October 20, 2007
Beading Cozy Mystery Books…
I happen to be someone who loves beads. I don't actually make any wearable things out of beads, but I love to look at all types of beads. I do happen to be someone who cross stitches, and a few years ago, I started adding the little, bitty glass beads into all of my cross stitch projects. I have to admit that since I started this web site… devoted to another passion I have (cozy mysteries!)… I have not cross stitched/beaded (for a lack of a better descriptive phrase) as much as I used to.
Anyway… to get back to this blog's purpose…. cozy mystery series with a beading theme… Who are the authors who intertwine beading into their cozy mystery books?
Barbara Burnett Smith's Purple Sage Mystery Series is a popular cozy mystery series. In 2005, Smith put out the first book in her new beading cozy mystery series that featured Kitzi Camden, a former politician (who happens to live in my very own state of Texas) and who happens to love beads, beading, and sleuthing.
Karen MacInerney completed the second Kitzi Camden Beading Cozy Mystery after Barbara Burnett Smith passed away. I know that MacInerney is busy with her Gray Whale Inn Mystery Series and her soon-to-be-published Tales of an Urban Werewolf Series, but I sure hope that she can find the time to continue writing this beading cozy mystery series!
***To access more Cozy Mysteries by Theme click on this link.***
Filed under Authors, Books, Cozy Mystery Books by Theme by Danna - cozy mystery list
Comments on Beading Cozy Mystery Books… »
Verna @ 5:56 pm
Being another fan of mysteries and beads, I was tickled to come across your site. You should know about another book that probably qualifies for inclusion in your list: Mary Ellen Hughes' "String of Lies" (2007, Berkley Prime Crime). It's the 2nd in the Craft Corner Mystery series. This time the owner of Jo's Craft Shop is offering a beading workshop.
Danna - cozy mystery list @ 8:20 pm
Thank you, Verna…
I didn't think to add String of Lies to the beading list… I am going to do some other blogs about crafting cozy mysteries, and will definitely have the Craft Corner Mystery series on one of them…. but you're right about the second book being listed with the beading/cozy mysteries.
Thanks, again for the helpful comment.