Cozy Mystery (and Other Favorite) Books, Movies, and TV
Cozy Food has recipes from many Cozy Mystery authors who are found on the Cozy Mystery site. Just to name a few: Ellery Adams, Donna Andrews, Mignon F. Ballard, Juliet Blackwell, Duffy Brown, Mollie Bryan, Shelley Costa, Carola Dunn, Monica Ferris, Sally Goldenbaum, Carolyn Haines, Miranda James, Camille Minichino, Tamar Myers, Nancy J. Parra, Ann Purser, Melissa Bourbon Ramirez, and Elaine Viets. The list is a veritable Who’s Who of Cozy Mystery writing!
Please tell us about a Cozy Mystery book (or two, or three…) that you read during May of 2014 which you think was so good, it would be a shame if the rest of us didn’t know about it. Also, please tell us why you think this particular Cozy Mystery is so good. Your reasons may strike a chord with us! Who knows, we may read your comment, and decide we also would enjoy that particular book/author.
[As usual, I ask that you don’t tell us about the mystery books you read that you didn’t like.]
What Cozy Mystery book (or author) have you read during May 2014, and why did you enjoy it (or him/her)?
Here are the current recommended authors who some of you have read this past month:
Annie Adams: Cozy Flower Shop Mystery Series (The Final Arrangement is book #1)
Susan Wittig Albert: China Bayles Mystery Series
Connie Archer: Soup Lover’s Mystery Series
Nancy Atherton: Aunt Dimity Mystery Series
Catherine Bailey: The Secret Rooms: A True Story of a Haunted Castle, a Plotting Duchess, and a Family Secret
M.C. Beaton (aka Marion Chesney): Hamish Macbeth Mystery Series
Jessica Beck (aka Elizabeth Bright, Melissa Glazer, Chris Cavender, Casey Mayes, Tim Myeris, & D.B. Morgan): Donut Shop Mystery Series
Josie Belle (aka Jenn McKinlay & Lucy Lawrence): Good Buy Girls Mystery Series
Melissa Bourbon (aka Melissa Bourbon Ramirez & Misa Ramirez): Magical Dressmaking Mystery Series
Laura Bradford (aka Elizabeth Lynn Casey): Amish Mystery Series
Duffy Brown: Consignment Shop Mystery Series
Lucy Burdette (aka Robert Isleib): Key West Food Critic Mystery Series
Lynn Cahoon: Tourist Trap Mystery Series
Dorothy Cannell: Florence Norris Mystery Series
Agatha Christie: Miss Marple Mystery Series
Edie Claire: Leigh Koslow Mystery Series
Sandra Carey Cody: Jennie Connors Mystery Series (Put Out the Light, book #1)
Kate Collins: Flower Shop Mystery Series
Lesley Cookman: Libby Serjeant Mystery Series
Jana DeLeon: Miss Fortune Mystery Series
Leighann Dobbs: Mystery Notch Cozy Mystery Series (Ghostly Paws, book #1)
Elizabeth Duncan: Penny Brannigan Mystery Series
Carola Dunn: Daisy Dalrymple Mystery Series
Monica Ferris: Needlecraft Mystery Series
“Jessica Fletcher” & Donald Bain: Murder, She Wrote Mystery Series
Joanne Fluke: Hannah Swensen Cookie Jar Mystery Series
Andrea Frazer: Falconer Files Mystery Series (Death of an Old Git, book #1)
Rosie Genova: Italian Kitchen Mystery Series
Sally Goldenbaum: Seaside Knitters Mystery Series
Kerry Greenwood: Phrynne Fisher Mystery Series
Victoria Hamilton (aka Amanda Cooper): Vintage Kitchen Mystery Series
Janice Hamrick: Jocelyn Shore Mystery Series
Mary Ellen Hughes: Pickled and Preserved Mystery Series
Maddy Hunter: Passport to Peril Mystery Series
Sue Ann Jaffarian: Odelia Grey Mystery Series
Sue Ann Jaffarian: Ghost of Granny Apple Mystery Series
Tracy Kiely: Elizabeth Parker Mystery Series
Victoria Laurie: Psychic Eye Mystery Series
Joyce and Jim Lavene (aka J.J. Cook & Ellie Grant): Renaissance Faire Mystery Series
Lizbeth Lipperman (aka Liz Lipperman & Liz Roth): Dead Sister Talking Mystery Series
Kylie Logan (aka Miranda Bliss & Casey Daniels): Chili Cook-Off Mystery Series
Kylie Logan (aka Miranda Bliss & Casey Daniels): League of Literary Ladies Mystery Series
Karen MacInerney: Gray Whale Inn Mystery Series
Alyssa Maxwell: Gilded Newport Mystery Series
Jenn McKinlay (aka Josie Belle & Lucy Lawrence): Cupcake Bakery Msytery Series
Jenn McKinlay (aka Josie Belle & Lucy Lawrence): Hat Shop Mystery Series
Amy Metz: Goose Pimple Junction Mystery Series
Laura Morrigan: Call of the Wilde Mystery Series
Kathryn O’Sullivan: Colleen McCabe Mystery Series (Foal Play is book #1)
Nancy J. Parra (aka Nancy Coco): Baker’s Treat Mystery Series
Deanna Raybourn: Lady Julia Grey Mystery Series
Ruth Rendell (aka Barbara Vine): Inspector Wexford Mystery Series (Police Procedural)
Peter Robinson: Inspector Banks Mystery Series (Police Procedural)
Barbara Ross: Maine Clambake Mystery Series
Dorothy L. Sayer: Lord Peter Wimsey Mystery Series
Connie Shelton: Samantha Sweet Mystery Series
Joanna Campbell Slan: Kiki Lowenstein Scrap-n-Craft Mystery Series
Dorothy St. James: White House Gardener Mystery Series
Charles Todd: Bess Crawford Mystery Series
Elaine Viets: Mystery Shopper Mystery Series
Livia J. Washburn: Fresh-Baked 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.]
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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. I do, however, list the recommended books!
I meant to tell you in my Memorial Day greeting that I got home last week. We wanted to get back in time for our daughter to come home over the Memorial Day weekend. Once she moves to New Orleans, we won’t be able to see her very often.
There were several changes in my mother’s care while I was there. One of the three ladies who comes in to spend time with her has been moved to another “client”. That is great for the two caregivers who didn’t get along, but in the long run, my mother (the “client”) is the one who loses out. (Can you tell I’m not very happy about this change?) She was pretty used to two of her three “ladies” >>> since they had been with her for about a year. Unfortunately, jealousy has a bad way of appearing when and where you would least expect it!
As I mentioned in one of my comments last week, we joined my younger brother while he bought a new truck. I’m glad I was able to spend the time with him. Lately, when I visit my mother, I spend the entire time with her, so it was especially nice to spend a few hours with my brother.
The weather was absolutely beautiful. Very déjà vu-ish for me… Took me back to when I taught school out there, before I moved with my husband.
I hope ALL of you have a healthy and happy Memorial Day. Today is a day of flags, flowers, and barbeques, AND also a day to think of, honor, and thank those brave men and women who have given so much for our country. 
