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

Happy Mother’s Day, 2019!

mother's dayJust a quick note to wish Happy Mother’s Day to all of you 🙂 !

As I’ve said before — I think we should use this day to celebrate all of the women in our lives. I have posted (twice!) a letter I once received that was passed on by my best friend about the importance of maintaining relationships with all of our “sisters”.  If you are interested in reading it again, here is a link to the latest post in which I included the letter.

Hope you all have a great day!

Cozy Mystery News – May 2019

News is a little lighter this month than some – just three authors, but they’re all good ones!

First up, Lynn Cahoon will be starting a new Cozy paranormal mystery series, which should be at least three entries. It will take place in Sun Valley, Idaho, and the star will be running a catering business in an old haunted school. Cahoon is also the author of the very popular Tourist Trap Mystery Series, starring Jill Gardner, a coffee house/book store owner in South Cove California. Lynn also writes the Cat Latimer Mystery Series, starring a sleuth who used to be an English professor – but now is a bed and breakfast owner in Colorado. She also writes the Farm-to-Fork Mystery Series which stars the owner of a farm to table restaurant in Idaho.

Next, Sarah Graves will be continuing her Death by Chocolate Mystery Series with at least three more entries, the first of which will be titled Death by Chocolate Snickerdoodle. The Death by Chocolate Mystery Series is itself a continuation of the Home Repair Is Homicide Mystery Series. Jake (Jacobia from the Home Repair Is Homicide series) is now the owner of a bakeshop. And for those of you who enjoy Cozies with recipes: the Death by Chocolate series has them! Also, those of you who enjoy the Hallmark Movies & Mysteries channel’s movies, the Home Repair movies are in that line-up. Sarah Graves also writes a suspense crime thriller series called the Lizzie Snow Mystery Series.

Finally, Mary Ellen Hughes will be adding a new moniker : Emmie Caldwell. Those of you who miss the Needlecraft Mystery Series that Monica Ferris wrote, you’ll be super happy to see that as Emmie Caldwell she will be writing a new series of at least three books starring a knitting enthusiast and a knitting circle in Crandalsburg, Pennsylvania. Yahoo for those of us who enjoy needlecraft Cozies! Mary Ellen Hughes is the author of the Keepsake Cove Mystery Series, the Pickled and Preserved Mystery Series, the Craft Corner Mystery Series, and the Maggie Olenski Mystery Series.

As I mentioned at the beginning of this entry, there aren’t a lot of authors but there sure is a lot of good news this month!

Updated Hallmark Movies & Mysteries Cozy Mystery Movies – May 2019

This is just a quick note to let you all know that I just updated the Hallmark Movies & Mysteries Cozy Mystery Movies – May 2019 entry that I posted a few days ago.  The whole month of May (2019) is now on that entry.

I see that I’m going to be able to catch up on some of the already-aired mystery movies that I missed.

P.S. It looks like June 2019 will be bringing us the premier of a new Cozy Mystery series!

PICTURE PERFECT MYSTERIES: NEWLYWED AND DEAD

Small-town New England professional wedding photographer Allie Adams (Alexa PenaVega) finds herself in the middle of a murder mystery when the groom is suddenly shot and killed during the ceremonial first dance. Suspicion immediately turns towards Allie’s big brother Greg (Jon Cor, “Love on Safari”), the ex-boyfriend of the bride. Allie begins her own amateur investigation to clear Greg’s name, teaming up with Sam (Carlos PenaVega), the newest detective on the force. Starring Alexa PenaVega, Carlos PenaVega, and Jon Cor.

I’ll tell you when the NEW Picture Perfect Mystery Series will premiere when I post the Hallmark Movies & Mysteries schedule for June 2019. (I’m not sure about the dates yet yet…)

(The above picture and description of Picture Perfect Mysteries: Newlywed and Dead was copied from the Hallmark Movies & Mysteries website.)

New Releases – April 29 to May 12, 2019

Well, I ended up missing last week’s new releases. So this list includes that as well. Each of these was pretty long, so it’s a big double release!

Here is the list of new releases for April 29 to May 12!

Ellery Adams (aka Jennifer Stanley, J. B. Stanley, & 1/2 of Lucy Arlington): Murder in the Reading Room (This will be the 5th in the Book Retreat Mystery Series.)

Barbara Allan: Antiques Ravin’ (This will be the 13th in the Trash ‘n’ Treasures Mystery Series.)

Simon Beaufort: Watchers of the Dead (This will be the 2nd in the Alec Lonsdale Mystery Series.)

Jenna Bennett (aka Jennie Bentley & Bente Gallagher): Conflict of Interest (This will be the 17th in the Savannah Martin Mystery Series.)

Mollie Cox Bryan: The Jean Harlow Bombshell (This will be the 1st in the NEW Classic Star Biography Mystery Series.)

Lucy Burdette (aka Roberta Isleib): A Deadly Feast (This will be the 9th in the Key West Food Critic Mystery Series.)

V.M. Burns: Wed, Read & Dead (This will be the 4th in the Mystery Bookshop Mystery Series.)

Susanna Calkins: Murder Knocks Twice (This will be the 1st in the NEW Speakeasy Mystery Series.)

Krista Davis: The Diva Sweetens the Pie (This will be the in the Domestic Diva Mystery Series.)

Peggy Ehrhart: Knit One, Die Two (This will be the 3rd in the Knit & Nibble Mystery Series.)

Lee Hollis: Death of a Wedding Cake Baker (This will be the 11th in the Hayley Powell Mystery Series.)

Linda O. Johnston: For a Good Paws (This will be the 5th in the Barkery & Biscuits Mystery Series.)

Kylie Logan (aka Miranda Bliss & Casey Daniels): The Scent of Murder (This will be the 1st in the NEW Jazz Ramsey Mystery Series.)

Sheila Lowe: Proof of Life (This will be the 2nd in the Beyond the Veil Thriller Mystery Series.)

Jenn McKinlay: Dying for Devil’s Food (This will be the 11th in the Cupcake Bakery Mystery Series.)

Clare O’Donohue: Breaking the Dance (This will be the 2nd in the World of Spies Mystery Series.)

Katherine Hall Page: The Body in the Wake (This will be the 25th in the Faith Fairchild Mystery Series.)

Nora Page (Ann Myers): Read on Arrival (This will be the 2nd in the Bookmobile Mystery Series.)

Lane Stone: Changing of the Guard Dog (This will be the 3rd in the Pet Palace Mystery Series.)

Marcia Talley: Tangled Roots (This will be the 17th in the Hannah Ives Mystery Series.)

Victoria Thompson: Murder on Trinity Place (This will be the 22nd in the Gaslight Mystery Series.)

Christine Trent: A Murderous Malady (This will be the 2nd in the Florence Nightingale Mystery Series.)

Lea Wait: Thread on Arrival (This will be the 8th in the Mainely Needlepoint Mystery Series.)

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