{"id":11916,"date":"2013-01-26T10:24:24","date_gmt":"2013-01-26T16:24:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/?p=11916"},"modified":"2017-07-30T14:05:23","modified_gmt":"2017-07-30T19:05:23","slug":"cozy-mystery-books-recommendations-january-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/cozy-mystery-books-recommendations-january-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"Cozy Mystery Books Recommendations – January 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>\"\"Here it is: 2013, a brand new year!<\/p>\n

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Please tell us about a few of your very favorite Cozy Mystery reads of January 2013<\/strong>. This should be authors who you think the rest of us absolutely have “got to know” about, so that we can also enjoy their Cozy Mystery books.\u00a0Please include\u00a0WHY<\/strong>\u00a0you enjoyed these authors.<\/p>\n

*****<\/p>\n

I’m going to start by recommending Margaret Grace<\/a><\/strong>. She writes the Miniature Mystery Series<\/strong>, of which I am a fan. I have to admit that I am not all caught up with the series. There are six mystery books in the series, and I am currently reading the fourth. I consider Grace’s Miniature Mystery Series a truly Cozy series. Grace has a vocabulary that is rich enough for her to be able to convey, let’s say anger, without having to rely on graphic language. Her characters are more like people to me, people who I would enjoy hanging out with.<\/p>\n

Gerry (Geraldine) Porter is the main sleuth. She is a retired English teacher, who primarily does her sleuthing when her granddaughter (Maddie) is visiting. They have a terrific relationship, which seems very real to me.<\/p>\n

I find the writing to flow very easily. Grace has a lot of secondary\u00a0reoccurring\u00a0characters, who she weaves into each book’s plot.\u00a0Grace\u00a0also gives us red herrings which make sense, and are not just plopped into the\u00a0story\u00a0line.<\/p>\n

Margaret Grace is also known as Camille Minichino<\/strong> and Ada Madison<\/strong>. I have read (and enjoyed) all eight of Minichino’s Periodic Table Mystery Series<\/strong>. As a matter of fact, since I enjoyed this series so much, I thought I probably wouldn’t enjoy Grace’s Miniature Mystery Series. I find that I usually only like one series an author writes, but this time I was wrong. In fact, since I enjoy Grace’s and Minichino’s Cozy\u00a0Mystery\u00a0series so much, I’m planning on trying Madison’s\u00a0Sophie Knowles Mystery Series<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

I will add the recommended authors to this entry as they come in.\u00a0(Please do not tell us about the authors you did not like.) Thank you!<\/p>\n

What Cozy Mystery book (or author) have you read during January 2013, and\u00a0why\u00a0did you enjoy it (or him\/her)?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Here are the current authors who some of you have read this past month, and wanted to tell the rest of us about:<\/p>\n

Barbara Annino:<\/strong> Stacy Justice Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Donald Bain<\/strong><\/a> (w\/ “Jessica Fletcher”): Murder, She Wrote Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Maggie Barbieri<\/a>: Murder 101 Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Lorna Barrett<\/strong><\/a> (aka Lorraine Bartlett & L. L. Bartlett): Booktown Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

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

Jessica Beck<\/strong><\/a>: Classic Diner Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Janet Bolin<\/strong><\/a>: Threadville Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ali Brandon<\/strong><\/a> (aka Diane A.S. Stuckart): Black Cat Bookshop Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Duffy Brown<\/strong><\/a>: Consignment Shop Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Karen Cantwell<\/strong>: Barbara Marr Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Elizabeth Lynn Casey<\/strong><\/a> (aka Laura Bradford): Southern Sewing Circle Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Bailey Cates<\/strong> <\/a>(aka Cricket McRae): Magical Bakery Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Erika Chase<\/strong><\/a>: <\/span>Ashton Corners Book Mystery S<\/strong>eries<\/b><\/p>\n

Laura Childs<\/strong><\/a>: Tea Shop Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Patricia Cornwell<\/strong><\/a>: Kay Scarpetta Mystery Series<\/strong> (not cozy)<\/p>\n

Cleo Coyle<\/strong><\/a> (aka Alice Kimberly): Coffee House Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Elizabeth Spann Craig<\/strong><\/a> (aka Riley Adams & Elizabeth Craig): Myrtle Clover Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Philip R. Craig<\/strong><\/a>: Martha’s Vineyard Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Kyra Davis<\/strong>: Sophie Katz Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Monica Ferris<\/strong><\/a>: Needlecraft Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Shelley Freydont<\/strong><\/a>: Celebration Bay Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Erle Stanley Gardner<\/strong><\/a>: Perry Mason Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Margaret Grace<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>(aka Camille Minichino & Ada Madison): Miniature Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

M.K. Graff<\/strong>: The Blue Virgin<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sue Grafton<\/strong><\/a>: Kinsey Millhone Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Elly Griffiths<\/strong>:\u00a0Ruth Galloway Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

John Grisham<\/a><\/strong>: The Appeal<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Julie Hyzy<\/strong><\/a>: White House Chef Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

John Dunning<\/a>: Cliff Janeway<\/strong>\u00a0Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

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

Alice Kimberly<\/a><\/strong> (aka Cleo Coyle): Haunted Bookshop Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mary Lou Kirwin<\/strong><\/a>: Librarian Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jill Marie Landis<\/strong>: Tikki Goddess Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Victoria Laurie<\/strong><\/a>: Psychic Eye Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Amanda Lee<\/strong><\/a> (aka Gayle Trent): Embroidery Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

M. Louisa Locke<\/a><\/strong>:\u00a0Victorian Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Charlotte MacLeod <\/strong><\/a>(aka Alisa Craig): Peter & Helen Shandy Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Molly MacRae<\/strong><\/a>: Haunted Yarn Shop Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

G. M. Malliet<\/strong><\/a>: Max Tudor Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Lorena McCourtney<\/strong><\/a>: Ivy Malone Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jenn McKinlay<\/strong><\/a> (aka Lucy Lawrence & Josie Belle): Library Lover’s Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Wendy Rob<\/strong><\/a>erts<\/a>:<\/strong>\u00a0Latte, Espresso, Cappuccino & Murder Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dorothy L. Sayers<\/strong><\/a>: Lord Peter Wimsey Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Rochelle Staab<\/strong>: Mind for Murder Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Teresa Trent<\/strong>: Pecan Bayou Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Elaine Viets<\/strong><\/a>: Mystery Shopper Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

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

Here it is: 2013, a brand new year! Please tell us about a few of your very favorite Cozy Mystery reads of January 2013. This should be authors who you think the rest of us absolutely have “got to know” about, so that we can also enjoy their Cozy Mystery books.\u00a0Please include\u00a0WHY\u00a0you enjoyed these authors. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","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":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[6,9,13,31,23],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-11916","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-monthly-cozy-recommendations","10":"category-reading","11":"entry","12":"override"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pI0sr-36c","jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11916","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=11916"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11916\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33321,"href":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11916\/revisions\/33321"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11916"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11916"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11916"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}