Our resident expert in traditional, cozy and history mysteries, gives us a great list of bests to ponder:

GLORY DAZE, Danielle Arceneaux (Pegasus Crime, $27.95, March)

A DEATH IN DIAMONDS, S.J. Bennett (Crooked Lane Books, $29.99, January)

JUST ANOTHER DEAD AUTHOR, Katarina Bivald (Poisoned Pen Press, $17.99, August)

I DIED FOR BEAUTY, Amanda Flower (Berkley, $19.00, February)

THE LIST OF SUSPICIOUS THINGS, Jennie Godfrey (Sourcebooks/Landmark, $17.99, December)

THE FROZEN PEOPLE, Elly Griffiths (Pamela Dorman Books, $30.00, July)

MARBLE HALL MURDERS, Anthony Horowitz (Harper, $31.00, May)

MAKING A KILLING, Cara Hunter (William Morrow, $18.99, May)

AN EXCELLENT THING IN A WOMAN, Allison Montclair (Severn House, $29.99. February)

NO COMFORT FOR THE DEAD, R.P. O’Donnell (Crooked Lane, $29.99, February)

THE CASE OF THE MISSING MAID, Rob Osler (Kensington, $27.00, January)

AT MIDNIGHT COMES THE CRY, Julia Spencer-Fleming (Minotaur, $29.00, November)

HUNTER’S HEART RIDGE, Sarah Stewart Taylor (Minotaur, $29.00, August)

THE BOTANIST’S ASSISTANT, Peggy Townsend (Berkley, $19.00, November)

NO. 10 DOYERS STREET, Radha Vatsal (Level Best Books, $27.95, March)