Cozy Mysteries discussion

Hi there!
I'm a librarian serving a community of color in a large city. I would love to be able to purchase cozies with protagonists who are African American/Black, Hispanic, Native, or Asian. Can anyone recommend some books or authors to check out that have commercially published things in the last year or two?

Thanks!

Kyra Davis' Sophie Katz series' protagonist is mixed race black and Jewish ... Good series!

Lois Lavrisa has the Chubby Chicks Club Cozy Mystery series which includes an African-American, Hispanic-American, and Asian-American as part of the club.

Anne R. Tan has the Raina Sun series, a Chinese cozy mystery series.

Margaret Coel has the Wind River Reservation series. This is a Native American Indian series.

I have some other suggestions if you are interested in non-cozy mysteries.

There are several native American detective series by the Hillermans. They would not be considered cozies, but are fascinating books about the Navajo. Jean Hager has two series in the Cherokee Nation in Oklahoma - one is a police chief and the other a female investigator.

Julesy wrote: "Lois Lavrisa has the Chubby Chicks Club Cozy Mystery series which includes an African-American, Hispanic-American, and Asian-American as part of the club.

Anne R. Tan has the Raina Sun series, a ..."

Thank you! Definitely interested in non-cozies too!

Talking about Native Americans, Margaret Coel has series set on Arapahoes Reservation. Main characters are a Catholic Priest and Arapahoe woman lawyer. stories take place on the Reservation

There's a list at SYKM of multi-cultural protagonist. Here's the link

http://stopyourekillingme.com/Diversi...

I just a giveaway for an upcoming new cozy, first in a new series: Murder in G Major by Alexia Gordon.

There are a couple of more recent mystery series featuring African-American women that I don't see on the SYKM list. Check out:

A.L. Herbert, Murder with Fried Chicken and Waffles

Tyora Moody, Deep Fried Trouble

Pamela Samuels Young, Every Reasonable Doubt

I like the Honey Bun Shop series by M.E. Harmon

Heather L wrote: "I just a giveaway for an upcoming new cozy, first in a new series: Murder in G Major by Alexia Gordon."

This mystery was nominated for an Agatha Award for best first novel in 2016.

So self promoting but I'm a black writer with a light weight amateur detective novel with a black female main character coming out in August with Midnight Ink.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...

Kellye wrote: "So self promoting but I'm a black writer with a light weight amateur detective novel with a black female main character coming out in August with Midnight Ink.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show..."

I'm looking forward to reading your book. I enjoy books with female detectives, amateur or otherwise.

I'm reading The Janissary Tree, the first in Jason Goodwin's Yashid the Eunuch series. It's set in Istanbul in 1836. I'm about 1/3 of the way into it and it's very interesting, and presents a very different perspective than my usual reading.

This new series features an Asian-American protagonist
https://www.goodreads.com/series/211034

A couple of African American women have books that were nominated for Agatha and Lefty mystery awards this year:

Hollywood Homicide by Kellye Garrett

The Plot Is Murder by V.M. Burns

And this series set in Singapore is very good.
Aunty Lee's Delights

Secrets, Lies, and Crawfish Pies is another one

I was under the impression the A. L. Herbert was a White male and not an African American Woman. This is why he makes cultural faux pas in his fictional narratives, such as thinking middle aged African American women place more thought on comparing their physiques to White women physiques, instead of what we really discuss. Due to the fact we are real human beings, we constantly have discussions and make social commentaries about our Family, our Friends, our Careers & Work place, our Community & Church, and the World & Events that effect our lives. If I am wrong about this situation, please send me factual information to disprove my understanding.

Leona wrote: "I was under the impression the A. L. Herbert was a White male and not an African American Woman. This is why he makes cultural faux pas in his fictional narratives, such as thinking middle aged African American women place more thought on comparing their physiques to White women physiques, instead of what we really discuss. Due to the fact we are real human beings, we constantly have discussions and make social commentaries about our Family, our Friends, our Careers & Work place, our Community & Church, and the World & Events that effect our lives. If I am wrong about this situation, please send me factual information to disprove my understanding."

Yes, it is true that A.L. Herbert is not an African American woman. However, the series is about an African-American proganist, which is what I believe this thread is about.

I'm not sure I understand your commentary regarding African-American women comparing their physiques to white women. I never read any of that in his books. There certainly is focus on family, friends, careers, community and church in this series, particularly in the second book.