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March 2019 Mystery Book New Releases

The following Mystery Books will be released in March 2019:

Jessica Beck (aka Elizabeth Bright, Melissa Glazer, Chris Cavender, Casey Mayes, Tim Myers, & D.B. Morgan): Caramel Canvas (This will be the 39th in the Donut Mystery Series.)

Emily Brightwell: Mrs. Jeffries Delivers the Goods (This will be the 36th in the Mrs. Jeffries Victorian Mystery Series.)

Lynn Cahoon: One Potato, Two Potato, Dead (This will be the 3rd in the Farm-to-Fork Mystery Series.)

Julie Chase (aka Jacqueline Frost & Julie Anne Lindsey): Cat Got Your Crown (This will be the 4th in the Kitty Couture Mystery Series.)

Vivien Chien: Murder Lo Mein (This will be the 3rd in the Noodle Shop Mystery Series.)

Laura Childs: Broken Bone China (This will be the 20th in the Tea Shop Mystery Series.)

Jeffery Deaver: Captivated (This will be a story with a lot of suspense.)

J.C. Eaton: Pinot Red or Dead? (This will be the 3rd in the Wine Trail Mystery Series.)

Linda Fairstein: Blood Oath (This will be the 20th in the Alexandra Cooper Mystery Series.)

Eva Gates (aka Vicki Delany): Something Read, Something Dead (This will be the 5th in the Lighthouse Library Mystery Series.)

A.L. Herbert: Murder with Collard Greens and Hot Sauce (This will be the 3rd in the Mahalia Watkins Mystery Series.)

Leslie Karst: Murder from Scratch (This will be the 4th in the Sally Solari Mystery Series.)

Donna Leon: Unto Us a Son Is Given (This will be the 28th in the Guido Brunetti Mystery Series.)

M. Louisa Locke: Scholarly Pursuits (This will be the 6th in the Victorian San Francisco Mystery Series.)

Karen MacInerney: Dyeing Season (This will be the 5th in the Dewberry Farm Mystery Series.) (This is an Easter themed mystery.)

Deanna Raybourn: A Dangerous Collaboration (This will be the 4th in the Veronica Speedwell Mystery Series.)

Denise Swanson: Leave No Scone Unturned (This will be the 2nd in the Chef-to-Go Mystery Series.)

Kirsten Weiss: Chocolate à la Murder (This will be the 4th in the Perfectly Proper Paranormal Museum Mystery Series.)

Jacqueline Winspear: The American Agent (This will be the 15th in the Maisie Dobbs Mystery Series.)

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

Cozy Mystery Book Recommendations – January 2019

It’s a new year, and what better way to end the first month of the new year than with a Cozy Mystery recommendations post?

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 re-read another old favorite of mine, the first entry in Patricia Moyes’s Hentry Tibbett 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 January? 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 January 2019 that you want the rest of us to know about, and why did you enjoy it?

Here are the current recommended authors who some of you have read and recommended this past month:

Ellery Adams (aka J. B. Stanley, Jennifer Stanley, & 1/2 of Lucy Arlington): Secret, Book & Scone Society Mystery Series

Lorraine Bartlett (aka L. L. Bartlett & Lorna Barrett) (w/Gayle Leeson): Victoria Square Mystery Series

V.M. Burns: Mystery Bookshop Mystery Series AND Dog Club Mystery Series

Bailey Cattrell (aka Bailey Cates & Cricket McRae): Enchanted Garden Mystery Series

Sheila Connolly (aka Sarah Atwell): County Cork Mystery Series AND Orchard Mystery Series AND Victorian Village Mystery Series AND Museum Mystery Series

Ellen Crosby: Wine Country Mystery Series

Krista Davis: Pen & Ink Mystery Series

Jacqueline Frost (aka Julie Chase & Julie Anne Lindsey): Christmas Tree Farm Mystery Series

Parnell Hall (aka J. P. Hailey): Puzzle Lady Mystery Series

Lee Harris: Christine Bennett Holiday Mystery Series

Richard Houston: Books to Die For Mystery Series

Maddy Hunter: Passport to Peril Mystery Series

J. A. Jance: J.P Beaumont Mystery Series

Cynthia Kuhn: Lila Maclean Academic Mystery Series

Patricia Moyes: Henry Tibbett Mystery Series

Louise Penny: Inspector Gamache Mystery Series

Barbara Ross: Maine Clambake Mystery Series

Alexander McCall Smith: Isabel Dalhousie Series (not mysteries)

Victoria Thompson: Gaslight 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.

 

New Releases – January 28 to February 3, 2019

Here is the list of new releases for January 28 to February 3!

Cynthia Baxter: Hot Fudge Murder (This will be the 2nd in the Lickety Splits Ice Cream Shoppe Mystery Series.)

Jeffery Deaver: Ninth and Nowhere (This will be a story with a lot of suspense.)

Sarah Graves: Death by Chocolate Malted Milkshake (This will be the 2nd in the Death by Chocolate Mystery Series.)

Sherry Harris: The Gun Also Rises (This will be the 6th in the Sarah Winston Garage Sale Mystery.)

Cynthia Harrod-Eagles: Headlong (This will be the 21st in the Bill Slider Mystery Series.)

Diane Kelly: Dead as a Door Knocker (This will be the 1st in the NEW House-Flipper Mystery Series.)

Alyssa Maxwell: A Murderous Marriage (This will be the 4th in the Lady and Lady’s Maid Mystery Series.)

Liz Mugavero (aka Cate Conte): Murder, She Meowed (This will be the 7th in the Pawsitively Organic Mystery Series.)

Sofie Ryan (aka Sofie Kelly): No Escape Claws (This will be the 6th in the Second Chance Cat Mystery Series.)

Upcoming Television Mystery Movies for February 2019

Some months certainly have more mysteries than others on TCM, and I’m afraid that February will be a bit “light” in the mystery department! Still, I’ve tried to sort out the mysteries, and included a bit more in the “personal favorites” category to try to make up for the shortage!

***** ***** ***** *****

Saturday – February 2

4:15 AM
NIGHT MUST FALL (1937)
A charming young man worms his way into a wealthy woman’s household, then reveals a deadly secret.
Dir: Richard Thorpe Cast: Merle Tottenham, Kathleen Harrison, Dame May Whitty.
BW- 116 mins, CC

6:15 AM
SUDDEN FEAR (1952)
An ambitious actor insinuates himself into the life of a wealthy middle-aged woman, then plots with his mistress to murder her.
Dir: David Miller Cast: Joan Crawford, Jack Palance, Gloria Grahame.
BW- 111 mins, CC

8:15 AM
THE THIRD MAN (1949)
A man’s investigation of a friend’s death uncovers corruption in post-World War II Vienna.
Dir: Carol Reed Cast: Joseph Cotten, Alida Valli, Orson Welles.
BW- 105 mins, CC

10:00 AM
PANIC IN THE STREETS (1950)
A killer evades the police not knowing he has a deadly plague.
Dir: Elia Kazan Cast: Richard Widmark, Paul Douglas, Barbara Bel Geddes.
BW- 96 mins

11:45 AM
SUSPICION (1941)
A wealthy wallflower suspects her penniless playboy husband of murder.
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock Cast: Cary Grant, Joan Fontaine, Sir Cedric Hardwicke.
BW- 99 mins, CC
**** This is a terrific mystery movie. Unfortunately, the studio made Alfred Hitchcock change the end, but it’s still a terrific movie. *****

1:30 PM
STRANGERS ON A TRAIN (1951)
A man’s joking suggestion that he and a chance acquaintance trade murders turns deadly.
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock Cast: Farley Granger, Ruth Roman, Robert Walker.
BW- 101 mins, CC

3:30 PM
NORTH BY NORTHWEST (1959)
An advertising man is mistaken for a spy, triggering a deadly cross-country chase.
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock Cast: Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, James Mason.
C- 136 mins, CC

6:00 PM
WAIT UNTIL DARK (1967)
A blind woman fights against drug smugglers who’ve invaded her home.
Dir: Terence Young Cast: Audrey Hepburn, Alan Arkin, Richard Crenna.
C- 108 mins, CC

***** ***** ***** *****

Tuesday – February 5

12:30 AM
THE LETTER (1940)
A woman claims to have killed in self-defense, until a blackmailer turns up with incriminating evidence.
Dir: William Wyler Cast: Bette Davis, Herbert Marshall, James Stephenson.
BW- 95 mins, CC
***** I love this movie! It’s a movie I re-watch from time to time. *****

***** ***** ***** *****

Thursday – February 7

9:45 AM
THE CRIMINAL CODE (1931)
A convict trying to reform is torn between conflicting loyalties when he witnesses a murder behind bars.
Dir: Howard Hawks Cast: Walter Huston, Phillips Holmes, Constance Cummings.
BW- 96 mins, CC

8:00 PM
ALL ABOUT EVE (1950)
An ambitious young actress tries to take over a star’s career and love life.
Dir: Joseph L. Mankiewicz Cast: Bette Davis, Anne Baxter, George Sanders.
BW- 138 mins, CC
*****Not a mystery, but an absolutely terrific movie.*****

***** ***** ***** *****

Friday – February 8

6:00 AM
ADAM’S RIB (1949)
Husband-and-wife lawyers argue opposite sides in a sensational women’s rights case.
Dir: George Cukor Cast: Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Judy Holliday.
BW- 101 mins, CC
*****Not a mystery, but the cast makes this a very fun movie to watch.*****

***** ***** ***** *****

Saturday – February 9

8:00 PM
IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT (1967)
A black police detective from the North forces a bigoted Southern sheriff to accept his help with a murder investigation.
Dir: Norman Jewison Cast: Sidney Poitier, Rod Steiger, Warren Oates.
C- 110 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

***** ***** ***** *****

Sunday – February 10

9:45 PM
THE THIN MAN (1934)
A husband-and-wife detective team takes on the search for a missing inventor and almost get killed for their efforts.
Dir: W. S. Van Dyke Cast: William Powell, Myrna Loy, Maureen O’Sullivan.
BW- 91 mins, CC

***** ***** ***** *****

Tuesday – February 12

10:00 AM
THE STRANGER (1946)
A small-town schoolteacher suspects her new husband may be an escaped Nazi war criminal.
Dir: Orson Welles Cast: Edward G. Robinson, Loretta Young, Orson Welles.
BW- 95 mins, CC

***** ***** ***** *****

Friday – February 15

4:00 AM
THE WINDOW (1949)
A boy who always lies witnesses a murder but can’t get anyone but the killer to believe him.
Dir: Ted Tetzlaff Cast: Barbara Hale, Arthur Kennedy, Paul Stewart.
BW- 73 mins, CC

5:30 PM
THE BAD SEED (1956)
A woman suspects that her perfect little girl is a ruthless killer.
Dir: Mervyn LeRoy Cast: Gage Clarke, Jesse White, Joan Croyden.
C- 129 mins, CC
*****Yikes!*****

***** ***** ***** *****

Tuesday – February 19

11:00 AM
THE LITTLE FOXES (1941)
An ambitious woman takes on her corrupt brothers and honest husband in her drive for wealth.
Dir: William Wyler Cast: Bette Davis, Herbert Marshall, Teresa Wright.
BW- 116 mins, CC
***** Not a mystery, but Bette Davis is at her best here!*****

1:00 PM
WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO BABY JANE? (1962)
A crazed, aging star torments her sister in a decaying Hollywood mansion.
Dir: Robert Aldrich Cast: Bette Davis, Joan Crawford, Victor Buono.
BW- 134 mins, CC

***** ***** ***** *****

Wednesday – February 20

12:00 AM
BLOW-UP (1966)
A photographer discovers a murder in the background of a candid photo.
Dir: Michelangelo Antonioni Cast: Vanessa Redgrave, Sarah Miles, David Hemmings.
C- 111 mins, CC

2:15 PM
TWILIGHT OF HONOR (1963)
A struggling lawyer takes on a controversial murder case that could make or break him.
Dir: Boris Sagal Cast: Richard Chamberlain, Joey Heatherton, Nick Adams.
BW- 104 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

4:15 PM
MADELEINE (1950)
A beautiful young woman stands trial for poisoning her lover.
Dir: David Lean Cast: Ann Todd, Norman Woland, Ivan Desny.
BW- 115 mins, CC

6:15 PM
12 ANGRY MEN (1957)
A jury holdout tries to convince his colleagues to vote not guilty.
Dir: Sidney Lumet Cast: Henry Fonda, Lee J. Cobb, Ed Begley.
BW- 96 mins, CC

***** ***** ***** *****

Sunday – February 24

3:30 AM
KEY LARGO (1948)
A returning veteran tangles with a ruthless gangster during a hurricane.
Dir: John Huston Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Edward G. Robinson, Lauren Bacall.
BW- 100 mins, CC

***** ***** ***** *****

Tuesday – February 26

8:00 PM
GASLIGHT (1944)
A newlywed fears she’s going mad when strange things start happening at the family mansion.
Dir: George Cukor Cast: Charles Boyer, Ingrid Bergman, Joseph Cotten.
BW- 114 mins, CC

***** ***** ***** *****

Wednesday – February 27

10:00 AM
THE MALTESE FALCON (1941)
Hard-boiled detective Sam Spade gets caught up in the murderous search for a priceless statue.
Dir: John Huston Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, Gladys George.
BW- 100 mins, CC

12:00 PM
THE NAKED CITY (1948)
A step-by-step look at a murder investigation on the streets of New York.
Dir: Jules Dassin Cast: Barry Fitzgerald, Howard Duff, Dorothy Hart.
BW- 96 mins, CC

2:00 PM
THE ASPHALT JUNGLE (1950)
A gang of small time crooks plots an elaborate jewel heist.
Dir: John Huston Cast: Sterling Hayden, Louis Calhern, Jean Hagen.
BW- 112 mins, CC

6:00 PM
MYSTERY STREET (1950)
Criminal pathologists try to crack a case with nothing but the victim’s bones to go on.
Dir: John Sturges Cast: Ricardo Montalban, Sally Forrest, Bruce Bennett.
BW- 93 mins, CC

***** ***** ***** *****

Thursday – February 28

10:00 AM
JEZEBEL (1938)
A tempestuous Southern belle’s willfulness threatens to destroy all who care for her.
Dir: William Wyler Cast: Bette Davis, Henry Fonda, George Brent.
BW- 104 mins, CC
*****Not a mystery, but definitely terrific!*****

***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** *****

If you’re really looking forward to these or other mystery-themed tv specials coming up in February, be sure to leave a comment below!

In case you’re interested in seeing the rest of this month’s television mystery movies, here’s the January 2019 television mystery movies schedule:

Upcoming Television Mystery Movies for January 2019 on Turner Classic Movies channel

And here is the page on my site with plenty of entries about movies and television shows you may enjoy:

Cozy Mystery List TV and  Movie Section – all you have to do is click on the link to go to that page on my site.

(All of the movie descriptions were taken off their respective websites.)

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