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I Enjoy Culinary Cozies Except When I’m Dieting…

Yikes! Some of the culinary-themed Cozy Mysteries I read are trying very hard to throw me off the dieting wagon!

My husband and I put on a “little” weight over the holidays – as we usually do. Every year we vow we won’t “let that happen again” >>> but every year, it does.

Some of you may be thinking “How much weight can they possibly gain over ‘the holidays’? Let’s face it, ‘the holidays’ means two or three weeks…”

Not so for us! “The holidays” start some time in October for us. Yep! We look at Halloween as the beginning of “the holiday” season. About as soon as the stores start putting up their Halloween treats (well, not really >>> since that now means early September!) we start making excuses to buy our favorite treats. Unfortunately, we have different preferences which means we have to buy two treats instead of just one. This doesn’t mean we only partake of our individual prefered treats…

So, we are now trying to shed those unwanted pounds from “the holidays”. Right now I am trying to (sort of) avoid reading culinary Cozies. As much as I enjoy reading how Goldy Bear (Diane Mott Davidson) plans on catering her next big event or what type of cookies Hannah Swensen (Joanne Fluke) has put in her gift cookie bags >>> I am just going to have to remain strong >>> at least for now.

How about you? >>> Do you find yourself trying to avoid Cozy mysteries with a strong food-related theme just because they make it hard for you to stick to your diet?

Eight 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.)
Winnie Archer (aka Melissa Bourbon & Misa Ramirez): The Walking Bread (This will be the 3rd in the Bread Shop Mystery Series.)
Julia Buckley: A Dark and Twisting Path (This will be the 3rd in the Writer’s Apprentice Mystery Series.)
Lynn Cahoon: Killer Green Tomatoes (This will be the 2nd in the Farm-to-Fork Mystery Series.)
Sheila Connolly (aka Sarah Atwell): Murder at the Mansion (This will be the 1st in the NEW Victorian Village Mystery Series)
Joanne Fluke: Christmas Cake Murder (This will be the in the Hannah Swensen Mystery Series.) (This is a Christmas themed mystery.)
Laurie R. King: Island of the Mad (This will be the 15th in the Mary Russell Mystery Series.)
Jenn McKinlay (aka Josie Belle & Lucy Lawrence): Hitting the Books (This will be the 9th in the Library Lover’s Mystery Series.)

 

Two New Cozy Series and One Holiday-Themed Cozy Coming May 2018

May will have a mix of a few new Cozy Mystery Series and a new holiday-themed Cozy Mystery release, an Oktoberfest release!

First, the Oktoberfest release will be Bear Witness to Murder, the second in Meg Macy‘s Teddy Bear Mystery Series. October in the small town of Silver Hollow is the occasion of the village’s Oktobear Fest, a teddy-bear themed variation of the more common Oktoberfest. Silver Bear Shop and Factory manager Sasha Silverman’s part in the festivities will be hosting the Cranbeary Tea Party, but her planning is interrupted several times – first by the return of an old high school rival, and a second time when the rival’s assistant turns up stabbed to death! Meg Macy is one half of the writing pseudonym D. E. Ireland, the author credited with the Eliza Doolittle & Henry Higgins Mystery Series.

For the new series, Amanda Flower will be starting the Magic Garden Mystery Series with first entry Flowers and Foul Play. Fiona Knox has just reached a crossroads in life, having lost her fiance and her flower shop business at one time, when her godfather’s death takes her to Scotland to inherit his cottage and walled garden, which may be more than it appears. However, the situation is even further complicated when a body is found in the garden! Amanda Flower writes many other series, including (but not limited to!) the Amish Candy Shop Mystery Series, the Living History Museum Mystery Series, the Magical Bookshop Mystery Series, and the Appleseed Creek Mystery Series.

Finally, the other new series will be Claire O’Donohue‘s World of Spies Mystery Series, starting with Beyond the Pale. Hollis and Finn Larson, married college professors, have been temporarily recruited by Interpol for what should be a very simple job – just procure a rare manuscript, one that is well within their actual area of academic interest. But when the contact they are supposed to exchange the money for the manuscript fails to arrive, they quickly find themselves in more danger than they had expected! Claire O’Donohue also writes the Someday Quilts Mystery Series and the Kate Conway Mystery Series.

For more upcoming Cozy Mystery series, be sure to visit the  Soon to be Released Mysteries on the site.

New Releases – April 2 to April 8, 2018

Here is the list of new releases for April 2 to April 8!

Rebecca Adler: Cinco De Murder (This will be the 3rd in the Taste of Texas Mystery Series.)

Susan Wittig Albert: Queen Anne’s Lace (This will be the 26th in the China Bayles Herbal Mysteries Series.)

Juliet Blackwell (aka Hailey Lind): A Magical Match (This will be the 9th in the Witchcraft Mystery Series.)

Kathleen Bridge: Death by the Sea (This will be the 1st in the NEW By the Sea Mystery Series.)

Mary Higgins Clark: I’ve Got My Eyes On You (This will be a stand-alone Thriller.)

Anne Hillerman: Cave of Bones (This will be the 22nd in the Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee Mystery Series.)

Edith Maxwell (aka Maddie Day & Tace Baker): Turning the Tide (This will be the 3rd in the Quaker Midwife Mystery Series.)

Jenn McKinlay (aka Josie Belle & Lucy Lawrence): Wedding Cake Crumble (This will be the 10th in the Cupcake Bakery Mystery Series.)

Catriona McPherson: Scot Free (This will be the 1st in the NEW Last Ditch Mystery Series.)

Ann B. Ross: Miss Julia Raises the Roof (This will be the 20th in the Miss Julia Mystery Series.)

Paige Shelton: Lost Books and Old Bones (This will be the 3rd in the Scottish Bookshop Mystery Series.)

Denise Swanson: Tart of Darkness (This will be the 1st in the NEW Chef-to-Go Mystery Series.)

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