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Mrs. Malory Mystery Series

Hazel Holt writes the Mrs. Malory Mystery Series which started in 1989 and takes place in England. It features Sheila Malory, a literary critic and amateur sleuth.


Penny Brannigan Mystery Series

This series started in 2009 and is set in North Wales. It features Penny and her friend Victoria. Penny relocated to North Wales some years ago from Canada and opened up a manicure shop.


Penny Nichols Mystery Series

C. A. Belmond writes the Penny Nichols Mystery Series which started in 2007 and is set in England. It features Penny Nichols and British Barrister Jeremy. From London to Rome and the French Riviera, this comedy of manners is about an American…

Pennyfoot Hotel Mystery Series

This series started in 1993 and is set in England in 1906. It features Cecily Sinclair. She is a recent widow and runs the Pennyfoot Hotel... a seaside hotel left to her by her husband. Cecily is very forward for her time-- smokes cigars, drives…

Rachel Markham Mystery Series

P.B.Kolleri writes the Rachel Markham Mystery Series, which is set in 1940's - 1950's England. It features Rachel Markham, Lord Rutherford’s niece and Jeremy Richards, an erstwhile Scotland Yard Detective. Great English manor house mystery! NOTE…

Rex Grave Mystery Series

C.S. Challinor writes the Rex Grave Mystery series which started in 2008 and is set in Scotland. It features amateur detective and Scottish barrister, Rex Graves. He is fond of Sudoku puzzles and Latin quotations. Although Rex is a Scottish…

Royal Spyness Series

Rhys Bowen mystery author and Agatha Award winner debuts a 1930s London mystery series, featuring a penniless twenty-something member of the extended royal family. Her ridiculously long name is Lady Victoria Georgiana Charlotte Eugenie, daughter…

Shetland Island Mystery Series

Winner of Britain’s coveted Duncan Lawrie Dagger Award, Ann Cleeves writes the Shetland Island Mystery series which started in 2006 and is set in the Shetland Islands, Scotland. It features Police Detective Inspector Jimmy Perez. In 2006 Ann…

Sister Agatha and Father Selwyn Mystery Series

Jane Willan writes the Sister Agatha and Father Selwyn Mystery Series which is set in Wales. It features Sister Agatha, the nuns of Gwenafwy Abbey and Agatha's unwitting sidekick, Father Selwyn. This is a clever traditional mystery series set at…

St. Just Mystery Series

The St. Just Mystery Series started in 2008 and is set in England. The first novel in this series was the winner of the 2008 Agatha Award for Best First Novel. This series features Detective Chief Inspector St. Just & Sergeant Fear. The St.…

Thomas and Charlotte Pitt Series

This series is set in Victorian England and features Thomas Pitt a Police Inspector and his wife Charlotte. This series started in 1979 but there are e-books and paperbacks available.... even for the first book in the series. Even though Thomas…

Vicky Hill Exclusive Mystery Series

Hannah Dennison writes the Vicky Hill Exclusive Mystery series which started in 2008 and is set in England. It features Vicky Hill, a suffocatingly single reporter whose attempts at finding the right man and the scoop of a lifetime take a…

Victorian Bookshop Mystery Series

Please view the list of books in this series below. Kate Parker writes the Victorian Bookshop Mystery series which started in December 2013 and is set in Victorian England. At 30, Victorian bookshop owner Georgia Fenchurch knows she’s considered…

WISE Enquiries Agency Mystery Series

Cathy Ace writes the WISE Enquiries Agency Mystery series which started in July 2015 and is set in Wales. It features the women of the WISE Enquiries Agency – one is Welsh, one Irish, one Scottish and one English.