{"id":10181,"date":"2012-05-30T10:16:49","date_gmt":"2012-05-30T15:16:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/?p=10181"},"modified":"2017-07-30T14:17:17","modified_gmt":"2017-07-30T19:17:17","slug":"cozy-mystery-books-recommendations-may-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/cozy-mystery-books-recommendations-may-2012\/","title":{"rendered":"Cozy Mystery Books Recommendations \u2013 May 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>\"\"I can’t believe that May is almost over! What a month!!! School terms are over, \u00a0neighborhood pools are opening,\u00a0barbecues\u00a0are being heated up, and birds are VERY abundant. (I wish we got more Cardinals here, and less of those drab-colored Doves and House Finches!)<\/p>\n

Since it is the end of May, how about if we share the Cozy Mystery books we have enjoyed this month? Let’s\u00a0tell each other why we are “nominating” these authors as writers we think other Cozy Mystery readers should try reading >>> it they aren’t already.<\/p>\n

Once you tell us about the author you really enjoyed, and of course, why you enjoyed him\/her, I will start accumulating the authors names on a list below. Please tell us a little about why you are recommending this author\/book, >>> we’d especially like to know why the author is good. \u00a0(I hate to keep droning on about this next thing, but please don’t tell us about the authors you tried reading and disliked.)<\/p>\n

What Cozy Mystery book (or author) have you read during May 2012, and\u00a0why<\/em> did you enjoy it (or him\/her)?<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Cozy Mystery author who I read this month, who I think others might really enjoy is Margaret Grace<\/a><\/strong>. She’s also known as Camille Minichino and Ada Madison.<\/p>\n

Perhaps the reason I enjoy Grace so much, is that her main sleuth has a lot of the same thoughts as I do. I find her main sleuth, Gerry Porter, thinking a lot of the same things I would have thought if I had encountered the exact event. Does that make sense? I hope so. I am sure I would not be able to identify with some of Gerry’s thoughts if she weren’t such a three-dimensional character. Grace’s characters are three-dimensional characters, much like those you would encounter in “real life”.<\/p>\n

The main characters of the Miniature Mystery Series<\/strong> are Gerry and her granddaughter, Maddie, who is an elementary school age girl. Their relationship is a joy to read about. Gerry simply dotes on Maddie, and the feelings are mutual. Gerry’s nephew, Skip, is a police officer in this Cozy almost-everybody-knows-everybody town. Skip is (quite often!) aggravated by his Aunt Gerry, but he loves her all the same. The relationships between all of the \u00a0characters ring true to me, and very life-like. These are “people” who I would love to know!<\/p>\n

I really enjoy the writing style of Grace. It isn’t super flowery, with big words sprinkled in to show us just how intelligent the author is, and it also doesn’t rely on profanity to get the different moods across. We “get it” when a character is mad, even without “*!#^*” being used as adjectives and adverbs. Her writing style is effortless and smooth, a very conversational tone, without being simplistic.<\/p>\n

I strongly recommend the Miniature Mystery Series<\/strong> by Margaret Grace.<\/p>\n

April 2012 Author and Series Recommendations:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ellery Adams<\/a> (aka J. B. Stanley, Jennifer Stanley, & 1\/2 of Lucy Arlington): Books by the Bay Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Charlotte Armstrong: The Turret Room<\/a> & A Dram of Poison<\/a><\/p>\n

Nancy Atherton<\/a>: Aunt Dimity Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Melissa Bourbon<\/a>: Magical Dressmaking Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Barbara Bretton<\/a>:\u00a0Chloe Hobbs’ Paranormal Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Emily Brightwell<\/a>: Mrs. Jeffries Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Frances Brody<\/a>: Kate Shackleton Mystery Series<\/p>\n

Dorothy Cannell<\/a>: Ellie Haskell Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sheila Connolly<\/a>\u00a0(aka Sarah Atwell): Orchard Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Deborah Coonts: Lucky O’Toole Mystery Series<\/a><\/p>\n

Ellen Crosby<\/a>: Wine Country Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Diane Mott Davidson<\/a>: Goldy Bear Catering Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Anna Dean: Dido Kent Mystery Series<\/a><\/p>\n

Laura DiSilverio<\/a> (aka Lila Dare & Ella Barrick): Mall Cop Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Carola Dunn<\/a>: Daisy Dalrymple Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Anne George<\/a>: Southern Sisters Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Margaret Grace<\/a> (aka Camille Minichino and Ada Madison):\u00a0Miniature Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Victoria Hamilton<\/a>: Vintage Kitchen Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Miranda James<\/a>\u00a0(aka\u00a0Jimmie Ruth Evans, Honor Hartman, & Dean James): Cat in the Stacks Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

P. D. James<\/a>: Adam Dalgliesh Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Diane Kelly: Tara Holloway Mystery Series<\/a><\/p>\n

Sofie Kelly<\/a>: Magical Cats Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Liz Lipperman<\/a>: Clueless Cook Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Nancy Martin<\/a>: Blackbird Sisters Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Amy Patricia Meade<\/a>: <\/span>Rosie the Riveter Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Katherine Hall Page<\/a>: Faith Fairchild Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mark Schweizer<\/a>: Liturgical Mystery Series\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Paige Shelton<\/a>: Farmers’ Market Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Alexander McCall Smith<\/a>: No.1 Ladies’ Detective Agency Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Leann Sweeney<\/a>: Cats in Trouble Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Marcia Talley<\/a>: Hannah Ives Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Elaine Viets<\/a>: Dead End Job Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dornford Yates: Jonathan Mansell Mystery Series<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2666To\u00a0access more\u00a0Cozy Mystery Books Recommendations<\/a><\/strong><\/strong>, click on this link\u2666<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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