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Name That Cozy – December 2017 Edition

One of the recurring questions that I get asked a lot is “what book is this from?”, usually from people who are looking to revisit a book they vaguely remember from . While I can answer a fair number of these on my own, there are some that stump even me – but thankfully, rarely you, the site readers! So without further ado, here are a few of the more recent Cozy Mystery identification questions!

First, from Marion B:

Trying to find this book I read about 1980, it was the first book published by this man, his name was Jonathan and I cannot remember his last name. Book takes place in New Orleans about a mother and young son who run a boarding house for the elderly. There is corruption in the local government and voodoo too. It was exceptional! I would love to read it again and find the author.

And the second, from Paul P:

I am searching for the name of a female author I read several years ago, I think at least three mysteries. All took place in Minneapolis-St Paul. The heroine/detective was a lawyer and I believe worked in the DA’s office. There was a Christian-religious theme to the books. Does this ring a bell with anyone? Would greatly appreciate.

EDIT: Possibly the Rachel Flynn Mysteries, by Susan Meissner?

EDIT AGAIN: Paul posted in the comments below, and agrees that this seems to be the Rachel Flynn Mysteries by Susan Meissner!

So, if you think you’ve got the answer to either of these stumpers, please let us know in the comments below! Thank you!

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.)

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