Well, it looks like June is going to be a bit “light” on new Cozy Mystery series getting started, but fortunately it appears that we’ll have three new series from established Cozy authors to look forward to in July!
First up is Cathy Ace, who will be starting her second Cozy Mystery series, the WISE Enquiries Agency Mystery Series, with the introductory novel The Case of the Dotty Dowager. This British mystery set in the scenic Welsh countryside will introduce the four women detectives of the WISE Enquiries Agency, one each of whom is Welsh, Irish, Scottish, and English… thus the acronym WISE. All four of the women working at WISE have their own reason for needing money, so when Henry Twyst, Duke of Chellingworth, asks the ladies to investigate his aging mother’s questionable claims to have seen a corpse in the dining room, they jump at the chance. Cathy Ace also writes the Cait Morgan Mystery Series, starring plus-size professor and criminal profiler, as well as several anthologies of murder mysteries. (Also, she won the Canadian Bony Blithe Award this year for one of her Cait Morgan mysteries!)
The next new Cozy Mystery series will be Susan Furlong‘s Georgia Peach Mystery Series, which will begin with the book Peaches and Scream. When Nola Harper returns home to help run her family’s orchard in the small town of Cays Mill, Georgia, the last thing she expects to be asked to do is solved a murder. Despite this, when a local businessman is found dead in the orchard, she’ll need to help solve the case in order to clear the business (and herself!) of any wrongdoing. Susan Furlong also writes the Pippi O’Brien Mystery Series, starring the online seller of used merchandise, and is the current author of the Novel Idea Mystery Series, starring middle aged ex-journalist and current literary agency internt, Lila Wilkins.
Finally, Karen MacInerney will be releasing Killer Jam, the first in her new Dewberry Farm Mystery Series. Houston reporter Lucy Resnick is done with fast-paced city life >>> she’s ready to retire to a more quiet countryside living, and has cashed in her early retirement to buy her grandmother’s farm in Buttercup, Texas. Unfortunately, when a local oil executive who hoped to buy out the farm and replace it with an oil derrick turns up dead, Lucy will be the most obvious suspect, forcing her to get to the bottom of the murder to help clear her name and keep the family business open! Karen MacInerney also writes the Gray Whale Inn Mystery Series, starring Natalie Barnes, the owner of a small bed and breakfast.
If you would like to see what some of our Cozy Mystery authors have in store for us, in regards to NEW Cozy Mystery series, click on this link to go to my New Cozy Mystery Book Series page on the site.
Cathy Ace says
Thanks for this great shout-out. I really appreciate it. It’s thrilling, and a bit scary, to have a new series launching. I really hope folks enjoy meeting the women of the WISE Enquiries Agency. I had fun with them, and, as I wrote, I discovered that Althea Twyst, the Dowager Duchess of Chellingworth is quite a character! 🙂
Stash Empress says
OH I am sooo looking forward to that book!!!
Cathy Ace says
Glad you like the sound of it “Stash Empress” 🙂
Danna - cozy mystery list says
Cathy, congratulations on winning the Bony Blithe Award last week!
Margaret M. says
Thanks for the list, Danna. I just ordered PEACHES AND SCREAMS; and can’t wait to read it. It is always great to find some new reading.
Danna - cozy mystery list says
Margaret M, I hope to see you recommend Susan Furlong’s Peaches and Screams in one of our future Cozy Mystery recommendation lists!
Cathy Ace says
Thanks, Danna! It was a real honour (Canadian award, Canadian “U”!) to win. I am still doing my happy dance. 🙂
Judy says
Thank you for the recommendations- all the cozies sound interesting. I’m new to your blog (well, really, to any kind of blogs, to be honest!) and I also really like all the information links that you have.
Danna - cozy mystery list says
Judy, welcome to the Cozy Mystery site!