The Cozy Mystery List Blog

Cozy Mystery (and Other Favorite) Books, Movies, and TV

Cozy Mystery News – November 2017

I wasn’t quite sure if I would have any Cozy Mystery news to tell you about, but it seems I do! And it involves some very big names in the Cozy Mystery genre!

First for some very sad news. Donald Bain passed away last month. He brought so many hours of reading pleasure to a lot of us – as we followed Jessica Fletcher’s crime-solving adventures in the Murder, She Wrote book series.

***** ***** ***** *****

Rhys Bowen just released On Her Majesty’s Frightfully Secret Service, the 11th book in her Royal Spyness Mystery Series – in August. (The 12th in the series will be released in August 2018.) Here’s the great news: Rhys Bowen has just signed to write books 13, 14, & 15. Georgie is in no danger of not having more mysteries to solve. Hmmm… that doesn’t mean she will definitely not be in danger! (Here’s the link to Rhys Bowen‘s page on my Cozy Mystery site.)

It appears like Mollie Cox Bryan will be (possibly) starting a new Cozy Mystery series with the release of The Jean Harlow Bombshell. A lot of us are fans of her Cora Craft Mystery Series as well as her (scrapbooking) Cumberland Creek Mystery Series, so this is really good news! (To see Mollie Cox Bryan‘s page on my site, click on her highlighted name.)

 

It seems like it’s been a long time since JoAnna Carl (aka Eve K. Sandstrom) released her 16th Chocoholic Mystery Series book – The Chocolate Bunny Brouhaha. (I just checked, and since it was an Easter Cozy, some of us didn’t read it until April of this year!) Anyway, getting back to the really terrific news, JoAnna Carl got the go-ahead for two more Chocoholic mysteries! (To visit JoAnna Carl‘s page on my site, click on the link.)

Diesel and Charlie will busy, busy, busy solving crimes! Miranda James  (aka Honor Hartman, Jimmie Ruth Evans, & Dean James) has just been given the green light to write four more mysteries in the Cat in the Stacks Mystery Series. I know there are a lot of us who read this New York Times bestselling series. I know this is great news, and I feel a little greedy about admitting this, but I hope we get some similar news about Miranda James’s Southern Ladies Mystery Series! (Here’s the link to the Miranda James page on my site.)

And finally, only because I do these news tidbits alphabetically, Victoria Thompson will be continuing her new Counterfeit Lady Mystery Series after the November 2017 release of City of Lies. Victoria Thompson has signed on to release City of Secrets, which is terrific news for those of us who are fans of her Gaslight Mystery Series. (Click here if you would like to visit Victoria Thompson‘s page on my Cozy Mystery site.)

Was I correct in saying there were some really big names in the Cozy Mystery genre in the Cozy Mystery News for November 2017?!

New Releases – November 6 to November 12, 2017

Here is the list of new releases for November 6 to November 12! (Very busy week…)

Kristi Abbott: Assault and Buttery (This will be the 3rd in the Popcorn Shop Mystery Series.)

Kate Carlisle: Eaves of Destruction (This will be the 5th in the Fixer-Upper Mystery Series.)

Bailey Cates (aka Cricket McRae & Bailey Cattrell): Potions and Pastries (This will be the 7th in the Magical Bakery Mystery Series.)

Mary Higgins Clark & Alafair Burke: Every Breath You Take (This will be the 5th in the Under Suspicion Mystery Series.)

Sheila Connolly (aka Sarah Atwell): A Late Frost (This will be the 11th in the Orchard Mystery Series. This is a “WinterFare” mystery.)

Ellen Crosby: The Vineyard Victims (This will be the 8th in the Wine Country Mystery Series.)

Krista Davis: Not a Creature Was Purring (This will be the 5th in the Paws & Claws Mystery Series. This is a Christmas mystery.)

Julianna Deering: Death at Thorburn Hall (This will be the 6th in the Drew Farthering Mystery Series.)

Elizabeth J. Duncan: Much Ado about Murder (This will be the 3rd in the Shakespeare in the Catskills Mystery Series.)

Sarah Fox : Of Spice and Men (This will be the 3rd in the Pancake House Mystery Series.)

Daryl Wood Gerber (aka Avery Aames): A Deadly Éclair (This will be the 1st in the NEW French Bistro Mystery Series.)

Mary Ellen Hughes: A Fatal Collection (This will be the 1st in the NEW Keepsake Cove Mystery Series.)

Maureen Jennings: Let Darkness Bury the Dead (This will be the 8th in the Murdoch Mystery Series)

Sharon Pape: That Olde White Magick (This will be the 2nd in the Abracadabra Mystery Series.)

Anne Perry: A Christmas Return (This will be the 15th in the Christmas Mystery Series.)

Patricia Smiley: Outside the Wire (This will be a Stand Alone Novel.)

Alexander McCall Smith: The House of Unexpected Sisters (This will be the 18th in the No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency Mystery Series.)

Wendy Corsi Staub: Dead of Winter (This will be the in the Lily Dale Mystery Series.)

Lane Stone: Stay Calm and Collie On (This will be the 3rd in the Pet Palace Mystery Series.)

Victoria Thompson: City of Lies (This will be the 1st in the NEW Counterfeit Lady Mystery Series.)

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.)

MENU