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One New Cozy Mystery Series Coming July 2021

We’ll be getting one new Cozy Mystery Series by a site author in July!

Diane Kelly will be releasing The Moonshine Shack Murder, the 1st in her new Southern Homebrew Mystery Series. Hattie Hayes is a moonshiner in Chattanooga, Tennessee, continuing a family tradition going back to prohibition (presumably a legal distiller, who has labelled their product as moonshine?). She’s quite content to continue the family tradition, and unlike many Cozy protagonists, appears to already be living in her hometown after leaving for many years – but this doesn’t protect her from a dad body turning up on her store’s doorstep, threatening the continued success of her business. Diane Kelly already writes the Tara Holloway Mystery Series, starring an IRS criminal investigations division agent, the Paw Enforcement Mystery Series, starring a police officer and her K-9 partner, and the House-Flipper Mystery Series, starring a house flipper.

For more upcoming Cozy Mystery Series, check out the New Cozy Mystery Series page.

One New Cozy Mystery Series Coming May 2021

We’ll have one new Cozy Mystery series released in May!

Ashley Weaver will be putting out A Peculiar Combination, the first entry in her Electra McDonnell Mystery Series. It’s England during World War II, and Electra (Ellie) McDonnell is helping pay the bills while the boys are away – not by working for the war effort, but by stealing jewels from the idle rich. Unfortunately, a heist goes bad, and Ellie is offered a way out that doesn’t involve prison – breaking into a safe belonging to a man believed to be a German spy to retrieve top-secret blueprints before they can be returned to Germany. Weaver also writes the Amory Ames Mystery Series, starring a wealthy young woman in 1930s Britain.

For more upcoming Cozy Mystery Series, check out the New Cozy Mystery Series page.

One New Cozy Mystery Series Coming February 2021

We’ll have one new Cozy Mystery series released in February!

Amanda Flower will be putting out the first in her new Farm to Table Mystery Series, Farm to Trouble. Shiloh Bellamy is returning from the big city to her family farm in Michigan to help save the business, turning into a sustainable organic farm. Unfortunately, her big new investor is found dead at the local farmers market soon after signing up as an investor, and Shiloh’s father seems like the most likely suspect. Amanda Flower is also the author of the Amish Candy Shop Mystery Series, the Magical Bookshop Mystery Series, the Amish Matchmaker Mystery Series, and (as Isabella Alan) the Amish Quilt Shop Mystery Series, among others.

For more upcoming Cozy Mystery Series, check out the New Cozy Mystery Series page.

Two New Cozy Mystery Series and One New Holiday Cozy Coming January 2021

January will start off the year well for Cozies, with two new Cozy Mystery Series by established authors as well as one holiday-themed release!

First up, Nancy Coco will be releasing Death Bee Comes Her, the first in her new Oregon Honeycomb Mystery Series. Wren Johnson is the owner of Let It Bee, a honey specialty store in the tourist town of Oceanview, Oregon. She has the misfortune of stumbling across a body clutching a sample of her own wares, leading her to become a leading suspect in the death. Coco also writes the Candy-Coated Mystery Series, starring the owner of a fudge shop in Michigan, as well as several smaller series under the names Nancy J. Parra and Nell Hampton.

NOTE: Actually, this came out about a year ago, but as a Barnes & Noble exclusive… I’m leaving this here because a lot of people might not be aware of it yet.

Dorothy St. James will be starting the A Beloved Bookroom Mystery Series, with first entry The Broken Spine. Trudell Becket is a book-loving librarian who is suddenly out of work when her library changes to a bookless library, but decides to rebel against the change and start a secret book room in the basement. Unfortunately, the town councilman who was leading the change is found crushed beneath a shelf of DVDs – and Trudell’s opposition to the change leads her to become a primary suspect. St. James also writes the Raven’s Run Romantic Mystery Series, the Southern Chocolate Shop Mystery Series, and the White House Gardener Mystery Series.

Finally, Leslie Meier will be continuing her long-running holiday-themed Lucy Stone Mystery Series with St. Patrick’s Day themed Irish Parade Murder. Lucy is faced with possible replacement by up-and-coming reporter Rob Callahan, and only manages to become assigned to the St. Patrick’s Day parade story after he passes on it. But Rob has bigger problems – he’s been accused of causing the death of a corrections officer, and Lucy doubts that he’s responsible for the crime. 

For more upcoming Cozy Mystery Series, check out the New Cozy Mystery Series page.

For more St. Patrick’s themed Cozies, check out the St. Patrick’s Day Mysteries page.

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