The Cozy Mystery List Blog

A few days ago I posted the first part of August 2017’s Cozy Mystery News. Well, it it took me a day more than I expected, but I have even more Cozy Mystery authors/books to tell you about today, so I’ll go ahead and get started…

OK, all you Betty Hechtman fans, this should make your day! Betty Hechtman has just signed on to write books 12 & 13 in her Crochet Mystery Series. That’s right! Molly Pink and the Tarzana Hookers will be cutting into crime again, and then again – again! So we can look forward to these Cozies, along with more crochet patterns and recipes! Betty Hechtman also writes the Yarn Retreat Mystery Series.

Nancy Herriman will soon be introducing a new sleuth to us.  As a lot of you know, Nancy Herriman is the author of the Mystery of Old San Francisco Mystery Series, which features nurse Celia Davies during the 1860s. Nancy’s new Bess Ellyott Mystery Series will begin with Searcher of the Dead and will feature an herbalist in England during the Elizabethan Era (late 1500s).

Anna Lee Huber writes both the Verity Kent Mystery Series and the Lady Darby Mystery Series. This particular news info is about Huber’s historical Lady Darby series. Lady Darby will be back and she will be taking on the London Burkers – a gang that goes around killing people for profit… They sell the corpses to 1830’s medical schools.

Have you ever heard of an attorney who also has a degree in the culinary arts? Well, if you’re a fan of Leslie Karst, you have! She writes the Sally Solari Mystery Series which is set in  California and features an ex-lawyer managing an Italian eatery. Well, you’ll be happy to know that Sally Solari will be back to sleuth, cook, and provide us with tasty recipes!

For those of us who are fans of Carlene O’Connor‘s Irish Village Mystery Series, there is good news on the horizon. The owner of Naomi’s Bistro in Kilbane, County Cork, Ireland, Siobhán O’Sullivan, will be back several more times. That’s pretty doggone good news! (Carlene O’Connor also writes romance novels as Mary Carter.)

Deanna Raybourn‘s Veronica Speedwell Mystery Series will be adding two more books to its list. That’s right, books numbers 4 & 5 just got the green light.  Veronica Speedwell is an adventuress in Victorian England who solves mysteries while travelling the world. Deanna Raybourn also writes the Lady Julia Grey Mystery Series and the Jasmine Mystery Series.

I hope you have found a few of your favorite Cozy Mystery authors on this two-part list. I know I’m always excited when I hear that one of my favorite authors has more Cozies on the way!

Here’s the first part of this newsy entry:
Cozy Mystery News – August 2017 – Part 1

I have several Cozy Mystery newsy tidbits that I want to tell you all about, so I’m going to post the second part of this Cozy Mystery News entry tomorrow. (Good grief, it’s been a while since I did this!) Let’s see, I think I’ll do this alphabetically >>> starting right now:

Stephanie Blackmoore (previously a lawyer and, even a librarian!) will be releasing Gown with the Wind – a new book in her Wedding Planner Mystery Series. This time, wedding planner Mallory Shepard will have a surprising client…

Ali Brandon will be starting the new Tarot Cat Mystery Series. That’s right, this will be in addition to her Black Cat Bookshop Mystery Series. The Tarot Cat series will be set in a santería shop in Florida. (According to Dictionary.com, a santeria is: “a religion merging the worship of Yoruba deities with veneration of Roman Catholic saints: practiced in Cuba and spread to other parts of the Caribbean and to the U.S. by Cuban emigrés.”) As Diane A.S. Stuckart, she writes the Leonardo da Vinci Historical Mystery Series.

We haven’t seen the Prissy Fox Shop owner Reagan Summerside since 2015, so fans of Duffy Brown‘s popular Consignment Shop Mystery Series will be happy to know book #6 (Lethal in Old Lace) will be taking us back for another visit to Georgia. By the way, Duffy Brown writes the Cycle Path Mystery Series and is also known for her romance novels which she writes as Dianne Castell.

Elizabeth Kane Buzzelli has signed on to write books number 3 & 4 of her Little Library Mystery Series. Jenny Weston will again be sleuthing up a storm in Bear Falls, Michigan. Fans of Elizabeth Kane Buzzelli (aka Elizabeth Lee for the Nut House Mystery Series) probably also know her as the author of the Emily Kincaid Mystery Series, which also takes place in Michigan.

Kate Carlisle is one busy Cozy Mystery author! Many of you know that this bestselling author’s Fixer-Upper Mystery Series is one of the Hallmark Movies & Mysteries channel mystery movie series. Well, here’s some more good news! She has just signed to write two more Cozies that will feature California-based Shannon Hammer. (Hopefully that will give us more mystery movies to look forward to!) Kate Carlisle also writes the Bibliophile Mystery Series.

Eva Gates (pseudonym for Vicki Delany) writes the Lighthouse Library Mystery Series, and for those of us who are fans, there will be at least three more Cozies in this series! That’s right, librarian Lucy Richardson and her Himalayan library cat, Charles, will be on the trail of criminals. As Vicki Delany she writes the Year-Round Christmas Mystery Series, the Sherlock Holmes Bookshop Mystery Series, the Constable Molly Smith Mystery Series, the Ray Robertson Mystery Series, and the Klondike Mystery Series.

Debra H. Goldstein is someone who knows how to juggle titles. She’s not only wears all of the titles associated with being a wife, stepmom, and mom, but she’s also worked as an attorney and judge. She will be releasing One Taste Too Many, which will be the first in a series that features one of a set of twins as its sleuth. She also writes the Carrie Martin and the Mah Jongg Players Mystery Series along with the Denney Silber Mystery Series.

As I said at the beginning of this entry, I’ll be posting the second part of this Cozy Mystery News blog tomorrow.

Here’s the second part of this newsy entry:
Cozy Mystery News – August 2017 – Part 2