The Cozy Mystery List Blog

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

New Mystery Authors to the Cozy Mystery Site:

I have finally added three more new authors to the Cozy Mystery Site.  All three of them were recommended by readers to the site…

Sally Gunning: Sally Gunning began her writing career with the Peter Bartholomew Mystery Series, which is set in a New England coastal area… very much like Cape Cod. She is currently writing historical fiction…

Sue Ann Jaffarian: Sue Ann Jaffarian writes the Odelia Grey Mystery Series which features a queen-size paralegal living in California. Jaffarian is working on the new Granny Apples Mystery Series…

Susan S. James: Susan S. James has her Master’s in English, and after teaching a short time, decided that her background in Creative Writing would be better used doing just that: Writing Creatively! She writes the Solace Glen Mystery Series…

Bed & Breakfast Mystery Series, Hotel Mystery Series and Boarding House Mystery Series:

This Bed & Breakfast Cozy Mystery Theme also includes mystery series that take place in boarding houses and hotels:

Annie’s Amish Inn Mystery Series Liz Eckardt is an ex-lawyer who now owns a Bed & Breakfast in Pleasant Creek, Indiana.

Claudia Bishop: The Hemlock Falls Mystery Series features Sarah Quilliam, the owner of an inn and Meg Quilliam, the chef at the inn, and is set in New York.

Stephanie Blackmoore: The Wedding Planner Mystery Series stars Mallory Shepard, a wedding planner who hopes to open a B & B in Port Quincy, Pennsylvania.

Ellen Byron: The Cajun Country Mystery Series stars Maggie Crozat, owner of a plantation-turned bed and breakfast in Louisiana.

Bill Crider & Willard Scott: The Stanley Waters Mystery Series features an ex-weatherman who now operates a B & B in Virginia.

Jill Churchill: The Grace & Favor Mystery Series is set in 1930s New York and features Robert and Lily Brewster, a brother and sister who live in the boarding mansion of that name.

E. J. Copperman: Haunted Guesthouse Mystery Series… New guesthouse owner on the Jersey shore has two “uninvited” (ghostly) guests.

Tina Czarnota: Country Inn, Bed & Breakfast Mystery Series… Trina runs the Tudor Grove Inn while sleuthing.

Mary Daheim: The Hillside Manor Bed & Breakfast Mystery Series features the owner of the Seattle B&B.

K.J. Emrick: the Pine Lake Inn Mystery Series features the owner of an inn.

Janet Finsilver: the Redwood Cove Mystery Series, starring the manager of a B&B.

Cynthia Gallant-Simpson writes the Deadly Mystery Series, which features a British expatriate who inherits an inn in Provincetown, Cape Cod.

Victoria Gilbert: Book Lover’s B&B Mystery Series, starring the owner of a B&B in Beaufort, North Carolina.

Jean Hager: The Iris House Bed & Breakfast Mystery Series is set in Missouri and features the owner of that B&B.

Heather Horrocks: The Who-Dun-Him-Inn Mystery Series stars the owner of a mystery-themed hotel.

Kate Kingsbury: The Pennyfoot Hotel Mystery Series takes place in the very early 1900s, is set in England, and features the hotel owner.

Kylie Logan: The League of Literary Ladies Mystery Series takes place on an island in Lake Erie and features a bed and breakfast.

Karen MacInerney: The Gray Whale Inn Mystery Series takes place in Maine and features the inn’s owner, an ex-Texan.

Charlotte MacLeod:  The Sarah Kelling & Max Bittersohn Mystery Series features Sarah, the owner of a boardinghouse in Boston.

Emma Miller: The Amish Mystery Series stars a former Amish woman in an Amish town in Pennsylvania.

Ruth Moose: The Beth McKenzie Mystery Series, starring the owner-operator of the Dixie Dew Bed and Breakfast.

Tamar Myers:  The Pennsylvania Dutch Mystery Series features the owner of a Mennonite Inn.

Tim Myers: The Lighthouse Inn Series features the owner of the inn in North Carolina.

Rose Pressey: The Trash to Treasure Crafting Mystery Series features the owner of a hotel in Kentucky.

Kirsten Weiss: Doyle Mystery Series – Susan Witsend is the owner of a UFO themed bed and breakfast.

***To access more Cozy Mysteries by Theme click on this link.***

July 2008 Mystery Book New Releases:

The following Mystery Books will be released in July 2008:

Jeff Abbott: Collision (This will be a Stand Alone…)

Donna Andrews: Cockatiels at Seven (This will be the 9th in the Meg Langslow Mystery Series…)

L. L. Bartlett: Dead in Red (This will be the 2nd in the Jeff Resnick Mystery Series…)

Rhys Bowen: A Royal Pain (This will be the 2nd in the Lady Georgiana Mystery Series…)

James Lee Burke: Swan Peak (This will be the 17th in the Dave Robicheaux Mystery Series…)

Ellen Byerrum: Armed and Glamorous (This will be the 6th in the Crime of Fashion Mystery Series…)

Stephen J. Cannell: At First Sight (This will be a Stand Alone…)

Mary Daheim: Vi Agra Falls (This will be the 24th in the Hillside Manor Bed & Breakfast Mystery Series…)

Aaron Elkins: Uneasy Relations (This will be the 15th in the Gideon Oliver Mystery Series…)

Lee Goldberg: Mr. Monk Goes to Germany (This will be the 6th in the Mr. Monk Mystery Series…)

Victoria Houston: Dead Hot Shot (This will be the 9th in the Loon Lake Fishing Mystery Series…)

Mary Ellen Hughes: Paper-Thin Alibi (This will be the 3rd in the Craft Corner Mystery Series…)

J. A. Jance: Damage Control (This will be the 13th in the Joanna Brady Mystery Series…)

Ralph M. McInerny: Ash Wednesday (This will be the 27th in the Father Dowling Mystery Series…)

James Patterson (written with Michael Ledwidge) : The Dangerous Days of Daniel X (This will be a Stand Alone…)

Richard North Patterson: The Race (This will be a Stand Alone…)

Emilie Richards: Sister’s Choice (This will be the 5th in the Shenandoah Album Series- not a mystery…)

Michele Scott: A Vintage Murder (This will be the 4th in the Wine Lover’s Mystery Series…)

Heather Webber: Weeding out Trouble (This will be the 5th in the Nina Quinn Mystery Series…) 

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

Lyn Hamilton: the Lara McClintoch Archaeological Mystery Series…

Lyn Hamilton writes the Archaeological Mystery Series which features Lara McClintoch, an antiques dealer. I guess I should restate that: Lyn Hamilton WROTE the series. Hamilton has decided to retire Lara after eleven books in the series. Actually, the final book in the series (The Chinese Alchemist) was released in paperback form at the beginning of 2008. That publication marks Lara’s end.)

I know that Hamilton’s retirement will make a lot of her fans sad… BUT>>> I think that it’s terrific when an author decides to retire a series. Not because I like series to actually end, but because (I feel that) sometimes it appears that an author has lost interest/fresh ideas/a passion for their characters>>> and I think that it’s sad to see that…at least to me it is sad. I know of one cozy author (***NOT Hamilton!***) who is getting reviews on Amazon from her fans saying that they think she is no longer writing the series’ books… but that ghostwriters are being employed to churn out more book$.

I was very grateful when a site reader pointed this tidbit of information out to me. My time perusing authors’ sites is spent on looking at new authors (to the site… not necessarily new authors!) So, I always appreciate hearing from site readers who have an update… as well as possible new authors to the site. (Thank you, Joyce!)

 

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