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Summer Cozy Mystery Books Theme

With summer soon approaching (June 21), what better time than right now to list all of the Summer Cozy Mysteries that are out there? I know I can start the list with some very obvious mysteries: Fourth of July Mystery Books theme and Father’s Day Mystery Books theme. Also, there are other very obvious Summer Cozy Mysteries that have the word summer in the titles, or a reference to a beach, barbeque, or summer month. And then of course, there are those that we know about because we have read them.

If I have missed any Summer Cozy Mystery theme books, please post a comment. Thank you!

SUMMER COZY MYSTERY Theme:

Donald Bain…. Murder on Parade (Fourth of July)

Lorraine Bartlett….. One Hot Murder

Laurien Berenson….. A Pedigree to Die For

Laurien Berenson….. Hair of the Dog (Fourth of July)

Rhys Bowen….. Royal Flush

Lilian Jackson Braun….. The Cat Who Went Underground (Fourth of July)

Mollie Cox Bryan….. Scrappy Summer (novella)

JoAnna Carl….. The Chocolate Frog Frame-Up (Fourth of July)

Jill Churchill….. Someone to Watch Over Me (Fourth of July)

Carol Higgins Clark…..Twanged (Fourth of July)

Nancy Coco….. To Fudge or Not to Fudge

Christine E. Collier…. A Holiday Sampler (Father’s Day)

Cleo Coyle….. Murder Most Frothy (Fourth of July)

Isis Crawford….. A Catered Fourth of July (Fourth of July)

Bill Crider….. Red, White, and Blue Murder (Fourth of July)

Mary Daheim….. The Alpine Recluse

Kathi Daley….. Bikinis in Paradise

Kathi Daley….. Beach Blanket Barbie

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

Christy Fifield: Murder Sends a Postcard

“Jessica Fletcher”…..  Murder on Parade (Fourth of July)

Joanne Fluke….. Lemon Meringue Pie Murder (Fourth of July)

Joanne Fluke….. Red Velvet Cupcake Murder

Shelley Freydont ….. Independence Slay (Fourth of July)

Sally Goldenbaum….. Angora Alibi

Sarah Graves….. Knockdown (Fourth of July)

Jane Haddam….. Act of Darkness (Fourth of July)

Jane Haddam….. Dear Old Dead  (Father’s Day)

Victoria Hamilton….. Bowled Over (Fourth of July)

Susannah Hardy….. Feta Attraction

Lee Harris….. The Father’s Day Murder (Father’s Day)

Carolyn G. Hart….. Yankee Doodle Dead (Fourth of July)

Carolyn Hart….. Dead, White, and Blue (Fourth of July)

Carolyn Hart….. Dead Days of Summer

B.B. Haywood….. Town in a Strawberry Swirl

Betty Hechtman….. A Stitch in Crime

Ellen Elizabeth Hunter….. Murder at Wrightsville Beach

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

Sue Ann Jaffarian….. Where’s Your Daddy? (Short Story) (Father’s Day)

Joyce and Jim Lavene….. A Timely Vision (Fourth of July)

Amanda Lee (aka Gayle Trent)….. Thread End

Kylie Logan….. A Tale of Two Biddies

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

Jess Lourey….. June Bug

Jess Lourey….. August Moon

Karen MacInerney….. Death Runs Adrift

Judy McCoy….. Till Death Do Us Bark

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

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

Leslie Meier….. Tippy Toe Murder

Leslie Meier….. Star Spangled Murder (Fourth of July)

Leslie Meier….. Father’s Day Murder (Father’s Day)

Katherine Hall Page….. The Body in the Lighthouse

James Patterson & Maxine Paetro….. 4th of July (Not Cozy) (Fourth of July)

Cathy Pickens….. Can’t Never Tell (Fourth of July)

Larissa Reinhart….. Still Life in Brunswick Stew

Barbara Ross….. Clammed Up

Barbara Ross….. Boiled Over

Sara Rossett….. Mint Juleps, Mayhem, and Murder 

Maggie Sefton….. Yarn Over Murder

Sharon Short….. Death by Deep Dish Pie (Fourth of July)

Earl H. Smith….. The Dam Committee (Fourth of July)

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

Rebecca Tope….. Deception in the Cotswold

Kari Lee Townsend….. Trouble in the Tarot

Teresa Trent….. Doggone Dead (Fourth of July)

Teresa Trent….. Murder for a Rainy Day

Elaine Viets….. Board Stiff

Lea Wait….. Shadows of a Down East Summer

Valerie Wolzien….. A Star-Spangled Murder (Fourth of July)

Valerie Wolzien….. Death in a Beach Chair

Sue Owens Wright….. Embarking on Murder (Fourth of July)

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Cathy Ace, Susan Furlong, Mary Marks, & Karen Rose Smith : Four New Cozy Mystery Authors on the Cozy-Mystery Site

I just added four new authors to the Cozy Mystery site. These authors had been recommended to me by other Cozy Mystery readers.

 Cathy Ace: Cait Morgan Mystery Series
Cait is a victim profiler who lives in British Columbia. She is Welsh-Canadian, and is a professor. This criminologist not only enjoys profiling, but she also enjoys food.

 Susan Furlong (aka Lucy Arlongton and Susan Furlong-Bollinger):
I already mentioned Susan Furlong to you when I told you about Ellery Adams/Jennifer Stanley and Sylvia May handing over the reigns to their Novel Idea Mystery Series. (Susan Furlong will take over as Lucy Arlington.) She currently writes the Pippi O’Brien Mystery Series, and has written several “Untreed Reads” stories, as well as was one of The Killer Wore Cranberry: A Second Helping anthology authors. She will also be writing the Georgia Peach Mystery Series.

 Karen Rose Smith: Caprice De Luca Mystery Series
Caprice De Luca was an interior decorator, before she changed professions. She is still decorating the interiors of homes, but now she is working as a home stager. Hmmm… Just what is a home stager? It’s a person who stages homes that are for sale, making them look a lot better than they originally looked. Caprice is part of a large, Italian family in Pennsylvania. Other than home stage homes and sleuth, she also rescues stray animals.

One New Holiday Mystery Book Coming in July 2014

I am going to try to write about the NEW Cozy Mystery series that Cozy Mystery authors on the site are starting, as well as the NEW Cozy Mystery holiday books that are coming out. However, I don’t have any new series to tell you about that will be beginning in July 2014. I do have one seasonal/holiday Cozy Mystery that will be released during July 2014, though.

Dawn Eastman‘s second Family Fortune Mystery is due out this July: Be Careful What You Witch For. From what I can see (remember, I don’t accept Advanced Reading Copies – so I haven’t pre-read it!) it will be a Fall Festival Cozy Mystery. (I put it on the Halloween theme list.)

The Family Fortune Mystery Series features Clytemnestra Fortune >>> Clyde for short! Clyde is an ex policewoman who has returned to her home town (Crystal Haven) in Michigan. Crystal Haven is a rather paranormal-type of town. It’s a tourist’s destination for people who want to connect with their psychic-side.

Clyde’s mom is a tarot reader, her aunt is a pet psychic, and Clyde, well, let’s just say she fits right into her family of psychically-endowed women.

July 2014 Mystery Book New Releases

The following Mystery Books will be released in July 2014:

Jeff Abbott: Inside Man (This will be the 4th in the Sam Capra Thriller Series.)

Donna Andrews: The Good, the Bad, and the Emus (This will be the 17th in the Meg Langslow Mystery Series.)

Donald Bain: Margaret Truman’s Undiplomatic Murder (This will be the 2nd in the Margaret Truman’s Capital Crimes Mystery Series.)

Lorna Barrett (aka Lorraine Bartlett & L.L. Bartlett): Book Clubbed (This will be the 8th in the Booktown Mystery Series.)

Jessica Beck (aka Elizabeth Bright, Casey Mayes, Melissa Glazer, Chris Cavender, & Tim Myers): Lemony Larceny (This will be the 15th in the Donut Shop Mystery Series.)

Juliet Blackwell (aka Hailey Lind): A Vision in Velvet (This will be the 6th in the Witchcraft Mystery Series.)

Simon Brett: Blotto, Twinks, and the Riddle of the Sphinx (This will be the 5th in the Blotto and Twinks Mystery Series.)

Leslie Budewitz: Crime Rib (This will be the 2nd in the Food Lovers’ Village Mystery Series.)

James Lee Burke: Wayfaring Stranger (This will be a Stand Alone Thriller.)

Jan Burke: Convicted (This will be a collection of short stories.)

Lynn Cahoon: Mission to Murder (This will be the 2nd in the Tourist Trap Mystery Series.)

Laurie Cass: Tailing a Tabby (This will be the 2nd in the Bookmobile Cat Mystery Series.)

Bailey Cates (aka Cricket McRae): Some Enchanted Éclair (This will be the 4th in the Magical Bakery Mystery Series.)

Leslie Charteris: Several reprints of The Saint Mystery Series have recently been made. (I have updated the page.) This month:
Saint and the Fiction Makers
The Saint Abroad
The Saint and the Hapsburg Necklace
Catch the Saint
The Saint in Trouble

Blaize & John Clement: The Cat Sitter’s Nine Lives (This will be the 9th in the Dixie HemmingwayMystery Series.)

Lesley Cookman: Murder in a Different Place (This will be the 13th in the Libby Sarjeant Murder Mystery Series.)

Elizabeth Corley: Dead of Winter (This is the 5th in the Detective Chief Inspector Andrew Fenwick Mystery Series.)

Jessie Crockett: Maple Mayhem (This will be the 2nd in the Sugar Grove Mystery Series.)

Mary Daheim: Clam Wake (This will be the 28th in the Hillside Manor Bed & Breakfast Mystery Series.)

Kathi Daley: Derby Divas (This will be the 8th in the Zoe Donovan Mystery Series.)

Lindsey Davis: Enemies at Home (This will be the 2nd in the Flavia Albia Mystery Series.)

Dawn Eastman: Be Careful What You Witch For (This will be the 2nd in the Family Fortune Mystery Series.) (This is a Fall Festival theme mystery.)

Frances Fyfield: Gold Digger (This will be a Stand Alone thriller.)

Jeanne Glidewell: Cozy Camping (This will be the 6th in the Lexie Starr Mystery Series.)

Victoria Hamilton: Muffin but Murder (This will be the 2nd in the Merry Muffin Mystery Series.)

Betty Hechtman: Silence of the Lamb’s Wool (This will be the 2nd in the Yarn Retreat Mystery Series.)

Dorothy Howell: Beach Bags and Burglaries (This will be the 9th in the Haley Randolph Mystery Series.)

Julie Hyzy: Grace Against the Clock (This will be the 5th in the Manor of Murder Mystery Series.)

J. A. Jance: Remains of Innocence (This will be the 16th in the Joanna Brady Mystery Series.)

Iris Johansen & Rou Johansen: Sight Unseen (This will be a Stand Alone mystery.)

Diane Kelly: Death, Taxes, and Silver Spurs (This will be the 7th in the Tara Holloway Death and Taxes Mystery Series.)

Victoria Laurie: Fatal Fortune (This will be the 12th in the Psychic Eye Mystery Series.)

Joyce and Jim Lavene (aka J.J. Cook & Ellie Grant): Bewitching Boots (This will be the 7th in the Renaissance Faire Mystery Series.)

Virginia Lowell: Cookies and Scream (This will be the 5th in the Cookie Cutter Shop Mystery Series.)

Susan Elia MacNeal: The Prime Minister’s Secret Agent (This will be the 4th in the Maggie Hope Mystery Series.)

Edward Marston (aka Conrad Allen & Keith Miles): A Ticket to Oblivion (This will be the 11th in the Railway Detective Mystery Series.)

Susan McBride: Mad as Helen (This will be the 2nd in the River Road Mystery Series.)

Lorena McCourtney: Death Takes a Ride (This will be the 3rd in the Cate Kinkaid Files Mystery Series.)

Marcia Muller: The Night Searchers (This will be the 31st in the Sharon McCone Mystery Series.)

Tamar Myers: The Death of Pie (This will be the 19th in the Pennsylvania Dutch Mystery Series.)

Joyce Carol Oates: American Appetites (This is a Stand Alone reprint.)

Richard North Patterson: Eden in Winter (This will be the 3rd in the Martha’s Vineyard Mystery Series.)

Delia Rosen: To Kill a Matzo Ball (This will be the 5th in the Deadly Deli Mystery Series.)

David Rosenfelt: Hounded (This will be the 12th in the Andy Carpenter Mystery Series.)

Connie Shelton: Sweet Somethings (This will be the 9th in the Samantha Sweet Mystery Series.)

Wendy Corsi Staub: The Perfect Stranger (This will be as Stand Alone thriller.)

Aimée Thurlo: Undercover Warrior (This will be a Harlequin Intrigue mystery.)

Charles Todd: The Maharani’s Pearls (This will be a novella that follows book #5 in the Bess Crawford Mystery Series.)

Peter Tremayne: Atonement of Blood (This will be the 24th in the Sister Fidelma Mystery Series.)

Heather Webber (aka Heather Blake): Undeniably Yours (This will be the in the 5th in the Lucy Valentine Mystery Series.)

Jacqueline Winspear: The Care and Management of Lies: A Novel of the Great War (This is not a mystery book.)

Nina Wright: Whiskey, Large (This will be the 7th in the Whiskey Mattimoe Mystery Series.)

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

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