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Even More Historical Themed Mystery Authors…

I seem to be on a roll! Here are four new (to the Cozy Mystery Site) authors who write mystery novels with a historical theme. (These four authors were recommended by readers of the site.)

Caroline Roe  (aka Medora Sale): The Chronicles of Isaac of Girona Mystery Series are set in the mid 1300s, and feature a blind doctor in Spain (written as Roe) AND the John Sanders Mystery Series (written as Sale) features a detective in Canada…

P. B. Ryan: The Gilded Age Mystery Series features a governess from Ireland, and is set in Boston after the Civil War…

Kate Sedley: The Roger the Chapman Mystery Series takes place in medieval England and features a peddler/sleuth…

Sarah Stewart Taylor: The Sweeney St. George Mystery Series features a history professor in Vermont, who happens to be particularly interested in funerary art…

To Read, OR Not To Read…

You know, it’s sort of interesting to take a look at your life and figure out why you do the things you do. I don’t mean why we do crazy, idiotic things… Those are just freakish mistakes that we make. I mean, for example, why do we… let’s say… READ?!?

I grew up in a household where reading was NOT important. It was not something that was pushed, emphasized, cajoled, expected… (You probably get my drift!) Yet, whenever my father was stationed at a new location, one of the first things that I did was to ask my mother to drive me to the local library. To my knowledge, I am the only one of the four children who showed the least bit of interest in reading.

I remember making my way through Edna Ferber’s classics (So Big was a particular favorite of mine) and Pearl S. Buck (The Good Earth was another favorite.) Followed by classics like Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World and William Golding’s Lord of the Flies. I also went through a “reading stage” where I couldn’t get enough Greek/Roman mythology.

When I lived in Chile, since I spoke English (rather!) fluently, the English teacher let me read mythology during the regular English class time. (My parents sent all four of us to Chilean schools, where we were the only native English speakers.) Little did I know that Sister Serena was starting me on a path that would include a love for all television shows that deal with ancient civilizations!

(More on these ramblings later…)

History Theme Mystery Novels…

I just added four more reader-recommended mystery authors to the Cozy Mystery Site. They all have a History Theme in common.

Ann McMillan: Civil War Mystery Series… As the name of the series indicates, it takes place during the Civil War. It is set in Virginia, and as an added bonus, there is a Herbalist Theme…

Paula Paul (aka Paula Carter): Dr. Alexandra Gladstone Mystery Series… The series takes place in Victorian England… AND as Paula Carter: Murder by Design Mystery Series… This series is set in Alabama and involves a decorator and her assistant…

Sharon Kay Penman: Medieval Mystery Series… This particular series is set in England during the late twelfth century… AND the Welsh Trilogy AND the Henry & Eleanor Trilogy… Neither of the trilogies are not mysteries…

Candace Robb: Owen Archer Mystery Series… This series sleuths are Owen (the archbishop’s Captain of the Guard/Spy) and his apothecary wife. The series takes place during the 1300s in Great Britain… AND the Margaret Kerr Mystery Series… This series takes place during the 1200s in Edinburgh.

November 2008 Mystery Book New Releases:

The following mystery books will be released in November 2008:

Madelyn Alt: No Rest for the Wiccan (This will be the 4th in the Bewitching Mystery Series…)

Donna Andrews: Six Geese A-Slaying (This will be the 10th in the Meg Langslow Mystery Series… It is a Christmas mystery…) (Actually…Oct. 28)

Sarah Atwell (aka Sheila Connolly): Pane of Death (This will be the 2nd in the Glassblowing Mystery Series…)

David Baldacci: Divine Justice (This will be the 4th in the Camel Club Mystery Series…)

Mignon F. Ballard: Hark! The Herald Angel Screams (This will be the 7th in the Augusta Goodnight Mystery Series… It is a Christmas mystery…)

Cynthia Baxter: Murder Packs a Suitcase (This will be the 1st in the NEW Murder Packs a Suitcase Mystery Series…) (Actually…Oct. 28)

Lawrence Block: One Night Stands and Lost Weekends (This will be a Stand Alone of Stories…)

Rita Mae Brown: Santa Clawed (This will be the 17th in the Mrs. Murphy Mystery Series… It is a Christmas mystery…)

Laura Childs: Eggs in Purgatory  (This will be the 1st in the NEW Cackleberry Club Mystery Series…) (Actually… Dec. 2)

Barbara Cleverly: Bright Hair about the Bone (This will be the 2nd in the Laetitia Talbot Mystery Series…) (Actually… Oct. 28)

Clive & Dirk Cussler: Arctic Drift (This will be the 20th in the Dirk Pitt Mystery Series…)

Jeffery Deaver: Bodies Left Behind (This will be the 1st in the NEW Brynn McKenzie Mystery Series…) (Possibly early December…)

James D. Doss: Snake Dreams (This will be the 13th in the Charlie Moon Mystery Series…)

Melissa Glazer (aka Tim Myers & Elizabeth Bright): A Fatal Slip (This will be the 3rd in the Clay & Crime Mystery Series…)

Karen Harper: The Hiding Place (This will be a Stand Alone…)

Cynthia Harrod-Eagles: Game Over (This will be the 11th in the Bill Slider Mystery Series…)

Ellen Hart: Sweet Poison (This will be the 17th in the Jane Lawless Mystery Series…It is a Halloween mystery…)

Reginald Hill: The Price of Butcher’s Meat (This will be the 23rd in the Dalziel & Pascoe Mystery Series…)

Julie Hyzy (written w/ Michael A. Black): Dead Ringer (This will be the 3rd in the Alex St. James Mystery Series…)

P. D. James: The Private Patient (This will be the 14th in the Adam Dalgliesh Mystery Series…)

Kate Kingsbury: Ringing in Murder (This will be the 16th in the Pennyfoot Hotel Mystery Series… It is a Christmas mystery…)

Karen MacInerney: Murder Most Maine (This will be the 3rd in the Gray Whale Inn Mystery Series…)

Karen MacInerney: On the Prowl (This will be the 2nd in the Tales of Urban Werewolf Mystery Series…)

Marcia Muller: Burn Out (This will be the 26th in the Sharon McCone Mystery Series…)

James Patterson: Cross Country (This will be the 14th in the Alex Cross Mystery Series…)

Anne Perry: A Christmas Grace (This will have a Thomas & Charlotte Pitt tie-in, and is in Perry’s Christmas Mystery Series…) (Actually…Oct.28)

Anne Perry: Anne Perry’s Christmas Mysteries (This will include both A Christmas Guest & A Christmas Secret…) (Actually…Oct. 28)

Ann Purser: Warning at One (This will be the 1st in the NEW Lois Meade Mystery Series…)

J. D. Robb (aka Nora Roberts): Salvation in Death (This will be the 28th in the Eve Dallas Mystery Series…)

Ann Rule: Mortal Danger (This will be a True Crime Stand Alone…)

Kate Sedley: The Green Man (This will be the 17th in the Roger the Chapman Mystery Series…)

Alexander McCall Smith: The World According to Bertie (This will be the 4th in the 44 Scotland Street NON Mystery Series…)

Marcia Talley: Dead Man Dancing (This will be the 7th in the Hannah Ives Mystery Series…)

Peter Tremayne: Dancing with Demons (This will be the 18th in the Sister Fidelma Mystery Series…) (Actually…Oct.28)

Margaret Truman: Murder Inside the Beltway (This will be a  Capital Crimes Mystery…) (Actually…Oct.28)

Elaine Viets: Murder with All the Trimmings (This will be the 4th in the Josie Marcus, Mystery Shopper Mystery Series… It is a Christmas mystery…)

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