Here are some fun Missouri facts:
The capital is Jefferson City.
The largest city is Kansas City.
State motto is "The welfare of the people shall be the supreme law"
State nickname is the Show Me State .
State flower is the White Hawthorn.
State bird is the Bluebird.
State animal is the Missori Mule.
Missouri (as well as Tennessee) is bordered by eight states.
Mystery authors who are found on the Cozy Mystery Site who feature Missouri locations in their books:
Hannah Alexander: Hideaway Mystery Series
Jean Hager: Iris House Bed & Breakfast Mystery Series
Janis Harrison: Bretta Solomon Gardening Mystery Series
Shirley Kennett: P J Gray Mystery Series
Suzann Ledbetter: Hannah Garvey Mystery Series
Rett MacPherson: Torie O’Shea Mystery Series
Christine Matthews & Robert J. Randisi: Gil & Claire Hunt Mystery Series
Paige Shelton: Country Cooking School Mystery Series
Joanna Campbell Slan: Kiki Lowenstein Scrap-N-Craft Mystery Series
Lou Jane Temple: Heaven Lee Mystery Series
Elaine Viets: Mystery Shopper Mystery Series AND Francesca Vierling Mystery Series
Please feel free to comment if you see an author from the Cozy Mystery Site who belongs on this list, or if you have any corrections.
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Danna.
Thanks for this list. Noticed you forgot someone. Sofie Kelly’s Magical Cats Series. I wouldn’t have noticed if I wasn’t reading her latest in the series.
Sheila, I thought Sofie Kelly’s Magical Cats Mystery Series takes place in Minnesota. I’ll go check…
Danna. You’re right. I got my Miss and Minn’s mixed up. Sorry about that.
I miss the Jean Hager and Rett MacPherson novels – I really enjoyed both those series. I forgot they were set in Missouri, although I remember Torie O’Shea worked at the historical foundation in her town so I’m sure there must have been historical references from time to time I’ve just forgotten.
So happy to see more books taking place in Missouri, I live in Cape Girardeau, and love reading stories taken from the Ozarks area. I have loved all the books from the Cozy Mysteries series and I am always looking up publishing companies for their books lists to find more new authors. I love love love to read and I thank the authors for making these books available to me. Also many thanks to the publishers who get their books out to us, the fans.
Welcome to the site, Brenda!
Thanks so much for this list. From Missouri and will enjoy books from my home state.
Vivian, you’re welcome!
Danna, My novel is a cozy mystery (on Amazon’s top 20 list) set in the Missouri Ozarks and features an amateur sleuth and his Golden Retriever. You can preview it at http://www.amazon.com/dp/B009NNL8EC