Several years ago, I was given a copy of "Strange Brew" by a friend of mine who knows my passion for cozy mystery books. I have been a fan of the book's author (Kathy Hogan Trocheck) since reading my first book about Julia Callahan Garrity. This series has several of the essential elements of a cozy mystery book....... the main crime-solver isn't a police or detective (she is a "normal, everyday person"), the zany characters who preside in the crime-solver's life, and the crimes being committed (sort of!) "out of sight."  There aren't a lot of gory details that the crime-solver has to contend with......

When I say "gory details," I mean exactly that! I remember finally dropping a favorite author of mine after I came to the realization that I couldn't read one more gory thing that forensic pathologists have to do. The particular task that finally pushed me over the edge was having to boil human remains so that the pathologist could see the knife patterns on the bones.

Can you imagine Miss Marple buying a super-sized soup pot so she could perform those types of tasks at home!?! Even Nero Wolfe wouldn't expect this particular type of cooking!!!

For those of you who have read Kathy Hogan Trochek's series about a cleaning business owner, you probably know that Strange Brew is actually the sixth book in the cozy mystery book series. This was one of the few times that I read a series out of chronological order. After finding out how good the sixth book of the series was, I went back and started the series at the beginning.  

Pari Noskin Taichert   Taichert has a master's in social work, but rather than go that route, she found that she had a real calling for public relations. So, after years of working in the P.R. world, when she started writing mystery novels, what better profession for her main character to have than.... public relations!

Robert K. Tanenbaum   Not Cozy...  Was a NY D. A., and has taught law in California.

Alison G. Taylor   Her Welsh sleuth is a Chief Inspector...

Elizabeth Atwood Taylor    Series about Maggie Elliott, a private investigator who used to make films, which of course must be set in California.... although San Francisco, not L.A.!

Kathleen Taylor   Her series features Tori Bauer, a waitress at a diner in South Dakota...

Lou Jane Temple    With a name like "Heaven Lee" this character could only be in a series with a culinary theme..... and this chef happens to own a restaurant.

Terri Thayer    Thayer has been quilting for years, and is a rubber stamping enthusiast... so what better themes for her two mystery series... quilting and rubber stamping!

Graham Thomas     With Detective Chief Superintendent Erskine Powell on duty, London's New Scotland Yard will solve the case!

Leslie Thomas    Thomas penned the Dangerous Davies mystery book series, which has been made into a television series by the British ITV Network. I have yet to read the novels, but based on the Amazon reviews, they look like they are absolutely delightful books. (Since I haven't read them yet, I don't know if they are cozy, or not.)

Victoria Thompson  The Gaslight Mystery series features a midwife in early 20th century....

Charles Todd    A mother (Caroline Todd) and son (Charles Todd) collaborate on this series that features a WW I shell-shocked veteran working at Scotland Yard.

Marilyn Todd    Series about a first century Roman vineyard owner...

Emily Toll  aka Taffy Cannon.... As Toll, she writes the Booked for Travel series.

Peter Tremayne  Sister Fidelma, a seventh century nun in Ireland is the sleuth in Tremayne's series.

Kathy Hogan Trocheck   aka Mary Kay Andrews.....  I really like her Julia Callahan series.

Margaret Truman  Smith & Reed series set in Washington D.C., and Capital Crimes series set there as well... 

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