The following Mystery Books will be released in May 2011:
Avery Aames: Lost in Fondue (This will be the 2nd in the Cheese Shop Mystery Series…)
Lawrence Block (aka Paul Kavanagh) A Drop of the Hard Stuff (This will be the 17th in the Matt Scudder Mystery Series…)
Emily Brightwell: Mrs. Jeffries Forges Ahead (This will be the 28th in the Mrs. Jeffries Mystery Series…)
Kate Carlisle: Murder Under Cover (This will be the 4th in the Bibliophile Mystery Series…)
Aaron Elkins: The Worst Thing (This will be a Stand Alone…)
Earlene Fowler: Spider Web (This will be the 15th in the Benni Harper Mystery Series…)
Sally Goldenbaum: The Wedding Shawl (This will be the 5th in the Seaside Knitters Mystery Series…)
Charlaine Harris: Dead Reckoning (This will be the 11th in the Sookie Stackhouse Southern Vampire Mystery Series…)
Dorothy Howell: Clutches and Curses (This will be the 4th in the Haley Randolph Mystery Series…)
Miranda James (aka Honor Harman, Jimmie Ruth Evans, & Dean James: Classified as Murder (This will be the 2nd in the Cat in the Stacks Mystery Series…)
Jess Lourey: October Fest (This will be the 6th in the Murder by Month Mystery Series…)
Clare O’Donohue: Missing Persons (This will be the 1st in the NEW Kate Conway Mystery Series…)
Gail Oust: Shake, Murder, and Roll (This will be the 3rd in the Bunco Babes Mystery Series…)
Robert B. Parker: Sixkill (This will be the 39th in the Spenser Mystery Series…)
James Patterson & Maxine Paetro: 10th Anniversary (This will be the 10th in the Women’s Murder Mystery Series…)
Richard North Patterson: The Devil’s Light (This will be a Stand Alone…)
Ann Purser: The Measby Murder Enquiry (This will be the 2nd in the Ivy Beasley Mystery Series…)
Hannah Reed (aka Deb Baker): Mind Your Own Beeswax (This will be the 2nd in the Queen Bee Mystery Series…)
Joanna Campbell Slan: Make, Take, Murder (This will be the 4th in the Kiki Lowenstein Scrap-N-Craft Mystery Series…)
Elaine Viets: Pumped for Murder (This will be the 10th in the Dead-End Job Mystery Series…)
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Sharon K says
What happenened to the Blackbird Sisters? Author left me hanging!
Danna - cozy mystery list says
Sharon K, on Feb. 28, MJ posted this in a comment:
“By the way, I hear Nancy Martin is working on a new Blackbird Sisters Mystery.”
Janelle says
Hurray! She can’t write enough for me.
linda says
Janelle, just found this old, old reply of yours and reminds me of something that sometimes I wish I hadn’t said! At times I say that some of my favorite authors just don’t write fast enough for me. Then when sometimes these authors do write faster, their books just aren’t as good! Sometimes we just aren’t satisfied are we!!??
Laura Alden says
A new Aaron Elkins book? I hadn’t heard about it — but how wonderful!
Cinette says
Are there many mysteries that aren’t centered on a murder or two? As an aspiring author, I read that some agents would like to see more on murderless mysteries, and I can’t recall ever having read one in adult mysteries!
Penny says
Have you read Nancy Atherton’s Aunt Dimity series? It is my favorite mystery series and without a murder in sight.
Cinette says
Thanks for the tip! I’ve been meaning to check out that series; I’d better get on it!
PaulD says
Try the Alexander McCall Smith Mma Ramotswe stories. Not a murder in sight!
Cinette says
I appreciate the heads up on this series; I haven’t heard of this one, but I’m more than willing to check into it!
Cinette says
Oh! Wait! The Ladies No. 1 Dectective Agency! I HAVE heard of that one! I just haven’t started reading it yet:-)
Danna - cozy mystery list says
I doubt you’ll be sorry when you start reading the No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency, Cinette. It is a pure delight. (I listen to Lisette Lecat’s audio books, and love them!)
Alfred says
I have 3 books that month I can’t wait to get – the Emily Brightwell Mrs. Jeffries, and I have the entire run of the Miranda James and Kate Carlisle. Lots of good reading to come.
Danna - cozy mystery list says
Enjoy your May reading, Alfred!
Gmom says
Does anyone know if there will be a new Aurora Teagarden mystery by Charlaine Harris?
Danna - cozy mystery list says
Gmom, with Charlaine Harris doing so unbelievably well with her new series, I am guessing we won’t be seeing any more of Aurora or Lily Bard… What a shame for those of us who were fans of hers before the paranormal series…
Michele says
I am reading Sweet Revenge, Author Andrea Penrose. Do you know if there are any books from Andrea Penrose?
Danna - cozy mystery list says
Michele, I see that Andrea Penrose wrote Sweet Revenge (the first in the Lady Arianna Regency (historical) Mystery Series, and The Cocoa Conspiracy (2nd in the series) is due out in December 2011.
Petie says
I bought the 3 Kate Borden cozy mysteries and that seems to be all she’s written from the New England mayor storyline. I’m not really interested in the Caribbean so her writing under Kate Grilley probably won’t be to my liking. Have you heard if she’s going to do anymore as Kate Borden (Peggy Jean Turner mysteries)? Thanks so much!
Danna - cozy mystery list says
Since it has been six years, I would be surprised to see another Peggy Jean Turner mystery. Here’s hoping!
Jane says
I am recommending Flowerbed of State by Dorothy St. James. It is 1st in a new series that was introduced in May, 2011. It is in the genera of the Julie Hyzy White House Chef series but as you can probably guess from the title it features a White House gardener as the main character. It fits perfectly in the Cozy Mystery Series. Check it out.
Danna - cozy mystery list says
Thank you, Jane. Small world >>> Dorothy St. James is actually already on my list of authors to post on the site.
Thanks, again