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New Releases – December 4 to December 10, 2017

Here is the list of new releases for December 4 to December 10!

Laura Bradford (aka Elizabeth Lynn Casey): And Death Goes To . . . (This will be the 3rd in the Tobi Tobias Mystery Series.)

Christopher Fowler: Wild Chamber (This will be the 14th in the Peculiar Crimes Unit Mystery Series.)

Nancy Haddock: A Crime of Poison (This will be the 3rd in the Silver Six Crafting Mystery Series.) (This will be a Fall Folk Art themed mystery.)

Sue Ann Jaffarian: Too Big to Die (This will be the 12th in the Odelia Grey Mystery Series.)

Gayle Leeson (aka Amanda Lee & Gayle Trent): Honey-Baked Homicide (This will be the 3rd in the Down South Café Mystery Series.)

Katherine Hall Page: The Body in the Casket (This will be the 24th in the Faith Fairchild Mystery Series.)

Paige Shelton: Comic Sans Murder (This will be the 3rd in the Dangerous Type Mystery Series.)

Two New Cozy Holiday and Two New Cozy Mystery Series Coming January 2018

January will be another somewhat light month for both Holiday and new series releases, with two new holiday releases, and two new series, but only three books – one of the new series will be starting with a holiday release!

First, the combination entry – Sarah Graves will be starting her Death by Chocolate Mystery Series with Death by Chocolate Cherry Cheesecake, and it will also be a Fourth of July themed mystery. Jacobia “Jake” Tiptree and her friend Ellie have moved on from home repair to a new venture – opening up a chocolate-themed bakery in the island fishing village of Eastport, Maine. Their plans to start out the restaurant with a bang on the Fourth of July will be face some difficulty when a health inspector turns up dead – especially since he had been arguing with Ellie about possible health code violations! This will be a continuation of the Home Repair Is Homicide Mystery Series (and I may not have listed it here since it is such a direct continuation, but since it also fits into a holiday theme…) Graves also writes the Lizzie Snow Mystery Series.

Next up, Sujata Massey will be starting her Perveen Mistry Mystery Series, a period series set in 1920s Bombay India, with The Widows of Malabar Hill. Perveen is the first female lawyer in Bombay, India, and her investigation into a questionable will escalates to murder when she begins wondering if the deceased’s relatives are being taken advantage of. Sujata Massey also writes the Rei Shimura Mystery Series, starring an English teacher in Tokyo.

Finally, our other holiday themed release will be the Valentine’s Day themed Murder Borrowed, Murder Blue, the third in Stephanie Blackmoore‘s Wedding Planner Mystery Series. Mallory Shepard is planning the high profile marriage of actress Dakota Craig and her musician boyfriend, but the upcoming festivities will come grinding to a halt when the maid of honor turns up dead! If there’s anything that can make a big event more stressful, it’s the unexpected murder of one of the attendees!

For more Valentine’s Day and Fourth of July Themed Cozy Mysteries, be sure to visit their theme pages on the site:

Fourth of July Cozy Mysteries

Valentine’s Day Cozy Mysteries

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

January 2018 Mystery Book New Releases

The following Mystery Books will be released in January 2018:

January 2018

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

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

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

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

Sheila Connolly (aka Sarah Atwell): Many a Twist (This will be the 6th in the County Cork Mystery Series.)

E.J. Copperman (aka Jeffrey Cohen): The Hostess with the Ghostess (This will be the 9th in the Haunted Guesthouse 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.)

Ellen Hart: A Whisper of Bones (This will be the 25th in the Jane Lawless Mystery Series.)

Maddy Hunter: Say No Moor (This will be the 10th in the Passport to Peril Mystery Series.)

Sujata Massey: The Widows of Malabar Hill (This will be the 1st in the NEW Perveen Mistry 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.)

Deanna Raybourn: A Treacherous Curse (This will be the 3rd in the Veronica Speedwell Mystery Series.)

Teresa Trent: Murder of a Good Man (This will be the 1st in the NEW Piney Woods Mystery Series.)

Tracy Weber: Pre-Meditated Murder (This will be the 5th in the Downward Dog Mystery Series.)

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

The last month of the year will be starting soon, so now’s the time to discuss our favorite Cozy Mysteries that we read this month.

Unfortunately, between holidays and traveling (as well as writing for and maintaining the site in between), I haven’t had time for much reading!

Still, for many of my other favorite authors of months past, you can go to the Most Popular & Recommended Cozy Mystery Series page on my Cozy-Mystery site for my full write-ups on many great Cozy series.

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

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

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

Ellie Alexander  (aka Kate Dyer-Seeley): Sloan Krause Mystery Series AND Bakeshop Mystery Series

Donna Andrews: Meg Langslow Mystery Series

M. C. Beaton (aka Marion Chesney): Agatha Raisin Mystery Series

Ellen Byron: Cajun Country Mystery Series

Lynn Cahoon: Tourist Trap Mystery Series

Kate Carlisle: Bibliophile Mystery Series AND Fixer-Upper Mystery Series

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

Sheila Connolly (aka Sarah Atwell): Orchard Mystery Series

Krista Davis: Domestic Diva Mystery Series AND Paws & Claws Mystery Series

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

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

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

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

Daryl Wood Gerber (aka Avery Aames): French Bistro Mystery Series

Mary Ellen Hughes: Keepsake Cove Mystery Series

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

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

Leslie Meier: Lucy Stone Mystery Series

Julie Mulhern: The Country Club Murders (first book The Deep End)

Carol J. Perry: Witch City Mystery Series

Deanna Raybourn: Veronica Speedwell Mystery Series

Karen Rose Smith: Caprice de Luca Mystery Series

Leann Sweeney: Cats In Trouble Mystery Series

Victoria Thompson: Counterfeit Lady Mystery Series

Lea Wait: Mainely Needlepoint Mystery Series

Livia J. Washburn: Fresh-Baked Mystery Series

Diane Xarissa: Isle of Man Cozy Mystery Series (first book 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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