So, what Cozy Mysteries that you’ve read during August do you think stand out from the rest? 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 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: Book Collectors Mystery Series
Ellery Adams (aka Jennifer Stanley, J. B. Stanley, & 1/2 of Lucy Arlington): Book Retreat Mystery Series
Donna Andrews: Meg Langslow Mystery Series
Sandra Balzo: Maggy Thorsen Mystery Series
John Berendt: Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
Claire Booth: Sheriff Hank Worth Mystery Series (The Branson Beauty, book #1)
Rhys Bowen: Royal Spyness Mystery Series
Simon Brett: Mrs. Pargeter Mystery Series
Issy Brooke: Small Town Murder Bureau Mystery Series (The Case of the Lincoln Imp, book #1)
Elizabeth Kane Buzzelli (aka Elizabeth Lee): Little Library Mystery Series
Kate Collins: Flower Shop Mystery Series
E.J. Copperman (aka Jeffrey Cohen): Haunted Guesthouse Mystery Series
Bill Crider: Dan Rhodes Mystery Series
Waverly Curtis: Barking Detective Mystery Series
Jeanne M. Dams: Dorothy Martin Mystery Series
Leighann Dobbs: Blackmoore Sisters Mystery Series, Mystic Notch Mystery Series, Mooseamuck Island Mystery Series
Wendy Sand Eckel: Rosalie Hart Mystery Series (Murder at Barclay Meadow, book #1)
Monica Ferris (aka Mary Monica Pulver & 1/2 of Margaret Frazer): Needlecraft Mystery Series
Rosie Genova: Italian Kitchen Mystery Series
Chloe Kendrick: Food Truck Mystery Series (Murder To Go, book #1)
Catherine Lloyd: Kurland St. Mary Mystery Series
Charlotte Macleod: Grab Bag (short story collection)
Alyssa Maxwell: Gilded Newport Mystery Series
Edith Maxwell (aka Maddie Day & Tace Baker): Local Foods Mystery Series
Julie Moffett: Lexi Carmichael Mystery Series
Terrie Farley Moran: Read ‘Em and Eat Mystery Series
Carlene O’Conner: Irish Village Mystery Series
Katherine Hall Page: Faith Fairchild Mystery Series
Michael Robertson: Baker Street Letters Series (The Baker Street Letters, book #1)
Sara Rosett: Ellie Avery Mystery Series
Ann B. Ross: Miss Julia Mystery Series
Linda Wiken (aka Erika Chase): Dinner Club 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.
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P.S. I usually don’t comment on your recommendations since they speak for themselves.
As it will soon my August, it’s time for me to ask you ALL about the Cozies you’ve been reading this month. As some of you know, I highlighted two Cozy Mystery series (Cleo Coyle’s Coffeehouse Mystery Series and Leslie Meier’s Lucy Stone Mystery Series) that are popular for a reason: they’re both great examples of what we look for in our Cozies! So rather than repeat everything I previously said about my two picks for this month’s recommendations, I’ll refer you to the 
It’s the end of the month, which means it’s the time I ask you about your favorite Cozy reads of the month. I know summer is a hectic time of year, but I’m guessing all of us make time to read our Cozy Mysteries. I wish I could say that I have been reading outside, while enjoying the summer breeze, but since the heat index has been over 100° several days down here in San Antonio, I’ve been reading inside with the air conditioner cranked up.
This month my recommendation is Kylie Logan‘s Mayhem at the Orient Express – the first book in her League of Literary Ladies Mystery Series. This is a fun page-turner. I really enjoy the relationships between the members of the “League” who solve the murder. I also like the small town setting >>> on a small island in Lake Erie. Added to the small-town ambiance is that this is a mystery that takes place in an isolated “nobody in/nobody out” setting. Kylie Logan writes well-differentiated, life-like characters. This Cozy harkens back to classic Agatha Christie’s mysteries with the isolated setting and the many characters with motives, means, and opportunities to commit the crime.