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New Releases – January 1 to January 7, 2018

Here is the list of new releases for January 1 to January 7!

Cathy Ace: The Case of the Unsuitable Suitor (This will be the 4th in the WISE Enquiries Mystery Series.)

Ellie Alexander (aka Kate Dyer-Seeley): Another One Bites the Crust (This will be the 7th in the Bakeshop Mystery Series.)

Laura Bradford (aka Elizabeth Lynn Casey): Dial M for Mousse (This will be the 3rd in the Emergency Dessert Squad Mystery Series.)

Jenn McKinlay (aka Josie Belle & Lucy Lawrence): Every Dog Has His Day (This will be the 3rd in the non mystery Bluff Point Romance Series.)

Molly MacRae: Scones and Scoundrels (This will be the 2nd in the Highland Bookshop Mystery Series.)

Happy New Year!

Well, it’s just a little late, but I wanted to wish you all a very happy New Year!

We’re enjoying the last few days of my daughter visiting, so I’ve still been a bit busy today!

Does anyone have any New Year’s resolutions they want to share? I’m afraid that this year I’m not feeling particularly motivated – though I do hope to read at least a few more Cozies per month than I managed last year!

February 2018 Mystery Book New Releases

The following Mystery Books will be released in February 2018:

February 2018

M. C. Beaton: Death of an Honest Man (This will be the 34th in the Hamish Macbeth Mystery Series.)

Frances Brody: Death in the Stars (This will be the 8th in the Kate Shackleton Mystery Series.)

Krista Davis: Color Me Murder (This will be the 1st in the NEW Pen & Ink Mystery Series.)

Vicki Delany (aka Eva Gates): The Cat of the Baskervilles (This will be the 3rd in the Sherlock Holmes Bookshop Mystery Series.)

Amanda Flower (aka Isabella Alan): Lethal Licorice (This will be the 2nd in the Amish Candy Shop Mystery.)

Joanne Fluke: Raspberry Danish Murder (This will be the 22nd in the Hannah Swensen Mystery Series.) (This is a Thanksgiving themed mystery.)

Sherry Harris: I Know What You Bid Last Summer (This will be the 5th in the Sarah Winston Garage Sale Mystery.)

Miranda James (aka Honor Hartman, Jimmie Ruth Evans, & Dean James): Claws for Concern (This will be the 9th in the Cat in the Stacks Mystery Series.)

T.C. LoTempio: Death by a Whisker (This will be the 2nd in the Cat Rescue Mystery Series.)

Carlene O’Connor: Murder in an Irish Churchyard (This will be the 3rd in the Irish Village Mystery Series.)

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

Carol J. Perry: It Takes a Coven (This will be the 6th in the Witch City Mystery Series.)

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

Annelise Ryan (aka Allyson K. Abbott & Beth Amos): Dead Calm(This will be the 9th in the Mattie Winston 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.)

If you want to see this month’s releases, go to the January 2017 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 – December 2017

Well, 2017 is finally drawing to a close, and that means it’s time for the last recommendations thread of the year!

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 December, I’ve read two Cozy series I feel strongly enough about to recommend: first, Ali Brandon‘s Black Cat Bookshop Mystery Series, and second, Laura Bradford’s Emergency Dessert Squad 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 December? 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 December 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:

Adele Abbott: Witch P.I. Mystery Series (first entry Witch Is When It All Began)

Kristi Abbott: Popcorn Shop Mystery Series

Victoria Abbott (Writing duo Mary Jane Maffini & daughter Victoria Maffini): Book Collectors Mystery Series

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

Donna Andrews: Meg Langslow Mystery Series

Alice K. Boatwright: Ellie Kent Mystery Series

Laura Bradford: Emergency Dessert Squad Mystery Series

Ali Brandon: Black Cat Bookshop Mystery Series

Emily Brightwell: Mrs. Jeffries Mystery Series

Allison Brook: Haunted Library Mystery Series (first entry Death Overdue)

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

Edie Claire: Leigh Koslow “Never” Mystery Series

Cleo Coyle (aka Alice Kimberly): Coffeehouse Mystery Series

Vicki Delany (aka Eva Gates): Year-Round Christmas Mystery Series

Kaitlyn Dunnett (aka Kathy Lynn Emerson): Liss MacCrimmon Mystery Series

Barbara Early (aka Beverly Allen): Vintage Toy Shop Mystery Series

Dawn Eastman: Family Fortune Mystery Series

Sarah Fox: Pancake House Mystery Series

Jacqueline Frost (aka Julie Chase and Julie Anne Lindsey): Christmas Tree Farm Mystery Series

Sally Goldenbaum: Seaside Knitters Mystery Series

Kerry Greenwood: Phryne Fisher Mystery Series

Nancy Haddock: Silver Six Crafting Mystery Series

Leigh Hearon: Carson Stable Mystery Series (first entry Reining in Murder)

Cheryl Hollon: Webb’s Glass Shop Mystery Series

Sue Ann Jaffarian: Odelia Grey Mystery Series

Craig Johnson: Walt Longmire Mystery Series (first entry The Cold Dish)

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

Jenn McKinlay (aka Josie Belle & Lucy Lawrence): Library Lover’s Mystery Series

Liz Mugavero (aka Cate Conte): Pawsitively Organic Mystery Series

Gail Oust: Spice Shop Mystery Series

Katherine Hall Page: Faith Fairchild Mystery Series

Nancy J. Parra (aka Nancy Coco and Nell Hampton): Perfect Proposals Mystery Series

Louise Penny: Chief Inspector Gamache Mystery Series

Rose Pressey: Haunted Vintage Mystery Series

D. M. Quincy: Atlas Catesby Mystery Series (first entry Death in May)

Deanna Raybourn: Veronica Speedwell Mystery Series

Patricia Rockwell: Essie Cobb, Senior Sleuth Mystery Series (first entry)

Barbara Ross: Maine Clambake Mystery Series

Paige Shelton: Dangerous Type Mystery Series

Fran Stewart: Scotshop Mystery Series

Denise Swanson: Scumble River Mystery Series

Diane Vallere: Sylvia Stryker Mystery Series

Lea Wait: Mainely Needlepont Mystery Series

Cy Wyss: Eyeshine

Diana Xarissa: Isle of Man Cozy Mystery Series (first entry Aunt Bessie Assumes)

[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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