Here are some fun Mississippi facts:
Here are some fun Mississippi facts:
The largest city and capital is Jackson.
State motto is "Virtute et armis" (By valor and arms.)
State nickname is Magnolia State .
State flower is the Magnolia.
State bird is the Mockingbird.
State animal is the White-tailed Deer .
Edwards, Mississippi has the largest cacti plantation in the world.
Mystery authors who are found on the Cozy Mystery Site and who feature Mississippi locations in their books:
Susan Wittig Albert: Bloodroot
Virginia Brown: Dixie Divas Mystery Series
Jimmie Ruth Evans (Dean James, Honor Hartman, & Miranda James): Trailer Park Mystery Series
Carolyn Haines: Sarah Booth Delaney Mystery Series AND Dixon Sinclair Mystery Series
Miranda James (aka Honor Hartman, Jimmie Ruth Evans, & Dean James): Cat in the Stacks Mystery Series
Peggy Webb: Southern Cousins Mystery Series
Please feel free to contact me if you see an author from the Cozy Mystery Site who belongs on this list, or if you have any comments.
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Susan Wittig Albert’s Bloodroot (China Bayles series #10) is set in Mississippi.
Thank you, Readingprincess, I just added it to the Mississippi mystery book theme page.
Love how you’re highlighting states … great! Try Minnesota! Lots of winter, lots of writing up there. Ha! Texas has a few as well (where we are now) ….. Isn’t it fun finding out where our fav authors are from and what hobbies, circumstancs, etc., motivate them to write as they do? Thank you again!!!
I’m glad you’re enjoying the state themes, Jackie C. I am currently reading one of the authors on the Mystery Books that Take Place in Minnesota, and am really enjoying her (Joanne Fluke) book.
Danna, Thanks for reminding us about Peggy Webb. I really enjoy her books but for some reason have forgotten about her. She seems to be one of the good ones.
Linda C, I often “remind myself” of authors who I have forgotten about, also.