December will be a decent month for Cozy Mystery releases, with one new Cozy Mystery series by an established site author and one new Holiday-Themed Cozy Mystery.

First up, Amanda Flower (aka Isabella Alan) will be putting out the first in her new Amish Matchmaker Mystery Series, titled Matchmaking Can Be Murder. Millie Fisher is returning to her hometown of Harvest, Ohio, after the death of her husband, and has decided to branch out from her normal trade, quiltmaking, and begin matchmaking, with her niece being her first target. Unfortunately, her niece is already betrothed to a thoroughly unsuitable candidate, but Millie manages to convince her to break it off. But when the jilted lover turns up dead, Millie’s niece quickly becomes a prime suspect, and Millie will need to work hard to keep her out of jail! Amanda Flower also writes (among others) the Amish Candy Shop Mystery Series, the Magical Bookshop Mystery Series, and the Magical Garden Mystery Series.

Also, Cynthia Baxter will be releasing Last Licks, the third in her Lickety Splits Ice Cream Shoppe Mystery Series. Kate McKay, owner of Lickety Splits is preparing for Halloween, but she’s derailed somewhat by the offer of an offer by a Hollywood movie crew to use her shop as part of the production. Unfortunately, someone else seems to have more sinister motives than making a movie, and one of the actresses ends up dead by poison – poison apparently delivered by ice cream. Cynthia Baxter is also the author of the Reigning Cats & Dogs Mystery Series and the Murder Packs a Suitcase Mystery Series.

For more Halloween Cozy Mysteries, check out the Halloween Mystery Book Series page on the site.

For more new Cozy Mystery Series, check out the New Cozy Mystery Book Series page on the site.

November will be a fairly good month for Cozies by site authors, though not as good as this month – “only” two new series by established authors and two holiday-themed Cozies, both Christmas!

The first new series release will be the Woman of WWII Mystery Series, a period piece by Tessa Arlen set during the second World War. It’s 1942, three years into the war, and Poppy Redfern’s family home and farm have been requisitioned by the War Office as an airfield for the American Air Force, and Poppy keeps her days and nights busy serving as the village’s Air Raid Warden. Tensions between the locals and the American servicemen are already running high – even before two young women who were dating Americans are found dead. With local manpower at a low point, Poppy decides she needs to start her own investigation to keep the peace between the two allied nations. Tessa Arlen is also the author of the Lady Montfort Mystery Series, another period piece, this one set in Edwardian England.

The other new series will be Sally Chapman‘s Agatha’s Amish B&B Mystery Series, which will start with Dead Wrong. Fifty-five year old widow Agatha Lapp is staring a new phrase in her life, relocating to a newly established Amish Community in Hunt, Texas, to make a success of her recently deceased brother’s dream – to start an Amish bed and breakfast. The dream seems to be off to a bad start, as she discovers the body of a visitor in one of her guest cabins. The police think the death was natural causes, but Agatha and her neighbor Tony Vargas, a retired detective, think otherwise. Sally Chapman is also the author of the Silicon Valley Mystery Series and (as Annie Griffin) the Hannah & Kiki Mystery Series.

The first of the Christmas Cozies will be Upon the Midnight Clear, a short story entry featured in Tasha Alexander‘s Lady Emily Mystery Series. Lady Emily is preparing for Christmas with her family with a few days in the city when her son is given a Christmas cracker with a cryptic clue within it. Shortly after, she’s approached by another stranger who pleads for her help finding his long-lost daughter, who he believes to be somewhere in the city – and more mysterious crackers continue to arrive to help her on her investigation.

The other Christmas Cozy will be An Ale of Two Cities, the second story in Sarah Fox‘s Literary Pub Mystery Series. Christmas in Shady Creek, Vermont, is always an influx of tourist cash, with the town’s picturesque Winter Carnival featuring a wide variety of attractions. One such is the return of the town’s former resident, celebrity chef Freddy Mancini, who arrives to show off his ice-sculpting skills… until he turns up dead with a pick in his chest! Sarah Fox is also the author of the Pancake House Mystery Series and the Music Lover’s Mystery Series.

For more Christmas Cozy Mysteries, check out the Christmas Mystery Book Series page on the site.

For more new Cozy Mystery Series, check out the New Cozy Mystery Book Series page on the site.

October will be another very busy month for Cozy Mysteries, with a whopping 8 holiday-themed Cozies and one new Cozy Mystery Series by an established author! Well, normally with that many I would split them into two posts… but here, the new series is starting with a holiday release! So I’m just going to arbitrarily split them into two groups, one of non-Christmas mysteries and the new series, and save the just-Christmas mysteries for this weekend. That leaves us with three for today!

First up, Lynn Cahoon will be putting out A Very Mummy Holiday, which will be either a novella in the Tourist Trap Mystery Series or a novella in the series. (Unfortunately Amazon doesn’t have a length for this one…) Jill is taking a break from her book and coffee shop to spend Thanksgiving on the Oregon coast with her boyfriend and a bunch of other friends and family. But the holiday might be cut short when one of the other guests locates old human remains in the nearby dunes, and she’ll need to put her holiday on hold to make sure that the mystery gets solved. Lynn Cahoon is also the author of the Cat Latimer Mystery Series starring a former English professor and the Farm-to-Fork Mystery Series starring the owner of a farm to table restaurant. 

Next, Isis Crawford will be putting out A Catered New Year’s Eve, the 15th in the Mystery With Recipes Mystery Series. Bernie and Libby Simmons are reuniting with Ada Sinclair, a distant relative for New Years’s Eve, catering for a questionable ploy to flush out the murderer of another relative year’s ago. Naturally, this goes wrong, and when one of the guests Ada planned on accusing ends up dead, Ada ends up arrested for the deed. Bernie and Libby are the only ones who can find the true culprit. Crawford also writes as Barbara Block, the name she uses for the Robin Light Mystery Series, starring a pet store owner.

Finally, the last for this set will be Julie Anne Lindsey‘s Apple Cider Slaying, a Christmas mystery and the first in her new Cider Shop Mystery Series! Wonona Mae Montgomery and her Granny Smythe run a struggling orchard in Blossom Valley, West Virginia, but have decided to try to make up some business with a Christmas party at the orchard geared toward locals and tourists alike. Unfortunately, the party will be crashed by the corpse of Granny’s old nemesis, leaving Granny the most obvious suspect! Julie Anne Lindsey writes several other short series, including the Fortress Defense Mystery Series, the Geek Girl Mystery Series, and the Patience Price Mystery Series.

For more Christmas Cozy Mysteries, check out the Christmas Mystery Book Series page on the site.

For more Christmas Cozy Mysteries, check out the Thanksgiving Mystery Book Series page on the site.

For more Halloween Cozy Mysteries, check out the New Year’s Mystery Book Series page on the site.

For more new Cozy Mystery Series, check out the New Cozy Mystery Book Series page on the site.

August will be a good month for Cozies, with a good mix of new series by established site authors and holiday entries in older series.

First, T.C. LoTempio will be starting a new series, the Purr N’ Bark Pet Shop Mystery Series, with The Time for Murder is Meow. When the cancellation of actress Crishell “Shell” McMillan’s television show leaves her at loose ends, she takes the opportunity to do what she’s wanted for some time, taking over her late aunt’s pet shop. But when a local museum board member who had feuded with her aunt turns up dead, Shell quickly becomes the first suspect. LoTempio also writes the Cat Rescue Mystery Series and the Nick and Nora Mystery Series.

Ginger Bolton will be putting out a Fourth of July themed mystery, Jealousy Filled Donuts, the third in her Deputy Donut Mystery Series. Emily Westhill, owner and operator of the Deputy Donut Cafe, is preparing dozens of donuts for the local Fourth of July picnic. Unfortunately, a killer uses the donuts for sinister purposes, concealing a firecracker within a pile that ends up killing a local. Bolton also writes as Janet Bolin, under which name she writes the Threadville Mystery Series.

Maya Corrigan will be releasing a Halloween themed mystery, Crypt Suzette, the sixth in her Five-Ingredient Mystery Series. Val Deniston, manager of the Cool Down Cafe at the local fitness club, has been wondering about a lodger at her grandfather’s house, Suzette, who seems to have something of a nervous disposition and possibly a checkered past. When Suzette is killed by a hit-and-run driver after a Halloween costume contest, Val decides someone needs to investigate the issue a bit more thoroughly.

Finally, Vicki Delany will be releasing Silent Night, Deadly Night, a Thanksgiving novel and the fourth entry in her Year-Round Christmas Mystery Series. While the residents of Rudolph, New York, might keep the Christmas spirit up year round, that doesn’t mean they don’t celebrate other holidays, and Merry Wilkinson is preparing for both Thanksgiving and a reunion of her mother’s old college friends. When one of the old friends ends up poisoned, Merry will need to help solve this dastardly case to help salvage the holiday cheer. Vicki Delany also writes the Sherlock Holmes Bookshop Mystery Series, the Ashley Grant Mystery Series, the Ray Robertson Mystery Series, the Klondike Mystery Series, and (as Eva Gates) the Lighthouse Library Mystery Series.

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

For more Fourth of July Cozy Mysteries, check out the Fourth of July Mystery Book Series page on the site.

For more Halloween Cozy Mysteries, check out the Halloween Mystery Book Series page on the site.

For more Thanksgiving Cozy Mysteries, check out the Thanksgiving Book Series page on the site.