{"id":39659,"date":"2021-08-30T09:38:21","date_gmt":"2021-08-30T14:38:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/?p=39659"},"modified":"2021-09-02T01:57:25","modified_gmt":"2021-09-02T06:57:25","slug":"cozy-mystery-book-recommendations-august-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/cozy-mystery-book-recommendations-august-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Cozy Mystery Book Recommendations \u2013 August 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019re just about at the end of August, 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\/eve-calder-cookie-house-mystery-series\/\">Eve Calder&#8217;s Cookie House 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 August? 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 August 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\/Victoria-Abbott.html\">Victoria Abbott<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(Writing duo\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/Mary-Jane-Maffini.html\">Mary Jane Maffini<\/a> &amp; daughter Victoria Maffini): <strong>Book Collectors Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Sara Nish Adams<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3t61fAS\"><strong><em>The Reading List<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Meri Allen: Ice Cream Shop Mysteries<\/strong> (first entry <strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3kw4ltW\">The Rocky Road to Ruin<\/a><\/em><\/strong>)<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/Donna-Andrews.html\">Donna Andrews<\/a>: Meg Langslow Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/Mary-Kay-Andrews.html\">Mary Kay Andrews<\/a><\/strong> (aka <a href=\"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/Kathy-Hogan-Trocheck.html\">Kathy Hogan Trocheck<\/a>): <strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2WHEYgQ\">The Santa Suit<\/a><\/em><\/strong> (not a mystery, I think?)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/Bree-Baker.html\"><strong>Bree Baker<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0(aka\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/jacqueline-frost.html\">Jacqueline Frost<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/julie-chase.html\">Julie Chase<\/a>, &amp;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/julie-anne-lindsey.html\">Julie Anne Lindsey<\/a>): <strong>Seaside Cafe Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/Lorna-Barrett.html\">Lorna Barrett<\/a><\/strong> (aka <a href=\"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/L.-L.-Bartlett.html\">L. L. Bartlett<\/a>\u00a0&amp;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/Lorraine-Bartlett.html\">Lorraine Bartlett<\/a>): <strong>Booktown Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Veronica Bond: Dinner and a Murder Mystery<\/strong> (first entry <em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3yCCgX7\">Death in Castle Dark<\/a><\/strong><\/em>)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Emily Brightwell: <a href=\"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/emily-brightwell.html\">Mrs. Jeffries Mystery Series<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/julia-buckley.html\"><strong>Julia Buckley<\/strong><\/a>:\u00a0<strong>Writer&#8217;s Apprentice Mystery Series<\/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>Stevyn Colgan<\/strong>:\u00a0<strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2Yasu1L\">A Murder to Die For<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/Kate-Collins.html\">Kate Collins<\/a><\/strong>: <strong>Goddess of Green St. Mystery Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/Cate-Conte.html\">Cate Conte<\/a><\/strong> (aka <a href=\"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/Liz-Mugavero.html\">Liz Mugavero<\/a>): <strong>Cat Cafe Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/peggy-ehrhart.html\">Peggy Ehrhart<\/a><\/strong>:\u00a0<strong>Knit &amp; Nibble Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Mariah Fredericks: Jane Prescott Mystery Series<\/strong> (first entry <strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2YaqE10\">A Death of No Importance<\/a><\/em><\/strong>)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Darci Hannah: Beacon Bakeshop Mystery Series<\/strong> (first entry <strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2WMabzG\">Murder at the Beacon Bakeshop<\/a><\/em><\/strong>)<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/Sherry-Harris.html\">Sherry Harris<\/a><\/strong>: <strong>Sea Glass Saloon Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/anna-lee-huber.html\"><strong>Anna Lee Huber<\/strong><\/a>: <strong>Verity Kent Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/julie-anne-lindsey.html\"><strong>Julie Anne Lindse<\/strong>y<\/a> (aka <a href=\"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/jacqueline-frost.html\">Jacqueline Frost<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/julie-chase.html\">Julie Chase<\/a>, &amp;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/Bree-Baker.html\">Bree Baker<\/a>): <strong>Cider Shop Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3n2VmDo\">Tara Lush: Coffee Shop Mystery Series<\/a> (first entry <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3n2VmDo\"><em><strong>Grounds For Murder<\/strong><\/em><\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Paula Munier: Mercy Carr Mystery Series <\/strong>(first entry <strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3jrh5Tw\">A Borrowing of Bones<\/a><\/em><\/strong>)<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/nora-page.html\">Nora Page<\/a> <\/strong>(<a href=\"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/ann-myers.html\">Ann Myers<\/a>): <strong>Bookmobile Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/Louise-Penny.html\">Louise Penny<\/a><\/strong>:\u00a0<strong>Chief Inspector Gamache Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/David-Rosenfelt.html\">David Rosenfelt<\/a>: Andy Carpenter 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. 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For this month, I read the first entry of\u00a0Eve Calder&#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-39659","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-ajF","jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39659","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=39659"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39659\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39804,"href":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39659\/revisions\/39804"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39659"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39659"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39659"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}