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Cozy Mystery (and Other Favorite) Books, Movies, and TV

Cozy Mystery Theme: Photography

I was asked by a Cozy Mystery site reader to do a Photography Theme page. I have only included the authors who can be found on the Cozy Mystery site:

Jo Bannister: Mickey Flynn Mystery Series…

Janie Bolitho: Rose Trevelyan Mystery Series…

Meredith Cole:  Lydia McKenzie Mystery Series

Chris Forman: Ian Wallace Mystery Series…

Carlene O’Neil: Cypress Cove Mystery Series…

Betty Rowlands: Sukey Reynolds Mystery Series…

Medora Sale (aka Carolyn Roe): Inspector John Sanders/Harriet Jeffries Mystery Series…

Eve K. Sandstrom (aka JoAnna Carl): Down Home 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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Suzette A. Hill, Virginia Lowell, Ada Madison, David Rosenfelt, & Nicola Slade … Five New Mystery Book Author Additions to the Cozy Mystery Site…

From time to time, I get recommendations (from Cozy Mystery site readers) of mystery book authors who they feel belong on the site. These authors are new to me, but of course, many of them are not “new authors” to you all. Here are the latest mystery book author additions to the site:

Suzette A. Hill writes the Reverend Oughterard Mystery Series. This series features the vicar with Maurice (his cat) and Bouncer (his dog) in a British village. (Hill is an English graduate and ex-teacher of English Literature.)

Virginia Lowell writes the new Cookie Cutter Shop Mystery Series. The series will feature Olivia Greyson, the owner of the Gingerbread House Cookie Shop. (Her first book is not due to be published until April 2011.)

Ada Madison may be a new name in the Cozy Mystery arena, but don’t be so sure you aren’t familiar with the author! Madison is also known as Margaret Grace AND Camille Minichino! As Madison, she will be writing the Sophie Knowles Mystery Series, which will feature a mathematics college professor who is also a sleuth (and beader!)

David Rosenfelt  writes the Andy Carpenter Mystery Series, which features a defense attorney who also runs a dog rescue. Rosenfelt has been nominated for four major mystery book awards – the Edgar, Nero, Shamus, & Barry. (Also, Rosenfelt has rescued over 4,000 dogs!)

Nicola Slade writes the Harriet Quigley Mystery Series. This series has, as its sleuth, a retired headmistress. She is helped by her cousin, Canon Sam Hathaway – a clergyman at Winchester Cathedral. Slade also writes a British, historical series: the Charlotte Richmond Investigates Mystery Series which is set during Victorian times.

Animal Planet’s Puppy Bowl VII – Sunday, Feb. 6 – Must See TV! (?)

OK, people! I know that this is not a Cozy Mystery topic, but:

If you are an avid fan of the SuperBowls, and an avid lover of puppies, then today, you’re in for a treat! The Animal Planet channel will be broadcasting the seventh Puppy Bowl, and it promises to be good, family fun for all of us.

The action is intense, the rules are fast and easy, and the players are the cutest players to hit the “football field” in years! Let’s face it, any show that has this in their description (from the Animal Planet website):

“Featuring fan favorites like the Water Bowl Cam, tail-gating fans, and the Ice Breakers blimp and its hamster crew, this year’s big game is sure to be a tail-wagger. For the first time ever, viewers can watch the action from the puppy’s point-of-view with the new Puppy Cam.”

And, for all of you cat fans, the half time will be “the popular Bissel Kitten Halftime Show”! (I’m looking forward to finding out what this is!)

This is yet another fun thing I was introduced to on The Bonnie Hunt Show. Hunt showed a segment from one of the Puppy Bowls, and I was instantly hooked! Of course, I only saw a short segment, so I don’t know how this will fare for two hours. (But, the beauty of taping a show is that I am in control of my remote’s fast-forward key.) Either way though, I am looking forward to watching these puppies “play football.”

Mystery Books: Snowed-In, Snow Bound, Snowy, Howling Wind – or Just Too Doggone Cold!

All this cold weather has made me want to make a mystery book theme for the cold! This list of mystery books brings to mind dark, shadowy events on dark, dreary days.

Mystery Books that Feature: Snowed-In / Snow-Bound Settings:

Gilbert Adair: The Act of Roger Murgatroyd

Nancy Atherton: Aunt Dimity’s Christmas

Nancy Atherton: Aunt Dimity Snowbound

Marian Babson: Murder on a Mystery Tour

Nevada Barr: Winter Study

M. C. Beaton: A Highland Christmas

C.C. Benison: Eleven Pipers Piping

Kate Carlisle: Peril in Paperback

C.S. Challinor: Christmas is Murder

Agatha Christie: The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding

Agatha Christie: Hercule Poirot’s Christmas

Agatha Christie: Murder on the Orient Express

Agatha Christie: Three Blind Mice

Sheila Connolly: Cruel Winter

Mary Daheim: The Alpine Christmas

Carola Dunn: Death at Wentwater Court

Carola Dunn: Mistletoe & Murder

Dawn Eastman: Fright to the Death

J. Jefferson Farjeon: Mystery in White: A Christmas Crime Story

Monica Ferris: Crewel Yule

Monica Ferris: Thai Die

Joanne Fluke: Sugar Cookie Murder

Martha Grimes: Jerusalem Inn

Steve Hamilton: A Cold Day in Paradise

David Handler: The Burnt Orange Sunrise  

Cyril Hare: An English Murder

Jim Kelly: Death Wore White

Ngaio Marsh: Tied Up in Tinsel

Catriona McPherson: The Winter Ground

Leslie Meier: Christmas Cookie Murder

Leslie Meier: Mistletoe Murder

Leslie Meier: Valentine Murder

Judy Moore: Murder in Vail

J. J. Murphy: A Friendly Game of Murder

Katherine Hall Page: The Body in the Sleigh

Katherine Hall Page: The Body in the Snowdrift

Anne Perry: A Christmas Journey

Mary Monica Pulver: Original Sin

Patrick Ruell (Reginald Hill): Red Christmas

Phoebe Atwood Taylor: Death Lights a Candle

PS>>> I made the above list by consolidating comments from two previous posts: Cold, Howling Wind, Snow… AND … Winter Snow-Ins. As these are from a lot of Cozy Mystery site readers comments, I have not read all of the books. (But, a lot of them are now in my TBR pile! – (To Be Read)

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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