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Cozy Mystery Book Recommendations – November 2022

November is almost over, so it’s time to discuss our favorite Cozies that we’ve read last month!

If you read a Cozy mystery last month and want to recommend it to the rest of us, be sure to post it here! For this month, I read the first entry of Jane K. Cleland’s Josie Prescott Mystery Series. For the reasons I want to recommend it, be sure to check out the blog entry!

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 2022 that you want the rest of us to know about, and why did you enjoy it?

Rhys Bowen: Royal Spyness Mystery Series

J. C. Briggs: Charles Dickens Investigations Mystery Series (first entry The Murder of Patience Brooke)

Verity Bright: Lady Eleanor Swift Mystery Series (first entry A Very English Murder)

Catherine Bruns: Maple Syrup Mystery Series

Colleen Cambridge: Phyllida Bright Mystery Series (first entry Murder at Mallowan Hall)

Ann Clair: Christie Bookshop Mystery Series (first entry Dead and Gondola)

Jane K. Cleland: Josie Prescott Mystery Series

Amanda Flower (aka Isabella Alan): Amish Candy Shop Mystery Series

Earlene Fowler: Benni Harper Mystery Series

Caroline Graham: Chief Inspector Barnaby Mystery Series

Elly Griffiths: Harbinder Kaur Mystery Series (first entry The Stranger Diaries)

Fiona Leitch: Nosey Parker Mystery Series (first entry Murder on the Menu)

Liz Lipperman    (aka Lizbeth Lipperman & Liz Roth): Clueless Cook Mystery Series

Faith Martin: Hillary Greene Mystery Series (first entry Murder on the Oxford Canal)

Korina Moss: Cheese Shop Mystery Series (first entry Cheddar Off Dead)

Linda Reilly: Grilled Cheese Mystery Series 

Sara Rosett: Murder on Location Mystery Series

Annelise Ryan (aka Allyson K. Abbott & Beth Amos): Mattie Winston Mystery Series

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.

Jane K. Cleland: Josie Prescott Antiques Mystery Series

Consigned to Death (Josie Prescott Antiques Mysteries Book 1) Way back in 2006, Jane K. Cleland’s Consigned to Death, the first book in her Josie Prescott Antiques Mysteries series, was published. (Coincidentally, 2006 was the year in which I started my Cozy Mystery site. It is weird to think how long ago that was.) Anyway, Consigned to Death is the next in my series of posts about the most popular and recommended Cozy mystery books. 

I just finished re-reading this book earlier this month, and wow, I have to say that if you have any interest at all in reading an excellent mystery that contains a lot of information about antiques, this is the series for you. 

Josie Prescott is the owner of a very busy antique shop in the small seacoast town of Rocky Point, New Hampshire. Josie had moved there only a couple of years before the story begins. Her move from the big city did not happen because of a boyfriend/husband break up, but rather because she had been a whistle-blower about illegal activity happening at the large antique auction house she previously worked for in New York City. She moved to a small town and opened her own auction store/auction warehouse. Somewhat refreshingly, by doing so she stayed in the same field of expertise that she had been in when working in New York.

Unfortunately for Josie, as the book opens the town’s police chief shows up to ask her questions about a potential client that Josie met that same day who had been found murdered. And, even more, unfortunately, as the police’s investigation moved forward, more and more evidence seemed to point to Josie as being the murderer.

On the other hand, fortunately for Josie, she had earlier met a very good lawyer in town who she hired to help her through the legal maze in which she found herself. Even more fortunately for Josie, the chief of police turned out to be a very smart and thorough man (who just happened to be quite handsome). Needless to say, Josie and the police found that there were a lot of threads to pull before this mystery could be unraveled.

Consigned to Death is a very good mystery read with a highly sympathetic main character and a very well-rounded supporting cast. I highly recommend it. There is no doubt that Jane K. Cleland is a very accomplished writer. Just a quick glance at her website’s “about page” and you will see the numerous awards her books have won or been chosen as finalists. And, not only has she written best-selling cozy mystery books, but she has also authored several books and articles about the craft of writing.

As an aside, I have to add that her website is one of the best author websites I have seen in recent years. In my opinion, far too many authors rely on a really difficult-to-navigate Facebook page or have no online presence at all. I really wish that more authors would take a look at this site and try to emulate its depth and quality of information.

If you’re interested in seeing other most recommended or popular Cozy Mystery authors/series, please visit the Most Popular & Recommended Cozy Mystery Series page on my site.

Cozy Mystery Book Recommendations – October 2022

October is over, so it’s time to discuss our favorite Cozies that we’ve read last month!

If you read a Cozy mystery last month and want to recommend it to the rest of us, be sure to post it here! For this month, I read the first entry of Libby Klein’s Poppy McAllister Mystery Series. For the reasons I want to recommend it, be sure to check out the blog entry!

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 2022 that you want the rest of us to know about, and why did you enjoy it?

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

Sally Andrew: Tannie Maria Mystery Series (first entry Recipes for Love and Murder)

Nancy Atherton: Aunt Dimity Mystery Series

Laura Gail Black: Antique Bookshop Mystery Series

Christin Brecher: Nantucket Candle Maker Mystery Series (first entry Murder’s No Votive Confidence)

Catherine Bruns: Maple Syrup Mystery Series

Leslie Budewitz: Spice Shop Mystery Series

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

Sarah Burr: Ducal Detective Mysteries (first entry The Ducal Detective)

Laurie Cass (aka Laura Alden): Bookmobile Cat Mystery Series

Alisa Craig (aka Charlotte MacLeod): Grub-and-Stakers Mystery Series

Maddie Day (aka Edith Maxwell & Tace Baker): Cozy Capers Book Group Mystery Series

Daryl Wood Gerber (aka Avery Aames): French Bistro Mystery Series

Sally Goldenbaum: Seaside Knitters Society Mystery Series

Liz Ireland: Mrs. Claus Mystery Series (first entry Mrs. Claus and the Santaland Slayings)

Libby Klein: Poppy McAllister Mystery Series

Dawn MacKinnon: The Mr. Mustachio Murders (first entry Mr. Mustachio Is Falsely Accused)

G. M. Malliet: Max Tudor Mystery Series

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

Korina Moss: Cheese Shop Mystery Series (first entry Cheddar Off Dead)

Jacquie New: The Yellow Cottage Vintage Mystery Series (first entry An Accidental Murder)

Robin Paige (aka Susan Wittig Albert & husband Bill Albert): Victorian Mystery Series

Raquel V. Reyes: Caribbean Kitchen Mystery Series (first entry Mango, Mambo, and Murder)

Alexander McCall Smith: The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency

Patricia Wentworth: Miss Maud Silver Mystery Series

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.

Cozy Mystery Book Recommendations – September 2022

September is over, so it’s time to discuss our favorite Cozies that we’ve read last month! I know – normally this would be up sooner… but I wasn’t intending to put up Hallmark posts this month until I was very recently told Hallmark would be having new mysteries this month, so this post is a bit late.

If you read a Cozy mystery last month and want to recommend it to the rest of us, be sure to post it here! For this month, I read the first entry of Darci Hannah’s Beacon Bakeshop Mystery Series. For the reasons I want to recommend it, be sure to check out the blog entry!

So, what have you been reading that you can recommend in September? 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 September 2022 that you want the rest of us to know about, and why did you enjoy it?

Laurien Berenson: Melanie Travis Mystery Series

Veronica Bond: Dinner and a Murder Mystery Series (first entry Death in Castle Dark)

Jennifer Chow: LA Night Market Mystery Series (first entry Death by Bubble Tea)

Krista Davis: Paws & Claws Mystery Series AND Pen & Ink Mystery Series

Lauren Elliott: Beyond the Page Bookstore Mystery Series (first entry Murder By the Book)

Amanda Flower (aka Isabella Alan): Amish Candy Shop Mystery Series AND Emily Dickinson Mystery Series

Darci Hannah: Beacon Bakeshop Mystery Series

Liz Ireland: Mrs. Claus Mystery Series (first entry Mrs. Claus and the Santaland Slayings)

Sofie Kelly  (aka Sofie Ryan & Darlene Ryan for Young Adult): Magical Cats Mystery Series

M. L. Longworth: Provencal Mystery Series (first entry Death at the Chateau Bremont)

Nic Saint: Mysteries of Max (first entry Purrfect Murder)

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.

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