{"id":17529,"date":"2014-05-27T07:27:24","date_gmt":"2014-05-27T12:27:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/?p=17529"},"modified":"2017-08-01T17:51:37","modified_gmt":"2017-08-01T22:51:37","slug":"mystery-book-recommendations-may-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/mystery-book-recommendations-may-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"Mystery Book Recommendations \u2013 May 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>\"\"I really don’t know where this month has gone! I know I have said this before, but it feels as if time goes faster as we get older. I remember back to my school days when it seemed like time stood still! Being the end of the month, it’s time for me to ask you for your monthly Cozy Mystery book recommendations.<\/p>\n

Please tell us about a Cozy Mystery book (or two, or three…) that you read during May of 2014 which you think was so good, it would be a shame if the rest of us didn’t know about it. Also, please tell us why you think this particular Cozy Mystery is so good. Your reasons may strike a chord with us! Who knows, we may read your comment, and decide we also would enjoy that particular book\/author.<\/p>\n

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

What Cozy Mystery book (or author) have you read during May 2014, 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

Annie Adams: Cozy Flower Shop Mystery Series<\/strong> (The Final Arrangement<\/em><\/a> is book #1)<\/p>\n

Susan Wittig Albert<\/a>: China Bayles Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Connie Archer<\/a>: Soup Lover\u2019s Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

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

Catherine Bailey: The Secret Rooms<\/a>: A True Story of a Haunted Castle, a Plotting Duchess, and a Family Secret<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

M.C. Beaton <\/strong><\/a>(aka Marion Chesney): Hamish Macbeth Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jessica Beck<\/strong><\/a> (aka Elizabeth Bright, Melissa Glazer, Chris Cavender, Casey Mayes, Tim Myeris, & D.B. Morgan): Donut Shop Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

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

Melissa Bourbon <\/strong><\/a>(aka Melissa Bourbon Ramirez & Misa Ramirez): Magical Dressmaking Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

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

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

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

Lynn Cahoon<\/a>: Tourist Trap Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dorothy Cannell<\/a>: Florence Norris Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Agatha Christie<\/a>: Miss Marple Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Edie Claire<\/a>: Leigh Koslow Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sandra Carey Cody: Jennie Connors Mystery Series<\/strong> (Put Out the Light<\/em><\/a>, book #1)<\/p>\n

Kate Collins<\/a>: Flower Shop Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

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

Jana DeLeon<\/a>: Miss Fortune Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Leighann Dobbs: Mystery Notch Cozy Mystery Series<\/strong> (Ghostly Paws<\/em><\/a>, book #1)<\/p>\n

Elizabeth Duncan<\/strong><\/a>: Penny Brannigan Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

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

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

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

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

Andrea Frazer: Falconer Files Mystery Series<\/strong> (Death of an Old Git<\/em><\/a>, book #1)<\/p>\n

Rosie Genova<\/a>: Italian Kitchen Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sally Goldenbaum<\/a>: Seaside Knitters Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

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

Victoria Hamilton<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>(aka Amanda Cooper): Vintage Kitchen Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Janice Hamrick<\/a>: Jocelyn Shore Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mary Ellen Hughes<\/a>: Pickled and Preserved Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Maddy Hunter<\/strong><\/a>: Passport to Peril Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sue Ann Jaffarian<\/strong><\/a>: Odelia Grey Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sue Ann Jaffarian<\/strong><\/a>: Ghost of Granny Apple Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tracy Kiely<\/a>: Elizabeth Parker Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

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

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

Lizbeth Lipperman<\/strong><\/a> (aka Liz Lipperman & Liz Roth): Dead Sister Talking Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Kylie Logan <\/strong><\/a>(aka Miranda Bliss & Casey Daniels): Chili Cook-Off Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Kylie Logan <\/strong><\/a>(aka Miranda Bliss & Casey Daniels): League of Literary Ladies Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Karen MacInerney<\/a>: Gray Whale Inn Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Alyssa Maxwell<\/a>: Gilded Newport Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jenn McKinlay<\/strong><\/a> (aka Josie Belle & Lucy Lawrence):<\/strong> Cupcake Bakery Msytery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jenn McKinlay <\/strong><\/a>(aka Josie Belle & Lucy Lawrence): Hat Shop Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Amy Metz<\/a>: Goose Pimple Junction Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Laura Morrigan<\/a>: Call of the Wilde Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Kathryn O’Sullivan: Colleen McCabe Mystery Series<\/strong> (Foal Play<\/em><\/a> is book #1)<\/p>\n

Nancy J. Parra<\/strong><\/a> (aka Nancy Coco): Baker’s Treat Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Deanna Raybourn<\/a>: Lady Julia Grey Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ruth Rendell<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(aka Barbara Vine): Inspector Wexford Mystery Series\u00a0 <\/strong>(Police Procedural)<\/p>\n

Peter Robinson<\/strong><\/a>: Inspector Banks Mystery Series<\/strong> (Police Procedural)<\/p>\n

Barbara Ross<\/a>: Maine Clambake Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dorothy L. Sayer<\/a>: Lord Peter Wimsey\u00a0Mystery\u00a0Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Connie Shelton<\/a>: Samantha Sweet Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Joanna Campbell Slan<\/a>: Kiki Lowenstein Scrap-n-Craft\u00a0Mystery\u00a0Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dorothy St. James<\/a>: White House Gardener\u00a0Mystery\u00a0Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Charles Todd<\/a>: Bess Crawford Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

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

Livia J. Washburn<\/a>: Fresh-Baked Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

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

\u2666To\u00a0access more\u00a0Cozy Mystery Books Recommendations<\/a><\/strong>, click on this link\u2666<\/p>\n

P.S. While I try to respond to all of the comments that are made on the Cozy Mystery\u00a0blog, I generally don\u2019t respond to the comments on these monthly recommendation entries. I do, however, list the recommended books!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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