{"id":32702,"date":"2017-05-29T09:01:54","date_gmt":"2017-05-29T14:01:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/?p=32702"},"modified":"2017-07-29T16:56:44","modified_gmt":"2017-07-29T21:56:44","slug":"cozy-mystery-book-recommendations-may-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/cozy-mystery-book-recommendations-may-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Cozy Mystery Book Recommendations \u2013 May 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>\"\"First, I hope all of you have a good Memorial Day. For those of you who are not American, Memorial Day is a day we take the time to think of and honor the men and women who have served to defend our country. So whether you are American or not, please take the time to thank someone who has helped serve to keep your nation a safer!<\/strong><\/p>\n

We’re reaching the end of May, 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 read about two excellent Cozy Mystery Series:\u00a0Rita Lakin<\/strong>‘s Gladdy Gold Mystery Series<\/strong> and Melissa Bourbon<\/strong>‘s Magical Dressmaking\u00a0Mystery Series<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re interested in reading why I\u2019m 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 May?\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 May 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

Kristi Abbott<\/strong><\/a> (aka Eileen Rendahl & Eileen Carr<\/strong>): Popcorn Shop Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

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

Stephanie Blackmoore<\/a><\/strong>: Wedding Planner Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

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

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

Duffy Brown<\/a><\/strong>:\u00a0Consignment Shop Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

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

Laura Childs<\/a><\/strong>: Cackleberry Club Cafe Mystery Series <\/strong>and Tea Shop Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Kate Collins<\/a><\/strong>:\u00a0Flower Shop Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Susan Page Davis<\/strong>: Tearoom for Two<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Laura DiSilverio<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(aka Ella Barrick & Lila Dare): Readaholics Book Club Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Amanda Flower<\/a><\/strong> (aka Isabella Alan): Magical Bookshop Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

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

Nell Hampton<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0(aka\u00a0Nancy Coco\u00a0and\u00a0Nancy J. Parra): A Kensington Palace Chef Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

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

Carolyn Hart<\/a><\/strong>: Death on Demand Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Victoria Houston<\/a><\/strong>: Loon Lake Fishing Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Rita Lakin<\/strong><\/a>: Gladdy Gold Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

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

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

Lia Matera<\/strong>: Willa Jansson Mystery Series<\/strong> (first entry Where Lawyers Fear to Tread<\/em><\/a>) and Laura Di Palma Mystery Series (first entry The Smart Money<\/em><\/a>)<\/p>\n

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

Julie Mulhern<\/strong>: The Country Club Murders\u00a0Mystery Series<\/strong> (first book The Deep End<\/em><\/a>)<\/p>\n

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

Denise Swanson<\/strong><\/a>: Scumble River 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":"

First, I hope all of you have a good Memorial Day. For those of you who are not American, Memorial Day is a day we take the time to think of and honor the men and women who have served to defend our country. So whether you are American or not, please take the time […]<\/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":"","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},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[6,9,31],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-32702","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-8vs","jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32702","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=32702"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32702\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33263,"href":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32702\/revisions\/33263"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32702"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32702"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32702"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}