It looks like October will be another good month for new Cozy Mystery series, with three more series by site authors starting.

First will be Ellery Adams‘s new series, The Secret, Book & Scone Society Mystery Series, which will be starting with The Secret, Book & Scone Society. When bookshop owner Nora Pennington meets a businessman visiting Miracle Springs, North Carolina in hopes that the town’s hot springs and health spas will improve his future, she knows just what books to suggest to him. But before she can offer her reading advice, he’s found dead, and Nora decides to create a society to help discover the truth and help heal other travelers ills, the Secret Book & Scone Society. Adams also writes the Books by the Bay Mystery Series, the Book Retreat Mystery Series, the Charmed Pie Shoppe Mystery Series, the Antiques and Collectibles Mystery Series, and the Hope Street Church Mystery Series. Some of these were initially released under the names J.B. Stanley and Jennifer Stanley, though they have since been re-released as Ellery Adams. She also co-wrote the first three Novel Idea Mystery Series under the name Lucy Arlington with Sylvia May, until the series was later taken over by Susan Furlong.

Next up, Ellie Alexander will be releasing Death on Tap, the first in her Sloan Krause Mystery Series. At loose ends after finding her husband cheating on her, Sloan Krause goes to work at the Nitro Brewery in Leavenworth, Washington, a small Bavarian themed town. When a competitor turns up dead in the fermenting tubs, her ex husband turns out to be the primary suspect – to mixed feelings for Sloan, who knows he’s a cheater, but seriously doubts he is a murderer. Alexander is the author of the Bakeshop Mystery Series, and also writes the Pacific Northwest Mystery Series under the name Kate Dyer-Seeley.

Finally, Jessica Ellicott will be starting the Beryl and Edwina Mystery Series with the book Murder in an English Village. Set in the 1920s, American adventuress Beryl Helliwell has decided she needs a bit of peace and quiet for a change, and has decided that the small English hamlet of Walmsley Parva is the perfect place for her to recharge. She ends up lodging with Edwina Davenport, an old school friend hard up for money and eager to take in a lodger – even one a bit more “boisterous” than she might have chosen. Still, it doesn’t take long for old habits to return, and Beryl quickly finds herself wrapped up in another adventure – this one a race to find a murderer before they can strike. This might be the first series under the name Jessica Ellicott, but you might recognize her work under the names Jessie Crockett (the Sugar Grove Mystery Series) and Jessica Estevao (the Change of Fortune Mystery Series).

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

September will be another great month for Cozy Mystery lovers – we’ll have three more series released by site authors!

First, Anna Lee Huber will be releasing This Side of Murder, the first in the Verity Kent Mystery Series. In 1919, Verity Kent is still mourning the death of her husband when she receives shocking news that he may have been a traitor to the English cause in the Great War. She will need to put her own unique skills to the test to determine the truth for herself – for she had worked for the Intelligence Agency during the war! Anna Lee Huber also writes the Lady Darby Mystery Series, starring Lady Kiera Darby, the widow of a deceased anatomist in 1830s Scotland.

Next, Asking for Truffle will be the first in Dorothy St. James‘s new Southern Chocolate Shop Mystery Series. Charity Penn is surprised when she wins a sweepstake prize of a trip to Camellia Beach, South Carolina – she never entered the contest! A local friend volunteers to ask around the town to find out why she won and if it was on the level >>> but ends up dead in a vat of chocolate. Feeling responsible for his death, Charity will need to crack the case to determine how and why her friend was killed. Dorothy St. James also writes the White House Gardener Mystery Series, starring Casey Calhoun, an assistant gardener at the White House.

Finally, Denise Swanson will be starting off her new (?) Welcome Back to Scumble River Mystery Series, the continuation of her Scumble River Mystery Series, with the entry Dead in the Water. I have to admit that this one seems a bit odd – as the Scumble River Mystery Series isn’t exactly had a long break, having released a book last year. I think it’s only being called a new series because she changed publishers… It still stars school psychologist Skye Dennison, and she’s still solving murders! So if you’re a fan of the Scumble River Mystery Series, it seems like a safe bet that you’ll be a fan of the Welcome Back to Scumble River Mystery Series. Besides the Scumble River Mystery Serieses, Denise Swanson is the author of the Devereaux’s Dime Store Mystery Series, starring Devereaux “Dev” Sinclair, the owner of a Five-and-Dime store in Missouri.

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

August will be a good month for Cozy Mystery lovers – there will be three new series debuting by site authors!

 Amanda Flower will be releasing Assaulted Caramel, the first entry in her Amish Candy Shop Mystery Series. When Bailey King returns from her career in New York City to her hometown of Harvest, Ohio, having heard that her grandfather’s heart condition has worsened, she’s reassured to learn that the situation isn’t as grave as she had heard. However, she isn’t reassured to discover a dead developer in the candy shop kitchen – and her grandfather’s knife sticking from the corpse. Bailey will need to get to the bottom of this dastardly crime to make sure that her grandfather stays out of jail. Amanda Flower also writes the Magical Bookshop Mystery Series, the Living History Museum Mystery Series, the Appleseed Creek Mystery Series, the Andi Boggs Mystery Series (intended for children), and (as Isabella Alan) the Amish Quilt Shop Mystery Series.

 Cate Conte will be putting out the first in the new Cat Cafe Mystery Series, which will be starting with Cat About Town. When Maddie James visits Daybreak Island in Massachusetts, a stray orange tabby inspires her to open a cat cafe. Unfortunately, the precocious tabby also locates a corpse in quick order, and outsider Maddie will need to act fast to ensure that she isn’t held responsible for a murder that she didn’t commit. As Liz Mugavero, Cate Conte also writes the Pawsitively Organic Mystery Series, starring an ex-public relations executive in small town Connecticut.

Finally, E. J. Copperman will be releasing Dog Dish of Doom, the first entry in his An Agent to the Paws Mystery Series. Kay Powell, professional agent, is looking for a new star client – and she may have found one in a dog! The biggest problem with client Bruno is his owners, Trent and Louise – a problem that isn’t exactly reduced when Trent turns up face down in Bruno’s water dish. Kay feels protective to her clients, and will do whatever it takes to figure out who did this to her client’s owner. E. J. Copperman also writes the Haunted Guesthouse Mystery Series, the Mysterious Detective Mystery Series, the Asperger’s Mystery Series, and, as Jeffrey Cohen, the Aaron Tucker Mystery Series and the Double Feature Mystery Series.

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