2014 Challenges

This is going to be a fun challenge....

A: Aunt Dimity Digs In by Nancy Atherton
Affairs of Steak by Julie Hyzy
Agatha Raisin and the Terrible Tourist by M.C. Beaton
Agony of the Leaves by Laura Childs
Arsenic and Old Cake by Jacklyn Brady
B: Bran New Death by Victoria Hamilton
Buried in a Bog by Shiela Connolly
Blackberry Pie Murder by Joanne Fluke
Buried in a Book by Lucy Arlington
To Brie or Not to Brie by Avery Aames
C: Cake on a Hot Tin Roof by Jacklyn Brady
Charms and Chocolate Chips by Bailey Cates
The Chocolate Moose Motive by Joanna Carl
Clobbered by Camembert by Avery Aames
Clocked in Malice by Annette Blair
To Catch a Leaf by Kate Collins
The Chocolate Book Bandit by JoAnna Carl
A Catered Birthday Party by Isis Crawford
D: Death Overdue by Mary Lou Kirwin
Death of a Kitchen Diva by Lee Hollis
Death on Eat Street by JJ Cook
The Diva Frosts a Cupcake by Krista Davis
Death of a Mad Hatter by Jenn McKinlay
E: Espresso Shot by Cleo Coyle
F: Final Sentence by Daryl Wood Gerber
Fonduing Fathers by Julie Hyzy
G: Going Through the Notions by Cate Price
Grace Takes Off by Julie Hyzy
Going, Going, Ganache by Jenn McKinlay
H: Harrowing Hats by Jim & Joyce Lavene
I: Iced Chiffon by Duffy Brown
Independence Say by Shelley Freydont
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K: Killer Librarian by Mary Lou Kirwin
L: Let's Play Dead by Sheila Connolly
The Lies that Bind by Kate Carlisle 
M: Mortar and Murder by Jennie Bentley
N:
O: Other People's Baggage by Lynn Kendel
Old Haunts by EJ Copperman
P: The Pickled Piper by Mary Ellen Hughes
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R:
S: A Spoonful of Murder by Connie Archer
Silent Knife by Shelly Freydont
Shunned and Dangerous by Laura Bradford
Sweet Tea Revenge by Laura Childs 
Steeped in Evil by Laura Childs
T: Twanged by Carol Higgins Clark
Town in a Lobster Stew by BB Haywood
Tempest in a Teapot by Amanda Cooper
U:
V: Valentine Murder by Leslie Meier
W: Woof at the Door by Laura Morrigan
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January – Charms and Chocolate Chips by Bailey Cates
February – Killer Librarian by Mary Lou Kirwin
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1. Joanna Carl - Chocoholic Mystery (2/3 includes 2014 release)
2. Maddy Hunter - Passport to Peril (0/2)
3. Krista Davis - Domestic Diva (1/2 includes 2014 release)
4. Julie Hyzy - White House Chef(2/3 includes 2014 release)
5. Avery Aames - Cheese Shop (2/3 includes 2014 release)
6. Jim & Joyce Lavene - Renaissance Faire Mystery (1/4 includes 2014 release)
7. Jenn McKinlay - Cupcake Mystery(1/2 includes 2014 release)
8. Donna Andrews - Meg Lagslow (0/10 includes 2014 release)
9. Julie Hyzy - Manor of Murder (1/2 includes 2014 release)
10. Laura Levine - Jaine Austin (0/2)
11. Laura Childs - The Tea Shop Mystery (3/3 including 2014 release) CURRENT!!!!!
12. Shelley Freydont - Celebration Bay Mystery (2/2 including 2014 release) CURRENT!!!!!
13. Bailey Cates - A Magical Bakery Mystery (1/2 including 2014 release)
14. Mary Lou Kirwin - Killer Librarian Mystery (2/2) CURRENT!!!!!
15. Victoria Hamilton - Merry Muffin Mystery (1/2 including 2014 release)
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April New Releases

The following Mystery Books will be released in April 2014:
 
Susan Wittig Albert: Death Come Quickly (This will be the 22nd in the China Bayles Mystery Series.)*

Barbara Allan: Antiques Con (This will be the 8th in the Trash ‘n’ Treasures Mystery series.)*

Connie Archer: A Roux of Revenge (This will be the 3rd in the Soup Lover’s Mystery Series.) (This is a Harvest Festival theme mystery.)*

Nancy Atherton: Aunt Dimity and the Wishing Well (This will be the 19th in the Aunt Dimity Mystery Series.)*

Donald Bain & “Jessica Fletcher”: Aloha Betrayed (This will be the 41st in the Murder, She Wrote Mystery Series.)

Nevada Barr: Destroyer Angel (This will be the 18th in the Anna Pigeon Mystery Series.)

Melissa Bourbon (aka Misa Ramirez): A Killing Notion (This is the 5th in the Magical Dressmaking Mystery Series.) (This is a Homecoming theme mystery.)

Emily Brightwell: Mrs. Jeffries Pleads the Fifth [This will be a Mrs. Jeffries Mystery Series Omnibus. It contains: Mrs. Jeffries Takes the Cake (book #13), Mrs. Jeffries Rocks the Boat (book #14), & Mrs. Jeffries Weeds the Plot (book #15)]

Nancy J. Cohen: Hanging by a Hair (This will be the in the Bad Hair Day Mystery Series.)

J.J. Cook (aka Joyce and Jim Lavene & Ellie Grant): Death on Eat Street (This will be the 1st in the NEW Biscuit Bowl Food Truck Mystery Series.)

Vicki Doudera: Deal Killer (This will be the 5th in the Darby Farr Mystery Series.)

Margaret Grace (aka Camille Minichino & Ada Madison): Madness in Miniature (This will be the 7th in the Miniature Mystery Series.)

Sue Ann Jaffarian: Ghost of a Gamble (This will be the 4th in the Ghost of Granny Apples Mystery Series.)

Josi S. Kilpack: Fortune Cookie (This will be the 10th in the Culinary Mystery Series.)

Jenn McKinlay (aka Lucy Lawrence & Josie Belle): Sugar and Iced (This will be the 6th in the Cupcake Bakery Mystery Series.)*

Liz Mugavero: A Biscuit, a Casket (This will be the 2nd in the Pawsitively Organic Gourmet Pet Food Mystery Series.) (This is a Halloween theme mystery.)

Ann Purser: The Blackwoods Farm Enquiry (This will be the 5th in the Ivy Beasley Mystery Series.)

Sofie Ryan (aka Sofie Kelly): The Whole Cat and Caboodle (This will be the 1st in the Second Chance Cat Mystery Series.)

Maggie Toussaint: Gone and Done It (This will be the 1st in the NEW Dreamwalker Mystery Series.)

March New Releases

The following Mystery Books will be released in March 2014:

Rhys Bowen: City of Darkness and Light (This will be the 13th in the Molly Murphy Mystery Series.)

Laura Bradford (aka Elizabeth Lynn Casey): Shunned and Dangerous (This will be the 3rd in the Amish Mystery Series.)*

Duffy Brown: Pearls and Poison (This will be the 3rd in the Consignment Shop Mystery Series.)

Alyse Carlson: Keeping Mum (This will be the 3rd in the Garden Society Mystery Series.)

Laura Childs: Steeped in Evil (This will be the 15th in the Tea Shop Mystery Series.)*

Peg Cochran (aka Meg London): Iced to Death (This will be the 3rd in the Gourmet De-Lite Mystery Series.)*

Mary Daheim: The Alpine Yeoman (This will be the 25th in the Emma Lord Alpine Mystery Series.)

Daryl Wood Gerber (aka Avery Aames): Inherit the Word (This will be the 2nd in the Cookbook Nook Mystery Series.)
  
Rebecca M. Hale: How to Paint a Cat (This will be the 5^th in the Cats and Curios Mystery Series.)

Sue Ann Jaffarian: Dummy of a Ghost (This will be a Ghost of Granny Apples Mystery novella.)

Josi S. Kilpack: Fortune Cookie (This will be the 10th in the Culinary Mystery Series.)

Molly MacRae: Spinning in Her Grave (This will be the 3rd in the Haunted Yarn Shop Mystery Series.)

G.A. McKevett: Killer Physique (This will be the 19^th in the Savannah Reid Mystery Series.)*

Annelise Ryan (aka Allyson K. Abbot & Beth Amos): Board Stiff (This will be the 5th in the Mattie Winston Mystery Series.)


Denise Swanson: Dead Between the Lines (This will be the 3rd in the Devereaux’s Dime Store Mystery Series.)

February New Releases

The following Mystery Books will be released in February 2014:
 
Avery Aames (aka Daryl Wood Gerber): Days of Wine and Roquefort (This will be the 5th in the Cheese Shop Mystery Series.) *

Laura Alden: Poison at the PTA (This will be the 5th in the Beth Kennedy PTA Mystery Series.)

Lucy Arlington (aka Jennifer Stanely & Sylvia May): Books, Cooks, and Crooks (This will be the 3rd in the Novel Idea Mystery Series.)

Mignon F. Ballard: Miss Dimple Picks a Peck of Trouble (This will be the 4th in the Miss Dimple Kilpatrick Mystery Series.)

M.C. Beaton (aka Marion Chesney: Death of a Policeman (This will be the 30th in the Hamish Macbeth Mystery Series.)*

Jessica Beck (aka Elizabeth Bright, Casey Mayes, Melissa Glazer, Chris Cavender, & Tim Myers): A Burned Out Baker (This will be the 7th in the Classic Diner Mystery Series.)

Rhys Bowen: A Royal Threesome (This will be a Royal Spyness Omnibus. It contains the first three Royal Spyness mysteries: Her Royal Spyness, A Royal Pain, & Royal Flush.)

Mollie Cox Bryan: Death of an Irish Diva (This will be the 3rd in the Cumberland Creek Mystery Series.)

Lucy Burdette (aka Robert Isleib): Murder with Ganache (This will be the 4th in the Key West food Critic Mystery Series.)*

Kate Collins: Throw in the Trowel (This will be the in the 15th Flower Shop Mystery Series.)*

Sheila Connolly (aka Sarah Atwell): Scandal in Skibbereen (This will be the 2nd in the County Cork Mystery Series.)

Monica Ferris: The Drowning Spool (This will be the 17th in the Needlecraft Mystery Series.)

Joanne Fluke: Blackberry Pie Murder (This will be the 17th in the Hannah Swensen Mystery Series.)*

B. B. Haywood: Town in a Strawberry Swirl (This will be the 5th in the Candy Holliday Mystery Series.)*

Kylie Logan (aka Miranda Bliss & Casey Daniels): A Tale of Two Biddies (This will be the 2nd in the League of Literary Ladies Mystery Series.)*

Meg London (aka Peg Cochran): A Fatal Slip (This will be the in the Sweet Nothings Lingerie Mystery Series.) (This is a Valentine’s Day theme mystery.)*

Staci McLaughlin: Green Living Can Be Deadly (This will be the 3rd in theBlossom Valley Mystery Series.)

Hannah Reed (aka Deb Baker): Beewitched (This will be the 5th in the Queen Bee Mystery Series.)*

January New Releases

Each month I will post new cozy releases on this blog. I figured I would go back and include January & February so the list for the year will be complete. I included authors that I currently follow or I have on my To Be Read list with in the cozy mystery genre. I am constantly making additions to my list but never take any one off. :)

Ellery Adams- (aka Jennifer Stanley, J. B. Stanley, and ½ of Lucy Arlington): Pecan Pies and Homicides (This will be the 3rd in the Charmed Pie Shoppe Mystery Series.)

Alan Bradley: The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches (This will be the 6th in the Flavia de Luce Mystery Series.)

Anne Canadeo: A Dark and Stormy Knit (This will be the 6th in the Black Sheep Knitting Mystery Series.)

Joelle Charbonneau: A Chorus Lineup (This will be the 3rd in the Glee Club Mystery Series.)

Laura Childs: Eggs in a Casket (This will be the in the 5th Cackleberry Club Mystery Series.)*

Mary Jane Clark: That Old Black Magic (This will be the 4th in the Piper Donovan Mystery Series.)

J. J. Cook (aka Joyce and Jim Lavene & Ellie Grant): Playing with Fire (This will be the 2nd in the Sweet Pepper Fire Brigade Mystery Series.)

Christy Fifield (aka Christy Evans): Murder Sends a Postcard (This will be the 3rd in the Haunted Souvenir Mystery Series.)

Parnell Hall: NYPD Puzzle (This will be the 15th in the Puzzle Lady Mystery Series.)

Lee Hollis: Death of a Chocoholic (This will be the 4th in the Hayley Powell Food & Cocktail Mystery Series.) (This is a Valentine theme mystery.)

Julie Hyzy: Home of the Braised (This will be the 7th in the White House Chef Mystery Series.)*

Miranda James (aka Dean James,  Jimmie Ruth Evans, & Honor Hartman): The Silence of the Library (This will be the 5th in the Cat in the Stacks Mystery Series.)

Linda O. Johnston: Teacup Turbulence (This will be the 5th in the Pet Rescue Mystery Series.)

Annie Knox (aka Wendy Lyn Watson): Paws for Murder (This will be the 1st in the NEW Pet Boutique Mystery Series.)

Victoria Laurie: The Ghoul Next Door (This will be the 8th in the Ghost Hunter Mystery Series.)

Jess Lourey: January Thaw (This will be the 9th in the Murder-By-Month Mystery Series.)

Carol Ann Martin: Tapestry of Lies (This will be the 2nd in the Weaving Mystery Series.)

Peggy Webb: Elvis and the Bridegroom Stiffs (This will be the 6th in the Southern Cousins Mystery
Series.)

* indicates a series I have started reading. I am SO far behind :(