{"id":15315,"date":"2014-01-04T07:49:19","date_gmt":"2014-01-04T13:49:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/?p=15315"},"modified":"2017-08-01T19:20:52","modified_gmt":"2017-08-02T00:20:52","slug":"favorite-cozy-mystery-reads-for-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/favorite-cozy-mystery-reads-for-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"Favorite Cozy Mystery Books for 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>\"\"We started the “Favorite Cozy Mystery Books for the Year<\/strong>” last year when Lynn T proposed that we list our <\/span>very, very favorite-est<\/em> (my words, not hers!) mysteries of the year. We already do our monthly favorite mysteries, so these Favorite of the Year<\/em> should be the very best of the best we have read.<\/span><\/p>\n

I have read many good Cozy Mystery books this year. I have also read some not-so-good Cozy Mysteries. (Haven’t we all?!?) I have mentioned several of the authors who are on my Favorite Authors<\/strong> list. But who wrote my very favorite mystery read of the year?<\/p>\n

When I was talking to my husband about this entry, I asked him how I could ever pick just one mystery book and say it was my very favorite of the year. I have enjoyed so many, how would I be able to pick just one? I then told him about several of my favorite authors who I have read this year. Since this list is not comprised of just brand new authors who started being published this year, it includes ALL Cozy Mystery authors. Hmmm… That’s a whole lot of authors! He then asked me who I thought is my very favorite Cozy Mystery author, to which I responded, Agatha Christie.<\/p>\n

Christie is one of the very few authors who I have read, re-read, and plan to re-read again. She was a formidable story-teller. Her characters always ring true to me. There’s a reason her books are still so popular; although written many years ago, they seem almost ageless. She is able to describe\/depict the very nature of people\u00a0and their quirks. Her writing style is flawless and flows so easily. Her mysteries are perfect.<\/p>\n

So, I will nominate\u00a0Agatha Christie’<\/strong>s (1957)\u00a0What Mrs. McGillicuddy Saw\u00a0<\/strong>(aka 4:50 from Paddington<\/strong>) since it is the last Miss Marple<\/strong> mystery I have read by this phenomenal author.<\/p>\n

So please tell us about your\u00a0<\/span>Favorite Cozy Mystery Read for 2013<\/strong>, and why you are picking this book or author. Thank you!<\/span><\/p>\n

As usual with these types of entries, I will add the books\/authors who you all comment about to the list:<\/p>\n

Favorite Cozy Mystery Reads for 2013:<\/h3>\n

Ellery Adams<\/a> (aka Jennifer Stanley, J.B. Stanley, & 1\/2 of Lucy Arlington: Poisoned Prose<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Nancy Atherton<\/a>: Aunt Dimnity and the Lost Prince<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Josie Belle<\/a> (aka Jenn McKinlay & Lucy Lawrence): Buried in Bargains<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Agatha Christie<\/a>:\u00a04:50 from Paddington<\/strong><\/a> (aka\u00a0What Mrs. McGillicuddy Saw)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Agatha Christie<\/a>:\u00a0By the Pricking of My Thumbs\u00a0<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Sheila Connolly<\/a>:\u00a0Buried in a Bog<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Amanda Flower<\/a> (aka Isabella Alan): A Plain Scandal<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Mary Lou Kirwin<\/a>:\u00a0<\/span>Killer Librarian<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Joyce and Jim Lavene<\/a>\u00a0(aka J.J. Cook & Ellie Grant):\u00a0Harrowing Hats<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Jenn McKinlay<\/a> (aka Josie Belle & Lucy Lawrence):\u00a0<\/span>Cloche and Dagger<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Louise Penny<\/a>: How the Light Comes In<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Dana Stabenow<\/a>: Bad Blood<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Heather Webber<\/a> (aka Heather Blake):\u00a0The Root of All Trouble<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

If you\u2019re interested in seeing a whole lot more recommendations made by Cozy Mystery readers, click here:\u00a0<\/span>Monthly Cozy Mystery Recommendations<\/strong><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We started the “Favorite Cozy Mystery Books for the Year” last year when Lynn T proposed that we list our very, very favorite-est (my words, not hers!) mysteries of the year. We already do our monthly favorite mysteries, so these Favorite of the Year should be the very best of the best we have read. […]<\/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":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[6,9,13,33,31],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-15315","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-favorite-authors","10":"category-monthly-cozy-recommendations","11":"entry","12":"override"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pI0sr-3Z1","jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15315","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=15315"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15315\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33814,"href":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15315\/revisions\/33814"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15315"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15315"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15315"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}