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What We’re Reading…

February 2026

A Study in Murder

by Callie Hutton

Bath, England, 1890. Mystery author Lady Amy Lovell receives an anonymous letter containing shocking news: her fiancé, Mr. Ronald St. Vincent, has been dabbling in something illegal, which causes her to promptly break their engagement.
Two evenings later, as Lady Amy awaits a visit from Lord William Wethington, fellow member of the Bath Mystery Book Club, her former fiancé makes an unexpected and most unwelcome appearance at her house. She promptly sends him to the library to cool his heels but later discovers the room seemingly empty - until she stumbles upon a dead Mr. St. Vincent with a knife in his chest.
Lord Wethington arrives to find Lady Amy screaming and sends for the police, but the Bobbies immediately assume that she is the killer. Desperate to clear her name, Lady Amy and Lord Wethington launch their own investigation - and stir up a hornet's nest of suspects, from the gardener who served time in prison for murder to a vengeful woman who was spurned by St. Vincent before he proposed to Lady Amy.
Can they close the book on the case before the real killer gets away with murder?

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March 2026

Death in Brittany

by Jean-Luc Bannalec

Commissaire Georges Dupin, a cantankerous, Parisian-born caffeine junkie recently relocated from the glamour of Paris to the remote (if picturesque) Breton coast, is dragged from his morning croissant and coffee to the scene of a curious murder. The local village of Pont-Aven―a sleepy community by the sea where everyone knows one other and nothing much seems to happen―is in shock. The legendary ninety-one-year-old hotelier Pierre-Louis Pennec, owner of the Central Hotel, has been found dead.

A picture-perfect seaside village that played host to Gaugin in the nineteenth century, Pont-Aven is at the height of its tourist season and is immediately thrown into uproar. As Dupin delves into the lives of the victim and the suspects, he uncovers a web of secrecy and silence that belies the village's quaint image.

A delectable read, Jean-Luc Bannalec's Death in Brittany transports readers to the French coast, where you can practically smell the sea air and taste the perfectly cooked steak frites in an expertly crafted, page-turning mystery for fans of Martin Walker.

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April 2026

Author Visit: Landis Wade

by Landis Wade

Landis Wade is a recovering trial lawyer who writes mysteries and legal thrillers with amateur sleuths and underdog attorneys.
His Christmas Courtroom Trilogy has been called a cross between My Cousin Vinny and Miracle on 34th Street.
His Indie Retirement Mystery series involves humor, good puzzles, and engaging retirees who solve mysteries with a historic component. Deadly Declarations, book 1 in the series, won ten awards, including Winner in the 2022 American Fiction Awards in the Cozy Mystery category, and Winner in the Mystery category in the 17th Annual National Indie Excellence Awards. Next in the series is Deadly Gold Rush. His love of history led to this series.
Landis also founded the popular Charlotte Readers Podcast where he interviewed more than 500 authors, and compiled The Write Quotes series–8 books that feature inspirational and practical quotes from those authors. While podcasting, he co-wrote a novella with podcast co-host Sarah Archer titled Death by Podcasting, a comedic mystery about the danger of podcasting with author guests.
The Charlotte Writers Club awarded Landis their 2025 Adelia Kimball Founders Award for service to the club and the literary community. He lives in North Carolina, where he grew up, went to school, practiced law, and learned to write. He enjoys travel, playing golf, reading, and spending time in the mountains and at the beach.

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The Monthly Blog

The Blog

January 2026 Monthly Blog

Happy, happy New Year. The sun came out after a night of pouring rain. It makes me cheery about 2026. May your year be healthy, full of happiness, and cozy reading!

December Monthly Blog

The image is from one of the 2025 holiday decorated windows at Bergdorf Goodman’s Department Store in NYC.

Hello cozy mystery readers. Can you believe we have only 31 days left of 2025? I feel as if I’ve read only a third of the novels I’d intended to read and yet keep getting more advertisements for novels that I’d like to read – desperately!

November Monthly Blog

‍ ‍ Welcome to November and the beginning of the holiday season! We’re looking forward to Thanksgiving, fall leaves, and the delicious feel of cooler days and nights. My sweaters are ready. Time changes this weekend and the days begin to feel shorter. What a great time of year!

‍ ‍. Look for the Book Reviews towards the bottom of the blog. There’s a mystery book there for everyone.

October Monthly Blog

Hello, hello October! It’s the month of pumpkins of all sizes and shapes and candy corn that once eaten will make me all sizes and shapes. Seriously, though, I love this month. It means that fall has begun and there are holidays galore to look towards. It’s the month of pumpkin spice everything and beginning to use cozy throws at night when one sits in a comfy chair to read. Hot chocolate for everyone!

September Monthly Blog

September has crept up on me. I know that I talked about the calendar last posting, but somehow I fell into the changing weather of August. The humid end of August reminded us of when we lived in Florida. Granted, the humidity wasn’t as great as that of Del Rey Beach. But as I said, it was a reminder. It was as if I were back resisting going outside and finally walking out and feeling the hair on the back of my neck curl ever tighter while I went to my car to go to work.

Cozy News

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January News for A Cozy Death Book Club

What a happy new year this is! We have some new members and welcome to all of you. We’re very glad to have you. Our “List for 2026” is out. Please look at the website: www.acozydeath.com. under the Book List. You’ll see it dancing on the site and proud as punch.

October News for A Cozy Death Book Club

What a great meeting in September! We discussed Murder in an Italian Village by Michael Falco. There were mixed reviews of the book. Some of our members thought the book was fun and enjoyed the setting, the Italian phrases that were integrated throughout the novel, and the general upbeat feel of the writing. However, other members thought that the story was farfetched, were annoyed by the coincidence of the protagonist’s best friend’s brother as the Chief of Police, skeptical of the ease with which people could break into the Mayor’s office, and so on. How interesting that the book caused very polar opposite sentiments!

December News

I hope your Thanksgiving was super, yummy, and one to relish. I was indeed thankful. When I was in the hospital the week before I had visions of being in through Thanksgiving and trying hard to be thankful enough that I could say “no” to the institutional gravy that appeared on all of the hospital food! “Why?” I have to ask is gravy so important that it has to go on everything except the cup of salad.

August News for A Cozy Death Book Club

July was our last meeting using Meetup. We read Murder by the Sea by Danielle Collins. The novel took place in Kenya and gave all of us a taste of seaside culture in Kenya.