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January 2025 Mystery Book New Releases

The Incident of the Book in the Nighttime (A Sherlock Holmes Bookshop Mystery 10) The following Mystery Books will be released in January 2025:

Vicki Delany (aka Eva Gates): The Incident of the Book in the Nighttime (10th in the Sherlock Holmes Bookshop Mysteries)

Leighann Dobbs: The Case of the Vanishing Valuables (1st in the NEW Earl Clawson Mysteries)

Sarah Fox: Dead Men Wag No Tails (2nd in the Magical Menagerie Mysteries)

Victoria Gilbert: Schooled in Murder (1st in the NEW Campus Sleuth Mysteries)

Betty Hechtman: Death Among the Stitches (1st in the NEW Crochet and Crumpets Mysteries)

Connie Shelton: Deceptions Can Be Murder (23rd in the Charlie Parker Mysteries)

Dana Stabenow: Abduction of a Slave (4th in the Eye of Isis Mysteries)

(not a lot announced yet that I have seen… I’m going to try updating my method for searching for upcoming releases and see if I can come up with some more…)

PS: Thanks to so many readers who reached out with upcoming releases! January looks a lot better now for Cozy Mystery enthusiasts!

November 18 to December 8

A Holiday Homicide (A Secret Bookcase Mystery Book 4) Here is the list of new releases for November 18 to December 8!

Ellie Alexander (aka Kate Dyer-Seeley): A Holiday Homicide (4th in the Secret Bookcase Mysteries)

Ginger Bolton: Blame the Beignets (9th in the Deputy Donuts Mysteries)

Rhys Bowen: We Three Queens (18th in the Royal Spyness Mysteries)

Catherine Bruns: Planes Candy Canes, and Hearses (Novella in the Cookies & Chance Mysteries)

Maddie Day (aka Edith Maxwell & Tace Baker): Deadly Crush (2nd in the Cece Barton Mysteries)

Sally Goldenbaum: The Herringbone Harbor Mystery (7th in the Seaside Knitters Society Mysteries)

Darci Hannah: Murder at the Lemonberry Tea (6th in the Beacon Bakeshop Mysteries)

Catriona McPherson: Scotzilla (7th in the Last Ditch Mysteries)

Linda Reilly: You Feta Watch Out (4th in the Grilled Cheese Mysteries)

Cozy Mystery Book Recommendations – November 2024

Midwinter Murder: Fireside Tales from the Queen of Mystery November 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 Agatha Christie’s Midwinter Murder Fireside Tales. 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 November? 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 November 2024 that you want the rest of us to know about, and why did you enjoy it?

Ellen Byron (aka Maria DiRico): Vintage Cookbook Mystery Series

Ally Carter: The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year

Agatha Christie: Agatha Christie’s Midwinter Murder: Fireside Tales from the Queen of Mystery

Darci Hannah: Food & Spirits Mystery Series

Lili Hayward: The Cat of Yule Cottage

Georgette Heyer: Inspector Hemingway Mystery Series

Tamar Myers: The Mermaid Mystery

Kate Quinn: The Briar Club

Katharine Schellman: Lily Adler Mystery Series (first entry The Body in the Garden)

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.

♦To access more Cozy Mystery Books Recommendations, click on this link♦

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

P.P.S. I hope everyone in the US had a Happy Thanksgiving! And that everyone else had a great week regardless of where you are!

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