What's
New to the Cozy Mystery Site
May 3, 2008
I have added six new authors to the site:
Jeanne Glidewell,
Lee Charles Kelley,
Sherry Lewis,
Sheila Lowe, Sara Rosett, and
Chris Well. I always like hearing about new
authors so that I can add them too the site...
April 29, 2008
I have just added the
Malice Domestic 2008 recipients
of the Agatha Awards... which I have annotated as the 2007 awards, since
they are given for mysteries that were written and published in 2007. The
blog gives the details of what, when, and where... the WHO (as in
authors!) is on the individual Mystery
Award pages.
April 17, 2008
The newest theme to the
Cozy Mystery Theme page is:
Housewife Mysteries and/or Stay-at-Home Mom Mysteries.
April 15, 2007
What's new? Well, these are the
New Mystery Book Releases due out in May (or in at least one case, the
very, very end of April) of 2008. There's a lot of enjoyable reading in
store for all of us!
April 13, 2008
This is the fifth (and final) part of this mystery
theme (which can be found surrounded by other mystery themes on the
Mystery Theme page of this
site), and includes the
authors whose last names begin with R - W, and who write historical
mysteries. (I have only included the authors who are found on this Cozy
Mystery Site.)
April 11, 2008
Here is the fourth part of the five-part mystery theme
which covers the historical mystery series that are included on this cozy
mystery site. This section includes the
authors whose last names begin with M - P. If you are new to the site,
there are many mystery themes on the
Mystery Theme page.
April 9, 2008
I just posted the
authors whose last names begin with G - L who write Period Mysteries
(Historical Mysteries) on the
Mystery Theme page.
April 7, 2008
The second part of the
Period Mysteries by authors whose last names begin with C - F have been
posted on the Cozy Mystery Theme
page.
April 5, 2008
Today I am starting a new
Cozy Mystery Theme: Mystery
Series That Take Place In Different Periods Of Time... "Period Mysteries" or
"Historical Mysteries"... Since I found that there are so many authors on
the Cozy Mystery Site, I have divided the list into five parts. Today's list
of the
Period Mysteries will include the authors whose last names begin with A & B.
April 3, 2008
I wrote my blog today about two authors and the new
series that they will both be writing. Kate
Kingsbury is going to be using a new pseudonym (Rebecca
Kent) when she pens her new Bellehaven House Mystery Series. The first
book in the series is due out in June (High
Marks for Murder).
Laura Childs will be writing the new
Cackleberry Club Mystery Series. The first book in this series (Eggs in
Purgatory) is due to be out this December.
March 30, 2008
I just added a new
Cozy Mystery Site Theme::::
NASCAR...
March 28, 2008
The latest Cozy Mystery Theme that I have added to the
site is:
Real People as Characters in Mystery Books.
March 27, 2008
I just added a new theme to the cozy mystery site:
Mysteries with (Previously) Famous Fictional Characters If you can think
of any other authors who I should add to the list, please let me know.
March 24, 2008
I am still working on adding new authors to the site
who have been recommended by site readers. It's always nice when I find a
new author of interest to me, and I hope that you all are enjoying these new
recommended authors also. Today's new authors are:
Jimmie Ruth Evans and
Honor Hartman (who happen to be the
very same person) who, between "them" write the Bridge Club Mystery Series
(which offers bridge tips) and the Trailer Park Mystery Series (which offers
Kountry Kitchen recipes.)
Kathleen Bacus writes the Calamity
Jayne Mystery Series which looks like a lot of fun, and the last author
isn't a mystery author at all: Debbie
Macomber writes the Blossom Street Knitting Series and the Angelic
Intervention Series which features three angels (Shirley, Mercy, and
Goodness.)
March 22, 2008
Evan Marshall's Jane
Stuart & Winky Mystery Series are the most recent to get a page on the site.
Marshall was recommended by a site reader for the
cat theme as well as for the site in general.
March 21, 2008
I am trying to get back into adding some of the
authors who site readers have recommended. I had been working on
putting pictures of the covers of authors' books on their individual pages,
but found that it was simply taking too much time to make much progress on
that project. (I just finished the "C" authors!)
Today I am adding an author who does not write mysteries, but who several
site readers recommended as someone who might fit in well with the cozy
theme of the site: Jennifer Chiaverini
writes the Elm Creek Quilts Series.
Nina Wright writes the Whiskey Mattimoe
Mystery Series. Whiskey is a realtor in a resort area in Michigan, and Abra
is her trusty Afghan Hound sleuthing partner.
The third recommended author I added to the site today is
Claire M. Johnson. Johnson writes the
Mary Ryan, Pastry Chef Mystery Series... which I will soon be adding to the
culinary mystery theme.
March 19, 2008
Did you know that the BBC made a delightful series of
shows based on Margery Allingham's
Campion? We just finished watching the last episode a few weeks ago, and
I just posted a blog about it on the
TV and Movie page.
March 18, 2008
The
April 2008 Mystery Book Releases have been posted. One of the books is
actually coming out at the very end of March... I don't know how I missed
that!
March 16, 2008
Now, don't get me wrong... I know that the newest TV
and Movie addition is not a mystery... but, since my family really enjoys
this 1993 show, then I thought that I would write it up:
The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. It happens to be a show that we
watched back in the early 90s and have recently started watching it again.
We really enjoy it!
March 6, 2008
Finally>>> I just finished the entry for the
Q through W Senior Sleuths. (The authors last names begin with those
letters, not the sleuths...)
March 4, 2008
On to the second part of the Senior Detectives
Theme. This time, authors whose last names begin with
G through P, who write Mystery Books with Senior Detectives... as in
age, not hierarchy in their firm!
March 3, 2008
I am beginning a new theme: Senior Sleuths.
There turn out to be so many of them that I am going to divide the theme
alphabetically. The first part of the Senior Sleuths theme is: authors whose
last names begin with
A through F, who write Senior Sleuth Mystery Books.
March 2, 2008
I just added a new item on the
Mystery Book Awards page... the
Nero Awards. If you have time, you may want
to take a look at all of the authors who have won the Nero Award... You will
probably find a few who pique your interest, and a few you already have on
your Favorite Mystery Authors List.
Feb. 28, 2008
Since I have had several people write and ask me for
suggested authors to try once they have read all of their
Agatha Christie Mysteries and are ready to move on to other cozy mystery
authors, I have added
I've Run Out of Agatha Christie Mysteries,
What Do I Do Now? on the
Cozy Mysteries by Themes page.
Feb. 24, 2008
I just comprised the
March 2008 Mystery Book Releases of authors who are on the Cozy Mystery
Site.
Feb 22, 2008
I always enjoy getting recommendations for the site from site
readers. Here are eight new authors (to the site!)... I sure hope that their
books will provide countless hours of mystery reading!
Julie Wray Herman writes the Three
Dirty Women Landscaping, Inc series...
Elizabeth Ironside (aka Lady Catherine
Manning, married to British Ambassador) has written five stand-alone mystery
novels which I have annotated...
Annette Meyers (aka Maan Meyers when
writing the Dutchman Historical Mystery Series with her husband, Martin)
writes the Smith & Wetzon Mystery Series and the Olivia Brown Mystery
Series...
Marlys Millhiser writes the
Charlie Greene Mystery Series about a literary agent in California...
Fiona Mountain writes the Natasha Blake
Ancestor Detective Mystery Series (as in genealogist)...
Kris Neri, when not tending to the bookstore
she co-owns, writes the Tracy Eaton Mystery Series...
Clea Simon's series involves a music
writer/sleuth who loves her cat, Musetta...
Fran Stewart writes the Biscuit McKee and
Marmalade Mystery Series...
Feb. 21, 2008
I just added a new miniseries to the
TV and Movies
page... I finished re-watching the 1970 version of
The Six Wives of Henry VIII and loved it.
Feb. 17, 2008
I have added two authors from yester-year:
G. K. Chesterton, who wrote the Father
Brown series of stories and Michael Innes,
who wrote the Inspector Sir John Appleby Mystery Series...
Feb. 14, 2008
I'm at it again! Here are the authors who I just added
to the site today... Beth Groundwater
writes a mystery series that takes place in beautiful Colorado Springs,
where the sleuth owns a gift basket shop. Terri
Thayer writes two mystery series, one of which features a computer
techie who inherits a quilt shop and a future series which features a rubber
stamping sleuth. Mary Saums writes two mystery
series, one features two 60 something widows and the other revolves around a
private investigator/backup singer in Nashville.
Arlene Sachitano has just started the
quilting mystery series called Loose Threads.
I want to take this time to thank site readers for their
recommendations...
Feb. 12, 2008
Here are some new authors who I have just added to the
site: Sarah Atwell writes the Glassblowing
Mystery Series with Em Dowell as her sleuth,
Hannah Dennison is starting the new Vicky
Hill Mystery Series which revolves around a journalist in a small town in
England, and Melinda Wells is just starting
the Della Cooks Mystery Series... about a cooking sleuth. I have also just
added two established authors: Sarah
Andrews is a professional geologist who writes the Em Hansen and the
Valena Walker Mystery Series, of which both have geologist sleuths and
Meg Cabot writes the Heather Wells Mystery
Series which features a former teenage idol who has changed professions and
is now a private investigator.
Feb. 8, 2008
I have added four new authors to the site:
Louise Penny,
Anthony Eglin,
Vicki Lane, and
Brian Kavanagh......
Bookstore Mysteries are the latest additions to my
Mysteries by Theme page...
Feb. 7, 2008
I have added a list of Cozy Mystery Authors who
somehow include
Cozy
Libraries in their novels... librarians, library settings, or even
library cats! These, of course, can be found on the
Cozy
Mysteries by Theme page of the site... My next themed cozy will probably
be a list of cozy mysteries that feature book sellers, book traders, or
publishers...
Feb. 6, 2007
I finally finished upgrading all of my book graphics
on the main pages of the site. That was quite a job! I didn't like the way
my husband had me doing it when I first started the site, so I was very
pleased that he was able to show me an easier way of doing the same thing.
Sometimes, he just takes it for granted that all of us can do things on the
computer that match his abilities.
Also, I just added Joan Hickson's
Miss Marple shows to the
TV and Movies
page. Unfortunately, there were only twelve episodes... but one of them was
a two-parter!
Feb. 3, 2008
I just finished my
Valentine's Day Mystery
Book List page... and not a minute too soon! I can't believe that we are
already in the month of February!!! What happened to my resolutions for the
New Year?
Jan. 28, 2008
I am working on updating my book graphics on each of
the pages. It looks like it will take me a while to do, but I hope that it
will add some color to each of the pages. As the tortoise would say:
"slowly, but surely..."
Jan 24, 2008
I am in the process of adding some new (cozy) mystery
authors. Today's authors are: D. B. Borton,
Margaret Coel,
Denise Dietz, and Veronica Stallwood.
Jan. 23, 2008
I have just added a new page to the site that might
just make it easier for some of you who keep lists of your favorite cozy
mystery authors. I now have the "New
Releases" page which has the books (of authors featured on this site)
that will be coming out in the very near future. I hope that this feature
helps. And, if you see any mistakes or books that I have overlooked...
Please drop me a line!
Jan. 22, 2008
I have a new list of books...Here are the new Cozy
(and Not So Cozy) Mysteries that will be coming out during February 2008, or
perhaps better described as the
February 2008 Mystery Releases...
Jan. 21, 2008
I have finished going through the site and making
lists of the authors who write books set in Great Britain. Today's final
list is the
T & W British Mysteries.
Jan. 20, 2008
Authors whose last names begin with P, R, & S have
been my latest project. They are all authors who write mysteries (some of
them cozies!) which are set in Great Britain.
P, R, & S British Mysteries.
Jan. 19, 2008
These are the
J, K, L, M, and N British Mysteries. I
am only including the authors who have a page on the site. I realize that
there are many other authors who write British mysteries.
Jan. 18, 2008
Here are some more mysteries that are set in Great
Britain...
E, F, G, & H British Mysteries. I realize that not all of the authors
are actually British...
Jan. 17, 2008
Here are the
C & D British Mystery Authors.
Jan. 16, 2008
I am just beginning to post the mysteries from Great
Britain that I have featured on this site. So far I have the
A & B British Mystery Authors listed... (And, of course, you can see other
theme-based lists on the
Cozy
Mysteries by Theme page.)
Jan. 10, 2008
I just added the miniseries
To Serve Them All My Days to my
TV and Movies page. If you haven't checked that page out, please do! I
have added quite a few items since I first started posting.
Jan. 6, 2008
I just added two more new cozy authors to the site...
Kathryn Lilley (writes the Fat City
Mystery Series) and Joanna Campbell Slan
(will be writing a new scrapbooking mystery series)...
Jan. 3, 2008
I have been working on adding authors who readers of
the site have recommended to me. I am hoping that I can add all of the
authors shortly. So far, today I am adding:
Melissa Glazer (who writes a the Clay & Crime Series),
Kathryn R. Wall (who writes the Bay
Tanner Mystery Series which is set in the beautiful Hilton Head Island
area), and Cricket McRae (who writes the
Homecrafting Mystery Series.)
Jan. 1,2008
Happy New Year to all of you! I truly hope that ALL of
us have great new years!
I just added a new page for Isaac Asimov's
mystery books on the site.
Dec. 27, 2007
Every month, I update my personal list of authors so
that I can have the most current books that my favorite authors have
out...Here are the authors (with their respective books) that correspond to
authors on this site.The following books are the January 2008 Cozy (and not so
Cozy!) Mystery Book Releases:
Dec. 14, 2007
I just thought about a television who that I really
enjoyed back when it was on (during the early 1980s) and then again, a few
years ago....
Cagney & Lacey.
Dec. 13, 2007
For all of you Quilters, Dancers, Cruisers, and Trash
n' Treasure Lovers: I have just added four new authors who you might find
very interesting! Barbara Allan,
Candy Calvert,
Sally Goldenbaum, and
Natalie M. Roberts.
Dec. 3, 2007
D. B. Barton, the
author of the Singing Sleuth mysteries just contacted me to let me know
about her cozy series. The books look like they are "must haves" if you are
lucky enough to be planning a cruise!
Nov. 24, 2007
Elizabeth
Daniels Squire wrote the Peaches Dann Mystery Series. She is the last
author I (just) added to the site.
Nov. 21, 2007
C. C. Benison is the
latest author I have made a page for... Benison writes the "Her Majesty
Investigates" that features the Queen and one of her housemaids at
Buckingham Palace as the sleuths.
Nov. 20, 2007
I just added a few new authors to the site:
Susan Froetschel,
Joanne Dobson,
Ellen Edwards Kennedy, and
Laura Levine.
Nov. 16, 2007
I just posted some more
Christmas Mysteries... I'll try to blog later with some of the titles...
Right now, my dog is absolutely insisting that I feed her!
Nov. 14, 2007
Out this month!!!
Nancy J. Cohen.....
Killer Knots (Bad Hair Day Series...)
Clare Curzon.....
The Edge (Superintendent Mike Yeadings Series...)
Susan Conant.....
All Shots (Dog Lovers Series...)
John Mortimer.....
Rumpole Misbehaves (Rumpole of the Bailey Series...)
James Patterson.....
Double Cross (Alex Cross Series.....)
Ruth Rendell.....
Not in the Flesh (Inspector Wexford Series...)
J. D. Robb.....
Creation in Death (Eve Dallas Series...)
Peter Tremayne.....
A Prayer for the Damned (Sister Fidelma Series...)
Nov. 13, 2007
I must have been asleep! I missed adding a few new
books to my authors' individual pages:
Claudia Bishop.....
The Case of the Tough Talking Turkey (From the Casebooks of Dr. McKenzie
Series)
Clive Cussler & Paul Kemprecos:
The Navigator (From the NUMA Files Series...)
Jeffery Deaver.....
The Sleeping Doll (From his Lincoln Rhyme Series...)
Parnell Hall.....
Hitman (Not from his Cora Felton/Crossword Puzzle Series, but his
Stanley Hastings Series...)
Carl Hiassen.....
The Best American Mystery Stories (Editor)
Victoria Laurie.....
Crime Scene (A Psychic Eye Mystery Series...)
Shirley Rousseau Murphy.....
Cat Deck the Halls (A Christmas/Joe Grey Cat Mystery...)
Anne Perry.....
A Christmas Beginning
S. J. Rozan.....
Bronx Noir (An Anthology)
Nov. 12, 2007
Yahoo!!! I just finished the last of the
crafting/hobbies cozy mystery series. That should do it... until I
compile more authors and books!
Nov. 11, 2007
Scrap Booking and Card Making Cozy Mysteries are yet two more popular
crafting themes in cozy mysteries.
Nov.9, 2007
Are you interested in cozy mysteries with a
quilting theme? If so, I just added a list of authors you might be
interested in.... Of course, there are other cozy mystery theme on this
page...Cozies by Themes
Nov. 4, 2007
I am almost done with the culinary theme blogs.
Culinary Mysteries #4 is up. I am trying to include not only the authors
on my site, but a few others that I am tracking down.
Nov. 1, 2007
In case you haven't noticed, I just made a new page:
Cozies by Themes. I just
added Miranda Bliss and
Cathie John, both of whom write culinary
mysteries.... which is why I rushed to add them. I will be listing both of
them in my fourth part of the culinary authors.
Oct. 24, 2007
Check out my new "Cozy
Mysteries by Themes" page (aka Cozies by Themes.) I hope to get a few
more items on the page before too long!
Oct. 18, 2007
John J. Lamb and
Betty Rowlands are the two most recent
authors who I have added to my site. For all of you teddy bear collectors...
Lamb writes the Bear Collector cozy mystery series. For all of you Cotswold
cozy mystery fans, Rowlands writes the Melissa Craig cozy mystery series.
Between the two of these authors, there is probably something for all cozy
mystery readers!
Oct. 17, 2007
I just added a new British series to my
Television and
Movie Page.... The Last Detective. I have loved everyone of the episodes
I have seen. I consider them right up there with Foyle's War, Inspector
Morse, and Inspector Frost.
Oct. 10, 2007
I see that both Donald Bain
and Jessica Fletcher have a new book out
"between them"...Panning for Murder
Also, I already had the following books listed, but
they have finally come out:
Cynthia Baxter...
Who’s Kitten Who?
M. C. Beaton...
Kissing Christmas Goodbye
Rita Mae Brown...
The Tell-tale Horse
Oct. 3, 2007
I have added R. T. Raichev and Christine Matthews to
the lists of alphabetical authors. R. T.
Raichev writes a series that features a recently divorced British
grandmother and a widower who take up sleuthing.
Christine Matthews collaborates with
the very well-known Robert J. Randisi on her (their) series featuring
bookstore owner Gil Hunt and his local celebrity wife Claire Hunt.
Oct. 1, 2007
I just posted the nominees and winners of the
Bouchercon Anthony Awards. The winner in the
Best Novel category is
Laura Lippman for her novel No Good Deeds.
Louise Penny won the Best
First Novel Anthony Award for her novel Still Life. The
Best Paperback
Original Novel category was won by Dana
Cameron for Ashes and Bones. My Father's Secret by Simon Wood was
the winner in the Short Story
category and Jim Huang & Austin Lugar edited Mystery Muses in the
Best Critical and
Non Fiction category.
Sept. 29, 2007
Can you believe it is almost October?!? I am ready for
the fall months!
I just added two new authors to my lists. I found them while researching for
my
Blog about Antiquing Sleuths..... Emyl Jenkins
and
J. B. Stanley. They both look like great
additions to the cozy list of authors.
Sept. 24, 2007
I've learned from some of the site's readers that I
should add Suzanne Arruda and
Jess Lourey to my list of cozy mystery
authors. Lourey writes the Murder by Month series, and Arruda writes the
Jade del Cameron series which is set in Africa.
Sept. 20, 2007
I just finished going through each individual author
to check and make sure I had all of their current books on their page. I had
only missed a few, which was nice.
Also, I just posted the very last of the Edgar Awards winners and nominees
for the
TV Feature or Miniseries category. It was (again) fun to reminisce as I
found them. You might enjoy it, too!
Sept. 8, 2007
Yesterday I posted some new
Christmas
Mysteries and one
Halloween
Mystery that either just came out or are coming out shortly. And, if you
have an author you follow on pages A,
B, or C....
I just (re)checked each of the authors on those pages and added a book here
or there.... If you follow Laura Childs,
Nancy J. Cohen, or
Kate Collins,
you will be pleased to see some new books coming out.
Sept. 3, 2007
I (finally!) just added Bramwell to my
TV and Movies
... a British series that aired several years ago on Masterpiece Theatre.
Sept. 2, 2007
A few days ago, I blogged about some new authors who I
had added to my site. Here are some new authors for whom I just made pages:
Patricia Wynn,
Patricia Smiley,
S. J. Rozan,
Beverle Graves Myers,
N. J. Lindquist,
Harley Jane Kozak,
Judy Clemens, and
Deb Baker. I decided to list them in "opposite to alphabetical"
order....
August 28, 2007
I just heard from two authors who happen to be
sisters, who are writing a series called the Silver Sisters Mystery
series... featuring... sisters! Morgan St.
James and Phyllice Bradner are my
two newest entries to the sites' ever-growing list of authors...
August 27, 2007
I just updated my holiday mystery pages, and will
continue to try to find more books that might be of interest to us. I found
several books that I added to my
Thanksgiving Mystery page, one to the
Easter Mystery page, and a few
to the
Christmas Mystery page.
August 25, 2007
I just posted two new books for you
M. C. Beaton fans. You might have to wait
for them... but you can always add them to your TBR wish list!
August 22, 2007
I just added a new author to my lists...
Carole Berry. I haven't yet read anything by
her, but she was recommended by a site viewer, and her Amazon reviews make
her look like someone we, the cozy mystery readers, might enjoy...
August 21, 2007
Take a look at
Alexander McCall Smith's page... he has new books in the horizon...
Also, I just added Shirley Damsgaard's
page... I have gotten several suggestions to include her books, so I have!
August 12, 2007
Donna Andrews has a
new Meg Langslow book out. J. A. Jance has a
new J. P. Beaumont novel, and Ralph McInerny
has a new Father Dowling book. Also, they just re-released one of
Lawrence Block's Evan Tanner Mystery
series books... Two for Tanner is out as The Scoreless Thai.
July 25, 2007
I just added Dana
Stabenow to the list of authors. She writes two series that are set in
Alaska. The first book in the Kate Shugak series won an
Edgar. Donna Ball is the latest
addition to the site. She writes a series about an ex-tracker and her
beloved Golden Retriever.
July 22, 2007
Finally! I have added
Mapp and Lucia to the
TV and Movies
page.
July 21, 2007
I have just added
Emilie Richards to my list of authors. Richards was recommended to me by
a site's viewer. When I went to Richards' site, I was pleasantly surprised
to see that she not only writes a mystery series (Ministry is Murder) that
looks very cozy, but she also writes a series of non-mystery fiction books
for quilters. What really surprised me was that not only does she have the
four quilting books in the series, but she also has published quilting books
(for Leisure Arts, no less!) that actually accompany each book in the
quilting series. Now, I know that this is a cozy mystery site... but I find
this such a wonderful idea that I just had to write about it!
July 19, 2007
I found out rather recently that
James Patterson is now writing a series
for "Young Adults." I truly think it's great when "established authors"
write books for younger readers. I think of years ago, when my children were
younger... I think that they had to go from children's books right into
adult books, since there really didn't seem to be a lot of "in between"
books available to them.
Also, a visitor to the site suggested that I add
Karen MacInerney, which I just did!
July 17, 2007
I just added a
Agatha Christie's Marple to the
TV and Movie
page. Also, I just posted the Edgar awards for the
best episodes of
television series. Some of the winners might surprise you!
July 14, 2007
I just found two new authors who you might enjoy
checking out: Lorna Barrett and
L. L. Bartlett (same person, different pen
names) and Suzanne Adair. As usual, I have
a little "blip" on each of them on their corresponding "A"
and "B" pages...
July 11, 2007
So, who is Jesse Stone? If you are asking this
question, then you will want to
read the blog I posted yesterday! Author
Robert B. Parker doesn't just write the popular Spenser (for Hire)
series...
Also, I just added a new author to my list...
Chris Forman just wrote me a comment on one of my blog entries. It was
so nice to hear from you again, Chris. (His site's information can be found
on my "Cozy Mystery Links" page.)
July 9, 2007
It's always nice when I get a comment from a website
viewer that leads me to "discover" a new author... new, to me, that is. I
just got a recommendation to take a look at
Barbara Parker. I don't really know how I missed her, but after finding
her website and reading through it, I have decided to add her to both my
website and my list of authors to check out. Thanks, again, for telling us
all about her!
July 8, 2007
I have just completed the
Edgar list for the Juvenile books,
and I just kept being surprised by all of the authors from my website's
pages who wrote juvenile mysteries at one time or another....
Katherine Hall Page,
Phyllis A. Whitney,
Jane Langton,
Sandra Scoppettone,
Charlotte MacLeod, and Carl Hiaasen.
July 7, 2007
The Pallisers is the latest entry on my
TV and Movies page. I thoroughly
enjoyed this BBC series, and wasn't a bit surprised to see that it actually
aired on Masterpiece Theatre... years ago.
I also just added another author to the alphabetical list... Leslie Thomas.
I have yet to read any of the four Dangerous
Davies novels, but, I can say that I am totally enjoying the British
television series. (I will write a blog on it soon...)
Also, I just added Robert B. Parker....
the author of the Spenser: for Hire and the Jesse Stone mystery series.
There are four
Jesse Stone made-for-television movies, and I have written a blog about
them...
July 6, 2007
I just found out that
Alexander McCall Smith will be
putting out a new book in the 44 Scotland Street series:
The World According to Bertie. I can't wait to see
just what Bertie thinks of the world!!! I love that little fellow!
July 4, 2007
For those of you who are
Carolyn Haines fans, she has a new Sarah Booth Delaney book out. Also,
Anne Purser has a new day-of-the-week book
that I just posted.
June 30, 2007
I just finished the last of the
Edgar Award Short Stories
category. I was interested to see the diversity amongst the authors who
either won or were nominated for their short shories. Among them were the
likes of P. D. James,
Ruth Rendell,
Lawrence Block, Jeffery Deaver,
Sue Grafton,
Reginald Hill, and Simon Brett. You have
to admit that the above authors are quite different in their plots and
writing techniques.
June 26, 2007
I just added four new names to my authors' lists... yet
only two new authors.... Jane K. Cleland
and Clare Curzon, aka
Marie Buchanan and
Rhona Petrie.
June 24, 2007
I am almost finished with all of the Edgar awards... have yet to post all
of them. I am really enjoying seeing the names crop up... it's like a Who's
Who of mystery authors! I just added the complete lists of the
Best First Novel and
Best Paperback Original.
You might be surprised to find some of your very favorite authors amongst
all of the winning and nominated authors.
(So, if you're keeping a tally....... I have all of the Agathas, Anthonys,
Derringers, and almost all of the Edgars. You will probably be very pleased
to see a whole lot of possible books from which you can pick your next
novel!)
June 19, 2007
I just finished the list of the
Best Novels for the Edgar Awards
for as long as they have been giving them out. (Or at least as long as I
know of....) That's a whole lot of authors! If you take a few minutes to
peruse the list, you will probably find at least one of your favorite
mystery authors. It sure was nice for me to find several of my favorites as
either nominated or winners.
June 16, 2007
Have you seen The Maigret Collection? I just wrote a
little blip about it in my
TV and Movies
page. The collection is based on Georges
Simenon's Chief Inspector Jules Maigret novels. I also just added
the 2000 Winners and Nominations for the
Edgar Awards.
June 14, 2007
I just added one of my favorite British comedies to my
TV
and Movies page...
Waiting for God.
June 12, 2007
I just added
I, Claudius to
my
TV and Movie page.
June 11, 2007
I keep forgetting to add What's New on the site!
Today I added Mary Jane
Maffini. I have not read any of her books yet.... just discovered her.
She looks really interesting..... and is a member of a six-author group who
call themselves the Ladies' Killing Circle. They have put out several
anthologies, and of course, they all have their own series. I am going to
try to (eventually) add all six of them to the site.... They all look very
COZY!
June 7, 2007
I completed the 2001
Edgar Allan Poe Awards. I'm not sure how many more of the years I am
going to include all of the nominations, along with the winners. Probably
only until (as in "including") 2000.
June 3, 2007
I just added the wonderful
House
of Cards Trilogy, which consists of three series: (#1)
The House of Cards, (#2)
To Play the King, and (#3)
The Final Cut to my list of
TV and Movies that might interest you.
June 2, 2007
I just finished adding two authors to my alphabetical
lists of cozy mystery authors... Although only two people, there are three
names: Camille Minichino,
Margaret Grace, and
Mary Kruger. Kruger is the author of a very
cozy knitting mystery series. Minichino and Grace (yes, one person, two
names) write (or is that "writeS"?!!) a periodic table mystery series, and
in 2008, the first of the Dollhouse Mystery series is set to come out.
June 1, 2007
I had forgotten that I was going to update what I have
been doing on the site! Let's see if I can remember....
I have been slowly adding the Edgar Award winners and nominees. I
have worked my way back to 2002. The categories are:
Best Novel,
Best Fist Novel,
Best Paperback Novel,
Best Short Story,
Best Fact Crime,
Best
Critical/Biographical,
Best Young Adult,
Best Juvenile,
Best Episode of a TV
Series,
Best TV Feature or
Miniseries,
Best Motion Picture,
Best Play, the
Ellery Queen Award,
the Robert L. Fish
Memorial Award, The
Raven Award,
the Mary Higgins Clark
Award, some very
Special Edgar Awards,
and a list of some very prestigious people who served as
Grand Masters of the yearly
ceremonies.
May 18, 2007
I just posted the winners of the
Derringer Awards. Congratulations to
all of the nominees and winners!
May 7, 2007:
Yay! They are finally here! The
2007 Agatha Awards have been chosen.
Don't forget, even though they were given at the 2007 Malice Domestic
convention this past weekend, they are for works that were published in
2006. Also, don't forget to look at ALL of the past winning and nominated
authors!
May 5, 2007:
I finally got the last of the Agatha Award Best Novels
list finished. I am so excited to see "new" authors I can start reading!
L. C. Hayden,
Teri Holbrook, Kate Ross,
Walter Satterthwait, and
Pari Noskin Taichert can now be
found on pages of their own...
May 3, 2007:
I just added four new authors, who I haven't read yet, and
cannot believe I have missed! All four of them have several books (& short
stories) between them that are on the Agatha Award lists. I am definitely
going to read these authors.... You may wonder... Why doesn't she just tell
us who they are?! Rochelle Krich,
Sujata Massey,
Sharan Newman, and
Julia Spencer-Fleming! Most of you probably already
read them. Again, I don't know how I missed them!
April 27, 2007:
I just posted the the
Derringer Awards, and they are as follows:
Flash
Story (up to 500 words)
Short-short Story (501-2000 words)
Mid-length Short
Story (2001-6000 words)
Longer Short Story (6001-15,000 words)
Special
Awards April 26, 2007:
I want to point out that Ann Rule has two
new books that I added to her page:
No Regrets and Other True Cases ( True Crime Files # 11) and
Too Late to Say Goodbye.
And, since I am adding new content, I wanted to tell you that I just
posted a page for Robin Hathaway and
Roberta Isleib.
April 25, 2007:
I actually added the Anthony Awards at
least a week ago, but forgot that I had this new "What's New" page to let
you know what I have recently posted. The different pages for the
Anthony Awards are as follows:
Best Novel
Best First Novel
Best Paperback
Original
Best Short Story
Best
Critical/Non-Fiction
Best Fan Publication
Lifetime Achievement
Award
Miscellaneous/Special Awards
April 15, 2007:
I am currently working on listing "the big mystery book awards," and have
just finished the section on the Agatha Awards. The different pages
(categories) are as follows:
Best Novel
Best First
Novel
Best Short
Story
Best
Non-Fiction
Best
Children/Young Adult
Malice Domestic Award for
Lifetime Achievement &
Malice Domestic Poirot Award
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