The Cozy Mystery List Blog

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

Cozy Mystery News – January 2019

Well, it looks like 2019 will be a good year for Cozies, if the news from this month is any indication.

First, Julia Buckley will be starting a new series, the Hungarian Tea House Mystery Series. The first in the series will be titled Death in a Budapest Butterfly, and should be coming out in July. She’s also continuing the Writer’s Apprentice Mystery Series with at least two more novels on the way, one of which (Death Waits in the Dark) is due out in April. Buckley is also the author of the Undercover Dish Mystery Series and the Madeline Mann Mystery Series. This is a whole lot of good news for those of us who follow Julia Buckley’s Cozies!

And now for some more great news: Laura Levine will be writing more of her Jaine Austen Mystery Series. Her 17th book (Death of a Gigolo) is due out this year and Laura Levine has gotten the green light to write at least two more after that one. (Didn’t I say it’s great news?) So, Jaine will be able to continue doing her freelance writing for years to come, not to mention her sleuthing!

Finally, Jess Lourey will be writing a fictionalized account of the Jacob Wetterling abduction – not exactly Cozy, but as a “true crime” styled novel it does fit as a mystery-adjacent subject. It will be titled The Devil in the Dirt Basement. Lourey is the author of the Murder By Month Mystery Series, starring a reporter and librarian in Minnesota.

Looks like a great set of Cozy mystery announcements to start off the new year!

New Releases – January 7 to January 13, 2019

Here is the list of new releases for January 7 to January 13!

Sheila Connolly (aka Sarah Atwell): The Lost Traveller (This will be the 7th in the County Cork Mystery Series.)

E. J. Copperman (aka Jeffrey Cohen): Bones Behind the Wheel (This will be the 10th in the Haunted Guesthouse Mystery Series.)

Gigi Pandian: The Alchemist’s Illusion (This will be the 4th in the Accidental Alchemist Mystery Series.)

Nancy J. Parra (aka Nancy Coco & Nell Hampton): Seven Deadly Zins (This will be the 2nd in the Wine Country Mystery Series.)

Tracy Weber: Murder Likes It Hot (This will be the 6th in the Downward Dog Mystery Series.)

New Releases – December 31, 2018 to January 6, 2019

Here is the list of new releases for December 31 to January 6! Well, it’s a bit late… between the end of month recommendations and the beginning of month releases for February, this was the post that sort of “slipped through the cracks” for a while. Still, better late than never!

Ellie Alexander (aka Kate Dyer-Seeley): Live and Let Pie (This will be the 9th in the Bakeshop Mystery Series.)

Lorraine Bartlett (aka L. L. Bartlett & Lorna Barrett): The Reluctant Bride (This will be the 5th story in the Life On Victoria Square Mystery Series.)

Tami Hoag: The Boy (This will be a Stand Alone thrilling mystery.)

Molly MacRae: Crewel and Unusual (This will be the 6th in the Haunted Yarn Shop Mystery Series.)

February 2019 Mystery Book New Releases

Happy New Year!

The following Mystery Books will be released in February 2019:

Rhys Bowen: The Victory Garden (This will be a non-mystery Stand Alone novel.)

V.M. Burns: The Puppy Who Knew Too Much (This will be the 2nd in the Dog Club Mystery Series.)

Lynn Cahoon: Corned Beef and Casualties (This will be the 10th in the Tourist Trap Mystery Series.)

Bill Crider: That Old Scoundrel Death (This will be the 25th in the Sheriff Dan Rhodes Mystery Series.)

Mary Daheim: A Case of Bier (This will be the 31st in the Bed-and-Breakfast Mystery Series.)

Margaret Dumas: Murder at the Palace (This will be the 1st in the NEW Movie Palace Mystery Series.)

Kate Ellis: Dead Man’s Lane (This will be the 23rd in the Wesley Peterson Mystery Series.)

Charles Finch: The Vanishing Man (This will be a prequel to the Charles Lenox Mystery Series.)

Amanda Flower (aka Isabella Alan): Murders and Metaphors (This will be the 3rd in the Magical Bookshop Mystery Series.)

Amanda Flower (aka Isabella Alan): Criminally Cocoa (This will be the 5th – or a novella – in the Amish Candy Shop Mystery Series.) (This is an Easter themed mystery.)

Joanne Fluke: Chocolate Cream Pie Murder (This will be the 24th in the Hanna Swensen Mystery Series.)

Victoria Gilbert: Past Due for Murder (This will be the 3rd in the Blue Ridge Library Mystery Series.)

Lee Goldberg: Killer Thriller (This will be the 2nd in the Ian Ludlow Thrillers.)

Victoria Hamilton (aka Amanda Cooper & Donna Lea Simpson): A Gentlewoman’s Guide to Murder (This will be the 1st in the NEW A Gentlewoman’s Guide to Murder Mystery Series.)

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

Tina Kashian: One Feta in the Grave (This will be the 3rd in the Kebab Kitchen Mystery Series.)

Jonathan Kellerman: The Wedding Guest (This will be the 34th in the Alex Delaware Mystery Series.)

Carlene O’Connor: Murder in an Irish Pub (this will be the 4th in the Irish Village Mystery Series.)

Carol J. Perry: Final Exam (This will be the 8th in the Witch City Mystery Series.)

Shari Randall: Drawn and Buttered (This will be the 3rd in the Lobster Shack Mystery Series.)

J. D. Robb (aka Nora Roberts): Connections in Death (This will be the 48th in the Eve Dallas In Death Mystery Series.)

Peter Robinson: Careless Love (This will be the 25th in the Inspector Banks Mystery Series.)

Annelise Ryan (aka Allyson K. Abbott & Beth Amos): Dead of Winter (This will be the 10th in the Mattie Winston Mystery Series.)

Charles Todd: The Black Ascot (This will be the 21st in the Inspector Ian Rutledge Mystery Series.)

Kirsten Weiss: Pie Hard (This will be the 3rd in the Pie Town Mystery Series.)

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

MENU