Nicholas Blake. (view spoiler)[ cecil Day-Lewis (or Day Lewis) CBE (27 April 1904 – 22 May 1972), often written as C. Day-Lewis, was an Anglo-Irish poet and Poet Laureate from 1968 until his death in 1972. He also wrote mystery stories under the pseudonym of Nicholas Blake. A Question of Proof (1935); First US edition by Harper and Brothers (1935) Thou Shell of Death (1936; First US edition by Harper and Brothers published as Shell of Death) (1936) There's Trouble Brewing (1937) The Beast Must Die (1938) The Smiler with the Knife (1939). Serialised News Chronicle, 1939 Malice in Wonderland (1940; U.S. title: The Summer Camp Mystery) The Case of the Abominable Snowman (1941; also published as The Corpse in the Snowman) Minute for Murder (1947) Head of a Traveller (1949) The Dreadful Hollow (1953) The Whisper in the Gloom (1954; also published as Catch and Kill) End of Chapter (1957) The Widow's Cruise (1959) The Worm of Death (1961) The Sad Variety (1964) The Morning after Death (1966) Non-series novels A Tangled Web (1956; also published as Death and Daisy Bland) A Penknife in My Heart (1958) The Deadly Joker (1963) The Private Wound (1968) (hide spoiler)]
Edmund Crispin(view spoiler)[ GERVASE FEN MYSTERY Series: Main Character: Gervase Fen, Oxford Professor, England
The Case of the Gilded Fly ’44 (aka: Obsequies at Oxford) Holy Disorders ‘45 The Moving Toyshop ‘46 Swan Song ’47 (aka: Dead and Dumb) Love Lies Bleeding ‘48 Buried for Pleasure ‘49 Frequent Hearses ’50 (aka: Sudden Vengeance) The Long Divorce ’51 (aka: A Noose for Her) Beware of the Trains ‘53 The Glimpses of the Moon ‘77 (hide spoiler)]
clara benson (view spoiler)[ The Man on the Train (Angela Marchmont Mystery, #0.5) ❎The Murder at Sissingham Hall A Pinch of Strychnine (Angela Marchmont Mystery, #2.5) ❎The Mystery at Underwood House (Angela Marchmont Mystery #2) ❎ The Treasure at Poldarrow Point ❎The Riddle at Gipsy's Mile (An Angela Marchmont Mystery Book 4) ❎The Incident at Fives Castle (Angela Marchmont Mystery #5) A Question of Hats (Angela Marchmont Mystery, #5.5) ❎The Imbroglio at the Villa Pozzi (Angela Marchmont Mystery #6) ❎The Problem at Two Tithes (An Angela Marchmont Mystery #7) ❎The Trouble at Wakeley Court ❎The Scandal at 23 Mount Street (An Angela Marchmont Mystery #9) ❎The Shadow at Greystone Chase (An Angela Marchmont Mystery Book 10)
A Case of Blackmail in Belgravia (Freddy Pilkington-Soames Adventures #1) A Case of Murder in Mayfair (Freddy Pilkington-Soames Adventures #2) A Case of Conspiracy in Clerkenwell (Freddy Pilkington-Soames Adventures #3) A Case of Duplicity in Dorset (Freddy Pilkington-Soames Adventures #4) A Case of Suicide in St. James's (Freddy Pilkington-Soames Adventures #5) A Case of Robbery on the Riviera (A Freddy Pilkington-Soames Adventure Book 6)
Angela's Christmas Adventure In Darkness, Look for Stars: An absolutely gripping, heartbreaking and epic World War 2 historical novel (hide spoiler)]
Mary higgins clark (view spoiler)[ 🔵Cry in the night 🔵Cradle will fall 🔵Crime of passion Before i say goodbye no cc 🔵Stllwatch Fire in the dark Lucky day 🔵Try to remember He sees you when youre sleeping 🔵Moonlight becomes you 🔵Havent we met before We ll meet again 🔵Pretend you don t see her I🌟🌟🌟 ll be seeing you Loves musjc, loves to dance 🔵All around town 🌟🌟🔵You belong to me Let me call ylu sweetheart no cc 🔵while my pretty one sleeps Where are the children (hide spoiler)]
Sparkle Abbey(aka Mary Lee Woods and Anita Carter)(view spoiler)[ PAMPERED PETS MYSTERY Series: Main Characters: Mel Langston, Owner of Bow Wow Boutique & Caro Lamont, Pet Therapist, Laguna Beach, California
Desperate Housedogs ’11 Get Fluffy ’12 Kitty Kitty Bang Bang ’12 Yip/Tuck ’13 Fifty Shades of Greyhound ’14 The Girl with the Dachshund Tattoo ’14 Downton Tabby ’15 Raiders of the Lost Bark ’16 Barking with the Stars ’17 The Dogfather ’18 (hide spoiler)]
Riley Adams(aka Elizabeth Craig & Elizabeth Spann Craig) (view spoiler)[ MEMPHIS BBQ MYSTERY Series: Main Character: Lulu Taylor, Owner of Barbeque Restaurant, Memphis, Tennessee
Delicious and Suspicious ’10 Finger Lickin’ Dead ’11 Hickory Smoked Homicide ’11 Rubbed Out ’13 (hide spoiler)]
Rebecca Adler (view spoiler)[ TASTE OF TEXAS MYSTERY Series: Main Character: Josie Callahan, former Austin journalist and current head waitress, returning to small town Broken Boot, Texas
Here Today, Gone Tamale ’15 The Good, the Bad and the Guacamole ’16 Cinco De Murder ’18 (hide spoiler)]
Conrad Allen (view spoiler)[ DILLMAN Series: Main Character: George Porter Dillman, Detective, Former Pinkerton Agent & Yacht Builder
Murder on the Lusitania ’99 Murder on the Mauretania ’00 Murder on the Minnesota ’02 Murder on the Caronia ’03 Murder on the Marmora ’04 Murder on the Salsette ’05 Murder on the Oceanic ’06 Murder on the Celtic ’07 (hide spoiler)]
Jeffrey Allen(aka Jeff Shelby) (view spoiler)[ STAY AT HOME DAD MYSTERY Series: Main Character: Deuce Winters, Stay at Home Dad, Daughter’s Soccer Coach, Texas
Stay at Home Dead ’12 Popped Off ’12 Father Knows Death ’13 (hide spoiler)]
SAMANTHA SHAW MYSTERY Series: Main Character: Samantha Shaw, Owner of Dating Service, Single Mom, California
Dating Can Be Murder ‘02 Dying to Meet You ‘03 Ninja Soccer Moms ‘04 Batteries Required ‘05 Thrilled to Death ‘06 (hide spoiler)]
Lucy Arlington (view spoiler)[ A NOVEL IDEA MYSTERY Series: Main Character: Lila Wilkins, Middle Age Ex-Journalist, Literary Agency Intern, North Carolina
b possibilities (view spoiler)[ Donna Ball (view spoiler)[ RAINE STOCKTON DOG MYSTERY Series: Main Characters: Raine Stockton, Ex-Tracker & Cisco, Golden Retriever, North Carolina
Smoky Mountain Tracks ’06 Rapid Fire ’06 Gun Shy ’07 Bone Yard ’11 Silent Night ’11 The Dead Season ’12 High in Trial ’13 Double Dog Dare ’13 Home of the Brave ’14 Dog Days ’15 Land of the Free ’16 Deadfall ’17 The Devil’s Deal ’18 Murder Creek ’20 All that Glitters ’13 (Story)
DOGLEG ISLAND MYSTERY Series: Main Character: Deputy Sherriff Ryan Grady & Police Chief Aggie Malone, Flash, Border Collie, Dogleg Island, Florida
Flash ’15 The Sound of Running Horses ’16 Flash of Brilliance ’17 Pieces of Eight ’19 Flash in the Dark ’21 (hide spoiler)]
Ella Barrick(view spoiler)[(aka Laura DiSilverio & Lila Dare)
BALLROOM DANCE MYSTERY Series: Main Character: Stacy Graysin, Part Owner of Ballroom Dance Studio, Alexandria, Virginia
Quickstep to Murder ’11 Dead Man Waltzing ’12 The Homicide Hustle ’13 Written as Laura DiSilverio: READAHOLICS BOOK CLUB MYSTERY Series: Main Character: Amy-Faye Johnson, Event-Planner, Readaholics Book Club Member, Colorado
The Readaholics and the Falcon Fiasco ’15 The Readaholics and the Poirot Puzzle ’15 The Readaholics and the Gothic Gala ’16 CHARLIE SWIFT MYSTERY Series: Main Character: Charlie Swift, Private Investigator, Colorado Springs
Swift Justice ’10 Swift Edge ’11 Swift Run ’12 MALL COP MYSTERY Series: Main Character: EJ Ferris, Security Officer, Virginia
Die Buying ’11 All Sales Fatal ’12 Malled to Death ’13 BLOOD RIVER MYSTERY Series: Main Character: new police chief in Buck Lawson in Marcy, Georgia
Lillian Bell:(view spoiler)[ FUNERAL PARLOR MYSTERY Series: Main Character: Desiree Turner, Ex-Journalist, Funeral Director, California
A Grave Issue ’18 If the Coffin Fits ’18 (hide spoiler)]
Maymee Bell(view spoiler)[ (aka Tonya Kappes) SOUTHERN CAKE BAKER MYSTERY Series: Main Character: Sophia Cummings, Pastry Chef, Owner of For Goodness Cakes bakery, Kentucky
Cake and Punishment ’18 Batter Off Dead ’18 (hide spoiler)]
Carole Berry (view spoiler)[ BONNIE INDERMILL MYSTERY Series: Main Character: Bonnie Indermill, Office Temp Worker, New York City
The Letter of the Law ’87 The Year of the Monkey ’88 Good Night Sweet Prince ’90 Island Girl ’91 The Death of a Difficult Woman ’94 The Death of a Dancing Fool ’96 Death of a Dimpled Darling ’97 Death of a Downsizer ’99 (hide spoiler)]
Bethany Blake (view spoiler)[ LUCKY PAWS PETSITTING MYSTERY Series: Main Character: Daphne Templeton, pet sitter in the lakeside village of Sylvan Creek
Death by Chocolate Lab ’17 Dial Meow for Murder ’17 Pawprints and Predicaments ’18 A Midwinter’s Tail ’18 Something Borrowed, Something Mewed ’19 Of Mutts and Murder ’20 OWL & CRESCENT MYSTERY Series: Main Character: Willow Bellamy, Pennsylavnia ar school teacher
Crossword Series: The Crossword Murder ’99 Two Down ’00 The Crossword Connection ’01 A Crossword to Die For ‘02 A Crossworder’s Holiday ’02…………CHRISTMAS Corpus de Crossword ‘03 A Crossworder’s Gift ‘03………………CHRISTMAS Anatomy of a Crossword ‘04 Wrapped Up in Crosswords ‘04 Another Word for Murder ‘05 A Crossworder’s Delight ‘05 Death on the Diagonal ’06 (hide spoiler)]
Alice K. Boatwright (view spoiler)[ ELLIE KENT MYSTERY Series: Main Character: Ellie Kent, American Professor of English Literature, Vicar’s Wife, English Cotswolds
Under an English Heaven ’14 What Child is This? ’17 (hide spoiler)]
Dire Threads ’11 Threaded for Trouble ’12 Thread and Buried ’13 Night of the Living Thread ’14 Seven Threadly Sins ’15 (hide spoiler)]
Jacklyn Brady(aka Sherry Lewis & Sammi Carter) (view spoiler)[ PIECE OF CAKE MYSTERY Series: Main Character: Rita Lucero, Pastry Chef, New Orleans
A Sheetcake Named Desire ’11 Cake on a Hot Tin Roof ’12 Arsenic and Old Cake ’12 The Cakes of Wrath ’13 Rebel Without a Cake ’14 The Cakes of Monte Cristo ’16 (hide spoiler)]
Elizabeth Kane Buzzelli(aka Elizabeth Lee) (view spoiler)[
LITTLE LIBRARY MYSTERY Series: Main Character: Jenny Weston, returning home to Bear Falls, Michigan
A Most Curious Murder ’16 She Stopped for Death ’17 In Want of a Knife ’18 And Then They Were Doomed ’19 EMILY KINCAID MYSTERY Series: Main Characters: Emily Kincaid, Reporter & Dolly Wakowski, Deputy, Michigan
Dead Dancing Women ’08 Dead Floating Lovers ’09 Dead Sleeping Shaman ’10 Dead Dogs and Englishmen ’11 Dead Little Dolly ’13 (hide spoiler)]
CAJUN COUNTRY MYSTERY Series: Main Character: Maggie Crozat, manager of her family’s plantation-turned-bed-and-breakfast, Louisiana
Plantation Shudders ’15 Body on the Bayou ’16 A Cajun Christmas Killing ’17 Mardi Gras Murder ’18 Fatal Cajun Festival ’19 Murder in the Bayou Boneyard ’20 Cajun Kiss of Death ’21 (hide spoiler)](hide spoiler)]
ASHTON CORNERS BOOK CLUB MYSTERY Series: Main Character: Lizzie Turner, Reading Specialist, Her Two Siamese Cats (Edam & Brie), & Her Five Mystery Book Club Friends, Alabama
A Killer Read ’12 Read and Buried ’12 Cover Story ’13 Book Fair and Foul ’14 Law and Author ’15 (hide spoiler)]
Melissa Cleary (view spoiler)[ DOG LOVERS Mystery Series: Main Characters: Jackie Walsh, Professor of Film Studies & Jake, Dog
A Tail of Two Murders ‘92 Dog Collar Crime ‘93 Hounded to Death ‘93 Skull and Dog Bones ‘94 First Pedigree Murder ‘94 Dead and Buried ‘94 The Maltese Puppy ‘95 Murder Most Beastly ‘96 Old Dogs ‘97 And Your Little Dog, Too ‘98 In the Doghouse ‘00 (hide spoiler)]
Jane K. Cleland (view spoiler)[ JOSIE PRESCOTT ANTIQUES MYSTERY Series: Main Character: Josie Prescott, Antiques Dealer, New Hampshire
Consigned to Death ’06 Deadly Appraisal ’07 Antiques to Die For ’08 Killer Keepsakes ’09 Silent Auction ’10 Deadly Threads ’11 Dolled Up for Murder ’12 Lethal Treasure ’13 Blood Rubies ’14 Ornaments of Death ’15 The Glow of Death ’16 Antique Blues ’18 Hidden Treasure ’20 (hide spoiler)]
Jeffrey Cohen (view spoiler)[ AARON TUCKER MYSTERY Series: Main Character: Aaron Tucker, Journalist, Screen Writer, New Jersey
For Whom the Minivan Rolls ’02 A Farewell to Legs ’03 As Dog Is My Witness ’05 DOUBLE FEATURE MYSTERY Series: Main Character: Elliot Freed, Owner of Comedy Tonight Movie Theater, New Jersey
Some Like It Hot-Buttered ’07 It Happened One Knife ’08 A Night at the Operation ’09 (hide spoiler)]
Nancy J. Cohen (view spoiler)[ BAD HAIR DAY Series: Permed to Death ’99 Hair Raiser ’00 Murder by Manicure ’01 Body Wave ’02 Highlights to Heaven ’03 Died Blonde ’04 Dead Roots ’05 Perish by Pedicure ’06 Killer Knots ’07 Shear Murder ’12 Hanging by a Hair ’14 Peril by Ponytail ’15 Facials Can Be Fatal ’17 Hair Brained ’17' (hide spoiler)]
Kate Collins (view spoiler)[ GODDESS OF GREEN ST. MYSTERY MYSTERY Series Main Character: Athena Spencer, worker at her family’s garden center on coastal Michigan
Statue of Limitations ’20 A Big Fat Greek Murder ’20 FLOWER SHOP MYSTERY Series: Main Character: Abby Knight, Owner of Bloomers Florists, Indiana
Mum’s the Word ’04 Slay It with Flowers ’05 Dearly Depotted ’05 Snipped in the Bud ’06 Acts of Violets ’07 A Rose from the Dead ’07 Shoots to Kill ’08 Evil in Carnations ’09 Sleeping with Anemone ’10 Dirty Rotten Tendrils ’10 Night of the Living Dandelion ’11 To Catch a Leaf ’11 Nightshade on Elm Street ’12 Seed No Evil ’13 Throw in the Trowel ’14 A Root Awakening ’15 Florist Grump ’15 Moss Hysteria ’16 Yews with Caution ’17 (hide spoiler)]
Susan Conant (view spoiler)[ DOG LOVER’S MYSTERY Series: Main Character: Holly Winter, Writer for Dog’s Life Magazine, Cambridge
A New Leash on Death ‘90 Dead and Doggone ‘90 A Bite of Death ‘91 Paws Before Dying ‘91 Gone to the Dogs ’92………………CHRISTMAS Bloodlines ‘92 Ruffly Speaking ‘94 Black Ribbon ‘95 Stud Rites ‘96 Animal Appetite ‘97 Barker Street Regulars ‘98 Evil Breeding ‘99 Creature Discomforts ‘00 The Wicked Flea ‘02 The Dogfather ‘03 Bride and Groom ’04 Gaits of Heaven ’06 All Shots ’07 Brute Strength ’11 Sire and Damn ’15 (hide spoiler)]
Hy Conrad (view spoiler)[ AMY’S TRAVEL MYSTERY Series: Main Character: Amy Abel, Adventure Travel Agency Owner, Fanny, Amy’s Interfering Mother
Rally ‘Round the Corpse ’12 (aka Toured to Death ’15) Dearly Departed ’16 Death on the Patagonian Express ’16 (hide spoiler)]
Cate Conte(aka Liz Mugavero) (view spoiler)[ CAT CAFE MYSTERY Series: Main Character: Maddie James, Cat Café owner, Daybreak Island, Massachusetts
Cat About Town ’17 Purrder She Wrote ’18 The Tell Tail Heart ’19 A Whisker of a Doubt ’20 Claws for Alarm ’21 (hide spoiler)]
J. J. Cook(aka Joyce and Jim Lavene & Ellie Grant) (view spoiler)[
SWEET PEPPER FIRE BRIGADE MYSTERY Series: Main Character: Stella Griffin, Fire Chief, & Ex Fire Chief Eric Gamlyn (as in deceased!), Tennessee
That Old Flame of Mine ’13 Playing with Fire ’14 In Hot Water ’15 Sweet Pepper Hero ’16 Hero’s Journey (Novella after Playing with Fire) ’13
BISCUIT BOWL FOOD TRUCK MYSTERY Series: Main Character: Zoe Chase, Food Truck Chef & Owner, Mobile, Alabama
Death on Eat Street ’14 Fry Another Day ’15 Fat Tuesday Fricassee ’15 (hide spoiler)]
Maya Corrigan (view spoiler)[ FIVE-INGREDIENT MYSTERY Series: Main Character: Val Deniston, Manager of Fitness Club Café, Cool Down Cafe, Chesapeake Bay
By Cook or by Crook ’14 Scam Chowder ’15 Final Fondue ’16 The Tell-Tale Tarte ’17 S’more Murders ’18 Crypt Suzette ’19 Gingerdead Man ’20 (hide spoiler)]
SUGAR GROVE MYSTERY Series: Main Character: Dani Greene: Maple Sugar Maker at Family-Owned Farm, Sugar Grove, New Hampshire
Drizzled with Death ’13……………Thanksgiving Maple Mayhem ’14 A Sticky Situation ’15…………..Maple Festival GRANITE STATE MYSTERY Series: Main Character: Gwen Fifield, Winslow Falls, New Hampshire
Ellen Crosby (view spoiler)[ WINE COUNTRY MYSTERY Series: Main Character: Lucie Montgomery, Winery Owner, Virginia
The Merlot Murders ’06 The Chardonnay Charade ’07 The Bordeaux Betrayal ’08 The Riesling Retribution ’09 The Viognier Vendetta ’10 The Sauvignon Secret ’11 The Champagne Conspiracy ’16 The Vineyard Victims ’17 Harvest of Secrets ’18 The Angel’s Share ’19 The French Paradox ’21 SOPHIE MEDINA MYSTERY Series: Main Character: Sophie Medina, Photojournalist, Washington, D.C.
d possibilities (view spoiler)[ Kathi Daley (view spoiler)[ ZOE DONOVAN MYSTERY Series: (Includes Recipes) Main Character: Zoe Donovan, Animal Rehab and Location Officer & Her Dog, Charlie
Halloween Hijinks ’13 (Halloween) The Trouble with Turkeys ’13 (Thanksgiving) Christmas Crazy ’13 (Christmas) Cupid’s Curse ’14 (Valentine’s Day) Big Bunny Bump Off ’14 (Easter) Beach Blanket Barbie ’14 Maui Madness ’14 ( Derby Divas ’14 Haunted Hamlet ’14 (Halloween) Turkeys, Tuxes, and Tabbies ’14 (Thanksgiving) Christmas Cozy ’14 (Christmas) Alaskan Alliance ’14 (New Year’s) Matrimony Meltdown ’15 Soul Surrender ’15 Heavenly Honeymoon ’15 Hopscotch Homicide ’15 Ghostly Graveyard ’15 (Halloween) Santa Sleuth ’15 (Christmas) Shamrock Shenanigans ’16 (St. Patrick’s Day) Kitten Kaboodle ’16 Costume Catastrophe ’16 (Halloween) Candy Cane Caper ’16 (Christmas) Holiday Hangover ’17 (Christmas) Easter Escapade ’17 (Easter) Camp Carter ’17 Trick or Treason ’17 (Halloween) Reindeer Roundup ’17 (Christmas) Hippity Hoppity Homicide ’18 (Easter) Firework Fiasco ’18 (Fourth of July) Henderson House ’18 (Halloween) Holiday Hostage ’18 (Christmas) Deja Diva ’20 (hide spoiler)] Elizabeth Daly(view spoiler)[
HENRY GAMADGE MYSTERY SERIES: Main Character: Henry Gamadge, Author, Rare Book Expert, New York
Unexpected Night ’40 Deadly Nightshade ’40 Murders in Volume 2 ’41 The House Without the Door ’42 Evidence of Things Seen ’43 Nothing Can Rescue Me ’43 Arrow Pointing Nowhere ’44 (aka Murder Listens In) The Book of the Dead ’44 Any Shape or Form ’45 Somewhere in the House ’46 The Wrong Way Down ’46 (aka Shroud for a Lady) Night Walk ’47 The Book of the Lion ’48 And Dangerous to Know ’49 Death and Letters ’50 The Book of the Crime ’51 (hide spoiler)]
DOROTHY MARTIN Mysteries: Main Character: Dorothy Martin, Schoolteacher-retired, England
The Body in the Transept ‘96 Trouble in the Town Hall ‘96 Holy Terror in the Hebrides ‘97 Malice in Miniature ‘98 The Victim in Victoria Station ‘99 Killing Cassidy ‘00 To Perish in Penzance ‘01 Sins Out of School ‘03 Winter of Discontent ’04………………CHRISTMAS A Dark and Stormy Night ’11 The Evil that Men Do ’12 The Corpse of St. James’s ’12 Murder at the Castle ’13 Shadows of Death ’14 Day of Vengeance ’14 The Gentle Art of Murder ’15 Blood Will Tell ’16 Smile and Be a Villain ’16 The Missing Masterpiece ’17 Crisis at the Cathedral ’18 Dagger Before Me ’19 Death in the Garden City ’20 Death Comes to Durham ’20 The Bath Conspiracy ’21 HILDA JOHANSSON Mysteries: Main Character: Hilda Johansson, Housemaid, South Bend, Indiana in the 1920s
Death in Lacquer Red ’99 The Red, White and Blue ’00 Green Grow the Victims ’01 Silence Is Golden ’02 Crimson Snow ’05 Indigo Christmas ’08 Murder in Burnt Orange ’11 (hide spoiler)]
Lila Dare(view spoiler)[ SOUTHERN BEAUTY SHOP MYSTERY Series: Main Character: Grace Ann Terhune & Violetta, Daughter & Mother Hairdressers, Georgia
Tressed to Kill ’10 Polished Off ’11 Die Job ’12 Wave Good-Bye ’13 (hide spoiler)] Eileen Davidson(view spoiler)[ SOAP OPERA MYSTERY Series: Main Character: Alexis Peters, Soap Opera Star, Sleuth
Death in Daytime ’08 Dial Emmy for Murder ’09 Diva Las Vegas ’10 Swingin’ in the Rain ’11 (hide spoiler)] Christine DeSmet (view spoiler)[ FUDGE SHOP MYSTERY Series: Main Character: Ava Oosterling, Owner of Copper-Kettle Fudge Shop in her grandpa’s bait shop (“Oosterlings’ Bait, Bobbers & Belgian Fudge”), Wisconsin
First-Degree Fudge ’13 Hot Fudge Frame-Up ’14 Five-Alarm Fudge ’15 (hide spoiler)] Laura DiSilverio(aka Lila Dare & Ella Barrick)(view spoiler)[
READAHOLICS BOOK CLUB MYSTERY Series: Main Character: Amy-Faye Johnson, Event-Planner, Readaholics Book Club Member, Colorado
The Readaholics and the Falcon Fiasco ’15 The Readaholics and the Poirot Puzzle ’15 The Readaholics and the Gothic Gala ’16 CHARLIE SWIFT MYSTERY Series: Main Character: Charlie Swift, Private Investigator, Colorado Springs
Swift Justice ’10 Swift Edge ’11 Swift Run ’12 MALL COP MYSTERY Series: Main Character: EJ Ferris, Security Officer, Virginia
Die Buying ’11 All Sales Fatal ’12 Malled to Death ’13 (hide spoiler)] Claire Donally (view spoiler)[SUNNY & SHADOW MYSTERY Series Main Characters: Sunny Coolidge, Newspaper Reporter, & Shadow, Sunny’s Newly Adopted Stray Tomcat, Maine
The Big Kitty ’12 Cat Nap ’13 Last Licks ’14 Hiss and Tell ’15 Catch as Cat Can ’16 (hide spoiler)] Deborah Donnelly (view spoiler)[ CARNEGIE KINCAID Series: Veiled Threats ’01 Died to Match ’02 May the Best Man Die ’03………CHRISTMAS Death Takes a Honeymoon ’05 You May Now Kill the Bride ’06 Bride and Doom ’07 (hide spoiler)] Margaret Dumas (view spoiler)[ MOVIE PALACE MYSTERY Series: Main Character: Nora Paige, San Francisco, lover of movies AND Trixie, a 1930s usher/ghost
Murder at the Palace ’19 Murder in the Balcony ’19 Murder on the Silver Screen ’20 CHARLEY & JACK FAIRFAX MYSTERY Series: Main Characters: Charley & Jack Fairfax, Wife/Husband Sleuthing Team with A Lot of Money, San Francisco
Speak Now ’04 How To Succeed in Murder ’06 (hide spoiler)] Kate Dyer-Seeley(aka Ellie Alexander) (view spoiler)[
ROSE CITY MYSTERY Series: Main Character: Britta Johntson, working in her aunt’s floral boutique in Portland, Oregon
Natural Thorn Killer ’18 Violet Tendencies ’18 PACIFIC NORTHWEST MYSTERY Series: Main Character: Meg Reed, Journalist, Portland, Oregon
Scene of the Climb ’14 Slayed on the Slopes ’15 Silenced in the Surf ’16 First Degree Mudder ’16 In Cave Danger ’17 (hide spoiler)](hide spoiler)]
e possibilities (view spoiler)[ Selma Eichler (view spoiler)[ DESIREE SHAPIRO MYSTERY Series: Main Character: Desiree Shapiro, Private Investigator, New York
Murder Can Kill Your Social Life ’94 Murder Can Ruin Your Looks ’95 Murder Can Stunt Your Growth ’96 Murder Can Wreck Your Reunion ’97 Murder Can Spook Your Cat ’98 Murder Can Singe Your Old Flame ’99 Murder Can Spoil Your Appetite ’00 Murder Can Upset Your Mother ’01 Murder Can Cool Off Your Affair ’02 Murder Can Rain on Your Shower ’03 Murder Can Botch Up Your Birthday ’04 Murder Can Mess Up Your Mascara ’05 Murder Can Run Your Stockings ’06 Murder Can Depress Your Dachshund ’07 Murder Can Crash Your Party ’08 (hide spoiler)] Christy Evans(aka Christy Fifield & Christina F. York)(view spoiler)[
Crime Brulee ’01 Truffled Feathers ’01 Death a L’Orange ’02 Chocolate Quake ’03 The Perils of Paella ’04 Holy Guacamole ’04 Mozzarella Most Murderous ’05 Bon Bon Voyage ’06 French Fried ’06 Turkey Flambé ’07 (hide spoiler)]
Chrystle Fiedler (view spoiler)[ NATURAL REMEDIES MYSTERY Series: Main Character: Willow McQuade, N. D. (Naturopathic Doctor), Long Island
Death Drops ’12 Scent to Kill ’13 Garden of Death ’15 Dandelion Dead ’16 (hide spoiler)] Elaine Flinn(view spoiler)[
MOLLY DOYLE MYSTERY Series: Main Character: Molly Doyle, “Antiquer,” California
Dealing in Murder ‘03 Tagged for Murder ‘04 Deadly Collection ‘05 Deadly Vintage ’07 (hide spoiler)] Shelley Freydont (view spoiler)[ CELEBRATION BAY MYSTERY Series: Main Character: Liv Montgomery, Event Planner, New York
Foul Play at the Fair ’12…….Halloween Silent Knife ’13………Christmas Independence Slay ’14…..Fourth of July Trick or Deceit ’15………Hallowee SUDOKU MYSTERY Series: Main Character: Katie McDonald, Soduko Champ, Mathematician
g possibilities (view spoiler)[ Melissa Glazer(aka Tim Myers, Elizabeth Bright, Chris Cavender, Casey Mayes, Jessica Beck, & D.B. Morgan) (view spoiler)[
CLAY & CRIME MYSTERY Series: Main character: Carolyn Emerson, Owner of Fire at Will Pottery Shop
A Murderous Glaze ’07 The Cracked Pot ’08 A Fatal Slip ’08 (hide spoiler)] Alexia Gordon(view spoiler)[ GETHSEMANE BROWN MYSTERY Series: Main Character: Gethsemane Brown, Classical Musician, African-American in Ireland
Murder in G Major ’16 Death in D Minor ’17 Killing in C Sharp ’17 Fatality in F ’19 Execution in E ’20 (hide spoiler)] Margaret Grace(aka Camille Minichino, Jean Flowers, Ada Madison, & Elizabeth Logan) (view spoiler)[
MINIATURE MYSTERY Series: Murder in Miniature ’08 Mayhem in Miniature ’08 Malice in Miniature ’09 Mourning in Miniature ’09 Monster in Miniature ’10 Mix-up in Miniature ’12 Madness in Miniature ’14 Manhattan in Miniture ’15 Matrimony in Miniature ’16 (hide spoiler)]
DALZIEL & PASCOE Series: (The BBC police detective TV series. I love both the novels and the TV shows. Not cozy… police procedural.) Main Characters: Andrew Dalziel, Police Superintendent & Peter Pascoe, Police Sergeant, England
A Clubbable Woman ‘70 An Advancement of Learning ‘71 Ruling Passion ‘73 An April Shroud ‘75 A Pinch of Snuff ‘78 A Killing Kindness ‘80 Deadheads ‘83 Exit Lines ‘84 Child’s Play ‘87 Under World ‘88 Bones and Silence ‘90 One Small Step ‘90 Recalled to Life ‘92 (hide spoiler)]
Georgette Heyer (view spoiler)[ SUPERINTENDENT HANNASYDE MYSTERY Series: Death in the Stocks ’35 Behold, Here’s Poison! ’36 They Found Him Dead ’37 A Blunt Instrument ’38 INSPECTOR HEMINGWAY MYSTERY Series: (I think this is a continuation of Superintendent Hannasyde Mystery Series. Hannasyde is Hemingway’s superior. Initially, I had all eight of the mystery books in one long list…)
No Wind of Blame ’39 Envious Casca ’41 Duplicate Death ’51 Detection Unlimited ’53 STAND ALONES: Footsteps in the Dark ’32 Why Shoot a Butler? ’33 The Unfinished Clue ’34 Penhallow ’42
J. A. Jance (view spoiler)[ JOANNA BRADY Mysteries: Main Character: Joanna Brady, Sheriff, Arizona
Desert Heat ‘93 Tombstone Courage ‘94 Shoot / Don’t Shoot ‘95 Dead to Rights ‘96 Skeleton Canyon ‘97 Rattlesnake Crossing ‘98 Outlaw Mountain ‘99 Devil’s Claw ‘00 Paradise Lost ‘01 Partner in Crime ’02 (Brady with Beaumont Series) Exit Wounds ‘03 Dead Wrong ’06 Damage Control ’08 Fire and Ice ’09 (Brady with Beaumont) Judgment Call ’12 Remains of Innocence ’14 Downfall ’16 Field of Bones ’18 Missing and Endangered ’21 The Old Blue Line ’14 (Joanna Brady novella)
No Honor Among Thieves (Ali Reynolds/Joanna Brady novella) ’15
Random Acts (Ali Reynolds/Joanna Brady novella) ’16
J.P. BEAUMONT MYSTERY Series: Main Character: J. P. Beaumont, Homicide Detective, Seattle
Until Proven Guilty ‘85 Injustice For All ‘86 Trial by Fury ‘86 Taking the Fifth ‘87 Improbable Cause ‘88 A More Perfect Union ‘88 Dismissed With Prejudice ’89 Minor in Possession ’90 Payment in Kind ’91 Without Due Process ‘92 Failure to Appear ‘93 Lying in Wait ‘94 Name Withheld ‘96 Breach of Duty ‘99 Birds of Prey ’01 Partner in Crime ’02 (Beaumont with Brady) Long Time Gone ‘05 Justice Denied ’07 Fire and Ice ’09 (Beaumont with Brady) Betrayal of Trust ’11 Second Watch ’13 Dance of the Bones ’15 (with Walker Family) Proof of Life ’17 Sins of the Fathers ’19 Credible Threat ’20 Nothing to Lose ’22 Ring in the Dead ’13 (novella)
Stand Down ’15 (novella)
ALI REYNOLDS Mysteries: Main Character: Alison Reynolds, Blogger, Arizona
Edge of Evil ’04 Web of Evil ’07 Hand of Evil ’07 Cruel Intent ’08 Trial by Fire ’09 Fatal Error ’11 Left for Dead ’12 Deadly Stakes ’13 Moving Target ’14 Cold Betrayal ’15 Clawback ’16 Man Overboard ’17 Duel to the Death ’18 The A List ’19 Unfinished Business ’21 A Last Goodbye ’14 (Christmas Story)
WALKER FAMILY Series: Hour of the Hunter ’90 Kiss of the Bees ’01 Day of the Dead ’05 Queen of the Night ’10 Dance of the Bones ’15 (with J.P. Beaumont) (hide spoiler)]
EVE DUNCAN MYSTERY Series: Main Character: Eve Duncan, Forensic Sculptor
The Face of Deception ’98 The Killing Game ’99 Body of Lies ’02 Blind Alley ’04 Countdown ’05 Stalemate ’06 Quicksand ’08 Blood Game ’09 Eight Days to Live ’10 Chasing the Night ’10 Eve ’11 Quinn ’11 Bonnie ’11 Sleep No More ’12 Taking Eve ’13 Hunting Eve ’13 Silencing Eve ’13 Shadow Play ’15 Hide Away ’16 Shattered Mirror ’18 Vendetta ’18 Smokescreen ’19 The Persuasion ’20 The Bullet 21 Night and Day (Omnibus containing books 7-10)
CATHERINE LING Series: What Doesn’t Kill You ’12 Live To See Tomorrow ’14 Your Next Breath ’15 (hide spoiler)]
William X. Kienzle (view spoiler)[ FATHER KOESLER Series: Main Character: Father Robert Koesler, Priest, Detroit
The Rosary Murders ’79 Death Wears a Red Hat ’80 Mind Over Murder ’81 Assault with Intent ’82 Shadow of Death ’83 Kill and Tell ’84 Sudden Death ’85 Deathbed ’86 Deadline for a Critic ’87 Marked for Murder ’88 Eminence ’89 Masquerade ’90 Chameleon ’91 Body Count ’92 Dead Wrong ’93 Bishop as Pawn ’94 Call No Man Father ’95 Requiem for Moses ’96 The Man Who Loved God ’97 The Greatest Evil ’98 No Greater Love ’99 Till Death ’00 The Sacrifice ’01 The Gathering ’02 (hide spoiler)]
Kate Kingsbury(aka Rebecca Kent & Allison Kingsley) (view spoiler)[ MISTY BAY TEA ROOM MYSTERY Series: Main Character: Vivian Wainwright, middle-aged widow, owner of Misty Bay Tea Room, an English-style tea room in Oregon
In Hot Water ’21 MERRY GHOST INN MYSTERY Series: Main Character: Melanie West, divorced co-owner of Bed & Breakfast with her grandmother, Liza Harris, on the Oregon coast.
Dead and Breakfast ’17 Doom with a View ’17 Be Our Ghost ’18 Special Pennyfoot Hotel (Holiday) Mystery Series: No Clue at the Inn ’03…………………CHRISTMAS Slay Bells ’06…………………………………CHRISTMAS Shrouds of Holly ’07……………………….CHRISTMAS Ringing in Murder ’08………………………CHRISTMAS Decked with Folly ’09……………………..CHRISTMAS Mistletoe and Mayhem ’10………………CHRISTMAS Herald of Death ’11…………………………CHRISTMAS The Clue is in the Pudding ’12…………CHRISTMAS Mulled Murder ’13……………………………CHRISTMAS PENNYFOOT HOTEL MYSTERY Series: Historical, Edwardian Period (1901-1910) Main Character: Cecily Sinclair, Hotel Owner, England
Room with a Clue ‘93 Do Not Disturb ‘94 Service for Two ‘94 Eat, Drink and Be Buried ‘94 Check-Out Time ‘95 Grounds for Murder ‘95 Pay the Piper ‘96 Chivalry is Dead ‘96 Ring for Tomb Service ‘97 Death with Reservations ‘99 Dying Room Only ‘99 Maid to Murder ‘99 WW II MANOR HOUSE MYSTERY Series: World War II, Lady Elizabeth Compton, housekeeper:
A Bicycle Built for Murder ’01 Death is in the Air ’01 For Whom Death Tolls ’02 Dig Deep for Murder ’02 Paint by Murder ’03 Berried Alive ’04 Fire When Ready ‘04 Wedding Rows ’06 An Unmentionable Murder ’06 (hide spoiler)]
Mary Roberts Rinehart (view spoiler)[ HILDA ADAMS Series: Main Character: Hilda Adams, Nurse
Miss Pinkerton ’32 Mary Roberts Rinehart’s Crime Book ’33 Haunted Lady ’42 Episode of the Wandering Knife ’50 (aka The Wandering Knife) Locked Doors
STAND ALONES: The Circular Staircase 1908 (aka The Bat) The Man in Lower Ten 1909 The Window at the White Cat 1910 Where There’s a Will 1912 The Case of Jennie Brice 1913 The After House 1914 Dangerous Days 1919 The Red Lamp ’25 The Bat (I found different sources with different dates on this play… from ’20 to ’26, even ’32! It was co written w/ Avery Hopwood, and I even read somewhere that it was based on The Circular Staircase….) Two Flights Up ’28 The Door ’30 The Album ’33 The State Vs. Elinor Norton ’33 The Wall ’38 The Great Mistake ’40 The Yellow Room ’45 The Swimming Pool ’52 The Frightened Wife ’53 The Light in the Window Lost Ecstasy (hide spoiler)]
SUKEY REYNOLDS MYSTERY Series: Main Character: Sukey Reynolds, British Scenes of Crime Investigator
An Inconsiderate Death ’97 Death at Dearly Manor ’98 Copycat ’00 Touch Me Not ’01 The Dirty Work ’03 Deadly Obsession ’04 Party to Murder ’05 Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Dead ’07 Smokescreen ’08 A Fool There Was ’09 Miss Minchin Dies ’11 Unnatural Wastage ’12 The Scent of Death ’14 MELISSA CRAIG MYSTERY Series: Main Character: Cotswolds’ Melissa Craig, Author of Crime Novels
Murder at Hawthorn Cottage (aka A Little Gentle Sleuthing) ’90 Murder in the Morning ’91 (aka Finishing Touch) Murder on the Clifftops ’92 (aka Over the Edge) Murder at the Manor Hotel ’93 (aka Exhaustive Enquiries) Murder on a Winter Afternoon ’95 (aka Malice Poetic) Murder in the Orchard ’95 (aka Smiling at Death) Murder at Larkfield Barn ’96 (aka Deadly Legacy) Murder in Langley Woods ’97 (aka The Cherry Pickers) A Man at the Window ’00 The Fourth Suspect ’01 No Laughing Matter ’03 Sweet Venom ’04
Julia Spencer-Fleming (view spoiler)[ CLARE FERGUSSON/RUSS VAN ALSTYNE ADIRONDACK MYSTERY Series: Main Characters: Clare Fergusson, Episcopal Priest, & Russ Van Alstyne, Police Chief, New York
In the Bleak Midwinter ’02 A Fountain Filled with Blood ’03 Out of the Deep I Cry ’04 To Darkness and to Death ’05 All Mortal Flesh ’06 I Shall Not Want ’08 One Was a Soldier ’11 Through the Evil Days ’13 Hid from Our Eyes ’2 (hide spoiler)]
Rex Stout (view spoiler)[ NERO WOLFE Series: Main Characters: Nero Wolfe, Private Detective, Gourmand, & Archie Goodwin, Secretary, Personal Assistant
Fer-de-Lance ’34 The League of the Frightened Men ’35 The Rubber Band ’36 The Red Box ’37 Too Many Cooks ’38 Some Buried Caesar ’39 Over My Dead Body ’40 Where There’s a Will ’40 Black Orchids ’42 Not Quite Dead Enough ’44 The Silent Speaker ’46 Too Many Women ’47 And Be a Villain ’48 The Second Confession ’49 Trouble in Triplicate ’49 In the Best Families ’50 Three Doors to Death ’50 Curtains for Three ’50 Murder by the Book ’51 Triple Jeopardy ’52 Prisoner’s Base ’52 The Golden Spiders ’53 Three Men Out ’54 The Black Mountain ’54 Before Midnight ’55 Three Witnesses ’56 Might as Well Be Dead ’56 If Death Ever Slept ’57 Three for the Chair ’57 Champagne for One ’58 And Four to Go ’58 Plot It Yourself ’59 Too Many Clients ’60 Three at Wolfe’s Door ’60 The Final Deduction ’61 Gambit ’62 Homicide Trinity ’62 The Mother Hunt ’63 A Right to Die ’64 Trio for Blunt Instruments ’64 The Doorbell Rang ’65 Death of a Doxy ’66 The Father Hunt ’68 Death of a Dude ’69 Please Pass the Guilt ’73 A Family Affair ’75 Death Times Three ’85 (hide spoiler)]
A Question of Proof (1935); First US edition by Harper and Brothers (1935)
Thou Shell of Death (1936; First US edition by Harper and Brothers published as Shell of Death) (1936)
There's Trouble Brewing (1937)
The Beast Must Die (1938)
The Smiler with the Knife (1939). Serialised News Chronicle, 1939
Malice in Wonderland (1940; U.S. title: The Summer Camp Mystery)
The Case of the Abominable Snowman (1941; also published as The Corpse in the Snowman)
Minute for Murder (1947)
Head of a Traveller (1949)
The Dreadful Hollow (1953)
The Whisper in the Gloom (1954; also published as Catch and Kill)
End of Chapter (1957)
The Widow's Cruise (1959)
The Worm of Death (1961)
The Sad Variety (1964)
The Morning after Death (1966)
Non-series novels
A Tangled Web (1956; also published as Death and Daisy Bland)
A Penknife in My Heart (1958)
The Deadly Joker (1963)
The Private Wound (1968) (hide spoiler)]
Edmund Crispin(view spoiler)[
GERVASE FEN MYSTERY Series:
Main Character: Gervase Fen, Oxford Professor, England
The Case of the Gilded Fly ’44 (aka: Obsequies at Oxford)
Holy Disorders ‘45
The Moving Toyshop ‘46
Swan Song ’47 (aka: Dead and Dumb)
Love Lies Bleeding ‘48
Buried for Pleasure ‘49
Frequent Hearses ’50 (aka: Sudden Vengeance)
The Long Divorce ’51 (aka: A Noose for Her)
Beware of the Trains ‘53
The Glimpses of the Moon ‘77 (hide spoiler)]