I have some very good news for some of you! Here are some little morsels of information that fans of these Cozy Mystery authors will be especially be happy about seeing:
Molly Cox Bryan, author of the Cumberland Creek Mystery Series, will be writing a new Cozy Mystery series that will take place in North Carolina and will feature a craft retreat. How many of us wish we could attend the first session?
Heather Blake (aka Heather Webber) will be releasing a sixth Cozy in her Wishcraft Mystery Series. The tentative title is Gone with the Witch, and believe me, I’ll let you know when it is going to be released!
Joyce and Jim Lavene may be starting a new Cozy Mystery series called the Purple Door Detective Agency Mystery Series. I’m still not entirely sure about this, since they will be starting their new Pumpkin Patch Mystery Series in the same month (August) as the Purple Door Detective Agency series is supposed to be starting. More news about this when I get the scoop…
All of you fans of Lynn Cahoon‘s Tourist Trap Mystery Series have something to be extra happy about! Lynn Cahoon will be releasing A Story to Kill, the first Cozy in her new series called the Cat Latimer Mystery Series. The series will star an author/professor who inherits a Victorian house. And guess what she’s going to do with her converted Victorian! She’s going to turn it into a Bed and Breakfast for authors’ retreats! (See, I told you you’d be happy!)
Here’s some great news for Leann Sweeney‘s fans! Her Cats in Trouble Mystery Series has gotten the green light for the next two books in the series. Yahoo! I absolutely love to hear about our authors being able to continue their Cozy Mystery series!
At the risk of asking a terribly obvious question: This is pretty doggone good Cozy Mystery news, isn’t it?
Anne says
I’m so excited but also annoyed because I want all the books to be here now in front of me! Patience is not my strong suit. Thanks for always keeping us informed!
Danna - cozy mystery list says
Anne, I have found that patience is not one of my best virtues…
ChloeT says
This is a question about an author that I don’t see on your list. But then again I’m not sure what a cozy mystery is. Diane Mott Davidson.
Danna - cozy mystery list says
Chloe T, here is Diane Mott Davidson‘s page on my Cozy Mystery site.
Also, here is my definition of what a Cozy Mystery is: What Makes a Cozy Just That?
And, here is the home page of the Cozy Mystery site:
Cozy Mystery List: A Guide to Cozy Mystery (and Other Favorite) Books and DVDs
Chris says
It’s wonderful to have a guide like yours. I am especially looking for a writer, or writers, like Caroline Graham. Her Inspector Barnaby’s are terrific, as she reveals her characters, including the CID and his sidekick. Also would like to find a new Colin Dexter, i.e. Inspector Morse, or just “Morse.” Splendid police work and peopling, and in fact Dexter gives a hats-off to Dexter in one of her stories by referring to the policeman who is fond of opera and pints of bitter.
Chris says
Sorry for the typo. I meant to say that Graham touts Dexter (in either “A Place of Safety” or “A Ghost in the Machine.”)
Sheila in CT says
Thank you so much for this fab news – and yes it is pretty doggone good Cozy Mystery news. My Kindle and me will be looking forward to the new series by Lynn Cahoon (I love her Tourist Trap mystery series). The Molly Cox Bryan new series sounds very interesting. Would I ever like to attend the first session. Joyce and Jim Lavene – how do they keep all their series straight? How many does this make?
Danna - cozy mystery list says
Sheila in CT, I’ve been asking myself the same question about the Lavenes! They must spend all of their waking moments writing Cozies!
Chris says
This reader might like Caroline Graham’s “Murder in Madingely Grange” (1990) which may well be the start of this genre. The Victorian house is a site for a murder weekend, a la the 1930s, so I think this is one of the earliest “tourist-trap” mysteries.
Danna - cozy mystery list says
Chris, thanks for telling us about Caroline Graham’s Murder in Madingely Grange. It sounds delightful.
Stash Empress says
Wow so much cozy goodness! Yes I also wonder how the Lavene’s do it, but I’m just glad they keep doing it!
Their new Purple Door Detective Agency series will begin in September with “That’s My Banshee” as the first title (its a paranormal series, but that’s all I know about it).
“Give ‘Em Pumpkin to Talk About” is the first title in the Pumpkin Patch series which is not a paranormal series.
Rita says
oh lord I want them all NOW.. Especially interested in the craft retreat one. I do counted cross stitch so this one looks interesting to me. Who is kidding whom…they all look interesting.
Danna - cozy mystery list says
Rita, I’m not kidding when I say I would love to go to that craft retreat!
Margaret M. says
YES IT DOES! That Joyce and Jim Lavene are very ambitious; and I think I have to take a peek at both of these series.
As always thanks again for the heads up Danna.
Danna - cozy mystery list says
Margaret M, you’re welcome. I have a feeling a lot of us are going to be taking a peek at their new series.
Elizabeth says
If as you say in your addendum regarding cozy mystery definition, authors are becoming more crude, they are in my opinion making a huge mistake. One of the main reasons I love them is that they are not vulgar or dark.
Danna - cozy mystery list says
Elizabeth, not all Cozy Mystery authors have taken that route, but every once in a while I hear from a Cozy Mystery reader who is upset about certain words appearing in his/her reading material. It’s unfortunate that some of them have gone that route, though…
Stella says
I agree; the surest way for an author to lose my $ as a reader is to slip over the line into vulgarity. I read Cozy mysteries because I enjoy them as they are currently defined, and I really hope they stay that way.
Danna - cozy mystery list says
Stella, when I said some authors are changing, I meant that some of them have added words that would not necessarily be thought of as Cozy Mystery language.
Stella says
Well, I’ve noticed a few authors touted as “cozy mystery” writers on Amazon whose offerings were more in the line of thrillers, complete with the (IMO) unnecessary ugly words as well as sometimes (again, IMO) over-descriptive sex scenes.
Honestly, I’ve come to depend on your lists here for authors I will enjoy, rather than Amazon’s recommendations any more.
Danna - cozy mystery list says
Stella, I suggest you read all of the reviews before trying a new-to-you author. Some of them may include spicier language/situtaions…
carolyn says
I have also been wondering about Diane Mott Davidson. Have all of her Goldy Schultz mysteries & I thought that the ending of The Whole Enchilada sounded kinda like she was winding the storyline up. Hope not!
Danna - cozy mystery list says
Carolyn, Diane Mott Davidson has Goldy’s Kitchen Cookbook: Cooking, Writing, Family, Life which she will be releasing, but I had read she was not going to be writing any more Goldy mysteries. I hope I’m wrong…
janie says
Can’t get enough of the Lavene duo. I love all their books. I just finished the latest Missing Pieces book and an looking forward to the next Renaissance Fair mystery. I will pre-order just about anything they write. Also looking forward to Lynn Cahoon’s next one and also LeAnn Sweeney. Looks like a great summer for reading!!!
Danna - cozy mystery list says
Janie, then you’re in luck. Joyce and Jim Lavene (aka J.J. Cook & Ellie Grant) certainly are writing a whole lot of Cozy Mysteries these days!
Ruth says
Lots of good reading ahead but where will I have time to sleep.
Danna - cozy mystery list says
Ruth, I can certainly sympathise with your dilemma!
Stash Empress says
On Joyce & Jim Lavene’s Facebook page today (sorry, I have no idea how to link to the post from here):
Next four releases for 2015:
July – Fatal Fairies – Ren Faire Mystery
August – Give ’em Pumpkin to Talk About – Pumpkin Patch Mystery
September – Be My Banshee – Purple Door Detective Agency
October – Looking for Mr. Good Witch – Retired Witches Mystery
Betty says
Joyce and Jim Levene post the list of coming books on Facebook. The Pumpkin Patch Mystery is coming out in August and the Purple Door Dectective Agency is coming out in September.
Danna - cozy mystery list says
Betty and Stash, thank you. I don’t actually post the books on my authors’ pages until I can find either their pictures or their books. So far, I can’t find the Purple Door Detective Agency, although I have it on my tentative list of books to be released in the future.
Julie says
Just happened to notice on Amazon that there is a new Joanne Fluke/Hannah Swenson book coming out February 23,2016, Wedding Cake Murder.
Danna - cozy mystery list says
Julie, thanks for the information. Great news for Hannah fans!
Janice M. says
Molly Cox Bryan and Heather Blake are among two of my favorite authors (out of several that I’m hooked on)!
I am so excited and look forward to Molly’s new series and Heather’s continuing series!
So many books…so little time! : )
Janice M. says
Oops…sorry, I forgot to add that a “new-to-me” author is Janet Bolin and the Threadville series. I know it is a little older series but I am now on book three and have fallen in love with Willow, Halee, the Three Weird Mothers, Clay…and the whole town of Threadville!
Danna - cozy mystery list says
Janice M, I knew this was going to be good news for lots of us!
Janice M. says
I already can predict what at least three – four days of my “stay-cation” are going to look like!
I’m glad that I’ve been printing some of the authors pages that you have and checking the books off as I read them. I might look strange walking into the library with a big three ring binder but it works for me! : )
Danna - cozy mystery list says
Janice M, I like the stay-cation idea! And, I especially like what you’re planning to do during your four days…