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One New Cozy Mystery Series Coming December 2021

December won’t feature any holiday-themed Cozies, but it will have one new mystery series debut by an established site author!

Laura Bradford (aka Elizabeth Lynn Casey) will be putting out A Plus One for Murder, the first in her new Friend for Hire Mystery Series. Former travel planner Emma Westlake needs a new career as her former clients are starting to become more and more internet savvy, driving down the demand for her current job. Consulting an older friend, she gets the suggestion that she should try to hire out as a hired companion to social events and similar activities. Unfortunately, this new job seems to have its own share of unusual dangers – when a writer hires her to applaud at the end of what he expects to be an unpopular reading, he ends up dropping dead before he can even begin! Bradford is also the author of the Amish Mystery Series, the Emergency Dessert Squad Mystery Series, and (as Elizabeth Lynn Casey) the Southern Sewing Circle Mystery Series.

For more upcoming Cozy Mystery Series, check the New Mystery Series page!

Two New Cozy Mystery Series Coming October 2021

It may not be as busy as it will be for holiday releases, but there will still be some activity in October for new Cozy Mystery Series! Specifically, there will be two new series releasing in October 2021.

First, Diane Kelly will be starting the Mountain Lodge Mystery Series. with The Moonshine Shack Murder. Misty Murphy, who has both recently celebrated her 50th birthday and amicably divorced, has decided to start over by investing in a mountain lodge in the Blue Ridge Mountains. Unfortunately, the grand-reopening is marred by the death of the retreat’s leader, a yoga instructor – and it was obviously murder.

Also, Kate Kingsbury will be putting out In Hot Water, the first in the Misty Bay Tea Room Mystery Series. Vivian Wainwright, a middle-aged widow, has recently started her dream business, the Misty Bay Tearoom, an English-themed tea shop, on the Oregon Coast. She’s had some success so far, but on the night of the business’s second anniversary, her assistant’s ex-husband falls to his death from a hotel balcony. Vivian will need to clear her assistant’s name if she wants to keep her business thriving.

For more upcoming Cozy Mystery Series, check the New Mystery Series page!

Three New Holiday Cozies and One New Cozy Mystery Series Coming September 2021

September will be a pretty good month for holiday and new Cozy series, with three holiday Cozies and one new Cozy mystery series by an established author.

First up, Catherine Bruns will be releasing Dessert is the Bomb, the 11th in the Cookies & Chance Mystery Series, a Halloween-themed mystery. Sally (Sal) Muccio is preparing for Halloween, partially by preparing to cater a party at her father’s funeral home, but her business is under more than a bit of pressure by a new competing bakery opening up just across the street. When her new rival is killed by an explosion, Sal will need to solve the murder before she ends up behind bars.

Next, Krista Davis will be releasing Murder Outside the Lines, the third in the Pen & Ink Mystery Series, and likewise a Halloween-themed mystery. Bookstore manager and coloring book creator Florrie Fox is preparing for the Halloween season when a local celebrity medium claims that she saw a foot sticking out of rolled up carpet in a nearby alley – but nothing is there when the police investigate. Later, a local book lover disappears, and Florrie feels she has to investigate to ensure that there isn’t a miscarriage of justice. 

The last of our Holiday-themed Cozies for September is A Killer Christmas Wish, the 7th in the Cat Latimer Mystery Series and a Christmas book. Note that I can’t find a page list for this particular book, so it might be a novella or short story instead of a full book. Christmas is approaching a bit early, but Cat Latimer isn’t quite ready to get into the holiday spirit, especially when one of a group of non-fiction authors preparing to take advantage of Cat’s monthly writing retreat turns up dead.

Finally, we’ll also have a new Cozy Mystery Series starting in September, the Catskill Summer Resort Mystery Series by author Vicky Delany, which will be starting with first entry Deadly Summer Nights. Elizabeth Grady’s mother has just bought Haggerman’s Catskills Resort, and she’s still getting used to helping out at the resort. Unfortunately, the death of a reclusive guest, and the discovery of a copy of the Communist Manifesto in his cabin threaten her mother’s new business, so Elizabeth will need to investigate herself to keep the venture afloat.

For more Halloween-themed Cozies, see my Halloween Mystery Book List page!

For more Christmas-themed Cozies, see my Christmas Mystery Book List page!

For more upcoming Cozy Mystery Series, check the New Mystery Series page!

One New Cozy Mystery Series/Holiday Cozy Coming August 2021

We’ll be getting one new Cozy Mystery Series by a site author in August, which will also be a holiday-themed Cozy!

Carol J. Perry will be putting out Be My Ghost, the first in her new Haunted Haven Mystery Series, as well as a Halloween-themed Cozy Mystery! Maureen Doherty has just lost her job as a sportswear buyer when the department store she works for declares bankruptcy, but has a ray of light when she has an unexpected and mysterious inheritance, an inn in Florida. She decides that it must be a sign, and banks everything on a new career – but might quickly have second thoughts when she finds a corpse on the property – as well as a slew of ghosts! Perry is also the author of the Witch City Mystery Series, starring a reporter in Salem, Massachusetts.

For more Halloween-themed Cozies, see my Halloween Mystery Book LIst page!

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