A lot of us were very sad when Charlaine Harris stopped writing her Aurora Teagarden Mystery Series in lieu of her paranormal endeavors: Sookie Stackhouse Southern Vampire series and her Harper Connolly series. Granted, both of her paranormal series did very well, they just weren’t Aurora Teagarden!
So, for those of you who follow Aurora Teagarden, there’s great news! Charlaine Harris will be penning more for us >>> Aurora Teagarden will be back! All the Little Liars (the ninth mystery in the series) will be published in October (currently scheduled for then) and I’m hoping that even more will be following right behind!
Isn’t this great news?
dragons3 says
That is great news. I hope she writes a lot more. I’d also like to see more of her Shakespeare series. I like Sookie and Harper, but cozy mysteries are my first love.
Danna - cozy mystery list says
Dragons3, when I saw that Hallmark Movies & Mysteries were going to be adapting this series into their movies, I was sooooo hoping that if the movies were a hit, Charlaine Harris would possibly write more. I thought it would be too good to be true if she did. I am so happy she has decided to go back to Aurora!
Ruth says
This is such good news. I was always a big fan of Aurora Teagarden books and also enjoyed the Shakespeare books too. I liked Harper and Lily B but never could get into Sookie even if all the books were in my house since grandson read them. I must admit I liked Day shift and looking forward to Night shift later this year. Here’s to October and All the Little Liars.
Danna - cozy mystery list says
Ruth, it’s been so long since I read her Lily Bard Shakespeare mysteries that I only “sort of remember” they weren’t all that Cozy. What do you think? However, I enjoyed them a lot.
Candy says
I’m glad I liked this series best of her offerings.
Suzanne says
I agree Candy.
Danna - cozy mystery list says
Candy & Suzanne, so did I. I never read any of her paranormal series, but I enjoyed her Lily Bard Mystery Series. (I wouldn’t qualify that series as really Cozy, though)
Georgette says
thanks for sharing. I love the series from as far back as the early 90’s.
Danna - cozy mystery list says
Georgette, I found out about Aurora Teagarden a little later than the early 90s, but I’m sure it was in the 90s.
Tiffani says
This is great news! I have been a fan of the series way before the Hallmark Movies also! I can’t wait to read it! Did she happen to say when we can expect her to release the next book?
Danna - cozy mystery list says
Tiffani, I’m glad you asked this. I just added it to the entry: October.
Sheila says
Awesome! Love Aurora!
Danna - cozy mystery list says
Sheila, I can’t wait!
Tessa says
I liked my vampires, for a time, but never got into ‘Sookie.’
So so happy to know that she wrote other books, before! Hooray! Thank you so much for telling me this. Now I have a new author to delve into.
Gentle hugs…
Danna - cozy mystery list says
Tessa, I hope you enjoy the Aurora Teagarden series as much as the rest of us have!
Melissa says
Be sure to read them in order.
Danna - cozy mystery list says
Melissa, you’re not kidding!
Kay says
I’m so excited!!!!!! I LOVE this series and can’t wait to read the new book! Thanks for letting us know.
Danna - cozy mystery list says
Kay, now I feel like there may be hope for us, and that we may see other series make their come-backs after being retired for several years. That would be great!
MrsPi says
Thanks for introducing me to this author and this series. Never heard of either before. And the first chapter (as posted on Amazon) had me hooked. 🙂
Danna - cozy mystery list says
MrsPi, I’m glad you have found a new-to-you author to enjoy. I love it when that happens!
Mary g says
Hi again. This is wonderful news. I bought those Aurora Teagarden books when they were first published, so glad that I kept them….and have a new one in the series to look forward to.
I don’t know if you ever do crossover from your different Cozy postings….but I think I saw you writing about enjoying one series but not checking out anything else by the same author. (Jill Churchill?). I have been the same with Charlaine Harris, and have never read any Vampire offerings. Perhaps I’ll go a bit broader with Charlaine as well, at least when I get through a few more dozen of my TBR pile.
Danna - cozy mystery list says
Mary G, my goodness, you’ve been an Aurora fan longer than I have! However, it sounds like your TBR pile is as long as mine!
Beth says
Omg, this is great news!!!! Honestly, the books are so much better than the TV rendition…. But isn’t that always the way anyway?? Thank you for the information!!!!!
Danna - cozy mystery list says
Beth, I totally agree with you about the books being better than the TV shows. I have been really delighted, though, that they are making three of my favorite series into these movies.
Laurie says
That is FANTASTIC news!! I received an audible.com daily deal months back for the first Aurora Teagarden mystery, Real Murders, and absolutely loved it!! That audiobook was the beginning of my affinity for the series. I was just shopping around for other books in the series this past Saturday!! I had avoided books by Charlaine Harris because I don’t do paranormal, so I’m so glad she’s going to be continuing the Aurora Teagarden series. Thanks for sharing this wonderful news!!
Danna - cozy mystery list says
Laurie, now this is truly either kismet or small-world syndrome!
Teisha says
The Aurora Teagarden series has been recommended to me a number of times…I think I will have to move it near the top of my TBR list now! I’ve read a few of the Sookie Stackhouse books and, while they’re not horrible, they weren’t my favorite. I’m always up to begin a new cozy series!
Danna - cozy mystery list says
Teisha, her Sookie Stackhouse series is totally different than her Aurora Teagarden series. Aurora doesn’t have any vampires in her life…
Kay C says
Thank you for letting us know. I think I like everything Charlaine ever wrote but the Aurora Teagarden books were my favorites. I think she does best with character development in this series. As soon as we can I am going to pre-order it.
Danna - cozy mystery list says
Kay C, it looks like quite a few of us followed Aurora’s sleuthing exploits. I’m glad she’ll be back!
Marja says
Oh, thank God for more Auroras.
And I sure would love to see more Lily Bard as well!
I missed Charlaine when she was “away” writing the other books, but I’m sure they brought her lots of well-deserved financial success! Love to see a good writer do well.
Danna - cozy mystery list says
Marja, I was sorry when she left for the paranormal side as well. I was hoping that since Hallmark is making her series into movies, she might be tempted to take up her Aurora pen again.
Bev S says
There is a new mystery series being published by Annie’s….The Amish Inn Mysteries. I just got the flyer in today’s mail with information about the first three books….and all appear to be written by Rachael Phillips…
Secrets of the Amish Diary
Plain Deception
Simple Lies
The story starts with Liz Eckardt trading her highly successful and stressful career as a Boston attorney for a new start as the owner of a local bed and breakfast in Pleasant Creek, IN. Liz’s mother has died and in among her things Liz finds a diary detailing her mother’s life growing up in the Amish community…so of course, this a mystery Liz will want to solve….finding her Amish roots.
Not sure how many books will be in this series as the flyer only outlines the first three.
Danna - cozy mystery list says
Bev S, thank you so very much for the information about Annie’s Amish Inn Mystery Series. I went over to their website, but wasn’t able to find out when they will start releasing the mysteries. (Of course, that didn’t surprise me since they are extremely secretive about their book series over there.) I’ll try to remember to keep on trying to access the dates, but the information you have given us is absolutely great!
Thank you, again, for the information.
Bev S says
Danna…
Additionally, these books will be available (according to the flyer) in both hardback and ebooks….also I noticed they removed the Vineyard series from the list of series….but I’m opting for the hardback books…have lots of other books on my iPad in both Kindle and iBooks for trips away, and I still love the smell of books and the feel and sounds of pages rustling…will keep you posted as I learn new things about the series.
Bev
Danna - cozy mystery list says
Bev, thank you so much! It doesn’t surprise me they removed their Vineyard Quilt Mystery Series. Since it was the first one that wasn’t a mail-order series, and they didn’t seem to know how to market it. I kept looking for more in the series (as I’m guessing a lot of other Cozy Mystery readers did) >>> but they just never were published.
Bev S says
And Danna…
I just finished talking to my mother and she has flyers for both the Amish Inn Series and a new series the Victorian Mansion Flower Shop Mysteries…
The first three books in the series are:
A Fatal Attraction by Jan Fields
The Mistletoe Murder
Bloomed to Die
Have no idea who writes the last two, and again they aren’t posted on Annie’s website yet….
Danna - cozy mystery list says
Bev S, thank you, again. I’m making notes of these new Annie’s Crafts series so that I can post them later. Thanks!
Bev S says
My pleasure….and I’m wondering if they are coming out with too many too fast….I have a stack of about four dozen books to catch up on right now….but I will get there sooner or later.
Danna - cozy mystery list says
Bev S, well, the fact they are launching two series at the same time says something about their popularity. I wish they had put more of an effort into their Vineyard series.
judy says
The teagarden series reminded me of two other cosy authors who we havent heard from in a very long while, Rett MaccPherson and janis harrison . Does anyone know whats happened to the two?? Miss the books judy
Danna - cozy mystery list says
Judy, this is a good question. I hope someone knows. (I’m sorry, but I don’t.)
Mary g says
Hi. One of the great things about this blog (besides the obvious) is sharing the names of some older cozy mysteries. Confession…I am not familiar with Janis Harrison…I was never big on gardening mysteries. On the other hand, Rett MacPherson….loved them! I have several in my collection. (Interesting characters, she a mid-aged mother, works part time at the local small town museum, is also a genealogist, crazy family…two teenage daughters who feud, a long-suffering husband, a mother living with them..she in a wheelchair and eventually marrying the sometime nemesis police chief)…. See, great plots! I’ve only read the first 7, was surprised to read there were more. The books were still being released in hardcover, too. There were a few complaints about too much emphasis on the genealogy information by some critics, but…. Wish I knew more to help solve this “mystery”, but I don’t. Delightful small town Cozies, with an evolving story. (NO vampires, either!). Well worth searching out, I think. Thanks again for the reminder, Danna.
Danna - cozy mystery list says
Mary g, I wish I could take credit for reminding you about Rett MacPherson, but I can’t. ? >>> I was just responding to Judy’s comment. But thanks for the Rett MacPherson shout-out!
Kate says
I loved both the Aurora Teagarden and Sookie Stackhouse series. I’ve only seen a couple of the Aurora Teagarden movies, but they were well done. I do have one question: in the books Aurora says that people laugh when she introduces herself. Can anybody tell me why? I seem to be missing the joke. Thanks.
Danna - cozy mystery list says
Kate, oh my goodness, but it has been so many years since I read them. Maybe somebody else can confirm it, but I guess it is related to her somewhat unusual name?
joppy says
I’ve just received the new Teagarden novel and devoured it over two evenings (I usually only do a couple of chapters before turning in) and Amazon are now telling me there’s another one in the pipeline. I’ve caught a couple of the films here in the UK but they are on an obscure channel without a press listing, so it’s hit or miss.
Danna - cozy mystery list says
Joppy, I’m glad that you’re enjoying the new Aurora Teagarden novels! It’s always a pleasant surprise when a series you think is done for good comes back. It’s a shame you’re having trouble finding the movies, though.