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This series started in 2009 and is set in 1960s England. It features widow, Eleanor Trewynn who runs a charity shop in Cornwall, England. In earlier years she traveled to exotic places with her husband. Now she is retired and to the dismay of…

Rebecca Tope writes the Cotswold Mystery Series which started in 2004 and is set in England. It features recently widowed Thea Osborne. Thea is a house sitter who solves murders.

Peter Bartram writes the Crampton Of The Chronicle Mystery series which started in August 2015 and is set in England. It features crime reporter Colin Crampton in 1960s Brighton, UK. In the first book the Brighton Evening Chronicle's crime…

This series started in 1994 and is set in England. It features journalist, Daisy Dalrymple. This series takes place in the 1920s and Daisy, the daughter of a Viscount, shocks her family when she decides that she wants to make her own living as a…

N.L. Wilson (aka Norah Wilson and Heather Doherty) writes the Dix Dodd Mystery series which is set in England. It features Dix Dodd who is tired of getting no respect at the big P.I. firm where she’s worked for years. At age 40 she ventures out…

This series started in 1995 and takes place in England. It features retired schoolteacher Dorothy Martin, an American expat living in England. Also featured is Dorothy's husband, retired Chief Constable Alan Nesbitt. The first book in this series…

Award winning author Deborah Crombie writes the Kincaid & James Mystery Series which started in 1993 and takes place in London, England. It features Duncan Kincaid, Police Superintendent and his down-to-earth Police Sergeant Gemma James.

D.E. Ireland (aka Meg Mims and Sharon Pisacreta) write the Eliza Doolittle & Henry Mystery series. The series started September 2014 and is set in early 20th century London. It features Eliza Doolittle and Henry Higgins who solve murders.

Frances Evesham writes the Exham on Sea Mystery Series which is set in England. It features Libby Forest who arrives on the coast after years in a disastrous marriage, determined to build a new life making cakes and chocolates in Exham on Sea. In…

C.C. Benison writes the Father Christmas Mystery Series which started in 2011 and takes place in England. It features recent widow, Father Tom Christmas who is a wise and warm-hearted new vicar of the picturesque English village of Thornford…

Alan Bradley writes the Flavia de Luce Series which started in 2009 and takes place in England. It features eleven-year-old Flavia de Luce. The year is 1950 and Flavia de Luce along with her eccentric family live in a decaying mansion. Flavia has…

Dorothy Cannell writes the Florence Norris Mystery Series which started in 2014 and is set in England in the 1930s. It features Florence Norris-- Housekeeper of Stodmarsh Family in Their Country House. This is a great English country house…

This series started in 1985 and is set in Scotland. It features Scottish constable Hamish Macbeth who solves murders in his village. Hamish has a reputation for laziness. He loves the town of Lochdubh (meaning 'black lake' (loch) in Gaelic and…

Jenn McKinlay writes the Hat Shop Mystery series which started in August 2013. It is set in London and features Scarlett Parker. Scarlett Parker’s love life is in the loo—as her British cousin Vivian Tremont would say—it’s also gone viral with an…

Hannah Dennison writes the Honeychurch Hall Mystery series which started in May 2014 and is set in England. Set against the backdrop of Agatha Christie’s beloved Devon, TV celebrity Kat Stanford discovers that her newly widowed mother Iris has…

This series started in 2010 and takes place in Suffolk England. It features Ivy Beasley who is a character from the Lois Meade series. Ivy is Lois' cousin and has moved to a retirement home in the same village. She and her new found friend Gus…

Joanna Campbell Slan writes The Jane Eyre Chronicles which started in 2012 and takes place in England. It features the strong-willed and intelligent Jane Eyre. This series is set in the 1820s and picks up where author Charlotte Bronte left off.…

Faith Martin (aka Jacquie Walton) writes the JENNY STARLING Series which is set in England. In her late twenties, Jenny Starling is a travelling cook who'd rather bake (and eat!) chocolate cake than solve a murder. Her famous (and now very rich)…

This series started in 2009 and is set in England. It features Kate Shackleton who is a World War I widow that takes up sleuthing. Although Kate Shackleton's husband is listed as MIA, she hasn't given up hope. Meanwhile, she assists others in…

Nell Hampton (aka Nancy Parra & Nancy Coco) writes the Kensington Palace Chef Mystery Series which started in April 2017 and is set in England. Chef Carrie Ann Cole is about to embark on the adventure of a lifetime--an assignment as the new…

Tasha Alexander writes the Lady Emily Mystery series which started in 2005 and is set in Victorian England. It features Lady Emily. Emily is a young and beautiful widow. Emily discovers foul play when her husband dies on an African hunting…

Rebecca writes the Lake District Mysteries which started in 2012 and takes place in England. It features florist Persimmon 'Simmy' Brown who has moved to the beautiful region of the Lake District to be nearer her parents after suffering a…

The Libby Sarjeant Mystery Series which started in 2006 and is set in England. It features ex-actress, Libby Sarjeant. Libby lives in the small town of Steeple Martin in Kent. Together Libby and her psychic investigator friend Fran Castle solve…

Ann Purser writes the Lois Meade Mystery Series which started in 2002 and takes place in England. It features a devoted wife and mother of three, Lois Meade who cleans houses in the quaint English village of Long Farnden. The series also features…

Susanna Calkins writes the Lucy Campion Mystery series which started in April 2013 and takes place in seventeenth-century England. It features English chambermaid Lucy Campion who is serving in the household of the local magistrate. Mystery and…

Susan Elia MacNeal writes the Maggie Hope Mystery series which started in and is set in 1940 England. It features American, Maggie Hope. She graduated at the top of her college class and possesses all the skills of the finest minds in British…

Jacqueline Winspear writes the Maisie Dobbs Mystery series which started in 2003 and is set in early 20th century England. It features Psychologist and Investigator Maisie Dobbs. As a young girl Maisie worked as a servant in a Belgravia mansion.…

This series started in 2011 and set in England. It features Max Tudor who is a past MI5 agent. Max has moved to the quiet village of Nether Monkskip and is now vicar of St. Edwold’s.

The Miss Marple Mystery series started in 1930 and is set in England. It features the famous spinster Miss Jane Marple who is a clever amateur sleuth and in the end out foxes every one.

Inspector Witherspoon's dedicated housekeeper, Mrs. Jeffries keeps things running smoothly and is quite clever at putting Witherspoon on the right track in case after case. In fact, Mrs. Jeffries' polished detective skills prove once again that…