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Mystery Book Recommendations – September 2014

September 27, 2014

As it is the end of September, how about if we do our Mystery Book Recommendations list for this month?

If you read an extremely good Cozy Mystery during September, please tell us about it! The rest of us are always looking for another great Cozy Mystery read! Please only tell us about the ones that were above and beyond the others, and also, tell us why you consider this book (or these books!) to have been so good.

[As usual, I ask that you don’t tell us about the mystery books you read that you didn’t like.]

What Cozy Mystery book (or author) have you read during September 2014, and why did you enjoy it (or him/her)?

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

Kathy Aarons: A Chocolate Covered Mystery Series (Death Is Like a Box of Chocolates is book #1)

Victoria Abbott (aka Mary Jane Maffini & Victoria Maffini): Book Collectors Mystery Series

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

Susan Wittig Albert (aka 1/2 of Robin Paige): Darling Dahlias Mystery Series

Tasha Alexander: Lady Emily Mystery Series

Eric Ambler: Journey of Fear (1940s thriller)

Terri Austin: Rose Strickland Mystery Series (Diners, Dives and Dead Ends is book #1)

Josie Belle (aka Jenn McKinlay & Lucy Lawrence): Good Buy Girls Mystery Series

Simon Brett: Charles Paris Mystery Series

Janet Cantrell: Fat Cat Mystery Series (Fat Cat at Large is book #1)

Kate Carlisle: Bibliophile Mystery Series

Nancy Coco (aka Nancy J. Parra): Candy-Coated Mystery Series

Susan Rogers Cooper: Milt Kovak Mystery Series

Isis Crawford (aka Barbara Block): Mystery with Recipes Mystery Series

Jessie Crockett: Sugar Grove Mystery Series

Waverly Curtis: Barking Detective Mystery Series

Mary Daheim: Hillside Manor Bed & Breakfast Mystery Series

Jeanne M. Dams: Dorothy Martin Mystery Series

Rosie Genova: Italian Kitchen Mystery Series

Daisy Goodwin: The Fortune Hunter (Not a Cozy nor a Mystery)

Jane Haddam: Gregor Demarkian Mystery Series

B.B. Haywood: Candy Holliday Mystery Series

Lee Hollis: Hayley Powell Food & Cocktail Mystery Series

Maria Hudgins: Dotsy Lamb Travel Mystery Series

Julie Hyzie: Manor House Mystery Series

D.E. Ireland: Eliza Doolittle & Henry Higgins Mystery Series (Wouldn’t It Be Deadly is book #1)

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

Mary Kennedy: Dream Club Mystery Series

Victoria Laurie, Nancy Martin, Denise Swanson, & Elaine Viets: Drop Dead Blonde (4 novellas)

Marilyn Levinson: Murder a la Christie

G. M. Malliet: St. Just Mystery Series

Mary Marks: Martha Rose Quilting Mystery Series

Terrie Farley Moran: Read ‘Em & Eat Mystery Series

Sandra Nobel: Fat Women Mystery Series (Fat Woman Mystery is book #1)

Carol J. Perry: Witch City Mystery Series

Susan Santangelo: Baby Boomer Mystery Series

Denise Swanson: Scumble River Mystery Series

Victoria Thompson: Gaslight Mystery Series

Lea Wait: Shadows Antique Print Mystery Series

L.C. Tyler: Crooked Herring

Christine Wenger: Comfort Food Mystery Series

Marty Wingate: Potting Shed Mystery Series (The Garden Plot is book #1)

[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.]

♦To access more Cozy Mystery Books Recommendations, click on this link♦

P.S. While I try to respond to all of the comments that are made on the Cozy Mystery blog, I generally don’t respond to the comments on these monthly recommendation entries. I do, however, list the recommended books that come via the Cozy Mystery blog’s comments!

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Mystery Book Recommendations – August 2014

August 27, 2014

This past month I have sort of been off my Cozy Mystery reading pattern. I have read a few Cozy Mystery books, but I also have taken a little break from Cozies, and have filled my reading time with three non-mystery books. I am currently reading an Ann Rule true crime novel, which I am enjoying  a lot. I used to read her true crime novels quite frequently, but for some reason, I sort of forgot about them until this month. (I won’t be adding her to the Cozy Mystery recommendations, since she obviously isn’t a Cozy Mystery author.)

Another non Cozy Mystery book I have been reading this month is Katherine Hepburn’s Me. Being an old Hollywood movie fan, it’s been fun to hear about how things were back when they were making my favorite black and white movies. (I won’t be adding this book to the Cozy Mystery recommendations list, either!) I go back and forth between Ann Rule’s true crime and Hepburn’s autobiography, and let me tell you, they are truly different from each other!

Please tell us about a Cozy Mystery series (or a few!) that you read this past month and want the rest of us to know about, in case we don’t already. And, please tell us why. These should only be the Cozy Mysteries that you think stood out as being even better than the other Cozies you read during the month.

[As usual, I ask that you don’t tell us about the mystery books you read that you didn’t like.]

What Cozy Mystery book (or author) have you read during August 2014, and why did you enjoy it (or him/her)?

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

Avery Aames (aka Daryl Wood Gerber): Cheese Shop Mystery Series

Allyson K. Abbott (aka Annelise Ryan & Beth Amos): Mack’s Bar Mystery Series

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

Esri Allbritten: Tripping Magazine Mystery Series (Chihuahua of the Baskervilles book #1)

Connie Archer: Soup Lover’s Mystery Series

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

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

Laurien Berenson: Melanie Travis Mystery Series

Rhys Bowen: Royal Spyness Mystery Series

Rhys Bowen: Molly Murphy Mystery Series

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

John Bude: The Cornish Coast Mystery

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

Lynn Cahoon: Tourist Trap Mystery Series

Blaize Clement: Dixie Hemingway Mystery Series

V.C. Clinton-Baddeley: Only a Matter of Time

Nancy Coco (aka Nancy Parra): Candy-Coated Mystery Series

J.J. Cook (aka Joyce and Jim Lavene & Ellie Grant): Biscuit Bowl Food Truck  Mystery Series

E.J. Copperman (aka Jeffrey Cohen): Haunted Guesthouse Mystery Series

Gina Cresse: Kate Cimaglia Mystery Series (Sinfandel is book #1)

Jessie Crockett: Sugar Grove Mystery Series

Mary Daheim: Hillside Manor Bed & Breakfast Mystery Series

Jeanne M. Dams: Dorothy Martin Mystery Series

Hannah Dennison: Honeychurch Hall Mystery Series

Anne George: Southern Sisters Mystery Series

Dorothy Gilman: Mrs. Pollifax Mystery Series

Elly Griffiths: Ruth Galloway Mystery Series (The Crossing Places is book #1)

Victoria Hamilton (aka Amanda Cooper & Donna Lea Simpson): Merry Muffin Mystery Series

Carolyn Hart: Death On Demand Mystery Series

Lee Hollis: Hailey Powell Food & Cocktail Mystery Series

J.A. Jance: Ali Reynolds Mystery Series

Annie Knox (Wendy Lynn Watson): Pet Boutique Mystery Series

Viginia Lowell: Cookie Cutter Shop Mystery Series

Charlotte MacLeod (aka Alisa Craig): Sarah Kelling & Max Bittersohn Mystery Series

Ada Madison (aka Margaret Grace & Camille Minichino): Sophie Knowles Mystery Series

Margaret Maron: Deborah Knott Mystery Series

Alyssa Maxwell: Gilded Newport Mystery Series

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

Ruth Moose: Beth McKenzie Mystery Series (Doing it at the Dixie Dew is book #1)

Liz Mugavero: Pawsitively Organic Mystery Series

Katherine Hall Page: Faith Fairchild Mystery Series

Anne Perry: Thomas & Charlotte Pitt Mystery Series

Sara Rosett: Ellie Avery Mystery Series

Mark Schweizer: Liturgical Mystery Series

Heather Webber (aka Heather Blake): Lucy Valentine 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.]

♦To access more Cozy Mystery Books Recommendations, click on this link♦

P.S. While I try to respond to all of the comments that are made on the Cozy Mystery blog, I generally don’t respond to the comments on these monthly recommendation entries. I do, however, list the recommended books that come via the Cozy Mystery blog’s comments!

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Mystery Book Recommendations – July 2014

July 27, 2014

I just finished a mystery by one of my favorite Cozy Mystery authors: Hazel Holt. It is such a joy to read a book by an author who I love to read. I not only enjoy Hazel Holt’s writing style, but I also like that she writes her mysteries in a way that, if you didn’t know the publication dates, you might think they were written at the same time as Agatha Christie’s mysteries.

By this I do not mean that Mrs. Malory lives without the modern conveniences that we all take for granted. I mean that Hazel Holt’s mysteries are very much in line with the classic Cozy Mystery authors. Mrs. Malory is an amateur sleuth who lives in a quaint and Cozy village where everyone seems to know everyone else, the criminal action takes place “off stage”, there is no profanity/swearing, no gratuitous sex or violence, and strong character development. (I hope I didn’t skip any other characteristics!)

I know I have written about how much I enjoy the Mrs. Malory Mystery Series before, but I hope it’s been long enough so as not to seem too repetitive. I strongly recommend Hazel Holt‘s Mrs. Malory Mystery Series.

Please tell us about a Cozy Mystery series (or a few!) that you read this past month that you think the rest of us should try reading, if we don’t already. And, please tell us why. These should only be the Cozy Mysteries that you think stood out as being even better than the other Cozies you read during the month.

[As usual, I ask that you don’t tell us about the mystery books you read that you didn’t like.]

What Cozy Mystery book (or author) have you read during July 2014, and why did you enjoy it (or him/her)?

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

Victoria Abbott (aka Mary Jane Maffini & Victoria Maffini): Book Collectors Mystery Series

Susan Wittig Albert (aka Robin Paige): China Bayles Mystery Series

Margaret Addison: Rose Simpson Mystery Series (book #1 is Murder at Ashgrove House)

Tasha Alexander: Lady Emily Mystery Series

Barbara Allan: Trash ‘n’ Treasures Mystery Series

Beverly Allen (aka Barbara Early): Bridal Bouquet Shop Mystery Series

Donna Andrews: Meg Langslow Mystery Series

Nancy Atherton: Aunt Dimity Mystery Series

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

Heather Blake (aka Heather Webber): Wishcraft Mystery Series

Rhys Bowen: Molly Murphy Mystery Series

Rhys Bowen: Royal Highness Mystery Series

Simon Brett: Blotto and Twinks Mystery Series

Emily Brightwell: Mrs. Jeffries Mystery Series

Leslie Budewitz: Food Lovers’ Village Mystery Series

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

Kate Carlisle: Bibliophile Mystery Series

Alyse Carlson: Garden Society Mystery Series

Agatha Christie: Hercule Poirot Mystery Series

Agatha Christie: Superintendent Battle Mystery Series

Agatha Christie: Why Didn’t They Ask Evans (Stand Alone mystery)

V.C. Clinton Baddeley: Only a Matter of Time

Sheila Connolly (akaSarah Atwell): Orchard Mystery Series

Shelley Costa: Miracolo Mystery Series

Krista Davis: Domestic Diva Mystery Series

Dawn Eastman: Family Fortune Mystery Series

Kate Ellis: Wesley Peterson Mystery Series

Female Sleuths Megapack Lady Molly of Scotland Yard Loveday Brooke and Amelia Butterworth

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

Dorothy Gilman: Mrs. Pollifax Mystery Series

Sally Goldenbaum: Seaside Knitters Mystery Series

Celine Grace: Death at the Manor (book # 1 in the Asharton Manor Mystery Series – novella length)

Victoria Hamilton (aka Amanda Cooper & Donna Lea Simpson): Merry Muffin Mystery Series

David Handler: Berger & Mitry Mystery Series

Betty Hechtman:Yarn Retreat Mystery Series

Joan Hess (aka Joan Hadley): Claire Malloy Mystery Series

Lee Hollis: Hailey Powell Food & Cocktail Mystery Series

Hazel Holt: Mrs. Malory Mystery Series

Dorothy Howell: Haley Randolph Mystery Series

Julie Hyzy: White House Chef Mystery Series

Julie Hyzy: Manor of Murder Mystery Series

Sue Ann Jaffarian: Ghost of Granny Apples Mystery Series

Joyce & Jim Lavene (aka J.J. Cook & Ellie Grant): Renaissance  Faire Mystery Series

Donna Leon: Guido Brunetti Mystery Series

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

Rhett MacPherson: Torie O’shea Mystery Series

Molly MacRae: Haunted Yarn Shop Mystery Series

Edith Maxwell (aka Tace Baker): Local Foods Mystery Series

Jennifer McAndrews: Ill-Gotten Panes (book # 1 in Stained Glass Mystery Series)

Sharyn McCrumb: Ballad Mystery Series

Jenn McKinlay (aka Josie Belle & Lucy Lawrence): Hat Shop Mystery Series

Karen Musser Nortman: Frannie Shoemaker Campground Mystery Series (book #1 is Bats and Bones)

Nancy J. Parra (aka Nancy Coco): Perfect Proposals Mystery Series

Ann Purser: Ivy Beasley Mystery Series

Heather Webber (aka Heather Blake): Lucy Valentine 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.]

♦To access more Cozy Mystery Books Recommendations, click on this link♦

P.S. While I try to respond to all of the comments that are made on the Cozy Mystery blog, I generally don’t respond to the comments on these monthly recommendation entries. I do, however, list the recommended books that come via the Cozy Mystery blog’s comments!

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Mystery Book Recommendations – June 2014

June 26, 2014

Well, I know it’s the end of June, because we are approaching the Fourth of July AND because it is hotter and more humid here in San Antonio than it was last month. Even without looking at the calendar, I could have guessed Fourth of July is right around the corner because last night I heard the first (illegal!) firecrackers – off in the distance. The other time firecrackers go off this much is when we are approaching New Year’s Eve, and it is a little cooler during that time of year. (OK, I’m underestimating the degree of cold here during the winter months!)

Since it is the end of June, I will ask you ALL, did you read a particularly good Cozy Mystery during June? If you did, please let us know about it (or them if you read more than one really good Cozy Mystery). And, please tell us why you are recommending the Cozy Mystery book(s), since the rest of us would really like to know, which will help us decide whether we want to read that author’s work, or not.

[As usual, I ask that you don’t tell us about the mystery books you read that you didn’t like.]

What Cozy Mystery book (or author) have you read during June 2014, and why did you enjoy it (or him/her)?

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

Catherine Aird: Inspector Sloan Mystery Series (Police Procedural)

Jeffrey Allen: Stay at Home Dad Mystery Series

M.C. Beaton (aka Marion Chesney):  The Skeleton in the Closet (Stand Alone)

Eileen Brady: Kate Turner Mystery Series (book #1 Muzzled)

Emily Brightwell: Mrs. Jeffries Mystery Series

Duffy Brown: Consignment Shop Mystery Series

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

Lynn Cahoon: Tourist Trap Mystery Series

Dorothy Cannell: Florence Norris Mystery Series

Kate Carlisle: Bibliophile Mystery Series

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

Laura Childs: Tea Shop Mystery Series

Edie Claire: Leigh Koslow Mystery Series

John Clement & Blaize Clement: Dixie Hemingway Mystery Series

Nancy Coco (aka Nancy J. Parra): Candy-Coated Mystery Series

Kate Collins: Flower Shop Mystery Series

Sheila Connolly (aka Sarah Atwell): Museum Mystery Series

Amanda Cooper (aka Victoria Hamilton & Donna Lea Simpson ): Teapot Collector Mystery Series

Isis Crawford (aka Barbara Block): Mysteries with Recipes Mystery Series

Jessie Crockett: Granite State Mystery Series

Diane Mott Davidson: Goldy Bear Mystery Series

Krista Davis: Paws and Claws Mystery Series

Krista Davis: Domestic Diva Mystery Series

Jana DeLeon: Miss Fortune Mystery Series

Hannah Dennison: Honeychurch Hall Mystery Series

Jo Dereske: Miss Zukas Mystery Series

Dawn Eastman: Family Fortune Mystery Series

Christy Fifield (aka Christy Evans): Haunted Souvenir Shop Mystery Series

Shelley Freydont: Celebration Bay Mystery Series

Erle Stanley Gardner: Perry Mason Mystery Series

Celina Grace: Asharton Manor Mysteries (novella #1 Death at the Manor)

M.K. Graff: Nora Tierney Mystery Series – The Scarlet Wench – Book #3 (book #1 The Blue Virgin)

Kerry Greenwood: Corinna Chapman Mystery Series

Janice Hamrick: Jocelyn Shore Mystery Series

David Handler: Berger & Mitry Mystery Series

Tessa Harris: Dr. Thomas Silkstone Mystery Series (book #1 The Anatomist’s Apprentice)

Joan Hess (aka Joan Hadley): Claire Malloy Mystery Series

Julie Hyzy: Manor of Murder Mystery Series

J.A. Jance: Ali Reynolds Mystery Series

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

John J. Lamb: Bear Collector’s Mystery Series

Joyce and Jim Lavene (aka J.J. Cook & Ellie Grant): Peggy Lee Garden Mystery Series

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

Meg London (aka Peg Cochran): Sweet Nothings Lingerie Mystery Series

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

Molly MacRae: Haunted Yarn Shop Mystery Series

Alyssa Maxwell: Gilded Newport Mystery Series

Judy McCoy: Dog Walker Mystery Series

G. A. McKevett: Savannah Reid Mystery Series

Staci McLaughlin: Blossom Valley Mystery Series

Ruth Moose: Beth McKenzie Mystery Series (book #1 Doing It at the Dixie Dew)

Spencer Quinn (aka Peter Abrahams): Chet and Bernie Mystery Series (Not Cozy, but they are terrific!)

Hannah Reed (aka Deb Baker): Queen Bee Mystery Series

Ann B. Ross: Miss Julia Mystery Series

Sofie Ryan (aka Sofie Kelly): Second Chance Cat Mystery Series

Sarah R. Shaber: Professor Simon Shaw Mystery Series

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

Karen Rose Smith: Caprice De Luca Mystery Series

Denise Swanson: Devereaux’s Dime Store Mystery Series

Victoria Thompson: Gaslight Mystery Series

Elaine Viets: Dead End Job Mystery Series

Heather Webber (aka Heather Blake): Nina Quinn 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.]

♦To access more Cozy Mystery Books Recommendations, click on this link♦

P.S. While I try to respond to all of the comments that are made on the Cozy Mystery blog, I generally don’t respond to the comments on these monthly recommendation entries. I do, however, list the recommended books that come via the Cozy Mystery blog’s comments!

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