Here are some fun Alabama facts:
The capital is Montgomery.
The largest city is Birmingham.
State motto is “We Dare Defend OurRights” (“Audemus jura nostra defendere”)
State nicknames are Heart of Dixie, and also Yellowhammer State.
State flower is the Camellia.
State bird is the Yellowhammer.
Mystery authors who are found on the Cozy Mystery Site who feature Alabama locations/settings in their books:
Susan Wittig Albert: Darling Dahlias Mystery Series
Heather Blake (aka Heather Webber): Magic Potion Mysteries
Erika Chase: Ashton Corners Book Club Mystery Series
J.J. Cook (aka Joyce and Jim Lavene & Ellie Grant): Biscuit Bowl Food Truck Mystery Series
Anne George: Southern Sisters Mystery Series
Carolyn Haines: Pluto’s Snitch Mystery Series
Kelly Lane: Olive Grove Mystery Series
Gilbert Morris: Jacques & Cleo, Cat Detectives Mystery Series
Mary Saums: Thistle & Twigg Mystery Series
Please feel free to comment if you see an author from the Cozy Mystery Site who belongs on this list, or if you have any corrections.
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Misty says
Just wanted to say that I read the Anne George Southern Sisters series a couple months ago and loved it! I would definitely recommend it. Wish the author could have continued it but realized later that she passed away. Would love to find something similar. Any suggestions? Thanks for the wonderful site. I have made myself a list….several pages long…with each author and series titles so I can check them out in order from the local public library. I can’t stand to start a book and realize after I’ve started reading that it is book two or three of a series.
Anna Marie says
I thoroughly enjoy your website and am wondering if you will be adding Mysteries in Maine any time soon.
Thank you for all that you do….
Danna - cozy mystery list says
I am so glad you read the Anne George mysteries and wrote to endorse them. I love the Southern Sisters series.
As for authors who are similar to Anne George >>>
I attempted to make up a list of authors who Anne George fans might enjoy:
Authors Similar to Anne George
Don’t you just hate it when the second or third book in the series divulge the who-dunnits from the previous mysteries?
Danna - cozy mystery list says
Anna Marie,
I just this minute moved Maine up the list! (Hopefully after New Jersey and California…)
Pat says
I have not read it yet, but Susan Wittig Albert has just started a new series taking place in Alabama with two sisters. “The Darling Dahlias and the Cucumber Tree” . I have enjoyed her other books so since I grew up in Alabama I plan to read this series. Hope I enjoy it as much as Anne George’s series.
Danna - cozy mystery list says
Pat, Susan Wittig Albert’s new Darling Dahlias Mystery Series does indeed take place in Alabama, and I have no idea how I forgot to add it to this Alabama theme list. Thank you!
Cathy H says
Just wanted you to add J.J. Cook to the list as the new series is located in Mobile, Alabama. The new series is called “A Biscuit Bowl Food Truck Mystery”. I just started reading it and so far I like it!
Danna - cozy mystery list says
Cathy, thank you, I’ll go add J.J. Cook’s Biscuit Bowl Food Truck Mystery to the Alabama list right now.
Anita Rogers says
There is a series, rich widow, finds out her husband had an illegitimate son, feels sorry for mistress, has a black housekeeper who helps her, she winds up taking the boy and his mother in. Maybe takes place in Birmingham.
Danna - cozy mystery list says
Anita, I’m sorry about the lateness of this reply… do you think this could be the Miss Julia Series by Ann B. Ross?