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Welcome to my favorite authors page divided into mystery
authors. Previous reviews
of some of my favorite books are still available. I now post reviews on my
Daily Journal page.
Mystery Authors/Series
Donna Andrews
Andrews has an extremely dry, witty humor. Her sleuth, blacksmith Meg
Langslow, always seems to be finding dead bodies.
Her new series stars Turing Hopper, an Artificial Intelligence
Personality, in Crystal City located just outside Washington, D.C.
- You've Got Murder (2002)
- Click Here For Murder (2003)
J. S. Borthwick
Wonderful and comical mysteries starring Sarah Deane, English graduate
student/professor and Alex McKenzie doctor set in Maine. Alex never knows
what murder Sarah will stumble upon next getting him mixed up in solving
the crime.
- The Case of the Hook-Billed Kites (1982)
- The Down East Murders (1985)
- The Student Body (1986)
- Bodies of Water (1990)
- Dude on Arrival (1991)
- The Bridled Groom (1994)
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- Dolly is Dead (1995)
- The Garden Plot (1997)
- My Body Lies Over the Ocean (1999)
- Coup de Grace (2000)
- Murder in the Rough (2002)
- Intensive Scare Unit (2004)
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Rhys Bowen
One of my all time favorite series starring Constable Evan Evans set in
the small Welsh town of Llanfair.
- Evans
Above (1997)
- Evan
Help Us (1998)
- Evanly
Choir (1999)
- Evan and
Elle (2000)
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- Evan Can
Wait (2001)
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Evans to Betsy (2002)
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Evan Only Knows (2003)
-
Evan's Gate (2004)
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Bowen has a new series staring Molly Murphy, a 19th century Irish
immigrant.
Jill Churchill
Series starring Jane Jeffrey housewife and amateur sleuth in Chicago,
IL. Very funny, excellently written.
- Grime
& Punishment (1989))
- A
Farewell to Yarns (1991)
- A Quiche
Before Dying (1993)
- The
Class Menagerie (1993)
- A Knife
to Remember (1994)
- From
Here to Paternity (1995)
- Silence
of the Hams (1996)
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- War and
Peas (1996)
- Fear of
Frying (1997)
- Merchant
of Menace (1998)
- Groom
with a View (1999)
- Mulch
Ado About Nothing (2000)
- The
House of Seven Mabels (2002)
- Bell, Book, and Scandal (2003)
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Melissa Cleary
Cleary's series features Jackie Walsh, professor of film studies, and her
faithful ex-police dog Jake. Very funny cozies
- A Tail
of Two Murders (1992)
- Dog
Collar Crime (1993)
- Hounded
to Death (1993)
- Skull
and Dog Bones (1994)
- First
Pedigree Murder (1994)
- Dead and
Buried (1994)
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- The
Maltese Puppy (1995)
- Murder
Most Beastly (1996)
- Old Dogs
(1997)
- And Your
Little Dog, Too (1998)
- In the
Doghouse (2000)
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Carola Dunn
Daisy Dalrymple, journalist who lives in Hampshire, England.
- Death at Wentwater Court (1994)
- The Winter Garden Mystery (1995)
- Requiem for a Mezzo (1996)
- Murder on the Flying Scotsman (1997)
- Damsel in Distress (1997)
- Dead in the Water (1998)
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- Styx and Stones (1999)
- Rattle His Bones (2000)
- Old Dogs
(1997)
- And Your
Little Dog, Too (1998)
- The Case of the Murdered Muckraker (2002)
- Mistletoe and Murder (2002)
- Die Laughing (2003)
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Julie Kaewert
- Unsolicited (1994)
- Unbound (1997)
- Unprintable (1998)
- Untitled (1999)
- Unsigned (2001)
- Uncatalogued (2002)
Alex Plumtree, book publisher in London, finds
himself constantly in danger from the subjects of his books he undertakes
to publish in these Booklover's Series of mysteries.
Robin
Paige
- Murder at Bishop's Keep (1994)
- Death at Gallows Green (1995)
- Death at Daisy's Folly (1997)
- Death at Devil's Bridge (1998)
- Death at Rottingdean (1999)
- Death at White Chapel (2000)
- Death at Epson Downs (2001)
- Death at Dartmoor (2002)
- Death at Glamis Castle (2003)
- Death In Hyde Park (2004)
Excellent Victorian era mysteries written by the
husband/wife team of Susan Wittig Albert & Bill Albert featuring Kathryn
Ardleigh.
Updated Saturday, July 10, 2004
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