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Three New Cozy Mystery Series Coming October 2017

It looks like October will be another good month for new Cozy Mystery series, with three more series by site authors starting.

First will be Ellery Adams‘s new series, The Secret, Book & Scone Society Mystery Series, which will be starting with The Secret, Book & Scone Society. When bookshop owner Nora Pennington meets a businessman visiting Miracle Springs, North Carolina in hopes that the town’s hot springs and health spas will improve his future, she knows just what books to suggest to him. But before she can offer her reading advice, he’s found dead, and Nora decides to create a society to help discover the truth and help heal other travelers ills, the Secret Book & Scone Society. Adams also writes the Books by the Bay Mystery Series, the Book Retreat Mystery Series, the Charmed Pie Shoppe Mystery Series, the Antiques and Collectibles Mystery Series, and the Hope Street Church Mystery Series. Some of these were initially released under the names J.B. Stanley and Jennifer Stanley, though they have since been re-released as Ellery Adams. She also co-wrote the first three Novel Idea Mystery Series under the name Lucy Arlington with Sylvia May, until the series was later taken over by Susan Furlong.

Next up, Ellie Alexander will be releasing Death on Tap, the first in her Sloan Krause Mystery Series. At loose ends after finding her husband cheating on her, Sloan Krause goes to work at the Nitro Brewery in Leavenworth, Washington, a small Bavarian themed town. When a competitor turns up dead in the fermenting tubs, her ex husband turns out to be the primary suspect – to mixed feelings for Sloan, who knows he’s a cheater, but seriously doubts he is a murderer. Alexander is the author of the Bakeshop Mystery Series, and also writes the Pacific Northwest Mystery Series under the name Kate Dyer-Seeley.

Finally, Jessica Ellicott will be starting the Beryl and Edwina Mystery Series with the book Murder in an English Village. Set in the 1920s, American adventuress Beryl Helliwell has decided she needs a bit of peace and quiet for a change, and has decided that the small English hamlet of Walmsley Parva is the perfect place for her to recharge. She ends up lodging with Edwina Davenport, an old school friend hard up for money and eager to take in a lodger – even one a bit more “boisterous” than she might have chosen. Still, it doesn’t take long for old habits to return, and Beryl quickly finds herself wrapped up in another adventure – this one a race to find a murderer before they can strike. This might be the first series under the name Jessica Ellicott, but you might recognize her work under the names Jessie Crockett (the Sugar Grove Mystery Series) and Jessica Estevao (the Change of Fortune Mystery Series).

For these upcoming series and more be sure to check out the New Cozy Mystery Book Series page.

New Releases – September 4 to September 10, 2017

Here is the list of new release for September 4 to September 10!

Julia Buckley: Pudding Up With Murder (This will be the 3rd in the Undercover Dish Mystery Series.)

Hamilton Crane (aka Sarah J. Mason): Miss Seeton Quilts the Village (This will be the 23rd in the Miss Seeton Mystery Series.)

J.A. Jance: Proof of Life (This will be the 23rd in the J. P. Beaumont Mystery Series.)

Sofie Kelly (aka Sofie Ryan): A Tale of Two Kitties (This will be the 9th in the Magical Cats Mystery Series.)

Jess Lourey: March of Crime (This will be the 11th in the Murder-By-Month Mystery Series.)

Karen MacInerney: Deadly Brew (This will be the 3rd in the Dewberry Farm Mystery Series.)

J.D. Robb (aka Nora Roberts): Secrets in Death (This will be the 46th in the Eve Dallas Mystery Series.)

Denise Swanson: Dead in the Water (This will be the 1st in the new-ish Welcome Back to Scumble River Mystery Series, a continuation of the Scumble River Mystery Series.)

October 2017 Mystery Book New Releases

The following Mystery Books will be released in October 2017:

October 2017

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.)

Ellie Alexander (aka Kate Dyer-Seeley): Death on Tap (This will be the 1st in the NEW Sloan Krause Mystery Series.)

Tasha Alexander: Death in St. Petersburg (This will be the 12th in the Lady Emily Mystery Series.)

Donna Andrews: How the Finch Stole Christmas! (This will be the 22nd in the Meg Langslow Mystery Series. This is a Christmas mystery.)

M.C. Beaton (aka Marion Chesney): The Witches’ Tree (This will be the 28th in the Agatha Raisin Mystery Series.)

Sandra Bretting: Someone’s Mad at the Hatter (This will be the 3rd in the Missy DuBois Mystery Series.)

Emily Brightwell: Mrs. Jeffries and the Three Wise Women (This will be the 36th in the Victorian Mystery Series. This is a Christmas themed mystery.)

Barry S Brown: Mrs. Hudson’s Olympic Triumph (This will be the 5th in the Mrs. Hudson of Baker Street Mystery Series.)

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

Catherine Bruns: Death of the Kona Man (This will be the 2nd in the Carrie Jorgenson Mystery Series.)

Ellen Byron: A Cajun Christmas Killing (This will be the 3rd in the Cajun Christmas Mystery Series. This is a Christmas mystery.)

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

Maia Chance: Gin and Panic (This will be the 3rd in the Discreet Retrieval Agency 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.)

Barbara Early (aka Beverly Allen): Murder on the Toy Town Express(This will be the 2nd in the Vintage Toyshop Mystery Series.) (This is a Christmas themed mystery.)

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.

Carolyn Hart: Ghost on the Case (This will be the 8th in the Bailey Ruth Ghost Mystery Series.)

Delia James: Familiar Motives (This will be the 3rd in the Witch’s Cat MysterySeries.)

Miranda James (aka Honor Hartman, Jimmie Ruth Evans, & Dean James): Fixing to Die (This will be the 4th in the Southern Ladies Mystery Series.)

Faye Kellerman: Killing Season (This will be a Stand Alone mystery.)

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.)

Leigh Perry (aka Toni L.P. Kelner): The Skeleton Paints a Picture(This will be the 4th in the Family Skeleton 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.)

Joyce Tremel: A Room with a Brew (This will be the 3rd in the Brewing Trouble Mystery Series. This will be an Oktoberfest mystery.)

Nicola Upson: Nine Lessons (This will be the 7th in the Josephine Tey Mystery Series.)

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

Marty Wingate: Best-Laid Plants (This will be the 6th in the Potting Shed Mystery Series.)

If you want to see this month’s releases, go to the September 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 – August 2017

August is almost over, so it’s time to discuss our favorite Cozy Mysteries that we have read this month! If you read a Cozy mystery this month and want to recommend it to the rest of us, be sure to post it here! August has been another good reading month for me, as I’ve reread the first entries of both Kerry J. Charles‘s Dulcie Chambers Mystery Series and Wendy Sand Eckel‘s Rosalie Hart 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 August? 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 August 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:

Kelley Armstrong: Kasey Duncan Mystery Series (begins with City of the Lost)

Nancy Atherton: Aunt Dimity Mystery Series

Patti Benning: Pappa Pacelli Pizzaria Mystery Series (begins with Pall Bearers and Peppers)

Rhys Bowen: Royal Spyness Mystery Series

Jacklyn Brady (aka Sherry Lewis & Sammi Carter): Piece of Cake Mystery Series

Kathleen Bridge: Hamptons Home & Garden Mystery Series

Laurie Cass (aka Laura Alden): Bookmobile Cat Mystery Series

Kerry J Charles: Dulcie Chambers Museum Mystery Series

Cate Conte (aka Liz Mugavero): Cat Cafe Mystery Series

Hannah Dennison: Honeychurch Hall Mystery Series

Elizabeth J. Duncan: Penny Brannigan Mystery Series

Wendy Sand Eckel: Rosalie Hart Mystery Series

Jean Flowers (aka Camille Minichino, Margaret Grace, & Ada Madison): Postmistress Mystery Series

Lily Harper Hart: Rowan Gray Mystery Series (begins with Welcoming Seas)

Laura Levine: Jaine Austen Mystery Series

Kylie Logan (aka Miranda Bliss & Casey Daniels): League of Literary Ladies Mystery Series

Susan Elia MacNeal: Maggie Hope Mystery Series

Elizabeth Peters (aka Barbara Michaels & Barbara Mertz): Amelia Peabody Mystery Series (specifically The Painted Queen, finished by Joan Hess)

Diane Vallere: Costume Shop Mystery Series

Darcie Wilde: Rosalind Thorne Mystery Series (begins with A Useful Woman)

[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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