February will have a bit of good news, with one new Cozy Mystery Series starting by an established site author and a holiday-themed Cozy Mystery scheduled for release.

First, the holiday release will be a Thanksgiving-themed entry in Joanne Fluke‘s Hannah Swensen Mystery Series, Raspberry Danish Murder. Hannah isn’t really looking forward to Thanksgiving, considering the recent disappearance of her new husband, Ross. Still, she’s determined to make the best of it – at least, she is until Ross’s assistant is killed in a fatal car crash, while driving Ross’s car! Was Ross the target of an attack, was this a simple accident, or was the assistant the true target? As always, this entry should include a delicious recipe for the named treat in the title!

Next up, Krista Davis will be starting the Pen & Ink Mystery Series with its debut novel, Color Me Murder. Florrie Fox is the manager of the Color Me Read bookstore in Georgetown, Washington D.C. Florrie has been offered rent-free space in prime real estate area by her boss, solely so his unpleasant relatives are unable to move in themselves and make his life less pleasant. But the deal suddenly seems less appealing when one of these relatives turns up dead behind a trap door in the bookstore. Krista Davis also writes the Domestic Diva Mystery Series and the Paws & Claws Mystery Series.

For more Thanksgiving-themed Cozies, be sure to visit the Thanksgiving Theme Page.

For these upcoming series and more be sure to check out the New Cozy Mystery Book Series page.

January will be another somewhat light month for both Holiday and new series releases, with two new holiday releases, and two new series, but only three books – one of the new series will be starting with a holiday release!

First, the combination entry – Sarah Graves will be starting her Death by Chocolate Mystery Series with Death by Chocolate Cherry Cheesecake, and it will also be a Fourth of July themed mystery. Jacobia “Jake” Tiptree and her friend Ellie have moved on from home repair to a new venture – opening up a chocolate-themed bakery in the island fishing village of Eastport, Maine. Their plans to start out the restaurant with a bang on the Fourth of July will be face some difficulty when a health inspector turns up dead – especially since he had been arguing with Ellie about possible health code violations! This will be a continuation of the Home Repair Is Homicide Mystery Series (and I may not have listed it here since it is such a direct continuation, but since it also fits into a holiday theme…) Graves also writes the Lizzie Snow Mystery Series.

Next up, Sujata Massey will be starting her Perveen Mistry Mystery Series, a period series set in 1920s Bombay India, with The Widows of Malabar Hill. Perveen is the first female lawyer in Bombay, India, and her investigation into a questionable will escalates to murder when she begins wondering if the deceased’s relatives are being taken advantage of. Sujata Massey also writes the Rei Shimura Mystery Series, starring an English teacher in Tokyo.

Finally, our other holiday themed release will be the Valentine’s Day themed Murder Borrowed, Murder Blue, the third in Stephanie Blackmoore‘s Wedding Planner Mystery Series. Mallory Shepard is planning the high profile marriage of actress Dakota Craig and her musician boyfriend, but the upcoming festivities will come grinding to a halt when the maid of honor turns up dead! If there’s anything that can make a big event more stressful, it’s the unexpected murder of one of the attendees!

For more Valentine’s Day and Fourth of July Themed Cozy Mysteries, be sure to visit their theme pages on the site:

Fourth of July Cozy Mysteries

Valentine’s Day Cozy Mysteries

For these upcoming series and more be sure to check out the New Cozy Mystery Book Series page.

Well, December will be a bit light on both new Cozy Holiday books and new Cozy Mystery Series, so I’ll be covering both in this post. We’ll have one holiday release, a Fall themed release, and two new series.

First, Nancy Haddock will be putting out A Crime of Poison, the third in her Silver Six Crafting Mystery Series. This Fall-themed release will center around Lilyvale’s Fall Folk Art Festival and Bake Sale, an event Nixy of the Silver Six is looking forward to as a craft store she runs. When a local troublemaker is found dead and a plate of snickerdoodles from the bake sale may be involved, Nixy and the rest of the Silver Six will need to solve the crime so the event doesn’t end with this tragedy.

Next, Nancy J. Parra will be starting the Wine Country Mystery Series, with the first entry A Case of Syrah, Syrah. Taylor O’Brien, founder of Taylor’s Off The Beaten Path Wine Tours, intends to tour small groups in Sonoma County, California. Unfortunately, her plans might come to nothing when the leader of her first tour group is found dead, killed by one of Taylor’s corkscrews. Parra also writes the Baker’s Treat Mystery Series, the Perfect Proposals Mystery Series, (as Nancy Coco) the Candy-Coated Mystery Series, and (as Nell Hampton) the Kensington Palace Chef Mystery Series.

Finally, Karen Rose Smith will be releasing Murder with Lemon Tea Cakes, the first in the Daisy’s Tea Garden Mystery Series. Between her Aunt Iris and her two teenaged children, widow Daisy Swanson has a lot to protect. So she’s naturally upset when Aunt Iris starts dating a wealthy man who is still married, especially when it sounds like the man’s children and soon-to-be-ex-wife might get cut out of the will in favor of her aunt. When the wealthy man turns up dead, Daisy’s Aunt Iris turns out to be a prime suspect, and Daisy will need to work hard to keep her from ending up taking the fall for a crime Daisy is sure she didn’t commit. Karen Rose Smith also writes the Caprice de Luca Mystery Series, starring a home stager in Quiet Kismet, Pennsylvania.

For more Fall themed Cozies, visit the Fall/Halloween/Thanksgiving Cozies Theme page.

For these upcoming series and more be sure to check out the New Cozy Mystery Book Series page.