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Mystery Books Theme: Dancers

A Cozy Mystery site reader asked that I do a post that featured mystery books with the “double” theme: Actor/Dancer. I divided the theme, and here is the part that features mystery books with a Dancers theme. I have only listed the authors who can be found on the Cozy Mystery site…

Ella Barrick (aka Laura DiSilverio & Lila Dare): Ballroom Dance Mystery Series

Susan Bernhardt: Irina Curtius Mystery Series

Carole Berry: Bonnie Indermil Mystery Series

Kaitlyn Dunnett (aka Kathy Lynn Emerson): Liss MacCrimmon Mystery Series

Shelley Freydont: Lindy Haggerty Mystery Series

Victoria Gilbert: Blue Ridge Library Mystery Series (a dancer and choreographer is a main character, but not the sleuth)

Mary McHugh: Happy Hoofers Mystery Series

Annette Meyers: Smith & Wetzon Mystery Series

Natalie M. Roberts: Jenny T. Partridge Dance Mystery Series

Here are two mystery books that are dance-themed:

Linda Fairstein: Death Dance (The rest of the Alexandra Cooper Mystery Series is not dance-related.)

Anne George: Murder on a Girls’ Night Out (The rest of the Southern Sisters Mystery Series is not dance-related.)

Leslie Meiers: Tippy Toe Murder (The rest of the Lucy Stone Mystery Series is not dance-related.)

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.

♦To access more Cozy Mysteries by Theme click on this link.♦

Jane K. Cleland Is Giving Away a FREE Vintage Pucci Purse!

I always think that it is generous when famous, established authors run contests. And, I’m always happy to tell you about some of these contest. Here is the latest contest that is being held by a famous, established author:

Jane K. Cleland is running a contest to coincide with the release of her newest mystery in the Josie Prescott Antiques Mystery Series. Deadly Threads, the sixth Josie Prescott mystery, will be released in just a few days – April 12, 2011.

Since Deadly Threads is a mystery about “A tale of vintage clothing, a cat who fetches, and betrayal.” (I borrowed that quote from Cleland’s website), what better prize than a vintage Pucci purse?!? The contest runs until May 31, but you know what they say about the early bird and putting off until tomorrow…

May 2011 Mystery Book New Releases

The following Mystery Books will be released in May 2011:

Avery Aames: Lost in Fondue (This will be the 2nd in the Cheese Shop Mystery Series…)

Lawrence Block (aka Paul Kavanagh) A Drop of the Hard Stuff (This will be the 17th in the Matt Scudder Mystery Series…)

Emily Brightwell: Mrs. Jeffries Forges Ahead (This will be the 28th in the Mrs. Jeffries Mystery Series…)

Kate Carlisle: Murder Under Cover (This will be the 4th in the Bibliophile Mystery Series…)

Aaron Elkins: The Worst Thing (This will be a Stand Alone…)

Earlene Fowler: Spider Web (This will be the 15th in the Benni Harper Mystery Series…)

Sally Goldenbaum: The Wedding Shawl (This will be the 5th in the Seaside Knitters Mystery Series…)

Charlaine Harris: Dead Reckoning (This will be the 11th in the Sookie Stackhouse Southern Vampire Mystery Series…)

Dorothy Howell: Clutches and Curses (This will be the 4th in the Haley Randolph Mystery Series…)

Miranda James (aka Honor Harman, Jimmie Ruth Evans, & Dean James: Classified as Murder (This will be the 2nd in the Cat in the Stacks Mystery Series…)

Jess Lourey: October Fest (This will be the 6th in the Murder by Month Mystery Series…)

Clare O’Donohue: Missing Persons (This will be the 1st in the NEW Kate Conway Mystery Series…)

Gail Oust: Shake, Murder, and Roll (This will be the 3rd in the Bunco Babes Mystery Series…)

Robert B. Parker: Sixkill (This will be the 39th in the Spenser Mystery Series…)

James Patterson & Maxine Paetro: 10th Anniversary (This will be the 10th in the Women’s Murder Mystery Series…)

Richard North Patterson: The Devil’s Light (This will be a Stand Alone…)

Ann Purser: The Measby Murder Enquiry (This will be the 2nd in the Ivy Beasley Mystery Series…)

Hannah Reed (aka Deb Baker): Mind Your Own Beeswax (This will be the 2nd in the Queen Bee Mystery Series…)

Joanna Campbell Slan: Make, Take, Murder (This will be the 4th in the Kiki Lowenstein Scrap-N-Craft Mystery Series…)

Elaine Viets: Pumped for Murder (This will be the 10th in the Dead-End Job Mystery Series…)

♦To go back to the Cozy Mystery New Book Release page, click here.♦

When a Cozy Mystery Isn’t What You Are Looking For…

I just heard from Alfred, a friend who I have made since I started this website. We exchange letters every so often, and I always enjoy hearing from him. Alfred has been great about sending me recommendations of new Cozy Mystery authors who he thinks really belong on the site. And, he is always right about those authors! He also gives me the heads-up on when some of the Cozy Mystery authors are publishing a new book.

Recently, Alfred started reading his current book and realized that he wasn’t in the mood to read it. With that, he started thinking about hobbies, and thought it might be interesting to find out what other hobbies you all enjoy doing when your latest Cozy Mystery just isn’t cutting it for you!

I’ll start the ball rolling by telling you that one of the things Alfred enjoys doing is Word Search Puzzles. Another thing he enjoys doing is listening to the old radio shows from the 1940s and 1950s. And, since he has subscriptions to two word search magazines and also has CDs of old radio shows, he is able to combine both of these relaxing hobbies. He also enjoys jigsaw puzzles.

(One of my brothers enjoys jigsaw puzzles and word searches, also!)

Now I’ll tell you about some of my hobbies >>> I love my Sudoku Puzzles! I have to admit that I’m not too terribly fast at them, and sometimes I have to put one down and then try coming back to it another day, but I still love them. Also, I enjoy my needlepoint, especially with those little Mill Hill glass beads… even though I am almost sure that they are the reason I have had to up my reading glasses prescription! (Anymore, I feel like Sprite is a “hobby” of mine. Carrying her from room to room, giving her all of her many pills, making sure she doesn’t take certain pills on an empty stomach, ETC!)

Do any of you have some hobbies that you wouldn’t mind telling us about?

(PS>>> Alfred, thanks for the great entry idea!)

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