Cozy Mysteries discussion

It's that time again. Read the season - WINTER

Fill in the letters of the word using the authors first name, last name, or title of the book (A, An, The don't count.)

W - Wicked Appetite
I - I've Heard that Song Before
N - The Nantucket Diet Murders
T - The Tuesday Club Murders
E - Evil Under the Sun
R - Resort to Murder

Winter - December 21, 2010 - March 19, 2011

In honor of sports we will do a sports theme this month since we are in the middle of Hockey,Basketball and also the Superbowl will be coming up. And since it is a "New" year I encourage you to try a new author to you.

1. Sports
2. "New" Author (break out of your comfort zone)

1. Termination Dust
2. Bead on Trouble

2011 A-Z Title Challenge

A - Alibi in High Heels 8/18/11
B - Bead on Trouble 1/14/11
C - A Cook in Time 3/14/11
D - The Down East Murders 3/22/11
E - Evil Under the Sun 2/8/11
F - The First Lady Murders 6/12/11
G - The Ghost and Mrs. McClure 3/4/11
H - Halloween Murder 10/28/11
I - I Heard that Song Before 1/29/11
J - Just Murdered 10/14/11
K - Killer on a Hot Tin Roof 1/11/11
L-
M - Mum's the Word 2/5/11
N - The Nantucket Diet Murders 2/2/11
O - One Bad Apple 5/12/11
P - Poison Ivory 4/30/11
Q-
R - Resort to Murder 1/5/11
S - String of Lies 2/11/11
T - The Tuesday Club Murders 1/2/11
U - Undercover in High Heels 7/2/11
V - A Veiled Antiquity 6/26/11
W - With This Puzzle, I Thee Kill 1/25/11
X-
Y - You May Now Kill the Bride 8/12/11
Z-

The new themes will be:

Flowers -

Mum's the Word

Pink/Red (cover of book in either color) -

Murder of a Real Bad Boy

March Challenges

Read Across America (book doesn't need to be a mystery) -

A Cook in Time

National Craft Month (scrapbooking, beading, painting, card making, etc) -

A Killer Stitch


Featured Author - Alice Kimberly
The Ghost and Mrs. McClure

Read the Season - SPRING

S - Some Like it Lethal
P - Poison Ivory
R - A Real Basket Case
I - India Ink Glossed and Found
N - Nancy Cohen Killer Knots
G - Guess Who's Coming to Die?

April Challenge's

Around the House: Death by Inferior Design

Cats & Dogs: A New Leash on Death

May Challenge's

1. Birth Mother Day (May 7th) and Mother's Day (May 8th) - Read a book where at least one character is a mother. Murder at the PTA Luncheon

2. Blame Someone Else Day (first Friday the 13th of the year) - Read a mystery where someone is falsely accused. Dead Men Don't Lye

3. Frog Jumping Day (May 13th), Dance Like a Chicken Day (May 14th), and National Sea Monkey Day (May 16th) - Read a book with an animal either on the cover or a character in the story. (Note: Any animal counts, even if the cover has a butterfly on it, for example, or a horse in the novel.) Dyer Consequences

4. Pick Strawberries Day (May 20th) and Water a Flower Day (May 30th) - Read a book with a fruit or a flower on the cover, or the cover is red One Bad Apple

June Mini-Challenge

Flip a Coin Day - Death by Darjeeling
Best Friends Day - A Fit of Temper
Name your Poison - Bring Your Own Poison
National Splurge Day - Corpse Suzette
Paul Bunyan Day - The First Lady Murders

Read the Season - Summer

June 21 to Sep 23

S - State of the Onion
U - Undercover in High Heels
M - Murder Makes Waves
M - Rett MacPherson A Veiled Antiquity
E - Selma Eichler Murder Can Run Your Stockings
R - Ron Goulart Groucho Marx, Private Eye

July Mini-Challenge

National Ice Cream Month - The Chocolate Frog Frame-Up
I Forgot Day - Murder of a Botoxed Blonde
Cheer up the Lonely Day - False Premises
Embrace Your Geekness Day - The Sudoku Murder
Teddy Bear Picnic Day - Served Cold

Read Around the USA
2010-2014

51/51

Alabama: Murder Gets a Life 5/16/12
Alaska: Death Takes Passage 7/9/12
Arizona: Pane of Death 11/9/12
Arkansas: A Valley to Die For 9/18/13
California: To Catch a Cook 1/9/12
Colorado: Dropped Dead Stitch 7/13/13
Conneticut: Murder at the PTA Luncheon 5/3/11
Delaware: Hooked Up 11/15/13
District of Columbia: Murder at the National Gallery 11/16/12
Florida: Hair Raiser 8/10/12
Georgia: What Are You Wearing to Die? 9/17/11
Hawaii: Hula Done It? 6/24/14
Idaho: Death Takes a Honeymoon 4/21/11
Illinois: Murder of a Botoxed Blonde 7/5/11
Indiana: Mum's the Word 2/5/11
Iowa: Calamity Jayne Rides Again 9/18/12
*Kansas: A Family for Thanksgiving 11/22/10 Gluten for Punishment 6/21/21
*Kentucky: Sweetbriar 8/29/10 These Haunts are Made for Walking 12/14/18
Louisiana: Killer on a Hot Tin Roof 1/11/11
Maine: Christmas Cookie Murder 12/5/12
Maryland: String of Lies 2/11/11
Massachusetts: Wrecked 1/4/12
Michigan: The Chocolate Frog Frame-Up 7/10/11
Minnesota: Murder in the Air 12/12/13
Mississippi: Bring Your Own Poison 6/8/11
Missouri: Accessory to Murder 10/3/13
*Montana: Her Perfect Man 8/25/13 Death al Dente 10/7/17
Nebraska: Heartland 12/25/14
Nevada: The Death of Frank Sinatra 3/14/10
New Hampshire: The Sudoku Murder 7/29/11
New Jersey: Explosive Eighteen 1/6/12
New Mexico: Sweet Masterpiece 1/29/14
New York: Maggie Needs an Alibi 7/11/13
North Carolina: A Mold for Murder 9/7/11
North Dakota: Home Front 7/6/14
Ohio: Beware False Profits 1/18/12
*Oklahoma: Second Chance Family 2/26/12 Ghost at Work 3/10/21
Oregon: Lead-Pipe Cinch 8/25/14
Pennsylvania: Have Your Cake and Kill Him Too 8/12/12
Rhode Island: The Ghost & Mrs. McClure 3/4/11
South Carolina: Poison Ivory 4/30/11
South Dakota: Murder 9/30/14
Tennessee: Delicious and Suspicious 5/3/14
Texas: Beads of Doubt 11/20/11
Utah: Tutu Deadly 4/18/14
*Vermont: Mistletoe and Holly 11/30/11 A Spoonful of Murder 5/17/17
Virginia: Chili Con Corpses 9/9/12
Washington: Glossed & Found 4/4/11
West Virginia: A Misty Mourning 9/8/13
Wisconsin: Old World Murder 6/27/14
Wyoming: The Edge of Justice 9/11/11

* - originally completed with non-mystery

great list!!!!!

For UTAH you might want to try one of the Shandra Covington mysteries by Jeffrey s. Savage

Natalie Roberts' Jenny Partridge books are good for UT, too. You get some giggles with them!

Melodie wrote: "Natalie Roberts' Jenny Partridge books are good for UT, too. You get some giggles with them!"

I might have to try those since I know someone named Jenny Partridge.

August Challenge

Smile Week - Alibi in High Heels
Beer Day - The Fortieth Birthday Body
Mustard Day - You May Now Kill the Bride
Sister's Day - Major Vices
Just Because...it didn't come in time for July's challenge - Carbs & Cadavers





Author of the Month: Kathleen Bacus
Calamity Jayne

September Mini-Challenge

Fight Procrastination Day - A Mold For Murder 9/7/11
International Literacy Day - Death Comes As the End 9/20/11
Collect Rocks Day - The Edge of Justice 9/11/11
Talk Like a Pirate Day - The Chocolate Cat Caper 9/14/11
Ask a Stupid Question Day - What Are You Wearing to Die? 9/17/11

"Sherlock Holmes" Challenge

Official Start: 9/21/11
End By: 3/21/12
Official End: 2/21/12

1. Sherlock Holmes - Chicago Confidential 2/21/12
2. Dr. Watson - For Better or Hearse 9/30/11
3. 221 B Baker St. - Fatal Fixer-Upper 2/9/12
4. London - Her Royal Spyness 1/15/12
5. Books - The Hound of the Baskervilles 11/11/11
6. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - Beads of Doubt 11/20/11
7. Smoking - Murder is a Girl's Best Friend 10/4/11
8. Drugs - Gunpowder Green 1/12/12
9. Deductive Reasoning - The Hollow 2/6/12
10. Disguise - Halloween Murder 10/28/11
11. Forensic Science - Book Of The Dead 9/24/11
12. Deerstalker Hat & Cape - The Ghost and the Femme Fatale 2/3/12
13. Dr. Moriarty - Crescent Dawn 11/5/11

Read the Season - Autumn

A - Amanda Matetsky Murder is a Girl's Best Friend 10/4/11
U - Undead and Unemployed 10/25/11
T - A Touch of the Grape 10/9/11
U - Up In Smoke 10/22/11
M - Murder at the Kennedy Center 9/27/11
N - The Night Awakens: A Mystery Writers of America Anthology 10/6/11

October Challenge

Diabetes Awareness: A Touch of the Grape 10/9/11
Frugal Fun Day: Murder is a Girl's Best Friend 10/4/11
Wedding Day: Just Murdered 10/14/11
Halloween: Halloween Murder 10/28/11

November Challenge

All Saints Day: Beads of Doubt 11/20/11
Guy Fawkes Day: The Hound of the Baskervilles 11/11/11
Book Lovers Day: Death of a Domestic Diva 11/14/11
Homemade Bread Day: The Diva Runs Out of Thyme 11/26/11
Veterans Day: Just Plain Pickled to Death (from Kate's shelf) 11/17/11





Author of the Month: Tamar Myers
Just Plain Pickled to Death 11/17/11

December Challenge

Repeal Day: We Wish You a Merry Murder 12/13/11
Ear Day: A Christmas Visitor (8th on my Christmas TBR) 12/17/11
Ding-a-Ling: Slay Bells and Satchels by Dorothy Howell 12/22/11
Make Up My Mind: Mistletoe Murder 12/20/11
Unlucky Day: Fleece Navidad 12/3/11

WINTER 2012
December 22,2011 - March 19, 2012

W - Wrecked 1/4/12
I - As Husbands Go by Susan Isaacs 1/25/12
N - Anatomy of a Crossword by Nero Blanc 2/18/12
T - To Catch a Cook 1/9/12
E - Explosive Eighteen 1/6/12
R - Beware False Profits by Emilie Richards 1/18/12

WINTER 2012 List

Here are my titles for the current "WINTER" Challenge. I also posted in the Challenges folder so I could track my progress.

W - Wreath of Deception by Mary Ellen Hughes
I - Index to Murder by Jo Dereske
N - New Year's Eve Murder by Leslie Meier
T - The Trouble with Magic by Madelyn Alt
E - Espresso Shot by Cleo Coyle
R - Roast Mortem by Cleo Coyle

2012 A-Z Title Challenge

A - Anatomy of a Crossword 2/18/12
B - Beware False Profits 1/18/12
C - Cross Your Heart and Hope to Die 2/12/12
D - Deadly Currents 3/22/12
E - Explosive Eighteen 1/6/12
F - Fatal Fixer-Upper 2/9/12
G - Gunpowder Green 1/12/12
H - Her Royal Spyness 1/15/12
I-
J-
K - Killer Insight 3/3/12
L-
M - Murder at the National Catherdral 2/24/12
N - Nemesis 9/24/12
O - One Dead Under the Cuckoo's Nest 9/12/12
P - A Pinch of Poison 4/30/12
Q-
R - Reservations for Murder 7/26/12
S - Slay it With Flowers 1/21/12
T - To Catch a Cook 1/9/12
U - Under the Boardwalk 6/25/12
V - Voices From the Titanic 4/27/12
W - Wrecked 1/4/12
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Y-
Z-

January Mini-Challenge

Step in a Puddle and Splash Your Friend's Day - Wrecked 1/4/12
Blame Someone Else Day - Beware False Profits 1/18/12
Peculiar People Day - To Catch a Cook 1/9/12
Measure Your Feet Day - Explosive Eighteen 1/6/12
Backward Day - Gunpowder Green 1/12/12




Author of the Month - Kate Collins
Slay It With Flowers 1/21/12

February Mini-Challenge

Get a Different Name - The Ghost and the Femme Fatale 2/3/12
Valentine's Day - Cross Your Heart and Hope to Die 2/12/12
Leap Day - Sleeping Lady (skipping to the 29th cozy on the list) 2/15/12
An Affair to Remember Day - Fatal Fixer-Upper 2/9/12

Bonus: Watch An Affair to Remember 2/4/12

Duration: Starts Feb 16th - July 31st

Cozy Themes:

#1 British/English - Mrs. McGinty's Dead 4/17/12

#2 Historical/Period - 1937 The Hindenburg Murders 3/19/12

#3 Animals - Hounded to Death 3/12/12

#4 Culinary/Cooking - Fit to Die 2/29/12

#5 Paranormal - Killer Insight 3/3/12

#6 Vacation Mysteries/Exotic Locations - Murder on the Celtic 5/28/12

#7 Holidays (Mother's Day) - Bon Bon Voyage 5/13/12

#8 Hobbies - Corpse Pose 5/19/12

#9 Professions/Careers/Jobs/Occupations - The Stiff and the Dead 4/3/12

#10 Senior Slueths - The Cooking School Murders 5/3/12

March Mini-Challenge

National Craft Month - The Gourdmother 3/7/12

Old Stuff Day - A Caribbean Mystery 3/24/12

If Pets Had Thumbs Day - Hounded to Death 3/12/12

Middle Name Pride Day - The Hindenburg Murders 3/19/12

Plant a Flower Day - Killer Insight 3/3/12




Author of the Month - Beth Groundwater
Deadly Currents 3/22/12

Read the Season - SPRING
March 20 - June 20

S - The Stiff and the Dead 4/3/12
P - A Pinch of Poison 4/30/12
R - The Cooking School Murders by Virginia Rich 5/3/12
I - Irish Girls About Town: An Anthology of Short Stories 3/31/12
N - Bon Bon Voyage by Nancy Fairbanks 5/13/12
G - Gilt By Association 4/6/12

April Mini-Challenge

April Fool's Day - Mobbed: A Regan Reilly Mystery 4/8/12
100th Sinking of the Titanic - Voices from the Titanic 4/27/12

Bonus - Watched ABC Titanic miniseries and the Len Goodman Titanic special

May Mini-Challenge

Renewal Day - Bon Bon Voyage 5/13/12
Twilight Zone Day - The Witness 5/10/12
Wear Purple for Peace Day -Murder Gets A Life (my copy has a purple spine) 5/16/12
Older Americans Month - The Cooking School Murders 5/3/12
Briansgirl's Birthday - Murder is Binding 5/6/12




Author of the Month - Lorna Barrett
Murder is Binding 5/6/12

May Mini Challenge

Renewal Day: The Mark Twain Murders-------------------Read
Twilight Zone Day:
Wear Purple for Peace Day:Death takes a Gander
Older Americans Month:Getting Old Can Kill You
BriansGirls Birthday:

June Mini-Challenge

Fight the Filthy Fly Month - A Body to Die For 6/6/12
Flip a Coin Day - Tote Bags and Toe Tags 6/9/12
Golden Wedding Anniversary - 'Til Death Do Us Part 6/12/12
National Pink Day - Murder Can Depress Your Dachshund: A Desiree Shapiro Mystery 6/22/12
Paul Bunyan Day - Bodies of Water 6/3/12

Read the Season - SUMMER
June 20 - September 21

S - Shore to Die 7/24/12
U - Under the Boardwalk 6/25/12
M - Manor of Death 7/21/12
M - Murder at the Pentagon 8/7/12
E - Murder Can Depress Your Dachshund by Selma Eichler 6/22/12
R - Reservations for Murder 7/26/12

July Mini-Challenge

Sidewalk Egg Frying Day - Murder by the Slice 7/3/12
Embrace Your Geekness Day- The Square Root of Murder 7/6/12
Moon Day - For Whom Death Tolls 7/18/12
Summer Olympics - The Clocks 7/12/12
Mutt's Day - Manor of Death 7/21/12

Read the Rainbow 2012
July 1 - September 30

Red -The Clocks (my cover is solid red) finished 7/12/12

Orange - Maisie Dobbs finished 8/21/12

Yellow -Manor of Death finished 7/21/12

Green - Have Your Cake and Kill Him Too finished 8/12/12

Blue - Death Takes Passage finished 7/9/12

Purple/Violet -Murder at the Pentagon finished 8/7/12

Linda wrote: "Read the Rainbow 2012
July 1 - September 30

Blue - Death Takes ..."

I also read Death Takes Passage by Sue Henry for Blue as well as to cross off Alaska in my states.

August Mini-Challenge

2012 Summer Olympics - Have Your Cake and Kill Him Too 8/12/12
Book Lover's Day - Bell, Cook, and Candle 8/18/12
Lazy Day - Murder at the Pentagon 8/7/12
National Thriftshop Day - Hair Raiser 8/10/12
Vesuvius Day - Another Word For Murder 8/15/12

September Mini-Challenge

National Beheading Day - Back to School Murder 9/3/12
Fight Procrastination Day - One Dead Under the Cuckoo's Nest 9/12/12
No News is Good News Day - Murder on the Potomac 9/15/12
International Talk Like a Pirate Day - Deep Sea Dead 9/21/12
Ask a Stupid Question Day - Calamity Jayne Rides Again 9/18/12





Author of the Month - Ellery Adams
Chili Con Corpses 9/9/12

Read the Season - AUTUMN
September 22 - December 21, 2012

A - Auntie Mayhem 10/10/12
U - Undead and Unappreciated 10/19/12
T - Thistle and Twigg 10/24/12
U - Undead and Unreturnable 10/21/12
M - Baroque and Desperate by Tamar Myers 10/4/12
N - Nemesis 9/24/12

October Mini-Challenge

Breast Cancer Awareness Month - Undead and Unreturnable 10/21/12
Take Your Teddy Bear to Work Day - Killed by Clutter 10/16/12
International Skeptics Day - Baroque and Desperate 10/4/12
National Tell a Story Day - Shades of Earl Grey 10/7/12

November Mini-Challenge

Book Lover's Day - Murder at the National Gallery 11/16/12
Election Day - Murder Can Crash Your Party 11/12/12
Veteran's Day - Dig Deep for Murder 11/21/12
America Recycles Day - Pane of Death 11/9/12
Thanksgiving - All Hallows' Evil 11/3/12




Author of the Month - Valerie Wolzien
All Hallows' Evil 11/3/12

December Mini-Challenge

Repeal Day - Notorious Nineteen 12/29/12
Put on Your Own Shoes Day - Dude On Arrival 12/15/12
Bake Cookies Day - Christmas Cookie Murder 12/5/12
Make Cut Out Snowflakes Day - A Christmas Beginning: A Novel 12/19/12



Author of the Month - Joanne Fluke
Gingerbread Cookie Murder 12/8/12

WINTER 2013
December 21, 12 - March 20, 13

W -Well Bred and Dead 10/6/13
I - If Cooks Could Kill 6/7/13
N - Notorious Nineteen 12/29/12
T - Tutu Deadly
E - The Eye of the World 1/9/13
R -The Dragon Reborn by Robert Jordan 1/26/13

2013 A-Z Title Challenge

A - Accessory to Murder 10/3/13
B - Bantam of the Opera 7/19/13
C - A Crazy Little Thing Called Death 6/13/13
D - Death by Cashmere 6/16/13
E - Evening Bags and Executions 7/3/13
F - First Pedigree Murder 9/3/13
G - Ghouls Just Want to Have Fun 9/30/13
H - High Heels are Murder 9/13/13
I - If Cooks Could Kill 6/7/13
J-
K - Knock Off 7/28/13
L - The Long Quiche Goodbye 7/16/13
M - Mayhem in High Heels 6/30/13
N-
O-
P - Pleating for Mercy 6/27/13
Q-
R - Ringing in Murder 12/26/13
S - Shop Till You Drop 6/20/13
T - Three Act Tragedy 10/24/13
U - An Unsuitable Job for a Woman 8/4/13
V - A Valley to Die For 9/18/13
W - Well Bred and Dead 10/6/13
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January Mini-Challenge

Run up the flagpole - The Eye of the World 1/9/13
Cuddle Up Day - Bantam of the Opera 7/19/13
Peculiar People Day - Murder Shoots the Bull 9/24/13
National Nothing Day - Highlights to Heaven by Nancy J. Cohen 10/21/13
Letter Writing Week - The Great Hunt 1/19/13

February Mini-Challenge

International Flirting Week - Murder of a Chocolate-Covered Cherry 8/13/13
Candlemas - The Fires of Heaven 2/18/13
The Day the Music Died - The Shadow Rising 2/8/13
Get a Different Name Day - A Dinner to Die For 11/18/13
No Brainer Day - The Mysterious Mr. Quin 7/22/13

March Mini-Challenge

Crochet Week - Framed in Lace
Old Stuff Day - A Dinner to Die For 11/18/13
Be Nasty Day - A Crown of Swords 3/13/13
Middle Name Pride Day - Leftover Dead by Jimmie Ruth Evans
Extraterrestrial Abductions Day - The Path of Daggers 3/22/13