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

New Mystery Book Authors on the Site: Joani Ascher, Gayle Carline, Tina Czarnota, & R. Michael Phillips

Here are the  site’s  four most recent additions of  mystery book authors. These are all authors who have been recommended to me as mystery book authors who “belong” on the site.

Joani Ascher: Wally Morris Mystery Series… Ascher writes this series about a New Jersey pre-school teacher who also solves mysteries. (Each of the books begins with the word “Vengeance.”)

Gayle Carline: Peri Minneopa Mystery Series… Carline, who used to be a software engineer, has just started this series (set in California) about an ex-house cleaner who gets her P. I. license. 

Tina Czarnota: Country Inn, Dead & Breakfast Mystery Series… Czarnota writes this series which features a Bed & Breakfast sleuth.

R. Michael Phillips: Ernie Bisquets Mystery Series… Phillips (a painter for over three decades) is using his knowledge of art to write this series which features an art forger/sleuth who becomes involved with the East London Adventurers Club.

This Particular Entry about Mystery Book Series Gets A WHOLE Lot of Canned Ham Substitute!

What is going on here!?! I am absolutely floored by how much “canned ham substitute” I am currently receiving from “people” about a particular entry that I posted way back in August of 2009. (I am referring to the senders as “people” >>> They are more than likely computer programs out on “missions” to get the owners’ trashy links posted on the internet.)

The post I wrote about is… well, let me see… I probably should not mention the title again, so I am going to pretend that Pat Sajak and Vanna White are asking your help in providing some of the missing vowels:  “I’m Finally Posting the Ch*rch Ch*ir Mystery Book Series…”

I am absolutely shocked by how many “people” are sending me this “canned ham substitute” trying to get me to post their comments about this entry. (I get +/- twenty of them a day!) There are a whole bunch of “people” who don’t even have “their” letters written in the alphabet system that I am familiar with… “Their” symbols look like they could be the Cyrillic alphabet, but since I don’t know that particular alphabet system, I am not sure.

And, of course, there are a lot of “canned ham substitutes” that deal with … adult situations. (Although I don’t know any adults who are interested in those particular types of “situations”… at least I hope I don’t!)

The reason that I am so incredulous about this is the subject matter of my entry. For those of you not willing to play the Vanna/Pat game… the first “*” is “u” and the second “*” is “o”. Can you imagine why that sort of entry would elicit so much unsolicited garbage? I certainly can’t!

An English Murder… a PERFECT British Mystery Book Set During Christmas

I recently finished a really good Christmas theme mystery book… An English Murder. It was such a treat to read this book, and it certainly made me a Cyril Hare fan!

It is set in a British estate, which incidentally becomes snow-bound. It has a cast of possible future victims, or is it a cast of future culprits?

One of the (almost) cast of characters is the snow, of which there is a WHOLE LOT! And of course, there is the loyal butler who has worked for the mansion’s/estate’s family for years and years, and then even more years! He is loyal to the nth degree…

What would the very upper class British family be without a “black sheep” son?!? Oh, and don’t forget about the non-British guest in the house… along with the “black sheep” son’s childhood companion, and other guests with lots of motives and secrets.

Cyril Hare‘s An English Murder was a real delight for me to read, and I highly recommend it to anyone who is craving a little snow-bound Christmas mystery. The only bad thing about this book is that it may be difficult to locate>>> I would definitely check with your library and get on the waiting list right now!

Debbie Macomber's Mrs. Miracle… Not a Mystery Book, but Definitely a Holiday Movie

OK, OK! I know that Debbie Macomber isn’t a mystery book author. But I also know that there are several people who read the Cozy Mystery Site who are avid Debbie Macomber fans. So  for those of you Debbie Macomber fans>>> I want to tell you about the Debbie Macomber’s Mrs. Miracle movie, which the Hallmark network will be showing.

Debbie Macomber’s Mrs. Miracle will premier this Saturday (December 5) at 8:00, and then air “in a row” or “back to back” for the next six hours. That is to say that the Hallmark channel will be showing it at 8:00, 10:00, and then again at midnight. It will also air on Sunday during the Hallmark channel’s 8:00 movie line-up time. (All times are in the evening.)

I know this because I am one of the few people who own a Replay DVR machine (which I absolutely love!!! AND which UNFORTUNATELY they are no longer selling.) But because I have one of the few Replays out there, I can look through different television channel line-ups quite easily. (The Replay is to the Tivo what Betamax was to the VHS machine, or the 8-track tapes were to cassettes. One of them had to fail…)

Anyway, I have not seen the movie, nor have I read the novel, so I cannot vouch it. But, I can say that the wonderful Doris Roberts is in it, and it looks like a “feel good” holiday movie… I will definitely be DVR-ing it…. on my Replay!

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