Cozy Mystery (and Other Favorite) Books, Movies, and TV
Here are some of the upcoming Cozy Mystery covers that I’ve found recently!
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Mollie Cox Bryan: The Jean Harlow Bombshell (This will be the 1st in the NEW Classic Star Biography Mystery Series.) |
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Lynn Cahoon: Sconed to Death (This will be the in the Cat Latimer Mystery Series.) |
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Larissa Reinhart: NC-17 (This will be the 3rd in the Maizie Albright Star Detective Mystery Series.) |
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Karen Rose Smith: Murder with Cucumber Sandwiches (This will be the in the Daisy’s Tea Garden Mystery Series.) |
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.)
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.
Tasha Alexander: Uneasy Lies the Crown (This will be the 13th in the Lady Emily Mystery Series.)
Simon Brett: Blotto, Twinks and the Intimate Review (This will be the 8th in the Blotto and Twinks Mystery Series.)
Anne Canadeo (aka Katherine Spencer): Purls and Poison (This will be the 10th in the Black Sheep Knitting Mystery Series.)
Michael Connelly: Dark Sacred Night (This will be the 23rd in the Harry Bosch Mystery Series and 2nd in the Renée Mystery Series.)
Sheila Connolly (aka Sarah Atwell): Nipped in the Bud (This will be the 12th in the Orchard Mystery Series
Kaitlyn Dunnett (aka Kathy Lynn Emerson): Overkilt (This will be the 12th in the Liss MacCrimmon Mystery Series.)
Sharon Farrow (1/2 of D.E. Ireland): Killed on Blueberry Hill (This will be the 3rd in the Berry Basket Mystery Series.)
Sarah Fox: Yeast of Eden (This will be the 4th in the Pancake House Mystery Series.) (This is a Christmas themed mystery.)
Diane Kelly: The Long Paw of the Law (This will be the 7th in the Paw Enforcement Mystery Series.)
Michael McGarrity: Residue (This will be the 14th in the Kevin Kerney Mystery Series.)
G.A. McKevett: Murder in Her Stocking (This will be the 1st in the NEW Granny Reid Mystery Series.) (This is a Christmas themed mystery.)
Leslie Meier, Lee Hollis, & Barbara Ross: Yule Log Murder (This will be a Christmas themed anthology featuring the Lucy Stone, the Hayley Powell, & the Maine Clambake Mystery Series.)
Lea Wait: Thread Herrings (This will be the 7th in the Mainely Needlepoint Mystery Series.)
