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Fourth of July Mystery Book Theme (List)

I truly cannot believe that June is almost over! We have actually had some rain down here in San Antonio, but it is still hot, hotter, and hottest!

Since Fourth of July is coming up so soon, I thought now would be a good time to post the Fourth of July Mystery Book List that I have compiled. If you know of any other mysteries that take place during this holiday, would you please let us know. Thank you!

Fourth of July Mystery Book List

Harold Adams….. The Fourth of July Wake

Donald Bain…. Murder on Parade

Laurien Berenson….. Hair of the Dog

Lilian Jackson Braun…..The Cat Who Went Underground

JoAnna Carl….. The Chocolate Frog Frame-Up

Meg Chittenden….. Dead on the 4th of July

Jill Churchill….. Someone to Watch Over Me

Anne-Marie Clark….. Independence Day

Carol Higgins Clark…..Twanged

Cleo Coyle….. Murder Most Frothy

Isis Crawford….. A Catered Fourth of July

Bill Crider….. Red, White, and Blue Murder

Jeffery Deaver (editor of anthology)….. A Century of Great Suspense Stories (includes Fourth of July Picnic by Rex Stout)

R. E. Derouin….. Dead on the Fourth of July

“Jessica Fletcher”….. Murder on Parade

Joanne Fluke….. Lemon Meringue Pie Murder

Shelley Freydont ….. Independence Slay

Sarah Graves….. Knockdown

Jane Haddam….. Act of Darkness

Victoria Hamilton….. Bowled Over

Carolyn G. Hart….. Yankee Doodle Dead

Carolyn Hart….. Dead, White, and Blue

Sue Ann Jaffarian ….. Rockets’ Red Glare (Short Story)

Carolyn Keene….. Murder on the Fourth of July

Joyce and Jim Lavene….. A Timely Vision

Jess Lourey….. Knee High by the Fourth of July

Donna McLean…..  A Sparrow Falls Fourth of July  (story)

Donna McLean….. A Sparrow Falls Holiday (Includes 4 stories: Christmas, Halloween, Valentine’s Day, & the above Fourth of July)

Leslie Meier….. Star Spangled Murder

James Patterson & Maxine Paetro….. 4th of July

George P. Pelecanos….. King Suckerman

Cathy Pickens….. Can’t Never Tell

Sharon Short….. Death by Deep Dish Pie

Earl H. Smith….. The Dam Committee

Julia Spencer-Fleming….. A Fountain Filled with Blood

Rex Stout….. Fourth of July Picnic (found in And Four to Go)

Carla Lee Suson….. Independence Day Plague

Valerie Wolzien….. A Star-Spangled Murder

Sue Owens Wright….. Embarking on Murder

If you know of any other Fourth of July mysteries, please post a comment. Thanks!

If you would like to see more Holiday Mystery Books, click on this link.

Cozy Mystery Sleuth Lives Next Door (Yikes!)

Last week, a Cozy Mystery reader made a comment (I wish I had written it down in a note to myself, since I can’t remember the exact comment!) about a Cozy Mystery sleuth moving in next door. I went back and read my Definition of a Cozy Mystery (click on the blue link to see the entire definition), since I sort of remember talking about Jessica Fletcher moving in, and the horror one might feel to know that someone who apparently is followed by the Grim Reaper should be moving in next door.

So, at this time, I would like to borrow from that comment and ask you all:

Which Cozy Mystery sleuth would you most want to live next door to, and why?

Oh, and to do this, let’s pretend that your favorite Cozy Mystery sleuth doesn’t follow the Grim Reaper around, solving mysteries, because, let’s face it, none of us would want to live next door to him/her!

Thank you!

Extra, Extra: Cozy Mystery News! (Shelley Freydont, Marcia Talley, Nevada Barr, & Barbara Graham) Pt. 2

On to the second part of the Cozy Mystery news!

Shelley Freydont (yes, the author of the  Celebration Bay Mystery Series, the Sudoku Mystery Series, and the Lindy Haggerty Mystery Series) will be writing a mystery series that features a debutante in Newport, Rhode Island. It takes place during the Gilded Age (between 1870 and 1900).

Marcia Talley has gotten the green light for her 14th in her Hannah Ives Mystery Series. It will be entitled Daughter of Ashes. (I’m always hesitant about listing titles to books that haven’t yet been published. A few times I have had them listed, and then found that the titles were changed!)

All of you Nevada Barr fans, there is great news! Anna Pigeon will be back in 2016. OK, now I know it’s a while off, but the good news is that this National Park ranger will continue to entertain us in her Anna Pigeon Mystery Series.

The sixth Cozy Mystery in Barbara Graham‘s Quilted Mystery Series has just been given the go-ahead. We will be able to keep up with Theo, her quilt shop, and husband, Tony (sheriff). That’s great news for the quilters among us, as well as for all Cozy Mystery readers in general.

Also, in the news are some new mystery series that are slated to begin:

Diane Vallere will be writing the Costume Shop Mystery Series which will feature a sleuth who works in (yes, you guessed it!) a costume shop.

Vannetta Chapman is writing the Amish Village Mystery Series. The first book is called Murder Simply Brewed.

Joyce Tremel will be writing a Cozy Mystery series that features a brewmaster. The first book will be called To Brew or Not to Brew. (Not to be confused with the first book in Vannetta Chapman’s series!)

Judith Flanders will be releasing a mystery called Writer’s Block. Her series will feature a sleuth who works in the publishing arena.

And, Mary Lawrence will be writing an historical mystery series set in Tudor London (sometime between 1485 and 1603). The first mystery in the series is A Matron’s Bane.

Well, that’s a wrap on my information. Hopefully next month I will have some more really good Cozy Mystery news to share.

Extra, Extra: Cozy Mystery News! (Kathy Lynn Emerson, Lizbeth Lipperman, Miranda James, Clea Simon, & Amanda Flower) Pt. 1

I am VERY FORTUNATE to receive updates from Sisters in Crime! The updates that I get are extremely informative, and I absolutely love getting them. (Thank you!)

I have so much Cozy Mystery news to tell you about that I am cutting it in half. But first, I want to remind you that in the Cozy Mystery reading world, we can’t always be sure that our favorite authors are “allowed” to release another Cozy Mystery book in a series.

For those of you who are Kathy Lynn Emerson/Kaitlyn Dunnett fans, this news is really good! Kathy Lynn Emerson has a new mystery series coming out in the (possibly very near) future. I’m not sure when, but she just got the go-ahead for an historical mystery series, which, like her historical Lady Susanna Appleton Mystery Series, is set during Queen Elizabeth’s reign. Murder in the Queen’s Wardrobe is the name of the first of these Elizabethan mysteries. This time, a young woman becomes a spy for Queen Elizabeth. Didn’t I tell you this would be good news?

Now for the Lizbeth Lipperman (aka Liz Lipperman) fans, the green light for her 3rd Dead Sister Talking Mystery Series book is shining brightly! We’ll be seeing more of Lainey and Tessa Garcia!

As if there was any question about this next tidbit of information! New York Times bestselling author of the Cat in the Stacks Mystery Series, Miranda James (aka Dean James), has a three book deal. This way we’ll be able to keep up with Charlie and Diesel for quite a while, and hopefully, after the next three mysteries, there will be lots more!

Here’s some great news for Clea Simon‘s Dulcie Schwartz Mystery Series fans! You can relax now… books #9 and #10 have been green-lighted! Mr. Grey must be happy about this!

Oh Boy! In case no one knows this, Amanda Flower (aka Isabella Alan) will be starting her new Living History Museum Mystery Series some time soon. The first mystery in the series will be Brick and Bugles, and this time, her main sleuth solves a crime during the Civil War? Well not really during the Civil War, I should have typed during a Civil War reenactment.

Stay tuned! I’ll be bringing you more Cozy Mystery News!

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