{"id":32533,"date":"2017-04-28T08:57:59","date_gmt":"2017-04-28T13:57:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/?p=32533"},"modified":"2017-07-29T16:57:24","modified_gmt":"2017-07-29T21:57:24","slug":"cozy-mystery-book-recommendations-april-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/cozy-mystery-book-recommendations-april-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Cozy Mystery Book Recommendations \u2013 April 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>\"\"April is ending, so it’s time to discuss our favorite Cozy Mysteries that we have read this month! If you read a Cozy mystery this month and want to recommend it to the rest of us, be sure to post it here! This month, I’ve unfortunately had less reading time than I would have liked, so all I’ve read is Ann Rule<\/strong>‘s A Rose for Her Grave<\/strong>… which unfortunately isn’t a Cozy mystery, but I still recommend it! (It doesn’t go on this month’s list, though…) If you want to know why I recommend it, be sure to check the post I wrote about it<\/a>.<\/p>\n

So, what have you been reading that you can recommend in April?\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 April 2017 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

Cathy Ace<\/a><\/strong>: WISE Inquiries Agency Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

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

Susan Wittig Albert<\/a><\/strong>: China Bayles Herbal Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Lorraine Bartlett<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(aka L. L. Bartlett & Lorna Barrett): Victoria Square Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Rhys Bowen<\/a><\/strong>: In Farleigh Field<\/em><\/a> (stand alone non-Cozy by a normally Cozy author)<\/p>\n

Emily Brightwell<\/strong><\/a>: Mrs. Jeffries Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Blaize Clement<\/strong><\/a>: Dixie Hemmingway Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

E.J. Copperman<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>(aka Jeffrey Cohen):\u00a0Haunted Guesthouse Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Vicki Delany<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(aka Eva Gates): Sherlock Holmes Bookshop Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Andrea Frazer<\/strong>: Falconer Files Mystery Series<\/strong> (first book Death of an Old Git<\/em><\/a>)<\/p>\n

Kitty French<\/strong>: Chapelwick Mystery Series<\/strong> (first book The Skeletons of Scarborough House<\/a>\u00a0– <\/em>Note: contains profanity and “adult” themes)<\/p>\n

Agatha Frost<\/strong>: Peridale Cafe Cozy Mystery Series<\/strong> (first book Pancakes and Corpses<\/em><\/a>)<\/p>\n

Anne George<\/strong><\/a>: Southern Sisters Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

H. Y. Hanna<\/strong>: Oxford Tearoom Mystery Series<\/strong> (first book A Scone To Die For<\/em><\/a>)<\/p>\n

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

Sherry Harris<\/a><\/strong>: Sarah Winston Garage Sale Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Chautona Havig<\/strong>: Hartfield Mystery Series<\/strong> (first book\u00a0Manuscript for Murder<\/em><\/a>)<\/p>\n

Heather Horrocks<\/strong><\/a>:\u00a0Who-Dun-Him Inn Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sue Ann Jaffarian<\/a><\/strong>: Ghost of Granny Apples Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

P. D. James<\/a><\/strong>: The Mistletoe Murder<\/em><\/a> (short story collection)<\/p>\n

T E Kinsey<\/strong>: Lady Hardcastle Mystery Series<\/strong> (first book\u00a0A Quiet Life in the Country<\/em><\/a>)<\/p>\n

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

Gayle Leeson<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>(aka\u00a0<\/strong>Gayle Trent\u00a0& Amanda Lee): Down South Cafe Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jenn McKinlay<\/a><\/strong> (aka Josie Belle & Lucy Lawrence): Cupcake Baker Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Marcia Muller<\/a>\u00a0& Bill Pronzini<\/strong>:\u00a0Carpenter\u00a0& Quincannon, Professional Detective Services Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Linda Reilly<\/strong>: Deep Fried Mystery Series<\/strong> (first book\u00a0Fillet of Murder<\/em><\/a>)<\/p>\n

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

Kate Saunders<\/strong>: Laetitia Rodd Mystery Series<\/strong> (first book The Secrets of Wishtide<\/em><\/a>)<\/p>\n

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

Fran Stewart<\/a><\/strong>:\u00a0Scotshop Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Diane Vallere<\/a><\/strong>: Material Witness Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Lea Wait<\/strong><\/a>: Mainely Needlepoint Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jacqueline Winspear<\/a><\/strong>: Maisie Dobbs Mystery\u00a0Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Diane Xarissa<\/strong>: Isle of Man Mystery Series (first book Aunt Bessie Assumes<\/em><\/a>)<\/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":"

April is ending, so it’s time to discuss our favorite Cozy Mysteries that we have read this month! If you read a Cozy mystery this month and want to recommend it to the rest of us, be sure to post it here! This month, I’ve unfortunately had less reading time than I would have liked, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[6,9,31],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-32533","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-authors","7":"category-books","8":"category-monthly-cozy-recommendations","9":"entry","10":"override"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pI0sr-8sJ","jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32533","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32533"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32533\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33264,"href":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32533\/revisions\/33264"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32533"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32533"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32533"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}