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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.)

May 2018 Mystery Book New Releases

The following Mystery Books will be released in May 2018:

May 2018

Rebecca Barrett: Trouble in Paradise (This will be the 6th in the Familiar Legacy Mystery Series.)

Susan M. Boyer: Lowcountry Bookshop (This will be the 7th in the Liz Talbot Mystery Series.)

Rita Mae Brown: Probable Claws (This will be the 27th in the Mrs. Murphy Mystery Series.)

Krista Davis: The Diva Cooks Up a Storm (This will be the 11th in the Domestic Diva Mystery Series.)

Amanda Flower (aka Isabella Alan): Flowers and Foul Play (This will be the 1st in the NEW Magic Garden Mystery Series.)

Carolyn Haines: Charmed Bones  (This will be the 17th in the Sarah Booth Delaney Mystery Series.)

Tessa Harris: The Angel Makers (This will be the 2nd in the Constance Piper Mystery Series.)

Linda O. Johnston: Picks and Chews (This will be the 4th in the Barkery & Biscuits Mystery Series.)

Karen MacInerney: Claws for Alarm (This will be the 8th in the Gray Whale Inn Mystery Series.)

Meg Macy (aka 1/2 D.E. Ireland): Bear Witness to Murder (This will be the 2nd in the Teddy Bear Mystery Series.) (This is an Oktobear Fest mystery.)

Clare O’Donohue: Beyond the Pale (This will be the 1st in the NEW World of Spies Mystery Series.)

Sharon Pape: Magick Run Amok (This will be the 3rd in the Abracadabra Mystery Series.)

Rhonda Pollero: Dating to Death (This will be a spin-off of the F. A. T. Mystery Series)

Rose Pressey: A Passion for Haunted Fashion (This will be the 6th in the Haunted Vintage Mystery Series.)

Karen Rose Smith: Murder with Cinnamon Scones (This will be the 2nd in the Daisy’s Tea Garden Mystery Series.)

Victoria Thompson: Murder on Union Square (This will be the 21st in the Gaslight Mystery Series.)

If you want to see this month’s releases, go to the April 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 – March 2018

March is almost over, so it’s time to talk about our favorite Cozy Mysteries that we read in the last 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’ve actually had the time to do some reading, so I have two series to recommend – Amanda Lee’s Embroidery Mystery Series, and one of the classics that really should have been on this list long since, Agatha Christie’s Miss Marple Mystery Series.

As always, you can go to the Most Popular & Recommended Cozy Mystery Series page on my Cozy-Mystery site for my full write-ups on each of these great Cozy series.

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

Susan Wittig Albert: Darling Dahlias Mystery Series

Jennifer Ashley: Below Stairs Mystery Series (first entry Death Below Stairs)

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

Bethany Blake: Lucky Paws Petsitting Mystery Series

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

Agatha Christie: Miss Marple Mystery Series

Krista Davis: Pen & Ink Mystery Series

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

Amanda Flower (aka Isabella Alan): Amish Candy Shop Mystery Series

Mario Giordano: Auntie Poldi Mystery Series (first entry Auntie Poldi and the Sicilian Lions)

Sarah Graves: Death By Chocolate Mystery Series

Tarquin Hall: Files of Vish Puri Mystery Series

Anna Lee Huber: Lady Darby Mystery Series

Amanda Lee: Embroidery Mystery Series

Mandy Morton: Hettie Bagshot Mystery Series (first entry The No. 2 Feline Detective Agency)

Carlene O’Connor: Irish Village Mystery Series

D.M. Quincy: Atlas Catesby Mystery Series (first entry Murder in Mayfair)

Teresa Trent: Pecan Bayou Mystery Series

Lea Wait: Mainely Needlepoint 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.

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