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Beyond Bestsellers: The Best of the New

Beyond Bestsellers are selected lists of outstanding new fiction and nonfiction titles chosen by Madison Public Librarians.

Beyond Bestsellers are selected lists of outstanding new fiction and nonfiction titles chosen by Madison Public Librarians. Lists are published four times a year.  Look for print copies of the lists in your local library or use them on the library's web site and place holds immediately on titles of interest.

Beyond Bestsellers is coordinated and annotated by Librarian Lisa Mettauer at the Central Library.

Cozy Mystery Authors

A list of cozy mystery authors.

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A Cozy Mystery usually takes place in a benign universe, in a small town setting. They usually involve a domestic crime, one without violence or bloodshed, committed with a blunt instrument or poison. Cozies are most often solved by gifted amateur detectives, and involve solving some form of a puzzle through observation, deduction and the keen understanding of human nature. There is no graphic violence or use of strong language.

(New additions denoted with an * )

Author. Series Characters, Character's Profession, and Character's Hometown