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

Mystery Books that Take Place in Michigan:

Here are some Fun Michigan Facts:
Michigan gets its name from the Indian word “Michigana” (great lake).
Lansing is the state capital.
State Motto: “If you seek a pleasant peninsula, look about you.”
State Flower: Apple Blossom.
Michigan is sometimes referred to as the “Great Lakes State.” (It was once called the Wolverine State, although there are no longer any wolverines in that state.)
If you love lighthouses, Michigan is the state for you! It has (+/-) 110 of them.

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

Deb Baker: Yooper Mystery Series

Lilian Jackson Braun: The Cat Who *** Mystery Series (There is some speculation that Moose County actually is situated in Upper Michigan.)

V.M. Burns: Samantha Washington Bookshop Mystery Series– Samantha is an aspiring Cozy Mystery author who owns a book store on the shores of Lake Michigan.

Elizabeth Kane Buzzelli (aka Elizabeth Lee): Emily Kincaid Mystery Series

JoAnna Carl (aka Eve K. Sandstrom): Chocoholic Mystery Series

Laurie Cass: Bookmobile Cat Mystery Series

Peg Cochran (aka Meg London): Cranberry Cove Mystery Series

Nancy Coco (aka Nancy J. Parra): Candy-Coated Mystery Series

Jo Dereske: Ruby Crane Mystery Series

Dawn Eastman: Family Fortune Mystery Series

Sharon Farrow: Berry Basket Mystery Series

Debra H. Goldstein: Denney Silber Mystery Series

Paula Gosling: Blackwater Bay Mystery Series AND Stryker & Trevorne Mystery Series

Victoria Hamilton: Vintage Kitchen Mystery Series

Susan Holtzer: Anneke Haagen Mystery Series

Madison Johns: Agnes Barton Senior Sleuth Mystery Series

William X. Kienzle: Father Koesler Mystery Series

Victoria Laurie: Psychic Eye Mystery Series

Meg Macy (aka 1/2 of D.E. Ireland): Teddy Bear Mystery Series – sleuth Sasha Silvermanis the manager of a teddy bear shop and factory.

Nina Wright: Whiskey Mattimoe 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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December 2008 Mystery Book New Releases:

The following mystery books will be released in December 2008:

Miranda Bliss: Dying for Dinner (This will be the 4th in the Cooking Class Mystery Series…)

Jan Burke: The Messenger (This will be a Stand Alone…)

Laura Childs: Eggs in Purgatory (This will be the 1st in the NEW Cackleberry Club Mystery Series…)

Patricia Cornwell: Scarpetta (This will be the 16th in the Kay Scarpetta Mystery Series…)

Shirley Damsgaard: The Witch’s Grave (This will be the 6th in the Ophelia & Abby Mystery Series…)

Monica Ferris: Thai Die (This will be the 12th in Needlecraft Mystery Series…)

Susan Froetschel: Royal Escape (This will be a Stand Alone…)

Lee Goldberg: Mr. Monk is Miserable (This will be the 7th in the Mr. Monk Mystery Series…)

Sarah Graves: A Face at the Window (This will be the 12th in the Home Repair is Homicide Mystery Series…)

Betty Hechtman: Dead Men Don’t Crochet (This will be the 2nd in the Crochet Mystery Series…)

Hazel Holt: Mrs. Malory and a Time to Die (This will be the 18th in the Mrs. Malory Mystery Series…)

Kay Hooper: Blood Sins (This will be the 2nd in the Bishop Special Crimes Unit Trilogy…)

Julie Hyzy: Hail to the Chef (This will be the 2nd in White House Chef Mystery Series…)

J. A. Jance: Cruel Intent (This will be the 4th in the Alison Reynolds Mystery Series…)

Michael McGarrity: Dead or Alive (This will be the 12th in the Kevin Kerney Mystery Series…)

G.A. McKevett: A Body To Die For (This will be the 14th in the Savannah Reid Mystery Series…)

Perri O’Shaughnessy: Show No Fear (This will be the 12th in the Nina Reilly Mystery Series…)

Charles Todd: A Matter of Justice (This will be the 11th in the Ian Rutledge Mystery Series…)

♦To go back to the Cozy Mystery New Releases page click here♦

Kung Fu Panda… It's Not Just for Kids!

I know that I have written about my two children from time to time… Our son is 24 and our daughter is 22. Since we live far from our extended families, we don’t have young relatives to take to the movies. With that said, let me also add that my husband and I do not miss seeing the cartoon movies when they come out… We happen to (still) enjoy them!

The latest cartoon movie that we saw was Kung Fu Panda, and we both enjoyed it immensely. I should probably have premised this paragraph by saying that I was in a lousy mood the night we watched it… At first I told my husband that I didn’t want to watch Kung Fu Panda that night because I didn’t want to “waste a good movie on a bad mood.” (Does that make any sense?!) But then I decided… since I am in a bad mood, why not try the movie and see if I can shake it (the bad mood, not the movie!) And, sure enough, that’s what the movie did!

It was absolutely a delightful movie romp… watching the under-dog (in this case the “dog” is the panda) work, work, work, until he triumphs. Jack Black does a wonderful job voicing Po, the overweight Panda who is given a task so large that most of us would not accept it, knowing that it would be impossible to achieve. Dustin Hoffman rivals David Carradine’s “Master” on the old Kung Fu television series. (Remember all of the “Grasshopper” talk?!)

Our daughter has seen the movie several different times, with different people, and she highly recommended it to us. We usually enjoy her recommended movies, and this one surely didn’t disappoint. We loved Kung Fu Panda. If you get a chance to see it, go ahead… (DON’T!!!) act your age, and enjoy it!

Florida Series (Possibly) Involving Realtors and Bar/Restaurant Close to Real Estate Office…

I just received this request from Sandra and thought that it would make a perfect blog. If any of you out there have any ideas, please send a comment.

“I read some books in a series a few years ago that took place in Florida. The characters were friends (male and female, some worked in a real estate office, and would meet each day for lunch and happy hour at a bar/restaurant real close to the realtor office. They were such regulars there that they had there own table and chairs. I enjoyed this series so much but evidently read what I could get at that time and if I wrote the author and titles down for future reference, I have lost it. That is all I can really remember other than they were cozy mysteries and I definitely enjoyed them. Any ideas who the author was or character/titles? It may have been on one of the islands close to Florida but I keep thinking Florida.”

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