{"id":26623,"date":"2015-12-27T12:15:21","date_gmt":"2015-12-27T18:15:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/?p=26623"},"modified":"2017-07-29T18:43:10","modified_gmt":"2017-07-29T23:43:10","slug":"cozy-mystery-book-recommendations-december-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/cozy-mystery-book-recommendations-december-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"Cozy Mystery Book Recommendations \u2013 December 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>\"\"Here we are at the end of the month! I can barely believe that we’re going to be wrapping 2015 up in just a few days! As I mentioned in the Christmas Cozy Mystery Recommendations – 2015<\/a><\/strong>, I read quite a few Christmas Cozies this month, and I\u00a0enjoyed every one of them.<\/p>\n

Would you please tell us about the really good Cozy Mysteries you read during December, and please tell us why\u00a0<\/em>you liked them so much. (They don’t have to be Christmas Cozies!) These should be the Cozies you thought were better<\/em> than the other Cozies you read this month. This is a great way for the rest of us to sort of put those authors on our Cozy Mystery radar. (If we don’t already know about them!) Please list the ones you liked the most at the very top of the list, that way we\u2019ll know those are the ones you liked the most.<\/p>\n

As usual, please do not tell us about the Cozy Mysteries you did not like.<\/p>\n

What really good Cozy Mystery book did you read during December\u00a02015 that you want the rest of us to know about, and\u00a0why<\/em>\u00a0did you enjoy it?<\/strong><\/p>\n

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

Isabella Alan<\/a><\/strong> (aka Amanda Flower): Amish Quilt Shop Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Lucy Arlington<\/a> <\/strong>(aka Susan Furlong): Novel Idea Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Terri L. Austin: Rose Strickland Mystery Series <\/strong>(Diners, Dives & Dead Ends<\/a><\/strong><\/em> is book #1)<\/p>\n

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

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

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

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

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

JoAnna Carl<\/strong><\/a> (aka Eve K. Sandstrom): Chocoholic Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Laurie Cass<\/a><\/strong> (aka Laura Alden): Bookmobile CatMystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

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

Jane K. Cleland<\/a>: Josie Prescott Antiques Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Blaize & John Clement<\/a>: Dixie Hemingway Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sheila Connolly<\/a><\/strong> (aka Sarah Atwell): Orchard Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

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

Isis Crawford<\/a><\/strong> (aka Barbara Block): Mysteries with Recipes Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jeanne M. Dams<\/a>: Dorothy Martin Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Vicki Delany<\/strong><\/a> (aka Eva Gates): Year-Round Christmas Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hannah Dennison<\/a>: Honeychurch Hall Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Kaitlyn Dunnett<\/strong><\/a> (aka Kathy Lynn Emerson): Liss MacCrimmon Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Martin Edwards (editor): Silent Nights: Christmas Mysteries<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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

Heather Graham: Krewe of Hunters Mystery Series <\/strong>(Phantom Evil<\/a><\/strong><\/em> is book #1)<\/p>\n

Sarah Graves<\/a>: Home Repair is Homicide Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Anne Hillerman<\/a>: Leaphorn, Chee and Manuelito Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Carolyn Hart<\/a>: Bailey Ruth Ghost Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sadie Hartwell<\/strong><\/a> (aka Susannah Hardy): Tangled Web Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

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

C.H.B Kitchin<\/strong> (editor): Crime at Christmas<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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

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

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

Nancy Martin<\/a>: Miss Ruffles Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jenn McKinlay<\/strong><\/a> (aka Josie Belle & Lucy Lawrence):\u00a0Library Lover’s Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Carol J. Perry<\/a>: Witch City Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Nancy Pickard<\/a>: Jenny Cain Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Maggie Sefton<\/a>: Knitting Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dana Stabenow<\/a>: Liam Campbell Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Rex Stout<\/a>: Nero Wolfe Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Victoria Thompson<\/a>: Gaslight Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

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

Ashley Weaver: Amory Ames Mystery Series<\/strong> (Murder at the Brightwell<\/a><\/strong><\/em> is book #1)<\/p>\n

Julie Weston: Nellie Burns and Moonshine Mystery Series <\/strong>(Moonshadows<\/strong><\/em><\/a> is book #1)<\/p>\n

[If you click on the author\u2019s name (blue) link, it will take you to his\/her page on the\u00a0Cozy Mystery<\/a>\u00a0site. The pages have all of the authors\u2019 books listed chronologically.]<\/p>\n

I will list the authors and series that have been recommended, but I urge you to read the comments below so you can see the reasons other Cozy Mystery readers thought these were their best reads of the month.<\/p>\n

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

P.S. I usually don\u2019t comment on your recommendations since they speak for themselves.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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