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January 2020 Mystery Book New Releases

The following Mystery Books will be released in January 2020:

Ellery Adams (aka J. B. Stanley, Jennifer Stanley, & 1/2 of Lucy Arlington): The Book of Candlelight (This will be the 3rd in the Secret, Book & Scone Mystery Series.)

Tasha Alexander: In the Shadow of Vesuvius (This will be the 14th in the Lady Emily Mystery Series.)

Lynn Cahoon: A Field Guide to Homicide (This will be the 6th in the Cat Latimer Mystery Series.)

Kate Collins: Statue of Limitations (This will be the 1st in the NEW Goddess of Greene St. Mystery Mystery Series.)

Vicki Delany (aka Eva Gates): There’s a Murder Afoot (This will be the 5th in the Sherlock Holmes Bookshop Mystery Series.)

Tim Dorsey: Naked Came the Florida Man (This will be the 23rd in the Serge Storms Mystery Series.)

Kaitlyn Dunnett (aka Kathy Lynn Emerson): A View to a Kilt (This will be the 13th in the Liss MacCrimmon Mystery Series.)

Sarah Fox: Much Ado About Nugmeg (This will be the 6th in the Pancake House Mystery Series.)

Victoria Gilbert: Bound for Murder (This will be the 4th in the Blue Ridge Library Mystery Series.)

Gemma Halliday: Marriage, Merlot & Murder (This will be the 4th in the Wine & Dine Mystery Series.)

Miranda James (aka Dean James,  Jimmie Ruth Evans, & Honor Hartman): Careless Whiskers (This will be the 12th in the Cat in the Stacks Mystery Series.)

Iris Johansen: Hindsight (This will be a stand-alone thriller.)

Julie Anne Lindsey (aka Jacqueline Frost, Julie Chase, & Bree Baker): Deadly Cover-Up (This will be the 1st in the NEW Fortress Defense Mystery Series.)

Catherine Lloyd: Death Comes to the Nursery (This will be the 7th in the Kurland St. Mary Mystery Series.)

Jenn McKinlay (aka Josie Belle & Lucy Lawrence): Buried to the Brim (This will be the 6th in the Hat Shop Mystery Series.)

Peter Robinson: Many Rivers to Cross (This will be the 26th in the Inspector Banks Mystery Series.)

Sofie Ryan (aka Sofie Kelly & Darlene Ryan for Young Adult): Claw Enforcement (This will be the 7th in the Second Chance Cat Mystery Series.)

If you want to see this month’s releases, go to the December 2019 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.)

New Releases – December 2 to December 8, 2019

Here is the list of new releases for December 2 to December 8!

Lynn Cahoon: Have a Deadly New Year (This will be the 4th in the Farm-to-Fork Mystery Series.)

Peg Cochran (aka Meg London): Murder, She Encountered (This will be the 3rd in the Murder, She Reported Mystery Series.)

Cleo Coyle (aka Alice Kimberly): Brewed Awakening (This will be the 18th in the Coffeehouse Mystery Series.)

Paige Shelton: Thin Ice  (This will be a Stand-Alone thriller.)

Christopher Fowler: Bryant & May: The Lonely Hour (This Will be the 16th of the A Peculiar Crimes Unit Mystery Series.)

Cozy Mystery Book Recommendations – November 2019

We’re just about at the end of November, so it’s time to discuss our favorite Cozies that we’ve read this month!

If you read a Cozy mystery this month and want to recommend it to the rest of us, be sure to post it here! For this month, I read the first entry of Jacqueline Frost’s Christmas Tree Farm Mystery Series. For the reasons I want to recommend it, be sure to check out the blog entry!

So, what have you been reading that you can recommend in November? Please be sure to tell us why you liked these Cozies so much. I know we’re all always on the lookout for more particularly good Cozy Mystery authors! (If you have a lot of Cozies you think are great, please post the ones you like the most at the top of the list.)

As always, please do not tell us about the Cozy Mysteries you did not like.

What really good Cozy Mystery did you read during November 2019 that you want the rest of us to know about, and why did you enjoy it?

Ellie Alexander (aka Kate Dyer-Seeley): Sloan Krause Mystery Series

Donna Andrews: Meg Langslow Mystery Series

Mary Angela Professor: Prather Mystery Series (first entry An Act of Murder)

Tessa Arlen: Woman of WWII Mystery Series

Jessica Beck (aka Elizabeth Bright, Casey Mayes, Melissa Glazer, Chris Cavender, Tim Myers, & D.B. Morgan): Donut Shop Mystery Series

Stephanie Blackmoore: Wedding Planner Mystery Series

Eileen Brady: Kate Turner, DVM Mystery Series (first entry Muzzled)

Emily Brightwell: Mrs. Jeffries Mystery Series

Ellen Byron: Cajun Country Mystery Series

Kate Carlisle: Fixer-Upper Mystery Series

Vannetta Chapman: Amish Bishop Mystery Series

Laura Childs (aka Gerry Schmitt): Cackleberry Club Mystery Series AND Scrapbooking Mystery Series

Peg Cochran (aka Meg London): Murder, She Reported Mystery Series

Elizabeth Craig (aka Riley Adams & Elizabeth Spann Craig): Southern Quilting Mystery Series

Elizabeth Daly: Henry Gamadge Mystery Series

Jacqueline Frost: Christmas Tree Farm Mystery Series

Yasmine Galenorn (aka India Ink): Chintz ‘n China Mystery Series

Eva Gates (aka Vicki Delany): Lighthouse Library Mystery Series

Anna Gerard: Georgia B&B Mystery Series (first entry Peach Clobbered)

Sherry Harris: Sarah Winston Garage Sale Mystery Series

Cornelia Kidd (aka Lea Wait): Mainely Murder Mystery Series

Faith Martin: Hillary Greene Mystery Series (first entry A Narrow Escape)

G. A. McKevett: Savannah Reid Mystery Series

Alexis Morgan: Abbey McCree Mystery Series (first entry Death by Committee)

Patricia Moyes: Henry Tibbett Mystery Series

Hannah Reed (aka Deb Baker): Scottish Highlands Mystery Series

David Rosenfelt: Andy Carpenter Mystery Series

Ann B. Ross: Miss Julia Mystery Series

The Secrets of the Castleton Manor Library Mystery Series

[If you click on the author’s name (blue) link, it will take you to his/her page on the Cozy Mystery site. The pages have all of the authors’ books listed chronologically.]

I will list the authors and series that have been recommended, but I urge you to read the comments below so you can see the reasons other Cozy Mystery readers thought these were their best reads of the month.

♦To access more Cozy Mystery Books Recommendations, click on this link♦

P.S. I usually don’t comment on your recommendations since they speak for themselves.

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