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Here are some fun Mississippi facts:

Here are some fun Mississippi facts:
The largest city and capital is Jackson.
State motto is “Virtute et armis” (By valor and arms.)
State nickname is Magnolia State .
State flower is the Magnolia.
State bird is the Mockingbird.
State animal is the White-tailed Deer .
Edwards, Mississippi has the largest cacti plantation in the world.

Mystery authors who are found on the Cozy Mystery Site and who feature Mississippi locations in their books:

Susan Wittig Albert: Bloodroot

Gretchen Archer: Davis Way Crime Caper Mystery Series

Virginia Brown: Dixie Divas Mystery Series

Jimmie Ruth Evans (Dean James, Honor Hartman, & Miranda James): Trailer Park Mystery Series

Carolyn Haines: Sarah Booth Delaney Mystery Series AND Dixon Sinclair Mystery Series

Miranda James (aka Honor Hartman, Jimmie Ruth Evans, & Dean James): Cat in the Stacks Mystery Series

Miranda James (aka Dean James,  Jimmie Ruth Evans, & Honor Hartman): Southern Sisters Mystery Series

Peggy Webb: Southern Cousins Mystery Series

Please feel free to contact me if you see an author from the Cozy Mystery Site who belongs on this list, or if you have any comments.

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Here are some fun Montana facts:
The capital is Helena.
The largest city is Billings.
State motto is “Gold and Silver”
State nickname is the Big Sky Country.
State flower is the Bitterroot.
State bird is the Western Meadowlark.
State animal is the Grizzly Bear.
Montana has the greatest number of different mammal species in the USA.

Mystery authors who are found on the Cozy Mystery Site who feature Montana locations in their books:

Leslie Budewitz: Food Lovers’ Village Mystery Series

Rae Davies: Dusty Deals Mystery Series

Sharon Dunn: Bargain Hunters Mystery Series AND Ruby Taylor Mystery Series

Sandra West Prowell: Phoebe Siegel Mystery Series

Please feel free to comment if you see an author from the Cozy Mystery Site who belongs on this list, or if you have any corrections.

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Here are some fun Missouri facts:
The capital is Jefferson City.
The largest city is Kansas City.
State motto is “The welfare of the people shall be the supreme law”
State nickname is the Show Me State .
State flower is the White Hawthorn.
State bird is the Bluebird.
State animal is the Missori Mule.
Missouri (as well as Tennessee) is bordered by eight states.

Mystery authors who are found on the Cozy Mystery Site who feature Missouri locations in their books:

Hannah Alexander: Hideaway Mystery Series

Jean Hager: Iris House Bed & Breakfast Mystery Series

Janis Harrison: Bretta Solomon Gardening Mystery Series

Shirley Kennett: P J Gray Mystery Series

Suzann Ledbetter: Hannah Garvey Mystery Series

Rett MacPherson: Torie O’Shea Mystery Series

Christine Matthews & Robert J. Randisi: Gil & Claire Hunt Mystery Series

Linda Rodriguez: Skeet Bannion Mystery Series

Paige Shelton: Country Cooking School Mystery Series

Joanna Campbell Slan: Kiki Lowenstein Scrap-N-Craft Mystery Series

Lou Jane Temple: Heaven Lee Mystery Series

Elaine Viets: Mystery Shopper Mystery Series, Death Investigator Mystery Series, AND Francesca Vierling Mystery Series

Vineyard Quilt Mystery Series: Several authors write this series.

Please feel free to comment if you see an author from the Cozy Mystery Site who belongs on this list, or if you have any corrections.

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