As you can see, I haven't read a lot of cozy mystery books by authors beginning with N or O. However, one book on this consolidated N and O list that still haunts me is "Black Water" by Joyce Carol Oates. It is yet another of the books that I list that really can't be categorized as a cozy mystery book, but it sure is good.

I was very fortunate when I found an audio book copy of "Black Water" featuring the reading talents of Amanda Plummer at my local library. Her narration of this book is fantastic! I believe the taped version was on Books on Tape or Recorded Books, although it might have been Dove Audio or Random House Audio. If you get a chance to rent a copy....... do it! I don't think that you'll regret it!

Janet Neel    I have to be honest and admit that I have only read the first of Neel's Francesca Wilson (set in London) series. But, I really did enjoy the novel, and plan to read more.

Radine Trees Nehring   Nehring writes the Something to Die for Mystery Series which is set in the Arkansas Ozarks. The main character happens to do her sleuthing with a retired police detective... They share solving mysteries as a hobby...

Kris Neri    Neri not only writes a mystery series about a writer, but she also co-owns a mystery bookstore...

Kathleen Newberg    Newberg is both an electrical engineer and an Agatha Christie fan who has written a cozy mystery set in South Carolina that features Molly May, a retired detective.

Sharan Newman    Newman has two mystery series and also a fantasy trilogy featuring Guinevere, King Arthur's wife. Some of her works can be found on the Agatha Awards pages.

Diane Noble   Noble is the first author to pen a Mystery and the Minister's Wife book. This series is unique in that each book is written by different authors (some of the authors pen more than one book in the series.)  Other authors of the series include Traci DePree, Beth Pattillo, Carol Cox, & Eve Fisher. It is an inspirational mystery series...

Robert Nordan    While researching for Nordan's books, I stumbled across the fact that he got his PhD from the University of Chicago... 

Clare O'Donohue   O'Donohoue writes the new (2008) Someday Quilts Mystery Series. An ex-journalist and writing teacher, she worked for the HGTV network's "Simply Quilts" show, as well as other networks' (History Channel, truTV, Food Network, etc.) She mixes quilting and romance with mystery...

Leslie O'Kane   aka Leslie Caine  Her three series revolve around: a cartoonist, a dog psychologist, & interior designers...

Sister Carol Anne O'Marie    Retired nun sleuth... written by Sister O'Marie.

Perri O'Shaughnessy    The authors are sisters Mary & Pamela O'Shaughnessy....Their series features a single mom-attorney...

Joyce Carol Oates    aka Lauren Kelly & Rosamond Smith... When I first listened to Black Water,  I was so enthralled/entranced by the novella, that I knew Oates would forever be a favorite of mine. I didn't know a lot about her other than the fact that she was so famous. I had no idea that three of her works have been nominated for the Pulitzer. Black Water is one of those three.

Karen E. Olson    Olson, an English major in college, went on to work in journalism, advertising, and editing, which she continues to do. She is also the author of the Annie Seymour Mystery Series and the new (2009) Tattoo Shop Mystery Series...

Helen Macie Osterman     During her 45 year career as a registered nurse, Osterman wrote medical and nursing articles. She has now turned her talents to mysteries. Both Osterman and her main character enjoy gardening, baking five-grain bread, and the opera. Her first novel introduces a "sixty something" sleuth...

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