The Cozy Mystery Book Club

Buried in a Good Book | By the Book Mysteries Book One

Welcome to The Cozy Mystery Book Club! Join Angela Maria Hart and Kate Lansing for their discussion of Buried in a Good Book (By the Book Mysteries 1) by Tamara Berry.

📖ABOUT THE BOOK📖

A thriller writer who knows way more than anyone should about death and dismemberment Her young daughter who's more intrigued by dead bodies than she probably should be An isolated cabin in the woods that's probably―definitely―hiding something The tiny mountain town that seems less than troubled by a sudden abundance of murders Bestselling thriller writer Tess Harrow is almost at the end of her rope when she arrives with her teenage daughter at her grandfather's rustic cabin in the woods. She hopes this will be a time for them to heal and bond after Tess's recent divorce, but they've barely made it through the door when an explosion shakes the cabin. Suddenly it's raining fish guts and...is that a human arm? Tess was hardly convincing Gertie that a summer without Wi-Fi and running water would be an adventure. Now she's thrust into a murder investigation, neighbors are saying they've spotted Bigfoot in the woods near her cabin, and the local sheriff is the spitting image of her character Detective Gabriel Gonzales―something he's less than thrilled about. With so much more than her daughter's summer plans at stake, it's up to Tess to solve this case before anyone else gets hurt.

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Murder, She Knit | Knit & Nibble Mystery Book One

Join The Cozy Mystery Book Club and fellow sleuthers Angela & The Knitting Librarian (aka Amanda) for their discussion of Murder, She Knit (A Knit & Nibble Mystery 1) by Peggy Ehrhart. 

📖 ABOUT THE BOOK 📖

Since her only daughter left for college, widow Pamela Paterson has kept busy as associate editor of a craft magazine and founder of the Knit and Nibble knitting club in quaint Arborville, New Jersey. Now, she’s trying out a new hobby—solving murders! Pamela is hosting the next Knit and Nibble meeting and can’t wait to liven up her otherwise empty home with colorful yarn, baking, and a little harmless gossip. She even recruits Amy Morgan, an old friend who recently moved to town, as the group’s newest member. But on the night of the gathering, Amy doesn’t show. Not until Pamela finds the woman dead outside—a knitting needle stabbed through the front of her handmade sweater . . . Someone committed murder before taking off with Amy’s knitting bag, and Pamela realizes that only she can spot the deadly details hidden in mysterious skeins. But when another murder occurs, naming the culprit—and living to spin the tale—will be more difficult than Pamela ever imagined . . .

GoodReads Link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35601689-murder-she-knit 

YouTube Livestream Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9UGYwzrxXfg 

Death by Bubble Tea | LA Night Market Book One

Join The Cozy Mystery Book Club's discussion of Death by Bubble Tea (LA Night Market Book One) by Jennifer J. Chow 🔎

Angela Maria Hart and special guest, cozy mystery author, Kate Lansing, chat about this cozy mystery and sleuthing fun 📚

 

📖 ABOUT THE BOOK 📖

Two cousins who start a food stall at their local night market get a serving of murder in this first novel of a delicious new cozy mystery series by Jennifer J. Chow, author of Mimi Lee Gets a Clue.

When Yale Yee discovers her cousin Celine is visiting from Hong Kong, she is obliged to play tour guide to a relative she hasn't seen in twenty years. Not only that, but her father thinks it's a wonderful idea for them to bond by running a food stall together at the Eastwood Village Night Market. Yale hasn't cooked in years, and she hardly considers Celine's career as a social media influencer as adequate experience, but because she's just lost her job at her local bookstore, she feels she has no choice.

Yale and Celine serve small dishes and refreshing drinks, and while business is slow, it eventually picks up thanks to Celine's surprisingly useful marketing ideas. They're quite shocked that their bubble tea, in particular, is a hit--literally--when one of their customers turns up dead. Yale and Celine are prime suspects due to the gold flakes that Celine added to the sweet drink as a garnish. Though the two cousins are polar opposites in every way, they must work together to find out what really happened to the victim or the only thing they'll be serving is time. 

 

GoodReads Link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/59420553-death-by-bubble-tea 

 

YouTube Livestream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1XxAhghVBA&t=2124s 

 

Shout out to special sleuthing guest hostess, Kate Lansing!

You can learn all about Kate over on her website: https://katelansing.com/ 

 

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A Killer Plot | Books by the Bay Mysteries Book One

Welcome to The Cozy Mystery Book Club! Join your hostess Angela Maria Hart and cozy mystery authors Annie McEwen & Paula Charles/Jana Rollins for their cozy conversation discussing A Killer Plot by Ellery Adams.

📖 ABOUT THE BOOK 📖

Olivia Limoges is the subject of constant gossip. Ever since her mysterious return to the small coastal town of Oyster Bay, North Carolina, Olivia has kept to herself, her dog, and her unfinished novel. With a little cajoling from charming writer Camden Ford, she agrees to join the Bayside Book Writers to break her writer's block and even make a few friends. But when townspeople start turning up dead with haiku poems left by the bodies, anyone with a flair for language is suddenly suspect. And it's up to Olivia to catch the killer before she meets her own surprise ending.

A Killer Plot on GoodReads: https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/7689099 

The Cozy Mystery Book Club YouTube Livestream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qM6dcQSujIw&t=2s 

Six Feet Deep Dish | Deep Dish Mysteries Book One

The Cozy Mystery Book Club read Six Feet Deep Dish (Deep Dish Mysteries Book One) by Mindy Quigley 🔎 Join the cozy conversation with Angela Maria Hart and Jeanne Epstein. 

📖 ABOUT THE BOOK 📖 

Fresh mozzarella, tangy tomato sauce, and the perfect recipe for a delicious first entry in Mindy Quigley's Six Feet Deep Dish , a delectable new series...

Delilah O’Leary can’t wait to open her new gourmet deep-dish pizzeria in Geneva Bay, Wisconsin―a charming resort town with a long history as a mobsters’ hideaway, millionaires’ playground, and vacation mecca. Engaged to a hunk with a hefty trust fund, Delilah is poised to begin a life that’s just about as delicious as one of her cheesy creations.

Just before opening night, though, Delilah’s plans for pizza perfection hit the skids when her fiancé dumps her and leaves her with a very large memento from their relationship―Butterball, their spoiled, plus-sized tabby cat.

Delilah’s trouble deepens when she discovers a dead body and finds her elderly aunt holding the murder weapon. Handsome local police detective Calvin Capone, great grandson of the legendary gangster, opens an investigation, threatening to sink Delilah’s pie-in-the-sky ambitions before they can even get off the ground. To save her aunt and get her pizza place generating some dough, Delilah must deliver the real killer.

GoodReads Link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/59808162-six-feet-deep-dish 

YouTube Livestream: https://youtube.com/live/UxYajW5AtBA 

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Double Booked for Death | Black Cat Bookshop Mystery Book One

Join Angela Maria Hart, Angela Cox, and The Cozy Mystery Book Club for their discussion of Double Booked for Death by Ali Brandon. 

 

📖 ABOUT DOUBLE BOOKED FOR DEATH 📖

Darla Pettistone left Texas for New York after unexpectedly inheriting her Great-Aunt Dee’s Brooklyn bookstore. She didn’t know that the store’s mascot—Hamlet, an oversize black cat with a personality to match—was also part of the deal. And he may be more trouble than Darla bargained for…

As the new owner of Pettistone’s Fine Books, Darla Pettistone is determined to prove herself a worthy successor to her late great-aunt Dee…and equally determined to outwit Hamlet, the smarter-than-thou cat she inherited along with the shop.

Darla’s first store event is a real coup—the hottest bestselling author of the moment is holding a signing there, which brings hordes of fans and some protestors. But when the author meets an untimely end during the event, it’s hardly good for business, even though it’s ruled an accident…until Hamlet digs up a clue that seems to indicate otherwise. Now Darla fears a killer might be lurking about… Can the interfering Hamlet point the paw at the culprit without losing one of his own nine lives?

 

GoodReads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10767348-double-booked-for-death 

YouTube Livestream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkBLOLApKEk&t=1s 

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Murder in an Irish Village | Irish Village Mystery Book One

Welcome to The Cozy Mystery Book Club's discussion of Murder in an Irish Village by Carlene O'Connor! Celebrate all things Irish with a cozy read and chat.

📖 ABOUT THE BOOK 📖

In the small village of Kilbane, County Cork, Ireland, Naomi’s Bistro has always been a warm and welcoming spot to visit with neighbors, enjoy some brown bread and tea, and get the local gossip. Nowadays twenty-two-year-old Siobhán O’Sullivan runs the family bistro named for her mother, along with her five siblings, after the death of their parents in a car crash almost a year ago. It’s been a rough year for the O’Sullivans, but it’s about to get rougher. One morning, as they’re opening the bistro, they discover a man seated at a table, dressed in a suit as if for his own funeral, a pair of hot pink barber scissors protruding from his chest. With the local garda suspecting the O’Sullivans and their business in danger of being shunned—murder tends to spoil the appetite—it’s up to feisty redheaded Siobhán to solve the crime and save her beloved brood.

 

Murder in an Irish Village on GoodReads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28953387-murder-in-an-irish-village 

 

YouTube Livestream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4H5G5Spfhc&t=185s 

 

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Carlene O'Connor Interview Part One: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7NtxARON3A&t=8s 

Carlene O'Connor Interview Part Two: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XU4Qw0HPlo8&t=15s 

Carlene O'Connor Interview Part Three: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cc8OEkPfstQ&t=8s 

 

Murder in a Scottish Shire | Scottish Shire Mystery Book One

Celebrate Cozy Mysteries with YouTube's first Cozy Mystery Book Club. Join the sleuthing fun with Angela, Jeannie, and the rest of The Cozy Mystery Book Club for their discussion of Murder in a Scottish Shire (Scottish Shire Mystery 1) by Traci Hall.

📖 ABOUT THE BOOK 📖

Known as the Brighton of the North, Nairn is both a charming Scottish town and a popular seaside resort—but to Paislee Shaw, it's simply home—unfortunately to a murderer . . .
 
For a twenty-eight-year-old single mum, Paislee has knit together a sensible life for herself, her ten-year-old son Brody, and Wallace, their black Scottish terrier. Having inherited a knack for knitting from her dear departed grandmother, Paislee also owns a specialty sweater shop called Cashmere Crush, where devoted local crafters gather weekly for her Knit and Sip.
 
Lately, though, Paislee feels as if her life is unraveling. She’s been served an eviction notice, and her estranged and homeless grandfather has just been brought to her door by a disconcertingly handsome detective named Mack Zeffer. As if all that wasn't enough, Paislee discovers a young woman who she recently rehired to help in the shop dead in her flat, possibly from an overdose of her heart medicine. But as details of the death and the woman’s life begin to raise suspicions for Detective Inspector Zeffer, it’s Paislee who must untangle a murderous yarn . . .

 

GoodReads: https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/52825457 

YouTube Livestream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2r0kWqjNMg&t=23s 

 

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How a Novel Becomes an Official Cozy Mystery Book Club Read | Creating the Monthly TBR

This episode breaks down how a cozy mystery can become an official monthly TBR title for The Cozy Mystery Book Club. You can listen to the entire process from submission to voting. Hopefully, by the end of the episode, you learn a little more about the behind-the-scenes work going on as well as which cozies you should recommend for future TBR votes.

 

🔍 Brief Episode Recap 🔎

The cozy mysteries that are voted on are submitted and chosen by book club members. There are certain requirements for a book to be eligible for our yearly TBR voting; the title must be the first in a (cozy mystery) series, available across platforms (not just via one website/outlet and local libraries won’t have any issues requesting the title), The Cozy Mystery Book Club hasn't already featured the book as a monthly selection, and readers can access the story as an ebook, paperback, and or audiobook. 

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Cloche and Dagger | Hat Shop Mysteries Book One

Join Angela Maria Hart, Elle Hartford, and The Cozy Mystery Book Club for their discussion of Cloche and Dagger (Hat Shop Mystery 1) by Jenn McKinlay. 

📖BOOK BLURB📖

Not only is Scarlett Parker’s love life in the loo—as her British cousin Vivian Tremont would say—it’s also gone viral with an embarrassing video. So when Viv suggests Scarlett leave Florida to lay low in London, she hops on the next plane across the pond. Viv is the proprietor of Mims’s Whims, a ladies’ hat shop on Portobello Road bequeathed to both cousins by their beloved grandmother, and she wants Scarlett to finally join her in the millinery business.

But a few surprises await Scarlett in London. First, she is met at the airport not by Viv, but by her handsome business manager, Harrison Wentworth. Second, Viv—who has some whims of her own—seems to be missing. No one is too concerned about the unpredictable Viv until one of her posh clients is found dead wearing the cloche hat Viv made for her—and nothing else. Is Scarlett’s cousin in trouble? Or is she in hiding?

YouTube Livestream Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-RGJ8GG2nQ&t=879s 

GoodReads Link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15810115-cloche-and-dagger 

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