June 20, 2008
- New Mystery Authors to the Cozy Mystery Site:
I have finally added three more new authors to the Cozy Mystery Site. All three of them were recommended by readers to the site…
Sally Gunning: Sally Gunning began her writing career with the Peter Bartholomew Mystery Series, which is set in a New England coastal area… very much like Cape Cod. (…)
June 18, 2008
- Bed & Breakfast Mystery Series, Hotel Mystery Series and Boarding House Mystery Series:
This Bed & Breakfast Cozy Mystery Theme also includes mystery series that take place in boarding houses and hotels:
Claudia Bishop: The Hemlock Falls Mystery Series features Sarah Quilliam, the owner of an inn and Meg Quilliam, the chef at the inn, and is set in New York…
Jill Churchill: The Grace & Favor Mystery Series is set in 1930s New York and features Robert and Lily Brewster, a brother and sister who live in the boarding mansion of that name…
Mary Daheim: The Hillside Manor Bed & Breakfast Mystery Series features the owner of the Seattle B&B…
Jean Hager: The Iris House Bed & Breakfast Mystery Series is set in Missouri and features the owner of that B&B…
Kate Kingsbury: The Pennyfoot Hotel Mystery Series takes place in the very early 1900s, is set in England, and features the hotel owner…
Karen MacInerney: The Gray Whale Inn Mystery Series takes place in Maine and features the inn's owner, an ex-Texan…
Charlotte MacLeod: The Sarah Kelling & Max Bittersohn Mystery Series features Sarah, the owner of a boardinghouse in Boston…
Tamar Myers: The Pennsylvania Dutch Mystery Series features the owner of a Mennonite Inn…
Tim Myers: The Lighthouse Inn Series features the owner of the inn in North Carolina…
***To access more Cozy Mysteries by Theme click on this link.***
June 16, 2008
- July 2008 Mystery Book New Releases:
The following Mystery Books will be released in July 2008:
Jeff Abbott: Collision (This will be a Stand Alone…)
Donna Andrews: Cockatiels at Seven (This will be the 9th in the Meg Langslow Mystery Series…)
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June 12, 2008
- Lyn Hamilton: the Lara McClintoch Archaeological Mystery Series…
Lyn Hamilton writes the Archaeological Mystery Series which features Lara McClintoch, an antiques dealer. I guess I should restate that: Lyn Hamilton WROTE the series. (…)
June 6, 2008
- Golfing Cozy Mysteries… Summer Fun!
One of the site's readers asked about books that take place during the summer months… "Summer Fun Cozies." I suggested that she might find some on the Easter Theme page, as it has Fourth of July, Mother's Day, and Father's Day mystery books. (…)
June 4, 2008
- Gardening Cozy Mysteries…
This Cozy Mystery Gardening Theme includes gardeners, botanists, horticulturalists, florists, and even people who simply love gardens:
Susan Wittig Albert (aka "half of" Robin Paige) writes the China Bayles Herbal Mystery Series which features an ex-attorney who lives half-way between Austin and San Antonio, Texas…
Kate Collins writes the Flower Shop Mystery Series that is set in Indiana, with Abby Knight (the owner of Bloomer's Florists Shop) as the sleuth…
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June 2, 2008
- What Do Tim Myers, Elizabeth Bright, and Melissa Glazer Have in Common?
So, you may ask, just what DO they have in common?
Tim Myers is the author of three series: the Soapmaking Mystery Series, the Candlemaking Mystery Series, and the Lighthouse Inn Mystery Series. (…)
May 27, 2008
- Adaptations of Agatha Christie's Plays…
While I was on vacation last week, I got an interesting request from a site reader:
"I have a book entitled Black Coffee which is an adaptation of something by Agatha Christie by Charles Osborne. Do you know of any other authors who have adapted her work into books? I've found two more he did and ordered them, but would like to know if there are any more by other authors.
Thank you."
Black Coffee was a play written by Christie which was adapted into a novel by Charles Osborne. (…)
May 19, 2008
- The 2008 Edgar Awards:
I finally got the 2008 Edgar Awards listed. The winners were announced the first week of May. I am sorry that this has taken me so long to post… It feels like I just posted the Agatha Awards! (…)
May 17, 2008
- June 2008 Mystery Book New Releases:
The following Mystery Books will be released in June 2008:
Catherine Aird: Losing Ground (This will be the 22nd in the Inspector Sloan Mystery Series…)
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May 6, 2008
- E. V. Cunningham (aka Howard Fast)…
I started reading E. V. Cunningham's mystery novels several years ago. (…)
May 3, 2008
- Six New Authors to the Site:
I have been trying to update the graphics on each of the individual authors' pages… which continues to be a huge project for me. (…)
April 29, 2008
- Malice Domestic Awards 2008… or is it 2007?
I wonder how many cozy mystery readers would be able to answer the "How was your weekend?" question with "Fantastic!" "Fabulous!" "Wonderful!" "Exciting!" "Interesting!" "Phenomenal!" "Cozy!"??? (…)
April 19, 2008
- New Authors to the Cozy Mystery Site:
I just added nine new authors to the site who were recommended by Cozy Mystery Site Readers. Thank you so much for letting me know about new authors who you think belong on the site! (…)
April 17, 2008
- Stay-at-Home Moms Mystery Books &/or Housewives Mystery Books:
This mystery book theme features stay-at-home moms and/or housewives. I'm not sure if the term "housewife" is "P.C."…. (…)
April 15, 2008
- May 2008 Mystery Book New Releases:
The following mystery books will be released in May 2008:
Deb Baker: Murder Talks Turkey (This will be the 3rd in the Yooper Mystery Series…)
Robert Barnard: Last Post (This will be a Stand Alone…)
Patricia Cornwell: The Front (This will be the 2nd in the Winston Garano Series…)
Jo Dereske: Index to Murder (This will be the 11th in the Miss Zukas Mystery Series…)
Selma Eichler: Murder Can Crash Your Party (This will be the 15th in the Desiree Shapiro Mystery Series…)
Elizabeth George: Careless in Red (This will be the 15th in the Thomas Linley & Barbara Havers Mystery Series…)
Jeanne Glidewell: Leave No Stone Unturned (This is Glidewell's debut mystery novel…)
Charlaine Harris: From Dead to Worse (This will be the 8th in the Southern Vampire Mystery Series…)
Reginald Hill: The Roar of the Butterflies (This will be the 5th in the Joe Sixsmith Mystery Series…)
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April 13, 2008
- Mystery Series That Take Place In Different Periods Of Time (Historical Mysteries): R - W Authors
This is the fifth and final installment of the "PERIOD MYSTERIES" or MYSTERY SERIES THAT TAKE PLACE IN DIFFERENT PERIODS OF TIME or "HISTORICAL MYSTERIES" theme. (…)
April 11, 2008
- Mystery Series That Take Place In Different Periods Of Time (Historical Mysteries): M - P Authors
The fourth part of the theme: MYSTERY SERIES THAT TAKE PLACE IN DIFFERENT PERIODS OF TIME (PERIOD MYSTERIES or HISTORICAL MYSTERIES) includes mystery authors whose last names begin with M-P:
Anna Maclean (aka Jeanne MacKin): The Louisa May Alcott Mystery Series takes place in Boston, right before the Civil War. (…)
April 9, 2008
- Mystery Series That Take Place In Different Periods Of Time (Historical Mysteries): G - L Authors
This is the third installment of the Period Mysteries theme, or better said: MYSTERY SERIES THAT TAKE PLACE IN DIFFERENT PERIODS OF TIME. (…)
April 7, 2008
- Mystery Series That Take Place In Different Periods Of Time (Historical Mysteries): C - F Authors
The second part of this Cozy Mystery Theme includes the authors whose last names begin with C through F, who write "PERIOD MYSTERIES" (MYSTERY SERIES THAT TAKE PLACE IN DIFFERENT PERIODS OF TIME) is as follows:
Caleb Carr: The John Schuyler Moore Mystery Series is a historical thriller that is about a New York Times crime reporter in the very late 1890s. (…)