Here are four most recent Cozy Mystery authors who I have added to the Cozy-Mystery site. The authors I add to the site come from recommendations of other Cozy Mystery readers.
Julia Buckley – Julia Buckley is a Chicago based writer who has taught high school English for over twenty years. She is the author of the Undercover Dish Mystery Series which stars Lilah Lake, a behind-the-scenes caterer and the Writer’s Apprentice Mystery Series with a sleuth (Lena London) who is the apprentice for a famous author while trying her hand at authoring. Buckley also writes the Teddy Thurber Mystery Series, starring an English teacher, the Madeline Mann Mystery Series, starring a reporter. (Recipes are included in the Undercover Dish Cozy Mysteries.)
Rae Davies – A former reporter who now works as a full-time author, Rae Davies (aka Lori Devoti) writes the Dusty Deals Mystery Series. Davies also teaches writing at the university level, through a continuing education program. Her Dusty Deals series stars another former reporter, Lucy Mathews. Lucy left her job as a crime reporter to open an antiques store in Montana. Lucy is frequently accompanied by Kiska, her Alaskan Malamute.
Christina Freeburn – Christina Freeburn had many careers before finally becoming an author of Cozy Mysteries and romance novels >>> she has been a paralegal, a librarian, a church secretary, a stay-at-home mom, and even a JAG legal specialist in the US Army. It’s no surprise that her Cozy Mystery series, the Faith Hunter Scrap This Mystery Series, stars a former JAG specialist. The sleuth, Faith Hunter, has returned to West Virginia to run her grandmother’s scrapbooking store and solve mysteries!
Kelly Lane – Kelly Lane has worked as a copywriter, journalist, editor, and public relations professional as well as an author. She lives in Virginia, and is the author of the Olive Grove Mystery Series, which stars Eva Knox, an olive grove farmer in Georgia. (Recipes are included in the Olive Grove Cozy Mysteries.)
I hope you enjoy these Cozy Mystery authors as much as the Cozy Mystery readers who recommended them!
Melissa says
Thanks for the info!
Danna - cozy mystery list says
Melissa, you’re welcome!
Katariina says
I love the Dusty Deals series! I keep looking for a new book to be released but it’s been a while. I hope there’s more coming soon.Really funny and great characters.
Liz says
I just checked Rae Davies Facebook page, she has book 5 almost ready for Amazon, she has the cover reveal on her page, so it should be soon.
Danna - cozy mystery list says
Liz, thank you. As soon as I saw your comment, I tried to find out when it will be released. No such luck, but I’ll keep trying…
Danna - cozy mystery list says
Katariina, the next Dusty Deal mystery will be called Loose Lips, but I don’t know (yet!) when it will be released. As soon as I find out, I’ll be sure to add it to the Soon to be Released page and the monthly release entry it belongs to.
Katariina says
Thanks for the update! I can’t wait to get it. Be sure to let us know when it’s out in case I miss the release!!
Linda MH says
I haven’t read anything by Kelly Lane or Christina Freeburn, but I enjoyed Julia Buckley’s The Big Chili, and I love the Dusty Deals books. I really hope Rae Davies plans to continue this fun series. I’ll have to look up the other two authors. Thanks for the information.
Danna - cozy mystery list says
Linda MH, thank you for the Julia Buckley and Rae Davies shout-outs! Seeing that other Cozy Mystery readers enjoy a particular author helps me when I’m deciding whether or not to try a new-to-me author.
Kathleen says
Looking Forward to the first in Christina Freeburn series.
The 1st in the Dusty Deals is free on Amazon & BN.
Danna - cozy mystery list says
Kathleen, thank you for telling us! I should have mentioned that Rae Davis’ first Dusty Deals (Loose Screws) is free in Kindle and Nook format. There’s nothing to lose on this one!
Margaret M. says
Thanks Danna, since I love Georgia, I think I will try out the Olive Grove Mysteries by Kelly Lane. I always love when I can get in on a new series at the beginning.
And, it is always good to find some new series.
Danna - cozy mystery list says
Margaret M, I hope you enjoy the Olive Grove in Georgia so much that you recommend it to the rest of us!