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I hope you all have wonderful Valentine’s Days.
Mystery Books that Take Place in Missouri
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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March 2013 Mystery Book New Releases
The following Mystery Books will be released in March 2013:
Victoria Abbott (aka Mary Jane Maffini & daughter Victoria Maffini): The Christie Curse (This will be the 1st in the NEW Book Collector’s Mystery Series.)
Ellery Adams (aka J. B. Stanley, Jennifer Stanley, & 1/2 of Lucy Arlington): Peach Pies and Alibis (This will be the 2nd in the Charmed Pie Shoppe Mystery Series.)
Jo Bannister: Deadly Virtues (This will be a Stand Alone.)
M. C. Beaton (: Death of Yesterday (This will be the 29th in the Hamish Macbeth Mystery Series.)
Claudia Bishop (aka Mary Stanton): A Fete Worse than Death (This will be the 18th in the Hemlock Falls Mystery Series.)
Rhys Bowen: The Family Way (This will be the 12th in the Molly Murphy Mystery Series.)
Laura Bradford (aka Elizabeth Lynn Casey): Assaulted Pretzel (This will be the 2nd in the Amish Mystery Series.)
Laura Childs: Sweet Tea Revenge (This will be the 14th in the Tea Shop Mystery Series.)
Harlan Coben: Six Years (This will be a Stand Alone.)
Clive Cussler & Justin Scott: The Striker (This will be the 6th in the Isaac Bell Series.)
Lila Dare (currently aka Joanna Campbell Slan, no longer aka Laura DiSilverio & Ella Barrick): Wave Good-Bye (This will be the 4th in the Southern Beauty Shop Mystery Series.)
Victoria Hamilton: Bowled Over (This will be the 2nd in the Vintage Kitchen Mystery Series.) (This is a Fourth of July theme mystery book.)
Erin Hart: The Book of Killowen (This will be the 4th in the Nora Gavin / Cormac Maguire Mystery Series.)
Veronica Heley: False Alarm (This will be the 7th in the Abbott Agency Mystery Series.)
Sue Ann Jaffarian: The Silent Ghost (This will be a novella in the Ghost of Granny Apples Mystery Series.)
William Kent Krueger: Ordinary Grace (This will be a Stand Alone.)
G. A. McKevett: Killer Honeymoon (This will be the 18th in the Savannah Reid Mystery Series.)
Joyce Carol Oates: The Accursed (This will be a Stand Alone.)
Thomas Perry: The Boyfriend (This will be a Stand Alone.)
Denise Swanson: Nickeled-and-Dimed to Death (This will be the 2nd in the Devereaux Dime Store Mystery Series.) (This is an Easter theme mystery book.)
Kari Lee Townsend: Trouble in the Tarot (This will be the 3rd in the Fortune Teller Mystery Series.)
Jacqueline Winspear: Leaving Everything Most Loved (This will be the 10th in the Maisie Dobbs Mystery Series.)
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Mystery Books that Take Place on Cruise Ships – Mystery Books at Sea
Who doesn’t like a restful, yet fun, traveling experience at sea?
Thank you to both Judith and BB for providing us with this great list of Mystery Books that Take Place on Cruise Ships.
This Cozy Mystery Cruise Ship Theme includes mystery books that take place at sea:
Cathy Ace
Cait Morgan Mystery Series
The Corpse with the Diamond Hand
Ellie Alexander (aka Kate Dyer-Seeley)
Bakeshop Mystery Series
A Crime of Passion Fruit
Arleen Alleman
Darcy Farthing Mystery Series
Currents Deep and Deadly
Currents of Vengeance
Conrad Allen (aka Edward Marston & Keith Miles)
Dillman Mystery Series
Murder on the Lusitania
Murder on the Mauretania
Murder on the Minnesota
Murder on the Caronia
Murder on the Marmora
Murder on the Salsette
Murder on the Oceanic
Murder on the Celtic
Steve Allen
Steve Allen Mystery Series
Murder on the Atlantic
Marian Babson
Death Sails at Midnight
Cruise of a Death Time
Donald Bain & “Jessica Fletcher”
Murder, She Wrote Mystery Series
Murder on the QE2
Panning for Murder
The Queen’s Jewels
Lorna Barrett (aka L.L. Bartlett & Lorraine Bartlett)
Booktown Mystery Series
Title Wave
K. K. Beck
Iris Cooper & Jack Clancy Mystery Series
Death in a Deck Chair
Mike Befeler
Paul Jacobson Geezer-Lit Mystery Series
Cruising in Your Eighties Is Murder
Susan Bernhardt
Kay Driscoll Mystery Series
Paradise Can Be Murder
J.S. Borthwick
Deane & McKenzie Mystery Series
Bodies of Water
My Body Lies over the Ocean
Candy Calvert
Darcy Cavanaugh Cruise Mystery Series
Dressed to Keel
Aye Do or Die
Mai Tai to Murder
Agatha Christie
Hercule Poirot Mystery Series
Death on the Nile
Carol Higgins Clark
Regan Reilly Mystery Series
Decked
Mary Higgins Clark & Carol Higgins Clark
Santa Cruise
Susan Rogers Cooper
Milt Kovak Mystery Series
Dark Waters
Susan Rogers Cooper
E. J. Pugh Mystery Series
Don’t Drink the Water
Maya Corrigan
Five-Ingredient Mystery Series
S’more Murders
Kathy Cranston
Bee’s Bakehouse Mystery Series
Cruises are Murder
Mary Daheim
Hillside Manor Bed & Breakfast Mystery Series
Dead Man Docking
William Doonan
Henry Grave Msytery Series
Grave Passage
Mediterranean Grave
Grave Indulgence
Carola Dunn
Daisy Dalrymple Mystery Series
To Davy Jones Below
Aaron Elkins
Alix London Mystery Series
A Cruise to Die For
“Jessica Fletcher” & Donald Bain
Murder, She Wrote Mystery Series
Murder on the QE2
Panning for Murder
The Queen’s Jewels
Shelley Freydont
Lindy Haggerty Mystery Series
High Seas Murder
Jeanne Glidewell
Ripple Effect Mystery Series
Rip Your Heart Out
Kerry Greenwood
Phrynne Fisher Mystery Series
Death by Water
Carolyn Hart
Death on Demand Mystery Series
Murder Walks the Plank
Carolyn Hart
Henrie O Mystery Series
Set Sail for Murder
Sue Henry
Alaska Mystery Series
Death Takes a Passage
Cheryl Hollon
Webb’s Glass Shop Mystery Series
Shattered at Sea
Maria Hudgins
Dotsy Lamb Travel Mystery Series
Death on the Aegean Queen
Maddy Hunter
Passport to Peril Mystery Series
Hula Done It?
J. A. Jance
J. P. Beaumont Mystery Series
Birds of Prey
R.T. Jordan
Polly Pepper Mystery Series
Set Sail for Murder
Sharon Kahn
Ruby, the Rabbi’s Wife Mystery Series
Don’t Cry for Me, Hot Pastrami
Joshua Kinser
Art Heist on the High Seas
The Cruise Ship Capers and the Missing Klimt
Mary Kruger
Gilded Age Mystery Series
No Honeymoon for Death
Rita Lakin
Gladdy Gold Mystery Series
Getting Old is the Best Revenge
Laura Levine
Jaine Austen Mystery Series
Killer Cruise
Liz Lipperman
Clueless Cook Mystery Series
Murder for the Halibut
Peter Lovesey
The False Inspector Dew
Alyssa Maxwell
Lady and Lady’s Maid Mystery Series
A Murderous Marriage
G.A. McKevett
Savannah Reid Mystery Series
Every Body on Deck
Marie Moore
Sydney March Mystery Series
Shore Excursion
Joanne Pence
Angie Amalfi Mystery Series
Cooks Overboard
Elliott Roosevelt
Eleanor Roosevelt Mystery Series
First Class Murder
June Shaw
Cealie Gunther Mystery Series
Deadly Reunion
Elizabeth Daniels Squire
Peaches Dann Mystery Series
Where’s There’s a Will
Susan Sussman & Sarajane Avidon
Morgan Taylor Mystery Series
Cruising for Murder
Denise Swanson
Scumble River Mystery Series
Murder of a Needled Knitter
Marcia Talley
Hannah Ives Mystery Series
Dark Passage
Stella Whitelaw
Casey Jones Mystery Series
Second Sitting
Dead Slow Ahead
A Wide Berth
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