The following Mystery Books will be released in December 2013:
Victoria Abbot (writing duo Mary Jane Maffini & Victoria Maffini): The Sayers Swindle (This will be the 2nd in the Book Collector’s Mystery Series.)
Sandra Balzo: Murder on the Orient Espresso (This will be the 8th in the Maggy Thorsen Mystery Series.)
Maggie Barbieri: Once Upon a Lie (This will be the 1st in the NEW Maeve Conlon Mystery Series.)
C.C. Benison: Ten Lords A-Leaping (This will be the 3rd in the Father Christmas Mystery Series.)
Jennie Bentley (aka Jenna Bennett & Bente Gallagher): Home for the Homicide (This will be the 7th in the Do It Yourself Mystery Series.) (This is a Christmas theme mystery.)
Juliet Blackwell (aka Hailey Lind): Home for the Haunting (This will be the 4th in the Haunted Home Renovation Mystery Series.)
Laurie Cass: Lending a Paw (This will be the 1st in the NEW Bookmobile Cat Mystery Series.)
Laura Childs: Tea for Three (This is an omnibus of the first three Tea Shop Mysteries: Death by Darjeeling, Gunpowder Green, & Shades of Earl Grey.)
Judy Clemens: Leave Tomorrow Behind (This will be the 6th in the Stella Crown Mystery Series.)
J.J. Cook (aka Joyce and Jim Lavene & Ellie Grant): Hero’s Journey (This will be a Novella in the Sweet Pepper Fire Brigade Mystery Series.)
Michael Connelly: The Gods of Guilt (This will be the 5th in the Mickey Haller Mystery Series.)
Cleo Coyle (aka Alice Kimberly): Billionaire Blend (This will be the 13th in the Coffeehouse Mystery Series.)
Elizabeth Craig (aka Riley Adams & Elizabeth Craig): Quilt Trip (This will be the 3rd in the Southern Quilting Mystery Series.)
Krista Davis: Murder, She Barked (This will be the 1st in the NEW Paws and Claws Mystery Series.)
Carola Dunn: Heirs of the Body (This will be the 21st in the Daisy Dalrymple Mystery Series.)
Christopher Fowler: The Invisible Code (This will be the 10th in the Bryant & May Mystery Series.)
Frances Fyfield: Cold to the Touch (This will be the 6th in the Sarah Fortune Mystery Series.) (USA Release)
J.G. Goodhind: The Ghost of Christmas Past (This will be the 8th in the Honey Driver Mystery Series.) (This is a Christmas theme mystery.)
Carolyn Hart: Cry in the Night (This will be a Stand Alone Mystery.) (This book was released in e-book format only in ’12.)
Joan Hess: Murder as a Second Language (This will be the 19th in the Claire Malloy Mystery Series.)
Jonnie Jacobs: Lying with Strangers (This will be a Stand Alone Mystery.)
Sue Ann Jaffarian: Second-Hand Stiff (This will be the 8th in the Odelia Grey Mystery Series.) (This is a Thanksgiving theme mystery.)
Laura Levine: Killing Cupid (This will be the 12th in the Jaine Austen Mystery Series.) (This is a Valentine theme mystery.)
Liz Lipperman (aka Lizbeth Lipperman): Chicken Caccia-Killer (This will be the 4th in the Clueless Cook Mystery Series.)
Kylie Logan (aka Miranda Bliss & Casey Daniels): Buttoned Up (This will be the 4th in the Button Box Mystery Series.)
Marcia Muller & Bill Pronzini: The Spook Lights Affair (This will be the 4th in the Carpenter & Quincannon, Professional Detective Services Mystery Series.)
Gail Oust: Rosemary and Crime (This will be the 1st in the NEW Piper Prescott Mystery Series.)
Sharon Pape: Sketcher in the Rye (This will be the 4th in the Portrait of Crime Mystery Series.)
Anne Perry: A Christmas Hope (This will be the 11th in Perry’s Christmas mystery novels.)
Ann Purser: Scandal at Six (This will be the 13th in the Lois Meade Mystery Series.)
Paige Shelton: Merry Market Murder (This will be the 6th in the Farmers’ Market Mystery Series.) (This is a Christmas theme mystery.)
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Laura says
The new Laurie Cass series looks intriguing. I had been getting bored with some of the series I was reading, but I really liked the first book in Victoria Abbot’s new series and the second book in Elizabeth Craig’s series. I am looking forward to their new releases.
Danna - cozy mystery list says
Laura, I have been known to drop a lot of my favorite authors for just that reason. When it comes to the point that I’m not looking forward to spending time with my sleuths and their “villages” — it’s time for me to retire their authors/creators from my favorite authors lists.
MJ says
Thanks, Danna
I’m looking forward to reading several of the books on this list. I believe ‘Missing Dough’ by Chris Cavender will also be released in December. It’s pictured on your list home page.
Danna - cozy mystery list says
Thank you, MJ. I had Chris Cavender’s Missing Dough as coming out in November. I’ll go check on it…
MJ says
Good Grief…………you’d think I’d learn. Sorry. For some reason I saw the release date for Missing Dough as Dec. 3, 2013. Well, it’s for the paperback! Who knew the paperback would follow the hardcover (I didn’t even know there was a hardcover) by just a week or two!
AND, 10 lashes with a wet noodle to me for missing it in the blog’s November releases.
Danna - cozy mystery list says
MJ, that really is odd that Missing Dough is being released in hardcover and then a few weeks later in paperback. I wonder what the reasoning is behind this type of idea.
Shannon N says
I like the Chris Cavender The Pizza Lover’s Mystery series. I purchase this series on my Nook. I am a bit behind though in this series. The books are coming faster than I can read them. When reading this series, it’s hard not to get the craving for pizza. 🙂
Anyway, this is a good series to start. It reminds me of the Soap Making Mysteries by Tim Myers. Wonderful stories and easy reading.
I wish more books would come out for the Soap Making Mystery Series.
Sheila says
Thanks for the great list for December. So many books to read …. will I ever get caught up?
Danna - cozy mystery list says
Sheila, I’m with you! I just keep adding more and more titles to my TBR list…
Ann says
Thanks for the list. I’ve been watching Death in Paradise on KERA on Saturdays. A nice change to have a Caribbean flare.
Ann
Danna - cozy mystery list says
Ann, I don’t know what KERA is, but I wish I had it! Sounds like Death in Paradise is a good show.
Oh, I just looked it up ans see it’s your PBS station. I will check and see if mine shows Death in Paradise, but I don’t think it does.
Linda C says
Oh wow Danna, Joan Hess is back with Claire Mallory. It’s been quite awhile!! I hope Ms. Hess will soon revive her Arley Hanks/Maggody series. Arley has been expecting for a long time now!! I loved both of these series.
I know sometimes we can get tired of some series. But how often have we complained about our favorites giving us the same old same old all the time but then also complain when the writer changes something in her/his novels??.
I just finished reading “The Whole Enchilada” by Diane Mott Davidson. I know I have complained several times about this author killing off the jerk. But I still want her to continue writing about Goldy and her cast of characters.
I loved this book. I think the last chapter was hurried along some but I still want to read more and more books from this author.
Deb says
I got lazy and didn’t check the October and November lists, so today I added 28 books to my library request list! Lots of reading coming for the winter!
Danna - cozy mystery list says
Deb, your librarians are in for a lot of checking ins and outs.
Jerry says
Danna
Rosemary and Crime sounds good and looking foward to Laura Levine’s new one. Thank you for the new list. Just finished Joelle Charbonneau’s new cozy ” Skating Under The wire” . Good mystery.
JMW
Danna - cozy mystery list says
Jerry, some day I’m going to have to ask the question: how many books do you read a month?
Patti S. says
Thank you for the list, Danna. I added a lot of books to my TBR list! My husband will be busy bringing a lot of books home from the library he works at!
Danna - cozy mystery list says
Patti S, you have it pretty easy, just having to ask your husband to bring home the books. You don’t even have to log on to your library’s site…
MinaNoir says
Danna, I have one to add to your December list. It is The Vanishing Thief by Kate Parker. It is the 1st book in A Victorian Bookshop Mystery series. Looks very interesting to me. Thanks for the list so many to add to my book buying list.
Annette says
WHAT? no Kate Kingsberry….seems she always does a Christmas theme….so sad….
Danna - cozy mystery list says
Annette, Kate Kingsbury released her Christmas mystery in October: Mulled Murder.
Janice says
And it is the last one in the Pennyfoot series. I finished it Thursday. I still do not have them all, as the earlier works are coming out in e format. I enjoy the series, but they ended on a good note.
Danna - cozy mystery list says
Janice, do you mean Kate Kingsbury’s Mulled Christmas is the last Special Pennyfoot Hotel mystery or that it is the last one that has been published so far?
Janice says
According to the preface of the Mulled Christmas book..”To my readers, I’m sad to say that this book will be the last in the Pennyfoot Hotel Mysteries. The characters are looking forward to new lives and it is time to let them go.”
There is more thanks, etc, and at the end, “I’m not giving up writing, and Kate Kingsbury will strive to entertain you well into the future.”
As my Kindle opens to chapter one, I might have missed this, but I always back page it, because I like to read the thanks, introductions, etc. If I hadn’t had that habit, I would have missed it.
Thanks for your wonderful website.
Janice
Danna - cozy mystery list says
Thank you, Janice. I just checked and see that the Pennyfoot Hotel has been up and running for over twenty years. (That’s hard to believe!)
Julia says
I enjoyed a number of the Pennyfoot mysteries, but I wish she would return to her WWII series – that one was my favorite.
Danna - cozy mystery list says
Julia, I just went to Kate Kingsbury’s page and was surprised to see that she hasn’t released a WW II Manor House mystery since 2006…
(I don’t know if you know this, but Mulled Murder is the last of the Pennyfoot mysteries.)
joan j. says
I picked up a book from my library on Friday. Just published. I can’t find any place on this site to post it. It is THE BIG BOOK OF CHRISTMAS MYSTERIES,about 57 short stories by well known authors and some not so much and all types, it is edited by Otto Penzler. He used to have a monthly magazine. With 650 pages I decided I wouldn’t spend all the time reading this so went out today and bought it! I have read many Chrstmas novels over the years and have a few paperback I may read again. There used to be special books with some short stories, novels but I haven’t seen any for years. but this is something I will dip into for years. It is a trade paperback with a list price of $25. but can be bought cheaper at Barnes & Noble or Amazon. When we get closer I’ll probably read one or two daily.
Danna - cozy mystery list says
Joan J, I have editor Otto Penzler’s The Big Book of Christmas Mysteries listed on my Christmas mystery books list, on the page with P, Q, R, & S authors.
Jerry says
Anyone looking for a great mystery cozy book take a look at “the Stranger You Know ” by Andrea Kane . Could not put it down.
Jerry
Danna - cozy mystery list says
Thanks, Jerry.
Jerry says
Danna
First and foremost I want to wish you and your family and all your readers a Happy and Healthy Thanksgiving. Gobble Gobble
I have just recently finished some great cozy’s 1 Christmas Carol Murder by Leslie Meier 2 A Basket of Trouble by Beth Groundwater and Plum Deadly by Ellie Grant { Her first cozy mystery }. All great reads. Keep the suggestions coming.
Danna - cozy mystery list says
Happy Thanksgiving to you, Jerry. And, thank you for telling us about your enjoyment of those three mystery books.
Jerry says
I just finished David Baldacci’s new book King and Maxwell. One of the best mystery books I have ever read. My wife and I agree on this one and we never agree on books lol. On to Takedown Twenty by Janet Evanovich.
JMW
joan j. says
Not seeing any of my favorite authors in New mysteries at my local library and Nothing there I thought when I saw MURDER AND MOONSHINE by Carol Miller. not my type I thought. a first novel. This takes place in a small town in south west Virginia Mountains. Daisy a young waitress trying to support herself and pay for her mothers medical. An old man comes into the diner and drops dead. His death is suspicious and she no longer knows who she can trust. I found her fascinating and the area different than mine having grown up in a suburban location in the city of Cincinnati and having lived in Baltimore city and county found this so different. I am glad I followed my impulse to check it out.