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Cozy Mystery Book Recommendations – January 2021

January 30, 2021

We’re just about at the end of January, 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 Bree Baker Seaside Cafe 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 January? 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 January 2021 that you want the rest of us to know about, and why did you enjoy it?

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

Jean-Luc Bannalec: Brittany Mystery Series (first entry Death in Brittany)

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

M. C. Beaton (aka Marion Chesney): Hamish Macbeth Mystery Series

S J Bennett: Queen Elizabeth II Mystery Series (first entry The Windsor Knot)

Bethany Blake: Owl & Crescent Mystery Series

Emily Brightwell: Mrs. Jeffries Mystery Sereis

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

Maia Chance: Fairy Tale Fatal Mystery Series

Jane K. Cleland: Josie Prescott Mystery Series

Cate Conte (aka Liz Mugavero): Witch Hunt

Jana DeLeon: Miss Fortune Mystery Series

Victoria Gilbert: Book Lover’s B&B Mystery Series

Dorothy Gilman: Mrs. Pollifax Mystery Series

Sherry Harris: Sarah Winston Garage Sale Mystery Series

Lis Howell: Norbridge Chronicles Murder Mystery Series (first entry The Flower Arranger at All Saints)

Miranda James  (aka Dean James,  Jimmie Ruth Evans, & Honor Hartman): Cat in the Stacks Mystery Series

Jassy Macenzie: Jade de Jong Series (first entry Random Violence)

Edith Maxwell (aka Maddie Day & Tace Baker): Quaker Midwife Mystery Series

G. A. McKevett: Savannah Reid Mystery Series

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

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

Louise Penny: Chief Inspector Gamache Mystery Series

Angela M Sanders: Witch Way Librarian Cozy Mystery Series (first entry Bait and Witch)

Katharine Schellman: Lily Adler Mystery Series (first entry The Body in the Garden)

Paige Shelton: Scottish Bookshop Mystery Series

Karen Rose Smith: Daisy’s Tea Garden Mystery Series

Dorothy St. James: White House Gardener Mystery Series AND Beloved Bookroom Mystery Series

Lee Strauss: Ginger Gold Mystery Series (first entry Murder on the SS Rosa)

A M Stuart: Harriet Gordon Mystery Series (first entry Singapore Sapphire)

Leann Sweeney: Cats In Trouble 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 – December 2020

December 30, 2020

We’re just about at the end of December, 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 Earlene Fowler’s Benni Harper 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 December? 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 December 2020 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

Tessa Arlen: Woman of WWII Mystery Series

Marian Babson: The Twelve Deaths of Christmas

M. C. Beaton (aka Marion Chesney): Hamish Macbeth Mystery Series

Laurien Berenson: Melanie Travis Mystery Series

Emily Brightwell: Mrs. Jeffries Mystery Series

Frances Brody: Kate Shackleton Mystery Series

Leslie Budewitz: Spice Shop Mystery Series

Kate Carlisle: Fixer-Upper Mystery Series

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

Vivien Chien: Noodle Shop Mystery Series

Jane K. Cleland: Josie Prescott Antiques Mystery Series

Jeanne M. Dams: Dorothy Martin Mystery Series

Kathie Deviny: Grace Church Mystery Series

Carola Dunn: Daisy Dalrymple Mystery Series

Vickie Fee: Cafe Cinema Mystery Series

Amanda Flower (aka Isabella Alan): Piper and Porter Mystery Series

Earlene Fowler: Benni Harper Mystery Series

Sally Goldenbaum: Seaside Knitters Society Mystery Series

Anna Lee Huber: Verity Kent Mystery Series

Margaret Mayhew: Village Mystery Series (first entry Old Soldiers Never Die)

Patricia Moyes: Henry Tibbett Mystery Series

Louise Penny: Chief Inspector Gamache 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 – November 2020

November 29, 2020

We’re just about at the end of November, 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 Karen Rose Smith’s Daisy’s Tea Garden 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 November? 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 November 2020 that you want the rest of us to know about, and why did you enjoy it?

Donna Andrews: Meg Langslow Mystery Series

Leslie Budewitz: Spice Shop Mystery Series

Lynn Cahoon: Tourist Trap Mystery Series

Eve Calder: Cookie House Mystery Series (first entry And Then There Were Crumbs)

Mary Higgins Clark and Alafair Burke: Under Suspicion Mystery Series

Peg Cochran (aka Meg London): Cranberry Cove Mystery Series

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

Vicki Delany (aka Eva Gates): Year-Round Christmas Mystery Series

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

Janet Finsilver: Kelly Jackson Mystery Series

Amanda Flower (aka Isabella Alan): Magical Garden Mystery Series

Danielle Garrett: Beechwood Harbor Magic Mystery Series (first entry Murder’s a Witch)

J M Griffin: Jules & Bun Mystery Series (first entry Left Fur Dead)

Carolyn Haines: Sarah Booth Delaney Mystery Series

Erin Huss: Cambria Clyne Mystery Series (first entry French Vanilla & Felonies)

Carlene O’Connor: Irish Village Mystery Series

Diana Orgain: Roundup Crew Mystery Series

Anne Perry: Christmas Mystery Series

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

Sara Sheridan: Mirabelle Bevan Mystery Series (first entry Brighton Belle)

Misty Simon: Tallie Graver Mystery Series (first entry Cremains of the Day)

Karen Rose Smith: Diasy’s Tea Garden Mystery Series

Lynne Truss: Constable Twitten Mystery Series (first entry A Shot in the Dark)

Eileen Watkins: Cat Groomer Mystery Series (first entry The Persian Always Meows Twice)

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 – October 2020

October 30, 2020

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 Edward Marston’s Railway Detective 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 2020 that you want the rest of us to know about, and why did you enjoy it?

Mignon F. Ballard: Miss Dimple Mystery Series

M. C. Beaton (aka Marion Chesney): Hamish Macbeth Mystery Series

Catherine Bruns: Italian Chef Mystery Series

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

Hope Callaghan: Garden Girls Mystery Series AND Cruise Ship Mystery Series

Chris Cavender (aka Tim Myers, Elizabeth Bright, Melissa Glazer, Casey Myers, Jessica Beck, & D.B. Morgan): Pizza Lover’s Mystery Series

Jill Churchill: Grace and Favor Mystery Series

Maya Corrigan: Five-Ingredient Mystery Series

Krista Davis: Paws & Claws Mystery Series

Vicki Delany (aka Eva Gates): Tea By the Sea Mystery Series

Peggy Ehrhart: Knit & Nibble Mystery Series

Jessica Ellicott (aka Jessie Crockett & Jessica Estevao): Beryl and Edwina Mystery Series

Sharon Farrow (aka 1/2 of D.E. Ireland): Berry Basket Mystery Series

Sally Goldenbaum: Seaside Knitters Society Mystery Series

Carolyn Haines: Sarah Booth Delaney Mystery Series

Victoria Hamilton (aka Amanda Cooper): Vintage Kitchen Mystery Series

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

Peter Lovesey (reportedly not Cozy): Peter Diamond Mystery Series (first entry The Last Detective)

Edward Marston: Railway Detective Mystery Series

Sarah Osborne: Ditie Brown Mystery Series (first entry Too Many Crooks Spoil the Plot)

Paige Shelton: Alaska Wild Mystery Series

Ashley Weaver: Amory Ames 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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