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Laura DiSilverio’s Readaholics Book Club Mysteries & Vineyard Quilt Mysteries: Two New Cozy Series Coming April 2015!

March 3, 2015

Looks like we’ll be looking forward to the first releases for two NEW Cozy Mystery series coming out in April 2015!

First up will be the first entry of Laura DiSilverio‘s Readaholics Book Club Mystery Series, The Readaholics and the Falcon Fiasco. The Readaholics series will star Amy-Faye Johnson, an event planner in the scenic mountain town of Heaven, Colorado, as well as a member of the Readaholics Book Club. When one of the other Readaholics dies a sudden and suspicious death, it will be up to Amy-Faye to help crack the case and discover what happened to her friend! Laura DiSilverio also writes the Charlie Swift and Mall Cop Mystery Series, as well as the Southern Beauty Shop Mystery Series as Lila Dare and the Ballroom Dance Mystery Series as Ella Barrick.

The other new book isn’t by one author, but by two >>> Mae Fox and Jan Fields will be putting out Threads of Deceit, the first book in the Vineyard Quilt Mystery Series. (This is yet another in the Annie’s Crafts Company’s Cozy Mystery series. I have been listing the Annie’s Crafts Company series ever since a Cozy Mystery reader told me about these series which do not contain profanity. Annie’s Crafts Company also publishes the Annie’s Attic, Annie’s Quilted Mysteries, Annie’s Mysteries Unraveled, & the Creative Woman Mystery Series.) The Vineyard Quilt series will feature Mae Fox and a different co-author every book, as she works with the guest author to tell another story in the tales of Julie Ellis, former antiquities bounty hunter and current manager of quilt-themed inn, Quilt Haus Inn, situated in Missouri’s scenic Wine Country. When a corpse is found at the dig site for a famous sunken ship at a nearby farm, Julie will need to use her old expertise to help try to pin down the murderer!

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April 2015 Mystery Book New Releases

March 1, 2015

Murder, She Wrote: Killer in the Kitchen by Donald Bain & "Jessica Fletcher"

The following Mystery Books will be released in April 2015:

Ellery Adams (aka J.B. Stanley & Jennifer Stanley): Lemon Pies and Little White Lies (This will be the 4th in the Charmed Pie Shoppe Mystery Series.)

Susan Wittig Albert (aka 1/2 of Robin Paige): Bittersweet (This will be the 23rd in the China Bayles Mystery Series.)

Barbara Allan: Antiques Swap (This will be the 9th in the Trash ‘n’ Treasures Mystery Series.)

Nancy Atherton: Aunt Dimity and the Summer King (This will be the 15th in the Aunt Dimity Mystery Series.)

Donald Bain & “Jessica Fletcher”: Killer in the Kitchen (This will be the 43rd in the Murder, She Wrote Mystery Series.)

David Baldacci: Memory Man (This will be the 1st in the NEW Amos Decker Mystery Series.)

Christy Barritt: Gone by Dark (This will be the 2nd in the Carolina Moon Mystery Series.)

Duffy Brown: Demise in Denim (This will be the 5th in the Consignment Mystery Series.)

Mollie Cox Bryan: Scrappily Ever After (This will be a Cumberland Creek Mystery Series novella.)

Susanna Calkins: The Masque of a Murderer (This will be the 3rd in the Lucy Campion Mystery Series.)

Anne Canadeo (aka Katherine Spencer): The Postman Always Purls Twice (This will be the 7th in the Black Sheep Knitting Mystery Series.)

Elizabeth Lynn Casey (aka Laura Bradford): Wedding Duress(This will be the 10th in the Southern Sewing Circle Mystery Series.)

Kate Charles: False Tongues (This will be the 4th in the Callie Anson Mystery Series.)

Mary Higgins Clark: The Melody Lingers On (This will be a Stand Alone Mystery.)

Nancy Coco (aka Nancy J. Parra): Oh Say Can You Fudge (This will be the 3rd in the Candy-coated Mystery Series.) (This will be a Fourth of July theme mystery.)

Amanda Cooper (aka Victoria Hamilton & Donna Lea Simpson): Shadow of a Spout (This will be the 2nd in the Teapot Collector Mystery Series.)

Elizabeth Spann Craig (aka Elizabeth Craig & Riley Adams): A Body at Bunco (This will be the 8th in the Myrtle Clover Mystery Series.)

Isis Crawford (aka Barbara Block): A Catered Mother’s Day (This will be the 11th in the Mystery with Recipes Mystery Series.) (This is a Mother’s Day theme mystery.)

Jessie Crockett: A Sticky Situation (This will be the 3rd in the Sugar Grove Mystery Series.)

Ellen Crosby: Ghost Image (This will be the 2nd in the Sophie Medina Mystery Series.)

Mary Daheim: The Alpine Zen (This will be the 26th in the Emma Lord Mystery Series.)

Kathi Daley: Matrimony Meltdown (This will be the 13th in the Zoe Donovan Mystery Series.)

Christine DeSmet: Five-Alarm Fudge (This will be the 3rd in the Fudge Shop Mystery Series.)

Laura DiSilverio (aka Lila Dare & Ella Barrick): The Readaholics and the Falcon Fiasco (This will be the 1st in the NEW Readaholics Book Club Mystery Series.)

Alice Duncan: Thanksgiving Angels (This will be the 5th in the Mercy Allcutt Mystery Series.)

Elizabeth J. Duncan: Slated for Death (This will be the 6th in the Penny Brannigan Mystery Series.)

Dawn Eastman: A Fright to the Death (This will be the 3rd in the Family Fortune Mystery Series.)

“Jessica Fletcher” & Donald Bain: Killer in the Kitchen (This will be the 43rd in the Murder, She Wrote Mystery Series.)

G.M. Ford: Threshold (This will be the 1st in the NEW Mickey Dolan Mystery Series.) (not Cozy)

Margaret Grace (aka Ada Madison & Camille Minichino): Manhattan in Miniature (This will be the 8th in the Miniature Mystery Series.) (This is a Christmas themed mystery.)

Dee Henderson: Taken (This will be a Stand Alone mystery.)

Joan Hess (aka Joan Hadley): Pride v. Prejudice (This will be the 20th in the Claire Malloy Mystery Series.)

Iris Johansen: Your Next Breath (This will be the 3rd in the Catherine Ling Mystery Series.)

Joyce and Jim Lavene (aka J.J. Cook & Ellie Grant): Dead Girl Blues (This will be the 3rd in the Taxi for the Dead Mystery Series.)

Amanda Lee (aka Gayle Trent): Wicked Stitch (This will be the 8th in the Embroidery Mystery Series.)

Donna Leon: Falling in Love (This will be the 24th in the Guido Brunetti Mystery Series.)

Jenn McKinlay (aka Josie Belle & Lucy Lawrence): Dark Chocolate Demise (This will be the 7th in the Cupcake Bakery Mystery Series.)

James Patterson & Peter de Jonge: Miracle at Augusta (This will be the 2nd in the non-mystery Travis McKinley Series.)

Paula Paul (aka Paula Carter): Medium Dead (This will be the 4th in the Dr. Alexandra Gladstone Mystery Series.)

Spencer Quinn (aka Peter Abrahams) Woof (This will be a mystery for ages 8 – 12, grades 3 – 7. Looks absolutely delightful!)

Sarah Rayne: Deadlight Hall (This will be the 5th in the Nell West and Michael Flint Mystery Series.)

Ann B. Ross: Miss Julia Lays Down the Law (This will be the 17th in the Miss Julia Mystery Series.)

Barbara Ross: Musseled Out (This will be the 3rd in the Maine Clambake Mystery Series.)

Sofie Ryan (aka Sofie Kelly) Buy a Whisker (This will be the 2nd in the Second Chance Cat Mystery Series.)

Lisa Scottoline: Every Fifteen Minutes (This will be a Stand Alone mystery.)

Aimée & David Thurlo: Grave Consequences (This will be the 2nd in the Charlie Henry Series.)

Diane Vallere: With Vics You Get Eggroll (This will be the 3rd in the Mad for Mod Mystery Series.)

Mae Fox & Jan Fields: Threads of Deceit (This will be the 1st in the NEW Vineyard Quilt Mystery Series.)

The Cozy Cookbook: More than 100 Recipes from Today’s Bestselling Mystery Authors (w/ Avery Aames, Ellery Adams, Leslie Budewitz, Laura Childs, Cleo Coyle, Victoria Hamilton, B.B. Haywood, Julie Hyzy, Jenn McKinlay, & Paige Shelton)

March 2015 Mystery Book New Releases

Since I post these monthly Mystery Book New Releases a month early, I thought some of you may be interested in taking a look at the March 2015 current releases. Click here to see the March 2015 Mystery Book New Releases.

To go back to the Cozy Mystery New Book Release page, click here.

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

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Mystery Book Recommendations – February 2015

February 26, 2015

Do you have a favorite Valentine’s Day book you read every February? Well February is almost over, so I’d like to ask you all if you read an extremely good Cozy Mystery this month, would you pleased tell the rest of us about it? (Obviously, if you read two, three, or more extremely good Cozy Mysteries, we’d love to hear about them, too!) Please tell us why this particular Cozy (or these particular Cozies) are better than the rest of the Cozies you read during February.

Please do not tell us about the Cozy/Cozies you read that you did not like.

What really good Cozy Mystery book(s) did you read during February 2015 that you know the rest of us would enjoy reading, and why did you enjoy it (them)?

Here are the current recommended authors (series) who (that) some of you have read and recommended this past month:

Tessa Arlen: Death of a Dishonorable Gentleman

Lorraine Bartlett (aka Lorna Barrett & L.L. Bartlett): Lotus Bay Mystery Series

M.C. Beaton (aka Marion Chesney): Hamish Macbeth Mystery Series

Kate Carlisle: Fixer-Upper Mystery Series

Amanda Carmack: Elizabethan Mystery Series (book #1 Murder at Hatfield House)

Maia Chance: Fairy Tale Fatal Mystery Series (book #1 Snow White Red-Handed)

Kate Collins: Flower Shop Mystery Series

Sheila Connolly (aka Sarah Atwell): County Cork Mystery Series

Hy Conrad: Amy’s Travel Mystery Series

J.J. Cook (aka Joyce and Jim Lavene & Ellie Grant): Biscuit Bowl Food Truck Mystery Series

Cleo Coyle (aka Alice Kimberly): Coffeehouse Mystery Series

Monica Ferris: Needlecraft Mystery Series

Eva Gates: Lighthouse Library Mystery Series (book #1 By Book or By Crook)

Mary Ellen Hughes: Pickled and Preserved Mystery Series

Christine Husom: Snow Globe Shop Mystery Series

J.A. Jance: Ali Reynolds Mystery Series

Laurie R. King & Leslie S. Klinger: In the Company of Sherlock Holmes (anthology)

Mary Lou Kirwin: Librarian Mystery Series

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

Colette London: Chocolate Whisperer Mystery Series (book #1 Criminal Confections)

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

Catriona McPherson: Dandy Gilver Mystery Series

Leslie Meier: Lucy Stone Mystery Series

Cate Price: Deadly Notions Mystery Series

Loretta Ross: Auction Block Mystery Series (book #1  Death and the Redheaded Woman)

James Runcie: Grantchester Mystery Mystery Series (book #1 Sydney Chambers and the Shadow of Death)

Dell Shannon (aka Leslie Egan, Elizabeth Linington, & Anne Blaisdell): Luis Mendoza Mystery Series

Karen Rose Smith: Caprice De Luca

Lea Wait: Mainely Needlepoint Mystery Series

Heather Webber (aka Heather Blake): Lucy Valentine Mystery Series

Christine Wenger: Comfort Food 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.]

♦To access more Cozy Mystery Books Recommendations, click on this link♦

P.S. While I try to respond to all of the comments that are made on the Cozy Mystery blog, I generally don’t respond to the comments on these monthly recommendation entries.

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Sleuth with Criminal History

February 24, 2015

A while back, Linda M. asked a very interesting question:

Have you ever thought about adding a category where the hero is a bad guy? I’m just finishing Lawrence Block’s Bernie Rhodenbarr’s series (a very likeable burglar) and I loved them! I can think of a few others just now – such as Mary Anna Evans’ Faye Longchamp who in the first few books dug for artifacts to sell on the black market to keep her crumbling plantation house from falling down. Also, Lee Child’s Jack Reacher (definitely NOT a cozy). I would like to find more in this category and I can’t – but I’m sure there are some. I get tired of the goody-goody heroes and these are exciting and refreshing – something different! Anyway, just a suggestion – and I could just click on this category and there they would all be!

Angela replied:

Hailey Lind (aka Juliet Blackwell) writes the art lovers series. Her main character is the granddaughter of an international art forger and while she’s “gone good” she has a past as an art forger that haunts her. Meanwhile her frequent sidekick is an art thief and her art forging grandpa and his friends make appearances often as well. There’s only 4 books in the series now but I am hopeful she’ll write more. Might be one you’d like to check out as part of your “bad guy” idea.

My question for all of you is this: Can you think of any other Cozy Mystery series that feature a sleuth with criminal (past or present) tendencies? If so, please post a comment below.

Sleuth with Criminal History:

Lawrence Block: Bernie Rhodenbarr Mystery Series AND John Keller Mystery Series

Simon Brett: Mrs. Pargeter Mystery Series

Leslie Charteris: Simon Templar, the Saint Mystery Series

Lee Child: Jack Reacher Mystery Series (not Cozy)

Janet Evanovich & Lee Goldberg: Fox and O’Hare Mystery Series

Mary Anna Evans: Faye Longchap Mystery Series

Jonathan Gash: Lovejoy Mystery Series

Bruce Graeme: Blackshirt the Burglar Series

E.W. Hornung: Raffles Series

Maurice LeBlanc: Arsene Lupin Series

Hailey Lind (aka Juliet Blackwell): Art Lover’s Mystery Series

Wyndham Martyn: Anthony Trent Series

J. Michael Orenduff: Pot Thief Mystery Series

Frank L. Packard: Grey Seal Series

Elaine Viets: Dead-End Job Mystery Series

If you’re interested in finding all sorts of other mystery themes, make sure to visit the Cozy Mystery by Themes page on the site.

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