{"id":35580,"date":"2018-05-29T09:15:37","date_gmt":"2018-05-29T14:15:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/?p=35580"},"modified":"2018-06-01T02:24:39","modified_gmt":"2018-06-01T07:24:39","slug":"cozy-mystery-book-recommendations-may-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/cozy-mystery-book-recommendations-may-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Cozy Mystery Book Recommendations \u2013 May 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>We’re coming to the end of May, so it’s once again time to discuss the best Cozy mysteries that we’ve read this month!<\/p>\n

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 has been a good month for me in terms of time I’ve been able to spend reading, so I have two series to recommend – Kathleen Bridge’s Hampton Home & Garden Mystery Series<\/strong><\/a>, and Carolyn Hart’s Death on Demand Mystery Series<\/strong><\/a>. I’m not going to go into detail again here on why I recommend them, as I’ve already written full blog posts about each, but if you’re interested be sure to check out the entries!<\/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 2018 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

Ellery Adams<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(aka\u00a0J. B. Stanley,\u00a0Jennifer Stanley, & 1\/2 of\u00a0Lucy Arlington): Book Retreat Mystery Series\u00a0<\/strong>AND Supper Club Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Barbara Allan<\/a><\/strong>: Trash ‘n’ Treasures Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

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

Mary Kay Andrews<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(aka\u00a0Kathy Hogan Trocheck): The High Tide Club<\/em><\/a> (not Cozy)<\/p>\n

Cynthia Baxter<\/a><\/strong>: Lickety Splits Ice Cream Shoppe Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jessica Beck<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(aka\u00a0Elizabeth Bright,\u00a0Casey Mayes,\u00a0Melissa Glazer,\u00a0Chris Cavender,\u00a0Tim Myers, & D.B. Morgan): Donut Shop Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

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

Bethany Blake<\/a><\/strong>: Lucky Paws Petsitting Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Rhys Bowen<\/a><\/strong>:\u00a0In Farleigh Field<\/em><\/a> (not Cozy)<\/p>\n

Kathleen Bridge<\/a><\/strong>: Hampton Home & Garden Mystery Series <\/strong>AND Home by the Sea Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Duffy Brown<\/a><\/strong>: Cycle Path Mystery Series<\/strong> AND Consignment Shop Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Vivien Chen<\/strong><\/a>: Noodle Shop Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

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

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

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

Cleo Coyle<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(aka\u00a0Alice Kimberly): Coffeehouse Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Edmund Crispin<\/strong><\/a>: Gervase Fen Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Elizabeth J. Duncan<\/a><\/strong>:\u00a0Penny Brannigan Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Kate Dyer-Seeley<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(aka\u00a0Ellie Alexander): Rose City Mystery Series <\/strong>AND By the Sea Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Amanda Flower<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(aka\u00a0Isabella Alan): Magic Garden Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Agatha Frost<\/a><\/strong>: Peridale Cafe Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Joanne Fluke<\/a><\/strong>: Hannah Swensen Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

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

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

Mary Ellen Hughes<\/a><\/strong>: Keepsake Cove Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Miranda James<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(aka\u00a0Dean James,\u00a0\u00a0Jimmie Ruth Evans, &\u00a0Honor Hartman): Cat in the Stacks Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Libby Kirsch<\/strong>: Stella Reynolds Mystery Series<\/strong> (first entry The Big Lead<\/em><\/a>)<\/p>\n

Gayle Leeson<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>(aka\u00a0<\/strong>Gayle Trent\u00a0&\u00a0Amanda Lee): Down South Cafe Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mary Marks<\/a><\/strong>: Martha Rose Quilting Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Shawn McGuire<\/strong>: Whispering Pines Mystery Series<\/strong> (first entry Family Secrets<\/em><\/a>)<\/p>\n

Jenn McKinlay<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(aka\u00a0Josie Belle\u00a0&\u00a0Lucy Lawrence): Libra<\/strong>ry Lover’s Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Lynne Murray<\/strong><\/a>: Josephine Fuller Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sofie Ryan<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>(aka\u00a0Sofie Kelly\u00a0& Darlene Ryan for Young Adult): Second Chance Cat Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dell Shannon<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(aka\u00a0Leslie Egan,\u00a0Elizabeth Linington,\u00a0& Anne Blaisdell): Luiz Mendosa Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dorothy Simpson<\/a><\/strong>: Inspector Thanet Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Victoria Thompson<\/a><\/strong>: Gaslight Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sigrid Vansandt<\/strong>: Marsden-Lacey Cozy Mystery Series<\/strong> (first entry Two Birds With One Stone<\/em><\/a>)<\/p>\n

Debbie Young<\/strong>: Sophie Sayers Village Mystery Series<\/strong> (first entry Best Murder in Show<\/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":"

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