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January 2022 Mystery Book New Releases

The following Mystery Books will be released in January 2022:

Laurien Berenson: Show Me the Bunny (This will be the 28th in the Melanie Travis Mystery Series.)

Lynn Cahoon: A Fatal Family Feast (This will be the 7th in the Farm-to-Fork Mystery Series.)

Bailey Cates (aka Bailey Cattrell & Cricket McRae): Spirits and Sourdough (This will be the 10th in the Magical Bakery Mystery Series.)

Vivien Chien: Hot and Sour Suspects (This will be the 8th in the Noodle Shop Mystery Series.)

Alys Clare: Magic in the Weave (This will be the 4th in the Gabriel Tavener Mystery Series.)

Cleo Coyle (aka Alice Kimberly): Honey Roasted (This will be the 19th in the Coffeehouse Mystery Series.)

Vicki Delany (aka Eva Gates): A Three Book Problem (This will be the 7th in the Sherlock Holmes Bookshop Mystery Series.)

Amanda Flower (aka Isabella Alan): Crimes and Covers (This will be the 5th in the Magical Bookshop Mystery Series.)

Elizabeth George: Something to Hide (This will be the 21st in the Detective Inspector Thomas Lynley Mystery Series.)

Faye Kellerman: The Hunt (This will be the 27th Decker & Lazarus Mystery Series.)

Linda Reilly: Up to No Gouda (This will be the 1st in the NEW Grilled Cheese Mystery Series.)

Sara Rosett: Murder at the Mansions (This will be the 7th in the High Society Lady Detective Mystery Series.)

Kirsten Weiss: Going, Going, Dead (This will be the 6th in the Perfectly Proper Paranormal Museum Cozy Mystery Series.)

Marty Wingate: The Librarian Always Rings Twice (This will be the 3rd in the First Edition Library Mystery Series.)

If you want to see this month’s releases, go to the December 2021 Mystery Book New Releases.

You can find these and many more Cozies scheduled for release soon on the Soon to be Released Mysteries page on my site.

(These are the mysteries by authors who are currently on the Cozy Mystery site.)

December 2021 Hallmark Movies & Mysteries AND Hallmark Channels’ Christmas Movies

I know this is the Cozy Mystery site and I should only be telling you about Cozy Mystery movies, however, a lot of you have told me you enjoy getting these lists of Christmas movies. This will be the last one, since the Hallmark channels will be wrapping their new movies up right before Christmas 2021. I am hoping that they will put out as many mystery movies next year as the Christmas movies they are showing this Christmas season! Here’s hoping!!!

Friday – December 3, 2021
7:00 PM
Eight Gifts of Hanukkah – HALLMARK Channel
An anonymous suitor sends optometrist Sara a gift for each night of Hanukkah. On her journey to find her secret admirer, she learns her one true love might be someone she never expected. Stars Inbar Lavi and Jake Epstein.

***** ***** ***** *****
Saturday – December 4, 2021
7:00 PM
A Very Merry Bridesmaid – HALLMARK Channel
Leah’s 30th birthday is on Christmas Eve, the same day as her brother’s wedding. Her childhood crush is back in town for the wedding and he is determined to make sure her birthday is celebrated. Stars Emily Osment, Casey Deidrick.

9:00 PM
Our Christmas Journey – HALLMARK MOVIES & MYSTERIES Channel
As a single mom and her teenaged son with autism come to a crossroad during Christmas, she must learn to let go so he can flourish as she finds her own heart healing in unexpected ways. Starring Holly Robinson Peete, Lyriq Bent.

***** ***** ***** *****
Sunday – December 5, 2021
7:00 PM 
Sister Swap: A Hometown Holiday – HALLMARK Channel
Two Sisters (played by real life sisters Kimberly Williams Paisley and Ashley Williams) swap cities to pursue new projects in the 12 days leading up to Christmas. Stars Kimberly Williams-Paisley, Ashley Williams, & Mark Deklin.

***** ***** ***** *****
Friday – December 10, 2021
7:00 PM
A Dickens of a Holiday! – HALLMARK Channel
To make the 100th anniversary of her hometown’s Victorian festival a success, Cassie invites action movie star and former high school classmate Jake to play Scrooge in “A Christmas Carol.” Stars Brooke D’Orsay, Kristoffer Polaha.

***** ***** ***** *****
Saturday – December 11, 2021
7:00 PM
A Royal Queens Christmas – HALLMARK Channel
A prince finds his way to Queens during Christmas when a local woman enlists his help with a children’s Christmas show. Stars Megan Park, Julian Morris.

9:00 PM
A Godwink Christmas: Miracle of Love – HALLMARK MOVIES & MYSTERIES Channel
Brought together by community service, Eric and Joy find new purpose at Christmas. As they help a family rebuild their home, coincidences and a medical miracle lead them to believe in destiny. Stars Kat Barrell & Alberto Frezza.

***** ***** ***** *****
Sunday – December 12, 2021
7:00 PM
Sister Swap: Christmas in the City – HALLMARK Channel
Two Sisters (played by real-life sisters Kimberly Williams-Paisley and Ashley Williams) swap cities to pursue new projects in the 12 days leading up to Christmas. Stars Ashley Williams, Kimberly Williams-Paisley, & Keith Robinson.
***** ***** ***** *****

Friday – December 17, 2021
Sugar Plum Twist – HALLMARK Channel
Professional ballerina Natalia returns home to Richmond at Christmas and works with a ballet student who has a flare for Latin dance. Stars Jamie Gray Hyder, Ektor Rivera, Laura Rosguer.
***** ***** ***** *****

Saturday – December 18, 2021
The Christmas House 2: Deck Those Halls – HALLMARK Channel
Excited for a calm Christmas, Mike Mitchell unexpectedly gets roped into a Christmas House decorating reality TV show against his brother. Stars Robert Buckley, Ana Ayora, Jonathan Bennett, Sharon Lawrence and Treat Williams.

9:00 PM
Christmas for Keeps – HALLMARK MOVIES & MYSTERIES Channel
At Christmastime, a close-knit group of childhood friends return home after 10 years to take part in the celebration of life of their beloved high school teacher. Stars Christa B Allen, Ryan Rottman.
***** ***** ***** *****

Sunday – December 19, 2021
7:00 PM
‘Tis the Season to be Merry – HALLMARK Channel
Looking for a fresh angle to her book on relationships, Merry heads to snow covered Vermont. She finds a new perspective and Christmas cheer with charismatic aid worker Adam. Starring Rachael Leigh Cook and Travis Van Winkle.

***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** *****
If you’re looking for Christmas movies that won’t be found on either of the Hallmark channels, here are some ideas:

Christmas: Favorite Classic Holiday Movies : Old, Black & White

Christmas: Favorite Holiday Movies – More Recent, In Color

Cozy Mystery Book Recommendations – November 2021

We’re just about at the end of November, so it’s time to discuss our favorite Cozies that we’ve 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 Elizabeth Daly’s Henry Gamadge 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 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 during November 2021 that you want the rest of us to know about, and why did you enjoy it?

Victoria Abbott (Writing duo Mary Jane Maffini & daughter Victoria Maffini): Book Collectors Mystery Series

Ellie Alexander (aka Kate Dyer-Seeley): Sloan Krause Mystery Series

Donna Andrews: Meg Langslow Mystery Series

Ginger Bolton: Deputy Donut Mystery Series

Veronica Bond: Dinner and a Murder Mystery Series (first entry Death in Castle Dark)

Rhys Bowen: Royal Spyness Mystery Series

Catherine Bruns: Italian Chef Mystery Series

Lucy Burdette (aka Roberta Isleib): Key West Food Critic Mystery Series

Elizabeth Daly: Henry Gamadge Mystery Series

Maria DiRico (aka Ellen Byron): Catering Hall Mystery Series

Peggy Ehrhart: Knit & Nibble Mystery Series

Amanda Flower (aka Isabella Alan): Amish Matchmaker Mystery Series

Jacqueline Frost (aka Julie Chase, Julie Anne Lindsey, & Bree Baker): Christmas Tree Farm Mystery Series

Kerry Greenwood: Phryne Fisher Mystery Series

Betty Hechtman: Yarn Retreat Mystery Series

Miranda James  (aka Dean James,  Jimmie Ruth Evans, & Honor Hartman): Cat in the Stacks Mystery Series

Karen MacInerney: Gray Whale Inn Mystery Series

Jenn McKinlay (aka Josie Belle & Lucy Lawrence): Library Lover’s Mystery Series

Roger Thorogood: The Marlow Murder Club

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.

Cozy Mystery News – November 2021

It’s news time! This one will be a bit short – this month, I have two pieces of Cozy news by established site authors to share with you!

First up, Lynn Cahoon will be writing three more books for the Kitchen Witch Mystery Series, which will take the series starring cook and witch Mia Malone to at least five entries.

 

 

 

Jessica Ellicott (who also writes as Jessie Crockett and Jessica Estevao) will be putting out three more entries in her Beryl and Edwina Mystery Series, which will bring the series to at least eight books.

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