August is coming to an end, so it’s time to discuss our favorite Cozy Mysteries that we’ve read over the course of the 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! This month, I read Lynn Cahoon‘s Tourist Trap Mystery Series. If you want to know why I recommend that series, be sure to check out the blog entry I wrote on it!

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 August2018 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:

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

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

Donna Andrews: Meg Langslow Mystery Series

Christy Barritt: Squeaky Clean Mystery Series

Maymee Bell (aka Tonya Kappes): Southern Cake Baker Mystery Series

Laurien Berenson: Melanie Travis Mystery Series

Heather Blake (aka Heather Webber): Wishcraft Mystery Series

Rhys Bowen: Royal Spyness Mystery Series

Julia Buckley: Writer’s Apprentice Mystery Series

Leslie Budewitz: Food Lovers’ Village Mystery Series

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

Lynn Cahoon: Tourist Trap Mystery Series AND Farm-to-Fork Mystery Series

Kate Carlisle: Bibliophile Mystery Series

Andrea Carter: Inishowen Mystery Series (first entry Death at Whitewater Church)

Bailey Cattrell (aka Bailey Cates  & Cricket McRae): Enchanted Garden Mystery Series

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

Vivien Chien: Noodle Shop Mystery Series

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

Kate Collins: Flower Shop Mystery Series

Hy Conrad: Mr. Monk Mystery Series

E.J. Copperman (aka Jeffrey Cohen): Agent to the Paws Mystery Series

Cleo Coyle (aka Alice Kimberly): Coffeehouse Mystery Series

Jeanne M. Dams: Dorothy Martin Mystery Series

Krista Davis: Domestic Diva Mystery Series

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

Connie di Marco (aka Connie Archer): Zodiac Mystery Series

Carole Nelson Douglas: Midnight Louie & Temple Barr Mystery Series

Elizabeth J. Duncan: Penny Brannigan Mystery Series

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

Joanne Fluke: Hannah Swensen Mystery Series

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

Lee Goldberg: Mr. Monk Mystery Series

Carolyn Haines: Sarah Booth Delaney Series

Lee Hollis: Desert Flowers Mystery Series

Abigail Keam: Josiah Reynolds, Beekeeper Mystery Series

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

Kathy Krevat (aka Kathy Aarons): Gourmet Cat Mystery Series

Amanda Lee (aka Gayle Trent & Gayle Leeson): Embroidery Mystery Series

Kylie Logan (aka Miranda Bliss & Casey Daniels): Ethnic Eats Mystery Series

Molly MacRae: Haunted Yarn Shop Mystery Series

Olivia Matthews: Sister Lou Mystery Series (first entry Mayhem & Mass)

G. A. McKevett: Savannah Reid Mystery Series

Julie Mulhern: Country Club Murders (first entry The Deep End)

Nora Page (aka Ann Myers): Bookmobile Mystery Series

Ellis Peters: Brother Cadfael Mystery Series

Shari Randall: Lobster Shack Mystery Series

Paige Shelton: Scottish Bookshop Mystery Series

Kay Dew Shostak: Chancey Books Mystery Series (first entry Next Stop, Chancey)

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.

July is coming to an end, so it’s time to discuss our favorite Cozy Mysteries that we’ve read over the course of the 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! This month, I reread one of my own favorites, the first in the Brother Cadfael Mystery Series by Ellis Peters. If you want to know why I recommend that series, be sure to check out the post I wrote on it!

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 2018 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): Supper Club Mystery Series

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

Sandra Balzo: Maggy Thorson Mystery Series

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

Maymee Bell (aka Tonya Kappes): Southern Cake Baker Mystery Series

Ginger Bolton (aka Janet Bolin): Deputy Donut Mystery Series

Rhys Bowen: Royal Spyness Mystery Series

Simon Brett: Fethering Mystery Series

Lynn Cahoon: Farm-to-Fork Mystery Series

Kate Carlisle: Bibliophile Mystery Series

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

Peg Cochran (aka Meg London): Farmer’s Daughter Mystery Series

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

Leslie Cookman: Libby Sarjeant Mystery Series

Deborah Crombie: Kincaid & James Mystery Series

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

Carrie Doyle: Hamptons Murder Mysteries (first entry Death on Windmill Way)

Joanne Fluke: Hannah Swensen Mystery Series

Jacqueline Frost (aka Julie Chase & Julie Anne Lindsey): Christmas Tree Farm Mystery Series

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

Victoria Gilbert: Blue Ridge Library Mystery Series

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

H. Y. Hanna: Oxford Tearoom Mystery Series (first entry A Scone to Die For)

Hazel Holt: Mrs. Mallory Mystery Series

Vaseem Khan: Baby Ganesh Agency Investigation Mystery Series (first entry The Unexpected Inheritance of Inspector Chopra)

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

R. J. Koreto: The Body in the Ballroom

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

Laura Levine: Jaine Austen Mystery Series

Meg Macy: Teddy Bear Mystery Series

Olivia Matthews: Sister Lou Mystery Series (fist entry Mayhem & Mass)

Isabella Muir: Janie Juke Mystery Series (first entry The Tapestry Bag)

Katherine Hall Page: Faith Fairchild Mystery Series

Ellis Peters: Brother Cadfael Mystery Series

Karen Rose Smith: Daisy’s Tea Garden Mystery Series

Rosemary Stevens (aka Rosemary Martin): Beau Bremmel Mystery Series

Vidar Sundstøl: Minnesota Trilogy (first entry The Land of Dreams)

Denise Swanson: Chef-to-Go Mystery Series

Peter Tremayne: Sister Fidelma 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 coming to an end, so it’s time to discuss our favorite Cozy Mysteries that we’ve read over the course of the 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! I haven’t had a lot of time for reading unfortunately, so I don’t have any Cozy Mystery recommendations to share myself.

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 2018 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): Supper Club Mystery Series

Nancy Atherton: Aunt Dimity Mystery Series

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

Maymee Bell (aka Tonya Kappes): Southern Baker Mystery Series

Rhys Bowen: Molly Murphy Mystery Series

Kathleen Bridge: Hamptons Home & Gardens Mystery Series

Rita Mae Brown: Mrs. Murphy Mystery Series

Leslie Budewitz: Food Lovers’ Mystery Series

V.M. Burns: Mystery Bookshop Mystery Series

Ellen Byron: Cajun Country Mystery Series

Kate Carlisle: Bibliophile Mystery Series AND Fixer-Upper Mystery Series

Amanda Carmack: Elizabethan Mystery Series

Bailey Cattrell (aka Bailey Cates  & Cricket McRae): Enchanted Garden Mystery Series

Ann Cleeves: Vera Stanhope Mystery Series

Blaize/John Clement: Dixie Hemingway Mystery Series

Marla Cooper: Destination Wedding Mystery Series

Catherine Coulter and J. T. Ellison: A Brit in the FBI Mystery Series (non-Cozy, thrillers, first entry The Final Cut)

Cleo Coyle (aka Alice Kimberly): Coffeehouse Mystery Series

Krista Davis: Domestic Diva Mystery Series

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

Connie di Marco (aka Connie Archer): Zodiac Mystery Series

Claire Donally: Sunny & Shadow Mystery Series

Elizabeth J. Duncan: Shakespeare in the Catskills Mystery Series

Kate Dyer-Seeley (aka Ellie Alexander): Rose City Mystery Series

Peggy Ehrhart: Knit & Nibble Mystery Series

Monica Ferris (aka Mary Monica Pulver & 1/2 of Margaret Frazer for first 6 Sister Frevisse mysteries): Needlecraft Mystery Series

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

Joanne Fluke: Hannah Swensen Mystery Series

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

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

Nell Hampton (aka Nancy Coco and Nancy J. Parra): Kensington Palace Chef Mystery Series

Maddy Hunter: Passport to Peril Mystery Series

D.E. Ireland (pseudonym used by two authors – Meg Mims (aka Meg Macy) and Sharon Pisacreta (aka Sharon Farrow)): Eliza Doolittle & Henry Higgins Mystery Series

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

Kylie Logan (aka Miranda Bliss & Casey Daniels): Ethnic Eats Mystery Series

Alyssa Maxwell: Gilded Newport Mystery Series

G. A. McKevett: Savannah Reid Mystery Series

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

Julie Mulhern: The Country Club Murders (first entry The Deep End)

Katherine Hall Page: Faith Fairchild Mystery Series

Shari Randall: Lobster Shack Mystery Series

Annelise Ryan (aka Allyson K. Abbott & Beth Amos): Mattie Winston Mystery Series

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

Karen Rose Smith: Daisy’s Tea Garden Mystery Series

Joyce Tremel: Brewing Trouble 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.

We’re coming to the end of May, so it’s once again time to discuss the best Cozy mysteries 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! This has been a good month for me in terms of time I’ve been able to spend reading, so I have two series to recommend – Kathleen Bridge’s Hampton Home & Garden Mystery Series, and Carolyn Hart’s Death on Demand Mystery Series. I’m not going to go into detail again here on why I recommend them, as I’ve already written full blog posts about each, but if you’re interested be sure to check out the entries!

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 2018 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 AND Supper Club Mystery Series

Barbara Allan: Trash ‘n’ Treasures Mystery Series

Donna Andrews: Meg Langslow Mystery Series

Mary Kay Andrews (aka Kathy Hogan Trocheck): The High Tide Club (not Cozy)

Cynthia Baxter: Lickety Splits Ice Cream Shoppe 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

Bethany Blake: Lucky Paws Petsitting Mystery Series

Rhys Bowen: In Farleigh Field (not Cozy)

Kathleen Bridge: Hampton Home & Garden Mystery Series AND Home by the Sea Mystery Series

Duffy Brown: Cycle Path Mystery Series AND Consignment Shop Mystery Series

Vivien Chen: Noodle Shop Mystery Series

Laura Childs: Tea Shop Mystery Series AND Scrapbooking Mystery Series AND Cackleberry Club Mystery Series

Jane K. Cleland: Josie Prescott Antiques Mystery Series

Kate Collins: Flower Shop Mystery Series

Cleo Coyle (aka Alice Kimberly): Coffeehouse Mystery Series

Edmund Crispin: Gervase Fen Mystery Series

Elizabeth J. Duncan: Penny Brannigan Mystery Series

Kate Dyer-Seeley (aka Ellie Alexander): Rose City Mystery Series AND By the Sea Mystery Series

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

Agatha Frost: Peridale Cafe Mystery Series

Joanne Fluke: Hannah Swensen Mystery Series

Nell Hampton (aka Nancy Coco and Nancy J. Parra): Kensington Palace Chef Mystery Series

Carolyn Hart: Death on Demand Mystery Series

Mary Ellen Hughes: Keepsake Cove Mystery Series

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

Libby Kirsch: Stella Reynolds Mystery Series (first entry The Big Lead)

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

Mary Marks: Martha Rose Quilting Mystery Series

Shawn McGuire: Whispering Pines Mystery Series (first entry Family Secrets)

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

Lynne Murray: Josephine Fuller Mystery Series

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

Dell Shannon (aka Leslie Egan, Elizabeth Linington, & Anne Blaisdell): Luiz Mendosa Series

Dorothy Simpson: Inspector Thanet Series

Victoria Thompson: Gaslight Mystery Series

Sigrid Vansandt: Marsden-Lacey Cozy Mystery Series (first entry Two Birds With One Stone)

Debbie Young: Sophie Sayers Village Mystery Series (first entry Best Murder in Show)

[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.