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.]
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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!
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!)
I really don’t know where this month has gone! I know I have said this before, but it feels as if time goes faster as we get older. I remember back to my school days when it seemed like time stood still! Being the end of the month, it’s time for me to ask you for your monthly Cozy Mystery book recommendations.