The Cozy Mystery List Blog

Updating Alphabetical Pages of Mystery Book Authors on the Site…

Danna - cozy mystery list — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:27:19 +0000

I was just browsing through a few of the alphabetical pages on the Cozy Mystery site, and was somewhat surprised at what I found. A few years ago, when I started the site, I (apparently!) didn't add any information for some (as in "quite a few") of the authors.

Can You Judge This Book by Its Cover?

Danna - cozy mystery list — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 10:56:09 +0000

I just received a letter from Maria, who a lot of you will recognize as the "Bear Mountain Books" gal, with the following question:

"… I have a blog post up today to help me select my next cover. Since you read cozies, I'm hoping you'll stop by and vote for one or the other cover!!! Of course you are welcome to invite your blog readers to stop by and vote…"

Christmas Mystery Books before Thanksgiving?!?

Danna - cozy mystery list — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:55:04 +0000

Laura just posted a comment (Thank you, Laura!) for my last entry that reminds me a lot of what I am doing:

"Danna: It's already on your Christmas cozy list, but I just finished Emilie Richards, "Let There Be Suspects" and really enjoyed it. I have to read my Christmas books now, because I usually don't have time when the holidays roll around!"

Leslie Meier, Jill Churchill, Kate Borden… Mystery Book Authors with Similar Flairs…

Danna - cozy mystery list — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 14:44:14 +0000

I just finished my most recent Halloween mystery book by a rather new author (to me, that is!) >>> I read Death of a Trickster and must say that it is definitely a Halloween Cozy… small New England town, amateur sleuth, everybody-knows-everybody feeling, eccentric personalities with hidden personal secrets, and to top it off, the most wonderful feeling of autumn/fall that you could possibly find in a book… I felt like autumn was actually one of the characters during the first half (or so) of the book…

Cell Phones, Televisions, OR We Sing…

Danna - cozy mystery list — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 11:07:26 +0000

I love the ease of cell phones! Let me state that before I continue with this rant… I love having almost an unlimited amount of long-distance time. I love having access to all sorts of places when I am at all sorts of places.

"Indian Summers" in England?

Danna - cozy mystery list — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 12:01:39 +0000

A while ago, I was caught off guard – not a lot, but just enough…

Are there "Indian Summers" in England? I am not being facetious about this>>> I would really like to know!

Only One More Cambridge/Boston Trip Entry…

Danna - cozy mystery list — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 11:04:17 +0000

One of the things I like about living in a "young" city like San Antonio is that the streets are planned on a grid. Boston streets are not! One of our tour guides said that the reason for this is that they just paved over cattle trails and foot paths from years ago. If it was good enough for the cows, then by golly, it was good enough for cars!

The Good Wife… One of My (New) Favorite Shows

Danna - cozy mystery list — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 11:10:47 +0000

I just watched a new show that I am following: The Good Wife. >>> Love it!

As if The Good Wife's regular cast isn't (to use the word from the title) "Good" enough!!! They brought in one of my very favorite actresses this past week: Martha Plimpton. I have always thought that she would have been the absolutely best actress to portray Stephanie Plum, the main sleuthing character of the wildly successful Janet Evanovich mystery book series.

November 2009 Mystery Book New Releases

Danna - cozy mystery list — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 10:40:09 +0000

The following mystery books will be released in November 2009:

David Baldacci: True Blue (This will be a Stand Alone…) (Actually Oct. 27…)

Lorna Barrett (aka L. L. Bartlett): Bookplate Special (This will be the 3rd in the Booktown Mystery Series…)

Simon Brett: The Poisoning in the Pub (This will be the 10th in the Fethering Mystery Series…)

Halloween in Salem…

Danna - cozy mystery list — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 11:24:48 +0000

One of the day tours my daughter and I took was to Salem. On our way to Salem (from Boston) we went through Revere – the setting for Camille Minichino's Periodic Table mystery book series. (As some of you know, Minichino is one of my favorite Cozy Mystery book authors…)