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 Joan Hess’s Claire Malloy 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 2019 that you want the rest of us to know about, and why did you enjoy it?

Mildred Abbott: Cozy Corgi Mystery Series (first entry Cruel Candy)

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

Judith A. Barrett: Donut Lady Mystery Series (first entry Sweet Deal Sealed)

Rita Mae Brown: Mrs. Murphy Mystery Series

Kelsey Browning and Nancy Naigle: The G Team Mystery Series (first entry In for a Penny)

Catherine Bruns: Italian Chef Mystery Series

Julia Buckley: Hungarian Tea House Mystery Series

Ellen Byron: Cajun Country Mystery Series

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

Laurie Cass (aka Laura Alden): Bookmobile Cat Mystery Series

Vivien Chien: Noodle Shop Mystery Series

Sheila Connolly (aka Sarah Atwell): County Cork Mystery Series

Rich Curtin: Manny Rivera Mystery Series (first entry Artifacts of Death)

Krista Davis: Domestic Diva Mystery Series

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

Elizabeth J. Duncan: Penny Brannigan Mystery Series

Carola Dunn: Daisy Dalrymple Mystery Series

P N Elrod: The Vampire Files (first entry Bloodlist)

Frances Evesham: Eveham on Sea Mystery Series (first entry Murder at the Lighthouse)

Kerry Greenwood: Phryne Fisher Mystery Series

Carolyn Haines: Sarah Booth Delaney Mystery Series

Betty Hechtman: Yarn Retreat Mystery Series

Joan Hess: Claire Malloy Mystery Series

Julianne Holmes: Clock Shop Mystery Series

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

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

Donna Leon: Guido Brunetti Mystery Series

Charlotte MacLeod (aka Alisa Craig): Peter Shandy Mystery Series

Mary Jane Maffini (aka Victoria Abbott – writing duo Mary Jane Maffini & daughter Victoria Maffini): Charlotte Adams Mystery Series

Mary Marks: Martha Rose Quilting Mystery Series

Faith Martin (aka Joyce Cato): Jenny Starling Mystery Series (first entry The Birthday Mystery)

Karen Menuhin: Country House Murder Mystery Series (first entry Murder at Melrose Court)

Patricia Moyes: Henry Tibbett Mystery Series

Delia Owens: Where the Crawdads Sing

Katherine Hall Page: Faith Fairchild Mystery Series

David Rosenfelt: Andy Carpenter Mystery Series

Alexander McCall Smith: No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency

Ruth Ware: The Death of Mrs. Westaway

Nancy Warren: The Vampire Knitting Club Mystery Series (first entry The Vampire Knitting Club)

Jane Willan: Sister Agatha and Father Selwyn Mystery Series (first entry The Shadow of Death)

Ovidia Yu: Singaporean Mystery Series (first entry Auntie Lee’s Delights)

[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.

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 Cyril Hare’s Inspector Mallet 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 2019 that you want the rest of us to know about, and why did you enjoy it?

Here are the current recommended authors who some of you have read and recommended this past month:

Susan Wittig Albert: China Bayles Herbal Mysteries Series

Barbara Allan: Trash ‘n’ Treasures Mystery Series

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

Jenna Bennett (aka Jennie Bentley & Bente Gallagher): Savannah Martin Mystery Series

J S Borthwick: Sarah Deane Mystery Series (first entry The Case of the Hook-Billed Kites)

Simon Brett: Mrs. Parteger Mystery Series

Emily Brightwell: Mrs. Jeffries Mystery Series

Frances Brody: Kate Shackleton Mystery Series

Rita Mae Brown: Mrs. Murphy Mystery Series

Lynn Cahoon: Farm-to-Fork Mystery Series

Kate Carlisle: Bibliophile Mystery Series

Laurie Cass (aka Laura Alden): Bookmobile Cat Mystery Series

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

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

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

Charles Finch: Charles Lenox Mystery Series

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

Sarah Graves: Death By Chocolate Mystery Series

Lena Gregory: Bay Island Psychic Mystery Series AND All-Day Breakfast Cafe Mystery Series

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

Carolyn Haines: Sarah Booth Delaney Mystery Series

Cyril Hare: Inspector Mallet Mystery Series

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

Cheryl Hollon: Webb’s Glass Shop Mystery Series

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

Tonya Kappes (aka Maymee Bell): Campers and Criminals Mystery Series AND Magical Cures Mystery Series

Laurie R. King: Mary Russell Mystery Series

T E Kinsey: Lady Hardcastle Mystery Series (first book A Quiet Life in the Country)

Libby Klein: Poppy McAllister Mystery Series (first entry Class Reunions are Murder)

Cynthia Kuhn: Lila Maclean Mystery Series

Kylie Logan (aka Miranda Bliss & Casey Daniels): League of Literary Ladies Mystery Series

Karen Musser Nortman: Frannie Shoemaker Campground Mystery Series (first entry Bats and Bones)

Katherine Hall Page: Faith Fairchild Mystery Series

Spencer Quinn (aka Peter Abrahams): Chet and Bernie Mystery Series

Rex Stout: Nero Wolfe 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.

June is wrapping up, so here’s this month’s post for recommending Cozy Mysteries you’ve read!

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 Sheila Connolly’s County Cork 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 June? 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 June 2019 that you want the rest of us to know about, and why did you enjoy it?

Here are the current recommended authors who some of you have read and recommended this past month:

Susan Wittig Albert: Crystal Cave Mystery Series

James Anderson: The Never-Open Desert Diner AND Lullaby Road

Nancy Atherton: Aunt Dimity Mystery Series

Joy Avon: Book Tea Shop Mystery Series (first entry In Peppermint Peril)

Gillian Baker: Digital Detective Mystery Series (first entry Blogging is Murder)

Leo Bruce: Death in Albert Park

Leslie Budewitz: Spice Shop Mystery Series

V.M. Burns: Mystery Bookshop Mystery Series

Kate Carlisle: Bibliophile Mystery Series

Vivien Chien: Noodle Shop Mystery Series

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

Blaize Clement and John Clement: Dixie Hemingway Mystery Series

Sheila Connolly: County Cork Mystery Series

Krista Davis: Paws & Claws Mystery Series

Carola Dunn: Daisy Dalrymple Mystery Series

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

Joanne Fluke: Hannah Swensen Mystery Series

Margaret Frazer (aka Mary Monica Pulver (Monica Ferris) & Gail Frazer): Sister Frevisse Medieval Mystery Series

Elly Griffiths: The Stranger Diaries

Parnell Hall (aka J. P. Hailey): Puzzle Lady Mystery Series

Laurie R. King: Mary Russell Mystery Series

Libby Klein: Poppy McAllister Mystery Series (first entry Class Reunions are Murder)

Kylie Logan (aka Miranda Bliss & Casey Daniels): Jazz Ramsey Mystery Series

Jenn McKinlay (aka Josie Belle & Lucy Lawrence): Cupcake Bakery Mystery Series

Patricia Moyes: Henry Tibbett Mystery Series

Katherine Hall Page: Faith Fairchild Mystery Series

Louise Penny: Chief Inspector Gamache 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.

May is coming to an end, so it’s time for the monthly Cozy recommendations thread!

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 another frequently recommended book, the first entry in Paige Shelton’s Scottish Bookshelf 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 May? 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 May 2019 that you want the rest of us to know about, and why did you enjoy it?

Here are the current recommended authors who some of you have read and recommended this past month:

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

Barbara Allan: Trash ‘N’ Treasures Mystery Series

Juliet Blackwell (aka Hailey Lind): Witchcraft Mystery Series

Bethany Blake: Lucky Paws Petsitting Mystery Series

Heather Blake (aka Heather Webber): Wishcraft Mystery Series

Leo Bruce: Furious Old Women

V.M. Burns: Mystery Bookshop Mystery Series

Lynn Cahoon: Cat Latimer Mystery Series

Anne Canadeo (aka Katherine Spencer): Black Sheep Knitting Mystery Series

Vivien Chien: Noodle Shop Mystery Series

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

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

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

Krista Davis: Domestic Diva Mystery Series AND Pen & Ink Mystery Series

Julianna Deering: Drew Farthering Mystery Series

Carola Dunn: Daisy Dalrymple Mystery Series

Lauren Elliott: Bookstore Mystery Series (first entry Murder By the Book)

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

Janet Finsilver: Kelly Jackson Mystery Series

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

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

Daryl Wood Gerber (aka Avery Aames): Cookbook Nook Mystery Series

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

Ruth Hartzler: Amish Cupcake Cozy Mystery Series (first entry True Confections)

Abigail Keam: Josiah Reynolds, Beekeper Mystery Series

Amy Lillard: Amish Mystery Series (first entry Kappy King and the Puppy Kaper)

Alyssa Maxwell: Gilded Newport Mystery Series

Jenn McKinlay (aka Josie Belle & Lucy Lawrence): Cupcake Bakery Mystery Series

Patricia Moyes: Henry Tibbett Mystery Series

Carlene O’Connor: Irish Village Mystery Series

Paige Shelton: Scottish Bookshelf Mystery Series

Karen Rose Smith: Daisy’s Tea Garden Mystery Series

Viveca Sten: Sandhamn Murders Mystery Series (first entry Still Waters)

Victoria Thompson: Gaslight Mystery Series

Livia J. Washburn: Fresh-Baked 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.