I would love your recommendations for a great murder/mystery series!
I would love your recommendations for a great murder/mystery series!
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I would love your recommendations for a great murder/mystery series!
@Miss
Louise Penny’s Inspector Gamache series
@Erina yes! This is my reccomendation too!
This!!
Annalise Ryan books .
Sue Grafton – Kinsey Milhone books.
I’ve never read it but I’ve heard the Women’s Murder Club series by James Patterson is good.
The Cormoran Strike series by Robert Galbraith (JK Rowling). First is Cuckoo’s Calling.
Each one is better than the last!
Yes to this!
love these
I love the Agatha Raisin series and Ashley Weaver’s Amory Ames books.
I love to hate Agatha lol
@Laura I always have one Agatha book going. And I enjoy the show on Acorn.
@Jennie I actually did too
@Jennie Ooh –
I haven’t seen the series. I’ll have to check it out!
These were all very good
Tea Shop Mysteries by Laura Childs, China Bayles series by Susan Wittig Albert, and Hannah Swensen series by Joanne Fluke.
I like the China Bayles series too.
The Maisie Dobbs series by Jacqueline Winspear, the Inspector Gamache series by Louise Penny, the Barker and Llewelyn series by Will Thomas
This was a great Series
Ooh, the cover alone makes me want to read this.
@Stacy It’s such a great story! One of the best I read last year, for sure.
My favorite mystery books are by Agatha Christie. I know it’s a little cliché but I think she’s great.
I’m embarrassed to admit I’ve never read a single one
@Erina if you ever want to read her books my favorite is And Then There Were None. A little slow at first but once it picks up I couldn’t put it down.
Not cliche at all! There is a reason they stand the test of time! They are wonderfully written with great plot lines and twists. My absolute fave!
@Courtney I think I’ve started The Murder at the Vicarage a few times but kept getting interrupted and never made it back
Tess Gerritsen Rizzoli and Isles. Also, Karin Slaughter’s Will Trent series
Karin Slaughter is great!!
Agatha Christie’s Hercule Poirot series!! So, so good.
Also, the Bailey Weggins series by Kate White. I haven’t read them in a while, but I really liked them.
Louise Penny’s Inspector Gamache series is so good!
I love Victoria Thompson’s gaslight series. It’s set in Victorian nyc and is a lot of fun.
@Kate I agree.
Looking that up!!
Love Louise Penny and there are about 17 books, so it keeps you busy. Read them in order.
This☝?
I have just started this series and love it.
It’s not a standard mystery/detective series, but the Aloysius Pendergast series by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child is great, IMO.
Ohhh totally agree. I’ve read like 3 of them and really want to read more
It’s one of the few series that I preorder.
@Robin I read Relic and it’s one of the few books that actually spooked me. I read the follow up and then last year or maybe the year before I read the one where we were introduced to his son? There was a whole thing at the salton sea, which I was fascinated by and got distracted researching lol
I am on the last book in Lea Wait’s Mainely Needlepoint series. Set on the Main Coast, each chapter starts with quotes or info about historical needlepoint, and each book includes a recipe. Fun and easy read.
The 12th Imam by Joel C. Rosenberg.
Old school Lawrence Sanders.
Ellie Alexander wrote two great series.
John Sanford Lucas Davenport and Virgil Flowers. Great characters! Murders can be a bit grisly if you’re at all squemish.
Love both of these series but Virgil is my favorite!!
I loved the Joe O’Loughlin series
https://www.goodreads.com/series/55351-joseph-o-loughlin
Cozy/not graphic: Jenn McKinlay’s Flower Shop, Library Lovers, or Cupcake mysteries. Graphic: Linda Castillo’s Kate Burkholder series. Historical: Mistress of the Art of Death series by Ariana Franklin.
Also: cozy: Julie Hyzy’s White House mysteries. Lorna Barrett’s Booktown series. Ellie Alexander’s Bakeshop series. Graphic: Mary Burton’s Nashville series.
Not too graphic, and funny: G.A. McKevett’s Savannah Reid series.
@Stacy Kate Burkholder is a force!
HY Hanna cozy mystery set in English Tea Room
I enjoyed the Goldie the caterer series by Diane Mott Davidson
@Cheryl I hate she ended the series. Marla was my favorite character!!!
@Cheryl did she end it? I periodically stop it in hopes of it coming back. Amanda Flower has a new Amish baking series in a similar tone, but less recipes.
@Kate I think it did end but I check periodically too. I’m going to look into the Amanda Flower books! Thank you!
@Crystal I liked her too! Everyone needs a friend like her
@Cheryl I loved them on audio. Barbara Rosenblat narrated the entire series. I still go back and listen from time to time.
Also Jennifer Hillier 2 book series was wonderfully creepy!!!
Rhys bowens.molly murphy series or her royal spyness series. Both so good!
Snow Angels. It’s a series by James Thompson. I loved them all
I really loved Sue Grafton’s Alphabet series.
@Kelly me too. I love Y. So sad there may not be a Z
Me too!!
What! No Z?!
She died before she could finish the alphabet ?
https://malwarwickonbooks.com/fjallbacka-series/
Callahan Garrity series written by Mark Kay Andrews. I loved it.
My fave mystery authors are Jo Nesbo, CJBox, and Nevada Barr. Cannot wait to read the next one, always. Nothing cozy about them.
@Jennie Love Jo Nesbo
Love Nevada Barr and Jo Nesbo.
Louise Penny’s Chief Inspector Armand Gamache series!
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@Pat, outstanding!!!
The Longmire series by Craig Johnson. Not gory, often humorous, set in Wyoming.
@Courtney -I loved watching this series on Netflix!
Yes! (But I hated the show!)
The Chet and Bernie series by Spencer Quinn are fun. They are from the dog’s POV.
The Prey series by John Sandford is one of my favorites!
I devoured Linda Castillo’s series set in Amish country. Sounds hokey but the crimes are chilling and she write a good mystery!
Coffeehouse mysteries by Cleo Coyle. Love them and they include recipes for coffee related yummies!!!!
Bruno series by Martin Walker that take place in the cave region of Southern France.
@Addie yes, really like these
Anne Cleeves Shetland Island series
Charles Finch series
Kate Shugak series by Dana Stabenow. The Rebus books by Ian Rankin (particularly the early ones).
Off topic @Eryn but I love your name. Lol. My daughter is Aryn! ☺️
@Crystal thank you!! Aryn is so pretty!!!
Sue Grafton Alphabet series…A is for alibi….
Following!!
You guys NEVER disappoint!! Thank you!!!!
Following
Alan Bradley’s Flavia DeLuce series. Very fun read, but an even better listen when read by Jayne Entwistle, on Audible.
Great suggestion! Love these books
@Karen , I love the fact that the more you read them the more you get to know Flavia’s personality. I end up laughing out loud so often! The next one comes out later this month??????
@Darrin I know!! I can’t wait ?
Karin Slaughter ?
Michael Connelly, Jonathon Kellerman and Faye Kellerman all have great series.
Love Michael Connelly
I am hooked on Linda Castillo. She writes murder mysteries about the Amish community here in Ohio. The police chief is a female who left the Amish order when she was a teen. They have plenty of twists and turns.
I literally borrowed every book and read last year. So good!!
Love these too.
Following
J.D. Robb. Love this series
Guilty Pleasure… the “cat” series by Lilian Jackson. Fun easy reads.
I need to write ALL of these down!
Me too!
@Jennifer -How do you do that?
@Erina thanks!! Much easier ?
@Jennifer welcome 🙂
The Drowned Girls (book 1) by Loreth Anne White. Detective Angie Pallorino series.
Can’t think of one off the top of my head, however, go to http://www.stopyourekillingme.com/ Best website for mysteries w/ either choosing the author’s name or the character. Happy reading!
Oh wait. Just thought of one, Inspector Armand Gamache series by Louise Penny. And the Kay Scarpetta series by Patricia Cornwall. ?️♀️
@Nikki Louise Penny for sure ???
I love Elizabeth George’s books
@Lisa I was just about to write that! I love her Inspector Linley series (both books and PBS show) best!!
@Tina awesome series!
Under Suspicion series
Sue Grafton (Kinsey Millhone)
Janet Evanovich (Stephanie Plum)
Harlan Coben (Myron Bolitar)
James Patterson (Womens Murder Club)
Andrew Gross (Ty Hauck)
I really like this series https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23398806
This is another good one https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/76706
I am a fan of James Lee Burke and the Dave Robichaux (sp?) series. Can’t say enough good about this author. Dave is my favorite fictional character. Please give it a try.
Tana French: Dublin murder squad. My favorites
@Delia YUPYUPYUP!!!!
@Delia she’s great isn’t she!!
I love anything by Karin Slaughter
Kate Burkholder series
JD robb’s In Death series
Thank you, EVERYONE, for all the great recommendations!!
Shirleon Elsie another GREAT series … set near my region …. small town cop and Episcopal woman priest series…. just fantastic! First book in the series is In The Bleak Midwinter
I am a huge fan of Robert B Parker. Books are all in Boston and surrounding area where I grew up.