{"id":11500,"date":"2012-11-20T16:38:12","date_gmt":"2012-11-20T22:38:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/?p=11500"},"modified":"2016-09-17T02:26:09","modified_gmt":"2016-09-17T07:26:09","slug":"mystery-book-series-with-a-music-andor-musician-theme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/mystery-book-series-with-a-music-andor-musician-theme\/","title":{"rendered":"Mystery Book Series with a Music and\/or Musician Theme"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-11501\" title=\"music\" src=\"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/music-e1353451047789.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>Ksenija just asked me if I had a Music\/Musician mystery book theme on the site, and I responded that I don&#8217;t. Actually, I started putting all of the mystery authors I could think of with Music\/Musicians, and came up with this list, which I wrote as a comment, but just decided to post as a theme.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cozy-mystery.com\/amanda-carmack.html\"><strong>Amanda Carmack<\/strong><\/a>: <strong>Elizabethan Mystery Series<\/strong>, starring Kate Haywood (musician in Elizabethan England)<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cozy-mystery.com\/Joelle-Charbonneau.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">Joelle Charbonneau<\/a><\/strong>: <strong>Glee Club Mystery Series <\/strong>(high school choir coach)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cozy-mystery.com\/Alisa-Craig.html\"><strong>Alisa Craig<\/strong><\/a> (aka Charlotte MacLeod): Inspector Madoc Rhys\u00a0Mystery Series (<em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/0380755394\/httpwwwmarkes-20\">Trouble in the Brasses<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cozy-mystery.com\/sarah-fox.html\">Sarah Fox<\/a><\/strong>: <strong>Music Lover&#8217;s Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cozy-mystery.com\/Sara-Hoskinson-Frommer.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">Sara Hoskinson Frommer<\/a><\/strong>: <strong>Joan Spencer Mystery Series <\/strong>(orchestra manager)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cozy-mystery.com\/Kaye-George.html\"><strong>Kaye George<\/strong><\/a> (aka Janet Cantrell): Cressa Carraway Mystery Series (musician conductor)<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cozy-mystery.com\/Cynthia-Harrod-Eagles.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">Cynthia Harrod-Eagles<\/a><\/strong>: <strong>Bill Slider Mystery Series <\/strong>(young violin player girlfriend)<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cozy-mystery.com\/Morag-Joss.html\">Morag Joss<\/a><\/strong>:\u00a0<strong>Sara Selkirk Mystery Series<\/strong> \u2013 Sara is a world renown cellist.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cozy-mystery.com\/Beverle-Graves-Myers.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">Beverle Graves Myers<\/a><\/strong>: <strong>Baroque Mystery Series <\/strong>(18th Century Castrati)<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cozy-mystery.com\/Mark-Schweizer.html\">Mark Scheweizer<\/a>: Liturgical Mystery Series <\/strong>(choir director and organist at his Episcopal church)<\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t know how I missed these authors, but here are some more authors who have been recommended by some of you:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cozy-mystery.com\/K.-K.-Beck.html\"><strong>K. K. Beck<\/strong><\/a>: Jane da Silva Mystery Series (lounge singer)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cozy-mystery.com\/Meg-Cabot.html\"><strong>Meg Cabot<\/strong><\/a>: Heather Wells Mystery Series (ex teen pop star)<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cozy-mystery.com\/Church-Choir-Mysteries.html\">Church Choir Mystery Series<\/a><\/strong>: (church choir)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cozy-mystery.com\/Carole-Nelson-Douglas.html\"><strong>Carole Nelson Douglas<\/strong><\/a>:\u00a0Irene Adler Mystery Series (French opera singer)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sarah Fox<\/strong>: Music Lover&#8217;s Mystery Series (<em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Dead-Ringer-Music-Lovers-Mystery-ebook\/dp\/B00RLVDHFG\/ref=la_B00YBGNH6S_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1443299304&amp;sr=1-1&amp;tag=httpwwwmarkes-20\">Dead Ringer<\/a><\/em>, book #1) (violinist)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cozy-mystery.com\/Kinky-Friedman.html\"><strong>Kinky Friedman<\/strong><\/a>: Kinky Friedman Mystery Series (country western singer)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cozy-mystery.com\/Andrew-M.-Greeley.html\"><strong>Andrew M. Greeley<\/strong><\/a>:\u00a0Nuala Anne McGrail Mystery Series (singer)<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cozy-mystery.com\/Kerry-Greenwood.html\">Kerry Greenwood<\/a>:\u00a0<\/strong>Phryne Fisher Mystery Series (<em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/1590583140\/?&amp;tag=httpwwwmarkes-20\">Ruddy Gore<\/a><\/em>)<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cozy-mystery.com\/Kate-Grilley.html\">Kate Grilley<\/a>:<\/strong>\u00a0Kelly Ryan Mystery Series (radio station manager)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cozy-mystery.com\/Lucille-Kallen.html\"><strong>Lucille Kallen<\/strong><\/a>: C.B. Greenfield Mystery Series (musicians)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cozy-mystery.com\/Barbara-Paul.html\"><strong>Barbara Paul<\/strong><\/a>: Opera Mystery Series (tenor)<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cozy-mystery.com\/Mary-Saums.html\">Mary Saums<\/a><\/strong>: Willie Taft Mystery Series former (singer )<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cozy-mystery.com\/Dorothy-L.-Sayers.html\"><strong>Dorothy L. Sayers<\/strong><\/a>:\u00a0Lord Peter Wimsey Mystery Series (pianist)<\/p>\n<p>And, here are some authors who aren&#8217;t on the Cozy Mystery site:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Deborah Grabien<\/strong>: J P Kinkaid Mystery Series (<em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B0043RT9T4\/?&amp;tag=httpwwwmarkes-20\">Rock &amp; Roll Never Forgets<\/a><\/em>)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Phyliss Knight:\u00a0<\/strong>&#8216;Lil Richie&#8217; Series (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/0312094000\/?&amp;tag=httpwwwmarkes-20\"><em>Switching the Odds<\/em><\/a> \u00a0and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/0312118880\/?&amp;tag=httpwwwmarkes-20\"><em>Shattered Rhythms<\/em><\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Val McDermid<\/strong>:\u00a0Kate Brannigan Mystery Series (<em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/1932859187\/?&amp;tag=httpwwwmarkes-20\">Dead Beat<\/a><\/em>)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Karen Sturges<\/strong>: Music Lover&#8217;s Mystery Series (<em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/0553581287\/?&amp;tag=httpwwwmarkes-20\">Death of a Baritone<\/a><\/em> and <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/0553581317\/?&amp;tag=httpwwwmarkes-20\">Death of a Pooh-Bah<\/a><\/em>)<\/p>\n<p>Please remember that I have only included the authors who are currently on the Cozy Mystery Site. Feel free to post a comment if you know of any other mystery authors from the site who write <strong>Music\/Musician themed mystery books<\/strong>. Thanks!<\/p>\n<p>\u2666 To access more\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cozy-mystery.com\/Cozy-Mysteries-by-Themes.html\">Cozy Mysteries by Theme<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0click on this link \u2666<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ksenija just asked me if I had a Music\/Musician mystery book theme on the site, and I responded that I don&#8217;t. Actually, I started putting all of the mystery authors I could think of with Music\/Musicians, and came up with this list, which I wrote as a comment, but just decided to post as a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[6,9,13,15],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-11500","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-authors","7":"category-books","8":"category-cozy-mystery-books-by-theme","9":"category-cozy-site-readers-question","10":"entry","11":"override"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pI0sr-2Zu","jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11500","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11500"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11500\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31049,"href":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11500\/revisions\/31049"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11500"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11500"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11500"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}