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An Unexpected Trip to Colorado…

I have been out of town for close to two weeks due to a family medical crisis. Thanks to my husband, your comments have continued to be posted. I am slowly making my way through them, and adding my comments, as well as taking off some of your last names which “got past” my husband.

I had already post-dated the entries that appeared while I was away, but have a few more things that I want to get done soon. I have four authors who I had just added to the site before I left, but have not yet “presented” them to you all, so I will be doing that as soon as I get the April 2011 New Mystery Book Releases page up.

I should be getting everything back to normal soon.

Mom from Musical Family – Motherhood Isn’t a Breeze…

I am always hesitant about posting questions from Cozy Mystery site readers. I’ll tell you why: I’m afraid that I should definitely know the answers, as if they are right there in my brain, but I simply can’t connect with them. I take a while to think the questions through, and try to remember if I have read any mysteries that could possibly fill the bill. It isn’t until I absolutely cannot connect with the answer (in my brain) that I post an entry asking for help. So here goes!

Paula would like to know the following:

Paula:

“… All I can tell you is that the central female figure is from a musical family; has a brother who sings like an angel and becomes an international rock star; and, if I remember rightly, the heroine of the series has some trouble adjusting to motherhood; and her husband is a policeman of upper rank.  Can you help?”

If you think you might have an idea of who this sleuth is (or this sleuth’s  author) then please post a comment. Thank you in advance!

J. A. Jance’s Joanna Brady Mystery Series, Dorothy Simpson’s Luke Thanet Mystery Series, and… ?

Here’s a clue: I am have recently been going through my mail and comments to see if we can get some of these mysteries solved! The last of the Cozy Mystery site readers’ questions is this one from Janie. She would like some to find some new authors to read who are similar to J. A. Jance… well, Jance’s Joanna Brady series. Also, in the same vein as Dorothy Simpson‘s Luke Thanet series.

Janie:

“… J A Jance’s Joanna Brady series… One thing I like about the Joanna Brady series is that you don’t just get to know Sheriff Brady as a sheriff – you also get to know her as a mom, a daughter, a widow, a newlywed, etc. That’s not what each book is about, yet you see the change and progression over time. For the same reason, I loved Dorothy Simpson’s Luke Thanet series. Neither are “cozies,” really, but they are more personal than, say, a police procedural.

Can anyone recommend other mysteries that do this?”

Please post a comment if you have any recommendations. And, as always, thank you in advance!

Hypochondriac Niece and Cousin from Ellery Queen or Alfred Hitchcock Magazine…

The latest question for me to post is from Deb. She would like help in remembering the author of… well, let’s let Deb tell us!

Deb:

“I have been trying to find an author I really enjoyed in either Ellery Queen or Alfred Hitchcock magazine many years ago. The hero was a hypochondriac who had a different outrageous illness in each story, using a medical manual of some sort. She solved mysteries reluctantly with her aunt and cousin, but she actually was surprisingly successful.”

If anyone has a clue as to who this particular sleuth and/or her author could possibly be, please send us a comment.

Thanks (in advance) for your help!

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