{"id":42386,"date":"2025-01-02T09:05:37","date_gmt":"2025-01-02T15:05:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/?p=42386"},"modified":"2025-01-07T11:43:10","modified_gmt":"2025-01-07T17:43:10","slug":"cozy-mystery-book-recommendations-december-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/cozy-mystery-book-recommendations-december-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Cozy Mystery Book Recommendations \u2013 December 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"Death of a Kitchen Diva (Hayley Powell Food and Cocktails Mysteries Book 1)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B005QFC73M\/?tag=httpwwwmarkes-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-amazonimages=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft\" title=\"Death of a Kitchen Diva (Hayley Powell Food and Cocktails Mysteries Book 1)\" src=\"https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/I\/51rvtCn86tL._SL500_.jpg\" alt=\"Death of a Kitchen Diva (Hayley Powell Food and Cocktails Mysteries Book 1)\" width=\"154\" height=\"250\" \/><\/a> First off, Happy New Year!<\/p>\n<p>December is over, so it\u2019s time to discuss our favorite Cozies that we 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<a href=\"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/lee-hollis-hailey-powell-mystery-series\/\"><strong>Lee Hollis&#8217;s Hailey Powell Msytery Series<\/strong><\/a>. 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 December? Please be sure to tell us why you 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 December 2024 that you want the rest of us to know about, and <em>why<\/em>\u00a0did you enjoy it?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>C. J. Archer: Glass Library Mystery Series<\/strong> (first entry <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4j2P55u\"><em>The Librarian of Crooked Lane<\/em><\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/Simon-Brett.html\">Simon Brett<\/a><\/strong>: <strong>Mrs. Pargeter Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/Laurie-Cass.html\">Laurie Cass<\/a><\/strong> (aka <a href=\"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/Laura-Alden.html\">Laura Alden<\/a>): <strong>Bookmobile Cat Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/julie-chase.html\"><strong>Julie Chase<\/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-anne-lindsey.html\">Julie Anne Lindsey<\/a>, &amp;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/Bree-Baker.html\">Bree Baker<\/a>): <strong>Kitty Couture Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/Agatha-Christie.html\">Agatha Christie<\/a><\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/41WlCnt\"><em>Midwinter Murder<\/em><\/a> short story compilation<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/lucy-connelly.html\">Lucy Connelly<\/a><\/strong>: <strong>Scottish Isle Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/peggy-ehrhart.html\">Peggy Ehrhart<\/a><\/strong>:\u00a0<strong>Knit and Nibble Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/sarah-fox.html\">Sarah Fox<\/a>: True Confections Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/Dorothy-Gilman.html\">Dorothy Gilman<\/a>: Mrs. Pollifax Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/Sally-Goldenbaum.html\">Sally Goldenbaum<\/a><\/strong>: <strong>Seaside Knitters Society Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/Lee-Hollis.html\">Lee Hollis<\/a><\/strong><b>: Hailey Powell Mystery Series<\/b><\/p>\n<p><strong>Jennie Marts: Bee Keeping Mystery Series<\/strong> (first entry <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4gUi4qN\"><em>Take the Honey and Run<\/em><\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Katharine Schellman: Lily Adler Mystery Series<\/strong> (first entry <em><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4h4V3kj\">The Body in the Garden<\/a><\/em>)<\/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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