{"id":29301,"date":"2016-05-30T07:08:35","date_gmt":"2016-05-30T12:08:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/?p=29301"},"modified":"2017-07-29T17:09:07","modified_gmt":"2017-07-29T22:09:07","slug":"cozy-mystery-book-recommendations-may-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/cozy-mystery-book-recommendations-may-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Cozy Mystery Book Recommendations \u2013 May 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>\"\"This month my recommendation is Kylie Logan<\/strong>‘s\u00a0Mayhem at the Orient Express<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0– the first book in her League of Literary Ladies Mystery Series<\/strong>. This is a fun page-turner. I really enjoy the relationships between the members of the “League” who solve the murder. I also like the small town setting >>> on a small island in Lake Erie. Added to the small-town ambiance is that this is a mystery that takes place in an isolated “nobody in\/nobody out” setting. Kylie Logan writes well-differentiated, life-like characters. This Cozy harkens back to classic Agatha Christie’s mysteries with the isolated setting and the many characters with motives, means, and opportunities to commit the crime.<\/p>\n

Have you read any Cozies this month that you thought were a lot better than the rest of the Cozies you read this month? If so, would you please tell\u00a0us about these really good Cozies and why\u00a0<\/em>you liked them so much? We\u2019d love to know about the Cozy Mysteries you especially liked, so that we (too) can read them. (If you have a lot of Cozies you think are terrific, would you post the ones you think are even better than the others at the 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 May 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

Tessa Arlen<\/a>: Lady Montfort Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

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

Rita Mae Brown<\/a>: Mrs. Murphy Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Maia Chance<\/a>: Fairy Tale Fatal Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Peg Cochran<\/strong><\/a> (aka Meg London): Cranberry Cove Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

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

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

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

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

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

Carolyn Haines<\/a>: Sarah Booth Delaney Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

B.B. Haywood<\/a>: Candy Holliday Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

David Handler<\/a>: Berger & Mitry Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Laurie R. King<\/a>: Mary Russell Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Stephen King: Joyland<\/em><\/a><\/strong> (not Cozy)<\/p>\n

Kylie Logan<\/strong><\/a> (aka\u00a0Miranda Bliss & Casey Daniels): League of Literary Ladies Mystery Series<\/strong>\u00a0(Four\u00a0Cozy readers recommended this series this month.)<\/p>\n

Kylie Logan<\/strong><\/a> (aka\u00a0Miranda Bliss & Casey Daniels):\u00a0Ethnic Eats Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Susan Elia MacNeal<\/a>: Maggie Hope Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jenn McKinlay<\/strong><\/a> (aka Josie Belle & Lucy Lawrence): Cupcake Bakery Mystery Series<\/strong>\u00a0(Two Cozy readers recommended this series this month.)<\/p>\n

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

Katherine Hall Page<\/a>: Faith Fairchild Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sharon Pape<\/a>: Portrait of a Crime Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Nancy J. Parra<\/strong><\/a> (aka Nancy Coco): Perfect Proposals Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

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

Paige Shelton<\/a>: Scottish Bookshop Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Colleen J. Shogan: Washington Whodunit Mystery Series <\/strong>(Stabbing in the Senate<\/em><\/a><\/strong> is book #1)<\/p>\n

Joanna Campbell Slan<\/a> \u2013 Cara Mia Delgatto Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Denise Swanson<\/a>: Devereaux\u2019s Dime Store Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jane Tesh: Madeline Maclin Mystery Series<\/strong> (A Case of Imagination<\/strong><\/em><\/a> is book #1)<\/p>\n

Jacqueline Winspear<\/a>: Maisie Dobbs Mystery Series<\/strong><\/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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