Episode 7: Cozy Mysteries for Middle Grade

Grab your shawl, pour yourself a spot of tea and get cozy. For Episode 7 of Two Lit Mamas, the ladies dig into all things murderous. From traditional British cozies to inspired African American mysteries, the mamas share their favorite TV shows and grown up murder mysteries while uncovering fab mysteries for middle graders. So, take a bun break and Greek out with the mamas or Miss Fortune will find you.     Middle Grade Cozies:Taylor & Rose Secret Agents, Peril in Paris by Katherine WoodfineIn 1911, two young detectives, Sophie Taylor and Lillian Rose, shift their focus from sleuthing to the fast-paced world of espionage as they take on a case for Britain’s mysterious Secret Service Bureau. While Lil has been sent on a special mission, Sophie is tasked with uncovering why Bureau agent, Professor Blaxland, was found murdered in his Paris apartment. Although the City of Lights is beautiful and alluring, doom lurks around every corner.Murder Most Unladylike by Robin StevensIn this first Wells and Wong mystery, detectives Daisy Wells and Hazel Wong get their chance to solve a real crime at their boarding school, The Deepdean School for Girls. After Hazel discovers their science teacher, Miss Bell, dead in the gymnasium, she rushes to get her partner but by the time they return, the body is gone. The girls have to find the killer before he or she strikes again.The Clubhouse Mysteries, The Mystery of the Buried Bones by Sharon M. DraperIn this first book in the series by best-selling author Sharon M. Draper, four friends have to find a way to spend their summer after finding their basketball court destroyed. The boys decide to use some salvaged fencing supplies and build a clubhouse for their new club, The Black Dinosaurs. When the boys discover a box of bones, they agree to solve the mystery inside which takes them on an unexpected journey and leading them to finally understand why Mr. Green has been lurking around, singing, “Dem bones gonna rise again.”The Great Cake Mystery by Alexander McCall Smith This book is the first of three cozy mysteries for kids exploring the origins of Detective Precious Ramotswe, from Smith’s long-time cozy mystery series, The #1 Ladies Detective Agency. In this tale, Precious lives with her father in a small Botswanan village. When sweets go missing before snack time at the village school, everyone assumes it was Poloko, their “traditionally built” classmate. But the young sleuth, Precious, disagrees and constructs the perfect trap to find the real perpetrator and clear Poloko’s name.Pick Six: The Mamas Fave Grown Up CoziesLucy Stone by Leslie MeierGreek to Me Series by Susannah HardyMiss Fortune Series by Jana DeLeonInspector Barnaby Series by Caroline GrahamMr. Parker Pyne by Agatha ChristieMurder She WroteReference Links:Masterclass.com cozy murder parametersMasterpiece Mystery TheaterSt. Trinians movieDown the Rabbit Hole PodcastTwo Lit Mamas Blog