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Four New Cozy Holiday Releases Coming September 2017

Cozy holiday season will really be in full swing by September, as we can look forward to four new Holiday themed Cozy Mystery books in that month – two Christmas, one Valentine’s Day, one Thanksgiving!

First will be a Valentine’s Day themed novel, Cat Got Your Secrets by Julie Chase, which will be the 3rd in the Kitty Couture Mystery Series. Valentine’s Day is just on the horizon for pet boutique and organic treat bakery owner Lacy Marie Crocker, when she stumbles upon a body while delivering doggy biscuits. Unfortunately, the most recent person to see the deceased appears to be Lacy’s father, so Lacy will need to work through Valentine’s to help keep her father out of prison and determine who bumped off the unfortunate deceased!

Next up will be Leslie Meier‘s Turkey Trot Murder, the 24th in the Lucy Stone Mystery Series. Lucy Stone is preparing for the annual Turkey Trot 5K on Thanksgiving Day when she stumbles across the frozen body of the daughter of a wealthy investor in local Blueberry Pond. She had struggled with addiction, so the police quickly chalk it up as an accidental overdose, but the puzzling funeral service gives Lucy other suspicions on what may have happened to the unfortunate girl.

Both of the other September Holiday Cozy releases will be Christmas themed.  Laurien Berenson will be releasing Wagging through the Snow, the 21st in the Melanie Travis Mystery Series. Melanie Travis is preparing for Christmas when she learns that her ex-husband and brother have bought a run down pine tree farm, and she agrees to help them get it back into good condition. However, it doesn’t take long before they stumble across a deceased body on the farm. Now Melanie will need to work fast to get the mystery solved in time to have a happy holidays!

Last but not least, Liz Mugavero will be releasing Purring around the Christmas Tree, the 6th in the Pawsitively Organic Mystery Series. Kristin “Stan” Connor and the rest of Frog’s Ledge are preparing for Christmas by lighting up the town with their annual light festival. Unfortunately, the festival is marred by the arrival of Santa’s sleigh – and Santa is dead! Stan will need to figure out why someone would bump off Santa before that most jolly of nights arrives so she and the rest of the town can have a Merry Christmas!

Also of note will be a re-issue of the classic Leslie Meier Christmas themed Cozies, Mistletoe Murder and Christmas Cookie Murder, sold together as Holiday Murder. Neither is new, but if you haven’t read either yet or feel that you’re ready to reread either, this is a convenient way to get both for a lower price!

For more Holiday-themed Cozy Mystery releases, be sure to check my themes on Thanksgiving, Valentine’s Day, and Christmas Cozies:

Thanksgiving-Themed Cozies

Valentine’s-Themed Cozies

Christmas-Themed Cozies

Three New Cozy Mystery Series Coming September 2017

September will be another great month for Cozy Mystery lovers – we’ll have three more series released by site authors!

First, Anna Lee Huber will be releasing This Side of Murder, the first in the Verity Kent Mystery Series. In 1919, Verity Kent is still mourning the death of her husband when she receives shocking news that he may have been a traitor to the English cause in the Great War. She will need to put her own unique skills to the test to determine the truth for herself – for she had worked for the Intelligence Agency during the war! Anna Lee Huber also writes the Lady Darby Mystery Series, starring Lady Kiera Darby, the widow of a deceased anatomist in 1830s Scotland.

Next, Asking for Truffle will be the first in Dorothy St. James‘s new Southern Chocolate Shop Mystery Series. Charity Penn is surprised when she wins a sweepstake prize of a trip to Camellia Beach, South Carolina – she never entered the contest! A local friend volunteers to ask around the town to find out why she won and if it was on the level >>> but ends up dead in a vat of chocolate. Feeling responsible for his death, Charity will need to crack the case to determine how and why her friend was killed. Dorothy St. James also writes the White House Gardener Mystery Series, starring Casey Calhoun, an assistant gardener at the White House.

Finally, Denise Swanson will be starting off her new (?) Welcome Back to Scumble River Mystery Series, the continuation of her Scumble River Mystery Series, with the entry Dead in the Water. I have to admit that this one seems a bit odd – as the Scumble River Mystery Series isn’t exactly had a long break, having released a book last year. I think it’s only being called a new series because she changed publishers… It still stars school psychologist Skye Dennison, and she’s still solving murders! So if you’re a fan of the Scumble River Mystery Series, it seems like a safe bet that you’ll be a fan of the Welcome Back to Scumble River Mystery Series. Besides the Scumble River Mystery Serieses, Denise Swanson is the author of the Devereaux’s Dime Store Mystery Series, starring Devereaux “Dev” Sinclair, the owner of a Five-and-Dime store in Missouri.

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

September 2017 Mystery Book New Releases

The following Mystery Books will be released in September 2017:

September 2017

Jessica Beck (aka Elizabeth Bright, Melissa Glazer, Chris Cavender, Casey Mayes, Tim Myers, & D.B. Morgan): Cherry Filled Charges (This will be the 33rd in the Donut Mystery Series.)

Laurien Berenson: Wagging through the Snow (This will be the 21st in the Melanie Travis Mystery Series. This is a Christmas mystery.)

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

Julie Chase: Cat Got Your Secrets (This will be the 3rd in the Kitty Couture Mystery Series. This will be a Valentine’s Day mystery.)

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

Jeanne M. Dams: The Missing Masterpiece (This will be the 19th in the Dorothy Martin Mystery Series.)

Vicki Delany (aka Eva Gates): Body on Baker Street (This will be the 2nd in the Sherlock Holmes Bookshop Mystery Series.)

Jessica Estevao (aka Jessie Crockett & Jessica Ellicott): Whispers of Warning (This will be the 2nd in the Change of Fortune Mystery Series.)

Charlaine Harris: Sleep Like a Baby (This will be the 10th in the Aurora Teagarden Mystery Series.)

Anna Lee Huber: This Side of Murder (This will be the 1st in the NEW Verity Kent Mystery Series.)

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

Jan Karon: To Be Where You Are (This will be the 12th in the Mitford non mystery series.)

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

Kate Kingsbury (aka Rebecca Kent & Allison Kingsley): Doom with a View (This will be the 2nd in the Merry Ghost Inn Mystery Series.)

Meera Lester: A Hive of Homicides (This will be the 3rd in the Henny Penny Farmette Mystery Series.)

Colette London: Dead and Ganache (This will be the 4th in the Chocolate Whisperer Mystery Series.)

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

Jenn McKinlay (aka Josie Belle & Lucy Lawrence): Barking Up the Wrong Tree (This will be the 2nd in the non mystery Bluff Point Romance Series.)

Leslie Meier: Turkey Trot Murder  (This will be the 24th in the Lucy Stone Mystery Series. This is a Thanksgiving mystery.)

Leslie Meier: Holiday Murder (This is a re-issue of the 1st Lucy Stone Mystery – aka Mistletoe Murder & Mail Order Murder. This is a Christmas mystery.)

Liz Mugavero (aka Cate Conte): Purring around the Christmas Tree(This will be the 6th in the Pawsitively Organic Mystery Series. This is a Christmas mystery.)

James Patterson & Max DiLallo: Stealing Gulfstreams (This will be a Mystery Bookshot.)

Anne Perry: An Echo of Murder (This will be the 23rd in the William Monk Mystery Series.)

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

Dorothy St. James: Asking for Truffle (This will be the 1st in the NEW Southern Chocolate Shop Mystery Series.)

Denise Swanson: Dead in the Water (This will be the 1st in the NEW Welcome Back to Scumble River Mystery Series.)

Charles Todd: Casualty of War (This will be the 9th in the Bess Crawford Mystery Series.)

If you want to see this month’s releases, go to the August 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.)

New Releases – July 31 to August 6, 2017

Here is the list of new release for July 31 to August 6!

Donna Andrews: Gone Gull (This will be the 21st Meg Langslow Mystery Series.)

Gail Bowen: The Winners’ Circle (This will be the 17th in the Joanne Kilbourne Mystery Series.)

Rhys Bowen: On Her Majesty’s Frightfully Secret Service (This will be the 11th in the Royal Spyness Mystery Series.)

Cate Conte (aka Liz Mugavero): Cat about Town (This will be the 1st in the NEW Cat Cafe Mystery Series.)

Kathi Daley: Third Strike (This will be the 3rd in the Writers Retreat Southern Seashore Mystery Series.)

Betty Hechtman: A Tangled Yarn (This will be the 5th in the Yarn Retreat Mystery Series.)

Julianne Holmes: Chime and Punishment (This will be the 3rd in the Clock Shop Mystery Series.)

Diane Vallere: Dressed to Confess (This will be the 3rd in the Costume Shop Mystery Series.)

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