Prime Crime Author Jennie Bentley to Write More D-I-Y Cozy Mysteries in Avery Baker Series

It seems people want more D-I-Y cozy mysteries and noted Berkely Prime Crime author Jennie Bentley will continue to write them.

Bentley has agreed to write two more mysteries in the popular Avery Baker D-I-Y series for Prime Crime, bringing the total number of books in the Waterfield, Maine-based adventures to five.

Bentley debuted Avery Baker last year with the widely popular Fatal Fixer-Upper and the sequel—Spackled and Spooked—has been well received since its August release. Spackled and Spooked made Barnes & Noble’s Top 6 paperback ranking for the first week, the IMBA top ten the first month and for three weeks was first or second on the Davis-Kidd Bookstore list. Davis-Kidd is one of the south’s leading independent stores.The third book, Plaster and Poison, is scheduled for release March, 2010.

“I’m thrilled to be able to continue the journey with Avery and handyman Derek, and look forward to many more adventures with the fine people of historic and fictional Waterfield, Maine,” said Bentley. “Since there’s a population of just under 10,000 to utilize, I can keep going with the decrepit houses and dead bodies for quite a few books yet.”