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Four New Cozy Mystery Holiday Books Coming November 2016

November will have five new Cozy Mystery releases with Holiday themes! That’s plenty for one post so I’m just going to dive right into it!

First will be the only non-Christmas themed mystery coming up, JoAnna Carl‘s Easter themed The Chocolate Bunny Brouhaha, which will be the 16th in the Chocoholic Mystery Series.) As the manager of a chocolate shop, Lee McKinney certainly expects to be busy during the Easter season. What she doesn’t necessarily expect is that she’ll be busy with murder, as the relative of a new hire turns up dead at a nearby vacant store nearby. Lee will need to work fast to keep her employee out of trouble in the Easter season. JoAnna Carl also writes under the name Eve K. Sandstrom, and under this name she writes the Down Home Mystery Series and the Matthews/Svenson Series.

Next up will be the first of our Christmas-themed Cozies, Kate Carlisle‘s Deck the Hallways, the 4th in the Fixer-Upper Mystery Series. Shannon Hammer is volunteering some of her time to renovate an old home into cheap housing for homeless families, and she’s brought in many of her neighbors and family, including her father. When the miserly banker who had been backing the project gets into an argument with Shannon’s father, it seems like a minor unpleasantness – until the banker turns up dead. Now Shannon will need to solve the mystery to keep her father out of the suspect lineup! Kate Carlisle also writes the Bibliophile Mystery Series, starring rare book expert and restorer Brooklyn Wainright.

The second of our Christmas-themed Cozies will be Vicki Delany‘s We Wish You a Murderous Christmas, the 2nd in the Year Round Christmas Mystery Series. The small town of Rudolph, New York, revolves around Christmas, maintaining it’s spirit the full year – which is why it is such unpleasant news when one the son of the owner of the Yuletide Inn plans to turn the building into another boring franchise hotel. When he turns up dead, it will be up to Merry Wilkinson to determine who has done this most un-jolly of crimes! Vicky Delany also writes the Sherlock Holmes Bookshop Mystery Series, the Ray Robertson Mystery Series, the Constable Molly Smith Mystery Series, the Klondike Mystery Series, and (as Eva Gates) the Lighthouse Library Mystery Series.

The last of our Christmas-themed Cozies will be Anne Perry‘s A Christmas Message, the 14th in the Christmas Mystery Series. In the newest entry in this long-running Christmas themed mystery series which features cast members from her other regular series, Victor and Vespasia Narraway of the Charlotte & Thomas Pitt Mystery Series will be celebrating the Christmas of 1900 in an unusual but interesting way – touring Jerusalem. When a fellow guest at their Jaffa hotel is killed for a scrap of parchment, Victor and Vespasia will risk their lives – and the rest of their holiday season – trying to learn the truth behind the crime and the parchment. Anne Perry also writes the Charlotte & Thomas Pitt Mystery Series, the William Monk Series, and the Matthew Reavley Series.

Finally, it isn’t a holiday themed Cozy but it is by a site author – Jennifer Chiaverini will be releasing Christmas Bells, a Stand Alone non-mystery. I’m not going to discuss this one in detail because it isn’t a mystery >>> but fans of Chiaverini’s work might still be interested in picking it up!

If you want to see more Christmas or Easter themed Cozies, be sure to check out the pages devoted to them on my site:

New Releases – October 3 to 9, 2016

Here is the list of new release for October 3 to 9!

Kathy Aarons: Behind Chocolate Bars (This will be the 3rd in the Chocolate Covered Mystery Series.) (This is a Halloween themed mystery.)

Victoria Abbott (aka Mary Jane Maffini & Victoria Maffini): The Hammett Hex (This will be the 5th in the Book Collector Mystery Series.)

Heather Blake (aka Heather Webber): The Witch and the Dead (This will be the 7th in the Wishcraft Mystery Series.)

Leslie Budewitz: Killing Thyme (This will be the 3rd in the Seattle Spice Shop Mystery Series.)

Maia Chance: Teetotaled (This will be the 2nd in the Discreet Retrieval Agency Mystery Series.)

Laura Childs & Terrie Farley Moran: Crepe Factor (This will be the 14th in the Scrapbooking Mystery Series.) (This is a Winter Holiday mystery.)

Sheila Connolly (aka Sarah Atwell): Seeds of Deception (This will be the 10th in the Orchard Mystery Series.)

Kathleen Ernst: A Memory of Muskets (This will be the 7th in the Chloe Ellefson Mystery Series.)

Ann Granger: The Dead Woman of Deptford (This will be the 6th in the Lizzie Martin Mystery Series.)

Charlaine Harris: All the Little Liars (This will be the 9th in the Aurora Teagarden Mystery Series.)

Carolyn Hart: Ghost Times Two (This will be the 7th in the Bailey Ruth Mystery Series.)

Linda O. Johnston: Unlucky Charms (This will be the 3rd in the Superstition Mystery Series.)

Sofie Kelly (aka Sofie Ryan): Paws and Effect (This will be the 8th in the Magical Cats Mystery Series.)

Joyce and Jim Lavene (aka J.J. Cook & Ellie Grant): Putting on the Witch (This will be the 3rd in the Retired Witches Mystery Series.)

Susan Elia MacNeal: The Queen’s Accomplice (This will be the 6th in the Maggie Hope Mystery Series.)

James Patterson & Richard DiLallo: French Kiss (This will be a Stand Alone “BookShot” – Amazon describes these as “Novels you can devour in a few hours”)

Joyce Tremel: Tangled Up in a Brew (This will be the 2nd in the Brewing Trouble Mystery Series.)

Diane Vallere: Masking for Trouble (This will be the 2nd in the Costume Shop Mystery Series.) (This is a Halloween themed mystery.)

Lis Wiehl: The Candidate (This will be the 2nd in the Newsmakers Mystery Series.)

November 2016 Mystery Book New Releases

The following Mystery Books will be released in November 2016:

November 2016

Cathy Ace: The Corpse with the Ruby Lips (This will be the 8th in the Cait Morgan Mystery Series.)

Rebecca Adler: The Good, the Bad and the Guacamole (This will be the 2nd in the Taste of Texas Mystery Series.)

Jeffrey Archer: This Was a Man (This will be the 7th in the Clifton Chronicles Mystery Series.)

David Baldacci: No Man’s Land (This will be the 4th in the Puller Mystery Series.)

Sandra Balzo: To the Last Drop (This will be the 9th in the Maggy Thorsen Mystery Series.)

Simon Beaufort: The Killing Ship (This will be a thriller.)

Cindy Bell: Sifting for Suspects (This will be the 1st in the NEW Macaron Patisserie Mystery Series.)

Lawrence Block: Sinner Man (This will be a Stand Alone Thriller.)

Ali Brandon: Twice Told Tail (This will be the 6th in the Black Cat Bookshop Mystery Series.)

Susan Breen: Maggie Dove’s Detective Agency (This will be the 2nd in the Maggie Dove Mystery Series.)

JoAnna Carl (aka Eve K. Sandstrom): The Chocolate Bunny Brouhaha (This will be the 16th in the Chocoholic Mystery Series.) (This is an Easter themed mystery.)

Kate Carlisle: Deck the Hallways (This will be the 4th in the Fixer-Upper Mystery Series.) (This is a Christmas themed mystery.)

C.S. Challinor: Judgment of Murder (This will be the 9th in the Rex Graves Mystery Series.)

Jennifer Chiaverini: Christmas Bells (This will be a Stand Alone. This is not a mystery.) (This is a Christmas themed novel.)

Mary Higgins Clark & Alafair Burke: The Sleeping Beauty Killer (This will be the 4th in the Under Suspicion Mystery Series.)

Jane K. Cleland: The Glow of Death (This will be the 11th in the Josie Prescott Antiques Mystery Series.)

Michael Connelly: The Wrong Side of Goodbye (This will be the 21st in the Harry Bosch Mystery Series.)

Patricia Cornwell: Chaos (This will be the 24th in the Kay Scarpetta Mystery Series.)

Ellen Crosby: The Champagne Conspiracy (This will be the 7th in the Wine Country Mystery Series.)

Clive Cussler and Dirk Cussler: Odessa Sea (This will be the 24th in the Dirk Pitt Mystery Series.)

Vicki Delany (aka Eva Gates): We Wish You a Murderous Christmas (This will be the 2nd in the Year Round Christmas Mystery Series.) (This is a Christmas themed mystery.)

Kate Dyer-Seeley: First Degree Mudder (This will be the 4th in the Pacific Northwest Mystery Series.)

Kate Ellis: A High Mortality of Doves (Stand Alone or New Series)

Janet Evanovich: Turbo Twenty-Three (This will be the 23rd in the Stephanie Plum Mystery Series.)

Linda Fairstein: Into the Lion’s Den (This will be the 1st in the Devlin Quick Mystery Series, which is for middle school mystery lovers.)

Charles Finch: The Inheritance (This will be the 10th in the Charles Lenox Mystery Series.)

Susannah Hardy (aka Sadie Hartwell): A Killer Kebab (This will be the 3rd in the Greek to Me Mystery Series.)

Betty Hechtman: Hooking for Trouble (This will be the 11th in the Crochet Mystery Series.)

Sue Ann Jaffarian: Rhythm & Clues (This will be the 11th in the Odelia Grey Mystery Series.)

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

Catherine Lloyd: Death Comes to the Fair (This will be the 4th in the Kurland St. Mary Mysteries.)

Jenn McKinlay (aka Josie Belle & Lucy Lawrence): Better Late Than Never (This will be the 7h in the Library Lover’s Mystery Series.)

James Patterson: Cross the Line (This will be the 24th in the Alex Cross Mystery Series.)

James Patterson: Killer Chef (This will be a Stand Alone “BookShot” – Amazon describes these as “Novels you can devour in a few hours”)

Anne Perry: A Christmas Message (This will be the 14th in the Chistmas Mystery Series.)

Rose Pressey: Haunted Is Always in Fashion (This will be the 4th in the Haunted Vintage Mystery Series.)

Hank Phillippi Ryan: Say No More (This will be the 5th in the Jane Ryland Mystery Series.)

Patricia Smiley: Pacific Homicide (This will be a Stand Alone Mystery novel.)

Karen Rose Smith: Shades of Wrath (This will be the 6th in the Caprice De Luca Mystery Series.)

Christine Trent: A Grave Celebration (This will be the 6th Lady of Ashes Mystery Series.)

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If you want to see this month’s releases, go to the October 2016 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 – September 2016

It’s almost October, so that means it’s time to discuss what we’ve been reading during September >>> and can recommend! This month I highlighted Miranda James’s Cat in the Stacks Mystery Series and Erika Chase’s Ashton Corners Book Club Mystery Series, so I’ll start the list off with those. 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 September? 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 September 2016 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:

Avery Aames (aka Daryl Wood Gerber): Cheese Shop Mystery Series

Lucy Arlington (co-written by Jennifer Stanley & Sylvia May): A Novel Idea Mystery Series

Christy Barritt: Squeaky Clean Mystery Series

Claudia Bishop (aka Mary Stanton): Hemlock Falls Mystery Series

Laura Bradford (aka Elizabeth Lynn Casey): Emergency Dessert Squad Mystery Series

Julia Buckley: Writer’s Apprentice Mystery Series AND Undercover Dish Mystery Series

Ellen Byron: Cajun Country Mystery Series

Lynn Cahoon: Cat Latimer Mystery Series

Kate Carlisle: Bibliophile Mystery Series

Erika Chase (aka Linda Wiken): Ashton Corners Book Club Mystery Series

Agatha Christie: Hercule Poirot Mystery Series

Sheila Connolly  (aka Sarah Atwell): Museum Mystery Series

Guy Cullingford (aka Constance Lindsay Taylor): Conjuror’s Coffin

Krista Davis: Domestic Diva Mystery Series

Wendy Sand Eckel: Murder at Barclay Meadow AND Death at the Day Lily Cafe

Warren Esby: Adam Nil Mystery Series (first book Resurrection)

Vickie Fee: Live and Di in Dixie Mystery Series

Monica Ferris (aka Mary Monica Pulver & half of the duo who wrote as Margaret Frazer for the first of the Sister Frevisse novels): Needlecraft Mystery Series

Chrystle Fielder: Natural Remedies Mystery Series

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

Mollie Hunt: Crazy Cat Lady Mystery Series (first book Cats’ Eyes)

Katherine Bolger Hyde: Arsenic With Austen

Miranda James (aka Honor Hartman, Jimmie Ruth Evans, & Dean James): Cat in the Stacks Mystery Series

J. A. Jance: Ali Reynolds Mystery Series

Peter King: Gourmet Detective Mystery Series

Ashley Lynch-Harris: The Hotel Westend

Ngaio Marsh: Roderick Alleyn Mystery Series

Jenn McKinlay (aka Josie Belle & Lucy Lawrence): Hat Shop Mystery Series

Gerry Schmitt (aka Laura Childs): Afton Tangler Thriller Series

Denise Swanson: Scumble River Mystery Series

Diana Xarissa: Isle of Man Ghostly Cozy Series (first book Arrivals and Arrests)

[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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