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Eight Soon to be Released Cozy Covers

Here are some of the upcoming Cozy Mystery covers that I’ve found recently!

Barbara Allan: Antiques Wanted (This will be the 12th in the Trash ‘n’ Treasures Mystery Series.)
Kathleen Bridge: Death by the Sea (This will be the 1st in the NEW By the Sea Mystery Series.)
Nell Hampton (aka Nancy Coco and Nancy J. Parra): Lord of the Pies (This will be the 2nd in the Kensington Palace Chef Mystery Series.)
Lee Hollis: Death of a Cookbook Author (This will be the 10th in the Hayley Powell Mystery Series.)
G. A. McKevett: Hide and Sneak (This will be the 23rd in the Savannah Reid Mystery Series.)
Jenn McKinlay (aka Josie Belle & Lucy Lawrence): Wedding Cake Crumble (This will be the 10th in the Cupcake Bakery Mystery Series.)
Anne Perry : Twenty-one Days (This will be the 33rd in the Pitt Mystery Series.)
Ann B. Ross: Miss Julia Raises the Roof (This will be the 20th in the Miss Julia Mystery Series.)

New Releases – October 30 to November 5, 2017

Here is the list of new releases for October 30 to November 5! (A little late, but I didn’t want to rush the recommendations post… then the 1st of the month post…)

Ellery Adams (aka J.B. Stanley, Jennifer Stanley, & early Lucy Arlington): The Secret, Book & Scone Society(This will be the 1st in the NEW Secret, Book & Scone Mystery Series.)

Rita Mae Brown: Crazy Like a Fox (This will be the 10th in the Sister Jane Foxhunting Mystery Series.)

Anne Canadeo (aka Katherine Spencer): Knit to Kill (This will be the 9th in the Black Sheep Knitting Mystery Series.)

Nancy Coco (aka Nancy J. Parra & Nell Hampton): Deck the Halls with Fudge (This will be a story/novella in the Candy-coated Mystery Series.) (This is a Christmas themed mystery.)

Michael Connelly: Two Kinds of Truth (This will be the 22nd in the Harry Bosch Mystery Series.)

Jessica Ellicott (aka Jessie Crockett & Jessica Estevao): Murder in an English Village (This will be the 1st in the NEW Beryl and Edwina Mystery Series.)

Sharon Farrow (aka 1/2 of D.E. Ireland): Blackberry Burial (This will be the 2nd in the Berry Basket Mystery Series.

Diane Kelly: Death, Taxes, and Pecan Pie (This will be a story/novella leading into the 12th Tara Holloway mystery, which is posted right under this one.)

Diane Kelly: Death, Taxes, and a Shotgun Wedding (This will be the 12th in the Tara Holloway Mystery Series.)

Karen Rose Smith: Slay Bells Ring (This will be the 7th in the Caprice De Luca Mystery Series. This is a Christmas mystery.)

Lea Wait: Thread the Halls (This will be the 9th in the Mainely Needlepoint Mystery Series. This is a Christmas mystery.)

December 2017 Mystery Book New Releases

The following Mystery Books will be released in December 2017:

December 2017

Winnie Archer (aka Melissa Bourbon & Misa Ramirez): Crust No One (This will be the 2nd in the Bread Shop Mystery Series.)

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

Mary Daheim: Alpha Alpine (This will be the 27th in the Emma Lord Mystery Series.)

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

Susan Furlong (aka Lucy Arlington, Susan Furlong-Bolliger, & S. Furlong-Bolliger): Splintered Silence (This will be a Stand Alone Novel.)

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.)

Katherine Bolger Hyde: Bloodstains with Bronte (This will be the 2nd in the Crime with the Classics Mystery Series.)

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.)

Alyssa Maxwell: A Devious Death (This will be the 3rd in the Lady and Lady’s Maid Mystery Series.)

Gail Oust: Ginger Snapped (This will be the 5th in the Spice Shop Mystery Series.)

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

Nancy J. Parra (aka Nancy Coco & Nell Hampton): A Case of Syrah, Syrah (This will be the 1st in the NEW Wine Country Mystery Series.)

Barbara Ross: Stowed Away (This will be the 6th in the Maine Clambake Mystery Series.)

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

Karen Rose Smith: Murder with Lemon Tea Cakes (This will be the 1st in the NEW Daisy’s Tea Garden Mystery Series.)

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

November is almost upon us, so it’s time to discuss our favorite Cozies that we read in the month of October.

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 October, I can recommend the first entry of Ellen Byron’s Cajun Country 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 October? 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 October 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

Donna Andrews: Meg Langslow Mystery Series

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

Juliet Blackwell (aka Hailey Lind): Haunted Home Renovation Mystery Series

Bethany Blake: Lucky Paws Petsitting Mystery Series (first entry Death by Chocolate Lab)

Rhys Bowen: Evan Evans Mystery Series

Raymond Buckland: Bram Stoker Mystery Series (first entry Cursed in the Act)

Julia Buckley: Undercover Dish Mystery Series

Ellen Byron: Cajun Country Mystery Series

Elizabeth Lynn Casey (aka Laura Bradford): Southern Sewing Circle Mystery Series

Ann Cleeves: Shetland Island Quartet

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

Marla Cooper: Destination Wedding Mystery Series

Isis Crawford  (aka Barbara Block): Mystery with Recipes Series

Bill Crider: Dan Rhodes Mystery Series AND Sally Good Mystery Series AND Carl Burns Mystery Series

Vicki Delany (aka Eva Gates): Sherlock Holmes Bookshop Mystery Series

Barbara Early (aka Beverly Allen): Vintage Toyshop Mystery Series

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

Kerry Greenwood: Phryne Fisher Mystery Series

Victoria Hamilton (aka Amanda Cooper): Merry Muffin Mystery Series

Nell Hampton (aka Nancy Coco and Nancy J. Parra): Kensington Palace Chef Mystery Series

Carolyn Hart: Bailey Ruth Ghost Mystery Series

Sadie Hartwell (aka Susannah Hardy): Tangled Web Mystery Series

Julianne Holmes: Clock Shop Mystery Series

Anthony Horowitz: Magpie Murders (stand alone)

Julie Hyzy: Manor of Murder Mystery Series

Diane Kelly: Tara Holloway Mystery Series

Kate Kingsbury (aka Rebecca Kent & Allison Kingsley): Special Pennyfoot Hotel Mystery Series (Holiday themed)

Colette London: Chocolate Whisperer Mystery Series

Mary McHugh: Happy Hoofers Mystery Series

Leslie Meier: Lucy Stone Mystery Series

Emma Miller: Amish Mystery Series

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

Elizabeth Peters (aka Barbara Michaels & Barbara Mertz): Amelia Peabody Mystery Series

Cate Price: Deadly Notions Mystery Series

Maggie Sefton: Knitting Mystery Series

Alexander McCall Smith: No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency AND Isabel Dalhousie Series

Dorothy St. James: Southern Chocolate Shop Mystery Series

Denise Swanson: Deveraux’s Dime Store Mystery Series

Sherry Thomas: Lady Sherlock Mystery Series (first entry A Study In Scarlet Women)

Joyce Tremel: Brewing Trouble Mystery Series

[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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