Cozy Mysteries discussion
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I want to read the CHILI COOKOFF. Read all the button series, one of the literary books, two of Casey Dainels. CHICK AND THE DEAD and NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD.
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As Casey Daniels
Pepper Martin series
Don of the Dead 06
The Chick and the Dead 07
Tombs of Endearment 07
Night of the Loving Dead 08
Dead Man Talking 09
Tomb with a View 10
A Hard Day's Fright 11
Wild, Wild Death 12
Supernatural Born Killers 12
As Kylie Logan
Button Box series
Button Holed 11
Panic Button 12
Buttoned Up 13
League of Literary Ladies series
Mayheim at the Orient Express 13
Chili Cook Off series
Chili Con Carnage 13
As Miranda Bliss
Cooking Class Mystery series
Cooking Up Murder 06
Murder on the Menu 07
Dead Men don't get the Munchies 07
Dying for Dinner 08
Murder has a Sweet Tooth 09
As Zoe Daniels
The Year of the Cat series
The Dream 95
The Hunt 95
The Amulet 95
As Constance Laux
Romance series
Twlight secrets 92
Moonlight Whispers 93
Earthly Delights 95
Touched by Magic 96
Devil's Diamond 98
Diamond Rain 99
Diamond and Desire 00
As Connie Deka
Bright Promise 93
As Connie Lane
Romance series
Reinventing Romeo 00
Romancing Riley 02
Stranded at Cupid's Hideaway 02
Gulity Little Secrets 03
The Viscount' s Bawdy Bargain 03
Christmas at Cupid's Hideaway 03
Dirty Little Lies 04
The Duke' s Scandalous Secrets 04
Sarah's Guide to Life, Love & Gardening 05
As Connie Laux
Kids
The Curse 95
The Fortune Teller 95
The Reckoning 96
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I have only read The Cooking Class Mystery series
as Miranda Bliss
Annie and Eve are best friends that both lack culinary skills. They are not in behind the stove improving their skills they are helping solve murders.
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I have read her Cooking Class series as Miranda Bliss. If the rest of her series are like this one I will guarantee you will enjoy them. This series has plenty of humor, mystery and as well as romance. Grab one today and you definitely have a happy reading experience!
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She is currently working on the series she writes as Kylie Logan.
League of Literary Ladies series:
Book #3 The Legend of Sleepy Harlow TBA
The books are base on classic literature. I am waiting patiently for the released a Tale of Two BiddiesA Tale of Two Biddies
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Farmer's Market series
Farm Fresh Murder 2010
Country Cooking School series
If Fries Chicken Could Fly 2012
Young Adult Travel Time
ClockWork 2013
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ONE NAME MANY SERIES
Farmer's Market
Country Cooking School
Young Adult Travel Time
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Farmer's Market series
Farm Fresh Murder 2010
Fruit of all Evil 2011
Crops and Robbers 2011
Red Hot Deadly Peppers 2012
A Killer Maize 2012
Merry Market Murder 2013
Country Cooking School series
If Fried Chicken Could Fly 2012
If Mashed Potatoes Could Dance 2012
If Bread Could Rise to the Occasion 2013
Young Adult Time Travel series
Clockwork 2013
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Mini Interview with Paige Shelton
#1 Where do you see yourself as a writer in 10 years?
P.S. I just hope to still be writing. In fact, I hope they'll have to someday
pull my cold dead fingers from my keyboard to get me to quit.
#2 If you could live anywhere regardless of the weather, where and why?
P.S. That's tricky because I haven't yet visited everywhere I want to visit. I
have, however, lived in eight different cities/towns - mostly in the Midwest
- and my favorite place is where I live now, which is Salt Lake City. I love
the entire state of Utah. My second choice would be somewhere in the state
of New Mexico. I haven't seen the whole state, but I love the parts I have.
#3 What genres do you like to read when you are not writing?
P.S. I read almost every genre except fantasy and Oprah books. I've tried to read
Oprah book club books but I find them too sad.
#4 Do you do book signings, if no do you have plans to, when and where?
P.S. No book signings planned at the moment, but I've done some and hope to do
some in the future.
#5 Do you" base" any of your fictional characters in your books from people
in your personal life?
P.S. I don't think so. Truthfully, my characters come to me more than I create
them. I've tried to fight them on their hair color or a personality quirk,
but they always win and end up being exactly like what they want to be like.
#6 What are working on now?
P.S. Lots of stuff: the first book in my Scottish Bookshop series, the first book
in my Rescued Word series, and the fifth book in my Gram's Country Cooking
School series. I have a pretty strict writing schedule that keeps me busy,
but I enjoy every second of it. Those are all 2015 books.
#7 Do you have any talents other than being a great writer?
P.S. Well, thank you. I'm pretty boring. I love to hang out with my family, I
love to write, and I love to read. Nothing else is all that interesting to me.
Thanks a bunch to you and everyone in your book groups, Candace.
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Betts and Gram run a cooking school in Broken Rope, Missouri. Betts helps try to solve the local murders all the while learning about the many ghosts and legends of Broken Rope.
Oh yeah, perfect for our culinary cozy book club!
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I love her Country Cooking School series. With every turn of the page I was laughing! This series is definitely not short on humor.
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Up and Coming Releases:
Country Cooking School
If Catfish had Nine Lives 2015
New series
Scottish Bookshop series 2015
The Rescued World series 2015
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Cookie Cutter Shop Mysteries
Cookie Dough or Die 2011
I got the second book in this series in my pile so I can read it next! After I get done with it, I am donating it to the library!
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A Cookie Cutter Shop Mystery series
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Cookie Dough or Die 2011
A Cookie Before Dying 2011
When the Cookie Crumbles 2012
One Dead Cookie 2013
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Mini Interview with Virginia Lowell
1.Where do you see yourself as a writer in 10 years?
V.L. Assuming I’m still alive in 10 years, I hope to be writing! I love writing the cookie cutter shop series and hope to continue doing so, but I have other projects in mind, as well. I’d like to try my hand at nonfiction, which I love to read.
2. If you could live anywhere regardless of the weather where and why?
V.L. A couple days ago, we hit about -30 here, so almost anywhere else is sounding good to me right now. If it were possible, I would live in London, England, though I’d choose the London of about fifty (or more) years ago. It was a fascinating city, and I’d love to hang out with the British mystery writers of that era… if they’d let me.
3. What genres do you like to read when you are not writing?
V.L. I grew up reading the classic British mysteries: Agatha Christie, Dorothy L. Sayers, Ngaio Marsh… I read them over and over, and I always find something I’d missed. When I’m writing, I can’t read mysteries, so I read quite a bit of nonfiction. Sometimes it’s research for my book. When I have the time to choose, I’m most intrigued by history and psychology. Also, I have to admit to a fascination with research on the brain, possibly because I often worry about my own!
4. Do you do book signings if no do you have plans to, when and where?
V.L. Transportation is a problem for me, so I do few bookstore signings, although I always do a release signing at Once Upon A Crime Bookstore in Minneapolis. Mostly, I write guest blog posts, answer emails, and try to keep up my website (www.virginialowell.com). On the 24th of each month, I contribute a post, written in the voices of my cookie cutter series characters, to www.killercharacters.com
5. Do you “base” any of your fictional characters in your books from people in your personal life?
V.L. Nope, not a one. Honest. I pick up traits and quirks simply from meeting or getting to know people, but none of my characters is based on anyone from my personal life.
6. What are you working on now?
V.L. Right now I’m working on a sixth cookie cutter shop mystery, as yet unnamed. (The fifth, Cookies and Scream, will be released on July 1, 2014.) When I need to get away from cookies (or I’ll scream), I work on a series set in a previous era, which I haven’t tried to market yet. And I have a ghost story that’s been rattling around in my head since it came to me in a recurring dream. I had to start writing the story in order to get rid of the dream.
7. Do you have any talents besides being a great writer?
V.L. Wow, thank you! (I love compliments, whether or not I deserve them.) I enjoy working with color and design. I suspect that, at least in part, it’s because no words are involved! In the summer, I press flowers from my husband’s garden and use them to create cards to send to friends and relatives. Also, I love to do free-form embroidery. I just make it up as I go along. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t, but either way there’s no pressure. It’s just fun. There’s something about working with color that wakes up my brain and makes me feel content. Then I can face book revisions.
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Olivia Greyson is an owner of The Gingerbread House, a shop that is all about cookies. Her best friend, Maddie helps her run the shop. Olivia has a Yorkie, Spunky that adds a cuteness factor to the story. While baking her delicious cookies she also tries to solve the towns murders.
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This series has plenty of humor, mystery, a dash of romance and cookies, cookies, cookies! If you like cookies you'll like this series!
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Up and Coming Releases
Cookies and Scream 7/1/2014
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A Mace Bauer Mystery series
Mama Does Time 2008
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Mini Interview with Deborah Sharp
#1 Where do you see yourself as a writer in 10 years?
D.S. Ten years ago, when I'd just turned 50 and left the news business, I never could have predicted where I'd be today: Five published books, a couple hundred appearances, and a few interviews on NBC's Today Show under my belt. I just celebrated (?) my 60th birthday, and that landmark has me weighing where I go from here, and what part writing will play in that journey.
#2 If you could live anywhere regardless of the weather where and why?
D.S. I had the fabulous good luck to visit Italy last year, my first time. I wouldn't mind putting down roots in the Tuscany region, for its food, beauty, and relaxed pace of life. I picture myself in a crumbling villa among rolling hills, surrounded by an olive grove. Shhh, though, since I haven't shared this idea yet with my husband.
#3 What genres do you like to read when you are not writing?
D.S. All the way back to Bridget Jones's Diary, I've escaped with what used to be called Chick Lit (What are they calling that these days?) Authors like Jennifer Weiner, Emily Griffin and Mary Kay Andrews. I also like to read other funny mysteries, especially those with a great sense of place and strong female characters.
#4 Do you do book signings if no do you have plans to, when and where?
D.S. I've cut back on traveling to book events, but I recently visited the public library in little Okeechobee, Fla., which is the real-life inspiration for the fictional Himmarshee in my books. On February 15, I'll be at Barrel of Books in Mount Dora, Fla. I'll moderate one panel and be on another at Sleuthfest in Orlando, March 1; and I'm a featured author at the Lake County (Fla.) Book Festival, March 13-15.
#5 Do you “base” any of your fictional characters in your books from people in your personal life?
D.S. I'm surprised my real mom never sued me since I stole so many details from her life for the Mama character in my Mace Bauer Mysteries. She's been married multiple times, likes her sweet pink wine, and owns an array of sherbet-colored pantsuits. Unlike the fictional character, my mama has never ''done time.'' She's only 99, though, so maybe there's still a chance she'll get busted for something.
#6 What are you working on now?
D.S. See the answer to No. 1, above. I'm taking a writing break while I figure out what to be when I grow up. Will there be a sixth Mama book? A short story collection? Will I do something completely different? I'll let you know when I find out.
#7 Do you have any talents besides being a great writer?
D.S. I can't sing, paint, or play the piano, but I have been blessed with an unerring sense of direction. This talent was much more impressive before everybody got GPS and Mapquest. Put me in any city, and I can always figure out how to get from Point A to Point B. (I wonder if I could apply this talent to mapping out where my life goes next? )
Candace wrote: "Take a look at this interview for this week's author:Mini Interview with Deborah Sharp
#1 Where do you see yourself as a writer in 10
years?..."
Thank you for the informative, insightful, and often humorous mini-interviews that you do with each week's "featured author" Candace. I really enjoy learning more about these authors, their aspirations & inspirations, and more about the book series & characters that they've created. Plus, I've been able to add so many new-to-me authors to my to-read list after reading the "featured author" discussion threads! Thanks again and happy reading! ☺
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A Mace Bauer Mystery series
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Mama Does Time 2008
Mama Rides Shotgun 2009
Mama Gets Hitched 2010
Mama Sees Stars 2011
Mama Gets Trashed 2013
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Mace Bauer has two sisters, Maddie and Marty. Each sister very different personalities. If one of Mace' s sisters is driving her crazy, then it's her Mama. When Mace isn't feeding the animals in her wildlife zoo she is helping solve murders in her town.
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If you like to laugh or you don't (but who doesn't anyway) you love the Mace Bauer series! With every sentence I was in stitches. I guarantee your side will hurt from laughing by the end of the book.
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Right now she is taking a break from writing. She hasn't decided what she is doing next.
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Grounds to Kill 2013
Dating can be Deadly 2005
Ghost Dusters series
Remains of the Dead 2007
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WENDY ROBERTS
Mini Interview with Wendy Roberts
#1 Where do you see yourself as a writer in 10 years?
W.R. I plan to still be writing because it’s my passion! I don’t make goals to write a certain amount of books or to make any particular list like the New York Times (although that would be awesome), but I do hope that I’m still honoring my fans with quality of writing.
#2 If you could live anywhere regardless of the weather, where and why?
W.R. I live on the West Coast of Canada and I wouldn’t consider living anywhere else. I do, however, love to travel and plan on putting my feet on every continent within the next few years. One of my goals is to go back to Paris and spend some time writing at a marvelous bistro named La Palette.
#3 What genres do you like to read when you are not writing?
W.R. My reading tastes are varied. I love a good romance as much as a heart-stopping thriller and I absolutely love it when someone recommends a book to me.
#4 Do you do book signings, if no do you have plans to, when and where?
W.R. My last 3 books have been digital only releases so I haven’t done any scheduled signings. Next time I have a paper release you will find my book signing schedule up on my website www.wendyroberts.com
#5 Do you" base" any of your fictional characters in your books from people in your personal life?
W.R. Always! Every person who cuts me off in traffic has the opportunity to die horribly and every kind interviewer has the chance to become a character in one of my books. Mostly my characters are a combination of all the personalities that I interact with daily.
#6 What are working on now?
W.R. I’m presently working on a story about a palm reader. I’d tell you more, but then I’d have to kill you.
#7 Do you have any talents other than being a great writer?
W.R. If I wasn’t a novelist I would be a great hot tub tester.
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One name One series
Ghost Dusters
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Grounds to Kill 2013
Dating Can Be Deadly 2005
Ghost Dusters series
Remains of the Dead 2007
Devil May Ride 2008
Dead and Kicking 2009
Dead Suite 2013
Drop Dead Beauty 2013
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Ghost Dusters series
Sadie Novak owns a company called Scene-2-Clean, a crime scene clean up company. She has a special talent. Whenever she is at a crime scene she can see and interact with the dead with the acceptation of suicides. Sadie does her best to help the ghosts "move on", sometimes she helps solve the crime as well.
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Ghost Dusters series
This is a fantastic series. If you love your cozies paranormal you'll love Wendy Roberts books!
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Up and Coming Releases
Wendy is currently working on a story about a palm reader.
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Emily Castles series
Invitation to Die 2013
Non series books/plays
Alison in Wonderland 1999
The Psychic Detective
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She writes the Emily Castle series
She writes under many names and many series
Casey Daniels: Pepper Martin series
Kylie Logan: Button Box series, League of Literary Ladies series and Chili Cook Off series
Miranda Bliss A Cooking Class series
Zoe Daniels The Year of the Cat series
Constance Laux Romance series
Connie Deka, one book
Connie Lane Romance series
Connie Laux kids books