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Cozy Mystery News – February 2018

It seems like we just started 2018, and already we’re into February! Good grief! Why didn’t time fly like this when I was in the fifth grade? It just seems that as I get older and want time to slow down, time goes a whole lot quicker! And, February, being the shortest month of all will go even faster than January…

Enough about time >>> let’s get to the Cozy Mystery News for February 2018:

Laura Bradford (aka Elizabeth Lynn Casey) has just signed on to writing another book in her Amish Mystery Series. That’s right – Claire will be using her sleuthing skills to tackle yet another mystery. Since we haven’t seen Claire since 2016, I am delighted to find out she will be returning to us. As most of you know, Laura Bradford also writes the Emergency Dessert Squad Mystery Series, the Tobi Tobias Mystery Series, and the Jenkins & Burns Mystery Series. Also, as Elizabeth Lynn Casey,  she writes the Southern Sewing Circle Mystery Series. Great Cozy Mystery news for a lot of us!

Judy Clemens will be releasing the fifth mystery in her Grim Reaper Mystery Series. I thought this series may have been over, since the fourth book in the series was released way back in 2012. So, this is terrific news for Judy Clemens’ fans! (I could be wrong, but it looks like “Death” finds a new person to sleuth with.) Judy also writes the Stella Crown Mystery Series which takes place in Pennsylvania and features a dairy farmer. Judy was nominated for both the Agatha and Anthony awards.

Vicki Delany (aka Eva Gates) is one very busy author! She has just signed on to write three more mysteries in her Sherlock Holmes Bookshop Mystery Series. With the third book in the series (The Cat of the Baskervilles) releasing this month, it’s good to know Gemma and best friend (Jane) will have even more sleuthing to do in the future. Vicki also writes the Year-Round Christmas Mystery Series, the Ray Robertson Mystery Series, the Constable Molly Smith Mystery Series, and the Klondike Mystery Series. As Eva Gates, she writes the Lighthouse Library Mystery Series.

OK, all you Rose Pressey fans (and I know she has lots and lots of fans!) you are going to be absolutely delighted to find out that she has just signed on to write the Haunted Craft Fair Mystery Series. That’s right! Rose Pressey will be writing this new series which will feature an artist who not only enjoys the artistic side of craft fairs, but who also manages to find murder at craft fairs! And this paranormal series will feature not only the sleuth/artist, but also her paintings’ “spirits” who help her solving the mysteries. Rose writes several mystery series, some of which are: the Haunted Vintage Mystery Series, Haunted Tour Guide Mystery Series, Halloween LaVeau Series, Sweet Shoppe Mystery Series, and the Paranormal P.I. Mystery Series.

Charles Todd (son and mother duo Charles & Caroline Todd) have just committed to writing two more mysteries in their very popular Bess Crawford Mystery Series. This is great news for those of us who enjoy following Bess as she sleuths her way through those hazardous times in Europe. This fantastic author duo also writes the extremely popular Ian Rutledge Mystery Series.

That’s the Cozy Mystery News for February 2018. I hope one of your favorite authors is on this list!

New Releases – February 5 to February 11, 2018

Here is the list of new releases for February 5 to February 11!

Diana Orgain: Killer Cravings (This will be the 6th in the Maternal Instincts Mystery Series.)

Loretta Ross: Death & the Viking’s Daughter (This will be the 4th in the Auction Block Mystery Series.)

Sofie Ryan (aka Sofie Kelly): The Fast and the Furriest (This will be the 5th in the Second Chance Cat Mystery Series.)

Charles Todd: The Gatekeeper (This will be the 20th in the Inspector Ian Rutledge Mystery Series.)

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.)

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