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New Releases – September 10 to September 16, 2018

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

Lillian Bell (aka Kristi Abbott, Eileen Rendahl, & Eileen Carr): If the Coffin Fits (This will be the 2nd in the funeral Parlor Mystery Series.)

Allison Brook: Read and Gone (This will be the 2nd in the Haunted Library Mystery Series.) (This is a Christmas themed mystery.)

Elizabeth Kane Buzzelli (aka Elizabeth Lee): In Want of a Knife (This will be the 3rd in the Little Library Mystery Series.)

Jenn McKinlay (aka Josie Belle & Lucy Lawrence): Hitting the Books (This will be the 9th in the Library Lover’s Mystery Series.)

Dorothy St. James: In Cold Chocolate (This will be the 3rd in the Southern Chocolate Shop Mystery Series.)

Lis Wiehl: The Newsmakers Collection (Contains books 1, 2, & 3 of the Newsmakers Mystery Series.)

Four New Holiday-Themed Cozy Mysteries Coming October 2018 (Part 2 of 3)

As I said a few days ago, there are going to be a lot of holiday-themed releases in October! I’ve decided to split the additional Christmas-themed Cozies into two separate posts.

First, Susan Wittig Albert will be releasing The Darling Dahlias and the Poinsettia Puzzle, the 8th in her Darling Dahlias Mystery Series. Christmas of 1934 will be a season for puzzles in Darling, Alabama, and members of the Dahlias Garden Club, investigative reporter Charlie Dickens, and Sheriff Norris will all face stumpers of one kind or another over this holiday season. Susan Wittig Albert also writes the China Bayles Herbal Mysteries Series, located halfway between Austin and San Antonio, Texas, the Cottage Tales of Beatrix Potter Series, and (with her husband Bill Albert writing under the name Robin Paige) the Kate Ardleigh Sheridan & Sir Charles Sheridan Series set in Victorian England.

Next up will be a short story in Tasha Alexander‘s Lady Emily Mystery Series, “Amid the Winter’s Snow“. Lady Emily and her husband Colin are looking forward to Christmas in their country estate, Anglemore Park, but this picturesque setting is interrupted by rumors of a barghest (a mythical dog-like creature) threaten the holiday season.

Donna Andrews will be releasing Lark! The Herald Angels Sing, the 24th in her Meg Langslow Mystery Series. The manger in Caerphilly’s nativity has an extra surprise in store this year – a live baby. Attached is a note indicating that Meg’s brother Rob is the likely father, but this might cause issues for his plans to propose to the woman he loves. Meg agrees to look into the matter to help her brother. Donna Andrews also writes the Turing Hopper Mystery Series, starring an artificial intelligence.

Finally (for this post at least), Barbara Early will be releasing Death of a Russian Doll, the third in her Vintage Toy Shop Mystery Series. Liz McCall isn’t exactly crazy about meeting her boyfriend Police Chief Ken Young’s estranged wife, but she won’t need to get to know her for long, as the other woman is quickly found dead in her barber shop. Since Ken is the prime suspect, Liz’s dad (a retired police officer himself) is asked to investigate… and Liz will no doubt need to get involved in the investigation as well. Barbara Early also writes as Beverly Allen, the name she uses when releasing the Bridal Bouquet Shop Mystery Series, which stars a flower shop owner in Virginia.

If you’re interested in looking for more Christmas themed Cozies, be sure to visit the theme page on my site: Christmas Themed Cozies

Cozy Mystery News – September 2018

Here’s the Cozy Mystery news for this month, September 2018! It’s a pretty good list this month, so let’s jump right into it! (And I’ll get back to upcoming holiday releases again soon, don’t worry! I just like to get these news posts out when they’re “fresh”.)

First, Tessa Arlen will be beginning a new historical mystery series set in a small English village during World War II. The first book will be titled Poppy Redfearn and the Midnight Murders. Tessa Arlen is already the author of one historical Cozy mystery series, the Lady Montfort Mystery Series, which stars a socialite in Edwardian England.

Krista Davis fans will be pleased to know that she will be writing two more books in her Pen & Ink Mystery Series. This series stars Florry Fox, a creator of adult coloring books and the manager of a bookstore in Georgetown, Washington, D. C. Krista Davis is also known for the Paws & Claws Mystery Series, starring Holly Miller, an employee of a family-owned inn for owners and pets as well as her very popular Domestic Diva Mystery Series which stars Sophie Winston, an advice columnist in Alexandria, Virginia.

Linda Reilly will be writing two more in her Cat Lady Cozy Mystery Series, which stars Lara Caphart, the owner of a cat shelter and her unusual cat (a blue-eyed Ragdoll) in New Hampshire. Linda Reilly is also the author of the Deep Fried Mystery Series, which stars Talia Marby, who works at a fish and chips place in the Berkshires in Massachusetts.

Susan Sleeman will be starting a new series, which will be about cyber criminals hacking into the Witness Protection database to sell personal details. Sleeman also writes the First Responders series, the Agents Under Fire Series, and the Justice Agency Series. (Susan’s books are often described on Amazon as either “Christian” or “Romance” suspense.)

Finally, Kirsten Weiss will be writing two new books in the Pie Town Mystery Series, bringing that series to a total of five books so far starring Valentine Harris, the owner of the pie shop Pie Town in San Nicholas, California. Kirsten Weiss is also the author of the Perfectly Proper Paranormal Mystery Series, starring the manager of a paranormal museum, the Doyle Mystery Series, starring the owner of a UFO themed bed and breakfast, and the Witches of Doyle Mystery Series, starring a witch and poet in Doyle, California.

That does it for September’s Cozy Mystery News. I’ll be back next month with October’s!

One New Cozy Mystery Series and Four New Holiday-Themed Cozy Mysteries Coming October 2018

October will be a really interesting month for Cozy Mystery releases by site authors – we’ll only have one new series, but many holiday-themed Cozy mysteries! So I’ve decided to discuss the new series and the non-Christmas holiday-themed Cozies in this post… Still deciding if I want to split up the Christmas Cozies into two posts or not, as there are a lot of them!

The new Cozy Mystery Series in October by a site author will be the Granny Reid Mystery Series, by G. A. McKevett, a spin-off of her Savannah Reid Mystery Series. The first novel will be titled Murder in Her Stocking, and will star Savannah’s grandmother, Stella, in a mystery set in the 1980s in sleepy McGill, Georgia…. not as “long long ago” as you might think when you consider that the Savannah Reid Mystery Series actually starts in the mid 1990s, but still definitely in “the past”! Also, this is actually also a holiday release, as it is set during Christmas in the 1980s… so I guess I’m discussing at least one Christmas themed Cozy today after all.

Next up will be a Mardi Gras themed Cozy Mystery, Mardi Gras Murder by Ellen Byron, part of her Cajun Country Mystery Series. Mardi Gras is always a big draw in a Louisiana plantation turned bed-and-breakfast like the one Maggie Crozat works at, so anything that could hurt business is going to be hard to deal with. When a flood deposits the body of an unknown stranger behind the Crozat Plantation B&B, Maggie will once again need to put on her sleuth hat to help figure out not only who the person is, but why they were killed – all while maintaining a busy Mardi Gras schedule for the B&B’s scheduled guests.

Surprise – there will be two Mardi Gras mysteries in October! The second will be Glitter Bomb, the 15th entry in Laura Childs & Terrie Farley Moran‘s Scrapbooking Mystery Series. A Mardi Gras float might seem like a strange thing to use as a murder weapon, but that seems to be the case when a member of a Mardi Gras krewe is killed by what first seems to be a freak accident. However, initial investigations start to turn up more and more reasons why the dead man might have been killed – and even Carmela’s best friend Ava’s ex-husband Shamus might be a suspect. Terrie Farley Moran is also the author of the Read ’em and Eat Mystery Series, while Laura Childs is likely best known for the Tea Shop Mystery Series and the Cackleberry Club Mystery Series.

Finally, Ellie Alexander will be releasing an Oktoberfest themed Cozy Mystery, The Pint of No Return, the second in her Sloan Krause Mystery series. When a movie star and his production crew turns up in Leavenworth, Washington, to film at the local Bavarian brewfest, no one expects him to turn up dead at the bar. Local brewmaster Sloan Krause will need to help get on the case to restore the communities reputation and revive the festivities. Ellie Alexander also writes the Bakeshop Mystery Series, as well as the Rose City Mystery Series and Pacific Northwest Mystery Series under the name Kate Dyer-Seeley.

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