The Cozy Mystery List Blog

Cozy Mystery (and Other Favorite) Books, Movies, and TV

November 2015 Mystery Book New Releases

The following Mystery Books will be released in November 2015:

Ellery Adams (aka J.B. Stanley & Jennifer Stanley): Writing All Wrongs (This will be the 7th in the Books by the Bay Mystery Series.)

Deb Baker (aka Hannah Reed): Murder Decks the Halls (This will be a story in the Gertie Johnson Mystery Series.) (This is a Christmas themed mystery story.)

David Baldacci: The Guilty (This will be the 4th in the Will Robie Mystery Series.)

Rhys Bowen: Away in a Manger (This will be the 15th in the Molly Murphy Mystery Series.) (This is a Christmas themed mystery.)

Laura Bradford (aka Elizabeth Lynn Casey): A Christmas Mourning (This will be a Christmas themed mystery story.)

Ali Brandon: Plot Boiler (This will be the 5th in the Black Cat Bookshop Mystery Series.) (This is a Fourth of July themed mystery.)

JoAnna Carl (aka Eve K. Sandstrom): The Chocolate Falcon Fraud (This will be the 15th in the Chocoholic Mystery Series.)

Kate Carlisle: Crowned and Moldering (This will be the 3rd in the Fixer-Upper Mystery Series.)

Joelle Charbonneau: Need (This will be a Stand Alone or New Mystery Series for grades 7 and up.)

Mary Higgins Clark & Alafair Burke: All Dressed in White (This will be the 2nd in the Under Suspicion Series.)

Kate Collins: Florist Grump (This will be the 17th in the Flower Shop Mystery Series.)

Michael Connelly: The Crossing (This will be the 19th in the Harry Bosch Mystery Series & the 6th in the Mickey Haller Mystery Series.)

Patricia Cornwell: Depraved Heart (This will be the 23rd in the Kay Scarpetta Mystery Series.)

Kathi Daley: The Cat of Christmas Past (This will be the 6th in the Whales and Tails Mystery Series.) (This is a Christmas themed mystery.)

Krista Davis: Murder Most Howl (This will be the 3rd in the Paws and Claws Mystery Series.)

Vicki Delany (aka Eva Gates): Rest Ye Murdered Gentlemen (This will be the 1st in the NEW Year-Round Christmas Mystery Series.) (This is a Christmas themed mystery.)

Hannah Dennison: Accused! (This will be the 5th in the Vicky Hill Exclusive! Mystery Series.)

Elizabeth J. Duncan: Untimely Death (This will be the 1st in the NEW Shakespeare in the Catskills Mystery Series.)

Janet Evanovich: Tricky Twenty-Two (This will be the 22nd in the Stephanie Plum Mystery Series.)

Charles Finch: Home by Nightfall (This will be the 9th in the Charles Lenox Mystery Series.)

Jean Flowers (aka Camille Minichino, Margaret Grace, & Ada Madison): Death Takes Priority (This will be the 1st in the NEW Postmistress Mystery Series.)

Christine L. Goff: A Parliament of Owls (This will be the 6th in the Birdwatcher’s Mysteries.)

Sally Goldenbaum: Trimmed with Murder (This will be the 10th in the Seaside Knitters Mystery Series.) (This is a Christmas themed mystery.)

Barbara Graham: Murder by Kindness: The Gift Quilt (This will be the 7th in the Quilted Mystery Series.)

Parnell Hall: A Fool for a Client (This will be the 20th in the Stanley Hastings Series.)

Victoria Hamilton (aka Amanda Cooper): White Colander Crime (This will be the 5th in the Vintage Kitchen Mystery Series.) (This is a Christmas themed mystery.)

Susannah Hardy (aka Sadie Hartwell): Olive and Let Die (This will be the 2nd in the Greek to Me Mystery Series.)

Carolyn Hart: High Stakes (This will be a Stand Alone Mystery.)

Sadie Hartwell (aka Susannah Hardy): Yarned and Dangerous (This will be the 1st in the NEW Tangled Web Mystery Series.)

Sue Ann Jaffarian: A Body to Spare (This will be the 10th in the Odelia Grey Mystery Series.)

J.A. Jance: No Honor Among Thieves (This will be an Ali Reynolds/Joanna Brady Mystery Series novella.)

Jonathan Kellerman & Jesse Kellerman: The Golem of Paris (This will be the 2nd in the Golem Series.)

Joyce and Jim Lavene: A Dickens of a Murder (This will be the 1st in the NEW Canterville Book Shop Mystery Series.) (This is a Christmas themed mystery.)

Amanda Lee (aka Gayle Trent): The Stitching Hour (This will be the 9th in the Embroidery Mystery Series.) (This is a Halloween themed mystery.)

Elizabeth Lee (aka Elizabeth Kane Buzzelli): Nuts and Buried (This will be the 3rd in the Nut House Mystery Series.)

T.C. LoTempio: Claws for Alarm (This will be the 2nd in the Nick and Nora Mystery Series.)

Blanche Day Manos: Moonlight Can Be Murder (This is the 1st in the NEW Ned McNeil Mystery Series.) (This is a Christmas themed mystery.)

Nancy Martin: Miss Ruffles Inherits Everything (This will be the 1st in the NEW Miss Ruffles Mystery Series..)

Jenn McKinlay (aka Josie Belle & Lucy Lawrence): A Likely Story (This will be the 6th in the Library Lover’s Mystery Series.)

Karen E. Olson: Hidden (This will be the 1st in a NEW Nicole Jones Thriller Mystery Series.)

Diana Orgain: Yappy Hour (This will be the 1st in the NEW Roundup Crew Mystery  Series.)

Kate Parker: The Conspiring Woman (This will be the 4th in the Victorian Bookshop Mystery Series.)

James Patterson: Cross Justice (This will be the 23rd in the Alex Cross Series.)

Anne Perry: A Christmas Escape (This will be the 13th in the Christmas Series.) (This is a Christmas themed mystery.)

Spencer Quinn: Santa 365 (This will be a Chet and Bernie Mystery Series story.) (This is a Christmas theme mystery.)

Susan Sleeman: High-Caliber Holiday (This will be the 3rd in the First Responders Mystery Series.) (This is a Christmas themed mystery.)

Victoria Thompson: Murder on St. Nicholas Avenue (This will be the 19th in the Gaslight Mystery Series.) (This is a Christmas themed mystery.)

LynDee Walker: Cover Shot (This will be the 5th in the Headlines in Heels Mystery Series.)

Penny Warner (aka Penny Pike): The Hunt for the Missing Spy (This will be the 5th in the Code Busters Club Mystery Series for children.)

Livia J. Washburn: The Candy Cane Cupcake Killer (This will be the in the Fresh-Baked Mystery Series.) (This is a Christmas theme mystery.)

Betty Webb: The Puffin of Death (This will be the 4th in the Gunn Zoo Mystery Series.)

Suzanne Young: Hotel Ruby (This will be a Stand Alone or New Series mystery.)

Here are this month’s releases: October 2015 Mystery Book New Releases.

I have lots and lots of  Cozies that are scheduled to be released so please click on this link to go to the Soon to be Released Mysteries page on the site.

(These are the mysteries by authors who are currently on the Cozy Mystery site.)

Comments

  1. Wow! What a great list…almost overwhelming. 🙂 Love it and thank you! Currently rereading all of M. Grimes’ Richard Jury mysteries, but will be hunting soon for a new series, now that I’m caught up on Brunetti and Gamache, too.

    Reply

  4. There’s a “sneak peek” from Acorn of a re-working of Christie’s 1920’s Partners in Crime – Tommy and Tuppence. It’s set in the 1950’s and it’s super! Only the first full episode is available but you must watch. Go to you tube and type in Partners in Crime and you’ll find episode one from acorn. WARNING: It’s a cliff hanger!

    Reply

    • ML, thanks. I had better get my entry about the original Tommy and Tuppence posted quickly! I don’t know how this second series will top that one! I watched the Mapp and Lucia remake, and was… well let’s just say I didn’t finish watching it…

      Reply

      • WHAT?! A remake of Mapp and Lucia? Hmmm. Must investigate this. I finished a delightful English cozy but for the I can’t recall the author and title of the books.

        Have you read The Ming Tea Mystery by Laura Childs?

        Reply

        • ML,

          I read the Ming Tea Mystery. Here is my post from the May recommendations…………..

          ‘Ming Tea Murder’ definitely has a Halloween theme with many holiday activities, décor, and costumes. So for those that want to read thematic books at the ‘right’ time, might want to hold off on this one until October.

          I found this book to have a VERY slow start. But hang in there, because it picks up quickly about half way through. The murder takes place right at the beginning at a museum party. It’s become fairly ‘typical’ of this series to do just that One other observation, this story seems to have a somewhat of a different voice to it…………….not sure why. I wonder if anyone else noticed that (OR, am I just imagining it!).

          The usual characters, as always, are appealing/enjoyable. And, the new characters are complex, thus quite interesting. However, the romance story line is different – Theo’s boyfriend is fairly weak and she dominates him (which is not the way her previous boyfriends have been portrayed). Hopefully he’ll move away and a better match will come about in forthcoming books.

          It’s an engaging mystery with several culprit possibilities. The solution is somewhat of a surprise. And, as usual, it’s filled with a lot of interesting/illustrative info (aside from all the tea lingo).

          Reply

          • Thank you for the comments about the Ming Tea Mystery.

            I keep wondering about amateur sleuths who own businesses, and still maintain a successful business ($$$) when they spend all their time investigating crime. Maybe I need to switch from business-themed mysteries – bakery, bookstore, etc. and concentrate more on those who just are very curious and deductive in reasoning. Hmmm. Any suggestions? I’ve read Ann Purser’s Ivy Beasley series and thoroughly enjoyed the characters.

            Reply

            • I’m sure there are several and possibly worth a whole new topic/discussion. At first glance, two series come to mind by the Lavene’s — the Sharyn Howard series (she is the sheriff) and the ‘Sweet Pepper Fire Brigade’ series by J. J. Cook (Lavene pseudonym). The female protagonist in that series is the fire chief.

              Dorothy Martin is ‘retired’ (as is her husband) in a series (of the same name) by Jeanne Dams. It is set in England. The same is true for the Sheila Malory series by Hazel Holt, also set in England. Both are often recommended on this blog.

              Two favorites of mine are the Deborah Knott series by Margaret Maron. She is a judge and her husband is the deputy sheriff, so their investigations are part of their positions. The other is the Jane Ryland series by Hank Phillippi Ryan. Jane is a reporter, thus her ‘investigations’ also tend to be part of her job.

              Reply

  5. Looks like a lot of new series popping up — many from old familiar authors. It will be interesting to see how that fact impacts their older existing series. And a new Chocoholic mystery — my favorite!

    Reply

  6. Great list as always but “House of Robots” doesn’t fit. That came out 4th December last year and the second will be out December this year. At least according to amazon.de and amazon.com.

    Reply

  8. Someday I will accept that I cannot possibly read all the books that catch my eye. Until then, my tbr pile will continue to grow. November has some interesting new series and some gorgeous covers!

    Reply

  9. I love October in New England (my home), but I feel like I am “wishing it away” because I can’t wait to get my hands on some of these November releases. LOL. Thanks for the list, Danna.

    Reply

  10. Am concurrently reading A Catherine Coulter FBI series and Margot Arnold’s Penny Spring & Sir Toby Glendower series. Love them both. I was fortunate to pick-up the complete Margot Arnold at a thrift store so I don’t have to go searching for the next one! Look forward to reading ones from you list and meet a new author. Thanks for all the work you do. I really appreciate it, as do many others.

    Reply

  11. If anyone is looking for a new series to start, I recommend the Nut House Mystery Series. I just finished book one, and am truly enjoying book 2. Elizabeth Lee does a great job writing the story, and characters in the book. Both books are page turns.

    I see book 3 is on the Nov Cozy list.

    Reply

  12. Thank you for the great and helpful site, I love it! I would like to recommend the Alec Halsey Series by Lucinda Brant. The latest book came out November 7th. Great series if you like C S Harris’ Sebastian St. Cyr (a lot of twists and turns and full of historical detail).
    Greetings from Germany!

    Reply

  13. Hi Danna,
    Thanks so much for listing the new releases! It’s so nice to have all the info you post!

    Susan Bernhardt’ s “Murder by Fireworks” is out this month. I enjoy her Kay Driscoll character, a woman about my age that I can relate too and her band of friends are wonderful!

    Just wanted a “shout out” for us “baby boomers” cozy mystery lovers!

    Happy Thanksgiving!

    Reply

  14. I saw on your post on FaceBook that stated ‘Free Cozy Mystery book’ and your post asked for name and email address. I did this and was told I would get something in my email address on this but I have not. I have checked my spam file also, but nothing. Was there a problem on this?? Would like to hear from you to let me know what is going on, please, Thank you.

    Reply

Leave a Reply

Please don't tell us about Cozy Mystery authors or books you don't enjoy.

Please use a nickname or your first name and last initial (unless you are an author and want your full name to appear).

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

MENU