What's New to the Cozy Mystery Site

November 15, 2009
I just added the December 2009 new mystery book release list on the New Releases page...

November 10, 2009
Denise, a site reader, asked me to include a new theme to the Cozy Mystery site. So, I just added a new mystery book theme to the Theme page:

Rich Sleuths in Mystery Book Series

November 8, 2009
Although this isn't a mystery related movie, I simply felt like I "had" to write this entry about my very favorite rendition of Charles Dickens' Christmas Carol:

The Muppet Christmas Carol

I hope that people (as in adults) are not put-off by the fact that it stars Jim Henson's Muppets. (All of the "real people" in the film are also terrific.) This is not a "children's only" movie! And, the great news is that my local (and maybe yours!) Blockbuster store carries it.

October 31, 2009
What better day than to write about two authors who write mystery book series with Cozy holiday themes? Leslie Meier (Lucy Stone Mystery Series) and Kate Borden (Peggy Jean Turner Mystery Series) were the subjects of this particular Halloween mystery book entry. I also added Jill Churchill to "the mix" because these three authors remind me a lot of each other. Jill Churchill's Jane Jeffries Mystery Series doesn't "specialize" in holiday theme Cozy mysteries, however she has a few Christmas theme mysteries in her Jane Jeffries Mystery Series.

October 20, 2009
I just posted the November 2009 Mystery Book Releases. (Remember, I only post the books that were written by authors who can be found on the Cozy Mystery site...)

October 14, 2009
The latest five new authors to the site are actually four new authors. All of them come recommended by readers of the Cozy Mystery site:

Lucy Lawrence (aka Jenn McKinlay): Decoupage Mystery Series

Jenn McKinlay (aka Lucy Lawrence): Cupcake Bakery Mystery Series

Judi McCoy: Dog Walker Mystery Series

Wendy Lyn Watson: Mystery à la Mode Mystery Series

Peggy Webb: Southern Cousins Mystery Series

October 10, 2009
Here are the latest four authors who I have added to the site. Again, they come recommended by readers of the site...

Lori Copeland: Morning Shade Mystery Series…

Elizabeth Corley: Detective Chief Inspector Andrew Fenwick Mystery Series

Veronica Heley: Ellie Quicke Mystery Series AND Abbot Agency Mystery Series

Deryn Lake (aka Dinah Lampitt): John Rawlings Mystery Series

September 24, 2009
I just added five authors to the site who were all recommended by you all, the Cozy site readers:

A.K. Arenz... Bouncing Grandma Mystery Series

Libi Astaire... Ezra Melamed Mystery Series

Kristin Callender... first mystery novel published in 2008

Yvonne Montgomery... Finny Aletter Mystery Series

L.R. Wright (aka Laurali R. Wright)... Karl Alberg Mystery Series AND the Eddie (Edwina) Henderson Mystery Series

September 15, 2009
The October 2009 Mystery Book Releases has just been posted!

September 3, 2009
Here are the latest author additions to the site, who come recommended by the Cozy Mystery Site Readers:

Evelyn David is a pseudonym used by two authors who write the Sullivan Investigations Mystery Series, which features a divorcée mortician who sleuths with an ex-policeman and his Irish Wolfhound, Whiskey.

Louise Ure writes psychological thrillers which take place in Arizona...

Katherine Valentine writes the inspirational Dorsetville Series, which is not a mystery series...

Penny Warner writes the Connor Westphal Mystery Series which features a California newspaper publisher. Warner also wrote The Official Nancy Drew Handbook.

August 30, 2009
Two new mystery book authors have been added to the site. They come recommended by Cozy Mystery site readers, but neither of the two authors are Cozy. They are, however, both authors who most of you are already aware of: Dick Francis and Andrew M. Greeley.

August 28, 2009
A new theme has just been added: Classic Mystery Books

August 21, 2009
Here is the latest addition to the Cozy mystery book site. I have received requests for more books that are similar to the Heartsong Presents Mystery book series. With that in mind, here are the Church Choir Mystery book listings...

August 17, 2009
I just added the mystery book new releases for September 2009

July 30, 2009
Here are the four latest authors who I have added to the site. They are all authors who wrote their mystery novels more than a few years ago, and they come recommended by Cozy Mystery site readers:

Torrey Chanslor: Beagle Sisters Mystery Series... two Manhattan spinsters inherit a detective agency.

Margaret Erskine: Septimus Finch Mystery Series... features a Scotland Yard Inspector...

Phoebe Atwood Taylor (aka Freeman Dana & Alice Tilton): popular Leonidas Witherall and Asey Mayo Mystery Series, both set in the Boston/Cape Cod area...

Josephine Tey: Alan Grant Mystery Series... features an Inspector for the Scotland Yard...

July 24, 2009
I just added the latest four authors to the site who you all have recommended as belonging on the Cozy Mystery Site...

Barbara Bretton: Chloe Hobbs' Paranormal Mystery Series… Half sorceress and half human, Chloe is the proud owner of Vermont's Sticks and Strings Knitting Shop...

Anne Canadeo (aka Katherine Spencer): Black Sheep Knitting Mystery Series… This series also has a knitting theme. Maggie Messina is the owner of a knitting shop and does her sleuthing in Massachusetts. As Katherine Spencer she co-authors the Cape Light Series (non-mystery) with Thomas Kinkade.

Elizabeth Lynn Casey (aka Laura Bradford): Southern Sewing Circle Mystery Series… The sleuth in this series is a librarian who is also a member of this particular sewing circle in South Carolina.

Elise Hyatt: Daring Finds Mystery Series… The sleuth in this series owns a furniture refinishing business. As a bonus, furniture refinishing tips are included in the mysteries.

July 20, 2009
The new Mystery Book Releases for August 2009 have just been posted. (Remember, I only post those books that belong to authors on the Cozy Mystery Site...)

July 18, 2009
Mysteries that take place in Ohio have just been added.

July 14, 2009
The newest theme on the Theme page is:
Mysteries that take place in Virginia.

July 12, 2009
Today's four new mystery authors who have been added (alphabetically) to the site are:

M. M. Gornell: Gornell has two Stand-Alone mysteries...

Nancy Lynn Jarvis: The Regan McHenry Real Estate Mystery Series takes place in Santa Cruz...

Tracey Kiely: The Elizabeth Parker Mystery Series combines Kiely's love for British Cozies with Jane Austen...

Thomas Perry: The Jane Whitefield Mystery Series features a Seneca Wolf Clan member who hides people who need to disappear...

Thanks for the recommendations!

July 2, 6, & 8 of 2009
I am starting a new theme that consist of:
Mysteries with Journalist Sleuths: A - G
Mysteries with Journalist Sleuths: H - M
Mysteries with Journalist Sleuths: N - Z

June 30, 2009
The four newest author additions to the site who you (the Cozy Mystery Site readers) have recommended are:

Casey Daniels: Pepper Martin Mystery Series features a cemetery tour guide who gets help from a deceased mob boss...

Clare Langley-Hawthorne: Ursula Marlowe Mystery Series takes place in the early 1900s, in London, and features a suffragette...

Gail Lukasik: Lee Girard Mystery Series has a sleuth who is a breast cancer survivor who is a journalist...

Archer Mayor: Joe Gunther Mystery Series features a police detective in Vermont. (Not Cozy...)

June 28, 2009
Mysteries that Take Place in Maryland is the newest theme addition to the Theme Page.

June 26, 2009
I am slowly making my way through the different states that host mystery series. Today I added Iowa, the state in which my very dear grandmother lived, the state that meant "home" to an Air Force dependent, and the state I chose to get my Bachelor's degree in - so I could visit my grandmother on a regular basis.

June 20, 2009
The July 2009 Mystery Book New Releases is finally posted.

June 12, 14, & 16 of 2009
Several people have asked about mystery authors who write mysteries that have sleuths who are authors. Since the list is so long, I have broken it into three sections. Here is the first part: Mysteries with Authors as Sleuths A - D. Remember, these are only the authors who can be found on this site.
Here is the second part: Mysteries with Authors as Sleuths E - L. Part three: Mysteries with Authors as Sleuths M - Z

June 10, 2009
There is a winner for the Margaret Grace (aka Camille Minichino) contest. I just discovered Minichino/Grace a little while ago, and I am loving both of her cozy series. I'm glad that I have a few of her cozies left to read before I catch up with her!

June 6, 2009
The newest theme to the site is books that are set in Massachusetts.

June 4, 2009
Be sure to check out Katherine Hall Page's contest. I have written about it on this entry, and you can enter by clicking on the site I highlighted.

June 2, 2009
These are the four (or is it seven?) new authors to the Cozy Mystery Site... They have all been recommended to me by site readers. I hope you (and I!) find a new author... or four new authors... or seven new authors who interest us:

Walter Sorrells, Ruth Birmingham, & Lynn Abercrombie are all the same person, but different series and different genres. Birmingham writes the Sunny Childs Mystery Series, Lynn Abercrombie has the Cold Case Thriller Series, and Walter Sorrells writes stand-alone thrillers, along with the Hunted Series and the Chass Pureheart Series for young adults. (As I have said before, I LOVE it when adults who write for adults also write for young adults and children!)

David Handler (and 1/2 of Russell Andrews with Peter Gethers): Handler writes two mystery series by himself: the Berger & Mitry Mystery Series, which features a film critic and a policewoman and, for all of you dog lovers out there, the Stewart Hoag & Lulu Mystery Series, which features a loyal Basset Hound and her ghostwriter owner.

Charlotte Hughes: Hughes writes the Kate Holly Mystery Series which features a clinical psychologist. And, Janet Evanovich fans will recognize Hughes as the collaborating author of the Max Holt Full Series (with Janet Evanovich.)

Marne Davis Kellogg: Kellogg writes two series: the Kick Keswick Mystery Series which features a retired jewel thief and auctioneer, and the Lilly Bennett Mystery Series which features a Wyoming private detective.

May 31, 2009
Here are four new authors to the site who came recommended by readers of the site:

Marnette Falley has written the fourth mystery in the popular Queen Bees Quilt Mystery Series...

Karen E. Olson writes a cozy mystery series which is set in a unique location. It is the Tattoo Shop Mystery Series...

Wendy Roberts pens the Ghost Dusters Mystery Series which is set in a death scene cleaning company...

Beth Sherman writes a series which features a ghostwriter in the Jersey Shore Mystery Series...

May 29, 2009
Here is a list of some Cozy Mystery Site Readers' Favorite and/or Currently-Read Cozy Mystery Authors...

May 26, 2009
Make sure to mark your calendars for the upcoming Agatha Christie shows on PBS. I have a list of the shows on this blog's entry...

May 22, 2009
I just posted a new Cozy Mystery Theme... Cozies that have Coffeehouses and Tea Shops as their settings...

May 21, 2009
Well, it took me forever to finally get the June 2009 Mystery Book Releases finished and posted, but I finally did! I hope that you are able to find a few of your favorite authors on the list... (Don't forget that I have a page with the monthly mystery book new releases.)

May 10, 2009
Finally! I posted the 2009 Edgar Awards. If you're interested it peeking at some other awards, I have some other Mystery Book Awards posted on this page...

May 8, 2009
Camille Minichino (aka Margaret Grace) has generously offered us a miniature reading/crime scene drawing to us. Don't forget to enter! AND Good Luck!

May 4, 2009
I just posted the winners for the 2008 Agatha Awards that were given out this weekend at the 2008 Malice Domestic convention. (Remember, the 2008 Agathas are given in 2009 for books from 2008...) Again, all of the nominees are winners, but since they have to choose only one in each category, here they are...

April 22, 2009
The Texas Theme is up and ready! (For those of you who are new to the Cozy Mystery Site, there are a lot of other themes on the Theme page.)

April 16, 2009
I just posted the May 2009 New Mystery Book Releases on the New Releases page.

April 14, 2009
Four new authors have been added to the Cozy Mystery Site, thanks to your recommendations.

Bill Crider is a best-selling author who wrote his PhD dissertation about the hardboiled detective novel. He recently retired from being an English professor so that he could spend more of his time writing novels. He has several mystery series, including the Dan Rhodes Mystery Series.

Gail Fraser has her MBA and worked in corporate America before writing her Lumby Series, which is not a mystery series. If you like Jan Karon's Mitford Series, you might enjoy Fraser's Lumby Series.

Josi S. Kilpack just started her Sadie Hoffmiller Culinary Mystery Series. She writes inspirational books.

Lynda S. Robinson (aka Suzanne Robinson) has her PhD in Anthropology and writes the Lord Meren Series, which is set during ancient Egypt's reign of Pharaoh Tutankhamun. Lord Meren is the main investigator in the kingdom. (She also writes ancient Egyptian, Elizabethan, Victorian, and Civil War historical romance novels as Suzanne Robinson.)

April 9, 2009
The four latest authors to join the Cozy Mystery Site are:

Edie Claire: Leigh Koslow Mystery Series... books' titles begin with the word "Never" and are about an advertising copywriter/sleuth in Pennsylvania…

Elizabeth Dearl: Taylor Madison Mystery Series... features a Texas author/sleuth…

Shelly Fredman: Brandy Alexander Mystery Series... features Philadelphia journalist/sleuth…

Paul Magrs: Brenda & Effie Mystery Series... involves two best friends who investigate supernatural mysteries...

Remember that since these authors have been recommended to me by readers of the site, I am not familiar with their work... yet!

April 7, 2009
I just added four new authors to the site who some of you recommended:

Jennie Bentley writes the Do It Yourself Mystery Series which features Avery Marie Baker, a New York professional house renovations expert.

Gail Bowen is a professor of English in Canada who writes the Joanne Kilbourn Mystery Series which has, as its sleuth, a Canadian professor

Mindy Starns Clark writes two inspirational mystery series: the Million Dollar Mystery Series and the Smart Chick Mystery Series.

Ruth Dudley Edwards became a civil servant in London and a freelance writer after finishing graduate school at Cambridge. Edwards writes the Robert Amiss Mystery Series which features a retired civil servant in England.

April 3, 2009
For those of you who want to see some beautiful sights, hear some wonderful facts, and enjoy learning about our world... I just posted a review about the Sir David Attenborough Nature Shows... They are truly terrific!

If you would like to see more TV & Movie suggestions, click here.

April 1, 2009
I finally got the 2008 Agatha Award Nominations posted. It looks (to me) like a great bunch of authors and books have been nominated this year. The winners will be announced at this year's Malice Domestic which will take place during the first weekend in May... So, we will have to wait until then to find out who of these nominees will be the winners. [But, as I have said before, (to me) being nominated is equal to being a winner.]

March 22, 2009
I just added Washington (the state) to the list of Cozy Mystery books' locations, which can be found on the Theme page. (This list only includes authors who are currently on the Cozy Mystery Site.)

This includes the specifically-named states (and Washington, DC) that the person requesting this theme asked for, other than the "Eastern Seaboard" states. So, I am now going to work my way randomly through other states, sprinkling in "Eastern Seaboard" states as I go.  Next up: Texas!

March 20, 2009
Four new authors have been added to the site, after being recommended by some of the Cozy Mystery Site readers:

Peter Abresch: James P. Dandy Elderhostel Mystery Series... Jim Dandy used to be a physical therapist and is now retired, taking a class at an elderhostel...

Sally Chapman (aka Annie Griffin): Silicon Valley Mystery Series... Californian Julie Blake investigates computer fraud...

Annie Griffin (aka Sally Chapman): Hannah & Kiki Mystery Series... These two "over 60" year old sisters have taken to investigating...

Margaret Searles: Mrs. Millet and Mrs. Hark Mystery Series... These two senior citizens enjoy sleuthing...

March 18, 2009
My second interview is with another very popular Cozy Mystery author: Susan Wittig Albert. Most of you know that she is the author of the China Bayles Herbal Mystery Series, the Cottage Tales of Beatrix Potter Series, and you all probably also know that she and Bill Albert (her husband) write the Kate Ardleigh Sheridan & Sir Charles Sheridan Victorian Mystery Series using the pseudonym Robin Paige.

These interviews are fun!

March 16, 2009
I know that Washington, DC is not a state, but one of the people who asked that I make a list of authors from each state specifically requested it. So, it is now included on the Theme Page...

March 14, 2009
I just added Heartsong Presents Mysteries to the "H" page. I received several requests to add the Heartsong Presents Mysteries, but it took me a little while to figure out the list of authors... I think that I have, but if you notice any major blunders, please send me a note so that I can correct them.

March 10, 2009
I have just added a new page on the Cozy Mystery Site: Author Interviews. I don't know why I hadn't thought about this feature before, and I hope that you all check it out.

I had the pleasure of interviewing Kate Collins yesterday, and she had a lot of interesting things to say. I am sure that current (and future!) fans of her popular Flower Shop Mystery Series will enjoy the interview.

I am looking forward to bringing more interviews to you all, from authors who you enjoy reading.

March 8, 2009
The April 2009 Mystery Book New Releases has been posted.

Feb. 28, 2009
A Cozy Mystery Site Blog reader wrote saying that she had read all of the books by her favorite authors, and asked for some suggestions of authors who might be "similar"... so that she could read some of their books. Here is a list of "similar" authors for Janet Evanovich, Anne George, Dorothy Gilman, Carolyn Hart, & Rex Stout. Of course, I realize that if you are a fan of these authors, it will be difficult to "replace" them... but if you have caught up to all of their books, and are looking for someone similar, then this list might be helpful.

Feb. 18, 2009
Finally posted are the March 2009 Mystery Book New Releases.

Feb. 13, 2009
I have added the last of the authors who I have ready to post... Thanks to the many readers who recommended them to be added to the Cozy Mystery Site!

Maggie Barbieri   Murder 101 Mystery Series... An English professor at a New York City college is the sleuth in this series.

Georgette Heyer   Superintendent Hannasyde Mystery Series and several Stand Alones from which to choose.

M. M. Kaye (aka Mollie Kaye)   Death in ***** Mystery Series as well as two bestselling historical novels: The Far Pavilions and Shadow of the Moon, and children's books.

Margaret Yorke   Dr. Patrick Grant Mystery Series, along with many Stand Alones...

Feb. 9, 2009
There is a new theme on the Theme page. I thought that it was high time that we include the:

House Keepers, Cleaners, Maid Services, Laundromats

Feb. 7, 2009
Four more recommended authors! I haven't read them yet, but they sure do look interesting:

J. G. Goodhind: Honey Driver Mystery Series… Honey manages a hotel in Bath and is also the police liaison with the police force…

Nadia Gordon: Sunny McCoskey Napa Valley Mystery Series… Sunny is a chef in Napa Valley who is good at solving crimes…

Clare O'Donohue: Someday Quilts Mystery Series… This is a new quilting mystery series that takes place in a small town in New York…

Cyndy Salzmann: Friday Afternoon Club Mystery Series… This series features a group of stay-at-home moms who are good friends, as well as good sleuths…

Jan. 30, 2009
The latest author additions (who some of you recommended) to the site are:

Jan. 28, 2009
The Inspector Morse mystery shows are the latest addition to the TV & Movie page. This series is based on the Colin Dexter books, which are great police procedurals.

Jan. 24, 2009
(I still can't get over that year! 2009 already!)
A new addition to the TV & Movies page: Agatha Christie's Poirot... I have probably seen each of the shows four times, and we are making our way through them again!

Jan. 21, 2009
I have just added three new authors who have been recommended for the site:

Annette Blair, a best selling author has just added the Vintage Magic Mystery Series to her repertoire. She writes both the Accidental Witch and the Triplet Witches series, which have been described as contemporary romance novels.

Kate Carlisle pens the Bibliophile Mystery Series which has, as its sleuth, a rare book expert.

Joanne Clarey used to be a teacher, (Master's in Counselilng and Doctorate in Education) but is now writing her Hummingbird Falls Mystery Series full-time.

Jan. 15, 2009
I just posted the February 2009 Mystery Book Releases. From time to time, I get notes asking why I don't include more authors to these monthly mystery book release lists.... I only post the authors who are already on the Cozy Mystery Site, but as I add new authors to the site, I'll be adding them to the monthly lists...

Jan 10, 2009
Here are three new authors who have been recommended for me to add to the Cozy Mystery Site from readers of the site:

Linda Berry writes the Trudy Roundtree Mystery Series which features the only woman in an all male police department in a small town in Georgia.

Patricia Guiver writes the Pet Detective Mystery Series which features a detective and her faithful Doberman Pinscher who helps her in her sleuthing.

Kasey Michaels is New York Times and USA Today bestselling author who writes the Maggie Kelly Mystery Series.

Jan. 6, 2009
I am starting the New year by posting three authors from the past. All three of the authors have been recommended for me to add to the site several times, and it has taken me this long to get to them!

Leslie Charteris writes The Saint Mystery Series. Some of you may remember The Saint television series from many years ago. The Saint (aka Simon Templar) is a rather dashing/debonair millionaire, who not only is a sleuth, but also a thief!

John Creasy has many pseudonyms and even more mystery (and spy) series. The pseudonyms that I am posting on the site include: J. J. Marric, M. E. Cooke, Robert Caine Frazer, Anthony Morton, Gordon Ashe, Rodney Mattheson, Patrick Gill, Brian Hope, Colin Hughes, Anthony Morton, Charles Hogarth, Richard Martin, Kyle Hunt, & Abel Mann.

Ellery Queen is a pseudonym for two cousins who write the books and stories together. Ellery Queen is both the name of the author and the name of the character of the series. And then there is the magazine by that same name!

Jan. 4, 2009
Can you believe we are already in 2009!?!

What better way to start the "What's New to the Cozy Mystery Site" area than by writing an entry about something that has absolutely nothing to do with the site... but rather with an actress whose movies I highly recommend: Judy Holliday.

Dec. 23, 2008
Thanks, again, for recommending authors who you believe belong on the Cozy Mystery Site. The three newest author additions are:

Gabriella Herkert  While attending law school, Herkert became aware of a case of a woman who left her fortune to her cat. This case is the basis of Herkert's  first Animal Instinct Mystery Series novel...

G. M. Malliet  Malliet writes the St. Just Mystery Series. She is a copywriter and journalist, as well as a Malice Domestic Grant Winner.

Allana Martin  Martin writes the Death of a ***** Mystery Series which features the owner of a Texan trading post and her husband, a veterinarian.

Dec. 21, 2008
Here is another TV and Movies Theme-d series which my family enjoyed... Firefly  (not a mystery)

Dec. 17, 2008
Heat of the Sun is the latest entry to the TV and Movies Theme. It is a mystery miniseries that takes place in colonial Africa.

Dec. 15, 2008
Can you believe that it's almost time to adjust our mind-sets to 2009?!? It seems like just when I get used to writing the current year, it up and changes! Anyway... I have just posted the Mystery Book Releases for January 2009.

Dec. 13, 2008
Most of you are already aware of Midsomer Murders, the wonderful British Cozy series, but for those of you who weren't lucky enough to see it when it was televised in the USA, you're in for a nice (cozy) surprise! (I just posted a review...)

Dec. 11, 2008
Minnesota has been added to the State Themes...

Dec. 9, 2008
Here are three new authors you all recommended for me to add:

Christopher Lane writes the Inupiat Eskimo Mystery Series which features Ray Attla (a police officer) who is brought up in Anchorage and who then goes to live in a more rugged/desolate area.

Barbara Paul writes the Opera Mystery Series (an early 1900s Italian tenor living in New York) and the Marian Larch Mystery Series (a New York police sergeant)...

Steve Sherman pens the New England Cozy Mystery Series, which takes place in New Hampshire and features a private investigator. Sherman also authors country roads guides, as well.

December 7, 2008
Just posted The Jury, which is a British miniseries that has a wonderful cast as well as very good plot...

December 3, 2008
For those of you who are interested in Edwardian Period living conditions... I just posted the Manor House miniseries, which my husband and I enjoyed immensely.

December 1, 2008
I have just added four new authors who you (the Cozy Mystery Site Readers) have recommended to me:

Sheryl J. Anderson writes the Molly Forrester Mystery Series which features an advice columnist (¿Dear Abby-type?) who also solves mysteries.

Margaret Dumas writes the Charlie & Jack Fairfax Mystery Series which the very Cozy Mystery Author Donna Andrews has compared to the Nick & Nora Charles plots.

Elizabeth Eagan-Cox has just started the Shannon Delaney Mystery Series which features a writer in San Diego with ghostly encounters.

Diane Setterfield wrote the bestselling Thirteenth Tale, which has been compared to the works of Charlotte Brontë and Daphne du Maurier... classic/Gothic mystery...

November 26, 2008
After receiving several e-mails in the past, I have added a theme which includes Christian Authors.

November 25, 2008
There are five new Christmas Mysteries Listed... Also, one Christmas Mystery that I didn't know about when I put that post together: Mary Higgins Clark and Carol Higgins Clark have collaborated on a new Christmas Mystery: Dashing through the Snow (2008).

November 20, 2008
Michigan has been added to the State Themes...

November 19, 2008
A reader of the Cozy Mystery Site asked that I include the Mystery and the Minister's Wife Mystery Series to the site. This is an inspirational mystery series, and has several different authors who write the different books in the series>>> Diane Noble, Traci DePree, Beth Pattillo, Eve Fisher, and Carol Cox.

November 18, 2008
I have just posted the new December Mystery Book Releases. Can you believe we are already looking at the end of 2008?!?

Nov. 12, 2008
Just added Connecticut to the State Themes...

Nov. 6, 2008
I just added four new authors to the site who you all have recommended:

Jackie Griffey: The Maryvale Mystery Series features a sheriff in Tennessee...

Margaret Miles: The Bracebridge Mystery Series is set in a little village in Colonial Massachusetts...

Cynthia Peale: The Beacon Hill Mystery Series features a brother and sister in Victorian Boston...

Marcia Talley: The Hannah Ives Mystery Series features a cancer survivor in Annapolis...

Nov. 3, 2008
Colorado is the second state that I have posted for the different locations theme.

Oct. 30, 2008
A site reader asked me if I would go through the Cozy Mystery site and make a list of mysteries that come from different states. Today I started posting this particular theme, and began with the state of Florida.

Oct. 26, 2008
I have written my definition of what a Cozy Mystery is... which is posted on the "What Is a Cozy?" page of this site. Today I added a little more on the "Importance of a Village/Small Town Setting" to the site.

Oct. 20, 2008
Here are four new authors with historical themes that you all have recommended to be included to the Cozy Mystery Site:

Caroline Roe (aka Medora Sale): The Chronicles of Isaac of Girona Mystery Series (set in the mid 1300s with a blind Spanish doctor as the sleuth) AND the John Sanders Mystery Series (written as Sale) features a Canadian detective…

P.B. Ryan: The Gilded Age Mystery Series has an Irish governess who lives in Boston (after the Civil War) as its sleuth…

Kate Sedley: The Roger the Chapman Mystery Series takes place in medieval England (a chapman is a peddler)…

Sarah Stewart Taylor: The Sweeney St. George Mystery Series features a history professor in Vermont, with a particularly "morbid interest"... funerary art…

Oct. 16, 2008
I am slowly making my way through the authors who Cozy Mystery Site Readers have been recommending for the site... Four new authors (who all have a historical theme in common) have just been added:

Oct. 12, 2008
Is anyone interested in the Cozy Mystery Site book's November (new book) releases? Well if you are, they have just been posted...

Oct. 10, 2008
The Mystery Book Award pages have been updated...

Oct. 8, 2008
I just posted two new Culinary Theme and two new Accounting Theme authors to the site, who were all recommended for the site by fellow Cozy Mystery readers:

Culinary:
Krista Davis: the Domestic Diva Mystery Series...

Julie Hyzy: the White House Chef Mystery Series...

Accounting:
Elizabeth Chamberlin: the Jane Mayhew Mystery Series...

Maggie Toussaint: the Cleopatra Jones Mystery Series...

Oct. 6, 2008
The newest theme on the Cozy Mystery Site Theme Page is the theme that involves sleuths who are crossword puzzle fans: the Crossword Puzzle Theme...

Oct. 4, 2008
A few days ago I got a letter from a site reader asking that I make a list of Religious-Themed Mystery Series. I just posted the Religious Theme (which includes priests, nuns, rabbis, pastors, wives of pastors, wives of rabbis, Shakers, people who work for any of the previously-named, etc.) this morning on the Cozy Mysteries by Themes page.

Oct. 2, 2008
There are four new authors on the Cozy Mystery Site... recommended by some of you!
Joan Coggin: Lady Lupin Mystery Series... Lady Lupin (known as "Loops") is the wife of a Church of England minister. They are supposed to be very funny.
Connie Feddersen: Amanda Hazard Mystery Series... Amanda is a CPA who lives in Oklahoma. Amanda finds out what (and who!) "X" stands for... when "X" is the missing murderer.
Betty Hechtman: Crochet Mystery Series... Molly Pink is an events planner for a bookstore who is also a member of a crochet group...  a crochet pattern is included in each of mystery.
Rhonda Pollero (aka Kelsey Roberts): F. A. T. Mystery Series... The F.A.T. (Finley Anderson Tannery) is a shopaholic sleuthing paralegal!

Sept. 28, 2008
I just added a new show to the TV and Movies page... It is a show that my family has found very entertaining... a funny mystery series made by the BBC: Jonathan Creek is the name of the show.

Sept. 25, 2008
Just up: the third (and final) part of the Super Supernatural Mysteries Theme... the Vampire, Werewolf, and Witch.

Sept. 23, 2008
I just posted the second part of the Super Supernatural Mysteries theme. I focused on the books on the site that feature characters with psychic and/or  6th sense abilities.

Sept. 21, 2008
A reader of the Cozy Mystery Site asked if I would start a theme that includes "paranormal" themes... Today I posted the first of my "Super Supernatural Mysteries" theme beginning with the Ghost Theme.

Sept. 19, 2008
I just posted the October 2008 New Book Releases list. Carolyn Hart (aka Carolyn G. Hart) has a new series that will be making its debut in October, and Joyce & Jim Lavene are also starting a new series. I don't know how I missed these two new series, but Barbara Cleverly and Carole Nelson Douglas have new series out now, also.

Sept. 17, 2008
I just added five new authors to the site who have been recommended by Cozy Mystery Site readers:

Dorothy Howell: Howell's mystery series features a part-time sales person who happens to love designer labels in her purses...

Lorena McCourtney: McCourtney is listed under "Christian Mysteries" on her site... She writes several mystery series, some of which feature senior citizen sleuths...

Lawrence Sanders: (Not Cozy) He has many best selling novels... He writes several mystery series (including the Archy McNally Series) and also many stand alones...

Deborah Sharp: Sharp writes a funny mystery series which features a single daughter and her ever-loving Mama...

Gayle Trent: Trent has just put out her first mystery series which features a cake decorator...

Sept. 13, 2008
I cannot believe that I didn't include A Catered Halloween (the 5th in the Mystery with Recipes Series by Isis Crawford... aka Barbara Block) in my September New Releases entry! As much as I love a good Cozy Mystery with a seasonal theme!

Sept. 6, 2008
So, now that I am back from my niece's wedding... What's New? I just added four new authors to the site who you all have let me know about:

C. S. Challinor: Those of you who love seasonal mysteries will enjoy knowing that the first novel in Challinor's Rex Graves Mystery Series is set in an English hotel during the Christmas season...

Patricia Harrington: Harrington is an ex-teacher who now writes two mystery series...

Ellen Elizabeth Hunter: Hunter writes a mystery series featuring house preservation... something she knows a lot about, as she herself preserves historic houses.

Radine Trees Nehring: Nehring writes a mystery series which is set in the Arkansas Ozarks, which features a "senior sleuth" who enjoys sleuthing with a retired police detective...

August 26, 2008
Authors Beginning with S - W are posted on the Vacation Mysteries Theme Page...

August 18, 2008
Authors Beginning with K - R are posted on the Vacation Mysteries Theme page...

August 15, 2008
Authors Beginning with F - H are posted on the Vacation Mysteries Theme... finally!

August 11, 2008
The Vacation Mysteries or Mysteries That Take Place in Exotic Locations Theme is moving right along... Authors Beginning with C - D are now included.

August 8, 2008
The Cozy Mystery Theme page is adding a new theme: Vacation Mysteries or Mysteries That Take Place in Exotic Locations. A while ago a site reader asked that I post a theme which included vacation-types of mysteries. I have just started the new theme and since there are so many mysteries that are in this category, I am posting them by alphabetical order (authors' last names)... So far, I have finished with the Authors Beginning with A - B.

August 3, 2008
I just added five new authors to the site, and it was a most unusual coincidence that all five of them write series that are historic in nature.

Maureen Ash: Ash writes the Templar Knight Mystery Series that takes place during the time of the Crusades.

Simon Beaufort: Beaufort is a husband/wife writing team (Beau Riffengburgh and Susanna Gregory) who write the Geoffrey Mappestone Mystery Series which is set during the 1100s in Great Britain.

Kate Bryan: Bryan writes the Maggie Maguire Mystery Series that tkae place during the 1870s.

Alys Clare: Clare writes the Hawkenlye Mystery Series which takes place during England, during the  late 1100s.

Susanna Gregory: Gregory is half of the above Beaufort team. She writes two series which take place in Great Britain: the Chronicles of Matthew Bartholomew Mystery Series takes place in the 1300s and the Thomas Chaloner Mystery Series takes place in the 1600s.

Also, if you would like to access more mystery book themes, make sure you visit the Cozy Mystery Theme page...

July 29, 2008
Aha! Five New Authors have just been posted on the Cozy Mystery Site!

July 27, 2008
Four new authors have been added to the site... One of them is actually an author who a lot of Cozy Mystery Readers already know!

July 21, 2008
The August Mystery Book Releases has just been posted. I hope that you are able to find that a favorite author has been busy writing a new novel!

July 10, 2008
Just added four new pages of authors to the site: James D. Doss, Donna Leon, Aimée & David Thurlo and Janice A Thompson. I have written short little blips about them on this particular page.

July 8, 2008
I am trying to get a lot of my Cozy Mystery authors posted... They are the authors who I have gotten from you all... Yesterday I ran by one author's website that was more confusing that trying to drive downtown while in the middle of rush hour! I decided that I would put that particular author off.... until I have a lot of time to decipher her cute pop-ups... Again>>> why don't authors just post their books by chronological order!? I guess that if they did, I wouldn't have this site!
Anyway, I have just posted four new authors to the site: one has a British quilting-theme, another has an Italian Commissario, a third has a movie theater owner, and the fourth features a Fish & Wildlife agent....

July 6, 2008
What better time to read a mystery with the Travel Theme than right now?! Here are just a few examples of just that... Summer sure has a way of enticing us to have fun exploring new places.

July 4, 2008
Again, this is not a mystery (mini)series, but we just finished watching it and it really got us in the Fourth of July mood... the HBO's miniseries called John Adams. We thought it was excellent.

July 2, 2008
I know that this is not a mystery series, but I enjoy it so much that I included it on the TV & Mystery Theme Page... Do you remember That Girl with Marlo Thomas? It could be very funny without having to be risqué...

June 28, 2008
I have just added four new authors to the site who you, the site readers, have told me about...

June 26, 2008
I just added a new Cozy Mystery Theme to that page... the Cozy Mystery Wedding Theme (which also includes the Wedding Planners Theme)>>> perfect for the summer!

June 23, 2008
Good news cozy mystery reading knitters!!! "My librarian" Janet told me that Sally Goldenbaum is starting a new knitting series: The Seaside Knitters Series.  And, even better news... You don't have to be a knitter to enjoy a new cozy mystery series!

June 20, 2008
So, what is new to the Cozy Mystery Site?
I am (again!) trying to make my way through a whole lot of authors of whom you all have told me. It seems, though, that as soon as I add three more to the list, I am told about four more! So, if you have recommended an author to me who I have not yet posted... please be patient... I will (hopefully soon!) get to him/her...
I just added: 
Sally Gunning (the Peter Bartholomew Mystery Series), Sue Ann Jaffarian (the Odelia Grey Mystery Series), and Susan S. James (the Solace Glen Mystery Series)...

June 18, 2008
I just added the latest theme to the Cozy Mystery Theme Page... Mystery Series set in Bed & Breakfasts (Boarding Houses and Hotels are included in this particular theme.)

June 14, 2008
Before I forget: I just added the July 2008 Mystery Book Releases. Some of the July additions include:
J. A. Jance has a new Joanna Brady mystery...
Rhys Bowen's Lady Georgiana will be making a new appearance...
Mary Daheim's Hillside Manor Bed & Breakfast will be open for business...
As for Mr. Monk>>> Looks like he's off to Germany!

June 13, 2008
I have just added three new authors to the site, who I heard about through you all:
Nancy Bush (aka Nancy Kelly & Natalie Bishop) writes the Jane Kelly Mystery Series which not only features Jane, but her Pug, The Binkster (aka Binks & Binkster... as with all loved pets, they deserve nicknames, too!)...
Dixie Cash is a writing team of two sisters who write a mystery series which is set in Salt Lick, Texas and features Debbie Sue Overstreet (owner of a beauty shop) and her best friend Edwina Perkins-Martin... both of whom happen to sleuth...
It is said that Agatha Christie was actually a fan of Elizabeth Daly's novels... It doesn't get much better than that! 

June 9, 2008
I just posted an update on Lyn Hamilton's Lara McClintoch Archaeological Mystery Series...

June 6, 2008
What better time than the summer to try out a Golf Mystery Themed book? I have just added a post about just those series! (Whoops! I got way ahead of myself on the date!)

June 5, 2008
I cannot believe I have finally finished "assigning" graphics to every one of the authors who are on the Cozy Mystery Site! It has taken me quite a while to do it, and I am so glad it is finally done. (Other than to add new graphics when the authors put out new books.) Now I can finally concentrate on adding all of the new authors you all, the site readers, have recommended for me to add. Yahoo!!!

June 4, 2008
I have posted a new theme: Gardening Cozy Mysteries. I was quite surprised when I found so many gardening series on the Cozy Mystery site.

June 2, 2008
I just posted an entry about Tim Myers, Melissa Glazer, and Elizabeth Bright...

May 19, 2008
The Edgar Awards were announced at the beginning of May, and I have finally gotten them posted! Check them out on the individual Edgar Pages... You will undoubtedly see some familiar authors' names... (For the links to the individual pages scroll down on the Mystery Book Awards page.)

May 17, 2008
I have just posted the June 2008 Mystery Book Releases. (This list only includes the authors who are currently on the Cozy Mystery Site...) You can see all of the "New Releases" lists that I have compiled on this page.

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