I love this time of year. Well, actually not so much the sweltering days of July, but I love the Cozy Mystery releases that start at this time of the year. It seems like August is when a lot of our holiday themed Cozies start being released, and it looks like we’ll have two new Holiday themed\u00a0Cozy Mysteries to look forward to this coming August – one Valentine’s Day themed and one Halloween themed!<\/p>\n
First is Ellery Adams<\/a><\/strong>‘s\u00a0Murder in the Paperback Parlor<\/a><\/strong><\/em>, which takes place near Valentine’s Day. This second entry in the\u00a0Book Retreat Mystery Series<\/strong> will see the return of amateur sleuth Jane Stewart, manager of the Storyton Hall Book Resort in the hills of western Virginia. When one of the prominent authors visiting the resort is killed, she’ll need to once again help get to the bottom of the case if she wants to keep her beloved resort afloat! Ellery Adams writes multiple other popular Cozy Mystery series, including the\u00a0Charmed Pie Shoppe Mystery Series<\/strong>, the\u00a0Books by the Bay Mystery Series<\/strong>, and the\u00a0Supper Club Mystery Series<\/strong>, among others!<\/p>\n Second is the Halloween-themed\u00a0Candy Corn Murder<\/a><\/strong><\/em> by\u00a0Leslie Meier<\/a><\/strong>. Halloween will once again be coming to\u00a0Tinker’s Cove! This Cozy is the 22nd in the holiday themed\u00a0Lucy Stone\u00a0Mystery Series<\/strong>, and will be the third Halloween themed mystery in the series. Homemaker Lucy Stone’s plans for a festive Halloween are ruined when her husband Bill’s friend Evan turns up dead – and Bill is the primary suspect, since he’s the last person who saw Evan alive, Expect even more holiday mystery and fun in this continuation of the Lucy Stone series!<\/p>\n In case you’re interested in more mysteries in both of these themes, you can click on these links to go to the corresponding pages on my Cozy Mystery site:<\/p>\n