Cozy Mystery (and Other Favorite) Books, Movies, and TV
Donna Andrews: How the Finch Stole Christmas! (This will be the 22nd in the Meg Langslow Mystery Series. This is a Christmas mystery.)
Sandra Bretting: Someone’s Mad at the Hatter (This will be the 3rd in the Missy DuBois Mystery Series.)
Maia Chance: Gin and Panic (This will be the 3rd in the Discreet Retrieval Agency Mystery Series.)
Here are some of the upcoming Cozy Mystery covers that I’ve found recently!
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Ellery Adams (aka J. B. Stanley, Jennifer Stanley, & 1/2 of Lucy Arlington): Murder in the Locked Library (This will be the 4th in the Book Retreat Mystery Series.) |
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Maia Chance : Bad Neighbors (This will be the 2nd in the Agnes and Effie Mystery Series.) |
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Janet Finsilver: Murder at the Mushroom Festival (This will be the 4th in the Kelly Jackson Mystery Series.) |
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Anna Lee Huber: A Brush with Shadows (This will be the 6th in the Lady Darby Mystery Series.) |
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Kelly Lane: Dipped to Death (This will be the 3rd in the Olive Grove Mystery Series.) |
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Emma Miller: Plain Confession (This will be the 5th in the Amish Mystery Series.) |
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Linda Wiken (aka Erika Chase): Marinating in Murder (This will be the 3rd in the Dinner Club Mystery Series.) |
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Jacqueline Winspear: To Die but Once (This will be the 14th in the Maisie Dobbs Mystery Series.) |
I hope everyone has been enjoying the beginnings of Fall! This month there appear to be fewer mystery movies on TCM. I thought maybe it would be because they were showing lots of Christmas movies, but that’s not the case… well, there will be some Christmas movies starting, but not too many this month. I’ve marked the Christmas movies I recommend that don’t happen to be mysteries.
The big mystery marathon for this month will be a Falcon marathon on Monday, the 6th. So if you’re interested in gentleman sleuths from the 1940s, be sure to tune in!
So, let’s get started!
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5:00 AM
THE MURDER MAN (1935)
A hard-drinking reporter specializes in murder cases, until he becomes a suspect in one himself.
Dir: Tim Whelan Cast: Spencer Tracy, Virginia Bruce, Lionel Atwill.
BW- 69 mins, CC
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1:00 AM
AFTER THE THIN MAN (1936)
Married sleuths Nick and Nora Charles try to clear Nora’s cousin of a murder charge.
Dir: W. S. Van Dyke Cast: William Powell, Myrna Loy, James Stewart.
BW- 112 mins, CC
5:00 AM
A CHRISTMAS CAROL (1938)
In this adaptation of Charles Dickens’ classic tale, an elderly miser learns the error of his ways on Christmas Eve.
Dir: Edwin L. Marin Cast: Reginald Owen, Gene Lockhart, Kathleen Lockhart.
BW- 69 mins, CC
****Christmas, not Cozy****
5:15 PM
WHISTLING IN BROOKLYN (1943)
A radio sleuth infiltrates the Brooklyn Dodgers to solve a murder.
Dir: S. Sylvan Simon Cast: Red Skelton, Ann Rutherford, Jean Rogers.
BW- 87 mins, CC
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1:00 AM
COMA (1978)
A lady doctor investigates a series of strange deaths and disappearing bodies at her hospital.
Dir: Michael Crichton Cast: Geneviève Bujold, Michael Douglas, Elizabeth Ashley.
C- 113 mins, CC
3:00 AM
FRENZY (1972)
When a temperamental man’s ex-wife falls victim to a serial killer, he becomes the number one suspect.
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock Cast: Jon Finch, Barry Foster, Barbara Leigh-Hunt.
C- 116 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
7:00 PM
THE BIG SLEEP (1946)
Private eye Philip Marlowe investigates a society girl’s involvement in the murder of a pornographer.
Dir: Howard Hawks Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, John Ridgely.
BW- 114 mins, CC
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5:00 AM
THE GAY FALCON (1942)
A society sleuth tries to break up an insurance scam.
Dir: Irving Reis Cast: George Sanders, Wendy Barrie, Allen Jenkins.
BW- 67 mins, CC
6:15 AM
A DATE WITH THE FALCON (1941)
The gentleman detective postpones his wedding to find a cache of stolen diamonds.
Dir: Irving Reis Cast: George Sanders, Wendy Barrie, James Gleason.
BW- 63 mins, CC
7:30 AM
THE FALCON TAKES OVER (1942)
A society sleuth and a lady reporter try to track down a murderous thug’s lost girlfriend.
Dir: Irving Reis Cast: George Sanders, Lynn Bari, James Gleason.
BW- 63 mins, CC
8:45 AM
THE FALCON’S BROTHER (1942)
A gentlemanly detective calls on his brother to help him stop the Nazis from assassinating a key diplomat.
Dir: Stanley Logan Cast: George Sanders, Tom Conway, Jane Randolph.
BW- 63 mins, CC
10:00 AM
THE FALCON STRIKES BACK (1943)
A society sleuth is framed for murder by criminals running a war-bond racket.
Dir: Edward Dmytryk Cast: Tom Conway, Harriet Hilliard, Jane Randolph.
BW- 66 mins, CC
11:15 AM
THE FALCON IN DANGER (1943)
A society sleuth tracks a lost plane carrying $100,000.
Dir: William Clemens Cast: Tom Conway, Jean Brooks, Elaine Shepard.
BW- 70 mins, CC
12:30 PM
THE FALCON AND THE CO-EDS (1944)
A society sleuth investigates murder at a girls’ school.
Dir: William Clemens Cast: Tom Conway, Jean Brooks, Rita Corday.
BW- 68 mins, CC
1:45 PM
THE FALCON OUT WEST (1944)
A society sleuth turns cowboy to investigate a Texas murder.
Dir: William Clemens Cast: Tom Conway, Carole Gallagher, Barbara Hale.
BW- 64 mins, CC
3:00 PM
THE FALCON IN MEXICO (1944)
A society sleuth travels South of the border to investigate an art dealer’s murder.
Dir: William Berke Cast: Tom Conway, Mona Maris, Martha MacVicar.
BW- 70 mins, CC
4:15 PM
THE FALCON IN HOLLYWOOD (1944)
A society sleuth tours the movie capital, where he uncovers an actor’s murder.
Dir: Gordon Douglas Cast: Tom Conway, Barbara Hale, Veda Ann Borg.
BW- 67 mins, CC
5:30 PM
THE FALCON IN SAN FRANCISCO (1945)
A society sleuth enlists a little girl’s help in nabbing a mob of silk smugglers.
Dir: Joseph H. Lewis Cast: Tom Conway, Rita Corday, Edward S. Brophy.
BW- 66 mins
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1:00 AM
CROSSFIRE (1947)
A crusading district attorney investigates the murder of a Jewish man.
Dir: Edward Dmytryk Cast: Robert Young, Robert Mitchum, Robert Ryan.
BW- 86 mins, CC
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11:15 AM
IT’S A WONDERFUL WORLD (1939)
A runaway poetess helps a fugitive prove himself innocent of murder charges.
Dir: W. S. Van Dyke II Cast: Claudette Colbert, James Stewart, Guy Kibbee.
BW- 86 mins, CC
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1:00 AM
CALL NORTHSIDE 777 (1948)
A Chicago reporter re-opens a ten year old murder case.
Dir: Henry Hathaway Cast: James Stewart, Richard Conte, Lee J. Cobb.
BW- 111 mins, CC
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9:15 PM
SERGEANT RUTLEDGE (1960)
A 19th-century lawyer tries to clear a black man of rape and murder charges.
Dir: John Ford Cast: Jeffrey Hunter, Constance Towers, Billie Burke.
C- 111 mins, CC
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9:00 AM
THE WINDOW (1949)
A boy who always lies witnesses a murder but can’t get anyone but the killer to believe him.
Dir: Ted Tetzlaff Cast: Barbara Hale, Arthur Kennedy, Paul Stewart.
BW- 73 mins, CC
4:45 PM
BULLITT (1968)
When mobsters kill the witness he was assigned to protect, a dedicated policeman investigates the case on his own.
Dir: Peter Yates Cast: Steve McQueen, Robert Vaughn, Jacqueline Bisset.
C- 114 mins, CC
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5:00 AM
HOLIDAY AFFAIR (1949)
A young widow is torn between a boring businessman and a romantic ne’er-do-well.
Dir: Don Hartman Cast: Robert Mitchum, Janet Leigh, Wendell Corey.
BW- 87 mins, CC
****Christmas, not Cozy****
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2:00 AM
THE NAKED CITY (1948)
A step-by-step look at a murder investigation on the streets of New York.
Dir: Jules Dassin Cast: Barry Fitzgerald, Howard Duff, Dorothy Hart.
BW- 96 mins, CC
9:00 AM
IT HAPPENED TOMORROW (1944)
A newspaper editor writes headlines that predict the future.
Dir: René Clair Cast: Dick Powell, Linda Darnell, Jack Oakie.
BW- 85 mins
10:30 AM
CORNERED (1946)
A World War II veteran hunts down the Nazi collaborators who killed his wife.
Dir: Edward Dmytryk Cast: Dick Powell, Walter Slezak, Micheline Cheirel.
BW- 103 mins, CC
5:15 PM
MURDER, MY SWEET (1944)
Detective Philip Marlowe’s search for a two-timing woman leads him to blackmail and murder.
Dir: Edward Dmytryk Cast: Dick Powell, Claire Trevor, Anne Shirley.
BW- 95 mins, CC
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5:00 PM
ROPE (1948)
Two wealthy young men try to commit the perfect crime by murdering a friend.
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock Cast: Dick Hogan, John Dall, Farley Granger.
C- 81 mins, CC
7:00 PM
VERTIGO (1958)
A detective falls for the mysterious woman he’s been hired to tail.
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock Cast: James Stewart, Kim Novak, Barbara Bel Geddes.
C- 128 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
9:30 PM
ANATOMY OF A MURDER (1959)
A small-town lawyer gets the case of a lifetime when a military man avenges an attack on his wife.
Dir: Otto Preminger Cast: James Stewart, Lee Remick, Ben Gazzara.
BW- 161 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
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1:15 AM
AUDREY ROSE (1977)
A married couple fear their daughter is the reincarnation of a girl killed in a terrible accident.
Dir: Robert Wise Cast: Marsha Mason, Anthony Hopkins, John Beck.
C- 113 mins, Letterbox Format
10:00 AM
THIRTEEN WOMEN (1932)
A mysterious Eurasian tries to murder the 12 boarding school roommates who treated her like an outsider.
Dir: George Archainbaud Cast: Irene Dunne, Ricardo Cortez, Jill Esmond.
C- 60 mins, CC
2:00 PM
THE SECRET OF MADAME BLANCHE (1933)
A murder brings together a woman and the son she was forced to give up years earlier.
Dir: Charles Brabin Cast: Irene Dunne, Lionel Atwill, Phillips Holmes.
BW- 84 mins, CC
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7:00 PM
REAR WINDOW (1954)
A photographer with a broken leg uncovers a murder while spying on the neighbors in a nearby apartment building.
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock Cast: James Stewart, Grace Kelly, Wendell Corey.
C- 112 mins, CC
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4:30 AM
A VISIT TO SANTA (1963)
Two children dreaming of Christmas visit Santa at the North Pole in this short film.
C- 12 mins
****Christmas, not Cozy****
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1:00 PM
ARSENIC AND OLD LACE (1944)
A young man about to be married discovers the two aunts who raised him have been poisoning lonely old men.
Dir: Frank Capra Cast: Cary Grant, Priscilla Lane, Raymond Massey.
BW- 118 mins, CC
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12:15 PM
THE F.B.I. STORY (1959)
A dedicated FBI agent thinks back on the agency’s battles against the Klan, organized crime and Communist spies.
Dir: Mervyn LeRoy Cast: James Stewart, Vera Miles, Murray Hamilton.
C- 149 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
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1:15 AM
REAR WINDOW (1954)
A photographer with a broken leg uncovers a murder while spying on the neighbors in a nearby apartment building.
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock Cast: James Stewart, Grace Kelly, Wendell Corey.
C- 112 mins, CC
3:15 AM
THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH (1956)
International spies kidnap a doctor’s son when he stumbles on their assassination plot.
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock Cast: James Stewart, Doris Day, Brenda de Banzie.
C- 120 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
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9:00 AM
THE BAD SEED (1956)
A woman suspects that her perfect little girl is a ruthless killer.
Dir: Mervyn LeRoy Cast: Gage Clarke, Jesse White, Joan Croyden.
C- 129 mins, CC,
4:45 PM
HUSH … HUSH, SWEET CHARLOTTE (1964)
A wealthy southern spinster fights to keep her family’s secrets hidden.
Dir: Robert Aldrich Cast: Bette Davis, Olivia De Havilland, Joseph Cotten.
BW- 133 mins, CC
***** ***** ***** *****
9:00 AM
STRANGERS ON A TRAIN (1951)
A man’s joking suggestion that he and a chance acquaintance trade murders turns deadly.
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock Cast: Farley Granger, Ruth Roman, Robert Walker.
BW- 101 mins, CC
***** ***** ***** *****
12:45 PM
DARK PASSAGE (1947)
A man falsely accused of his wife’s murder escapes to search for the real killer.
Dir: Delmer Daves Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Bruce Bennett.
BW- 106 mins, CC
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If you’re really looking forward to these or other mystery-themed tv specials coming up in November, be sure to leave a comment below!
In case you’re interested in seeing the rest of this month’s television mystery movies, here’s the September 2017 television mystery movies schedule:
Upcoming Television Mystery Movies for October 2017 on Turner Classic Movies channel
And of course, here is the page on my site with plenty of entries about movies and television shows you may enjoy:
Cozy Mystery List TV and Movie Section – all you have to do is click on the link to go to that page on my site.
(All of the movie descriptions were taken off their respective websites.)
Here’s another list of Cheap (inexpensive) Kindles. Some of these might be temporary sales, so make sure you check prices before buying!
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ALICE NESTLETON Series:
A Cat in the Manger (book #1)
A Cat of a Different Color (book #2)
A Cat in Wolf’s Clothing (book #3)
A Cat in the Wings (book #4)
A Cat by Any Other Name (book #5)
A Cat with a Fiddle (book #6)
P. J. Alderman
PORT CHATHAM MYSTERY Series:
Haunting Jordan (book #1)
Ghost Ship (book #2)
SAVANNAH MARTIN MYSTERY Series:
A Cutthroat Business (book #1)
FIDELITY INVESTIGATIONS MYSTERY Series:
Ditching David (book #1)
Stephanie Bond
BODY MOVERS MYSTERY Series:
Body Movers (book #1)
2 Bodies for the Price of 1 (book #2)
3 Men and a Body (book #3)
VOODOO MYSTERY Series:
In Deep Voodoo (book #1)
AMISH CANDY SHOP MYSTERY Series:
Assaulted Caramel (book #1)
LIVING HISTORY MUSEUM MYSTERY Series:
The Final Tap (book #2)
INDIA HAYES MYSTERY Series:
Maid of Murder (book #1)
Murder in a Basket (book #2)
ANDI BOGGS MYSTERY Series:
(Children’s mystery series)
Andi Unexpected (book #1)
Andi Under Pressure (book #2)
Andi Unstoppable (book #3)
Shelly Fredman
BRANDY ALEXANDER MYSTERY Series:
No Such Thing as a Secret (book #1)
No Such Thing as a Good Blind Date (book #2)
No Such Thing as a Free Lunch (book #3)
No Such Thing as a Free Ride (book #4)
No Such Thing as a Lost Cause (book #5)
No Such Thing as a Lost Soul (book #6)
No Such Thing as Smooth Sailing (novella)
JOAN SPENCER Series:
Murder in C Major (book #1)
Buried in Quilts (book #2)
Murder & Sullivan (book #3)
The Vanishing Violinist (book #4)
Witness in Bishop Hill (book #5)
Death Climbs a Tree (book #6)
Her Brother’s Keeper (book #7)
Karen MacInerney
GRAY WHALE INN MYSTERY Series:
Murder on the Rocks (book #1)
Dead and Berried (book #2)
Murder Most Maine (book #3)
Berried to the Hilt (book #4)
Brush with Death (book #5)
Death Runs Adrift (book #6)
Whale of a Crime (book #7)
Blueberry Blues (short story)
Pumpkin Pied (short story)
Killer Jam (book #1)
Fatal Frost (book #2)
Deadly Brew (book #3)
LynDee Walker
HEADLINES IN HEELS MYSTERY Series:
Front Page Fatality (book #1)
Buried Leads (book #2)
Small Town Spin (book #3)
Devil in the Deadline (book #4)
Cover Shot (book #5)
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Just a reminder >>> be sure to check prices to make sure that these sales are still in effect!
