{"id":35047,"date":"2018-03-06T11:03:55","date_gmt":"2018-03-06T17:03:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/?p=35047"},"modified":"2018-03-06T11:05:32","modified_gmt":"2018-03-06T17:05:32","slug":"cozy-mystery-news-march-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/cozy-mystery-news-march-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Cozy Mystery News \u2013 March 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s March already! And as always, time marches on, bringing us Cozy Mystery News, both good and (unfortunately this month) bad!<\/p>\n

Anyway, here’s the Cozy Mystery News for March 2018<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, I have to lead off this month’s news with a very sad piece of news. Bill Crider<\/a><\/strong>, the author of multiple Cozy Mystery series, most notably the Sheriff\u00a0Dan Rhodes Mystery Series<\/strong> that has been ongoing for over thirty years, passed away on February 12, 2018. He passed away in Alvin, Texas, where he served for a number of years as the Chair of the Division of English and Fine Arts at Alvin Community College.<\/p>\n

<\/a>On to more cheerful news… Linda Fairstein<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0may not be a Cozy Mystery author, but she is a wildly successful mystery author and I know that she has quite a strong following here. So I’m glad to be able to tell you all that she has been given the go-ahead to continue her Alexandra Cooper Thriller Series<\/strong> for (at least!) another two entries, tentatively slated for release in early 2019 and 2020! She’s also the author of the Devlin Quick Mystery Series<\/strong>, which is a mystery series aimed at middle school readers. (I’m pretty sure both my children would have loved to read about Devlin’s sleuthing escapades!)<\/p>\n

<\/a>\u00a0Ellen Hart<\/a><\/strong>, author of the\u00a0Jane Lawless Mystery Series <\/strong>(one of the longer-running Cozy Mystery series) – starring a restaurateur in Minneapolis, has been given the green light to continue writing (at least!) another two entries in the series. Ellen also writes the Sophie Greenway Mystery Series<\/strong>, starring an editor and food critic in Minneapolis. (Unsurprisingly considering both of her series are set in Minneapolis, she lives in Minnesota!)<\/p>\n

<\/a>Finally, Annelise Ryan<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(aka\u00a0Allyson K. Abbott<\/strong>\u00a0& Beth Amos<\/strong>) has been asked to not only write two more entries in her Mattie Winston Mystery Series<\/strong> (starring a deputy coroner in Wisconsin), but also to write two books in a spin-off series featuring a hospital social worker. Annelise also writes (as Allyson K. Abbott) the Mack’s Bar Mystery Series<\/strong>, starring a bar owner in Milwaukee.<\/p>\n

That’s the Cozy Mystery News for March 2018<\/strong>. I know this one is a mixed bag, but I hope you can find some good news to outweigh the bad!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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