{"id":27213,"date":"2016-01-29T14:14:45","date_gmt":"2016-01-29T20:14:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/?p=27213"},"modified":"2017-07-29T18:38:48","modified_gmt":"2017-07-29T23:38:48","slug":"cozy-mystery-book-recommendations-january-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/cozy-mystery-book-recommendations-january-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Cozy Mystery Book Recommendations \u2013 January 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>\"\"This month, I’m going to start out the Cozy Mystery Recommendations by telling you about my favorite Cozy Mystery book that I read during January. As I have mentioned many times before, I try several new-to-me authors in between reading a Cozy by one of my favorite authors. I’m always on the look-out for new authors to add to my favorites list, and this time, I found one!<\/p>\n

The Cozy Mystery I tried, and enjoyed a lot, is Plantation Shudders<\/a><\/strong><\/em>\u00a0by Ellen Byron. A few days ago, Kimmie wrote some rather glowing comments about this Cozy right here in one of the comments:<\/p>\n

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LOVED the setting, cast of characters and the family dynamics. This is a place I would absolutely visit!! With all of the descriptive visuals, I was sucked in and felt like I was watching the whole story from the comfort of my comfy couch on the front porch!? (Not to mention, it left me salivating over the delicious dishes referenced throughout the book!!)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Kimmie, I couldn’t have said it better! Plantation Shudders<\/strong><\/em> is the first in the new Cajun Country Mystery Series<\/strong> (by Ellen Byron<\/a><\/strong>) and it is set between New Orleans and Baton Rouge, which after visiting a few times, I will say is almost like a country within itself. (I can’t think of anywhere else that has its own unique flavor!)<\/p>\n

Maggie (short of “Magnolia” >>> which may well be\u00a0pretty common in Cajun country!) comes from two very respected families in the area. She lives\/works at the bed and breakfast that was formerly the plantation on her father’s side of the family. She also works as a guide at the plantation her mother’s side of the family had to bequeath to the state because of financial reasons.\u00a0Her family’s B&B is finally starting to recover from the devastation brought on my Hurricane Katrina. Unfortunately >>> enter Murder!<\/p>\n

I enjoyed all of the characters in the book, both the “regulars” as well as those who were in the book as guests at the B&B >>> who I am guessing won’t reappear. I especially enjoyed Maggie’s interaction with Xander, the Autistic son of one of the “regulars”, and I am hoping he continues to inhabit this Cozy series. (Also, Gopher, the family Basset Hound is too darling!)<\/p>\n

The plot, characters, unique setting, small town feeling, mystery, and writing style are all things that I enjoyed, and I find myself looking forward to the release of the second Cozy in this series. Oh, and for those of you who enjoy your Cozies with recipes, there are some pretty appetizing looking recipes included as well!<\/p>\n

So now it’s your turn! Would you please tell us about the really good Cozy Mysteries you read during January, and please tell us why\u00a0<\/em>you liked them so much. These should be the Cozies you thought were better<\/em> than the other Cozies you read during the month. This way, the rest of us will be able to read your recommendations\/comments, and put those authors on our Cozy Mystery radar. Please list the Cozies you liked the most at the very top of the list.<\/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 January 2016 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

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

Ellie Alexander<\/strong>\u00a0<\/a>(aka Kate Dyer-Seeley): Bakeshop Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sally Andrew: Tannie Maria Mystery Series<\/strong> (Recipes for Love and Murder<\/a><\/strong><\/em> is book #1)<\/p>\n

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

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

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

P.J. Brackston: A Brothers Grimm Mystery Series<\/strong> (Gretel and the Case of the Missing Frog Prints<\/em><\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>is book #1)<\/p>\n

Simon Brett<\/a>: Fethering Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Catherine Bruns: Cookies & Chance Mystery Series <\/strong>(Taste Like Murder<\/a><\/strong><\/em> is book #1)<\/p>\n

Ellen Byron<\/a>: Cajun Country Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

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

Laura Childs<\/a>: Scrapbooking Mystery Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

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

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

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

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

Laura DiSilverio<\/a><\/strong> (aka Lila Dare & Ella Barrick): Readaholics Book Club Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

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

Kate Dyer-Seeley<\/a><\/strong> (aka Ellie Alexander): Pacific Northwest Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Wendy Sand Eckel: Murder at Barclay Meadow<\/a><\/em><\/strong> (Stand Alone?)<\/p>\n

Amanda Flower<\/a><\/strong> (Isabela Alan): Living History Museum Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Eva Gates<\/a> (aka Vicki Delany): Lighthouse Library Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Nancy Haddock<\/a>: Silver Six Crafting Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Barbara Hambly: Benjamin January Mystery Series<\/strong> (Crimson Angel<\/a><\/strong><\/em> is book #13) not Cozy<\/p>\n

Susannah Hardy<\/a><\/strong> (aka Sadie Hartwell): Greek to Me Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Julianne Holmes: Clock Shop Mystery Series<\/strong> (Just Killing Time<\/a><\/strong><\/em> is book #1)<\/p>\n

Christine Husom<\/a>: Snow Globe Shop Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sofie Kelly<\/a><\/strong> (aka Sofie Ryan): Magical Cats Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

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

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

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

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

Terrie Farley Moran<\/a>: Read \u2018Em and Eat Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Patchwork Mystery Series: The Christmas Quilt<\/a><\/em> <\/strong>by Kelly Ann Riley<\/strong><\/p>\n

Kathy Reichs<\/a>: Temperance Brennen Mystery Series <\/strong>(not Cozy)<\/p>\n

Ruth Rendell<\/a>: Dark Corners<\/em><\/strong> (Stand Alone, not Cozy)<\/p>\n

Paige Shelton<\/a>: Dangerous Type Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Rosemary Stevens<\/strong><\/a> (aka Rosemary Martin): Beau Brummell Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Joyce Tremel: Brewing Trouble Mystery Series<\/strong> (To Brew or Not to Brew<\/a> <\/strong><\/em>is book #1)<\/p>\n

Ashley Weaver: Amory Ames Mystery Series<\/strong> (Murder at the Brightwell<\/a><\/strong><\/em>\u00a0is book #1)<\/p>\n

Christine Wenger<\/a>: Comfort Food Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Marty Wingate: Potting Shed Mystery Series <\/strong>(The Garden Plot<\/a><\/strong><\/em> 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><\/strong>\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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