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Cozy Mystery News – October 2018

Here’s the Cozy Mystery news for this month, October 2018! This is a shorter list than the last few months, but I’m still glad to be able to share it with you!

First, Allison Brook will be releasing a few more books – though the news I have is a bit vague on whether these will be continuations on her existing Haunted Library Mystery Series, starring the head of programs and events at a library in Connecticut, or a new series altogether. Allison Brook also writes as Marilyn Levinson, and has written several books in both the Golden Age of Mystery Book Club Mystery Series and the Twin Lakes Mystery Series under that name. (The reason I’m wondering if the next two books will belong to her Haunted Library Mystery Series is because “Referenced to Death” is mentioned >>> and that sure sounds like a library term to me…)

Next, Laura DiSilverio will be releasing A Melancholy of Tombstones which will have as its sleuth, a historian who learns that she is the daughter of cult leader Jim Jones. I’m not sure if this is the beginning of a new series or not – but here’s hoping it is! Laura DiSilverio already writes the Readaholics Book Club Mystery Series, starring an event planner and member of a book club, the Charlie Swift Mystery Series, starring a private investigator, and the Mall Cop Mystery Series, starring a security officer in Virginia. She also writes under the name Lila Dare, which she uses when writing the Southern Beauty Shop Mystery Series, and as Ella Barrick, when she writes the Ballroom Dance Mystery Series.

Finally, Kate Kingsbury will be writing more in her Pennyfoot Hotel Holiday Mystery Series, an extension of her Pennyfoot Hotel Series set in Edwardian England. This is huge news, since there hasn’t been a Holiday Pennyfoot novel in five years! Kate Kingsbury also writes the WWII Manor House Mystery Series, and (as Allison Kingsley) the Raven’s Nest Bookstore Mystery Series as well as the Bellehaven House Mystery Series – as Rebecca Kent. This is pretty terrific news for a lot of us who have followed this holiday Cozy Mystery series for years!

That does it for the October 2018 Cozy Mystery News. As I said, it’s a bit shorter than the last few months, but still good news! I’ll be back next month for November’s news!

New Releases – October 1 to October 7, 2018

Here is the list of new releases for October 1 to October 7!

Ellie Alexander (aka Kate Dyer-Seeley): The Pint of No Return (This will be the 2nd in the Sloan Krause Mystery Series.) (This is an Oktoberfest themed mystery.)

M.C. Beaton (aka Marion Chesney): The Dead Ringer (This will be the 29th in the Agatha Raisin Mystery Series.)

Laura Childs & Terrie Farley Moran:  Glitter Bomb (This will be the 15th in the Scrapbooking Mystery Series.) (This is a Mardi Gras mystery.)

Leslie Langtry: Mean Girl Murder (This will be the 8th in the Merry Wrath Mystery Series.)

November 2018 Mystery Book New Releases

The following Mystery Books will be released in November 2018:

November 2018

Ellery Adams (aka Jennifer Stanley, J. B. Stanley, & 1/2 of Lucy Arlington): The Whispered Word (This will be the 2nd in the Secret, Book & Scone Society Mystery Series.)

David Baldacci: Long Road to Mercy (This will be the 1st in the NEW Atlee Pine Thriller Series.)

Bethany Blake: A Midwinter’s Tail (This will be the 4th in the Petsitting Mystery Series.) (This is a Christmas themed mystery.)

Rhys Bowen: What Child Is This (This will be a Stand Alone story.) (This is a Christmas themed story.)

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

Simon Brett: Blotto, Twinks and the Intimate Review (This will be the 8th in the Blotto and Twinks Mystery Series.)

Rita Mae Brown: Homeward Hound (This will be the 11th in the Sister Jane Mystery Series.) (This is a Christmas themed mystery.)

V.M. Burns: The Novel Art of Murder (This will be the 3rd in the Mystery Bookshop Mystery Series.)

Lynn Cahoon: Slay in Character (This will be the 4th in the Cat Latimer Mystery Series.)

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.)

Maia Chance: Naughty on Ice (This will be the 4th in the Discreet Retrieval Agency Mystery Series.)

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

Lesley Cookman: Murder and the Pantomime Cat (This will be a short story in the Libby Sarjeant Mystery Series.)

Elizabeth Craig (aka Riley Adams & Elizabeth Spann Craig): On Pins and Needles (This will be the 10th in the Southern Quilting Mystery Series.)

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

Kathi Daley: The Catsgiving Feast (This will be the 17th in the Whales and Tails Mystery Series.) (This is a Thanksgiving themed mystery.)

Krista Davis: The Coloring Crook (This will be the 2nd in the Pen & Ink Mystery Series.)

Vicki Delany (aka Eva Gates): A Scandal in Scarlet (This will be the 4th in the Sherlock Holmes Bookshop Mystery Series.)

Carole Nelson Douglas: Absinthe Without Leave (This will be the 1st in the NEW Midnight Louie Cafe Noir Mystery Series.)

Laura Durham: Marry and Bright (This will be the 11th book in the Annabelle Archer Wedding Planner Mystery Series.) (This is a Christmas themed mystery.)

Kate Dyer-Seeley (aka Ellie Alexander): Violet Tendencies (This will be the 2nd in the Rose City Mystery Series.)

Janet Evanovich: Look Alive Twenty-Five (This will be the 25th in the Stephanie Plum Mystery Series.)

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

Amanda Flower (aka Isabella Alan): Death and Daisies (This will be the 2nd in the Magic Garden Mystery Series.)

Agatha Frost: Wedding Cake and Woes (This will be the 15th in the Peridale Cafe Cozy Mystery Series.)

Jacqueline Frost (aka Julie Chase & Julie Anne Lindsey): ‘Twas the Knife Before Christmas (This will be the 2nd in the Christmas Tree Farm Mystery Series.) (This is a Christmas mystery.)

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.)

Sally Goldenbaum: How to Knit a Murder (This will be the 2nd in the Seaside Knitters Society Mystery Series.)

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

Victoria Hamilton (aka Amanda Cooper & Donna Lea Simpson): Breaking the Mould (This will bed the 8th in the Vintage Kitchen Mystery Series.) (This is a Christmas themed mystery.

Susan Hill: The Comforts of Home (This will be the 9th in the Simon Serrailler 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.)

Louise Penny: Kingdom of the Blind (This will be the 14th in the Chief Inspector Gamache Mystery Series.l

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.)

Karen Rose Smith: Cut to the Chaise (This will be the 8th in the Caprice De Luca Mystery Series.)

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

Victoria Thompson: City of Secrets (This will be the 2nd in the Counterfeit Lady Mystery Series.)

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

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

September is coming to an end, so it’s time to discuss our favorite Cozy Mysteries that we’ve read over the course of the month!

If you read a Cozy mystery this month and want to recommend it to the rest of us, be sure to post it here! This month, I read Dorothy L. Sayers’s Lord Peter Wimsey Mystery Series. If you want to know why I recommend that series, be sure to check out the blog entry I wrote on it!

So, what have you been reading that you can recommend in September? 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 September 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: China Bayles Herbal Mystery Series

Donna Andrews: Meg Langslow Mystery Series

Nancy Atherton: Aunt Dimity Mystery Series

Bree Baker: Seaside Cafe Mystery Series (first entry Live and Let Chai)

Lorna Barrett (aka L. L. Bartlett & Lorraine Bartlett): Booktown Mystery Series

M. C. Beaton: Hamish Macbeth Mystery Series

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

Susan M. Boyer: Liz Talbot Mystery Series

Simon Brett: Mrs. Pargeter Mystery Series

Allison Brook (aka Marilyn Levinson): Haunted Library Mystery Series

Kate Carlisle: Bibliophile Mystery Series

Vivien Chien: Noodle Shop Mystery Series

Sheila Connolly  (aka Sarah Atwell): Ocrchard Mystery Series AND County Cork Mystery Series

Cleo Coyle (aka Alice Kimberly)

Mary Daheim: Emma Lord Mystery Series AND Hillside Manor Bed & Breakfast Mystery Series

Carolyn F. Dean: Ravenwood Cove Mystery Series (first entry Bed, Breakfast, and Bones)

Charles Finch: Charles Lenox Mystery Series

Joanne Fluke: Hannah Swensen Mystery Series

Darci Hannah: Very Cherry Mystery Series (first entry Cherry Pies and Deadly Lies)

Sofie Kelly  (aka Sofie Ryan & Darlene Ryan for Young Adult): Magical Cats Mystery Series

Cornelia Kidd (aka Lea Wait): Maine Murder Mystery Series

Libby Klein: Poppy McAllister Mystery Series (first entry Class Reunions are Murder)

M L Hamilton: Zion Sawyer Mystery Series (first entry Cappuchino)

Charlotte MacLeod (aka Alisa Craig): Sarah Kelling & Max Bittersohn Mystery Series

Faith Martin: Hillary Greene Mystery Series (first entry Murder on the Oxford Canal)

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

Louise Penny: Chief Inspector Gamache Mystery Series

Rebecca Raisin: Little Paris Mystery Series (first entry The Little Bookshop on the Seine)

Dorothy L. Sayers: Lord Peter Wimsey Mystery Series

Denise Swanson

Ashley Weaver: Amory Ames 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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