January 2017
Kristi Abbott (aka Eileen Rendahl & Eileen Carr): Pop Goes the Murder (This will be the 2nd in the Popcorn Shop Mystery Series.)
Ellie Alexander (Kate Dyer-Seeley): Fudge & Jury (This will be the 5th in the Bakeshop Mystery Series.)
Stephanie Blackmoore: Murder Wears White (This will be the 2nd in the Wedding Planner Mystery Series.)
Catherine Bruns: Death of the Big Kahuna (This will be the 6th in the Aloha Lagoon Mystery Series.)
Fiona Buckley: The Heretic’s Creed (This will be the 14th in the Ursula Blanchard Elizabethan Mystery Series.)
Elizabeth Kane Buzzelli (aka Elizabeth Lee): She Stopped for Death (This will be the 2nd in the Little Library Mystery Series.)
Alys Clare: A Rustle of Silk (This will be the 1st in the NEW Gabriel Taverner Mystery Series.)
Patricia Cornwell: Ripper: The Secret Life of Walter Sickert (This will be a revised & expanded version of Cornwell’s 2002 previously released “Portrait of a Killer: Jack the Ripper: Case Closed”)
Cleo Coyle (aka Alice Kimberly): Dead Cold Brew (This will be the 16th in the Coffeehouse Mystery Series.)
Casey Daniels (aka Miranda Bliss & Kylie Logan): Graveyard Shift (This will be the 1st in the NEW Pepper Martin Paranormal Mystery Series.)
Julianna Deering (aka DeAnna Julie Dodson): Murder on the Moor (This will be the 5th in the Drew Farthering Mystery Series.)
Tim Dorsey: Clownfish Blues (This will be the 20th in the Serge Storm non-Cozy Series.)
Sharon Dunn: Big Sky Showdown (This will be a Stand Alone Love Inspired Suspense novel.)
Mary Feliz: Scheduled to Death (This will be the 2nd in the Maggie McDonald Mystery Series.)
Parnell Hall: A Puzzle to Be Named Later (This will be the 18th in the Puzzle Lady Mystery Series.)
Karen Harper: Drowning Tides (This will be the 2nd in the South Shores Mystery Series.)
Ellen Hart: Fever in the Dark (This will be the 24th in the Jane Lawless Mystery Series.)
Kate Kingsbury (aka Rebecca Kent & Allison Kingsley): Dead and Breakfast (This will be the 1st in the NEW Merry Ghost Inn Mystery Series.)
Karen MacInerney: Whale of a Crime (This will be the 7th in the Gray Whale Inn Mystery Series.)
G.M. Malliet: Devil’s Breath (This will be the 6th in the Max Tudor Mystery Series.)
Jenn McKinlay (aka Josie Belle & Lucy Lawrence): Assault and Beret (This will be the 5th in the Hat Shop Mystery Series.)
Julie Moffett: No Living Soul (This will be the 9th in the Lexi Carmichael Mystery Series.)
Diana Orgain: Third Time’s a Crime (This will be the 3rd in the Love or Money Mystery Series.)
Sara Paretsky: Taste of Life (This will be a Stand Alone mystery story. It was included in Paretsky’s Brush Back mystery novel.)
James Patterson: The Coldest January (This will be a BookShots short story or novella.)
James Patterson: The End (This will be a Stand Alone mystery “BookShot” – Amazon describes these as “Novels you can devour in a few hours”)
James Patterson: Finding Bailey Mae (This will be a Stand Alone mystery “BookShot” – Amazon describes these as “Novels you can devour in a few hours”)
James Patterson: The House Husband (BookShots)
James Patterson & Chris Grabenstein: Robot Revolution (This will be the 3rd in the House of Robots series for children.)
Carol J. Perry: Murder Go Round (This will be the 4th in the Witch City Mystery Series.)
Thomas Perry: The Old Man (This will be a Stand Alone thriller.)
Dani Pettrey: Still Life (This will be the 2nd in the Chesapeake Valor Mystery Series.)
Deanna Raybourn: A Perilous Undertaking (This will be the 2nd in the Veronica Speedwell Mystery Series.)
Sarah Rayne: Death Notes (This will be the 1st in the NEW Phineas Fox Mystery Series.)
Sofie Ryan (aka Sofie Kelly): Telling Tails (This will be the 4th in the Second Chance Cat Mystery Series.)
Fran Stewart: A Wee Homicide in the Hotel (This will be the 3rd in the ScotShop Mystery Series.)
Suzanne Trauth: Time Out (This will be the 2nd in the Dodie O’Dell Mystery Series.)
Tracy Weber: A Fatal Twist (This will be the 4th in the Downward Dog Mystery Series.)
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If you want to see this month’s releases, go to the December 2016 Mystery Book New Releases.
You can find these and many more Cozies scheduled for release soon on the Soon to be Released Mysteries page on my site.
(These are the mysteries by authors who are currently on the Cozy Mystery site.)
Melissa says
Lots of great new books coming out! Thanks for the list!
Danna - cozy mystery list says
Melissa, you’re welcome!
Aye says
I am not familiar with many of these writers, but I do know Patricia Cornwell and Thomas Perry. Perhaps, you might want to add a disclaimer warning that these two authors, at least, are hardly COZY writers or that their books fall into this category?
Danna - cozy mystery list says
Aye, at the top of both the Patricia Cornwell page and the Thomas Perry page, I have that they are not Cozy. Thanks for the reminder!
Sheila in CT says
Danna. Thank you for the Jan 2017 new book release list. Many great books to start the new year. Decision: What to read first? My TBR list keep growing, and growing and growing. Need I say more.
Danna - cozy mystery list says
Sheila, I certainly know what you mean! I’m trying to pick out books to put on my list for next year as well.
Susy says
I am new to the site but really appreciate the lists of book soon to be released.
Sadly, my pile list now fills two book cases. I read pretty quick, but life and work keep getting in the way. Looking forward to retirement (the end on 2018) and hopefully getting down to just one book cases. I know there are worse addictions than books, but most don’t take up as much space.
Danna - cozy mystery list says
Susy, I definitely know how you feel. I know it isn’t for everyone, but one thing I really appreciate about my Kindle is how it is the size of a single book but can hold my entire library.
Gwyn says
Yes, thanks for the list. Is “book shot” as described in Patterson’s shorter books listed above; a new “coined” term for cozy mysteries?
Danna - cozy mystery list says
Gwyn, “Book Shots” seem to be what James Patterson is now calling his “novella” length books – longer than a story but not as long as a full novel.
Margaret StashEmpress says
I’m I the only one who finds this list downright overwhelming??? Never thought I’d say there was such a thing as too many books (but then — there didn’t used to BE too many books!)
That said, overjoyed to see a new Regan Reilly — its been 5 years since the last one!!!!
And of course a new Puzzle Lady title is always so much fun!
Danna - cozy mystery list says
Margaret, I definitely have a good idea what you mean – there are definitely a lot of books on this list I want to read! Hopefully I can find the time.
Rob says
Just finished Brushed with Death by Elizabeth J Duncan and also reading her Shakespeare series Untimely Death. Both series are a delight and looking forward to each new one in the series.
The Penny Brannigan series set in the Welsh town of Llanellen is
just as good as the Shakespeare series in the Catskills of New York.
So if you need a new series or author-I found this author purely by mistake but the best one I ever made to try someone new!