{"id":31756,"date":"2016-12-30T09:29:17","date_gmt":"2016-12-30T15:29:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/?p=31756"},"modified":"2017-07-31T16:54:46","modified_gmt":"2017-07-31T21:54:46","slug":"cozy-mystery-book-recommendations-december-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/cozy-mystery-book-recommendations-december-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Cozy Mystery Book Recommendations \u2013 December 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>\"\"Well, the New Year will be coming up very soon, so it’s time for the last discussion of our favorite Cozy reading material of 2016! If you’ve read a great Cozy in December, be sure to post it here! This month, I read Lucy Arlington<\/strong>‘s Novel Idea Mystery Series<\/strong>, so I’ll start it off with that! (I also read Last Bus to Woodstock<\/em>, by Colin Dexter<\/strong>, but that’s just far enough from being “Cozy” that I’m not going to include it on this list…)<\/p>\n

If you’re interested in reading why I’m recommending these series, you can go to the\u00a0Most Popular & Recommended Cozy Mystery Series page<\/a> on my Cozy-Mystery site for my full write-ups on each of these great Cozy series.<\/p>\n

So, what have you been reading that you can recommend in December?\u00a0Please be sure to tell us\u00a0why<\/em> you liked these Cozies so much. I know we’re all always on the lookout for more particularly good Cozy Mystery authors! (If you have a lot of Cozies you think are great, please post the ones you like the most at the top of the list.)<\/p>\n

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

What really good Cozy Mystery did you read during December 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

Victoria Abbott<\/a><\/strong> (Writing duo Mary Jane Maffini\u00a0& daughter Victoria Maffini): Book Collectors Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ellery Adams<\/strong><\/a> (aka J. <\/a>B. Stanley, Jennifer Stanley, & 1\/2 of Lucy Arlington):\u00a0Book Retreat Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

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

Lucy Arlington<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>(co-written by Jennifer Stanley & Sylvia May): Novel Idea Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Laura Childs<\/strong><\/a> (aka Gerry Schmitt): Tea Shop Mystery Series <\/strong>and Cackleberry Club Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jill Churchill<\/a><\/strong>: Grace and Favor Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

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

Cleo Coyle<\/strong><\/a> (aka\u00a0Alice Kimberly): Coffeehouse Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ellen Crosby<\/strong><\/a>: Wine Country Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Krista Davis<\/a><\/strong>: Domestic Diva Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Vicki Delany<\/strong><\/a> (aka Eva Gates):\u00a0Year-Round Christmas Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

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

Sharon Fiffer<\/strong><\/a>: Jane Wheel Mystery\u00a0Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Charles Finch<\/a><\/strong>: Charles Lenox Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

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

Nancy Lynn Jarvis<\/a><\/strong>: Raven McHenry Real Estate\u00a0Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Diane Kelly<\/strong><\/a>: Tara Holloway Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

K. J. Larsen<\/strong>: Cat DeLuca Mystery Series<\/strong> (book #1 Liar, Liar<\/a><\/em>)<\/p>\n

Karen MacInerney<\/strong><\/a>: Dewberry Farm Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Gail Oust<\/a><\/strong>:\u00a0Piper Prescott Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Kathy Reichs<\/a><\/strong>: Temperance Brennen Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

David Rosenfelt<\/strong><\/a>: Andy Carpenter Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sarah Rosett<\/a><\/strong>: Murder on Location Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Paige Shelton<\/strong><\/a>:\u00a0Scottish Bookshop Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Angela M. Sanders<\/strong>: The Lanvin Murders<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Livia Washburn<\/strong><\/a>: Fresh-Baked 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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