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Mystery Authors JoAnna Carl, Joanne Fluke, & Leslie Meier …

I just got a note from Jane asking for help identifying possible authors who she could try reading, based on the mystery authors who she lists as her favorites:

“… I really enjoy Hannah Swenson (Joanne Fluke), Lucy Stone (Leslie Meier) and Chocoholic mysteries (JoAnna Carl).  Can you recommend a similar author as I have just about finished those series??”

I think that I would absolutely have to mention the following authors:

Jill Churchill

Mary Daheim

Diane Mott Davidson

Tamar Myers

Thanks to all of you who are helping come up with other mystery book author possibilities for Jane. Here are some more authors who you all have added in your comments:

Lorna Barrett (Booktown mysteries)

Miranda Bliss (Cooking Class mysteries)

Kate Carlisle (Bibliophile mysteries)

Sammi Carter (Candy Shop mysteries)

Laura Childs (Tea Shop mysteries)

Susan Conant & Jessica Conant-Park (Gourmet Girl mysteries)

Jessica Conant-Park & Susan Conant – Gourmet Girl mysteries)

Sheila Connolly (Orchard mysteries)

Susan Rogers Cooper (E.J. Pugh mysteries)

Cleo Coyle (Coffeehouse mysteries)

Carolyn Hart (Death on Demand mysteries)

Linda O. Johnston (Pet-Sitter mysteries)

John J. Lamb (Bear Collector’s mysteries)

Lucy Lawrence (Decoupage mysteries)

Jenn McKinlay (Cupcake Bakery mysteries)

Katherine Hall Page (Faith Fairchild Mystery Series)

Louise Penny (Three Pines mysteries)

Maggie Sefton (Knitting mysteries)

Patricia Sprinkle (Thoroughly Southern mysteries)

J.B. Stanley (Supper Club mysteries)

Ayelet Waldman (Mommy Track mysteries)

Livia J. Washburn (Fresh Baked mysteries)

Heather Webber (Lucy Valentine series)

Do any of you have any other suggestions for Jane?

 

Tales from Grace Chapel Inn List of Books…

I have received requests for the Tales from Grace Chapel Inn Series list of books from quite a few people. These books are not mysteries, but (apparently) this Guideposts’ Tales from Grace Chapel Inn Series is very akin to some of the mystery series which I have posted in previous entries:

Church Choir Mystery Series

Mystery and the Minister’s Wife Mystery Series

Heartsong Presents Mysteries

The Tales from Grace Chapel Inn Series is a series of NON mystery chronological books, which is published by Guideposts. The series follows three sisters who live in Pennsylvania. Alice, Jane, and Louise run a Bed & Breakfast. The series is written by several Christian authors…

I have written another entry which has other authors who don’t use profanity in their novels (as far as I am aware!)

Mystery Books with Anthropologists and Archaeologists as Their Sleuths…

Angela just asked if I could add a new theme to the site which features “archaeology/anthropology based series“>>> so here goes! (Remember that I am only including authors who are posted on the Cozy Mystery Site. I am sure that there are many other authors who write mysteries which feature anthropologists and archaeologists…)

Margot Arnold: Penny Spring & Sir Toby Glendower Mystery Series… set in Great Britain, has both anthropologist and archaeologist as the sleuths.

Aileen G. Baron: The Lily Sampson Mystery Series features an archaeology graduate student in the early to mid 1900s.

Jefferson Bass: Body Farm Series … Dr. Bill Brockton works at the Tennessee body farm. (not Cozy)

Dana Cameron: Emma Fielding Mystery Series…Emma is a New England archaeologist/professor.

Barbara Cleverly: Laetitia Talbot Mystery Series…set in France after WWI, the sleuth is an archaeologist.

Beverly Connor: Diane Fallon Forensic Investigations Mystery Series (anthropologist) AND Lindsay Chamberlain Archaeology Mystery Series

Aaron Elkins: Gideon Oliver Mystery Series… Elkins, a former anthropologist has as his sleuth, a professor of anthropology.

Mary Anna Evans: Faye Longchamp Mystery Series… Faye is an archaeologist on the Florida Gulf Coast.

Lyn Hamilton: Archaeological Mystery Series: Lara McClintoch is a Canadian antiques dealer.

Erin Hart: Nora Gavin/Cormac Maguire Mystery Series: Nora is a forensic anthropologist and Coramc is an archaeologist.

Rett MacPherson: Torie O’Shea Mystery Series… Torie is a genealogist who uses a little anthropology, archaeology, & history in her searches.

Sharyn McCrumb: Elizabeth MacPherson Mystery Series… sleuth is a forensic anthropologist.

J. Michael Orenduff: Pot Thief Mystery Series… sleuth is a treasure hunter.

Elizabeth Peters (aka Barbara Mertz & Barbara Michaels: Amelia Peabody Mystery Series… a British Egyptologist/archaeologist.

Kathy Reichs: Temperance Brennan Mystery Series… (Not Cozy) the basis of the Fox show Bones… forensic anthropologist in Quebec.

Lynda S. Robinson: While the Lord Meren Mystery Series does not feature an archaeologist or anthropologist, the author of this ancient Egyptian mystery series holds a PhD in anthropology (emphasis on archaeology).

Sarah R. Shaber: Professor Simon Shaw Mystery Series… Simon is a history professor, and there is a little archaeology and anthropology thrown into the mysteries.

Malcolm Shuman: Alan Graham Mystery Series… Alan is a contract archaeologist in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

♦ To access more Cozy Mysteries by Theme click on this link ♦

2009 Agatha Awards Nominees…

This will be quick. I just posted all of the 2009 Agatha Award Nominees. (I guess I won’t be getting the early-bird worm!)

CONGRATULATIONS to ALL of the nominees!!!

I think that if you take a look at the lists, you will recognize quite a few of “our” authors, and look forward to reading the new ones. Remember that the Agatha Awards are probably the most “Cozy” of all of the mystery book awards… No gratuitious violence, no “gross-out” goriness, and no explicit “adult situations”… so to speak.

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