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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.

Joan Hess Treated Us to Some of the Funniest & Best Cozy Mystery Reading…

I truly hate to be the bearer of this very sad news. For those of us who have delighted at the antics of the Maggody gang, who Arly Hanks has to work so hard to keep in line, Joan Hess’s passing a few days ago is very sad indeed. Several Cozy Mystery readers wrote to tell me about her passing, and I have found a few sources on the web that have also reported this awful news.

Joan Hess set both her Maggody and Claire Malloy series – which both feature strong women sleuths – in Arkansas, which makes sense since Hess was an Arkansan. I started enjoying Hess’s Maggody gang back in the late 1980s. When I later started reading Hess’s Claire Malloy series, I saw what a gifted author she was to have two such strong mystery series. So gifted in fact, that she was chosen to finish Elizabeth Peter’s last Amelia Peabody mystery book.

Joan Hess will be very much missed by many of us who spent hours with both Arly and Claire – as they sleuthed their ways into our hearts.

New Releases – November 27 to December 3, 2017

Here is the list of new releases for November 27 to December 3!

Traci Andrighetti & Elizabeth Ashby: A Poison Manicure and Peach Liqueur (This will be the 19th in the Danger Cove Hair Salon Mystery Series.)

Lynn Cahoon: Of Murder and Men (This will be the 3rd in the Cat Latimer Mystery Series.)

Vicki Delany (aka Eva Gates): Hark the Herald Angels Slay (This will be the 3rd in the Year-Round Christmas Mystery Series. This is a Christmas in July mystery.)

Kaitlyn Dunnett (aka Kathy Lynn Emerson): X Marks the Scot (This will be the 11th in the Liss MacCrimmon Mystery Series.)

Kate Dyer-Seeley (aka Ellie Alexander): In Cave Danger (This will be the 5th in the Pacific Northwest Mystery Series.)

Cheryl Hollon: Etched in Tears (This will be the 4th in the Webb’s Glass Shop Mystery Series.)

Catherine Lloyd: Death Comes to the School (This will be the 5th in the Kurland St. Mary Mystery Series.)

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