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Cozy Mystery Book Recommendations – January 2020

January 29, 2020

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 Julia Buckley‘s A Writer’s Apprentice 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 2020 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): Secret, Book & Scone Mystery Series

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

Nancy Atherton: Aunt Dimity Mystery Series

M. C. Beaton (aka Marion Chesney): Agatha Raisin Mystery Series AND Traveling Matchmaker Mystery Series

Stephanie Blackmoore: Wedding Planner Mystery Series

Julia Buckley: A Writer’s Apprentice Mystery Series

JoAnna Carl (aka Eve K. Sandstrom): Chocoholic Mystery Series

Kate Carlisle: Fixer-Upper Mystery Series

Sheila Connolly (aka Sarah Atwell): Museum Mystery Series

Ellen Crosby: Wine Country Mystery Series

Elizabeth Daly: Henry Gamadge Mystery Series

Jeanne M. Dams: Dorothy Martin Mystery Series

Krista Davis: Paws & Claws Mystery Series

Vicki Delany (aka Eva Gates): Sherlock Holmes Bookshop Mystery Series

Jana DeLeon: Miss Fortune Mystery Series

Carola Dunn: Daisy Dalrymple Mystery Series

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

Agatha Frost: Peridale Cafe Mystery Series

Victoria Gilbert: Blue Ridge Library Mystery Series

Cyril Hare: Inspector Mallet Mystery Series

Tony and Anne Hillerman: Joe Leaphorn & Jim Chee Mystery Series

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

Mary Leo: Mobsters Anonymous Mystery Series (first entry The Spia Family Presses On)

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

Karen MacInerney: Gray Whale Inn Mystery Series

Asia Mackay: Alexis Tyler Mystery Series (first entry Killing It)

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

Catie Murphy: Dublin Driver Mystery Series (first entry Dead in Dublin)

Elizabeth Penney: Apron Shop Mystery Series (first entry Hems and Homicide)

Barbara Ross: Maine Clambake Mystery Series

Sofie Ryan (aka Sofie Kelly & Darlene Ryan for Young Adult): Second Chance Cat Mystery Series

Paige Shelton: Dangerous Type Mystery Series

Alexander McCall Smith: No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency Mystery Series

Leann Sweeney: Cats in Trouble Mystery Series

Lea Wait (aka Cornelia Kidd): Mainely Needlepoint Mystery Series

[If you click on the author’s name (blue) link, it will take you to his/her page on the Cozy Mystery site. The pages have all of the authors’ books listed chronologically.]

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 – December 2019

December 30, 2019

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 Vivien Chien’s Noodle Shop 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 2019 that you want the rest of us to know about, and why did you enjoy it?

Isabella Alan (aka Amanda Flower): Amish Quilt Shop Mystery Series

Donna Andrews: Meg Langslow Mystery Series

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

Stephanie Blackmoore: Wedding Planner Mystery Series

Alan Bradley: Flavia de Luce Mystery Series

Mollie Cox Bryan: Buttermilk Creek Mystery Series

Vivien Chien: Noodle Shop Mystery Series

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

Krista Davis: Paws & Claws Mystery Series

Elizabeth J. Duncan: Penny Brannigan Mystery Series

Carola Dunn: Daisy Dalrymple Mystery Series

Bella Ellis: Bronte Sisters Mystery Series (first entry The Vanished Bride)

Amanda Flower (aka Isabella Alan): Amish Candy Shop Mystery Series

Eva Gates (aka Vicki Delany): Lighthouse Library Mystery Series

Sally Goldenbaum: Seaside Knitters Mystery Series

Fiona Grace: Lacey Doyle Cozy Mystery Series (first entry Murder in the Manor)

Martha Grimes: Richard Jury Mystery Series

Tony and Anne Hillerman: Joe Leaphorn & Jim Chee Mystery Series

Jody Holford: Britton Bay Mystery Series (first entry Deadly News)

Katherine Bolger Hyde: Crime with the Classics Mystery Series

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

Faith Martin: Hillary Greene Mystery Series (first entry A Narrow Escape)

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

Sara Rosett: High Society Lady Detective Mystery Series

Karen Rose Smith: Daisy’s Tea Garden Mystery Series

Denise Swanson: Forever Charmed Mystery Series

Terri Thayer: Quilting Mystery Series

Charles Todd: Bess Crawford Mystery Series

Lea Wait (aka Cornelia Kidd): Mainely Needlepoint Mystery Series

[If you click on the author’s name (blue) link, it will take you to his/her page on the Cozy Mystery site. The pages have all of the authors’ books listed chronologically.]

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 – November 2019

November 29, 2019

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 Jacqueline Frost’s Christmas Tree Farm 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 2019 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

Donna Andrews: Meg Langslow Mystery Series

Mary Angela Professor: Prather Mystery Series (first entry An Act of Murder)

Tessa Arlen: Woman of WWII Mystery Series

Jessica Beck (aka Elizabeth Bright, Casey Mayes, Melissa Glazer, Chris Cavender, Tim Myers, & D.B. Morgan): Donut Shop Mystery Series

Stephanie Blackmoore: Wedding Planner Mystery Series

Eileen Brady: Kate Turner, DVM Mystery Series (first entry Muzzled)

Emily Brightwell: Mrs. Jeffries Mystery Series

Ellen Byron: Cajun Country Mystery Series

Kate Carlisle: Fixer-Upper Mystery Series

Vannetta Chapman: Amish Bishop Mystery Series

Laura Childs (aka Gerry Schmitt): Cackleberry Club Mystery Series AND Scrapbooking Mystery Series

Peg Cochran (aka Meg London): Murder, She Reported Mystery Series

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

Elizabeth Daly: Henry Gamadge Mystery Series

Jacqueline Frost: Christmas Tree Farm Mystery Series

Yasmine Galenorn (aka India Ink): Chintz ‘n China Mystery Series

Eva Gates (aka Vicki Delany): Lighthouse Library Mystery Series

Anna Gerard: Georgia B&B Mystery Series (first entry Peach Clobbered)

Sherry Harris: Sarah Winston Garage Sale Mystery Series

Cornelia Kidd (aka Lea Wait): Mainely Murder Mystery Series

Faith Martin: Hillary Greene Mystery Series (first entry A Narrow Escape)

G. A. McKevett: Savannah Reid Mystery Series

Alexis Morgan: Abbey McCree Mystery Series (first entry Death by Committee)

Patricia Moyes: Henry Tibbett Mystery Series

Hannah Reed (aka Deb Baker): Scottish Highlands Mystery Series

David Rosenfelt: Andy Carpenter Mystery Series

Ann B. Ross: Miss Julia Mystery Series

The Secrets of the Castleton Manor Library Mystery Series

[If you click on the author’s name (blue) link, it will take you to his/her page on the Cozy Mystery site. The pages have all of the authors’ books listed chronologically.]

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 2019

October 30, 2019

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 Kaitlyn Dunnett’s Liss MacCrimmon 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 2019 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): Secret,, Book & Scone Society Mystery Series

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

Donna Andrews: Meg Langslow Mystery Series

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

Connie Berry: Kate Hamilton Mystery Series (first entry A Dream of Death)

Bethany Blake: Lucky Paws Petsitting Mystery Series

Claire Booth: Sheriff Hank Worth Mystery Series (first entry The Branson Beauty)

Lilian Jackson Braun: The Cat Who… Mystery Series

Kathleen Bridge: By the Sea Mystery Series

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

Ellen Byron: Cajun Country Mystery Series

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

Laura Childs (aka Gerry Schmitt): Scrapbooking Mystery Series

Agatha Christie: Hercule Poirot Mystery Series

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

Bill Crider: Sheriff Dan Rhodes Mystery Series

Deborah Crombie: Kincaid & James Mystery Series

Elizabeth Daly: Henry Gamadge Mystery Series

Jeanne M. Dams: Dorothy Martin Mystery Series

Jana DeLeon: Miss Fortune Mystery Series

Carola Dunn: Daisy Dalrymple Mystery Series

Kaitlyn Dunnett: Liss MacCrimmon Mystery Series AND Deadly Edits Mystery Series

Gemma Halliday: High Heels Mystery  Series

Victoria Hamilton (aka Amanda Cooper): Merry Muffin Mystery Series

B.B. Haywood: Candy Holliday Mystery Series

Miranda James  (aka Dean James,  Jimmie Ruth Evans, & Honor Hartman): Southern Ladies Mystery Series

Carolyn Keene: Nancy Drew Mystery Series (first entry The Secret of the Old Clock)

Victoria Laurie: Ghost Hunter Mystery Series 

Gayle Leeson (aka Gayle Trent & Amanda Lee): Down South Cafe Mystery Series

T.C. LoTempio (aka Toni LoTempio): Purr N’ Bark Pet Shop Mystery Series

Meg Macy: Teddy Bear Mystery Series

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

Patricia Moyes: Henry Tibbett Mystery Series

Elizabeth Peters (aka Barbara Michaels & Barbara Mertz): Amelia Peabody Mystery Series

Julia Spencer-Fleming: Clare Fergusson / Russ Van Alstyne Mystery Series (first entry In the Bleak Midwinter)

[If you click on the author’s name (blue) link, it will take you to his/her page on the Cozy Mystery site. The pages have all of the authors’ books listed chronologically.]

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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