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Alice Kimberly is Back as Cleo Coyle! (The Haunted Bookshop Mystery Series is Back!)

Here is some very long-in-coming, absolutely wonderful news in the Cozy Mystery world for all of us who follow Alice Kimberly‘s Haunted Bookshop Mystery Series. Penelope Thornton-McClure is slated to take up her sleuthing again this year. However, this time, the books will be released under Alice Kimberly’s Cleo Coyle persona.

For those of you who are fans of the Haunted Bookshop Mystery Series, you already know Pen has been on a type of “sleuthing sabbatical” since way back in 2009. That’s a whole lot of time to keep us waiting, but it will be worth it! I’m guessing that you are as excited as I am that Penelope (and Jack Shepard, her bookshop’s 1940s PI) will be returning to us!

That’s right! Cleo Coyle will be releasing The Ghost and the Bogus Bestseller later this year. I can’t wait!

P.S. Thank you, MJ, for telling me about this great news.

Eight Soon to be Released Cozy Covers

 

Here are some of the upcoming Cozy Mystery covers that I’ve found recently!

Nancy Atherton: Aunt Dimity and the King’s Ransom (This will be the 23rd in the Aunt Dimity Mystery Series.)
Rita Mae Brown: Probable Claws (This will be the 27th in the Mrs. Murphy Mystery Series.)
Kate Carlisle: Buried in Books (This will be the 13th in the Bibliophile Mystery Series.)
Tessa Harris: The Angel Makers (This will be the 2nd in the Constance Piper Mystery Series.)
Martha Grimes: The Knowledge (This will be the 24th in the Richard Jury Mystery Series.)
Linda O. Johnston: Picks and Chews (This will be the 4th in the Barkery & Biscuits Mystery Series.)
Laurie R. King : Island of the Mad (This will be the 15th in the Mary Russell Mystery Series.)
 Karen Rose Smith: Murder with Cinnamon Scones (This will be the 2nd in the Daisy’s Tea Garden Mystery Series.)

Happy Thanksgiving

We just got back from visiting our daughter in Washington, D.C. – after visiting my brother in Colorado Springs. It’s been a busy month for both my husband and me!

This year I decided that rather than stand in the kitchen all day long cooking, I would treat myself to a day of heating prepared casseroles that I bought at various stores. Our son will be coming over for the meal, so I’ll be able to visit with him – instead of rushing around in the kitchen. Ya-hoo!

I hope all of you are able to enjoy this day of giving thanks. 

The Jury’s In… or Should I Say Out?

I’m not sure how I feel about this, but I wasn’t selected to sit on a jury yesterday. It is the second time that I actually got named as a possible, but it’s also the second time that the parties were able to determine a deal before the voir dire process began. On the one hand I’m glad that I won’t have to drive to and from downtown every day during the two rush hours, but I’m sort of sorry I won’t be part of the judicial process.

(Not at all related to being on a jury >>> It was nice coming home and finding that my husband had missed me!)

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