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One New Cozy Mystery Series and One Holiday-Themed Cozies Coming December 2019

December will be a decent month for Cozy Mystery releases, with one new Cozy Mystery series by an established site author and one new Holiday-Themed Cozy Mystery.

First up, Amanda Flower (aka Isabella Alan) will be putting out the first in her new Amish Matchmaker Mystery Series, titled Matchmaking Can Be Murder. Millie Fisher is returning to her hometown of Harvest, Ohio, after the death of her husband, and has decided to branch out from her normal trade, quiltmaking, and begin matchmaking, with her niece being her first target. Unfortunately, her niece is already betrothed to a thoroughly unsuitable candidate, but Millie manages to convince her to break it off. But when the jilted lover turns up dead, Millie’s niece quickly becomes a prime suspect, and Millie will need to work hard to keep her out of jail! Amanda Flower also writes (among others) the Amish Candy Shop Mystery Series, the Magical Bookshop Mystery Series, and the Magical Garden Mystery Series.

Also, Cynthia Baxter will be releasing Last Licks, the third in her Lickety Splits Ice Cream Shoppe Mystery Series. Kate McKay, owner of Lickety Splits is preparing for Halloween, but she’s derailed somewhat by the offer of an offer by a Hollywood movie crew to use her shop as part of the production. Unfortunately, someone else seems to have more sinister motives than making a movie, and one of the actresses ends up dead by poison – poison apparently delivered by ice cream. Cynthia Baxter is also the author of the Reigning Cats & Dogs Mystery Series and the Murder Packs a Suitcase Mystery Series.

For more Halloween Cozy Mysteries, check out the Halloween Mystery Book Series page on the site.

For more new Cozy Mystery Series, check out the New Cozy Mystery Book Series page on the site.

Cozy Mystery News – November 2019

We’ve got a fair amount of good Cozy Mystery news to catch up on!

First, Laurie Cass (aka Laura Alden) will be releasing two new books in her Bookmobile Cozy Cat Mystery Series, taking the series to a total of at least nine entries starring sleuth Minnie Hamilton, bookmobile librarian in Michigan. Laura Cass also writes the PTA Mystery Series under the name Laura Alden.

Next up, Debra H. Goldstein will be putting out two more books in the Sarah Blair Mystery Series, starring a law firm receptionist, bringing the series to four entries. The fourth entry will be called Four Cuts Too Many. Goldstein also writes the Carrie Martin and the Mah Jongg Players Mystery Series and the Denney Silber Mystery Series.

Finally, Marcia Talley will be putting out another entry in the Hannah Ives Mystery Series, taking the series to a total of eighteen entries – quite a long-running series now! The new entry starring Hannah Ives will be title Done Gone.

New Releases – November 11 to November 17, 2019

Here is the list of new releases for November 11 to November 17!

Frances Brody: The Body on the Train (This will be the 11th in the Kate Shackleton Mystery Series.)

Lynn Cahoon: Memories and Murder (This will be the 10th in the Tourist Trap Mystery Series.)

Janet Evanovich: Twisted Twenty-Six (This will be the 26th in the Stephanie Plum Mystery Series.)

Martha Grimes: The Old Success (This will be the 25th in the Richard Jury Mystery Series.)

Gigi Pandian: The Glass Thief (This will be the 6th in the Jaya Jones Treasure Hunt Mystery Series.)

My Life is Murder TV Mystery Show

My Life is Murder is a terrific Australian television mystery show. (Why is it that the best mystery shows are imports?!) If I had to describe it in just one sentence … let’s see … I guess I’d say it has the same overall feeling as the Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries only it’s set in present-day Australia and the sleuth isn’t as interested in men.

The sleuth of this Australian mystery series is Alexa Crowe, a retired police detective who is determined to live a quiet, uncomplicated life while baking artisan bread at home. (Alexa is brilliantly played by Lucy Lawless.) Unfortunately for Alexa, her old partner from the police force keeps intruding on her quiet bread-baking life. Detective Inspector Hussey (Bernard Curry) seems to pop up all over town to fill Alexa in on difficult cases he needs her to solve. (When I say “pop up” that’s exactly what I mean! How about while enjoying a Tai Chi class in the park?)

Alexa is “aided and abetted” by Madison, a very capable computer whiz (as in hacker!). Ebony Vagulans is terrific as Madison – and although I don’t recognize her from anything else, I sure hope I see her in lots of shows in the future.

My husband and I are slowly making our way through the My Life is Murder series. It’s one of those shows we know will be limited since Australian series don’t have as many episodes in a season as we do here in the States. (Yet another complaint related to the second sentence in this blog entry!)

I definitely recommend the My Life is Murder mystery show! We are watching it through our Amazon Prime membership on our Acorn subscription.

If you’re interested in finding some other TV mystery (and some non-mystery) shows, then take a look at the TV and Movies page on my Cozy Mystery site.

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