series

Sara Rosett: High Society Lady Detective Mystery Series

Laura Jensen Walker: Bookish Baker Mystery Series (first entry Murder Most Sweet)

Kirsten Weiss: Witches of Doyle Mystery Series

Kate Young: Jane Doe Book Club Mystery Series (first entry On Borrowed Crime)

I will list the authors and series that have been recommended, but I urge you to read the comments below so you can see the reasons other Cozy Mystery readers thought these were their best reads of the month.

♦To access more Cozy Mystery Books Recommendations, click on this link♦

P.S. I usually don’t comment on your recommendations since they speak for themselves.

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