Here is the list of new releases for May 8 to May 14! Well, “release” might be more appropriate than “releases”, as I only have one to share this week.
Ashley Weaver: Playing It Safe (3rd in the Electra McDonnell Mysteries)
Cozy Mystery (and Other Favorite) Books, Movies, and TV
Here is the list of new releases for May 8 to May 14! Well, “release” might be more appropriate than “releases”, as I only have one to share this week.
Ashley Weaver: Playing It Safe (3rd in the Electra McDonnell Mysteries)
Murder in Provence is another terrific Cozy Mystery television series. The series is being broadcast on BritBox, and stars Endeavor‘s Roger Allam and Father Brown‘s Nancy Carroll. They are terrific together – he’s a sort of investigating judge (Chief Magistrate) and she’s a police consultant. They are partners – both in solving crimes and in love. Keala Settle stars as a detective, and Rumpole of the Bailey‘s Phyllida Erskine-Brown as Carroll’s very opinionated mom. All of them are terrific!
This is another series with beautiful scenery. We get to enjoy “city architecture” and lovely countryside. I enjoyed both the plots and writing, and am already awaiting the second season.
Some people may object to very-British actors with very-British accents playing very-French characters. That does not bother me at all. (Murder in Provence is, after all, a fictitious television mystery show, not a documentary!) Another thing that I can overlook is some of the language… The mystery plots unfold at a leisurely, enjoyable pace, with two over-fifty sleuths. As I said it’s a Cozy Mystery Series.
Murder in Provence is based on the Verlague and Bonnet Provencal Mystery Series by M.L. Longworth. The first book in that series is Death at the Chateau Bremont. I haven’t tried this series, but the shows sure do make me want to try it! The shows are a great introduction to Longworth’s series.
The TV series is available on Britbox.
I recommend this Cozy Mystery television series.
Also, if you’re interested in taking a look at some other good mystery shows, make sure to go to my Cozy Mystery TV and Movies page.
Here is the list of new releases for May 1 to May 7!
Kate Carlisle: Dressed to Drill (This is the 10th in the Fixer-Upper Mystery Series.)
Cleo Coyle (aka Alice Kimberly): The Ghost Goes to the Dogs (9th in the Haunted Bookshop Mysteries)
Ellen Crosby: Blow Up (3rd in the Sophie Medina Mysteries)
April is almost over, so it’s time to discuss our favorite Cozies that we read this month!
If you read a Cozy mystery this month and want to recommend it to the rest of us, be sure to post it here! For this month, I read the first entry of Susan Wittig Albert’s China Bayles Mysterey Series. For the reasons I want to recommend it, be sure to check out the blog entry!
So, what have you been reading that you can recommend in April? 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 April 2023 that you want the rest of us to know about, and why did you enjoy it?
Susan Wittig Albert: China Bayles Mystery Series
V.M. Burns: Mystery Bookshop Mystery Series
Ellen Byron (aka Maria DiRico): Cajun Country Mystery Series
Lynn Cahoon: Kitchen Witch Mystery Series
Deborah Crombie: Kincaid & James Mystery Series
Emmeline Duncan: Ground Rules Mystery Series (first entry Fresh Brewed Murder)
Joanne Fluke: Hannah Swensen Mystery Series
Dianne Freeman: Countess Harleigh Mystery Series (first entry A Lady’s Guide to Etiquette and Murder)
Daryl Wood Gerber (aka Avery Aames): Cookbook Nook Mystery Series
Stephanie Graves: Olive Bright Mystery Series (first entry Olive Bright, Pigeoneer)
Margaret Mayhew: Village Mysteries (first entry Old Soldiers Never Die)
Richard Osman: Thursday Murder Club Mystery Series (first entry The Thursday Murder Club)
Peter Robinson: Inspector Banks Mystery Series
Eryn Scott: Whiskers and Words Mystery Series (first entry Littered with Trouble)
Paige Shelton: Scottish Bookshop Mystery Series
Victoria Thompson: Gaslight Mystery Series
Diana Xarissa: Isle of Man Cozy Mystery Series (first entry Aunt Bessie Assumes)
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.
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P.S. I usually don’t comment on your recommendations since they speak for themselves.