September is over, so it’s time to discuss our favorite Cozies that we read this month! I’m even further behind on this this month, but at least I did actually review a Cozy this month.
If you read a Cozy mystery this month and want to recommend it to the rest of us, be sure to post it here! For this month, I read the first entry of Jennifer J. Chow’s LA Night Market Mystery Series. For the reasons I want to recommend it, be sure to check out the blog entry!
So, what have you been reading that you can recommend in September? Please be sure to tell us why you liked these Cozies so much. I know we’re all always on the lookout for more particularly good Cozy Mystery authors! (If you have a lot of Cozies you think are great, please post the ones you like the most at the top of the list.)
As always, please do not tell us about the Cozy Mysteries you did not like.
What really good Cozy Mystery did you read September 2025 that you want the rest of us to know about, and why did you enjoy it?
Esme Addison: Enchanted Bay Mystery Series
Ellie Alexander (aka Kate Dyer-Seeley): Sloan Krause Mystery Series
Ginger Bolton: Deputy Donut Mystery Series
Amanda Chapman: Mrs. Christie Mystery Series (first entry Mrs. Christie at the Mystery Guild Library)
Jennifer J. Chow: Night Market Mystery Series
Agatha Christie: Tales of the Supernatural
Nancy Coco (aka Nancy J. Parra and Nell Hampton): Candy-Coated Mystery Series
Elizabeth Spann Craig (aka Riley Adams & Elizabeth Craig): Southern Quilting Mystery Series
Lauren Elliott: Beyond the Page Mystery Series
Rosanne Limoncelli: The Four Queens of Crime
Sarah Osborne: Ditie Brown Mystery Series (first entry Too Many Crooks Spoil the Plot) AND Flo and Maude Mystery Series (first entry Flo and Maude Christmas Capers)
Deanna Raybourn: Lady Julia Grey Mystery Series
Marty Wingate: First Edition Library Mystery Series
I will list the authors and series that have been recommended, but I urge you to read the comments below so you can see the reasons other Cozy Mystery readers thought these were their best reads of the month.
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P.S. I usually don’t comment on your recommendations since they speak for themselves.
Marianne says
I read the second book in Deanna Raybourn’s Lady Julia Gray series – Silent in the Sanctuary. There were a lot of characters to keep track of, but they were all quirky and interesting. There were a number of surprises along the way. I want to go back and read the first book in the series.
Marjo says
I have been enjoying the Nancy Coco mysteries fudge series most recently.
Fortney, Sally says
I read Epilogue to a Christmas Murder by Lauren Elliott who died recently. She will be missed but did end this series well.
I read several by Sarah Osborne. Wedded to Trouble and Murder and Misdirection are in the Ditie Brown series, and Mrs. Claus Needs a Hand is about Flo and Maude who prevent murders.
Sour Crime Donuts by Ginger Bolton was quite good. As was The Impossible Fortune by Richard Osman. Sure hope they make another Thursday Murder Club movie.
A Brew for Chaos by Esme Addison has a mermaid theme.
Ainee Beland says
I have been enjoying books by Marty Wingate, as I have finished both her books with the heroine being Ms. Burke—Bodies in the Library and Murder is a Must were wonderful reading for me–creative, imaginative, delighting her readers with nuances of the Golden Age of Mystery at play. I can’t recommend her books enough: Marty Wingate.
MendoGirl says
For September I would like to recommend The Last Seance – Tales of the Supernatural by Agatha Christie. It is a collection of 20 short stories, some featuring Jane Marple and Hercule Poirot.
These stories are filled with psychic visions, looming specters, even a deity or two.
The two stories that really stuck with me were Philomel Cottage and The Dressmaker’s Doll.
I would even suggest that if you have kids between 12 and up, read the Dressmaker’s Doll out loud for a spooky good story on Halloween.
Happy Halloween everyone!
Rob Jarrad says
Danna: I’ve read a combination of cozies and non-fiction history so I’ll just mention the cozies.
I’ve just discovered Ellie Alexander’s Sloan Kraus’s mystery series involving a Beer brewing maven hq’ed in Washington State. Very good amateur sleuth just emerging from a divorce with a teenaged son and brewing at a Nano-brewery (and loving it). Start the series if you do the in order thing, with Death on Tap. Like I said, an excellent series with likable characters. I’ve enjoyed watching Sloan change and grow along with her supporting cast.
Elizabeth Spahn Craig is a winner with her Southern Quilting Mysteries and I’ve read several. Start with her Quilt or Innocence if you like reading them in order.
Claudia says
I’m about 2/3s finished with what is to be the first in a new series – Mrs Christie at the Mystery Guild Library by Amanda Chapman. Tory Van Dine is a member of an old New York monied family and her grandmother has assembled a copy of Agatha Christie’s library in her NY townhouse – Tory has been in charge of it since her grandmother’s passing. Imagine her shock when one evening she finds a pleasant older woman in the Christie Room who introduces herself as Mrs Mallowan (Agatha’s married name). Yikes!
So begins the story of 2 murders that Tory must investigate with the help of her actress cousin, an 11 year old whiz kid, a librarian and a very handsome NYPD detective.
It’s a literal page turner with twists, turns, peeks into NY society (the Met Gala!, Broadway shows!) and lots of close calls. Just the idea of meeting up with Agatha Christie was enough to get me interested.
I wholeheartedly recommend this book and can’t wait for the next.
Patti S. says
I read two books that were really good. They are: Mrs. Christie and the Mystery Guild Library by Amanda Chapman and The Four Queens of Crime by Roseanne Limoncelli. They were both excellent.
Becky says
I’ve been enjoying the Detective Whiskers series by Chris Abernathy. I can’t see them listed anywhere on here though!