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Cozy Mystery News – May 2023

I’ve got one new piece of Cozy News for you about a site author!

Karen E. Olson will be starting a new mystery series that will be a “modern take” on Henry VIII and his wives, apparently taking place in modern day Greenwich, Connecticut, when he and his sixth wife discover a headless body when visiting his summer home as part of their honeymoon. Olson hasn’t written much in the “Cozy” space for a while – she does have two other mystery series on the site, the first of which is the Tattoo Shop Mystery Series, starring a tattoo shop manager in Las Vegas, and the Annie Seymour Mystery Series, starring a reporter in Connecticut. She has written a few things in the meantime, but this will be the first “Cozy” sounding mystery from her in a decade.

June 2023 Mystery Book New Releases

The following Mystery Books will be released in June 2023:

V.M. Burns: Murder is a Piece of Cake (2nd in the Baker Street Mysteries)

Lynn Cahoon: Songs of Wine and Murder (15th in the Tourist Trap Mystery Series)

Vivien Chien: Misfortune Cookie (9th in the Noodle Shop Mysteries)

Mary Daheim: Lady MacDeath (This will be the 32nd in the Bed-and-Breakfast Mystery Series.)

Mary Anna Evans: The Traitor Beside Her (Stand-Alone novel or 1st in a new series)

Eva Gates (aka Vicki Delany): Death Knells and Wedding Bells (10th in the Lighthouse Library Mystery Series)

Anna Lee Huber: A Fatal Illusion (11th in the Lady Darby Mysteries)

Miranda James (aka Dean James,  Jimmie Ruth Evans, & Honor Hartman): Hiss Me Deadly (This will be the 15th in the Cat in the Stacks Mystery Series.)

Diana Orgain: Murder Comes Crawling (13th in the Maternal Instincts Mysteries)

Barbara Ross: Hidden Beneath (11th in the Maine Clambake Mysteries)

Diane Vallere: Please Don’t Push Up the Daisies (11th in the Mad for Mod Mystery Series)

British Television Mystery Series: Murder in Provence

Murder in Provence is another terrific Cozy Mystery television series. The series is being broadcast on BritBox, and stars Endeavor‘s Roger Allam and Father Brown‘s Nancy Carroll. They are terrific together – he’s a sort of investigating judge (Chief Magistrate) and she’s a police consultant. They are partners – both in solving crimes and in love. Keala Settle stars as a detective, and Rumpole of the Bailey‘s Phyllida Erskine-Brown as Carroll’s very opinionated mom. All of them are terrific!

This is another series with beautiful scenery. We get to enjoy “city architecture” and lovely countryside. I enjoyed both the plots and writing, and am already awaiting the second season.

Some people may object to very-British actors with very-British accents playing very-French characters. That does not bother me at all. (Murder in Provence is, after all, a fictitious television mystery show, not a documentary!) Another thing that I can overlook is some of the language… The mystery plots unfold at a leisurely, enjoyable pace, with two over-fifty sleuths. As I said it’s a Cozy Mystery Series.

Murder in Provence is based on the Verlague and Bonnet Provencal Mystery Series by M.L. Longworth. The first book in that series is Death at the Chateau Bremont. I haven’t tried this series, but the shows sure do make me want to try it! The shows are a great introduction to Longworth’s series.

The TV series is available on Britbox.

I recommend this Cozy Mystery television series.

Also, if you’re interested in taking a look at some other good mystery shows, make sure to go to my Cozy Mystery TV and Movies page.

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