The Cozy Mystery List Blog

January is almost over, so it’s time to discuss our favorite Cozies that we read this month!

If you read a Cozy mystery this month and want to recommend it to the rest of us, be sure to post it here! For this month, I read the first entry of Diane Kelly’s House-Flipper Mystery Series. For the reasons I want to recommend it, be sure to check out the blog entry!

So, what have you been reading that you can recommend in January? Please be sure to tell us why you liked these Cozies so much. I know we’re all always on the lookout for more particularly good Cozy Mystery authors! (If you have a lot of Cozies you think are great, please post the ones you like the most at the top of the list.)

As always, please do not tell us about the Cozy Mysteries you did not like.

What really good Cozy Mystery did you read January 2025 that you want the rest of us to know about, and why did you enjoy it?

Avery Aames (aka Daryl Wood Gerber): Cheese Shop Mystery Series

Ellery Adams (aka J. B. Stanley, Jennifer Stanley, & 1/2 of Lucy Arlington): Book Retreat Mystery Series

Ellie Alexander (aka Kate Dyer-Seeley): Secret Bookcase Mystery Series

Barbara Allan: Trash ‘n’ Treasures Mystery Series

Leslie Budewitz: Seattle Spice Shop Mystery Series

Paula Charles: Hometown Hardware Mystery Series (first entry Hammers and Homicide)

Ian and Will Ferguson: Miranda Abbott Mystery Series (first entry I Only Read Murder)

Katie Gayle: Julie Bird Mystery Series (first entry An English Garden Murder)

Daryl Wood Gerber (aka Avery Aames): Literary Dining Mystery Series

Victoria Hamilton (aka Amanda Cooper): Vintage Kitchen Mystery Series

Veronica Heley: Ellie Quicke Mystery Series

Diane Kelly: House-Flipper Mystery Series

Ian Moore: Follet Valley Mystery Series (first entry Death and Croissants)

Korina Moss: Cheese Shop Mystery Series (first entry Cheddar Off Dead)

Elliott Roosevelt: Elanor Roosevelt Mystery Series

Benjamin Stevenson: Ernest Cunningham Mystery Series (first entry Everyone In My Family Has Killed Someone)

Cathy Wiley: Fatal Food Festival Mystery Series (first entry Claws of Death) 

I will list the authors and series that have been recommended, but I urge you to read the comments below so you can see the reasons other Cozy Mystery readers thought these were their best reads of the month.

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P.S. I usually don’t comment on your recommendations since they speak for themselves.