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 has been a good month for me in terms of time I’ve been able to spend reading, so I have two series to recommend – Kathleen Bridge’s Hampton Home & Garden Mystery Series, and Carolyn Hart’s Death on Demand Mystery Series. I’m not going to go into detail again here on why I recommend them, as I’ve already written full blog posts about each, but if you’re interested be sure to check out the entries!
So, what have you been reading that you can recommend in May? 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 May 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): Book Retreat Mystery Series AND Supper Club Mystery Series
Barbara Allan: Trash ‘n’ Treasures Mystery Series
Donna Andrews: Meg Langslow Mystery Series
Mary Kay Andrews (aka Kathy Hogan Trocheck): The High Tide Club (not Cozy)
Cynthia Baxter: Lickety Splits Ice Cream Shoppe Mystery Series
Jessica Beck (aka Elizabeth Bright, Casey Mayes, Melissa Glazer, Chris Cavender, Tim Myers, & D.B. Morgan): Donut Shop Mystery Series
Stephanie Blackmoore: Wedding Planner Mystery Series
Bethany Blake: Lucky Paws Petsitting Mystery Series
Rhys Bowen: In Farleigh Field (not Cozy)
Kathleen Bridge: Hampton Home & Garden Mystery Series AND Home by the Sea Mystery Series
Duffy Brown: Cycle Path Mystery Series AND Consignment Shop Mystery Series
Vivien Chen: Noodle Shop Mystery Series
Laura Childs: Tea Shop Mystery Series AND Scrapbooking Mystery Series AND Cackleberry Club Mystery Series
Jane K. Cleland: Josie Prescott Antiques Mystery Series
Kate Collins: Flower Shop Mystery Series
Cleo Coyle (aka Alice Kimberly): Coffeehouse Mystery Series
Edmund Crispin: Gervase Fen Mystery Series
Elizabeth J. Duncan: Penny Brannigan Mystery Series
Kate Dyer-Seeley (aka Ellie Alexander): Rose City Mystery Series AND By the Sea Mystery Series
Amanda Flower (aka Isabella Alan): Magic Garden Mystery Series
Agatha Frost: Peridale Cafe Mystery Series
Joanne Fluke: Hannah Swensen Mystery Series
Nell Hampton (aka Nancy Coco and Nancy J. Parra): Kensington Palace Chef Mystery Series
Carolyn Hart: Death on Demand Mystery Series
Mary Ellen Hughes: Keepsake Cove Mystery Series
Miranda James (aka Dean James, Jimmie Ruth Evans, & Honor Hartman): Cat in the Stacks Mystery Series
Libby Kirsch: Stella Reynolds Mystery Series (first entry The Big Lead)
Gayle Leeson (aka Gayle Trent & Amanda Lee): Down South Cafe Mystery Series
Mary Marks: Martha Rose Quilting Mystery Series
Shawn McGuire: Whispering Pines Mystery Series (first entry Family Secrets)
Jenn McKinlay (aka Josie Belle & Lucy Lawrence): Library Lover’s Mystery Series
Lynne Murray: Josephine Fuller Mystery Series
Sofie Ryan (aka Sofie Kelly & Darlene Ryan for Young Adult): Second Chance Cat Mystery Series
Dell Shannon (aka Leslie Egan, Elizabeth Linington, & Anne Blaisdell): Luiz Mendosa Series
Dorothy Simpson: Inspector Thanet Series
Victoria Thompson: Gaslight Mystery Series
Sigrid Vansandt: Marsden-Lacey Cozy Mystery Series (first entry Two Birds With One Stone)
Debbie Young: Sophie Sayers Village Mystery Series (first entry Best Murder in Show)
[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.
