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Mystery Books that Take Place in Oregon

Here are some Fun Oregon Facts:

Oregon could mean hurricane – from the French word “Ouragan”
Salem is the capital, but Portland is the largest city
State Motto: There are actually two: “She Flies with Her Own Wings” & “The Union”
State Flower: Oregon Grape
State Animal: American Beaver
Oregon is the only state to have a flag with different designs on both sides. (The state emblem in 1859 on one side, their state animal on the other side.)
Oregon is the state with the most ghost towns.

Mystery authors who are found on the Cozy Mystery Site who feature Oregon locations/settings in their books:

Ellie Alexander: Bakeshop Mystery Series

K.K. Beck: Iris Cooper & Jack Clancy Mystery Series

Nancy Bush: Jane Kelly Mystery Series

B.B. Cantwell: Portland Bookmobile Mystery Series

Kate Dyer-Seeley (aka Ellie Alexander): Pacific Northwest Mystery Series

Christy Evans: Georgiana Neverall Mystery Series

Mary Freeman: Gardening Mystery Series

April Henry: Claire Montrose Mystery Series

Amanda Lee (aka Gayle Trent): Embroidery Mystery Series

Kaye Morgan: Sudoku Mystery Series

Carolyn J. Rose: Devil’s Harbor Mystery Series

Patricia H. Rushford: Helen Bradley Mystery Series

Susan Sleeman: Garden Gate 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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Carol Culver, Grace Carroll, Debra H. Goldstein, Catriona McPherson, & Hank Phillippi Ryan : Four More Mystery Book Authors on the Cozy Mystery Site…

I know that if you look at the title of today’s entry, it looks like I can’t add. But, as one of the author goes by two different names, then I am (indeed) adding four new authors to the Cozy Mystery site:

Carol Culver aka Grace Carroll: As Culver, she writes the Pie Shop Mystery Series. Hanna Denton returns home to take over her grandmother’s pie shop in California. As Carroll, she writes the Accessories Mystery Series. Rita works in a very posh San Francisco boutique.

Debra H. Goldstein: Goldstein is a real life judge! She writes the Denney Silber Mystery Series which stars, as its sleuth, Denney, a student at the University of Michigan, during the 1970s.

Catriona McPherson: McPherson writes the Dandy Gilver Mystery Series. Dandy (Dandelion Dahlia Leston) is an aristocratic sleuth who lives in Scotland during the 1920s.

Hank Phillippi Ryan: Ryan is a Boston investigative reporter, who happens to write a mystery series which “stars” a television reporter in Boston. Ryan’s Charlotte McNally Mystery Series has won several major mystery book awards, including the prestigious Agatha and Anthony Awards.

September 2011 Mystery Book New Releases

The following Mystery Books will be released in September 2011:

Susan Wittig Albert: The Tale of Castle Cottage  (This will be the 8th in the Beatrix Potter Mystery Series…)

Mike Belefer: Senior Moments are Murder  (This will be the 3rd in the Paul Jacobson Geezer Lit Mystery Series…)

Lisa Bork: In Sickness and In Death (This will be the 3rd in the Broken Vows Mystery Series…)

Rhys Bowen: Naughty in Nice  (This will be the 5th in the Lady Georgiana Mystery Series…)

James Lee Burke: Feast Day of Fools  (This will be the 3rd in the Hack Holland Mystery Series…)

Joelle Charbonneau: Skating Over the Line (This will be the 2nd in the Rebecca Robbins Mystery Series…)

Barbara Cleverly: The Blood Royal  (This will be the 9th in the Joe Sandilands Mystery Series…)

Margaret Coel: The Perfect Suspect  (This will be the 2nd in the Catherine McLeod Mystery Series…)

Leslie Cookman: Murder to Music  (This will be the 8th in the Libby Sarjeant Mystery Series…)

Clive Cussler & Justin Scott: The Race  (This will be the 4th in the Isaac Bell Mystery Series…)

Jeanne M. Dams: Murder in Burnt Orange  (This will be the 7th in the Hilda Johansson Mystery Series…)

Krista Davis: The Diva Haunts the House (This will be the 5th in the Domestic Diva Mystery Series…) (This is a Halloween theme mystery…)

Ellen Hart: The Lost Women of Lost Lake  (This will be the 19th in the Jane Lawless Mystery Series…)

Veronica Heley: Murder My Neighbour  (This will be the 12th in the Ellie Quicke Mystery Series…)

Sue Ann Jaffarian: Baited Blood  (This will be the 2nd in the Madison Rose Vampire Mystery Series…)

Sofie Kelly: Sleight of Paw  (This will be the 2nd in the Magical Cats Mystery Series…)

Diana Killian: Death in a Difficult Position  (This will be the 4th in the Mantra for Murder Mystery Series…)

Laurie R. King: Pirate King  (This will be the 11th in the Mary Russell Mystery Series…)

Amanda Lee (aka Gayle Trent): Thread Reckoning  (This will be the 3rd in the  Embroidery Mystery Series…)

Kylie Logan (aka Miranda Bliss & Casey Daniels): Button-Holed (This will be the 1st in the NEW Button Box Mystery Series…)

G.M. Malliet: Wicked Autumn  (This will be the 1st in the NEW Max Tudor Mystery Series…) (This will be a Harvest holiday mystery…)

Archer Mayor: Tag Man  (This will be the 22nd in the Joe Gunther Mystery Series…)

Sharyn McCrumb: The Ballad of Tom Dooley  (This will be the 9th in the Ballad Mystery Series…)

Clare O’Donohue: The Devil’s Puzzle  (This will be the 4th in the Someday Quilts Mystery Series…)

Spencer Quinn (aka Peter Abrahams) The Dog Who Knew Too Much  (This will be the 4th in the Chet and Bernie Mystery Series…)

Ruth Rendell (aka Barbara Vine): The Vault  (This will be the 24th in the Inspector Wexford Mystery Series…)

J. D. Robb (Nora Roberts): New York to Dallas  (This will be the 34th in the Eve Dallas Mystery Series…)

S. J. Rozan: Ghost Hero  (This will be the Lydia Chin & Bill Smith Mystery Series…)

Deborah Sharp: Mama Sees Stars  (This will be the 4th in the Mace Bauer Mystery Series…)

Wendi Corsi Staub: Hell to Pay (This will be the 3rd in the Thriller Trilogy Series…)

Nancy Means Wright: The Nightmare  (This will be the 2nd in the Mary Wollstonecraft Mystery Series…)

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Agatha Christie Ten to Win Ten Contest…

Suzie just wrote and told me about the TEN to Win TEN contest that HarperCollins is putting on right now. The sweepstake ends on October 4, 2011. For those of you who are interested, the Agatha Christie website has this introduction about the contest:

“To celebrate HarperCollins reissuing of Christie’s complete title list in the US, we’re offering TEN Christie fans the chance to win the first TEN novels to be released.”

And, if you’re still interested, here is the link:

http://us.agathachristie.com/insight/christie-news/2011/06/01/ten-win-ten/ (This contest is over.)

This sounds like fun! Ten lucky people will win ten great Agatha Christie Mysteries!

Thank you so much, Suzie, for letting me get the word out!

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