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.

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.

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

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.

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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