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Elizabeth J. Duncan, Fay Risner, Ian Sansom, & Catherine Shaw… Four New Additions to the Cozy Mystery Site…

I am currently trying to add mystery authors to the site who Cozy Mystery site readers have recommended. These are authors who the recommending people believe belong on the site.

The four newest mystery authors to the Cozy Mystery site are:

Elizabeth J. Duncan writes the Penny Brannigan Mystery Series which features a Welsh manicurist and her best friend/business partner. duncans frist mystery was nominated for an Agatha Award Best First Novel…

Fay Risner is the author of the Amazing Gracie Mystery Series, which features a 1900s retired Iowa farmer who lives in a senior citizens’ home…

Ian Sansom writes the Mobile Library Mystery Series which takes place in Northern Ireland and features a vegetarian librarian as its sleuth…

Catherine Shaw pens the Vanessa Duncan Cambridge Mystery Series. The sleuth in this mystery series is an 1800s Cambridge teacher…

Blue Bloods is Finally Here! (Friday Night CBS Line Up)

OK, so I was previously wrong about the title for the new police procedural, but I am correct about it now… Blue Bloods is finally here!  At the risk of repeating myself (since I already wrote an entry about this new CBS show) please click on the link above to get the specifics. (Just disregard the first few paragraphs of that entry…)

But of course, as I am rarely not more verbose than I need to be, let me just say, I have already set up our mode of taping>>> Actually, I have set this show up on three modes of taping! That’s how excited I am about trying this new police procedural. (Before I forget, Blue Bloods is on TONIGHT… on CBS, 9:00 for us, but check with your time regions…)

Boy! Was I perplexed when I last saw Donnie Wahlberg on Rizzoli and Isles – as the new boss at the precinct who grew up with Rizzoli. (And, “old boss” since he was only at the precinct a few episodes before being promoted.) I thought that perhaps Blue Bloods had been cancelled and this was his new gig. I actually Googled to make sure that this was just a temporary guest spot for him. I was relieved to see that Blue Bloods was still in the CBS plans…

Here’s hoping that Blue Bloods is as good as some of us hope that it is!

Welcome Autumn! AND What Mystery Are You Reading?

Can you believe that autumn is officially here?!? I’m really ready for it AND for the cooler weather! (Although children in San Antonio have been known to Trick or Treat in shorts… on more than just sporadic years.)

With autumn (finally) here, I know a lot of us are planning on spending lazy weekends reading a good Cozy Mystery. Anyway, I am.. So, I thought I would again ask you all if you wouldn’t mind telling us what mysteries you are currently reading.

I’m going to start by saying that while in the car and doing housework, I am listening to the first Fethering mystery by Simon Brett. I am really enjoying this mystery book, and am wondering why in the world it took me so long to discover this series. (I think that I asked the same question when I read the first of Simon Brett’s Melita Pargeter mysteries and enjoyed it so much that I added him to my list of favorite authors.)

As for my “real book” (my hard copy book), I mentioned before that I am going through one of my “trying new authors” (to me!) phases. I am just now starting to read the first in Ann Cleeve‘s George and Molly Palmer-Jones Birdwatching Mystery Series, and am enjoying it so far.

Anyway… If you wouldn’t mind telling us what mystery you’re reading, we would love to hear from you… a great way for the rest of us to take a look at authors who we might have not “noticed” before!

Mystery Books that Take Place in New Jersey …

Here are some fun New Jersey facts:
The capital is Trenton.
The largest city is Newark.
State motto is “Liberty and Prosperity”
State nickname is Garden State.
State flower is the Violet.
State bird is the Eastern Goldfinch.
State animal is the horse.

Mystery authors who are found on the Cozy Mystery Site who feature New Jersey locations/settings in their books:

Joani Ascher: Wally Ascher Mystery Series

Laura Bradford (aka Elizabeth Lynn Casey): Jenkins & Burns Mystery Series

Mary Jane Clark : Piper Donovan Wedding Cake Mystery Series

Jeffrey Cohen (ask E. J. Copperman): Double Feature Mystery Series AND Aaron Tucker Mystery Series

E.J. Copperman (aka Jeffrey Cohen): Haunted Guesthouse Mystery Series

E.J. Copperman (aka Jeffrey Cohen): Asperberger’s Mystery Series

Peggy Ehrhart: Knit & Nibble Mystery Series AND Maxx Maxwell Mystery Series

Janet Evanovich: Stephanie Plum Mystery Series

Shelley Freydont: Lindy Haggerty Mystery Series

Rosie Genova : Italian Kitchen Mystery Series

Dorothy Gilman: Mrs. Pollifax Mystery Series

Robin Hathaway: Dr. Jo Bank Mystery Series

Jane Isenberg: Bel Barrett Mystery Series

Tina Kashian: Kebab Kitchen Mystery Series

Evan Marshall: Jane Stuart & Winky Mystery Series

Jane Rubino: Cat Austen Mystery Series

Beth Sherman: Jersey Shore Mystery Series

Ann Waldron: Princeton Murders Mystery Series

Valerie Wilson Wesley: Tamara Hayle Mystery Series

Lois Winston:Anastasia Pollack Crafting 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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