It’s the end of the first month of the year, so this will be our first Cozy Monthly recommendations for 2017! If you read a great Cozy in January, be sure to post it here! I haven’t had as much time as I would like to read unfortunately, so I only have one recommendation – Lucy Burdette‘s Key West Food Critic Mystery Series.

If you’re interested in reading why I’m recommending these series, you can go to the Most Popular & Recommended Cozy Mystery Series page on my Cozy-Mystery site for my full write-ups on each of these great Cozy series.

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 2017 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:

Victoria Abbott (writing duo Mary Jane Maffini & daughter Victoria Maffini): Book Collectors Mystery Series

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

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

Nancy Atherton: Aunt Dimity Mystery Series

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

Ellen Byron: Cajun Country Mystery Series

Lynn Cahoon: Tourist Trap Mystery Series

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

Jane K. Cleland: Josie Prescott Antiques Mystery Series

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

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

Leighann Dobbs: Lexy Baker Mystery Series

Elizabeth J. Duncan: Shakespeare in the Catskills Mystery Series

Carola Dunn: Daisy Dalrymple Mystery Series

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

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

A. W. Hartoin: Mercy Watts Mystery Series (first book A Good Man Gone)

Betty Hechtman: Crochet Mystery Series

Delia James: Witch’s Cat Mystery Series

Kate Kingsbury  (aka Rebecca Kent & Allison Kingsley): Pennyfoot Hotel Mystery Series

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

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

Catherine Lloyd: Kurland St. Mary Mystery Series

Karen Macinerney: Dewberry Farm Mystery Series

Susan Elia MacNeal: Maggie Hope Mystery Series

Molly MacRae: Highland Bookshop Mystery Series

Catriona McPherson: Dandy Gilver Mystery Series

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

Leslie Meier: Lucy Stone Mystery Series

Charlotte Moore:  Kate & Kylie Mystery Series (first book A Body in the Bargain)

Diana Orgain: Love or Money Mystery Series

Louise Penny: Chief Inspector Gamache Mystery Series

Carol J. Perry: Witch City Mystery Series

Barbara Ross: Maine Clambake Mystery Series

Samantha Silvers: Cassie Coburn Mystery Series (first book Poison in Paddington)

Karen Rose Smith: Caprice de Luca Mystery Series

Diane Vallere: Material Witness Mystery Series

Radha Vatsal: Kitty Weeks Mystery Series (first book A Front Page Affair)

Lea Wait: 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.

Well, the New Year will be coming up very soon, so it’s time for the last discussion of our favorite Cozy reading material of 2016! If you’ve read a great Cozy in December, be sure to post it here! This month, I read Lucy Arlington‘s Novel Idea Mystery Series, so I’ll start it off with that! (I also read Last Bus to Woodstock, by Colin Dexter, but that’s just far enough from being “Cozy” that I’m not going to include it on this list…)

If you’re interested in reading why I’m recommending these series, you can go to the Most Popular & Recommended Cozy Mystery Series page on my Cozy-Mystery site for my full write-ups on each of these great Cozy series.

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 2016 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:

Victoria Abbott (Writing duo Mary Jane Maffini & daughter Victoria Maffini): Book Collectors Mystery Series

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

Donna Andrews: Meg Langslow Mystery Series

Lucy Arlington (co-written by Jennifer Stanley & Sylvia May): Novel Idea Mystery Series

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

Jill Churchill: Grace and Favor Mystery Series

Jane Cleland: Josie Prescott Antiques Mystery Series

Cleo Coyle (aka Alice Kimberly): Coffeehouse Mystery Series

Ellen Crosby: Wine Country Mystery Series

Krista Davis: Domestic Diva Mystery Series

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

Elizabeth J. Duncan: Penny Brannigan Mystery Series

Sharon Fiffer: Jane Wheel Mystery Series

Charles Finch: Charles Lenox Mystery Series

Kristine Husom: Snow Globe Shop Mystery Series

Nancy Lynn Jarvis: Raven McHenry Real Estate Mystery Series

Diane Kelly: Tara Holloway Mystery Series

K. J. Larsen: Cat DeLuca Mystery Series (book #1 Liar, Liar)

Karen MacInerney: Dewberry Farm Mystery Series

Gail Oust: Piper Prescott Mystery Series

Kathy Reichs: Temperance Brennen Mystery Series

David Rosenfelt: Andy Carpenter Mystery Series

Sarah Rosett: Murder on Location Mystery Series

Paige Shelton: Scottish Bookshop Mystery Series

Angela M. Sanders: The Lanvin Murders

Livia 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.

December is almost upon us, so it’s time to discuss our favorite Cozy mysteries that we’ve read in November. This month I discussed Jenn McKinlay‘s Cupcake Bakery Mystery Series and Rae Davies‘s Dusty Deals Mystery Series, so I’ll start the list off with those!

If you’re interested in reading why I’m recommending these series, you can go to the Most Popular & Recommended Cozy Mystery Series page on my Cozy-Mystery site for my full write-ups on each of these great Cozy series.

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 2016 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:

Victoria Abbott (writing duo Mary Jane Maffini & daughter Victoria Maffini): Book Collectors Mystery Series

Ali Brandon (aka Diane A.S. Stuckart): Black Cat Bookshop Mystery Series

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

Kate Carlisle: Fixer-Upper Mystery Series

Rae Davies (aka Lori Devoti): Dusty Deals Mystery Series

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

Sarah Fox: Music Lover’s Mystery Series

Kerry Greenwood: Corinna Chapman Mystery Series

Susanna Hardy (aka Sadie Hartwell): Greek to Me Mystery Series

Joan Hess: Maggody Mystery Series

Judy La Salle: Scrooge, the Year After

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

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

Meg Muldoon: Christmas River Mystery Series (first book Murder in Christmas River)

Louise Penny: Chief Inspector Gamache Mystery Series

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

Victoria Thompson: Gaslight Mystery Series

Diane Vallere: Costume Shop Mystery Series

Lea Wait: 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.

November’s almost here, so it’s time to discuss the Cozy mysteries we have read (during October) and can strongly recommend to other site viewers! This month I discussed Teresa Trent‘s Pecan Bayou Mystery Series and Ellery Adam‘s Books by the Bay Mystery Series, so I’ll start the list off with those!

If you’re interested in reading why I’m recommending these series, you can go to the Most Popular & Recommended Cozy Mystery Series page on my Cozy-Mystery site for my full write-ups on each of these great Cozy series.

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 2016 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:

Victoria Abbott (Writing duo Mary Jane Maffini & daughter Victoria Maffini): Book Collectors Mystery Series

Ellery Adams: Books by the Bay Mystery Series

Sally Andrew: Tannie Maria Mystery Series (Recipes for Love and Murder, book #1)

Nancy Atherton: Aunt Dimity Mystery Series

Donald Bain & “Jessica Fletcher”: Murder, She Wrote Mystery Series

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

Stephanie Blackmoore: Wedding Planner Mystery Series

Stephanie Bond: Body Movers Mystery Series

Julia Buckley: Writer Apprentice Mystery Series

Julia Buckley: Undercover Dish Mystery Series

Ellen Byron: Cajun Country Mystery Series

Laura Childs: Scrapbooking Mystery Series

Sheila Connolly (aka Sarah Atwell): Orchard Mystery Series

E.J. Copperman (aka Jeffrey Cohen): Mysterious Detective Mystery Series

Barbara Early (aka Beverly Allan): Vintage Toy Shop Mystery Series

Alex Erikson: Bookstore Café Mystery Series (Death by Coffee, book #1)

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

Nancy Haddock: Silver Six Crafting Mystery Series

Charlaine Harris: Aurora Teagarden Mystery Series

Carolyn Hart: Bailey Ruth Ghost Mystery Series

Lee Hollis: Hayley Powell Food & Cocktail Mystery Series

Katherine Bolger Hyde: Crime with the Classics (Arsenic with Austen – book #1)

Sofie Kelly (aka Sofie Ryan): Magical Cats Mystery Series

Annie Knox (aka Wendy Lyn Watson): Pet Boutique Mystery Series

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

Jess Lourey: Murder-by-Month Mystery Series

Leslie Meier: Lucy Stone Mystery Series

Diana Orgain: Love or Money Mystery Series

Gigi Pandian: Jaya Jones Treasure Hunt Mystery Series (Artifact, book #1)

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

Denise Swanson: Scumble River Mystery Series

Joyce Tremel: Brewing Trouble Mystery Series

Teresa Trent: Pecan Bayou Mystery Series

Diane Vallere: Costume Shop Mystery Series

Lea Wait: 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.