{"id":15225,"date":"2013-12-27T09:44:40","date_gmt":"2013-12-27T15:44:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/?p=15225"},"modified":"2017-07-30T13:54:30","modified_gmt":"2017-07-30T18:54:30","slug":"mystery-books-recommendations-december-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/mystery-books-recommendations-december-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"Mystery Books Recommendations \u2013 December 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>\"\"As it will soon be 2014, I want to hurry up and get your recommendations for the month of December 2013. I don’t know if any of you remember, but last year was the first year that we made a Favorite Cozy Mystery Books list for that particular year. I will be asking for those books pretty soon, but for now, let’s focus on just the month of December 2013.<\/p>\n

Which Cozy Mystery books did you read this past month that you think the rest of us really should know about? They don’t have to be Christmas mysteries, although I know some of you were limiting your reading to those in particular. (Maybe I think that because I limited myself to Christmas Cozy Mysteries…)<\/p>\n

[As usual, I ask that you don’t tell us about the mystery books you read that you didn’t like.]<\/span><\/p>\n

[If you click on the author’s name (blue) link, it will take you to their page on the\u00a0Cozy Mystery<\/a>\u00a0site. Their page has all of the author’s books listed chronologically.]<\/p>\n

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

Here are the current recommended authors who some of you have read this past month:<\/p>\n

Allyson K. Abbott<\/a>\u00a0(aka Annelise Roth & Beth Amos): Mack\u2019s Bar Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Victoria Abbott<\/a> (Mary Jane Maffini & Victoria Maffini): <\/span>Book Collector’s Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Susan Wittig Albert<\/a>: Darling Dahlias Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Donna Andrews<\/a>: Meg Langslow Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Charlotte Armstrong: Chocolate Cobweb<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Josie Belle<\/a> (aka Jenn McKinlay & Lucy Lawrence): Good Buy Girls Mystery Series\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

C.C. Benison<\/a>: Father Christmas Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Heather Blake<\/a> (aka Heather Webber): Magic Potion Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Rhys Bowen<\/a>: Molly Murphy Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Lucy Burdette<\/a> (aka Roberta Isleib): Key West Food Critic Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jill Churchill<\/a>: Grace and Favor Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Nancy Coco<\/a> (aka Nancy J. Parra): <\/span>Candy-Coated Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

J.J. Cook<\/a> (aka Joyce and Jim Lavene & Ellie Grant): Sweet Pepper Fire Brigade Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Lesley Cookman<\/a>: Libby Sarjeant Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Cleo Coyle<\/a>\u00a0(aka Alice Kimberly): Coffee House Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mary Daheim<\/a>: Hillside Manor Bed & Breakfast Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Krista Davis<\/a>: <\/span>Paws and Claws Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

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

Jimmie Ruth Evans<\/a> (aka Miranda James, Honor Hartman, & Dean James): Trailer Park Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Joanne Fluke<\/a>: Hannah Swensen Cookie Jar Mystery Series<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Dorothy Gilman<\/a>: Mrs. Pollifax Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

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

Kerry Greenwood<\/a>: Phryne Fisher Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Philip Gulley: Home to Harmony<\/em><\/a><\/strong> (cozy, but not a mystery)<\/p>\n

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

Carolyn Hart<\/a>: Death on Demand Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Libby Fischer Hellman: An Eye for Murder\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Georgette Heyer<\/a>: Superintendent Hannasyde Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Diane Kelly<\/a>: Tara Holloway Death and Taxes Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Laura Levine<\/a>: Jaine Austen Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Kylie Logan<\/a> (aka Miranda Bliss & Casey Daniels): <\/span>Button Box Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sheila Lowe<\/a>: Forensic Handwriting Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

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

Leslie Meier<\/a>: Leslie Stone Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Carol Miller: Murder and Moonshine<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Meg Muldoon: Murder in Christmas River<\/a><\/strong><\/em>, Mayhem in Christmas River<\/strong><\/em><\/a>, & Madness in Christmas River<\/strong><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Gail Oust<\/a>: Piper Prescott Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

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

Sara Rosett<\/a>: Ellie Avery Msytery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

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

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

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

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

As it will soon be 2014, I want to hurry up and get your recommendations for the month of December 2013. I don’t know if any of you remember, but last year was the first year that we made a Favorite Cozy Mystery Books list for that particular year. I will be asking for those […]<\/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":"","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":[6,9,31],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-15225","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-authors","7":"category-books","8":"category-monthly-cozy-recommendations","9":"entry","10":"override"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pI0sr-3Xz","jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15225","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=15225"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15225\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33310,"href":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15225\/revisions\/33310"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15225"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15225"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15225"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}