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Mayfield Mystery Series

Jerusha Jones writes the Mayfield Mystery series which is set in Washington state. It features amateur sleuth Nora Sheldon. Her husband, Skip is kidnapped while they’re on their honeymoon and Nora finds herself mixed up with the FBI while trying…

Meg Langslow Series

This is an award-winning New York Times bestselling series which started in 1998 and is set in Virginia. It features blacksmith, Meg Langslow who lives in a small town and is always running into murders. You'll find plenty of quirky plots and…

Merry & Bright Handcrafted Mystery Series

Christina Freeburn writes the Merry & Bright Handcrafted Mystery Series which started in January 2019. It features Merry Winters who loves three things: Christmas, crafting and her family. To regain purpose and joy, Merry hits the road to a…

Miniature Mysteries Series

Margaret Grace writes The Miniature Mysteries Series which started in 2008 and takes place in California. It features Geraldine Porter, a retired school teacher who now loves to create miniatures.


Ministry is Murder Mystery Series

This series set in Ohio and started in 2005. It features Aggie Sloan-Wilcox, a Minister's wife who deals with everyday life and raising a family. They just moved from the busy DC area to a small town in Ohio and Aggie finds herself dealing with…

Miss Felicity Prim Mystery Series

Steven Rigolosi writes the Miss Felicity Prim Mystery series which started in 2014 and is set in Connecticut. After being mugged in New York City, Miss Felicity Prim decides to leave the big city and purchase a home in the country, where she will…

Miss Julia Mystery Series

Ann B Ross writes the Miss Julia Mystery Series which is set in North Carolina. It features wealthy widow Julia Springer. In the first book Hazel Marie Puckett and her nine-year-old son, Little Lloyd, show up on Julia's doorstep and Miss Julia…

Murder on Location

Sara Rosett writes the Murder on Location Mystery series which started in 2014 and is set in England. It features Location scout and Jane Austen aficionado, Kate Sharp. In the first 2 books Kate is sent to the quaint village of Nether Woodsmoor…

Natalie Seachrist Hawaiian Mystery Series

Jeanne Burrows-Johnson writes the Natalie Seachrist Hawaiian Mystery Series which is set in Hawaii. It features retired travel writer Natalie Seachrist who has had visions since childhood. Natalie together with her friend Keoni Hewiit, a retired…

Nina Bannister Mystery Series

T'Gracie Reese and Joe Reese write the Nina Bannister Mystery series which started in 2013 and is set in Mississippi. It features retired English teacher and village elder Nina Bannister who lives in Bay St. Lucy, a sleepy little Gulf Coast…

Oakwood Mystery Series

Leslie Nagel writes the Oakwood Mystery Series which started in 2016 and is set in Ohio. Join amateur sleuth Charley Carpenter as she assists Detective Marcus Trenault with some of the most confounding and sinister cases in their quaint hometown'…

Odelia Grey Mystery Series

This series started in 2001 and is set in California. It features never-married, middle-aged, plus-sized woman, Odelia Grey who is a paralegal and amateur sleuth.


Otter Lake Mystery Series

Auralee Wallace writes the Otter Lake Mystery series which started in March 2016 and is set in New Hampshire. It features Erica Bloom who is in no rush to return to Otter Lake, the site of her mother's spiritual retreat for women. But her new-age…

Pen & Ink Mystery Murder

Krista Davis writes the Pen & Ink Mystery Murder Series which started in February 2018 and is set in Washington DC. By day, Florrie Fox manages Color Me Read bookstore in Georgetown, Washington D.C. By night, she creates her own intricately…

Pineapple Cay Mystery Series

Junie Coffey writes the Pineapple Cay Mystery series which is set in the Caribbean. It features accidental detective Nina Spark. Nina Spark bought a house off the internet. On a sunny Caribbean island she’d never heard of before. Things seemed to…

Pineapple Port Cozy Mystery Series

Amy Vansant writes the Pineapple Port Cozy Mystery series which is set in Florida. It features Charlotte who is in her twenties but lives in a retirement community. She has lived there a long time with her grandmother before she died and has…

Piper O'Donnell Social Lite Mystery Series

Jennifer Vido writes the Piper O'Donnell Social Lite Mystery series which started in 2011 and is set in Ohio. It features small town socialite Piper O'Donnell. Along with her boyfriend, private eye Rusty, and sister Penelope she solves murders.…

Poppy McAllister Mystery Series

Libby Klein writes the Poppy McAllister Mystery Series which started in January 2018 and is set in New Jersey. It features newly widowed and stuck in a middle-aged funk, Poppy McAllister who has been running on cookies, infomercials, and one-…

Postmistress Mystery Series

Jean Flowers writes the Postmistress Mystery series which starts in November 2015 and is set in Massachusetts. It features Cassie Miller who decides to return to her small hometown in the Berkshires to lick her wounds and live in the house where…

Quick Flick Mystery Series

Nikki Spryer writes the Quick Flick Mystery series which is set in different locations and started in 2014. Each book features different main characters as they set out to solve murders.


Rebecca Robbins Mysteries Series

Joelle Charbonneau writes the Rebecca Robbins Mysteries Series which started in 2010 and takes place in Illinois. It features Chicago mortgage broker Rebecca Robbins who returns to her hometown of Indian Falls, Ill., to sell the roller rink she's…

Renaissance Faire Mysteries Series

This series started in 2008 and set in South Carolina. It features assistant college professor and USC doctoral candidate Jessie Morton who also studies medieval crafts every summer at Columbia, S.C.'s Renaissance Faire Village. She finds herself…

Rhodes to Murder Mystery Series

Mary Welk writes the Rhodes to Murder Mystery series which started in 1996 and is set in Illinois. It features ER nurse and amateur sleuth Caroline Rhodes and her sleuthing partner, history professor Carl Atwater.


River Road Mystery Series

Susan McBride writes the River Road Mystery series which started in 2014 and is set in Illinois. It features amateur sleuth Helen Evans, who like Miss Marple solves murders.


RM Outdoor Adventure Mystery Series

The RM Outdoor Adventure Mystery series started in 2011 and is set in Colorado. It features whitewater ranger Mandy Tanner. It seems that Mandy will have many interesting adventures on the Arkansas River! This series sounds interesting and fun.…

Rocky Cove Mystery Series

Summer Prescott writes the Rocky Cove Mystery series - which is set in Maine and started in 2015. It features Divorced caterer Becca Rogers. As she caters some high end events, she finds herself well out of her comfort zone, and well above her…

Rylie Keyes Mystery Series

Marianne Harden writes the Rylie Keyes Mystery series which is set in Washington and started in 2013. It features 24-year-old Rylie Keyes. Is it strange to have the unemployment office on speed dial? Not for twenty-four-year-old college dropout…

Safe Harbor Medical Mystery Series

Jacqueline Diamond writes the Safe Harbor Medical Mystery Series which started in April 2016. It features recently widowed Dr. Eric Darcy.


Sand and Sea Hawaiian Mystery Series

Kathi Daley writes Sand and Sea Hawaiian Mystery Series which starts in March 2015 and is set in Hawaii. It features lifeguard Kailani Pope. She comes from a long line of police officers.She has passed all the requirements to be selected for the…

Sarah Winston Garage Sale Mystery Series

Sherry Harris writes Sarah Winston Garage Sale Mystery series which started in December 2014 and is set in Massachusetts. Sarah Winston’s happy life as an Air Force wife crashes around her when her husband, CJ, ends up in the arms of his…