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September 2023 Mystery Book New Releases

The following Mystery Books will be released in September 2023:

M. C. Beaton (aka Marion Chesney) with R. W. Green: Dead on Target (34th in the Agatha Raisin Mysteries)

SJ Bennett: Murder Most Royal (3rd in the Her Majesty the Queen Investigates Mysteries)

Lynn Cahoon: Death in the Romance Aisle (3rd in the Survivors’ Book Club Mysteries)

Jeffery Deaver: Swiping Hearts (Non-Cozy, 17th in the Lincoln Rhyme Series)

Vicki Delany (aka Eva Gates): Have Yourself a Deadly Little Christmas (6th in the Year-Round Christmas Mysteries)

Alice Duncan: Hollywood Angels (8th in the Mercy Alcutt Mysteries)

J. A. Jance: Blessing of the Lost Girls (A Brady and Walker Family Mystery)

William Kent Krueger: The River We Remember (Non-Cozy Stand-Alone Novel)

Andrea Penrose: Murder at the Merton Library (7th in the Wrexford & Sloane Mysteries)

Carol J. Perry: Now You See It (13th in the Witch City Mysteries)

J. D. Robb (aka Nora Roberts): Payback in Death (Non-Cozy, 57th in the Eve Dallas in Death Mystery Series)

July 31 to August 6

Here is the list of new releases for July 31 to August 6!

Donna Andrews: Birder, She Wrote (33rd in the Meg Langslow Mysteries)

Laurie Cass (aka Laura Alden): A Troubling Tail (11th in the Bookmobile Cat Mysteries)

Kate Ellis: The Killing Place (27th in the DI Wesley Peterson Mysteries)

Margaret Loudon (aka Meg London and Peg Cochran): A Deadly Dedication (4th in the Open Book Mysteries)

Cozy Mystery Book Recommendations – July 2023

July 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 Leslie Budewitz’s Spice Shop Mystery 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 July? 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 July 2023 that you want the rest of us to know about, and why did you enjoy it?

Kate P. Adams: Charleton House Mystery Series (first entry Death by Dark Roast)

Tamara Berry: By the Book Mystery Series (first entry Buried in a Good Book)

Ginger Bolton: Deputy Donut Mystery Series

Laura Bradford (aka Elizabeth Lynn Casey): A Friend for Hire Mystery Series

Leslie Budewitz: Spice Shop Mystery Series

Elizabeth Lynn Casey (aka Laura Bradford): Southern Sewing Mystery Series

Ellen Crosby: Sophie Medina Mystery Series

Maria DiRico (aka Ellen Byron): Catering Hall Mystery Series

Peggy Ehrhart: Knit & Nibble Mystery Series

Agatha Frost: Claire’s Candles Cozy Mystery Series AND Peridale Cafe Mystery Series

Lena Gregory: Mini-Meadows Mystery Series

Bruce Hammack: Smiley and McBlythe Mystery Series (first entry Jingle Bells, Rifle Shells)

Veronica Heley: Abbot Agency Mystery Series

Libby Klein: Poppy McAllister Mystery Series

Leslie Langtry: Merry Wrath Mystery Series

Kate Lansing: Colorado Wine Mystery Series (first entry Killer Chardonnay)

Edward Marston (aka Keith Miles and Conrad Allen): Dillman Mystery Series

Marjorie McCown: Hollywood Mystery Series (first entry Final Cut)

Elaine Viets: Dead-End Job Mystery Series

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.

♦To access more Cozy Mystery Books Recommendations, click on this link♦

P.S. I usually don’t comment on your recommendations since they speak for themselves.

July 24 to July 30, 2023

Here is the list of new releases for July 24 to July 30!

Ellery Adams (aka J. B. Stanley, Jennifer Stanley, & 1/2 of Lucy Arlington): Murder in the Book Lover’s Loft (9th in the Book Retreat Mysteries)

Laurien Berenson: Peg and Rose Stir Up Trouble (2nd in the Senior Sleuths Mysteries)

Vicki Delany (aka Eva Gates): Steeped in Malice (4th in Tea by the Sea Mysteries)

Joanne Fluke: Pink Lemonade Cake Murder (29th in the Hannah Swensen Mysteries)

Darci Hannah: Murder at the Pumpkin Pageant (4th in the Beacon Bakeshop Mysteries)

Lee Hollis: Death of a Clam Digger (16th in the Hayley Powell Mysteries)

Abigail Keam: Murder Under A Western Moon (11th in the 1930s Mona Moon Mysteries)

Leslie Langtry: Mythic Melee Murder (27th in the Merry Wrath Mysteries)

Spencer Quinn (aka Peter Abrahams): Mrs. Plansky’s Revenge (1st in a NEW Series)

LynDee Walker: Tell No Lies (6th in the Faith McClellan Mysteries)

Valerie Wilson Wesley: A Shimmer of Red (3rd in Odessa Jones Mysteries)

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