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Four New Cozy Mystery Series Coming March 2018

We’ll have a lot of new Cozy Mystery series starting in March! Four in fact, so we’ll get right to it…

First up, Cynthia Baxter will be releasing Murder With a Cherry On Top, the first in the Lickety Splits Mystery Series. Kate McKay is returning from her big job in the big city as a Manhattanite lawyer to return to her Hudson Valley hometown of Wolfort’s Rest to care for her ill grandmother. Fortunately, it does give her an opportunity to open her dream store, an ice cream store she names Lickety Splits Ice Cream Shoppe. Unfortunately, it reunites her with an old high school rival, who now sells frozen treats as well – and unsurprisingly turns up dead soon after! Cynthia Baxter also writes the Reigning Cats & Dogs Mystery Series, the Murder Packs a Suitcase Mystery Series, and (as Cynthia Blair) the Pratt Twins Mystery Series.

Next, Lynn Cahoon will be starting the Farm-to-Fork Mystery Series, with the book Who Moved My Goat Cheese?. Angie Turner and her best friend Felicia are starting up a new farm-to-table restaurant in their rural hometown in Idaho, and one step in that is getting to know local farmers like old farmer Moss. But when Moss turns up dead, it will be up to Angie to make sure that the murder gets solved. Lynn Cahoon also writes the Tourist Trap Mystery Series and the Cat Latimer Mystery Series.

Kate Dyer-Seeley will be releasing the first in her Rose City Mystery Series, Natural Thorn Killer. Britta Johnston has left a useless husband and a dead-end job to pursue her artistic talents at her aunt’s floral shop in Portland, Oregon. When an unscrupulous real estate developer who has been buying up waterfront property turns up dead, it leaves many of her acquaintances as potential, including her aunt! She’ll need to find out who really dun-it to make sure her aunt doesn’t end up behind bars. Kate Dyer-Seeley also writes the Pacific Northwest Mystery Series, and (as Ellie Alexander) the Bakeshop Mystery Series and the Sloan Krause Mystery Series.

Finally, Nancy Herriman will be releasing Searcher of the Dead, the first in her Bess Ellyott Mystery Series. Elizabethan Londoner Bess Ellyott is an herbalist and widow who fled to the countryside after the murder of her husband. When her husband’s brother turns up dead as well – apparently suicide, though Bess knows better – she knows that the murders will continue until she can discover the true killer. Nancy Herriman also writes the Mystery of Old San Francisco Mystery Series.

For these upcoming series and more be sure to check out the New Cozy Mystery Book Series page.

March 2018 Mystery Book New Releases

The following Mystery Books will be released in March 2018:

March 2018

Susan Wittig Albert: The Darling Dahlias and the Unlucky Clover(This will be the 7th in the Darling Dahlias Mystery Series.)

Tessa Arlen: Death of an Unsung Hero (This will be the 4th in the Lady Montfort Mystery Series.)

Cynthia Baxter: Murder with a Cherry on Top (This will be the 1st in the NEW Lickety Splits Ice Cream Shoppe Mystery Series.)

Duffy Brown: Lethal in Old Lace (This will be the 6th in the Consignment Shop Mystery Series.)

Lynn Cahoon: Who Moved My Goat Cheese? (This will be the 1st in the NEW Farm-to-Fork Mystery Series.)

Laura Childs (aka Gerry Schmitt): Plum Tea Crazy (This will be the 19th in the Tea Shop Mystery Series.)

Kathi Daley: Hippity Hoppity Homicide (This will be the 28th in the Zoe Donovan Mystery Series.) (This is an Easter mystery.)

Kathi Daley: Farewell to Felines (This will be the 15th in the Whales and Tails Mystery Series.)

Kate Dyer-Seeley (aka Ellie Alexander): Natural Thorn Killer (This will be the 1st in the NEW Rose City Mystery Series.)

Vickie Fee: Til Death Do Us Party (This will be the 4th in the Liv and Di in Dixie Mystery Series.)

Elizabeth George: The Punishment She Deserves (This will be the 20th in the non-Cozy Detective Inspector Lynley Mystery Series.)

Parnell Hall: The Purloined Puzzle (This will be the 19th in the Puzzle Lady Mystery Series.)

Nancy Herriman: Searcher of the Dead (This will be the 1st in the NEW Bess Ellyott Mystery Series.)

Anna Lee Huber: A Brush with Shadows (This will be the 6th in the Lady Darby Mystery Series.)

J.A. Jance: Duel to the Death (This will be the 13th in the Ali Reynolds Mystery Series.)

Tonya Kappes: Six Feet Under (This will be the 4th in the Kenni Lowry Mystery Series.)

Leslie Karst: Death al Fresco (This will be the 3rd in the Sally Solari Culinary Mystery Series.)

Kelly Lane: Dipped to Death (This will be the 3rd in the Olive Grove Mystery Series.)

Donna Leon: The Temptation of Forgiveness (This will be the 27th in the Guido Brunetti Mystery Series.)

Emma Miller: Plain Confession (This will be the 5th in the Amish Mystery Series.)

Dorothy St. James: Playing With Bonbon Fire (This will be the 2nd in the Southern Chocolate Shop Mystery Series.)

Linda Wiken (aka Erika Chase): Marinating in Murder (This will be the 3rd in the Dinner Club Mystery Series.)

Jacqueline Winspear: To Die but Once (This will be the 14th in the Maisie Dobbs Mystery Series.)

If you want to see this month’s releases, go to the February 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 – January 2018

January is ending, 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 have two series to recommend this month. First is one of the greatest classic Cozy series of all time, Agatha Christie’s Hercule Poirot Mystery Series. The other is one that I’d almost not call Cozy at all but rather police procedural, except is has many Cozy elements, a strong following among site readers, and is of such a high quality that I think it’s worth recommending again, Louise Penny’s Chief Inspector Gamache Mystery Series.

If you’re interested in reading why I’m recommending these series, 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 January? 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 January 2017 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:

Cathy Ace: WISE Enquiries Agency Mystery Series

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

Conrad Allen (aka Edward Marston and Keith Miles): Dillman Mystery Series

Donna Andrews: Meg Langslow Mystery Series

Nancy Atherton: Aunt Dimity Mystery Series

Donald Bain  w/ “Jessica Fletcher”: Murder, She Wrote Mystery Series

Sandra Balzo: Maggy Thorsen Mystery Series

Emily Barnes: Katherine Sullivan Mystery Series (first entry The Fine Art of Murder)

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

Alan Bradley: Flavia de Luce Mystery Series

Lynn Cahoon: Tourist Trap Mystery Series

Bailey Cates (aka Bailey Cattrell & Cricket McRae): Magical Bakery Mystery Series

Agatha Christie: Hercule Poirot Mystery Series

Sheila Connolly (aka Sarah Atwell): County Cork Mystery Series

Ellen Crosby: Wine Country Mystery Series

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

Janet Evanovich: Stephanie Plum Mystery Series

Christy Fifield (aka Christy Evans): Haunted Souvenir Shop Mystery Series

Victoria Gilbert: Blue Ridge Library Mystery Series (first entry A Murder for the Books)

Carolyn Haines: Sarah Booth Delaney Mystery Series

Nancy Herriman: Mystery of Old San Francisco Mystery Series

Cheryl Hollon: Webb’s Glass Shop Mystery Series

Julianne Holmes: Clock Shop Mystery Series

Miranda James (aka Dean James,  Jimmie Ruth Evans, & Honor Hartman): Cat in the Stacks Mystery Series AND Southern Ladies Mystery Series

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

Libby Klein: Poppy McAllinster Mystery Series (first entry Class Reunions Are Murder)

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

Catherine Lloyd: Kurland St. Mary Mystery Series

Sujata Massey: Perveen Mistry Mystery Series

Gail Oust: Spice Shop Mystery Series

Louise Penny: Chief Inspector Gamache Mystery Series

Angela Pepper: Stormy Day Mystery Series (first entry Death of a Dapper Snowman) AND Wisteria Witches Mystery Series (first entry Wisteria Wyverns)

Rose Pressey: Haunted Vintage Mystery Series

Sofie Ryan: Second Chance Cat Mystery Series

Paige Shelton: Scottish Bookshop Mystery Series AND Farmers’ Market Mystery Series AND Dangerous Type Mystery Series

Alexander McCall Smith: The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency Series

Karen Rose Smith: Daisy’s Tea Garden Mystery Series

Fran Stewart: Scotshop Mystery Series

Denise Swanson: Scumble River Mystery Series

Diane Vallere: Mad for Mod Mystery Series

Kate White: Bailey Weggins Mystery Series (first entry If Looks Could Kill)

[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 – January 29 to February 4, 2018

Here is the list of new releases for January 29 to February 4!

Stephanie Blackmoore: Murder Borrowed, Murder Blue (This will be the 3rd in the Wedding Planner Mystery Series.)

Alan Bradley: The Grave’s a Fine and Private Place (This will be the 9th in the Flavia de Luce Mystery Series.)

Maddie Day (aka Edith Maxwell & Tace Baker): Biscuits and Slashed Browns (This will be the 4th in the Country Store Mystery Series.)

Tim Dorsey: The Pope of Palm Beach (This will be the 21st in the Serge A. Storms Mystery Series.)

Sarah Graves: Death by Chocolate Cherry Cheesecake (This will be the 1st in the NEW Death by Chocolate Mystery Series.) (This is a Fourth of July themed mystery.)

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