Meet This New Cozy Mystery Author

Confessions from a cozy mystery author. I kill husbands. Well, not really, but I've always wanted to write murder mysteries and husbands make great victims. Especially the awful ones. I was weaned on Nancy Drew. I played a lot of Clue. I adore Agatha Christie. 

It's never too late to follow your dreams, no matter how long it takes. Friends say I  am a mischief-maker, story-teller, and bender of the facts. 

A career journalist, I now write modern-day, not-so-cozy mysteries without much regard for the truth. Born and raised a wild child on Florida’s sandy beaches, I now live in the Ozark Mountains of Arkansas. I very much like the ratio of people to trees in The Natural State. 

 I am an insatiable world traveler, and plan to turn  my bucket list travels into backdrop settings, sharing destinations with readers on the hunt for whodunnit. 

The Cardboard Cottage Mystery series is set in Arkansas every other book, and on a bucket list destination every other book. We've traveled to Hot Springs, Arkansas; Galapagos Islands, Ecuador; Arkansas Wine Country; and now we're headed to Ireland. 

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Author Jane Elzey writes a modern day cozy mystery series about four audacious women and the games they play to win... while husbands die trying. (A husband always dies.) 

As spirited in their middle-aged years as they were in their youth, Amy, Zelda, Genna and Rian manage to land in trouble wherever they go. Join these four friends on their adventures in an Ozarks tale of calamity and Southern Arkan-sass, as they unravel whodunnit and whodidnt. 

Readers are giving 5 stars to the camaraderie at The Cardboard Cottage & Company, where these zany women live their lives like it's nobody's business but their own. 

Born from a trip to Mexico and a love for games, the Cardboard Cottage Mystery series is both a dream and hard-work come true. 

This series is the perfect read for mystery buffs craving armchair travel with a sisterhood now on the other side of middle age. It's a not-so-cozy mystery with games, fluffy cats, and women whose southern sass is anything but cookie-cutter sweet. 

Press Clips and Podcasts

NWA Democrat Gazette 

 Becca Martin

https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2023/jan/22/book-column-jane-elzey-writes-cozy-new-mystery/

NWA Herald Leader

Marc Hayot 

https://hl.nwaonline.com/photos/2022/oct/12/3230268/

NWA Democrat Gazette 

 Becca Martin

https://www.nwaonline.com/news/2021/jun/20/hidden-gems-best-friends-cozy-mysteries-and-a/

Bailey Design Books

https://www.baileydesignsbooks.com/jane-elzey-vip-club/

Writer Wonderland

https://writerwonderland.weebly.com/blog/meet-cozy-mystery-author-jane-elzey

Only in Arkansas

Keisha Pittman McKinney 

https://onlyinark.com/culture/cozy-winter-reads-by-arkansas-authors/

Eureka Springs Independent

Becky Gillette

http://eureka.news/lockdown-was-cozy-for-mystery-writer/

Only in Arkansas

Keisha Pittman McKinney

https://onlyinark.com/culture/great-summer-vacation-reads-from-arkansas-authors/

Pen in Hand, Words on a Page

Victoria Williams

https://victorialkwilliams.blog/2021/06/06/meet-jane-elzey/

Meg's Book Rack

http://megsbookrack.com/review-dying-for-dominoes-a-cardboard-cottage-mystery-by-jane-elzey/

What's Up Podcast

Becca Martin

https://www.nwaonline.com/news/2021/jun/18/listen-whats-podcast-interview-jane-elzey/

Cozy Ink Podcast

Leah Bailey

https://cozyinkpodcast.com/author-interview-with-jane-elzey/

Fayetteville Public Library Podcast

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gB294X0US8U&t=9s

Eureka People Chat

Melodye Purdy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rp8nvXBtiw4&t=294s