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February 2015 Mystery Book New Releases

January 1, 2015

(If you would like to see this month’s releases, click here: January 2015 Mystery Book New Releases)

The following Mystery Books will be released in February 2015:

Avery Aames (aka Daryl Wood Gerber): As Gouda as Dead (This will be the 6th in the Cheese Shop Mystery Series.) (This is a Valentine’s Day theme mystery.)

Jeffrey Archer: Mightier Than the Sword (This will be the 5th in the Clifton Chronicles Mystery Series.)

Lucy Arlington (aka Susan Furlong): Played by the Book (This will be the 4th in the Novel Idea Mystery Series.)

Maggie Barbieri: Lies That Bind (This will be the 2nd in the Maeve Conlan Mystery Series.)

L.L. Bartlett (aka Lorraine Bartlett & Lorna Barrett): Crybaby (This will be a Jeff Resnick Mystery Series story.)

M.C. Beaton (aka Marion Chesney): Death of a Liar (This will be the 31st in the Hamish Macbeth Mystery Series.)

Emily Brightwell: Mrs. Jeffries and the One Who Got Away (This will be the 33rd in the Mrs. Jeffries Mystery Series.)

Duffy Brown: Dead Man Walker (This novella will be the 4th in the Consignment Shop Mystery Series.)

Kate Collins: A Root Awakening (This will be the 16th in the Flower Shop Mystery Series.)

Sheila Connolly (aka Sarah Atwell): An Early Wake (This will be the 3rd in the County Cork Mystery Series.)

J.J. Cook (aka Joyce and Jim Lavene & Ellie Grant): Fry Another Day (This will be the 2nd in the Bowl Food Truck Mystery Series.)

Kathi Daley: The Mad Catter (This will be the 2nd in the Whales and Tails Mystery Series.)

Kathi Daley: Puppies in Paradise (This will be the 5th in the Tj Jensen Paradise Lake Mystery Series.)

Hallie Ephron: Photoplay (This will be a Stand Alone mystery novella.)

Kathleen Ernst: The Smuggler’s Secrets (This will be an American Girls: Caroline mystery for children.)

Monica Ferris: Darned if You Do (This will be the 18th in the Needlecraft Mystery Series.)

Joanne Fluke: Double Fudge Brownie (This will be the 18th in the Hannah Swensen Mystery Series.)

Susan Froetschel: Allure of Deceit (This will be a Stand Alone mystery.) (Not Cozy)

Gemma Halliday: Deadly in High Heels (This will be the 9th book in the High Heels Mystery Series.)

David Handler: Phantom Angel (This will be the 2nd in the Benji Golden Mystery Series.)

B.B. Haywood: Town in a Sweet Pickle (This will be the 6th in the Candy Holliday Mystery Series.)

Mary Ellen Hughes: License to Dill (This will be the 2nd in the Pickled and Preserved Mystery Series.)

Jonathan Kellerman: Motive (This will be the 30th in the Alex Delaware Mystery Series.)

Laurie R. King: Dreaming Spies (This will be the 13th in the Mary Russell Mystery Series.)

Laura Lippman: Hush Hush (This will be the 12th in the Tess Monaghan Mystery Series.)

Jess Lourey: February Fever (This will be the 10th in the Murder by Month Mystery Series.) (This will be a Valentine’s Day theme mystery.)

Edward Marston (aka Conrad Allen & Keith Miles): Shadow of the Hangman (This will be the 1st in the NEW Bow Street Rivals Mystery Series.)

Mary McHugh: Flamenco, Flan, and Fatalities (This will be the 2nd in the Happy Hoofers Mystery Series.)

Jenn McKinlay (aka Josie Belle & Lucy Lawrence): At the Drop of a Hat (This will be the 3rd in the Hat Shop Mystery Series.)

Staci McLaughlin: A Healthy Homicide (This will be the 4th in the Blossom Valley Mystery Series.)

Dani Pettrey: Sabotaged (This will be the 5th in the Alaskan Courage Mystery Series.)

Shirley Rousseau Murphy & Pat J.J. Murphy: The Cat, the Devil, and the Last Escape (This will be the 2nd book in the Lee Fontana Cat & Devil Mystery Series.)

J. D. Robb (aka Nora Roberts): Obsession In Death (This will be the 41st in the Eve Dallas in Death Mystery Series.)

Annelise Ryan (aka Allyson K. Abbott & Beth Amos): Stiff Penalty (This will be the 6th book in the Mattie Winston Mystery Series.)

C. J. Sansom: Lamentation (This will be the 6th book in the Matthew Shardlake Mystery Series.)

Joanna Campbell Slan: Shotgun, Wedding, Bells (This will be the 11th in the Kiki Lowenstein Scrap-N-Craft Mystery Series.)

Alexander McCall Smith: Bertie’s Guide to Life and Mothers (This will be the 9th book in the 44 Scotland Street Series.) (This is not a mystery.)

Wendy Corsi Staub: The Black Widow (This will be a Stand Alone thriller mystery.)

*****If you want to see all of the covers for both this month’s releases as well as the releases for future months’ releases, you can find them on the side-bar of my Soon to be Released Mysteries page.

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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Happy New Year!

December 31, 2014

NewYear's11111111111asguapgjmI hope you ALL have a wonderful, safe, healthy, happy, (and of course) Cozy 2015! 

I just heard the first fire crackers going off in our neighborhood, which is our sign that the New Year’s Eve countdown has begun.

Happy New Year to ALL! 

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Soon to be Released Mysteries Page is All Caught Up!

December 29, 2014

It’s been rather hectic around here this past week, but since our daughter headed out to see her last year’s work place boss and friends this morning, I’ve been playing catch-up on my computer. I’ve been getting my Soon to be Released Mysteries page all caught up. I just finished updating that page, as well as all of the authors’ pages who have new mysteries coming out in the near future. Whew! I found a whole lot of new Cozy Mystery releases! (And, when I say “a whole lot” that’s exactly what I mean!)

As you can see, Sally Goldenbaum will be releasing A Finely Knit Murder, her 9th Seaside Knitters mystery, which looks like it will be a fun read. >>> I would have had my tech guy (aka my husband) teach me how to put the title for the book under the picture, but he’s napping. (Of course, since his techno-help is free to me, I can’t complain about a few naps here and there.)

I have been posting some of the new releases that I have found over on my Facebook page. I think I’m getting the hang of it over there. Well, at least I’m sort of getting the hang of it! This reminds me, I have been meaning to thank ALL of you for “liking” my Cozy Mystery page over on Facebook. I’m still learning the ropes, so to speak, but people have been so kind to me over there. Thank you, ALL!

Getting back to what I’ve been up to while searching around the internet for new Cozy Mystery releases, I have found two new Cozy Mystery series that will be starting in 2015 >>> Susan Furlong‘s (aka Lucy Arlington) Georgia Peach Mystery Series and Peg Cochran‘s (aka Meg London) Cranberry Cove Mystery Series. Both of them look really good to me.

Anyway, while updating the Soon to be Released Mysteries page, I posted a few of the new Cozies over on my Facebook page. And then, since I seem to never feel complete without worrying about something or other, I started feeling guilty about spending all my time on my Facebook page, while sort of ignoring my Cozy-Mystery blog page. Good grief! (My husband would ask me: “When don’t you feel guilty about something or other?”)

Again, thank you, ALL, who have liked my Facebook page, and also, thank you, ALL, who participate in the blog area. I truly feel like we have a Cozy Mystery community going on over here!

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Mystery Book Recommendations – December 2014

December 27, 2014

We’re all going to have to remember to write (or type) 2015 in just a few days! Where has this past year gone?

I know this is a very busy time of year for a lot of us, but I wonder if you could find the time to tell us about an extremely good Cozy Mystery book you read during December. Also, please tell us why you consider this Cozy to be so good that it stands out from the rest of the Cozies you read during the month. Please only tell us about the Cozies that were much better than the rest of the other Cozy Mystery books you read during December. Of course, if you read only one or two Cozy Mysteries this month, and liked both of them a lot, then please tell us about them.

I’m going to start by saying I’m currently in the middle of an Inspector Wexford mystery by Ruth Rendell. I know he’s an inspector, so he doesn’t qualify for the amateur sleuth category, but I think of these mysteries as more Cozy à la Agatha Christie style than police procedural. Rather than write the reason for my recommendation, I will refer you to two entries I wrote about why I like Ruth Rendell’s Inspector Wexford mysteries so much:

Ruth Rendell: From Doon with Death, Reginald Wexford, Revisited

Ruth Rendell…. Timeless….

There’s a reason the  Crime Writers’ Association (British) added two of Ruth Rendell’s books to their Top 100 Crime Novels of All Time and the Mystery Writers of America added one of her mysteries to their  Top 100 Crime Novels of All Time list!

[As usual, I ask that you don’t tell us about the mystery books you read that you didn’t like.]

What terrific Cozy Mystery book(s) did you read during December 2014 that you think the rest of us would definitely enjoy reading, and why did you enjoy it (them)?

Here are the current recommended books who some of you have read and recommended this past month:

Victoria Abbott (Mary Jane Maffini & Victoria Maffini): Book Collector Mystery Series

Isabella Alan (aka Amanda Flower): Amish Quilt Shop Mystery Series

Nancy Atherton: Aunt Dimity Mystery Series

Donald Bain: Capital Crimes Mystery Series

Juliet Blackwell (aka Hailey Lind): Haunted Home Renovation Mystery Series

Rhys Bowen: Royal Spyness Mystery Series

Simon Brett: Fethering Mystery Series

Duffy Brown: Cycle Path Mystery Series

Rita Mae Brown: Mrs. Murphy Mystery Series

Molly Cox Bryan: Cumberland Creek Mystery Series

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

Lynn Cahoon: Tourist Trap Mystery Series

V.C. Clinton-Baddeley: No Case for the Police

Shelley Costa: Miracolo Mystery Series

Cleo Coyle (aka Alice Kimberly): Coffeehouse Mystery Series

Kathi Daley: Zoe Donovan Mystery Series

Evelyn David: Ghosts of Lottawatah Mystery Series

Krista Davis: Domestic Diva Mystery Series

Cyril Hare: An English Murder (Stand Alone)

Sherry Harris: Sarah Winston Garage Sale Mystery Series (Tagged for Death – book #1)

Carolyn Hart: Bailey Ruth Ghost Mystery Series

Betty Hechtman: Crochet Mystery Series

Lee Hollis: Hayley Powell Food & Cocktail Mystery Series

Maria Hudgins: Lacy Glass Archaeology Mystery Series

Julie Hyzy: White House Chef Mystery Series

Miranda James (aka Honor Hartman, Jimmie Ruth Evans, & Dean James): Southern Ladies Mystery Series

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

Diane Kelly: Tara Holloway Death and Taxes Mystery Series

Sofie Kelly (aka Sofie Ryan): Magical Cats Mystery Series

Joyce and Jim Lavene (aka J.J. Cook & Ellie Grant): Retired Witches Mystery Series

Joyce and Jim Lavene (aka J.J. Cook & Ellie Grant): Pet Psychic Mystery Series

Joyce and Jim Lavene (aka J.J. Cook & Ellie Grant): Renaissance Faire Mystery Series

T.C. LoTempio: Nick and Nora Mystery Series (Meow If It’s Murder – book #1)

Charlotte MacLeod (aka Alisa Craig): Peter Shandy Mystery Series

Susan Elia MacNeal: Maggie Hope Mystery Series

Rose Pressey: A Haunted Vintage Mystery (If You’ve Got It, Haunt It – book #1)

Ann Purser: Lois Meade Mystery Series

Spencer Quinn (aka Peter Abrahams): Chet and Bernie Mystery Series

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

Ruth Rendell: Inspector Wexford Mystery Series

Ruth Rendell: The Girl Next Door 

Connie Shelton: Samantha Sweet 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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