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New Releases – November 5 to November 11, 2018

Here is the list of new releases for November 5 to November 11!

Lynn Cahoon: Santa Puppy (This will be a novella in the Tourist Trap Mystery Series.) (This is a Christmas themed mystery.)

Kate Carlisle: A Wrench in the Works (This will be the 6th in the Fixer-Upper Mystery Series.)

Mary Higgins Clark & Alafair Burke: You Don’t Own Me (This will be the 6th in the Under Suspicion Mystery Series.)

Ellen Crosby: Harvest of Secrets (This will be the 9th in the Wine Country Mystery Series.)

“Jessica Fletcher” &‎ Jon Land: Manuscript for Murder (This will be the 48th in the Murder, She Wrote Mystery Series.)

Daryl Wood Gerber (aka Avery Aames): Wreath between the Lines (This will be the 7th in the Cookbook Nook Mystery Series.) (This is a Christmas themed mystery.)

Lena Gregory: A Cold Brew Killing (This will be the 2nd in the All-Day Breakfast Cafe Mystery Series.)

Mary Ellen Hughes: A Vintage Death (This will be the 2nd in the Keepsake Cove Mystery Series.) (This is a fall themed mystery.)

Anne Perry: A Christmas Revelation (This will be the 16th Stand Alone Christmas mystery.)

Alexander McCall Smith: The Colors of All the Cattle (This will be the 19th in the No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency Mystery Series.)

Diane A.S. Stuckart (aka Ali Brandon): Fool’s Moon (This will be the 1st in the NEW Tarot Cats Mystery Series.)

Marty Wingate: Midsummer Mayhem (This will be the 7th in the Potting Shed Mystery Series.)

Four Soon to be Released Cozy Mystery Covers

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

Mollie Cox Bryan: The Jean Harlow Bombshell (This will be the 1st in the NEW Classic Star Biography Mystery Series.)
Lynn Cahoon: Sconed to Death (This will be the in the Cat Latimer Mystery Series.)
Larissa Reinhart: NC-17 (This will be the 3rd in the Maizie Albright Star Detective Mystery Series.)
Karen Rose Smith: Murder with Cucumber Sandwiches (This will be the in the Daisy’s Tea Garden Mystery Series.)

December 2018 Mystery Book New Releases

The following Mystery Books will be released in December 2018:

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) & Gayle Leeson: Yule Be Dead (This will be the 5th in the Victoria Square Mystery Series.) (This is a Christmas themed mystery.)

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

Stephanie Blackmoore: Gown with the Wind (This will be the 4th in the Wedding Planner Mystery Series.)

Laura Bradford (aka Elizabeth Lynn Casey): Just Plain Murder (This will be the 6th in the Amish Mystery Series.)

Laura Childs: Eggs on Ice (This will be the 8th in the Cackleberry Club Mystery Series.) (This is a Christmas themed mystery.)

J.C. Eaton: Botched 4 Murder (This will be the 4th in the Sophie Kimball Mystery Series.)

Kate Ellis: The Boy Who Lived with the Dead (This will be a Stand-Alone historical thriller.)

Christopher Fowler: Hall of Mirrors (This will be the 15th in the Peculiar Crimes Unit Mystery Mystery Series.)

Sarah Fox: Wine and Punishment (This will be the 1st in the NEW Literary Pub Mystery Series.) (This is an Autumn-Festival themed mystery.)

Susan Furlong: Fractured Truth (This will be the 2nd in the Bone Gap Traveller Mystery Series.)

Debra H. Goldstein: One Taste Too Many (This will be the 1st in the NEW Sarah Blair Mystery Series.)

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

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

Maddy Hunter: Catch Me If Yukon (This will be the 12th in the Passport to Peril Mystery Series.)

Catherine Lloyd: Death Comes to Bath (This will be the 6th in the Kurland St. Mary Mystery Series.)

Leslie Meier: Valentine Candy Murder – Omnibus – Contains book #5 (Valentine Murder) & book # 18 (Chocolate Covered Murder)

Rose Pressey: Fashions Fade, Haunted is Eternal (This will be the 7th in the Haunted Vintage Mystery Series.)

Linda Reilly: Claws for Celebration (This will be the 3rd in the Cat Lady Mystery Series.) (This is a Christmas themed mystery.)

Larissa Reinhart: NC-17 (This will be the 3rd in the Maizie Albright Star Detective Mystery Series.)

Barbara Ross: Steamed Open (This will be the 7th in the Maine Clambake Mystery Series.)

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

Patricia Smiley: The Second Goodbye (This will be the 2nd in the Pacific Homicide Mystery Series.)

If you want to see this month’s releases, go to the November 2018 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 – October 2018

Well, October is ending, and an early happy Halloween to you all!

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 read Nancy Coco’s Candy Coated 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 October? 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 October 2018 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:

Susan Wittig Albert: Darling Dahlias Mystery Series

Ellie Alexander (aka Kate Dyer-Seeley): Sloan Krause Mystery Series AND Sloan Krause Mystery Series

Mary Angela: Professor Prather Mystery Series (first entry An Act of Murder)

Winnie Archer (aka Melissa Bourbon & Misa Ramirez): Bread Shop Mystery Series

Peter Bartram: Deadline Murder Mystery Series (first entry The Tango School Mystery)

Janie Bolitho: Rose Trevelyan Mystery Series

Ginger Bolton (aka Janet Bolin): Deputy Donut Mystery Series

Julia Buckley: Undercover Dish Mystery Series

Kennedy Chase: Harley Hill Mystery Series (first entry Murder on the Hill)

Nancy Coco (aka Nancy J. Parra & Nell Hampton): Candy-Coated Mystery Series

Sheila Connolly (aka Sarah Atwell): Victorian Village Mystery Series

Maddie Day (aka Edith Maxwell & Tace Baker): Country Store Mystery Series

Barbara Early (aka Beverly Allen): Vintage Toy Shop Mystery Series

Amanda Flower (aka Isabella Alan): Amish Candy Shop Mystery Series

Victoria Gilbert: Blue Ridge Library Mystery Series

Jennifer David Hesse: Wiccan Wheel Mystery Series (first entry Midsummer Night’s Mischief)

Carol Dean James: Quilting Mystery Series (first entry Tie Died)

Kylie Logan  (aka Miranda Bliss & Casey Daniels): League of Literary Ladies Mystery Series

Colette London: Chocolate Whisperer Mystery Series

Jenn McKinlay (aka Josie Belle & Lucy Lawrence): Library Lover’s Mystery Series

Louise Penny: Chief Inspector Gamache Mystery Series

Dorothy St. James: Southern Chocolate Shop Mystery Series

Jacqueline Winspear: Maisie Dobbs 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.

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