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Cozy Mystery News – December 2018

December is always a busy month for Cozy Mysteries, what with Christmas and Hanukkah and other festive holidays, but this month it’s busy for another reason – I’ve got a good amount of Cozy Mystery news to report!

First up, it’s been confirmed that Lynn Cahoon will be writing more entries in her Farm-to-Fork Mystery Series, with at least two more books coming past the planned third entry which should be released in March 2019. This means the series will have at least five Cozies! That’s pretty fast growth for the series >>> which is terrific news for those of us who are enjoying the series. Lynn Cahoon is the USA Today and New York Times bestselling author who also writes the Tourist Trap Mystery Series and the Cat Latimer Mystery Series.

Next, Josi S. Kilpack will be releasing The Candy Cane Caper, which will be the 13th entry in her Culinary Mystery Series starring homemaker Sadie Hoffmiller. This is especially good news for fans of this series, as there hasn’t been an entry since 2014, leaving it uncertain to many of us if the series would be continuing at all! And of course, for those of us who enjoy Christmas Cozies, this addition will be very welcome…

S.J. Rozan will be releasing Paper Son, the 12th entry in the Bill Smith & Lydia Chin Mystery Series, which will be another good news post for those who are fans of this series, as the last entry in this particular series was released in 2011! It’s always great to see a series return like this, and hearing that several will be revived at once is especially good news!

Finally, Victoria Thompson will be releasing at least two more in her very, very popular Gaslight Mystery Series, bringing that long-running series up to at least 24 entries. And as if this isn’t enough great news, she will also be releasing a third (and hopefully lots more!) in her much newer Counterfeit Lady Mystery Series!

Wow, that’s a lot of great Cozy Mystery News! As I said above, I’m especially excited to be able to report that two series are coming back after significant breaks! It’s always a shame when a series ends unexpectedly, but seeing it come back is always a great surprise!

New Releases – December 10 to December 16, 2018

Here is the list of new releases for December 10 to December 16!

Maymee Bell (aka Tonya Kappes): Batter Off Dead (This will be the 2nd in the Southern Cake Baker Mystery Series.)

P.F. Chisholm: A Suspicion of Silver (This will be the 9th in the Sir Robert Carey Mystery Series.)

Dawn Eastman: Do No Harm (This will be the 2nd in the Dr. Katie LeClair Mystery Series.) (This is a Halloween themed mystery.)

Betty Hechtman: Hooks Can be Deceiving (This will be the 13th in the Crochet Mystery Series.)

Candace Robb: A Murdered Peace (This will be the 3rd in the Kate Clifford Mystery Series.)

Clea Simon: A Spell of Murder (This will be the 1st in the NEW Witch Cats of Cambridge Mystery Series.)

Twelve Soon to be Released Cozy Mystery Covers

Here are some of the upcoming Cozy Mystery covers that I’ve found recently!

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.)
Emily Brightwell: Mrs. Jeffries Delivers the Goods (This will be the 36th in the Mrs. Jeffries Victorian Mystery Series.)
V.M. Burns: The Puppy Who Knew Too Much (This will be the 2nd in the Dog Club Mystery Series.)
Laura Childs: Broken Bone China (This will be the 20th in the Tea Shop Mystery Series.)
J.C. Eaton: Pinot Red or Dead? (This will be the 3rd in the Wine Trail Mystery Series.)
Peggy Ehrhart: Knit One, Die Two (This will be the 3rd in the Knit & Nibble Mystery Series.)
A.L. Herbert: Murder with Collard Greens and Hot Sauce (This will be the 3rd in the Mahalia Watkins Mystery Series.)
Anne Hillerman: The Tale Teller (This will be the 23rd in the Leaphorn, Chee & Manuelito Mystery Series.)
Lee Hollis: Death of a Wedding Cake Baker (This will be the 11th in the Hayley Powell Mystery Series.)
Nancy J. Parra (aka Nancy Coco & Nell Hampton): Seven Deadly Zins (This will be the 2nd in the Wine Country Mystery Series.)
Sara Rosett: Murder at Blackburn Hall (This will be the 2nd in the High Society Lady Detective Mystery Series.)
Charles Todd: The Black Ascot (This will be the 21st in the Inspector Ian Rutledge Mystery Series.)

Two New Cozy Mystery Series, One New Cozy Mystery Holiday Book Coming January 2019

For the beginning of the new year, we can look forward to two new Cozy Mystery Series by established authors, one of which is a Holiday-themed Cozy Mystery entry!

First, Christina Freeburn will be releasing Not a Creature Was Stirring, the first in her new Merry & Bright Handcrafted Mystery Series. Now that her children are all grown, Merry Winters has decided to enjoy her passions of Christmas, crafting, and her family by going on the road in an RV to a Christmas vendor event, but she’s surprised to find her ex-husband aboard the RV already – and even more surprised to find him dead. Now she’ll need to find the real killer to make sure that she can enjoy the holidays decked out in red and green instead of prison-issue orange! Freeburn also writes the Faith Hunter Scrap This Mystery Series, starring a former US army JAG specialist now running a scrapbooking store.

The other new series will be Diane Kelly‘s Dead as a Door Knocker, the first in the House-Flipper Mystery Series. Whitney Whitaker is a house flipper working on a fixer-upper with a problem she hasn’t seen before – a dead body in the flower bed! Suffice to say, that sort of thing doesn’t help property values, so finishing this job will unexpectedly require the clearing up the death. Diane Kelly also writes the Tara Holloway Mystery Series, starring an IRS criminal investigations agent, and the Paw Enforcement Mystery Series, starring a police officer and her K-9 partner.

For more upcoming Cozy Mystery Series, check out the New Cozy Mystery Book Series page on the site. For more Christmas-themed Cozy Mysteries, check out the Christmas Mystery Book List page on the site.

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