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By: Danna - cozy mystery list

Danna - cozy mystery list — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 14:11:49 +0000

Thank you, Beckie. That would be GREAT!

By: Beckie Burks

Beckie Burks — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 18:09:41 +0000

I can send you a list of Christian authors who write mystery/suspense novels. They wouldn't be classified as cozy I don't think, but are very good reads. If you're interested let me know. BTW LOVE THIS SITE you've made it so easy to find what I am looking for.

Thank you
Beckie

By: Danna - cozy mystery list

Danna - cozy mystery list — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 19:22:06 +0000

Nan,
When I first began this website, I was familiar with every single author who I included on the site. Thanks to many site readers' recommendations, the site has grown WAY larger than I had ever anticipated. I love adding more authors to the site, but since I add more authors than I have time to read, I cannot vouch for all of them.

I hope that some of the readers can come up with ideas for you, but I can give you this list of Bed and Breakfast mystery series and hope that you are able to sift through them and find a few that you might be interested in.

By: Nan

Nan — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 23:13:56 +0000

I am so happy to find a cozy series list free from any profanity. I want to read a trailer park and also a country inn cozy, do you know of any? I do not care for the trailer park series by a writer named … I cannot recall the name, something like Jimmie Ruth Dean??? Something like it, I do not care for those. Do you know of any trailer or inn cozies that make a decent reading? Thank you, Nan

By: Edith

Edith — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:21:25 +0000

This is in response to a question asked by Ginny. The author she is seeking is Cynthia Riggs. The character is Victoria Trumbull. And the book titles are: Indian Pipes, The Paperwhite Narcissis, and Shooting Star. There may be more, but those are the only ones I've read so far.
The Heartsong mysteries were part of a "club." You received four books about once a month. Unfortunately, after about two years, the program ceased. I LOVED the books – well, most of them, anyway. When about the cancellation, they said it was because they didn't have the response they'd anticipated; meaning not enough members to make it worthwhile. Too bad. Am hoping some of the authors continue to find outlets for their work.
Just discovered your website and love it! Thanks.

By: TJ

TJ — Wed, 27 May 2009 05:33:33 +0000

Since I'm always on the hunt for a clean mystery that I won't regret having read, I wanted to mention a couple more clean mystery series that I have enjoyed:

1) "A Thyme Will Tell" mystery series by Audrey Stallsmith. These are set in a family-owned garden shop and would probably fall into the "cozy" category. All the main characters are flawed individuals, but it is satisfying to see them develop throughout the first book. I personally preferred the first book, "Rosemary for Remembrance", over the rest, as the antagonism between the two main characters lingered too long for my taste. I don't think this series was marketed very well, so they may be difficult to find.

2) Cindy McCormick Martinusen's trilogy, "Winter Passing", "Blue Night", and "North of Tomorrow". These mysteries harken back to events during WWII that are tied into the present day. The last two are a bit more dark, and the settings are far from "quaint", so I don't think these fit the "cozy" category exactly. However, they are very clean, no profanity, and the mystery element is very intriguing, particularly if you have any interest in WWII. The story lines between books seem somewhat unrelated, but all are neatly tied together in the last book.

By: TJ

TJ — Wed, 27 May 2009 05:02:34 +0000

I happened upon the Dorothy Martin Mystery series by Jeanne M. Dams at my local library, and I enjoyed reading all of them. Dorothy is an older American widow transplanted to a quaint English village with a knack for nosiness and stumbling into murder cases. The stories are enjoyable, the characters are likeable, the plot is very clean, there's no profanity that I recall, and Dorothy has a solid moral basis to her character. There's a blossoming romance through the early books, but the mystery remains the main theme. The first book in the series, "The Body in the Transept", won an Agatha Award.

As an aside, I would note that "Killing Cassady" had a noteable number of within-marriage sexual inuendoes scattered throughout. Certainly nothing explicit--more like the inuendoes on the old Cosby show between Bill Cosby and his wife. Completely appropriate for a married couple, and not in poor taste. Thankfully for me (since I'm single), that was the only book that has so many.

By: Danna - cozy mystery list

Danna - cozy mystery list — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 10:28:01 +0000

Hi Konnie,

Thanks for reminding me... I have accumulated the entire list of the authors (I think it's all of them!) and their books but still haven't figured out how to post them. I am thinking that I might just post all of the authors on one main page instead of trying to do each author with an individual page. The books look really interesting, and I like the idea of getting a lot of authors together to make up a "sort of" series of books...

I'll keep working on it, and hopefully come up with an idea of how to post them.

By: Konnie

Konnie — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 02:03:55 +0000

Heartsong has a new mystery line. They are almost all cozies.

By: ginny

ginny — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 04:56:32 +0000

Love Jan Karon. Have read all of her books. Would like to read more like Father Tim, but I did not like her Holly Springs books. I had expected the boy (Dooley) and girl to start a new series.

Love Pat Sprinkle, too.

Read the first Sue Grafton. I did not like the language. Wish someone would tell her to leave it out and then my hubby and I would read them. They are good, but Oh, that language.

Do you know an author who writes about an 80 year old woman who lives on a northeastern island? She is a writer for a small paper and does some sleuthing. The books usually have the name of a flower in the title. Any suggestions on other authors without the language.

Also love the 7 books that Anne George wrote before she passed away.

Nancy Atherton's Aunt Dimity series, Earlene Fowler (Christian mystery author. Scripture is in a lot of her books. Started with first one and each one gets more scripture. Think she is growing spiritually.) Ginny