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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.)

Cozy Mystery Book Recommendations – July 2018

July 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 reread one of my own favorites, the first in the Brother Cadfael Mystery Series by Ellis Peters. If you want to know why I recommend that series, be sure to check out the post I wrote on it!

So, what have you been reading that you can recommend in July? 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 July 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:

Ellery Adams (aka J. B. Stanley, Jennifer Stanley, & 1/2 of Lucy Arlington): Supper Club Mystery Series

Ellie Alexander (aka Kate Dyer-Seeley): Bakeshop Mystery Series

Sandra Balzo: Maggy Thorson Mystery Series

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

Maymee Bell (aka Tonya Kappes): Southern Cake Baker Mystery Series

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

Rhys Bowen: Royal Spyness Mystery Series

Simon Brett: Fethering Mystery Series

Lynn Cahoon: Farm-to-Fork Mystery Series

Kate Carlisle: Bibliophile Mystery Series

Laura Childs (aka Gerry Schmitt): Tea Shop Mystery Series

Peg Cochran (aka Meg London): Farmer’s Daughter Mystery Series

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

Leslie Cookman: Libby Sarjeant Mystery Series

Deborah Crombie: Kincaid & James Mystery Series

Vicki Delany (aka Eva Gates): Sherlock Holmes Bookshop Mystery Series

Carrie Doyle: Hamptons Murder Mysteries (first entry Death on Windmill Way)

Joanne Fluke: Hannah Swensen Mystery Series

Jacqueline Frost (aka Julie Chase & Julie Anne Lindsey): Christmas Tree Farm Mystery Series

Eva Gates (aka Vicki Delany): Lighthouse Library Mystery Series

Victoria Gilbert: Blue Ridge Library Mystery Series

Parnell Hall (aka J. P. Hailey): Puzzle Lady Mystery Series

H. Y. Hanna: Oxford Tearoom Mystery Series (first entry A Scone to Die For)

Hazel Holt: Mrs. Mallory Mystery Series

Vaseem Khan: Baby Ganesh Agency Investigation Mystery Series (first entry The Unexpected Inheritance of Inspector Chopra)

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

R. J. Koreto: The Body in the Ballroom

Gayle Leeson (aka Gayle Trent & Amanda Lee): Down South Cafe Mystery Series

Laura Levine: Jaine Austen Mystery Series

Meg Macy: Teddy Bear Mystery Series

Olivia Matthews: Sister Lou Mystery Series (fist entry Mayhem & Mass)

Isabella Muir: Janie Juke Mystery Series (first entry The Tapestry Bag)

Katherine Hall Page: Faith Fairchild Mystery Series

Ellis Peters: Brother Cadfael Mystery Series

Karen Rose Smith: Daisy’s Tea Garden Mystery Series

Rosemary Stevens (aka Rosemary Martin): Beau Bremmel Mystery Series

Vidar Sundstøl: Minnesota Trilogy (first entry The Land of Dreams)

Denise Swanson: Chef-to-Go Mystery Series

Peter Tremayne: Sister Fidelma 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.

The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher: The Murder at Roadhill House

Here’s another great example of British mystery movies! My husband and I were riveted by this terrific mystery movie (The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher: The Murder at Road Hill House) which I would describe as Cozy. This 2011 ITV production is based on a real crime which took place in England in 1860. (Author Kate Summerscale wrote the non-fiction book (The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher: A Shocking Murder and the Undoing of a Great Victorian Detective), on which the movie is based.)

The costumes, settings, acting, well… everything is phenomenal. Detective Whicher is very convincingly played by Paddy Considine. As the first movie begins (The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher: The Murder at Road Hill House) we discover that Inspector Whicher is the best detective in Victorian England’s Scotland Yard force, which is why he is chosen to go to a small town to solve a murder. The father of a murdered boy very much wants the case solved, so he informs the local police chief that Mr. Whicher is to be in charge of the case. Of course, this causes some bad feelings from the townspeople, including the entire local police force. They think of Mr. Whicher as an uppity outsider from London.

The movie follows Inspector Whicher’s detecting. He is given a very short amount of time to solve the case. He insists he needs more time. Toward the end of his allotted time, his fellow Scotland Yard friend Dolly (played by William beck) is sent to help him. I don’t want to divulge anymore, in hopes that you watch (and enjoy!) the movie.

I strongly recommend this British mystery movie. We haven’t watched the other three Mr. Whicher movies yet, but plan to watch them very soon. They are as follows:

Movie 2 – The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher: The Murder in Angel Lane (2013)

Movie 3 – The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher: Beyond the Pale (2014)

Movie 4 – The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher: The Ties That Bind (2014)

If the last three Mr. Whicher mystery movies are as good as the first, we’re all in for a treat!

P.S. My husband and I watched The Suspicion of Mr. Whicher: The Murder in Angel Lane (the second TV mystery movie in the series) last night and while it was very good, it showed a few corpses that had been violently killed, so it might qualify as a bit less “Cozy” than the first.

P.P.P.S. I have received a letter from someone complaining that these are not Cozies. I liken the two movies my husband and I have watched more to Prime Suspect & Dalziel and Pascoe…

P.P.S. All four of the Mr. Whicher mysteries are available on Amazon Prime Video for streaming.

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