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August 2018 Mystery Book New Releases

EDIT: Yes, folks, looks like I posted the wrong month’s list. Sorry about that! I’ve swapped it out for the right list.

The following Mystery Books will be released in August 2018:

August 2018

Donna Andrews: Toucan Keep a Secret (This will be the 23rd in the Meg Langslow Mystery Series.)

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

Heather Blake (aka Heather Webber): To Catch a Witch (This will be the 8th in the Wishcraft Mystery Series.)

Ginger Bolton (aka Janet Bolin): Goodbye Cruller World (This will be the 2nd in the Deputy Donut Mystery Series.)

Stephen Booth: Dead in the Dark (This will be the 18th in the Cooper & Fry Mystery Series.)

Gail Bowen: A Darkness of the Heart (This will be the 18th in the Joanne Kilbourn Mystery Series.)

Rhys Bowen: Four Funerals and Maybe a Wedding (This will be the 12th in the Royal Spyness Mystery Series.)

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

Lucy Burdette (aka Roberta Isleib): Death on the Menu (This will be the 8th in the Key West Food Critic Mystery Series.)

V.M. Burns: In the Dog House (This will be the 1st in the NEW Dog Club Mystery Series.)

Nancy Bush: Jealousy (This will be a Stand Alone mystery.)

Bailey Cattrell (aka Bailey Cates & Cricket McRae): Marigolds for Malice (This will be the 3rd in the Enchanted Garden Mystery Series.)

Vivien Chien: Dim Sum of All Fears (This will be the 2nd in the Noodle Shop Mystery Series.)

Lesley Cookman: Murder and the Glovemaker’s Son (This will be the 9th in the Libby Sarjeant Murder Mystery Series.)

Elizabeth Spann Craig (aka Elizabeth Craig & Riley Adams): Cleaning is Murder (This will be the 13th in the Myrtle Clover Mystery Series.)

Kathi Daley: Seventh Chapter (This will be the 7th in the Writer’s Retreat Mystery Series.)

Kathi Daley: Henderson House (This will be the 3oth in the Zoe Donovan Mystery Series.)

Vicki Delany (aka Eva Gates): Blue Water Hues (This will be the 2nd in the Ashley Grant Mystery Series.)

Connie di Marco (aka Connie Archer): Tail of the Dragon (This will be the 3rd in the Zodiac Mystery Series.)

Peggy Ehrhart: Died in the Wool (This will be the 2nd in the Knit & Nibble Mystery Series.)

Aaron Elkins: A Long Time Coming (This will be a Stand Alone mystery.)

Kellye Garrett: Hollywood Ending (This will be the 2nd in the Detective by Day Mystery Series.)

Susanna Gregory: Intrigue in Covent Garden (This will be the 13th in the Thomas Chaloner Mystery Series)

David Handler: The Man Who Couldn’t Miss (This will be the 10th in the Stewart Hoag Mystery Series.)

Cheryl Hollon: Shattered at Sea (This will be the 5th in the Webb’s Glass Shop Mystery Series.)

Tina Kashian: Stabbed in the Baklava (This will be the 2nd in the Kebab Kitchen Mystery Series.)

Faye Kellerman: Walking Shadows (This will be the 25th in the Decker & Lazarus Mystery Series.)

William Kent Krueger: Desolation Mountain (This will be the 17th in the Cork O’Connor Mystery Series.)

Susan Elia MacNeal: The Prisoner in the Castle (This will be the 8th in the Maggie Hope Mystery Series.)

Leslie Meier: Halloween Murder (This contains Trick or Treat Murder (book #3) & Wicked Witch Murder (book #16) of the Lucy Stone Mystery Series.) (These are Halloween themed mysteries.)

Marcia Muller: The Breakers (This will be the 34th in the Sharon McCone Mystery Series.)

Kathy Reichs: A Conspiracy of Bones (This will be the 19th in the Temperance Brennan Mystery Series.)

Lisa Scottoline: Feared (This will be the 17th in the Rosato & DiNunzio Mystery Series.)

Lane Stone: Support Your Local Pug (This will be the 2nd in the Pet Palace Mystery Series.)

Kirsten Weiss: Witch (This will be the 4th in the Witches of Doyle Mystery Series.)

If you want to see this month’s releases, go to the July 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 – June 2018

June 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! I haven’t had a lot of time for reading unfortunately, so I don’t have any Cozy Mystery recommendations to share myself.

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

Nancy Atherton: Aunt Dimity Mystery Series

M. C. Beaton (aka Marion Chesney): Agatha Raisin Mystery Series

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

Rhys Bowen: Molly Murphy Mystery Series

Kathleen Bridge: Hamptons Home & Gardens Mystery Series

Rita Mae Brown: Mrs. Murphy Mystery Series

Leslie Budewitz: Food Lovers’ Mystery Series

V.M. Burns: Mystery Bookshop Mystery Series

Ellen Byron: Cajun Country Mystery Series

Kate Carlisle: Bibliophile Mystery Series AND Fixer-Upper Mystery Series

Amanda Carmack: Elizabethan Mystery Series

Bailey Cattrell (aka Bailey Cates  & Cricket McRae): Enchanted Garden Mystery Series

Ann Cleeves: Vera Stanhope Mystery Series

Blaize/John Clement: Dixie Hemingway Mystery Series

Marla Cooper: Destination Wedding Mystery Series

Catherine Coulter and J. T. Ellison: A Brit in the FBI Mystery Series (non-Cozy, thrillers, first entry The Final Cut)

Cleo Coyle (aka Alice Kimberly): Coffeehouse Mystery Series

Krista Davis: Domestic Diva Mystery Series

Vicki Delany (aka Eva Gates): Year-Round Christmas Mystery Series

Connie di Marco (aka Connie Archer): Zodiac Mystery Series

Claire Donally: Sunny & Shadow Mystery Series

Elizabeth J. Duncan: Shakespeare in the Catskills Mystery Series

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

Peggy Ehrhart: Knit & Nibble Mystery Series

Monica Ferris (aka Mary Monica Pulver & 1/2 of Margaret Frazer for first 6 Sister Frevisse mysteries): Needlecraft Mystery Series

Amanda Flower (aka Isabella Alan): Magic Garden Mystery Series

Joanne Fluke: Hannah Swensen Mystery Series

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

Victoria Hamilton (aka Amanda Cooper): Vintage Kitchen Mystery Series

Nell Hampton (aka Nancy Coco and Nancy J. Parra): Kensington Palace Chef Mystery Series

Maddy Hunter: Passport to Peril Mystery Series

D.E. Ireland (pseudonym used by two authors – Meg Mims (aka Meg Macy) and Sharon Pisacreta (aka Sharon Farrow)): Eliza Doolittle & Henry Higgins Mystery Series

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

Kylie Logan (aka Miranda Bliss & Casey Daniels): Ethnic Eats Mystery Series

Alyssa Maxwell: Gilded Newport Mystery Series

G. A. McKevett: Savannah Reid Mystery Series

Jenn McKinlay (aka Josie Belle & Lucy Lawrence): Cupcake Bakery Mystery Series AND Library Lover’s Mystery Series AND Hat Shop Mystery Series

Julie Mulhern: The Country Club Murders (first entry The Deep End)

Katherine Hall Page: Faith Fairchild Mystery Series

Shari Randall: Lobster Shack Mystery Series

Annelise Ryan (aka Allyson K. Abbott & Beth Amos): Mattie Winston Mystery Series

Misty Simon: Tallie Graver Mystery Series (first entry Cremains of the Day)

Karen Rose Smith: Daisy’s Tea Garden Mystery Series

Joyce Tremel: Brewing Trouble 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.

New Releases – June 25 to July 1, 2018

Here is the list of new releases for June 25 to July 1!

Ellie Alexander (aka Kate Dyer-Seeley): Till Death Do Us Tart (This will be the 8th in the Bakeshop Mystery Series.)

Laurien Berenson: Ruff Justice (This will be the 22nd in the Melanie Travis Mystery Series.)

V.M. Burns: Travellin’ Shoes (This will be the 1st in the NEW RJ Franklin Mystery Series.)

Kate Carlisle: Buried in Books (This will be the 13th in the Bibliophile Mystery Series.)

Sheila Connolly (aka Sarah Atwell): Murder at the Mansion (This will be the 1st in the NEW Victorian Village Mystery Series.)

Kathi Daley: Firework Fiasco (This will be the 29th in the Zoe Donovan Mystery Series.) (This is a Fourth of July themed mystery.)

J.C. Eaton: Staged 4 Murder (This will be the 3rd in the Sophie Kimball Mystery Series.)

K.J. Emrick: The Ghost of Murders Past (This will be the 23rd in the Darcy Sweet Cozy Mystery Series.)

Leigh Hearon: Runaway Murder (This will be the 4th in the Carson Stables Mystery Series.)

Jenn McKinlay (aka Josie Belle & Lucy Lawrence): To Catch a Latte (This will be a Stand Alone mystery.)

Janice Peacock: To Bead or Not to Bead (This will be the 4th in the Glass Bead Mystery Series.)

Linda Reilly: Claws of Death (This will be the 2nd in the Cat Lady Mystery Series.)

Clea Simon: Cross My Path (This will be the 3rd in the Blackie and Care Mystery Series.)

Sarah Strohmeyer: Bubbles Reboots (This will be the 7th in the Bubbles Yablonsky Mystery Series.)

Seven Soon to be Released Cozy Mystery Covers

Here are some of the upcoming Cozy Mystery covers that I’ve found recently!

Ellie Alexander (aka Kate Dyer-Seeley): Till Death Do Us Tart (This will be the 8th in the Bakeshop Mystery Series.)
Kathleen Bridge: A Killing by the Sea (This will be the 2nd in the By the Sea Mystery Series.)
Mollie Cox Bryan: Assault and Beadery (This will be the 4th in the Cora Crafts Mystery Series.)
Anne Canadeo (aka Katherine Spencer): Purls and Poison (This will be the 10th in the Black Sheep Knitting Mystery Series.)
Barbara Early (aka Beverly Allen): Death of a Russian Doll (This will be the 3rd in the Vintage Toy Shop 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.)

 

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