May New Releases

Here is a list of some of the May releases from authors I follow.


May 3rd -

Avery Aames: Lost in Fondue (This will be the 2nd in the Cheese Shop Mystery Series…)

Kate Carlisle: Murder Under Cover (This will be the 4th in the Bibliophile Mystery Series…)

Miranda James (aka Honor Harman, Jimmie Ruth Evans, & Dean James: Classified as Murder (This will be the 2nd in the Cat in the Stacks Mystery Series…)

Gail Oust: Shake, Murder, and Roll (This will be the 3rd in the Bunco Babes Mystery Series…)

Ann Purser: The Measby Murder Enquiry (This will be the 2nd in the Ivy Beasley Mystery Series…)

Hannah Reed(aka Deb Baker): Mind Your Own Beeswax (This will be the 2nd in the Queen Bee Mystery Series…)

Dorothy St. James: Flowerbed of State (This will be the 1st in the NEW White House Gardner Mystery Series...)

Elaine Viets: Pumped for Murder (This will be the 10th in the Dead-End Job Mystery Series…)

May 8th -

Jess Lourey: October Fest (This will be the 6th in the Murder by Month Mystery Series…)

Joanna Campbell Slan: Make, Take, Murder (This will be the 4th in the Kiki Lowenstein Scrap-N-Craft Mystery Series…)

May 31st -

Dorothy Howell: Clutches and Curses (This will be the 4th in the Haley Randolph Mystery Series…)

Total Releases- 11
New Series- 1

April New Releases

Here's a list of April new releases from some of the cozy mystery authors I follow.

April 5th -

Susan Wittig Albertt: Mourning Gloria (This will be the in the 19th in the China Bayles Mystery Series…)

Elizabeth Lynn Casey (aka Laura Bradford): Deadly Notions (This will be the 4th in the Southern Sewing Circle Mystery Series…)

Kate Collins: Night of the Living Dandelion (This will be the 11th in the Flower Shop Mystery Series…)

E. J. Copperman (aka Jeffrey Cohen): An Uninvited Guest (This will be the 2nd in the Haunted Guesthouse Mystery Series…)

Diane Mott Davidson: Crunch Time (This will be the 16th in the Goldy Bear Mystery Series…)

Virginia Lowell: Cookie Dough or Die (This will be the 1st in the NEW Cookie Cutter Shop Mystery Series…)

Mary Jane Maffini: The Busy Woman's Guide to Murder (This will be the 5th in the Charlotte Adams Mystery Series…)

Andrea Penrose: Sweet Revenge: A Lady Arianna Regency Mystery (This will be the 1st in the NEW Lady Arianna Regency Series…)

Leann Sweeney: The Cat, the Lady and the Liar (This will be the 3rd in the Cats in Trouble Mystery Series…)

April 26th -

Jessica Beck: Evil Éclairs (This will be the 4th in the Donut Shop Mystery Series…)

Chris Cavender (aka Elizabeth Bright, Melissa Glazer, Tim Myers, & Casey Mayes): A Pizza to Die For (This will be the 3rd in the Pizza Lover's Mystery Series…)

Sarah Graves: Knockdown (This will be the 14th in the Home Repair Is Homicide Mystery Series…)

Total Releases- 12
New Series- 2

Challenges for 2011

Cozy Mystery Challenge– hosted by Kris at Not Enough Books

This is my first ever challenge. I signed up for the "Feeling Very Ambitious" category reading 11+ books. The challenge runs from April 1st, 2011 through September 30, 2011. I'm really excited to participate as my TBR pile is mostly cozy mysteries. My list of books read so far is: (Reviews coming soon!)


April - 
1. I Scream, You Scream by Wendy Lyn Watson
2. Eggsecutive Order by Julie Hyzy
3. Wicked Weaves by Joyce & Jim Lavene
4. The Diva Paints the Town by Krista Davis
5. Sprinkle With Murder by Jenn McKinlay
6. Murder of a Snake in the Grass by Denise Swanson
7. Murder of a Barbie & Ken by Denise Swanson
8. Evans Above by Rhys Bowen 
9. How to Crash a Killer Bash by Penny Warner 
10. Death of a Trophy Wife by Laura Levine 
11. Paper Scissors Death by Joanna Campbell Slan 
12. Death Takes the Cake by Melinda Wells