{"id":36043,"date":"2018-08-30T08:29:15","date_gmt":"2018-08-30T13:29:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/?p=36043"},"modified":"2018-08-31T23:13:55","modified_gmt":"2018-09-01T04:13:55","slug":"cozy-mystery-book-recommendations-august-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/cozy-mystery-book-recommendations-august-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Cozy Mystery Book Recommendations \u2013 August 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>August is coming to an end, so it’s time to discuss our favorite Cozy Mysteries that we’ve read over the course of the 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 month, I read Lynn Cahoon<\/strong>‘s Tourist Trap Mystery Series<\/strong><\/a>. If you want to know why I recommend that series, be sure to check out the blog entry I wrote on it!<\/p>\n

So, what have you been reading that you can recommend in August?\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 August2018 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

Mildred Abbott<\/strong>: Cozy Corgi Mystery Series<\/strong> (first entry Cruel Candy<\/a><\/em>)<\/p>\n

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

Donna Andrews<\/a>:<\/strong>\u00a0Meg Langslow Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Christy Barritt<\/a><\/strong>:\u00a0Squeaky Clean Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Maymee Bell<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0(aka Tonya Kappes): Southern Cake Baker Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Laurien Berenson<\/a><\/strong>: Melanie Travis Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Heather Blake<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>(aka\u00a0Heather Webber): Wishcraft Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Rhys Bowen<\/a><\/strong>: Royal Spyness Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Julia Buckley<\/a><\/strong>:\u00a0Writer’s Apprentice Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Leslie Budewitz<\/a><\/strong>:\u00a0Food Lovers’ Village Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Lucy Burdette<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(aka\u00a0Roberta Isleib):\u00a0Key West Food Critic Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Lynn Cahoon<\/a><\/strong>: Tourist Trap Mystery Series <\/strong>AND Farm-to-Fork Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Kate Carlisle<\/a><\/strong>: Bibliophile Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Andrea Carter<\/strong>: Inishowen Mystery Series<\/strong> (first entry Death at Whitewater Church<\/em><\/a>)<\/p>\n

Bailey Cattrell<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>(aka\u00a0Bailey Cates\u00a0 &\u00a0Cricket McRae): Enchanted Garden Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Chris Cavender<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(aka\u00a0Tim Myers,\u00a0Elizabeth Bright,\u00a0Melissa Glazer,\u00a0Casey Myers,\u00a0Jessica Beck, & D.B. Morgan): Pizza Lover’s Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Vivien Chien<\/strong><\/a>:\u00a0Noodle Shop Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Laura Childs<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(aka Gerry Schmitt): Tea Shop Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

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

Hy Conrad<\/a><\/strong>: Mr. Monk Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

E.J. Copperman<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>(aka\u00a0Jeffrey Cohen):\u00a0Agent to the Paws Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

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

Jeanne M. Dams<\/a><\/strong>: Dorothy Martin Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

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

Maddie Day<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(aka\u00a0Edith Maxwell\u00a0&\u00a0Tace Baker): Country Store Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Connie di Marco<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(aka\u00a0Connie Archer): Zodiac Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Carole Nelson Douglas<\/a><\/strong>:\u00a0Midnight Louie & Temple Barr Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

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

Amanda Flower<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(aka\u00a0Isabella Alan): Amish Candy Shop Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

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

Dianne Freeman<\/strong>: Countess of Harleigh Mystery Series<\/strong> (first entry A Lady’s Guide to Etiquette and Murder<\/em><\/a>)<\/p>\n

Lee Goldberg<\/a><\/strong>: Mr. Monk Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Carolyn Haines<\/a><\/strong>: Sarah Booth Delaney Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Lee Hollis<\/a><\/strong>: Desert Flowers Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Abigail Keam<\/a><\/strong>: Josiah Reynolds, Beekeeper Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Libby Klein<\/strong>: Poppy McAllister Mystery Series<\/strong> (first entry Class Reunions Are Murder<\/em><\/a>)<\/p>\n

Kathy Krevat (aka Kathy Aarons): Gourmet Cat Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Amanda Lee<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(aka\u00a0Gayle Trent\u00a0&\u00a0Gayle Leeson): Embroidery Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Kylie Logan<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(aka\u00a0Miranda Bliss\u00a0&\u00a0Casey Daniels): Ethnic Eats Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Molly MacRae<\/a><\/strong>:\u00a0Haunted Yarn Shop Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Olivia Matthews<\/strong>: Sister Lou Mystery Series<\/strong> (first entry Mayhem & Mass<\/a><\/em>)<\/p>\n

G. A. McKevett<\/a><\/strong>: Savannah Reid Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

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

Nora Page<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>(aka Ann Myers):\u00a0Bookmobile Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ellis Peters<\/a><\/strong>: Brother Cadfael Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Shari Randall<\/a><\/strong>:\u00a0Lobster Shack Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

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

Kay Dew Shostak<\/strong>: Chancey Books Mystery Series<\/strong> (first entry Next Stop, Chancey<\/a><\/em>)<\/p>\n

Rex Stout<\/a><\/strong>: Nero Wolfe Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Lea Wait<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(aka Cornelia Kidd): Mainely Needlepoint 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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