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Casey Daniels, Clare Langley-Hawthorne, Gail Lukasik, & Archer Mayor : Four New Authors to the Cozy Mystery Site…

So, it’s that time again >>> I am adding four new authors to the Cozy Mystery Site who were recommended by you, the Cozy Mystery Site Readers. I haven’t read any of these authors, but think that they look interesting. (As you will notice, not all of the new authors who I add to the site are Cozy.)

Casey Daniels: Pepper Martin Mystery Series... Daniels has her degree in English and loves cemeteries. Her main sleuth (Pepper Martin) lives in Ohio and is a cemetery tour guide. Pepper solves her mysteries with the help of a very dead mob boss.     

Clare Langley-Hawthorne: Ursula Marlowe Mystery Series... Langley-Hawthorne is a commercial lawyer who also has her Master’s in international trade law and economics. Her main sleuth (Ursula Marlowe) is a suffragette who lives in London.

Gail Lukasik: Leigh Girard Mystery Series... Lukasik has taught writing and literature in Chicago (college level)… Her main character (Lee Girard) is a breast cancer survivor, as well as a journalist.

Archer Mayor: Joe Gunther Mystery Series... Mayor is a deputy for a New England county sheriff’s department and also a death investigator for the Vermont Chief Medical Examiner. He writes the very popular Joe Gunther police procedural which features a police detective in Vermont.

Mystery Books that Take Place in Maryland:

Here are some Fun Maryland Facts:

Maryland got its name from Queen Henrietta Maria, wife of King Charles I.
The largest city is Baltimore, and the state capital is Annapolis.
State motto is “Manly Deeds, Womanly Words.”
State bird is the Baltimore Oriole.
State flower is the Black-eyed Susan.

Authors who are found on the Cozy Mystery Site and who feature Maryland locations in their books:

Kathy Aarons: Chocolate Covered Mystery Series

Ron & Janet Benrey: Pippa Hunnechurch Mystery Series

Helen Chappell: Sam & Hollis Mystery Series

Sheila Connolly (aka Sarah Atwell): Victorian Village Mystery Series

Janet Evanovich: Barney Barnaby Mystery Series

A.L. Herbert: Mahalia Watkins Soul Food Mystery Series

Sasscer Hill: Nikki Latrelle Racing Mystery Series

Mary Ellen Hughes: Craft Corner Mystery Series

Mary Ellen Hughes: Maggie Olenski Mystery Series

Mary Ellen Hughes: Keepsake Cove Mystery Series

Laura Lippman: Tess Monaghan Mystery Series

Marcia Talley: Hannah Ives Mystery Series

Maggie Toussaint: Cleopatra Jones Mystery Series

Please feel free to contact me if you see an author from the Cozy Mystery Site who belongs on this list, or if you have any comments.

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Mystery Books that Take Place in Iowa:

Here are some Fun Iowa Facts:
State capital is Des Moines.
State bird is the Eastern Goldfinch
State flower is the Wild Prairie Rose.
State motto is “Our liberties we prize and our rights we will maintain.”
Iowa gets its name from the French word that was used to describe the region’s Bah-kho-je Indian tribe.

Authors who are found on the Cozy Mystery Site and who feature Iowa locations in their books:

Barbara Allan (aka Barbara & Max Allan Collins): Trash ‘n’Treasures Mystery Series…

Kathleen Bacus: Tressa Jayne Turner Mystery Series…

Shirley Damsgaard: Ophelia & Abby Mystery Series…

Maddy Hunter: Passport to Peril Mystery Series…

Leslie Langtry: Merry Wrath Mystery Series…

Fay Risner: Amazing Gracie Mystery Series…

Please feel free to contact me if you see an author from the Cozy Mystery Site who belongs on this list, or if you have any comments.

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Does There Need to Be a Body?!? I Would Love to Hear What You All Think…

Hi Cozy Mystery Site Readers!

I just received a question from a site reader who also writes mysteries. So far, she has published short stories and is working on a cozy mystery. She would really appreciate our help. Here is her question:

“Do cozies need dead bodies?  Are the stories more exciting when they do have dead bodies or have you never really noticed?

I know there are a couple of cozies that come to mind that don’t have a dead body (there are some in the series, but not necessarily in every book.)  Sometimes that works for me, sometimes, not.  Usually it seems to have more to do with how entertaining the characters and story are overall.

Anyway, I was hoping you’d have an opinion–or maybe even knew of some additional cozies without dead bodies that I could read for reference!!!

If you have any insight, I’d love to hear it!!!

Thanks!“

I must tell you all, as a follow-up with the above author, she said:

“Now just know–there’s a character in my book… her LIFE depends on the answer we get!!!!!“

How is that for motivation?!?

So, please don’t be shy. If you have an opinion, a recommendation, or a thought on this particular query, we’d love to hear from you!

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