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

Twelve Soon to be Released Cozy Mystery Covers

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

Laurien Berenson: Bite Club (This will be the 23rd in the Melanie Travis Mystery Series.)
Mollie Cox Bryan: The Jean Harlow Bombshell (This will be the 1st in the NEW Classic Star Biography Mystery Series.)
Peg Cochran (aka Meg London): Murder, She Uncovered (This will be the 2nd in the Murder, She Reported Mystery Series.)
Carolyn Haines: Game of Bones (This will be the 20th in the Sarah Booth Delaney Mystery Series.)
Leslie Karst: Murder from Scratch (This will be the 4th in the Sally Solari Mystery Series.)
Christine Trent: A Murderous Malady (This will be the 2nd in the Florence Nightingale Mystery Series.)
Sharon Pape: Magickal Mystery Lore (This will be the 4th in the Abracadabra Mystery Series.)
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.)
Victoria Thompson: Murder on Trinity Place (This will be the 22nd in the Gaslight Mystery Series.)
Lea Wait: Thread on Arrival (This will be the 8th in the Mainely Needlepoint Mystery Series.)

Anyone With a Tip?

I have a Cozy Mystery-reading friend who makes a felt ornament for each of her children every year. This inspired me to try making a few holiday-inspired doo-dads.

However, and that’s a very big “however”, for the past two and a half years my husband and I have had an issue with any little thing hitting the ground. You see, that’s the time when we adopted our little puppy – Cocoa. We love her dearly HOWEVER she has a huge problem: any time anything that doesn’t belong on the floor hits the rug, she has it in her mouth, runs away from us, and then swallows it.

Luckily for us, our neighborhood has an emergency veterinary hospital – which we have had to take Cocoa to – three times. It’s not bad when she gets ahold of a napkin, or a sock, but it’s things like part of a mechanical pencil or a small rubber gasket that require a veterinarian’s care.

Getting back to my crafting… I came up with an ideal solution for my “Cocoa-small-objects” (like felt ornaments) problem: I now keep all the little sequins, beads, needles, and felt pieces in a large aluminum roasting pan. I keep that right on my lap just in case I drop anything while crafting. I can’t believe how well it works!

Do you have any solutions to problems you would like to share? If so, please post a comment below. Thank you!

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.)

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