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E. F. Benson… Queen Lucia… Again!

I’ll be writing a longer entry on Monday, but thought I would quickly write to say that I’m having a fantastic time. (More on that after the weekend…)

I am listening to the first book of the E. F. Benson Mapp and Lucia NON mystery series… Queen Lucia (narrated by Nadia May) and I am absolutely loving it! I know that I have raved about this particular NON mystery series many times before, but I must warn you that it is somewhat dated… having been written in the early 1920s. As I’ve said before, E. F. Benson‘s series is the only series that I have read several times (and plan on reading even more times in the future!) and each time I read it (or in this case listen to it) I discover new things.

Must go… Will write later...

July 2010 Mystery Book New Releases…

The following mystery books will be released in July 2010:

Avery Aames: The Long Quiche Goodbye (This will be the 1st in the NEW Cheese Shop Mystery Series…)

Riley Adams (aka Elizabeth Spann Craig): Delicious and Suspicious (This will be the 1st in the NEW Memphis Barbeque Mystery Series…)

Susan Wittig Albert: The Darling Dahlias and the Cucumber Tree (This will be the 1st in the NEW Darling Dahlias Mystery Series…)

Donna Andrews: Stork Raving Mad (This will be the 12th in the Meg Lanslow Mystery Series…)

Claudia Bishop: Death in Two Courses (This will contain the 3rd and 4th books in the Hemlock Falls Mystery Series – A Pinch of Poison & Murder Well Done…)

Annette Blair: Death by Diamonds (This will be the 3rd in the Vintage Magic Mystery Series…)

James Lee Burke: The Glass Rainbow (This will be the 18th in the Dave Robicheaux Mystery Series…)

Chris Cavender (aka Elizabeth Bright, Melissa Glazer, & Tim Myers): Pepperoni Pizza Can Be Murder (This will be the 2nd in the Pizza Mystery Series…)

Casey Daniels: Tomb with a View (This will be the 6th in the Pepper Martin Mystery Series…)

Eileen Davidson: Diva Las Vegas (This will be the 3rd in the Soap Opera Mystery Series…)

Susan Dunlap: Power Slide (This will be the 4th in the Darcy Lott Mystery Series…)

Gail Fraser: Lumby on the Air (This will be the 5th in the NON mystery Lumby Series…)

Jane Haddam: Wanting Sheila Dead (This will be the 25th in the Gregor Demarkian Mystery Series…)

Rebecca M. Hale: Nine Lives Last Forever (This will be the 2nd in the Cats and Curios Mystery Series…)

Parnell Hall: Caper (This will be the 17th in the Stanley Hastings Mystery Series…)

Susan Isaacs: As Husbands Go (This will be a Stand Alone…)

J. A. Jance: Queen of the Night (This will be the 4th in the Walker Family Series…)

Nancy Lynn Jarvis: Buying Murder (This will be the 3rd in the Regan McHenry Real Estate Mystery Series…)

Iris Johansen & Roy Johansen: Shadow Zone (This will be a Stand Alone…)

Linda O. Johnston: Feline Fatale (This will be the 9th in the Kendra Ballantine, Pet Sitter Mystery Series…)

Deryn Lake (aka Dinah Lampitt): The Mills of God (This will be the 1st in the NEW Reverend Nick Lawrence Mystery Series…)

Victoria Laurie: A Glimpse of Evil (This will be the 8th in the Psychic Eye Mystery Series…)

Sheila Lowe: Last Writes (This will be the 4th in the Forensic Handwriting Mystery Series…)

Mary Jane Maffini: Closet Confidential (This will be the 4th in the Charlotte Adams Mystery Series…)

Cricket McRae: Something Borrowed, Something Bleu (This will be the 4th in the Home Crafting Mystery Series…)

Deborah Sharp: Mama Gets Hitched (This will be the 3rd in the Mace Bauer Mystery Series…)

Alexander McCall Smith: Corduroy Mansions (Let’s hope that this is the 1st in a new NON mystery series! Although the novel was published last year, it was not sold in the USA until now…)

Jennifer Sturman: And Then I Found Out the Truth (This will be the 2nd in the Young Adult Delia Truesdale Mystery Series…)

Robert K. Tanenbaum: Betrayed (This will be the 22nd in the Butch Karp & Marlene Ciampi Mystery Series…)

Chris Well: Nursing a Grudge (This will be the 1st in the NEW Hometown Mysteries Series…)

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Private Investigators as the Sleuths in Mystery Series on the Cozy Mystery Site:

I just got this request from Alicia:

“I work at a library and I am trying to compile a list of cozy mysteries where the main character is a PI or other paid investigator (police, etc) and not just a person of another profession who happens to solve crimes…”

OK, OK, I know that one of the characteristics that I have listed of the Cozy Mystery genre is that the sleuth is an amateur… but, that’s just the majority of the time, and as with all other things, there are always exceptions!

Here are the authors who are on the Cozy Mystery site who have, as their sleuths, professional sleuths. (Not all of them are Cozy.)

Private Investigators:

Conrad Allen (aka Edward Marston & Keith Miles): Dillman Mystery Series… Transatlantic Cruise Ship Detective…

Lori Avocato: Pauline Sokol Mystery Series… Medical Fraud Investigator…

Linda Barnes: Carlotta Carlyle Mystery Series… Boston PI AND Michael Spraggue Mystery Series… PI Actor…

M. C. Beaton: Agatha Raisin Mystery Series… Owner of PI Agency…

Carol Lea Benjamin: Rachel Alexander Mystery Series… PI Dog Trainer…

Ruth Birmingham (aka Walter Sorrells & Lynn Abercrombie): Sunny Childs Mystery Series… Georgia PI…

Nero Blanc (aka Cordelia Frances Biddle & Steve Zettler): Crossword Puzzle Mystery Series… PI and Crossword Puzzle Editor…

Lawrence Block (aka Paul Kavanagh): Matt Scudder Mystery Series… New York PI…

D.B. Borton (aka Della Borton): Cat Caliban Mystery Series… Sexagenarian PI…

Kate Bryan: Maggie Maguire Mystery Series… Pinkerton PI…

Carole Buggé:  Sherlock Holmes Mystery Series… British PI…

Nancy Bush: Jane Kelly Mystery Series… PI & Pug…

Dorothy Cannell: Ellie Haskell Mystery Series… Flower Sisters PIs…

Sally Chapman (aka Annie Griffin): Silicon Valley Mystery Series… Computer Fraud PI…

Agatha Christie: Hercule Poirot Mystery Series… PI with a whole lot of the little Gray Cells…

Carole Higgins Clark: Regan Reilly Mystery Series… California PI…

Bruce Cook (aka Bruce Alexander): Chico Cervantes Mystery Series… California PI…

Bill Crider: Truman Smith Mystery Series… Texas PI…

Lindsey Davis: Marcus Didius Falco Mystery Series… 1st Century Roman Detective…

Arthur Conan Doyle: Sherlock Holmes Series… London PI…

Sarah Dunant: Hannah Wolfe Mystery Series… London PI…

Sharon Duncan: Scotia MacKinnon Mystery Series… Washington (State) PI…

Susan Dunlap: Kiernan O’Shaughnessy Mystery Series… California PI…

Grace F. Edwards: Mali Anderson Mystery Series… New York PI…

Selma Eichler: Desiree Shapiro Mystery Series… “Murder Can…” PI…

Christy Tillery French: Natasha Chamberlain Mystery Series… Bodyguard PI…

Lee Goldberg: Mr. Monk Mystery Series… Idiosyncratic PI….

Sue Grafton: Kinsey Millhone Mystery Series… Alphabetical PI…

Ann Granger: Fran Varady Mystery Series… British PI…

Linda Hall: Teri Blake-Addison Mystery Series AND Fog Point Mystery Series… both Maine PIs…

Carolyn G. Hart: Death on Demand Mystery Series…Book Store Owner & PI…

Veronica Heley: Abbot Agency Mystery Series… British PI…

Gabriella Herkert: Animal Instincts Mystery Series… Washington (State) PI…

Kaye C. Hill: Lexy Lomax Mystery Series… PI and her Chihuahua…

P.D. James: Cordelia Gray Mystery Series… Inheritor of PI Business…

Jon Katz: Suburban Detective Mystery Series… New Jersey PI…

Marne Davis Kellogg: Lilly Bennett Mystery Series… Wyoming PI…

Karen Kijewski: Kat Colorado Mystery Series… Sacramento PI…

Alice Kimberly (aka Cleo Coyle): Haunted Bookshop Mystery Series…Ghostly PI

Laurie R. King: Mary Russell Mystery Series… Sherlock Holmes’ Wife PI…

Mary Kruger: Gilded Age Mystery Series… 1890s PI…

Vincent Lardo: Archy McNally Mystery Series… Palm Beach PI…

Hilda Lawrence: Mark East Mystery Series… New England PIs…

Martha C. Lawrence: Elizabeth Chase Mystery Series… Parapsychologist / Psychic PI…

Laura Lippman: Tess Monaghan Mystery Series… Baltimore PI…

Lisa Lutz: Izzy Spellman Mystery Series… San Francisco PI…

Charlotte MacLeod (aka Alisa Craig): Sarah Kelling & Max Bittersohn Mystery Series… Art Security PI…

Taylor McCafferty (aka Barbara Taylor McCafferty & Tierney McClellan): Haskell Blevins, PI Mystery Series… Kentucky PI…

Alexander McCall Smith: The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency Mystery Series… Botswana PIs…

Ralph McInerny (aka Monica Quill): Notre Dame Mystery Series… Indiana PI…

G.A. McKevett: Savannah Reid Mystery Series… California PI…

Marcia Muller: Sharon McCone Mystery Series… San Francisco PI…

Katy Munger (aka Gallagher Gray): Casey Jones Mystery Series… North Carolina PI…

Shirley Rousseu Murphy: Joe Grey Cat Mystery Series… California PI & Kit, the Cat…

Lynne Murray: Josephine Fuller Mystery Series… Seattle PI…

Diana Orgain: Maternal Instincts Mystery Series… New Mom PI…

Sara Paretsky: V.I. Warshawski Mystery Series… Chicago PI…

Robert B. Parker: Sunny Randall Mystery Series AND Spenser Mystery Series… Boston PIs…

Rose Pressey: Maggie, PI Mystery Series… Florida PI

Sandra West Prowell: Phoebe Siegel Mystery Series… Montana PI…

Spencer Quinn (aka Peter Abrahams): Chet and Bernie Mystery Series… PI & His Narrator Dog…

Rick Riordan: Tres Navarre Mystery Series… San Antonio PI…

Lynda S. Robinson: Lord Meren Mystery Series… Ancient Egypt PI…

S.J. Rozan: Bill Smith & Lydia Chin Mystery Series… New York PIs…

Lawrence Sanders: Archy McNally Mystery Series… Palm Beach PI…

Walter Satterthwait: Joshua Croft Mystery Series… Santa Fe PIs…

Dorothy L. Sayers: Lord Peter Wimsey Mystery Series… English PI…

Sandra Scoppettone: Faye Quick Mystery Series AND Lauren Laurano Mystery Series… New York PIs…

Connie Shelton: Charlie Parker Mysteries (Charlie is an accountant, her brother is the PI in a small PI firm)

Steve Sherman: New England Cozy Mystery Series… New Hampshire PI…

Dana Stabenow: Kate Shugak Mystery Series… Alaska PI…

Rex Stout: Nero Wolfe Mystery Series… Orchid Lover PI…

Winona Sullivan: Sister Cecile Mystery Series… Boston PI…

Leann Sweeney: Yellow Rose Mystery Series… Houston PI…

Elizabeth Atwood Taylor: Maggie Elliott Mystery Series… California PI…

Patricia Wentworth: Miss Maud Silver Mystery Series… British Ex-Governess PI…

Valerie Wilson Wesley: Tamara Hayle Mystery Series… New Jersey PI…

Jacqueline Winspear: Maisie Dobbs Mystery Series… Early 20th Century London PI…

PS>>>>>>> I know that there are authors on the above list who are not Cozy Mystery authors. But, as I said at the beginning of the entry… these are authors who can be found on the Cozy Mystery Site…

Here is an updated list of Private Investigator Sleuths from 2016.

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Amanda Lee, Gilbert Morris, Mark Schweizer, & Robert Spiller… the Four Newest Mystery Book Authors Added to the Cozy Mystery Site…

Here are the four newest mystery book authors who you all have recommended to be included on the site:

Amanda Lee (aka Gayle Trent): Lee is the author of the NEW Embroidery Mystery Series, which features a sleuth who is the owner of an embroidery shop. It is set in Oregon. As Trent she writes the Daphne Martin Mystery Series which features a cake decorator/sleuth.

Gilbert Morris: Morris was a pastor for ten years, and writes the following mystery series: the Jacques & Cleo, Cat Detectives Mystery Series, the Lady Trent Mystery Series (set in 19th century London), and the Danielle Ross Mystery Series (aka Dani Ross Mystery Series)…

Mark Schweizer: Schweizer writes the Liturgical Mystery Series, which is set in a small town and features the police chief who also is the choir director and organist at his Episcopalian church. This series is supposed to be very funny...

Robert Spiller: Spiller has been a math teacher ranging from the elementary school level all the way to the college level. It is no wonder that his Bonnie Pinkwater Mystery Series features a sleuth who is a high school math teacher…

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