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Four Mystery Book Authors Added to the Cozy Mystery Site: John L. Betcher, Lucille Kallen, M. Louisa Locke, & Meira Pentermann

Yes, I am finally getting some authors posted on the Cozy Mystery site! And yes, they are authors who site readers have told me about, and who the site readers think go along with the theme of the Cozy Mystery site:

John L. Betcher is a lawyer and a youth volleyball coach who writes the James Becker Mystery Series. James and his wife Elizabeth have retired to Minnesota from their high-stress jobs as a military intelligence operative (him) and a CIA code-cracker (her)…

Lucille Kallen writes the C. B. Greenfield Mystery Series which has, as its sleuths, a newspaper owner/editor who plays the cello and one of his reporters who plays the piano.

M. Louisa Locke is an ex-history professor who writes the Victorian San Francisco Mystery Series. Not only does the sleuth own a boardinghouse during this time, but, unbeknownst to others, she is a clairvoyant.

Meira Pentermann is a new author who has written a paranormal cozy mystery which takes place in Maine. The sleuth follows a silent ball of light which leads her to the diary of a girl who has been missing for over thirty years.

Simon Brett – Melita Pargeter Mystery Series

I am reading a Melita Pargeter Mystery, by Simon Brett. As I make my way through this first mystery in Brett’s six-book series, I find myself wondering: Why did it take me so long to finally read this book?!?

My bookshelf is absolutely crammed with series by authors who I really enjoy reading (Agatha Christie, Ruth Rendell, Ellis Peters, R. D. Wingfield, Carvic/Charles/Crane, Patricia Moyes, Colin Dexter… just to mention a very few!!!) and also by authors who I REALLY want to try. As you can see, they aren’t all Cozy!

When I pick my next book to read, it is sometimes difficult to leave my favorite authors on the shelves so that I can try a new author. I’m sort of a “tried and true” type of person… no leaving the main path in lieu of a new (and possibly very exciting) road. But, every once in a while, I simply force myself to leave my safety zone and try a new author. (“Force” is probably way too strong a word!)

I have to admit that I have tried a lot of new authors who I do not like… authors who just haven’t had me wanting to continue reading after page 50. (I know I have talked about my “page 50 rule” before… If the author doesn’t hook me by then, I am simply not willing to “stay” with him/her>>> No page 51 for me!)

But, I have also tried many new (to me) authors with whom I instantly feel a connection. These are the authors who I then add to my personal “favorite authors” list.

Let if suffice in saying: Simon Brett is now on my favorite authors list! I am truly enjoying this mystery (A Nice Class of Corpse) … and cannot imagine why it has taken me so long to finally get it off of my bookshelf… Sometimes this old dog is reminded that if she tries something new… she just might join Mikey – and like it!

Thank You!

Thank you all for the well wishes and kind words. I have to admit that I usually try not to write “personal things”… other than my rants and raves, which if you have been with me even a short while, you have probably seen. Yes, there are plenty of those! (And I have another rant and rave that I will be posting real soon>>> Unfortunately, I’m never at a loss for those!)

My husband had his final doctor’s appointment this morning and was given the “100% back-to-normal” diagnosis. Whewww! Am I relieved!

Thanks, again…

I've Been Out to Lunch….

I know that I have not been very good about posting responses to comments these past few days. I posted one response, then decided to take it off, only to put my comment back on, and ultimately took it off AGAIN. Good grief!!! I also changed a previous blog/entry once it was up… That doesn’t happen very often!

I have had “other things” on my mind these past few days. My husband was hospitalized on Monday, and, THANK GOODNESS he is back at home, and is OK. He is “so OK” that he is planning on going back to work tomorrow – Thursday. He has been hospitalized two other times (in the past +/- five years) and we thought for sure it was the same thing. Luckily, it was not.

So, I think that I am “back to normal” now and will get back into the swing of the site. Hopefully I will be able to post a comment without hesitating and wondering if I am wording it right… if my grammar is correct… if I know what I am talking about… if it makes sense… ETC

Thanks for being patient!

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