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Cozy Mystery Tree Lovers…

November 5, 2013

Here’s another question from a Cozy Mystery reader. Cheryl asks:

I am trying to find the title of book I read a few years ago involving a mom and teenage son. The son was “living” in a tree as a tree hugger – helping out for someone else to try to save this tree from being cut down. A body was discovered not far away from this tree. His mother discovered a Petosky stone near the body and knew that the killer was from the Upper Peninsula of Michigan or had visited there, as that is the only place the stone is found.
Thank you,
Cheryl

I have to admit that this doesn’t sound at all familiar to me. (Of course, usually as soon as I say something like that, it will predestine that the author be one of my favorites!) If any of you think you might know the title of this tree, please post a comment. Thank you!

December 2013 Mystery Book New Releases

November 1, 2013

The following Mystery Books will be released in December 2013:

Victoria Abbot (writing duo Mary Jane Maffini & Victoria Maffini): The Sayers Swindle (This will be the 2nd in the Book Collector’s Mystery Series.)

Sandra Balzo: Murder on the Orient Espresso (This will be the 8th in the Maggy Thorsen Mystery Series.)

Maggie Barbieri: Once Upon a Lie (This will be the 1st in the NEW Maeve Conlon Mystery Series.)

C.C. Benison: Ten Lords A-Leaping (This will be the 3rd in the Father Christmas Mystery Series.)

Jennie Bentley (aka Jenna Bennett & Bente Gallagher): Home for the Homicide (This will be the 7th in the Do It Yourself Mystery Series.) (This is a Christmas theme mystery.)

Juliet Blackwell (aka Hailey Lind): Home for the Haunting (This will be the 4th in the Haunted Home Renovation Mystery Series.)

Laurie Cass: Lending a Paw (This will be the 1^st in the NEW Bookmobile Cat Mystery Series.)

Laura Childs: Tea for Three (This is an omnibus of the first three Tea Shop Mysteries: Death by Darjeeling, Gunpowder Green, & Shades of Earl Grey.)

Judy Clemens: Leave Tomorrow Behind (This will be the 6th in the Stella Crown Mystery Series.)

J.J. Cook (aka Joyce and Jim Lavene & Ellie Grant): Hero’s Journey (This will be a Novella in the Sweet Pepper Fire Brigade Mystery Series.)

Michael Connelly: The Gods of Guilt (This will be the 5th in the Mickey Haller Mystery Series.)

Cleo Coyle (aka Alice Kimberly): Billionaire Blend (This will be the 13th in the Coffeehouse Mystery Series.)

Elizabeth Craig (aka Riley Adams & Elizabeth Craig): Quilt Trip (This will be the 3rd in the Southern Quilting Mystery Series.)

Krista Davis: Murder, She Barked (This will be the 1st in the NEW Paws and Claws Mystery Series.)

Carola Dunn: Heirs of the Body (This will be the 21st in the Daisy Dalrymple Mystery Series.)

Christopher Fowler: The Invisible Code (This will be the 10th in the Bryant & May Mystery Series.)

Frances Fyfield: Cold to the Touch (This will be the 6th in the Sarah Fortune Mystery Series.) (USA Release)

J.G. Goodhind: The Ghost of Christmas Past (This will be the 8th in the Honey Driver Mystery Series.) (This is a Christmas theme mystery.)

Carolyn Hart: Cry in the Night (This will be a Stand Alone Mystery.) (This book was released in e-book format only in ’12.)

Joan Hess: Murder as a Second Language (This will be the 19th in the Claire Malloy Mystery Series.)

Jonnie Jacobs: Lying with Strangers (This will be a Stand Alone Mystery.)

Sue Ann Jaffarian: Second-Hand Stiff (This will be the 8th in the Odelia Grey Mystery Series.) (This is a Thanksgiving theme mystery.)

Laura Levine: Killing Cupid (This will be the 12th in the Jaine Austen Mystery Series.) (This is a Valentine theme mystery.)

Liz Lipperman (aka Lizbeth Lipperman): Chicken Caccia-Killer (This will be the 4th in the Clueless Cook Mystery Series.)

Kylie Logan (aka Miranda Bliss & Casey Daniels): Buttoned Up (This will be the 4th in the Button Box Mystery Series.)

Marcia Muller & Bill Pronzini: The Spook Lights Affair (This will be the 4th in the Carpenter & Quincannon, Professional Detective Services Mystery Series.)

Gail Oust: Rosemary and Crime (This will be the 1st in the NEW Piper Prescott Mystery Series.)

Sharon Pape: Sketcher in the Rye (This will be the 4th in the Portrait of Crime Mystery Series.)

Anne Perry: A Christmas Hope (This will be the 11th in Perry’s Christmas mystery novels.)

Ann Purser: Scandal at Six (This will be the 13th in the Lois Meade Mystery Series.)

Paige Shelton: Merry Market Murder (This will be the 6th in the Farmers’ Market Mystery Series.) (This is a Christmas theme mystery.)

To go back to the Cozy Mystery New Book Release page, click here.

Happy Halloween to ALL of You!

October 31, 2013

Can you believe it? It’s finally time for the little princesses and bunnies to Trick or Treat!

Happy Halloween to you all.

(Now that we don’t have Sprite to bark (incessantly) at the little Trick or Treaters, it should be a quiet night around here.)

Hallmark Channel & Lifetime Channel New Holiday Movies for 2013

October 30, 2013

I went over to the Hallmark channel‘s site to see if I could find a list of all of their new 2013 holiday movies. Sure enough, I did! They will be showing their original holiday movies during an allotted time they are calling their “Hallmark Channel’s Countdown to Christmas“, which will be at 7:00 (Central time zone) every Saturday and Sunday night.

I then went over to the Lifetime channel to see what they have in store for us. Lifetime is calling their holiday schedule “It’s a Wonderful Lifetime” and it airs at 7:00 PM (Central) on Saturday nights.

(Yikes! Both Hallmark and Lifetime are airing their original holiday movies at 7:00 PM Central? OK, not to worry… We’re just going to have to do some choosing and then re-arranging to find out which holiday movie will air again the quickest.)

Just to make it a little easier for all of us, I’m going to list the premier dates of both Hallmark’s 2013 holiday movies and Lifetime’s 2013 holiday movies under the correct dates. (You’ll have to check to see when they will be re-airing the shows if you miss these showings. Or, if you’re lucky, let your DVR figure it out!)

Also, I’ll be adding my comments about some of the actors/actresses I recognize. This will definitely date me! (As Joe Friday might say: Just the dates, Ma’am.)

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SATURDAY – NOVEMBER 2, 2013

The Thanksgiving House (Hallmark channel)
Premieres Saturday, November 2 at 7:oo PM PM central

Both Bruce Boxleitner and (the bionic) Lindsay Wagner are in this.

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FRIDAY – NOVEMBER 8, 2013

Pete’s Christmas (Hallmark channel)
Premieres Friday, November 8 at 7:oo PM central

Where in the world did Bruce Dern go? Good to see him again.

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SATURDAY – NOVEMBER 9, 2013

Snow Bride (Hallmark channel)
Premieres Saturday, November 9 at 7:oo PM central

Oh, my goodness, Patricia Richardson!

A Country Christmas Story (Lifetime channel)
Premieres Saturday, November 9 at 7:oo PM central

I can’t wait to see Dolly Parton and Mary Kay Place in this!

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SUNDAY – NOVEMBER 10, 2013

A Very Merry Mix-Up (Hallmark channel)
Premieres Sunday, November 10 at 7:oo PM central

I remember Alicia Witt from when she was Cybil’s daughter, more than a few years ago.

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SATURDAY- NOVEMBER 16, 2013

The Christmas Ornament (Hallmark channel)
Premieres Saturday, November 16 at 7:oo PM central

It’s good to see Kellie Martin back on the Hallmark channel, and Jewel Staite safely back from Firefly.

Twelve Trees of Christmas (Lifetime channel)
Premieres Saturday, November 16 at 7:oo PM central

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SUNDAY – NOVEMBER 17, 2013

Catch a Christmas Star (Hallmark channel)
Premieres Sunday, November 17 at 7:oo PM central

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SATURDAY – NOVEMBER 23, 2013

Window Wonderland (Hallmark channel)
Premieres Saturday, November 23 at 7:oo PM central

It will be nice to see Naomi Judd again.

Kristin’s Christmas Past (Lifetime channel)
Premieres Saturday, November 23 at 7:oo PM central

Oh my gosh, Judd Nelson…

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SUNDAY – NOVEMBER 24, 2013

Fir Crazy (Hallmark channel)
Premieres Sunday, November 24 at 7:oo PM central

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SATURDAY – NOVEMBER 30, 2013

Let it Snow (Hallmark channel)
Premieres Saturday, November 30 at 7:oo PM central

A reunion for Alan Thicke and Candace Cameron-Bure…

Dear Secret Santa (Lifetime channel)
Premieres Saturday, November 30 at 7:oo PM central

It’s always a treat to see Della Reese.

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SUNDAY – DECEMBER 1, 2013

The Christmas Spirit (Hallmark channel)
Premieres Sunday, December 1 at 7:oo PM central

I wonder if Nicolette Sheridan or Olympia Dukakis is the “ruthless real estate developer”…

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SATURDAY – DECEMBER 7, 2013

Santa Switch (Hallmark channel)
Premieres Saturday, December 7 at 7:oo PM central

I’m happy to see Sean Astin is back from Mount Doom.

Christmas in the City (Lifetime channel)
Premieres Saturday, December 7 at 7:oo PM central

Saving Grace’s Ashley Williams and Mathnet’s Beverly Leech will be a delight to see.

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SATURDAY – DECEMBER 14, 2013

Hats off to Christmas (Hallmark channel)
Premieres Saturday, December 14 at 7:oo PM central

Christmas on the Bayou (Lifetime channel)
Premieres Saturday, December 14 at 7:oo PM central

Ed Asner, Markie Post, and Randy Travis…

A Snow Globe Christmas (Lifetime channel)
Premieres Saturday, December 14 at 9:oo PM central

Yes, the Lifetime channel is bringing us a double-feature tonight. It’s good to see Donald Faison, again. (Alicia Witt has been busy at both networks!)

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