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.]
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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!
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 
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.
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!)