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Eight New Cozy Holiday Releases Coming October 2017 (Part 1)

WOW! October will be a really big month for holiday-themed Cozy Mysteries, with EIGHT new holiday Cozies coming out!!! I don’t like making these posts too long so I’m going to break this one up >>> to one post now, and another later! All of the mysteries this post will be Christmas themed.

First, Donna Andrews will be putting out the 22nd in the Meg Langslow Mystery Series, How the Finch Stole Christmas!. Meg’s husband has decided to expand his one-man show of Dickens’s Christmas Carol into a full family affair, pulling in not only Mega but their sons and outside actors as well. Mysteries are also starting to pile up around the holiday, including enemies of the aging actor hired to play Scrooge and the sudden appearance of caged finches around the town. Donna Andrews also writes the Turing Hopper Mystery Series.

Emily Brightwell will be releasing Mrs. Jeffries and the Three Wise Women, the 36th in the Victorian Mystery Series. An extremely unpopular gentleman was shot several months before Christmas in what was originally deemed a robbery gone wrong, but pressure has been mounting to solve the case. To this end, Inspector Witherspoon has been put on the case – and his household isn’t keen spending Christmas helping investigate a murder! To avoid this unfortunate turn of events, his housekeeper Mrs. Jeffries will need to act quickly – and discretely – to help the inspector maintain his sterling reputation as well as holiday plans.

Next, Ellen Byron will be releasing A Cajun Christmas Killing, the 3rd in the Cajun Country Mystery Series. Maggie Crozat is looking forward to spending a bayou Christmas in Pelican, Louisiana, with her family in their former-plantation-turned bed and breakfast. When another local vacation lodging owner turns up dead at Maggie’s workplace, she and her family quickly become prime suspects in the murder investigation. She’ll have to solve the crime quickly if she wants to enjoy a very merry Christmas this year.

Finally (at least for this set…) Nancy Coco will be releasing Deck the Halls with Fudge, a story in the Candy-coated Mystery Series. Senior sleuths Francis and Douglass are enjoying the scenic snowscape that is winter Mackinac Island, when they notice a horse-drawn sleigh carrying nothing but a frozen corpse! They’ll need to put their thinking caps on to solve this holiday homicide! Nancy Coco also writes the as Baker’s Treat Mystery Series and Perfect Proposal Mystery Series as Nancy J. Parra and the as Kensington Palace Chef Mystery Series as Nell Hampton.

Click here for Part 2 of this post and see more new holiday mysteries.

For more Christmas-themed Cozy Mysteries, visit the Christmas Cozy Theme page on the site site.

 

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.)

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