The Cozy Mystery List Blog

So, here is the third (and for the time being, final) question I received asking for help identifying an author. This one is from Donna B:

” … Over a year ago, I was in my grandmother’s assisted living facility and they have book racks there. I was browsing and found a great cozy mystery but I can’t remember the name of it or even the author. It was about a slightly older mom of two young adult mooching sons. I don’t remember if she has a job. She may have been a real estate agent. The two sons don’t treat her very well and I think she was divorced so she’s alone, which frees her up to solve mysteries. There’s nothing more frustrating than reading a few pages of a mystery and not being able to take it with you at the time and then you end up losing it! Of course the book was gone when I went in for my next visit…”

Hmmm, this one does not ring any bells for me. I’m hoping that one of you can help Donna B find the author for whom she is looking. If you think you might know who the author of this book is, please post a comment. Thank you!

P.S. #1  Janet thinks Donna B may be looking for:

Tierney McClelland: Schuyler Ridgway Mystery Series

P. S. #2  Donna B wrote this comment:

Hi everyone, just wanted to let you know that I looked up Heir Condition and my library system had it here in Western Mass.! The cover art and the story description seem familiar. I’ve ordered it and we’ll know shortly. Thanks for all the tips and suggestions!

Today I am going to (again!) ask your help in identifying a Cozy Mystery author. This letter is from Tessa:

“I am trying to remember a series with a lady who is a kind, but dishonest medium. She uses her common sense to guide her clients and of course she winds up catching killers and bad people. Her husband was horribly wounded in the war and is wheel-chair bound. The word Spirit is in all the titles, I think.”

If any of you know who the author of this mystery series might be, would you please post a comment? Thank you!

P.S. Thank you, ALL! The consensus says the author who Tessa is looking for is:

Alice Duncan: Daisy Gumm Majesty Mystery Series

Yikes! I have fallen way behind posting entries with Cozy Mystery readers’ questions, so if you all don’t mind, I’m going to ask your help (again!) in identifying some of the mystery authors/titles that some people are wanting to identify.

Today, I’m going to start with Julie’s question:

“… searching for an author whose books I read some years ago. I simply can’t remember her name. (That is unfortunately common for me.)
If by any chance her writing rings a bell, please let me know.

Her heroine had inherited a cottage in a small village in England. The characters and COZY aspect of the village are what I was attracted to. I particularly remember two old twin sisters who lived there…

When I first started reading Julie’s description, I was convinced Julie was looking for Nancy Atherton’s Aunt Dimity Mystery Series but I then realized I was getting confused with who the twins are.

Do any of you know who the author of this Cozy Mystery series is? If you do, would you please post a comment? Thank you! (See “P.S.” below)

(Whenever I post one of these types of “whodunnit” questions, I have an inkling that I’m going to be doggone embarrassed when you all find the series, and it’s one of the ones I follow! I guess I have a lot in common with Julie!)

P.S. Vicki just confirmed that the author is indeed Nancy Atherton. (Aunt Dimity Mystery Series)