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September 2015 Mystery Book New Releases

August 1, 2015

The following Mystery Books will be released in September 2015:

Victoria Abbott (aka Mary Jane Maffini & Victoria Maffini): The Marsh Madness (This will be the 4th in the Book Collectors Mystery Series.)

Susan Wittig Albert: The Darling Dahlias and the Eleven O’Clock Lady (This will be the 6th in the Darling Dahlias Mystery Series.)

Barbara Allan: Antiques St. Nicked (This will be a Trash ‘n’ Treasures Mystery Series novella.) (This is a Christmas themed mystery.)

Maureen Ash: A Holy Vengeance (This will be the 8th in the Templar Knight Mystery Series.)

David Baldacci: The Keeper (This will be the 2nd in the Finisher Series for grades 6 – 9.)

M.C. Beaton (aka Marion Chesney): Dishing the Dirt (This will be the 26th in the Agatha Raisin Mystery Series.)

Jessica Beck (aka Elizabeth Bright, Casey Mayes, Melissa Glazer, Chris Cavender, & Tim Myers): Criminal Crumbs (This will be the 21st in the Donut Shop Mystery Series.)

K.K. Beck: Tipping the Valet (This is the first in the NEW Workplace Mystery Series.)

Mike Befeler: Murder on the Switzerland Trail (This will either be the first in a new series or a Stand Alone mystery.)

Josie Belle (aka Jenn McKinlay & Lucy Lawrence): All Sales Final (This will be the 5th in the Good Buy Girls Mystery Series.)

Jenna Bennett (aka Jennie Bentley & Bente Gallagher): Busman’s Honeymoon (This will be a Savannah Martin Mystery novella.)

Laurien Berenson: The Bark Before Christmas (This will be the 18th in the Melanie Travis Mystery Series.) (This is a Christmas themed mystery.)

Mollie Cox Bryan: Scrapbook of the Dead (This will be the 5th in the Cumberland Creek Mystery Series.) (This is a Halloween themed mystery.)

Erika Chase: Law and Author (This will be the 5th in the Ashton Corners Book Club Mystery Series.)

Ann Cleeves: The Moth Catcher (This will be the 7th in the Vera Stanhope Mystery Series.)

Barbara Cleverly: The New Cambridge Mysteries (This will be a collection of mystery stories that take place in/around Cambridge.)

Nancy Coco (aka Nancy J. Parra): All I Want For Christmas is Fudge (This will be the 4th in the Candy-Coated Mystery Series. That’s how this “book” is described, however, I think it might be a novella.) (This is a Christmas themed mystery.)

Margaret Coel: The Man Who Fell from the Sky (This will be the 19th in the Wind River Reservation Mystery Series.)

Nancy J. Cohen: Peril by Ponytail (This will be the 12th in the Bad Hair Day Mystery Series.)

Kathi Daley: The Legend of Tabby Hollow (This will be the 5th in the Whales and Tails Mystery Series.) (This is a Halloween themed mystery.)

Diane Mott Davidson: Goldy’s Kitchen Cookbook: Cooking, Writing, Family, Life (A cookbook related to the Goldy Bear Mystery Series.)

Jana DeLeon: Hurrican Force (This will be the 7th in the Miss Fortune Mystery Series.)

Laura DiSilverio (aka Lila Dare & Ella Barrick): The Reckoning Stones (This will be a Stand Alone suspense novel.)

Stephen Dobyns: Is Fat Bob Dead Yet? (This will either be the first in a new series or a Stand Alone comic suspense mystery.)

Jan Dunlap: The Kiskadee of Death (This will be the 7th in the Bob White Birder Murder Mystery Series.)

Shelley Freydont: Trick or Deceit (This will be the 4th in the Celebration Bay Mystery Series.) (This is a Halloween theme mystery.)

Eva Gates (aka Vicki Delany): Booked for Trouble (This will be the 2nd in the Lighthouse Library Mystery Series.)

Suzette A. Hill: A Southwold Mystery (This will be a Stand Alone mystery or the 1st in a NEW mystery series.)

Dorothy Howell: Swag Bags and Swindlers (This will be the 11th in the Haley Randolph Mystery Series.)

D. E. Ireland: Move Your Blooming Corpse (This will be the 2nd in the Eliza Doolittle & Henry Higgins Mystery Series.)

Jonnie Jacobs: Payback (This will be a Stand Alone suspense novel.)

Miranda James (aka Jimmie Ruth Evans, Honor Hartman, & Dean James): Dead with the Wind (This will be the 2nd in the Southern Ladies Mystery Series.)

Iris Johansen: Shadow Play (This will be the 18th in the Eve Duncan Mystery Series.) (not Cozy)

Tonya Kappes: A Ghostly Murder (This will be the 4th in the Ghostly Southern Mystery Series.)

Jan Karon: Come Rain or Come Shine (This will be the 11th in the Mitford very Cozy but non-mystery series.)

Toni L.P. Kelner (aka Leigh Perry): Crooked as a Dog’s Hind Leg (This will be a collection of the Laura Fleming Mystery Series stories.)

Joyce and Jim Lavene (aka J.J. Cook & Ellie Grant): Be My Banshee (This will be the 1st in the NEW Purple Door Detective Agency Mystery Series.)

Lizbeth Lipperman (aka Liz Lipperman & Liz Roth): Mission to Kill (This will be the 3rd in the Dead Sister Talking Mystery Series.)

Colette London: Dangerously Dark (This will be the 2nd in the Chocolate Whisperer Mystery Series.) (This is a wedding themed mystery.)

Karen MacInerney: Pumpkin Pied (This will be a Gray Whale Inn story.) (This is a Halloween themed mystery story.)

Molly MacRae: Knot the Usual Suspects (This will be the 5th in the Haunted Yarn Shop Mystery Series.)

Archer Mayor: The Company She Kept (This will be the 26th in the Joe Gunther Mystery Series.) (not Cozy)

Catriona McPherson: The Child Garden (This will be a Stand Alone mystery.)

Amy Metz : Short & Tall Tales in Goose Pimple Junction (This will be a collection of Goose Pimple Junction Mystery Series stories.)

Amy Myers: Classic in the Dock (This will be the 7th in the Jack Colby, Car Detective Mystery Series.)

Joyce Carol Oates: The Lost Landscape: A Writer’s Coming of Age (This will be a Stand Alone.)

James Patterson & David Ellis: The Murder House (This will be a Stand Alone mystery.)

James Patterson & Chris Grabenstein: Treasure Hunters: Secret of the Forbidden City (This will be the 3rd in the Treasure Hunters Mystery Series for grades 3 – 7.)

Joanne Pence: Cook’s Big Day (This will be the 16th in the Angie Amalfi Mystery Series. This is a novella length mystery.)

Anne Perry: Corridors of the Night (This will be the 21st in the William Monk Mystery Series.)

Rose Pressey: Haunt the Haunt, Walk the Walk (This will be the 3rd in the Haunted Tour Guide Mystery Series.)

Deanna Raybourn: A Curious Beginning (This will be the 1st in the NEW Veronica Speedwell Mystery Series.)

Kathy Reichs: Speaking in Bones (This will be the 18th in the Temperance Brennan Mystery Series.) (Actually, Speaking in Bones has already been released!)

J.D. Robb (aka Nora Roberts): Devoted in Death (This will be the 42nd in the In Death Mystery Series.) (not Cozy)

Wendy Corsi Staub: Blood Red (This will be the 1st in the NEW Mundy’s Landing Mystery Series.) (not Cozy)

Denise Swanson: Murder of an Open Book (This will be the 18th in the Scumble River Mystery Series.)

Charles Todd: Tales (This will be a collection of Bess Crawford and Ian Rutledge short stories.)

Gayle Trent (aka Amanda Lee & Gayle Leeson): Perp and Circumstance (This will be the 4th in the Myrtle Crumb Mystery Series.)

Here are this month’s releases: August  2015 Mystery Book New Releases.

Here is my page with all of the Cozy Mystery books that are scheduled to be released (that I know of) so please click on this link to go to the Soon to be Released Mysteries page on the site.

(These are the mysteries by authors who are currently on the Cozy Mystery site.)

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Cozy Mystery Book Recommendations – July 2015

July 29, 2015

Can you believe it’s been a whole month since we last talked about the Cozy Mystery books that we thought were so good we just had to recommend them? I can’t!

I’ve tried a few new-to-me Cozy authors this past month who I’m still deciding whether or not to add to my favorite authors list. I have so many favorite Cozy authors already, I’m just not sure I can handle any more! (That’s a good problem to have!)

Anyway, if you have one or two Cozy Mysteries that you read during July that you think the rest of us should certainly know about, please drop us a comment telling us why you liked the book(s) >>> so we can take a look at it/them. If you have a few more than two, go for it! Please list the ones you liked the most at the very top of the list, that way we’ll know those are super-duper good Cozies!

As usual, please do not tell us about the Cozy Mysteries you did not like.

What really good Cozy Mystery book did you read during July 2015 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:

Ellery Adams (aka Jennifer Stanley & J.B. Stanley): Charmed Pie Shoppe Mystery Series

Gretchen Archer: Davis Way Crime Caper Mystery Series

Donald Bain & “Jessica Fletcher”: Murder, She Wrote Mystery Series

Jenna Bennett (aka Jennie Bentley & Bente Gallagher): Savannah Martin Mystery Series

Heather Blake (aka Heather Webber): Magic Potion Mystery Series

Leslie Budewitz: Food Lovers’ Village Mystery Series

Lucy Burdette (aka Roberta Isleib): Key West Food Critic Mystery Series

Lynn Cahoon: Tourist Trap Mystery Series

Kate Carlisle: Fixer-Upper Mystery Series

Sammi Carter: Candy Shop Mystery Series

Elizabeth Lynn Casey (aka Laura Bradford): Southern Sewing Circle Mystery Series

Bailey Cates (aka Cricket McRae & Bailey Cattrell): Magical Bakery Mystery Series

Kerry J Charles: Dulcie Chambers Mystery Series

Nancy Coco (aka Nancy J. Parra): Candy Coated Mystery Series

Isis Crawford (aka Barbara Block): Mystery with Recipes Mystery Series

Mary Daheim: Emma Lord Alpine Mystery Series

Krista Davis: Domestic Diva Mystery Series

Carola Dunn: Daisy Dalrymple Mystery Series

Monica Ferris: Needlecraft Mystery Series

Shelley Freydont: Celebration Bay Mystery Series

Susan Furlong (aka Lucy Arlington): Georgia Peach Mystery Series

Anne George: Southern Sisters Mystery Series

Kerry Greenwood: Corinna Chapman Mystery Series

Betty Hechtman: Yarn Retreat Mystery Series

Mary Ellen Hughes: Pickled and Preserved Mystery Series

Julie Hyzy: Manor of Murder Mystery Series

Sue Ann Jaffarian: Ghost of Granny Apples Mystery Series

Tonya Kappes: Ghostly Southern Mystery Series

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

Susan Elia MacNeal: Maggie Hope Mystery Series

Leslie Meier: Lucy Stone Mystery Series

Nancy J. Parra (aka Nancy Coco): Baker’s Treat Mystery Series

Penny Pike (aka Penny Warner): Food Festival Mystery Series

Hannah Reed (aka Deb Baker): Scottish Highlands Mystery Series

Stanton Samenow: Inside the Criminal Mind (Forensic Psychology)

Paige Shelton: Farmers’ Market Mystery Series

Alexander McCall Smith: No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency Mystery Series

Diana Xarissa: Isle of Man Mystery Series

[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 won’t be commenting on your recommendations since your comments speak for themselves!

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A Little of This and A Little of That at the Cozy Mystery Site

July 26, 2015

I have just added about 50 new mysteries on my Soon to be Released Mysteries page on the site. I was surprised to find so many mysteries during my recent search! I even found three Cozies that were released this month. It’s pretty rare for me to find Cozies after-the-fact, but I’m certainly glad I did!

It took me a little longer than usual to finally get all of these new mystery books on the site. Our daughter came home for a short visit last weekend. She is getting ready to move to Washington, D.C. and as she will be renting an apartment downtown, she won’t need her car which is a good thing since parking is so expensive. She drove her car back here to store it in our garage.

We always enjoy her visits. She has been keeping busy at her current job, and the weekend before she came home her college roommate flew out to visit her in New Orleans. I know our daughter really enjoyed seeing her great friend, and I sure hope the two of them can continue visiting each other once there are more miles between them.

Anyway, back to the cozies. I try to update the Soon to be Released Mysteries page whenever I find new mystery books. That’s why I was so surprised when I found about 50 new mysteries after taking only one weekend off! Yikes!

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Homicide Hunter True Crime Television Show

July 24, 2015

Homicide Hunter: Lt. Joe Kenda Season 1 The I.D. channel (Investigation Discovery) is one of my favorite channels on TV. That being said, Homicide Hunter is one of my favorite shows on that channel. It is one of the shows my husband and I look forward to watching, so when our DVR catches a new one, we are there! (This is a true crime show, not fiction, nor is it a Cozy Mystery show.)

The show stars Joe Kenda – a retired homicide lieutenant in Colorado Springs. Each episode, Joe Kenda introduces one of his past cases. The audience is then treated to a reenactment of the case with commentary by Kenda & other police detectives (as well as journalists) sprinkled throughout the show. The show takes us all the way through the case. Carl Marino plays Lt. Kenda.  Also, having lived in Colorado Springs years ago, it’s interesting to see some of the journalists I remember from when I was young. (As an aside – if you enjoy Homicide Hunter like we do, be sure to go online and watch the “Kenda on Kenda” interview of the “young Joe (Carl Marino) asking the “real Joe” questions.)

The show started airing in 2011 and will be starting its fifth season this year. This is a true crime show, so it’s not for those of you who are particularly squeamish. Joe Kenda is what makes the show unusually fun to watch. Yes, I know, real murder is not fun, but somehow Kenda’s ‘s dry commentary makes the show fun. Some of his comments have included:

  • “Well, my, my, my.” (probably his most known quote)
  • “Guilty people love to talk. Who am I to stop them?”
  • “If you’re gonna lie, at least be good at it.”
  • “Murder is an ugly business.”
  • “Crazy boyfriend did you say? Oh, I like crazy boyfriends.”

With quotes like those – how could you not like this man?

Something that has struck me many times is the emotion Joe Kenda seems to have for the victims. He doesn’t work off of a script, simply talks to the viewer, and sometimes, at the end of an episode, he chokes up while talking about a victim. It’s a very nice thing to see a man who has dealt with murder so many years show us how much police officers feel about the victims.

Homicide Hunter is not available on Netflix, but is available on Amazon stream. The new season starts Tuesday, August 18, 2015, on the ID (Identification Discovery) channel. (I’ve already got it set up on my DVR!)

Click on these links to see these Kenda on Kenda interviews:

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