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

April 2008 Mystery Book New Releases:

The following mystery books will be released in April 2008:

Susan Wittig Albert: Nightshade (This will be the 16th in the China Bayles Herbal Mystery Series…)

Donald Bain:  Murder on Parade   (This will be the 29th in the Jessica Fletcher: Murder, She Wrote Mystery Series…)

David Baldacci:  The Whole Truth (This will be a Stand Alone mystery…)

Jo Bannister:  Fathers and Sins  (This will be a Stand Alone mystery…)

Nevada Barr:  Winter Study   (This will be the 14th in the Anna Pigeon Mystery Series…)

Lorna Barrett:  Murder is Binding  (This will be the 1st in the NEW Haven’t Got a Clue Mystery Series…)

Dorothy Cannell:  Goodbye, Ms. Chips (This will be the 13th in the Ellie Haskell Mystery Series…)

Carol Higgins Clark:  Zapped  (This will be the 11th in the Regan Reilly Mystery Series…)

Mary Higgins Clark:  Where Are You Now?  (This will be a Stand Alone mystery…)

Jane K. Cleland:  Antiques to Die For   (This will be the 3rd in the Antiques Roadshow Mystery Series…)

Harlan Coben:  Hold Tight   (This will be a Stand Alone mystery…)

Michael Connelly:  The Blue Religion   (Anthology with Mystery Writers of America…)

Cleo Coyle:  French Pressed  (This will be the 6th in the Coffeehouse Mystery Series…)

Kathy Lynn Emerson: Lethal Legend  (This will be the 3rd in the Diana Spaulding Mystery Series…)

Jane Haddam:  Cheating at Solitaire   (This will be the 23rd in the Gregor Demarkian Mystery Series…)

Parnell Hall:  The Sudoku Puzzle Murders (This will be the 9th in the Puzzle Lady Mystery Series…)

Robin Hathaway:  Sleight of Hand  (This will be the 3rd in the Jo Banks Mystery Series…)

Sue Henry: Degrees of Separation  (This will be the 12th in the Alaska/Jessie Arnold Mystery Series…)

Joan Hess: Mummy Dearest   (This will be the 17th in the Claire Malloy Mystery Series…)

Jonathan Kellerman: Compulsion (This will be the 22nd in the Alex Delaware Mystery Series…)

Peter King:  Hangman’s Corner  (This will be the 1st in the NEW Ned Parker Mystery Series…)

Mary Jane Maffini: The Cluttered Corpse (This will be the 2nd in the Charlotte Adams Mystery Series…)

G. A. McKevett:  Poisoned Tarts (This will be the 13th in the Savannah Reid Mystery Series…)

Katherine Hall Page:  The Body in the Gallery  (This will be the 17th in the Faith Fairchild Mystery Series…)

James Patterson:  Sundays at Tiffany’s  (Written w/ Gabrielle Charbonnet… This will be a Stand Alone Mystery…)

Ann B. Ross: Miss Julia Paints the Town  (This will be the 9th in the Miss Julia Series…)

Alexander McCall Smith:  Miracle at Speedy Motors   (This will be the 9th in the Number One Ladies’ Detective Agency Series…)

Denise Swanson:  Murder of a Chocolate-Covered Cherry  (This will be the 10th in the Scumble River Mystery Series…)

Robert K. Tanenbaum:  Escape  (This will be the 20th in the Butch Karp Mystery Series…)

Katherine R. Wall:  Mercy Oak  (This will be the 8th in the Bay Tanner Mystery Series…)

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The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.

The Adventures Of Brisco County, Jr.: The Complete Series Does anybody remember the 1990s series called “The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.“? Well I did, and I’m glad!

This past week my husband and I were very lucky to have both of our children with us, and there were a few times that we had a limited amount of time to watch a television show together. We have actually started to watch some old shows that we have… some from the 1990s (X-Files, Brisco County) and some from as far back as the 1950s (Alfred Hitchcock and Leave It to Beaver)… Yep, we enjoy all of those (very different) shows…

Getting back to The Adventures of Brisco County, Junior…  Bruce Alexander is terrific as the Harvard-educated bounty hunter who, each week, rights the wrongs of the west while trying to avenge the murder of his father (the great Brisco County… without the “junior”).  Along for the fun are a rival bounty hunter, Lord Bowler (Julius Carry) and a very city-fied attorney who is his liaison with the company that employs him. There, of course, are several other very memorable characters who show up from week to week…. John Astin plays an inventor (of sorts) and Kelly Rutherford plays a delightful saloon singer. Of course, Comet… Brisco’s horse is one of the best characters who I am always eager to see and who ends up saving Brisco (and the day) more than once!

I think that what has truly amazed me is how well the show has held up for us. We watched the show with our children when it first aired in the early 1990s when they were both preteens, and here we are now… watching it again… and enjoying it! Unfortunately this Fox Network show only aired for one season, so there are only 27 episodes. But, the good news is that the show doesn’t feature laugh tracks to let you know when the dialog is funny… you won’t need the canned laughter, even though you will probably find yourself smiling several times during each episode.

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Spring Break is Almost Over…

Boy! Have I been enjoying myself! My daughter came home for her spring break, and we have been having a lot of fun just hanging out together… We went shopping for clothes (hers, not mine!) one day, shopping for shoes (hers, not mine!) another day, and we’ve even enjoyed watching schlock TV.  (Yes, it’s true, yours truly enjoys a schlocky show every once in a while… I won’t mention the names, but I can tell you that they are found on the three major networks any night of the week…. they aren’t that difficult to find!)

Unfortunately, my son didn’t get this week off from his classes, but we have been able to enjoy his company when he hasn’t been busy with exams or presentations. It has been a great time for this mom! And, of course, my husband has been enjoying the company, too…. when he is home from work.

I have been experiencing some pangs of Cozy Mystery site withdrawals, though. I find myself planning to get up before I doze off to sleep to get in a few minutes of site-work, but before I know it, it’s morning… So, I have been neglecting the site… but with a great reason… Unfortunately, next week I will have all the time in the world to work on the site…

I Didn't Knock on Wood…

Well, no sooner than I had written my last blog about the beautiful days we have been having down here in San Antonio than this>>> It has been raining absolutely all day, and I now have big, muddy puddles outside… which means I have to carry our dog (Sprite) over the mud. Of course, I could let her just lumber out and enjoy the feeling of the mud between her pads, but I am opting to not give her a bath today, so I will just keep insisting that I am the only one who knows how to take her outside today.

You would think that with four adults in the house, "the others" would know how to let Sprite outside… but I am the only one who apparently knows how to bathe her, so I insist that I am the only one who knows how to avoid the tracking of the mud through the house. (Of course, I am also the only one who has ever mopped the floors in our house, although I am pretty sure that "the others" could handle that unpleasant task with great aplomb. (Ah… you  may wonder why there are four adults in the house…. spring break is here… regardless of the dreary weather we are currently experiencing.)

I am hoping that I learn my lesson and don’t show off about our gorgeous weather in the future… or at least if I do, I knock on wood…

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