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Cozy Mystery News – May 2020

May is a bit better than last month for Cozy Mystery News – this month we’ve got three pieces of news for site authors!

First, Frances Brody will be adding two more books in the Kate Shackleton Mystery  Series, which stars a widow in a small village in post-WWI England. This will be the thirteenth novel in the series.

 

 

 

Next, Sarah Fox will be adding two more books to her Literary Pub Mystery Series, which stars a pub owner catering to lovers of literature in Vermont. This will bring the series to a total of five entries. She’s also the author of the Pancake House Mystery Series, and the Music Lover’s Mystery Series.

 

 

Finally, Elizabeth George (who isn’t really Cozy in my mind, but still very much a favorite!) will be putting out the 21st in her long-running Inspector Lynley Mystery Series, titled Something to Hide. This is quite good news, as this series has been slowing down a bit relatively recently – but still just as appreciated when it arrives!

Happy Mother’s Day!

Happy Mother’s Day to all of you mothers out there!

I know I have talked about my son living here in San Antonio and our daughter living in Washington, D.C. I’m a first-time grandmother of the most terrific two month old (and I’m very un-biased in saying that!) – and due to this awful Coronavirus, my husband and I haven’t been able to hold our favorite grandbaby… let alone be in the same city as she is. I am so thankful that we live in a day where we can still be in contact by phone or by the visual technology that is available today!

Stay safe and Happy Mother’s Day! 

Sheila Connolly Will Be Missed By Many

Unfortunately, we have lost another in the Cozy author community recently. Sheila Connolly passed away toward the end of April at the age of 70.

Sheila Connolly was the author of multiple very popular Cozy Mystery series, including the Orchard Mystery Series, the Museum Mysteries Series, the Relatively Dead Mystery Series, the Victorian Village Mystery Series, and the County Cork Mystery Series, the last of which I wrote a blog entry about. Under the pen name Sarah Atwell, she was also the author of the Glassblowing Mystery Series.

Rest in Peace, Sheila. You will be missed by many, and our sympathies go out to her family and friends.

New Releases – May 4 to May 10, 2020

Here is the list of new releases for May 4 to May 10!

Lorraine Bartlett (aka L. L. Bartlett & Lorna Barrett): A Murderous Misconception (This will be the 7th in the Victoria Square Mystery Series.)

Kathleen Bridge: Evil by the Sea (This will be the 4th in the By the Sea Mystery Series.)

Catherine Bruns: Icing on the Casket (This will be the 9th in the Cookies & Chance Mystery Series.)

Kylie Logan (aka Miranda Bliss & Casey Daniels): The Secret of Bones (This will be the 2nd in the Jazz Ramsey Mystery Series.)

Diane Vallere: Spiders From Mars (This will be the 4th in the Sylvia Stryker Mystery Series.) 

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