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Cozy Mystery News – August 2018

Here’s the Cozy Mystery news for this month, August 2018! It’s a bit less NEWS than the last few months – but there’s still plenty to talk about!

First, Susanna Calkins will be writing a new series, the Speakeasy Murders Mystery Series, starting with Murder Knocks Twice. This will be a series set in 1920s Chicago. I wonder if  it will revolve around the prohibition theme! Susanna Calkins also writes the Lucy Campion Mystery Series (which I happen to enjoy a lot!) – another period piece set in 17th century London, starring a chambermaid.

Next, best-selling Amanda Flower will be beginning a spin-off of her Amish Candy Shop Mystery Series, with the series titled the Amish Matchmaker Mystery Series. It will star a senior sleuth who is an Amish widow who sets up Amish couples. Of course, she will also solve crimes. In addition to the already-mentioned Amish Candy Shop Mystery Series, Amanda Flower writes the Magic Garden Mystery Series, the Living History Museum Mystery Series, the Magical Bookshop Mystery Series, the Appleseed Creek Mystery Series, the India Hayes Mystery Series, and the Andi Boggs Mystery Series (for children). She writes the Amish Quilt Shop Mystery Series under the name Isabella Alan.

Finally, New York Times best-selling author Lee Goldberg will be starting a new mystery series starring a young female homicide detective in the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. Lee Goldberg wrote the FBI Special Agent Kate O’Hare Mystery Series (with Janet Evanovich), the Ian Ludlow Thrillers, the Diagnosis Murder Mystery Series, and of course the Mr. Monk Mystery Series (starring Adrian Monk, from the TV show Monk – which he also wrote and produced).

Well, it might not be as long a news list as usual, but if you want to find out more about what some of your favorite Cozy Mystery authors will be releasing in the near future, be sure to check out the Soon to be Released page on my Cozy Mystery site. I’m guessing you’ll find that several of your favorite Cozy Mystery authors are planning on releasing new Cozies in the near future! (And, it looks like October is going to be a great month for new holiday Cozies!)

Two New Holiday-Themed Cozy Mysteries Coming September 2018 (Part 1 of 2)

Well, it’s Monday, so I’d normally post the list of the upcoming weeks… but I’ve been so behind on this from the end of the month rolling right into new month and then another week of releases finally getting posted a few days ago, I wanted to post something a bit more substantive. So I’m going to hold off on the normal Monday post for a few days, and instead begin discussing September’s holiday book releases.

There will be a lot of them! Enough that it makes sense to split it up into two sections, a non-Christmas post and a Christmas themed post. Today will be the non-Christmas holiday themed posts.

First will be Lynn Cahoon‘s A Deadly Brew, a novella in the Tourist Trap Mystery Series. This Halloween-themed mystery Will see the return of Jill Gardner, owner of the Coffee, Books, and More in South Cove, California. A haunted house is being set up, and for whatever reason the town decides that setting it up in the residence of a formerly vacant estate whose owner disappeared fifteen years ago. Of course, Jill can’t let this chance go to get to the bottom of the mysterious event! Lynn Cahoon also writes the Cat Latimer Mystery Series, starring a former English professor running a bed and breakfast, and the Farm-to-Fork Mystery Series, starring the owner of a restaurant in Idaho.

Second will be Forever Fudge, the 7th in Nancy Coco‘s Candy-Coated Mystery Series, and a Labor Day themed mystery! (Super rare! But these do exist…) Labor Day weekend has come at last, the end of the tourist season on Mackinac Island, and fudge shop owner Allie McMurphy would be expecting a bit more peace and quiet, except that a TV crew has arrived to film a murder mystery show. When a note is found on a very real body found in a nearby alley challenging Allie to solve the crime, she feels like it’s her responsibility to stop a crazed killer from striking again! Nancy Coco also writes (as Nancy J. Parra) the Wine County Mystery Series, starring the owner of a family winery, the Baker’s Treat Mystery Series starring a gluten free bakery owner, the Perfect Proposals Mystery Series, starring an event planner, and (as Nell Hampton) the Kensington Palace Chef Mystery Series starring a personal chef to the royal family.

So, that’s it for non-Christmas themed Cozies for September! I know that’s only two, but there will be several more coming up, all Christmas themed – probably after I do this week’s new releases.

For more Halloween Themed Cozies, visit the Halloween Cozies list on the site.

For more Labor Day Themed Cozies, visit the Labor Day Cozies list on the site.

New Releases – July 30 to August 5, 2018

Here is the list of new releases for July 30 to August 5!

Allyson K. Abbott (aka Annelise Ryan & Beth Amos): Last Call (This will be the 6th in the Mack’s Bar Mystery Series.)

Christy Barritt: Clean Sweep (This will be the 13th in the Squeaky Clean Mystery Series.)

Lorraine Bartlett (aka Lorna Barrett  & L. L. Bartlett): A Reel Catch (This will be the 2nd in the Lotus Bay Mystery Series.)

Julia Buckley: Dark and Twisting Path (This will be the 3rd in the Writer’s Apprentice Mystery Series.)

Peg Cochran (aka Meg London): Murder, She Reported (This will be a Stand Alone mystery.)

Cate Conte (aka Liz Mugavero): Purrder She Wrote (This will be the 2nd in the Cat Cafe Mystery Series.)

Maya Corrigan: S’more Murders (This will be the 5th in the Five-Ingredient Mystery Series.)

Kathi Daley: The Halloween House (This will be the 4th in the Tess and Tilly Mystery Series.) (This is a Halloween themed mystery.)

Maddie Day (aka Edith Maxwell & Tace Baker): Death Over Easy (This will be the 5th in the Country Store Mystery Series.)

Lee Hollis: Poppy Harmon Investigates (This will be the 1st in the NEW Desert Flowers Mystery Series.)

Tonya Kappes: Fishing, Forest & Forgery (This will be the 3rd in the Camper & Criminals Mystery Series.)

Mary Marks: Knot My Sister’s Keeper (This will be the 6th in the Martha Rose Quilting Mystery Series.)

Alyssa Maxwell: Murder at Ochre Court (This will be the 6th in the Gilded Newport Mystery Series.)

Shari Randall: Against the Claw (This will be the 2nd in the Lobster Shack Mystery Series.)

Alexander McCall Smith: The Quiet Side of Passion (This will be the 12th in the non mystery Isabel Dalhousie Series.)

September 2018 Mystery Book New Releases

The following Mystery Books will be released in September 2018:

September 2018

Sparkle Abbey: The Dogfather (This will be the 10th in the Pampered Pets Mystery Series.)

Winnie Archer (aka Melissa Bourbon & Misa Ramirez): The Walking Bread (This will be the 3rd in the Bread Shop Mystery Series.)

Simon Brett: A Deadly Habit (This will be the 20th in the Charles Paris Mystery Series.)

Kathleen Bridge: A Killing by the Sea (This will be the 2nd in the By the Sea Mystery Series.)

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

Nancy J. Cohen: Trimmed to Death (This will be the 15th in the Bad Hair Day Mystery Series.)

Catherine Bruns: Crumbled to Pieces (This will be the 6th in the Cookies & Chance Mystery Series.)

Mollie Cox Bryan: Assault and Beadery (This will be the 4th in the Cora Crafts Mystery Series.)

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

Lynn Cahoon: A Deadly Brew (This will be a novella in the Tourist Trap Mystery Series.) (This is a Halloween themed mystery.)

Ann Cleeves: Wild Fire (This will be the 9th in the Shetland Island Mystery Series.)

Nancy Coco (aka Nancy J. Parra & Nell Hampton): Forever Fudge(This will be the 7th in the Candy-coated Mystery Seires.) (This is a Labor Day themed mystery.)

Isis Crawford (aka Barbara Block): A Catered Cat Wedding (This will be the 14th in the Mystery with Recipes Mystery Series.)

Devon Delaney: Final Roasting Place (This will be the 2nd in the Cook-Off Mystery Series.)

J.C. Eaton: Chardonnayed to Rest (This will be the 2nd in the Wine Trail Mystery Series.)

Amanda Flower (aka Isabella Alan): Premeditated Peppermint (This will be the 3rd in the Amish Candy Shop Mystery Series. This is a Christmas themed mystery.)

Joanne Fluke: Christmas Cake Murder (This will be the in the Hannah Swensen Mystery Series.) (This is a Christmas themed mystery.)

Anna Lee Huber: Treacherous Is the Night (This will be the 2nd in the Verity Kent Mystery Series.)

J.A. Jance: Field of Bones (This will be the 18th in the Joanna Brady Mystery Series.)

Tonya Kappes (aka Maymee Bell): Tangled Up in Tinsel (This will be the 6th in the Kenni Lowry Mystery Series.) (This is a Christmas themed mystery.)

Sofie Kelly (aka Sofie Ryan): The Cats Came Back (This will be the 10th in the Magical Cats Mystery Series.)

Laura Levine: Death of a Neighborhood Scrooge (This will be the 16th in the Jaine Austen Mystery Series.) (This is a Christmas themed mystery.)

Colette London: The Peppermint Mocha Murder (This will be the 5th in the Chocolate Whisperer Mystery Series.) (This is a Christmas themed mystery.)

Jess Lourey: Mercy’s Chase (This will be the 2nd in the Salem’s Cipher Mystery Series.)

Archer Mayor: Bury the Lead (This will be the 29th in the Joe Gunther Mystery Series.)

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

Leslie Meier: Silver Anniversary Murder (This will be the 25th in the Lucy Stone Mystery Series.)

Melinda Mullet: Deadly Dram (This will be the 3rd in the Whisky Business Mystery Series.)

Anne Perry: Dark Tide Rising (This will be the 24th in the William Monk Myst;ery Series.)

Carol J. Perry: Bells, Spells, and Murders (This will be the 7th in the Witch City Mystery Series.) (This is a Christmas themed mystery.)

J.D. Robb (aka Nora Roberts): Leverage in Death (This will be the 47th in the Eve Dallas Mystery Series.)

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

Denise Swanson: Die Me a River (This will be the 2nd in the Welcome Back to Scumble River Mystery Series.)

Charles Todd: A Forgotten Place (This will be the 10th in the Bess Crawford Mystery Series.)

Suzanne Trauth: Just in Time (This will be the 4th in the Dodie O’Dell Mystery Series.)

Ashley Weaver: An Act of Villainy (This will be the 6th in the Amory Ames Mystery Series.)

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

If you want to see this month’s releases, go to the August 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.)

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