{"id":870,"date":"2008-10-30T07:20:17","date_gmt":"2008-10-30T12:20:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/?p=870"},"modified":"2018-10-23T13:15:43","modified_gmt":"2018-10-23T18:15:43","slug":"mystery-books-that-take-place-in-florida","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/mystery-books-that-take-place-in-florida\/","title":{"rendered":"Mystery Books that Take Place in Florida:"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Here are some Fun Florida<\/strong> Facts:
\n“The Sunshine State”
\nTallahassee is the capital, but Jacksonville is the largest city.
\nState Motto: “In God We Trust”
\nState Flower: Orange Blossom
\nClaimed by Ponce de Le\u00f3n as “Pascua de Florida” (“Feast of Flowers”)
\nState Song: Old Folks at Home<\/p>\n

Authors who are found on the Cozy Mystery Site and who feature Florida locations in their books<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

Edna Buchanan<\/a><\/strong>: Britt Montero Mystery Series AND the Cold Case Squad Mystery Series<\/p>\n

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

Nora Charles<\/a><\/strong> (aka Noreen Wald): Kate Kennedy Mystery Series<\/p>\n

Blaize Clement<\/a><\/strong>: Dixie Hemingway Mystery Series<\/p>\n

Nancy J. Cohen<\/a><\/strong>: Bad Hair Day Mystery Series<\/p>\n

Lesley A. Diehl<\/a><\/strong>: Big Lake Mystery Series<\/p>\n

Lesley A. Diehl<\/a><\/strong>: Eve Appel Mystery Series<\/p>\n

Tim Dorsey<\/a><\/strong>: Serge & Coleman Mystery Series<\/p>\n

Mary Anna Evans<\/a><\/strong>: Faye Longchamp Mystery Series<\/p>\n

Christy Fifield<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(aka Christy Evans)\u00a0Haunted Souvenir Shop Mystery Series<\/p>\n

Lena Gregory<\/strong><\/a>:\u00a0All-Day Breakfast Caf\u00e9 Mystery Series<\/p>\n

Carl Hiaasen<\/a><\/strong>: Writes Florida mysteries which are described as “hilarious”<\/p>\n

Tami Hoag<\/a><\/strong>: Elena Estes Mystery Series<\/p>\n

Cheryl Hollon<\/a><\/strong>:<\/a>\u00a0Webb’s Glass Shop Mystery Series<\/p>\n

Mary Kennedy<\/a><\/strong>: Talk Show Radio Mystery Series<\/p>\n

Rita Lakin<\/a><\/strong>: Gladdy Gold Mystery Series<\/p>\n

Vincent Lardo<\/a><\/strong>:\u00a0Arch McNally Mystery Series (took over Lawrence Sanders’ series)<\/p>\n

Lisa Q. Mathews<\/strong><\/a>: Ladies Smythe & Westin Mystery Series<\/p>\n

Dawn Lee McKenna<\/strong>: Forgotten Coast Mystery Series (first book Low Tide<\/em><\/a>)<\/p>\n

Terrie Farley Moran<\/strong><\/a>: Read ‘Em and Eat Mystery Series<\/p>\n

Laura Morrigan<\/strong><\/a>: Call of the Wilde Mystery Series<\/p>\n

Barbara Parker<\/a><\/strong>: Suspicion Mystery Series<\/p>\n

Rose Pressey<\/strong><\/a>: Maggie, P.I. Mystery Series<\/p>\n

Lawrence Sanders<\/a><\/strong>:\u00a0Arch McNally Mystery Series (the original author of the series)<\/p>\n

Deborah Sharp<\/a><\/strong>: Mace Bauer Mystery Series<\/p>\n

Joanna Campbell Slan<\/strong><\/a>: Cara Mia Delgatto Mystery Series<\/p>\n

Diane A. S. Stuckart<\/strong><\/a> (aka Ali Brandon): Tarot Cats Mystery Series<\/p>\n

Kathy Hogan Trochek<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(aka Mary Kay Andrews):\u00a0Truman Kicklighter Mystery Series<\/p>\n

Elaine Viets<\/a><\/strong>: Dead-End Job Mystery Series<\/p>\n

Karen Ann Wilson<\/a><\/strong>:\u00a0Samantha Holt Mystery Series<\/p>\n

Please feel free to contact me if you see\u00a0an author from the Cozy Mystery Site who belongs on this list,\u00a0or if you have any comments.<\/p>\n

\u2666To access more Cozy Mysteries by Theme<\/span><\/a><\/strong>\u00a0click on this link.\u2666<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Here are some Fun Florida Facts: “The Sunshine State” Tallahassee is the capital, but Jacksonville is the largest city. State Motto: “In God We Trust” State Flower: Orange Blossom Claimed by Ponce de Le\u00f3n as “Pascua de Florida” (“Feast of Flowers”) State Song: Old Folks at Home Authors who are found on the Cozy Mystery […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","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":"","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},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[6,9,13],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-870","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-authors","7":"category-books","8":"category-cozy-mystery-books-by-theme","9":"entry","10":"override"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pI0sr-e2","jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/870","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=870"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/870\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36268,"href":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/870\/revisions\/36268"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=870"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=870"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=870"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}