With another holiday coming up, I thought I would ask you all to take a look at this Valentine’s Day mysteries list and see:
1) Am I missing any?
2) Have you read any that you would recommend, and if so, why?
Thank you!
Below are the books that are currently listed on the Cozy Mystery Holiday theme page for Valentine’s Day mysteries:
Valentine’s Day Mystery Book List
Ellery Adams….. Murder in the Paperback Parlor
Susan Wittig Albert….. Love Lies Bleeding
M. C. Beaton….. Death of a Valentine
Susan Bernhardt….. A Manhattan Murder Mystery
Ethan Black….. The Broken Hearts Club
Rita Mae Brown….. Claws and Effect
Dorothy Cannell….. How to Murder the Man of Your Dreams
JoAnna Carl….. The Chocolate Cupid Killings
Sammi Carter…. Sucker Punch
Jane K. Cleland….. Lethal Treasure
Christine E. Collier….. A Holiday Sampler
Anna Ashwood Collins….. Red Roses for a Dead Trucker
Isis Crawford….. A Catered Valentine’s Day (Mystery w/Recipes)
Dorothy D’Amato….. Hard Feelings (from the novel Of Course You Know that Chocolate is a Vegetable)
Kathi Daley ….. Cupid’s Curse
Mary Janice Davidson, Leslie Esdaile, Susanna Carr….
Valentine’s Day Is Killing Me
Ruth Dudley Edwards….. The Saint Valentine’s Day Murders
Alice Thomas Ellis….. Valentine’s Day: Women Against Men (Anthology)
Janet Evanovich….. Plum Lovin’
Michelle Fitzpatrick….. Happy Valentine’s Day
Joanne Fluke….. Peach Cobbler Murder
Andrew M. Greeley….. St. Valentine’s Night
George Dawes Green….. The Caveman’s Valentine
Jane Haddam….. Bleeding Hearts
Lee Harris….. The Valentine’s Day Murder
Carolyn G. Hart….. Deadly Valentine
Carolyn G. Hart….. Crimes of the Heart (Anthology)
Carolyn G. Hart….. Love and Death (Anthology)
Jenna Harte….. Deadly Valentine
Lee Hollis ….. Death of a Chocoholic
Melanie Jackson….. Cupid’s Revenge
Melanie Jackson….. The Sham
Dean Koontz….. Your Heart Belongs to Me
Laura Levine ….. Killing Cupid
Meg London ….. A Fatal Slip
Debbie Macomber….. Twenty Wishes (Not a Mystery)
G. A. McKevett….. Sugar and Spite
Jenn McKinlay….. Buttercream Bump Off
Donna McLean….. A Sparrow Falls Holiday (Includes 4 stories: Christmas, Halloween, Valentine’s Day, & Fourth of July)
Dougal McLeish….. The Valentine Victim
Leslie Meier….. Valentine Murder
Leslie Meier….. Chocolate Covered Murder
Shirley Rousseau Murphy….. Cat Playing Cupid
Katherine Hall Page….. The Body in the Attic
Katherine Hall Page….. The Body in the Snowdrift
Ruth Rendell….. A Judgment in Stone
Patricia Rockwell….. Valentined
Tom Savage….. Valentine
Mark Schweizer….. The Treble Wore Trouble
Connie Shelton….. Sweet Hearts
Denise Swanson….. Murder of a Pink Elephant
Nancy Means Wright, Maggie Price, Jonathan Harrington, & B. J. Daniels…. Crimes of Passion
***Back to the Holiday Mystery Book page***
Donna Mc says
Awww, thank you for adding my wee book, Danna! So sweet of you. The Valentine’s day story is less mystery and more love story – or long lost love story – or maybe a bit of each, I’m not telling! 🙂 I appreciate being included on the list.
Danna - cozy mystery list says
Donna Mc, and please let me know if you write any more mysteries…
Donna Mc says
Book #4 is on the way, and hopefully it will be available by springtime, if not earlier. I can tell you that the mystery in this one does not involve a murder – and that idea came to me when I was reading your lovely blog and the comments from your kind readers on the subject. It’s been a real challenge to write, too! Maybe that’s why there are so few non-murder mysteries out there.
Danna - cozy mystery list says
Great, Donna Mc, keep us posted. (And, in case I forget that it doesn’t feature a murder, please remind me to put it on the Mystery Books without Murders list.)
Donna Mc says
Hi Danna, I was just on FB and found out that Jan Karon has a new book coming out in September!
Jan Karon
Danna - cozy mystery list says
Thanks, Donna Mc, for telling us about Jan Karon’s new Mitford book: Somewhere Safe with Somebody Good. I’m glad Karon decided to write this tenth Mitford book.)
Spencer says
“Murder in the Paperback Parlor” takes place around Valentine’s day! It’s part of the Book Retreat series by Ellery Adams.
Danna - cozy mystery list says
Spencer, thanks for the suggestion!
Susan Bernhardt says
A Manhattan Murder Mystery (An Irina Curtius Mystery) takes place over Valentine’s Day. Written by Susan Bernhardt
Sharon in MD says
Danna, what a great list for Valentine’s Day! I’m looking forward to Valentine’s Day and started thinking about making a list of books I’d like to read with that theme. I just ordered Twenty Wishes by Debbie Macomber from her Blossom Street series.
Thanks for all of the great suggestions!
Danna - cozy mystery list says
Sharon, you’re welcome!