Welcome to the next episode of Cozy on up in NC Cardinal! Each episode is a journey through a Cozy Mystery theme or author available in NC Cardinal. I open with a discussion of the history of pumpkin, pumpkin (pie) spice, and how it has become such a big part of American baking, and has now moved beyond that into coffee and now into many other things. As with any reader, we all rotate through various genres and authors, and flip-back-and-forth to our favorites we’ve read many times, trying new authors, and testing different formats like eBooks, audiobooks, large print, and regular print. I review the book / audiobook versions of the following 3 baking-themed Thanksgiving cozy mysteries:

• The Pumpkin Muffin Murder (Nov 2011)


• book #5 in a Fresh-Baked Mystery series, by Livia J. Washburn.


• https://cozy-mystery.com/livia-j-washburn.html


• https://liviajwashburn.yolasite.com/


• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Reasoner


• https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/authors/239302/livia-j-washburn/


• Raspberry Danish Murder (March 2018)


• book #22 in a Hannah Swensen Mystery series, by Joanne Fluke.


• https://cozy-mystery.com/Joanne-Fluke.html


• https://joannefluke.com/


• Murder Gone A-Rye (May 2014)


• book #2 in A Baker’s Treat Mystery series, by Nancy J. Parra


• https://cozy-mystery.com/nancy-j-parra.html

Feel free to join our Goodreads group or Amazon Book Clubs to discuss and recommend books to your fellow cozy mystery lovers. We also have a Pinterest board, if you’d like to follow along there and grab a digital copy of the handout I make for each theme. #cozymystery #cozymysteries #cozyonupinnccardinal

• https://www.amazon.com/amazonbookclubs/detail/amzn1.club.bookclub.32bed2a0-7ebc-0c04-7a91-d60ee307e970


• https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/1176811-cozy-on-up-in-nc-cardinal


• https://www.pinterest.com/yadkinlibrary/cozy-mysteries-in-nc-cardinal-libraries/


• For more cozy mystery info and resources, try FantasticFiction.com, cozy-mystery.com, and cozy-mysteries-unlimited.com.