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Cozy Mystery Book Recommendations – June 2019

June 29, 2019

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.

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Cozy Mystery Book Recommendations – May 2019

May 29, 2019

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.

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Cozy Mystery Book Recommendations – April 2019

April 30, 2019

April is coming to an end, so it’s time for the monthly Cozy recommendations thread! I’m starting this one a bit late, so regular posts like the beginning of month and Monday posts will be pushed just a bit back!

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 Amanda Flower’s Amish Candy 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 April? 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 April 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:

Julia Buckley: Writer’s Apprentice Mystery Series

Kate Carlisle:  Bibliophile Mystery Series

Vivien Chien: Noodle Shop Mystery Series

Sheila Connolly (aka Sarah Atwell): Orchard Mystery Series

Krista Davis: Pen & Ink Mystery Series

Krista Davis: Paws & Claws Mystery Series

Maddie Day (aka Edith Maxwell & Tace Baker): Cozy Capers Book Group Mystery Series

Kathleen Delaney: Mary McGill Mystery Series (Purebred Dead is the 1st book)

Amanda Flower: 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: The Stranger Diaries (stand-alone non-Cozy)

Lee Harris: Christine Bennett Mystery Series

Hazel Holt: Mrs. Malory Mystery Series

Leslie Karst: Sally Solari Mystery Series

Essie Lang (aka Erika Chase & Linda Wiken): Castle Bookshop Mystery Series

Alyssa Maxwell: Lady and Lady’s Maid Mystery Series

Patricia Moyes: Inspector Tibbett Mystery Series

David Rosenfelt: Andy Carpenter Mystery Series

Sofie Ryan: Second Chance Cat Mystery Series

Paige Shelton: Scottish Book Shop 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 – March 2019

March 29, 2019

March is ending, so let’s discuss our favorite books of the last 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 another frequently recommended book, the first entry in the Vicki Delany Sherlock Holmes Bookshop 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 March? 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 March 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

Bree Baker: Seaside Cafe Mystery Series (first entry Live and Let Chai)

Juliet Blackwell (aka Hailey Lind): Haunted Home Mystery Series

Lynn Bohard: Old Maids of Mercer Island (first entry Inn Keeping With Murder)

Melissa Bourbon(aka Winnie Archer & Misa Ramirez): Magical Dressmaking Mystery Series

Emily Brightwell: Mrs. Jeffries Mystery Series

Lynn Cahoon: Farm-to-Fork Mystery Series

Maia Chance: Fairy Tale Fatal Mystery Series

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

Vivien Chien: Noodle Shop Mystery Series

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

Cleo Coyle (aka Alice Kimberly): Coffeehouse Mystery Series

Vicki Delany: Sherlock Holmes Bookshop Mystery Series

Joanne Fluke: Hannah Swensen Mystery Series

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

Charlaine Harris: Lily Bard Mystery Series

Lee Hollis: Hailey Powell Food & Cocktail Mystery Series

Karin Kaufman: Smithwell Fairies Mystery Series (first entry Dying to Remember)

Diane Kelly: House-Flipper Mystery Series

Serena Kent: Death in Provence

Essie Lang (aka Linda Wiken & Erika Chase): Castle Bookshop Mystery Series

Faith Martin: Hillary Greene Mystery Series (not so Cozy, reputedly – first entry A Narrow Road)

Carlene O’Connor: Irish Village Mystery Series

Carol J. Perry: Witch City Mystery Series

William Seil: The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: The Titanic Tragedy

Livia Washburn: Fresh-Baked Mystery Series

Kirsten Weiss: Pie Town 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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