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Cozy Mystery Series that Take Place In: England


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Duncan Kincaid and Gemma James 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.


Eleanor Wilde Mystery Series

Tamara Berry writes the Eleanor Wilde Mystery Series which started in 2018 and is set in England.  It features fake medium Eleanor Wilde. Ellie has an ailing sister to care for and working as a ghost hunter helps cover the bills.…

Eliza Doolittle & Henry Mystery Series

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.


Exham on Sea Mystery Series

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…

Father Christmas Mystery Series

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…

First Edition Library Mystery Series

Marty Wingate writes the First Edition Library Mystery Series which started in October 2019 and is set in Bath, England. Hayley Burke has landed a dream job. She is the new curator of Lady Georgiana Fowling's First Edition library. The library is…

Flavia de Luce Series

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…

Florence Norris Mystery Series

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…

Hat Shop Mystery Series

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…

Honeychurch Hall Mystery Series

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…

Island Sisters Mystery Series

Hannah Dennison writes the Island Sisters Mystery Series which started in August 2020 and is set on an island off of Cornwall, England. It features two sisters who inherit an old hotel in the remote Scilly Islands…

Ivy Beasley Mystery Series

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…

Jane Austen Mystery Series

Victoria Grossack writes the Jane Austen Mystery Series which is set in historic England. It features Emma Knightley, a character from the Jane Austen novels and everyone's favorite meddling matchmaker who turns detective in this cozy mystery.…

Jane Austen Society Mystery Series

Elizabeth Blake (aka Carole Bugge and CE Lawrence) writes the Jane Austen Society Mystery Series which started in 2019 and is set in England.  Erin Coleridge’s used bookstore in Kirkbymoorside, North Yorkshire, England is a meeting…

Jane Eyre Chronicles

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.…

Jemima Jago Mystery Series

Emma Jameson writes the Jemima Jago Mystery Series which started in April 2021 and is set on an island off Cornwall, England.  It features librarian Jemima Jago who is offered the opportunity to…

Jenny Starling Mystery Series

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)…

Juliette Abbott Regency Mystery Series

Marilyn Clay writes the Juliette Abbott Regency Mystery Series which is set in England. It features clever, young Miss Juliette Abbott as amateur sleuth. The first book in the series, MURDER AT MORLAND MANOR takes place on a large country estate…

Kate Shackleton Mystery Series

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…

Keeley Carpenter Mystery Series

Michelle Kelly writes the Keeley Carpenter Mystery Series which started in January 2017 and is set in England. It features Keeley Carpenter. After ten years away, Keeley Carpenter is excited to be back in Belfrey, the traditional English village…

Kensington Palace Chef Mystery Series

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…

Lady Emily Mystery Series

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…

Lake District Mysteries

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…

Libby Sarjeant Mystery Series

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…

Lois Meade Mystery Series

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…

Lord James Harrington Mystery Series

Lynn Florkiewicz writes the Lord James Harrington Mystery series which started un 2011 and is set in England. It features Lord James Harrington and his delightful wife, Beth; residents of the tiny village of Cavendish, deep in the heart of West…

Lucy Campion Mysteries

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…

Maggie Hope Mystery Series

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…

Maggie's Murder Mystery Series

Morgan W. Silver writes the Maggie's Murder Mystery Series which is set in England and started in January 2020.  It  features bookstore owner and writer Maggie Matthews.


Maisie Dobbs Mystery Series

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.…