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Mystery Book with a Cousin, Coffee House, and Traps…

April 17, 2011

Here is another question about the identity of an author. This letter is from Paula:

“I bought a book in a Maine Mystery Bookstore by a local author-don’t remember name-storyline, woman had a coffee house which burnt down and she opens one in a old train station where her cousin tries to murder her….

… her friend (maybe a realtor) finds an old building near an old train station (which may be a stop again on the train schedule) that can be converted and her cousin (?) sets mysterious traps which cause accidents-maybe trying to murder her so he can have the building. Along those lines.

Does it sound familiar at all? I think the author was a local.”

If any of you have an idea of the author of this book, which might be set in Maine, please post a comment.

Thank you – in advance!

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Mystery Book with a Lady in a Mini…

April 16, 2011

Earlier this month I received the following letter from Ian:

“Help! Maybe you can help me, I am trying to remember the character of books I read when I was young. It was a British female sleuth, she was a Lady or daughter of one, her sidekick/best friend was an American guy who was also stinking rich and I think he had a name which ended with a number. If I remember correctly she drove a mini and there was another rich guy maybe called Sandro (Italian). Sorry to so vague but I bought some Modesty Blaize the other day and I was reminded of these books and I can’t remember the author or anything, it is driving me crazy.”

Usually you all are able to come up with the mystery book mystery authors who others are seeking. If any of you have any ideas as to whom this author could be, please post a comment.

Thank you!

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Back from Colorado… Again…

April 15, 2011

I just got back from Colorado a couple of days ago, and boy, it is good to be home!

My husband posted the comments while I was away, but, obviously, he didn’t comment back. (He just “approved” the comments.) I tried to go through all of the comments yesterday and address those that needed responses.

My younger brother had a major surgery in February which then moved into pneumonia… It was pretty touch and go, but he is now out of the hospital and going through physical therapy.

Growing up in a military family meant moving a lot of places and feeling sort of lost upon arriving at each new location. So, because he and I were so close in age, we ended up hanging out with each other quite a bit…

I didn’t mean to make this entry this long… Just wanted to say that I am back!

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Mystery Books Theme: Lawyers as the Main Sleuth…

April 13, 2011

I was asked by a Cozy Mystery site reader if I could put up a Lawyers in Mystery Books theme. Here are the mystery book series (that can be found on the Cozy Mystery site) which feature lawyers as their main sleuths:

Jeff Abbott: Whit Mosley Mystery Series

Susan Wittig Albert: China Bayles Herbal Mystery Series

Nancy Bell: Judge Jackson Crain Mystery Series

Terri Blackstock: Newpointe 911 Series

Taffy Cannon (aka Emily Toll): Nan Robertson Mystery Series

John Dickson Carter: Henri Bencolin Mystery Series

Sammi Carter: Candy Shop Mystery Series

Sarah Caudwell: Hilary Tamar Mystery Series

C.S. Challinor: Rex Graves Mystery Series

Mary Challis (aka Sara Woods, Margaret Leek, & Anne Burton): Jeremy Locke Mystery Series

Kate Charles: Book of Psalms Mystery Series

Margaret Coel: Wind River Mystery Series

Kate Collins: Flower Shop Mystery Series

Natasha Cooper: Trish Maguire Mystery Series

Claire Daniels (aka Jaqueline Girdner): Karma Crime Mystery Series

Nora DeLoach: Mama Detective Mystery Series

Lesley Egan (aka Elizabeth Linington, Dell Shannon, & Anne Balisdell): Jesse Falkenstein Mystery Series

Linda Fairstein: Alex Cooper Mystery Series

Ann C. Fallon: James Fleming Mystery Series

Christina Freeburn: Faith Hunter Scrap This Mystery Series

Frances Fyfield: Sarah Fortune Mystery Series AND Helen West Mystery Series

Erle Stanley Gardner: Perry Mason Mystery Series AND Doug Selby Mystery Series

Louise Gaylord: Allie Armington Mystery Series

Sally Goldenbaum: Seaside Knitters Mystery Series

Cyril Hare: Francis Pettigrew Mystery Series

Jonnie Jacobs: Kali O’Brien Mystery Series

Sue Ann Jaffarian: Odelia Grey Mystery Series

Linda O. Johnston: Kendra Ballantyne Mystery Series

Leslie Karst: Sally Solari Mystery Series

Sean Keefer: Stand Alone Mystery: The Trust

Diane Kelly: Tara Holloway Death and Taxes Mystery Series

Jane Langton: Homer Kelly Mystery Series

Joyce and Jim Lavene (aka J.J. Cook & Ellie Grant): Pumpkin Patch Mystery Series

Margaret Leek (aka Sara Woods, Mary Challis, & Anne Burton): Stephen Marryat Mystery Series

Margaret Maron: Deborah Knott Mystery Series

Edward Marston (aka Keith Miles & Conrad Allen): Railway Detective Mystery Series AND Domesday Mystery Series

Ralph M. McInerny (aka Monica Quill): Andrew Broom Mystery Series

D. R. Meredith: John Lloyd Branson Mystery Series

John Mortimer: Rumpole of the Bailey Mystery Series

Perri O’Shaughnessy: Nina Reilly Mystery Series

Sara Paretsky: V.I. Warshawski Mystery Series

Barbara Parker: Suspicion Mystery Series

Chessen Parker: Crystal Coast Mystery Series

James Patterson: Women’s Murder Club Mystery Series

Cathy Pickens: Southern Fried Mystery Series

Rhonda Pollero: F. A. T. Mystery Series

David Rosenfelt: Andy Carpenter Mystery Series

Lisa Scottoline: Rosato & Associates Mystery Series

Julie Smith: Rebecca Schwartz Mystery Series

Patricia Sprinkle: Thoroughly Southern Mystery Series

Mary Stanton (aka Claudia Bishop): Beaufort & Company Mystery Series

Shirley Tallman (aka Erin Ross): Sarah Woolson Mystery Series

Robert K. Tanenbaum: Butch Karp and Marlene Ciampi Mystery Series

Peter Tremayne: Mystery of Ancient Ireland: Sister Fidelma Mystery Series

Margaret Truman: Smith & Reed Mystery Series

Robert Van Gulik: Judge Dee Mystery Series

Sara Woods (aka Anne Burton, Mary Challis, & Margaret Leek): Antony Maitland 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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