{"id":39438,"date":"2021-05-28T09:54:09","date_gmt":"2021-05-28T14:54:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/?p=39438"},"modified":"2021-06-03T03:48:41","modified_gmt":"2021-06-03T08:48:41","slug":"cozy-mystery-book-recommendations-may-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/cozy-mystery-book-recommendations-may-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Cozy Mystery Book Recommendations \u2013 May 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019re just about at the end of May, so it\u2019s time to discuss our favorite Cozies that we\u2019ve read this month!<\/p>\n<p>If you read a Cozy mystery this month and want to recommend it to the rest of us, be sure to post it here! For this month, I read the first entry of\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/sally-goldenbaum-seaside-knitters-mystery-series.html\">Sally Goldenbaum&#8217;s Seaside Knitters Mystery Series<\/a><\/strong>. For the reasons I want to recommend it, be sure to check out the blog entry!<\/p>\n<p>So, what have you been reading that you can recommend in May? Please be sure to tell us <em>why<\/em>\u00a0you liked these Cozies so much. I know we\u2019re 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<p>As always, please do not tell us about the Cozy Mysteries you did not like.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What really good Cozy Mystery did you read during May 2021 that you want the rest of us to know about, and <em>why<\/em>\u00a0did you enjoy it?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/winnie-archer.html\">Winnie Archer<\/a><\/strong> (aka <a href=\"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/Melissa-Bourbon.html\">Melissa Bourbon<\/a> &amp; Misa Ramirez): <strong>Bread Shop Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Laura Gale Black: Antique Bookshop Mystery Series <\/strong>(first entry <strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/34zDwxr\">For Whom the Book Tolls<\/a><\/em><\/strong>)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Anna Celeste Burke<\/strong>: <strong>Seaview Cottages Cozy Mystery Series<\/strong> (first entry <strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3vwXJA4\">A Body on Fitzgerald&#8217;s Bluff<\/a><\/em><\/strong>)<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/eve-calder.html\">Eve Calder<\/a>: Cookie House Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/E.-J.-Copperman.html\">E.J. Copperman<\/a> <\/strong>(aka\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/Jeffrey-Cohen.html\">Jeffrey Cohen<\/a>): <strong>An Agent to the Paws Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/Jeanne-M.-Dams.html\">Jeanne M. Dams<\/a><\/strong>:\u00a0<strong>Dorothy Martin Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Reagan Davis<\/strong>: <strong>Knitorious Cozy Mystery Series<\/strong> (first entry <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3i5JoGK\"><em><strong>Knit One Murder Two<\/strong><\/em><\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/Vicki-Delany.html\">Vicki Delany<\/a><\/strong> (aka <a href=\"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/Eva-Gates.html\">Eva Gates<\/a>): <strong>Year-Round Christmas Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/Jana-DeLeon.html\">Jana DeLeon<\/a><\/strong>: <strong>Miss Fortune Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/Amanda-Flower.html\">Amanda Flower<\/a><\/strong> (aka <a href=\"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/Isabella-Alan.html\">Isabella Alan<\/a>): <strong>Amish Candy Shop Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/Eva-Gates.html\">Eva Gates<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(aka\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/Vicki-Delany.html\">Vicki Delany<\/a>): <strong>Lighthouse Library Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/Daryl-Wood-Gerber.html\">Daryl Wood Gerber<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(aka\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/Avery-Aames.html\">Avery Aames<\/a>): <strong>Cookbook Nook Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/Diane-A.-S.-Stuckart.html\">Anna Gerard<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0 (aka\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/diane-a-s-stuckart.html\">Diane A.S. Stuckart<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/Ali-Brandon.html\">Ali Brandon<\/a>): <strong>Georgia B&amp;B Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/sally-goldenbaum.html\">Sally Goldenbaum<\/a><\/strong>: <strong>Seaside Knitters Mystery Series <\/strong>AND\u00a0<strong>Queen Bees Quilt Shop Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Traci Hall: Scottish Shire Mystery Series<\/strong> (first entry <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3uBXq5x\"><em><strong>Murder in a Scottish Shire<\/strong><\/em><\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/Diane-Kelly.html\">Diane Kelly<\/a><\/strong>: <strong>House-Flipper Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/Edith-Maxwell.html\">Edith Maxwell<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(aka\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/Maddie-Day.html\">Maddie Day<\/a>\u00a0&amp;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/Tace-Baker.html\">Tace Baker<\/a>): <strong>Quaker Midwife Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/Jenn-McKinlay.html\">Jenn McKinlay<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(aka\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/Josie-Belle.html\">Josie Belle<\/a>\u00a0&amp;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/Lucy-Lawrence.html\">Lucy Lawrence<\/a>): <strong>Cupcake Bakery Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Sonia Parin<\/strong>: <strong>Evie Parker Mystery Series<\/strong> (first entry <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3c3GazF\"><em>House Party Murder Rap<\/em><\/a><\/strong>)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Rosie Point<\/strong>: <strong>Bite-Sized Bakery Cozy Mystery Series <\/strong>(first entry <em><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3fvNXIM\"><strong>Murder by Chocolate<\/strong><\/a><\/em>)<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/David-Rosenfelt.html\">David Rosenfelt<\/a><\/strong>: <strong>Andy Carpenter Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/Sofie-Ryan.html\">Sofie Ryan<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>(aka\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/Sofie-Kelly.html\">Sofie Kelly<\/a> &amp; Darlene Ryan for Young Adult): <strong>Second Chance Cat Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/Joanna-Campbell-Slan.html\">Joanna Campbell Slan<\/a><\/strong>: <strong>Cara Mia Delgatto Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/marty-wingate.html\">Marty Wingate<\/a><\/strong>: <strong>First Edition Library Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>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<p>\u2666To\u00a0access more\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cozy-mystery.com\/Cozy-Mystery-Books-Recommendations.html\">Cozy Mystery Books Recommendations<\/a><\/strong>, click on this link\u2666<\/p>\n<p>P.S. I usually don\u2019t comment on your recommendations since they speak for themselves.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019re just about at the end of May, so it\u2019s time to discuss our favorite Cozies that we\u2019ve 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! For this month, I read the first entry of\u00a0Sally Goldenbaum&#8217;s [&hellip;]<\/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":[31],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-39438","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-monthly-cozy-recommendations","7":"entry","8":"override"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pI0sr-ag6","jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39438","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=39438"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39438\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39472,"href":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39438\/revisions\/39472"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39438"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39438"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39438"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}