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…)
Claire M. (…)
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. (…)
April 5, 2008
- Mystery Series That Take Place In Different Periods Of Time (Historical Mysteries): A & B Authors
This Cozy Mystery Theme will be presented in five separate entries, since there are so many authors on the site who write (in some cases I should say "wrote"…. (…)
April 3, 2008
- News: Laura Childs and Kate Kingsbury (and Rebecca Kent!)
A while back, a wonderful librarian (Let's call her "Janet"… since that is her name!) started sending me e-mails with all sorts of information that I have used several times. (…)
March 30, 2008
- NASCAR theme on the Cozy Mystery Site…
I personally don't follow NASCAR, but one of my very best cozy-mystery friends does. (…)
March 28, 2008
- Real People as Characters in Mystery Books…
So, you say you want "REAL PEOPLE" mixed into your mysteries! I went through the authors on the site to find the authors who have incorporated "real people" into their mysteries. (…)
March 27, 2008
- Mysteries with (Previously) Famous Fictional Characters:
Here is another cozy mystery theme… I have gone through all of my authors and found two who "borrow" characters from other authors. (…)
March 23, 2008
- Marian Babson…. I just felt like a quick cozy mystery…
I just started a Marian Babson book from over thirty years ago…. Murder Sails at Midnight, from 1975. (…)
March 21, 2008
- Jennifer Chiaverini, Claire M. Johnson, Nina Wright, & Evan Marshall: Four New Authors to Mystery Site
I just copied the following blog directly from my What's New on the Cozy Mystery Site page… So, if you are a regular reader of that page, you will probably not be interested in reading this blog which covers the four new authors I just finished adding to the site. (…)
March 18, 2008
- April 2008 Mystery Book New Releases:
The following mystery books will be released in April 2008:
Susan Wittig Albert: Nightshade (This will be the 16th in the China Bayles Herbal Mystery Series…)
Donald Bain: Murder on Parade (This will be the 29th in the Jessica Fletcher: Murder, She Wrote Mystery Series…)
David Baldacci: The Whole Truth (This will be a Stand Alone mystery…)
Jo Bannister: Fathers and Sins (This will be a Stand Alone mystery…)
Nevada Barr: Winter Study (This will be the 14th in the Anna Pigeon Mystery Series…)
Lorna Barrett: Murder is Binding (This will be the 1st in the Haven't Got a Clue Mystery Series…)
Dorothy Cannell: Goodbye, Ms. (…)
March 6, 2008
- Mystery Books with Senior Sleuths: Q through W
♦Wow! There sure are a lot of detectives of "a certain age" out there in the world of mystery books! (…)
March 4, 2008
- Mystery Books with Senior Sleuths: G through P
What better way to begin this list than by listing Anne George's Southern Sisters Cozy Mystery Series! (…)
March 3, 2008
- Mystery Books with Senior Sleuths: A through F
Senior Sleuths… hmm… Just how old does a senior sleuth have to be? Does that mean that the sleuth has to be ten years my senior, or my mother's senior? (…)