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."…. but it's a term I grew up with and don't find offensive… so I hope I don't offend anyone…. since that is what I think of myself as being these days. With both of my children grown up now… I can hardly call myself a stay-at-home mom ….. They don't require me to lovingly adhere band-aids anymore!
Jill Churchill: The Jane Jeffry Mystery Series features a Chicago housewife who along with having three children, also has time to sleuth.
Susan Rogers Cooper: The E. J. Pugh Mystery Series features a romance novelist housewife who solves crimes when not taking care of her family and home.
Anne George: The Southern Sisters Mystery Series is set in Alabama and features "Mouse," the housewife part of the sister duo and her wildly different lovable sister "Sister".
Dorothy Gilman: The Mrs. Pollifax Mystery Series features a "mature" woman who, upon finding that she is simply tired of the types of activities that are relegated to women of her age, becomes a globe-trotting spy.
Leslie Meier: The Lucy Stone Mysteries Series is a series which features a housewife, mother of three, along with different holidays… Christmas, Halloween, Fourth of July, etc.
Sara Rosett: The Mom Zone Mystery Series has an Air Force mom as the main sleuth…
Ayelet Waldman: The Mommy Track Mystery Series features a lawyer who becomes a stay-at-home mom after the birth of her daughter, and who is able to put her legal background to work while solving crimes.
Valerie Wozien: The Susie Henshaw Mystery Series is full of crimes that need to be solved during different holiday seasons.
***To access more Cozy Mysteries by Theme click on this link.***
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Comments on Stay-at-Home Moms Mystery Books &/or Housewives Mystery Books: »
Dennis @ 11:21 am
I found your blog (and your website). I was curious about what a "cozy" was. Apparently I like these kind of mysteries as well (Megan Clark, China Bayles, Abby Rose, and Natalie Barnes for example). Your lists are great. I know I will be checking back often. Looking forward to more!!
Danna - cozy mystery list @ 7:44 am
Dennis,
I hope that you get a lot more ideas of authors to try. I have gotten many new additions of authors from site readers. My husband asked me yesterday just how many "cozy mystery authors" there could possibly be. (I think he thought that I had posted most of them.) Who knows!
Toni @ 9:44 am
Sara Rosett is a cozy mystery writer who writes the mom zone mystery series.
Danna - cozy mystery list @ 8:12 am
Thanks for telling us about Sara Rosett, Toni. I have added her to my list of authors to do in the near future.
cindy @ 8:13 pm
There is another series about a wife who stays home. Her husband is in the service and she follows wherever he is sent. The first title is I believe "Moving can be Murder" and the second one -just out-something like "Staying Home…" It takes awhile to start getting interesting.