Ellery Adams - Series feature small town life and are gentle reads.
Susan Wittig Albert - Novels offer an interesting mix of colorful characters, multiple puzzles leading to ingenious plot twists, and carefully researched, richly described settings featuring strong, intelligent female protagonists.
Donna Andrews - Mysteries that feature a fine blend of suspense, humorous situations, zany relatives, screwball comedy, and murder.
Nancy Atherton - Stories develop at a deliberate, measured pace, but effectively build tension with small asides and the intrusion of daily life.
Stephanie Barron - Barron writes the Jane Austen mysteries series in which Jane Austen, the Regency novelist, has donned the mantle of an amateur sleuth.
M. C. Beaton - Novels offer readers who prize the puzzle element of mysteries a comfortable combination of eccentric characters, vividly detailed settings, expertly crafted plots and a strong measure of humor.
Rhys Bowen - The pen name for Janet Quin-Harkin, an award winning, bestselling British author of light historic mysteries: Molly Murphy series set in 1902 New York; Royal Spyness, a satire of the British Royal Family; and Constable Evans series set in Wales.
C. Alan Bradley - Quirky and darkly comic mystery stories set in rural England during the 1950s. The protagonist Flavia De Luce is a precocious 11 year-old girl dealing with her eccentric aristocratic family, dabbling with poisons, and brilliantly unraveling macabre crimes that occur in her village.
Rita Mae Brown - Gently humorous, witty, clever mysteries with a strong sense of place and memorable, if quirky, characters.
Laura Childs - Cozy mysteries that have the pace of a thriller and written in an engaging, witty style.
Mary Daheim - Cozy mysteries set in carefully-chosen locales in and around the state of Washington.
Diane Mott Davidson - Novels contain humorous, quirky characters, and a small town feeling in these cozy, culinary mysteries. Using the process of cooking as a counterpoint, Davidson sets up a clever mystery and leaves clues.
Joanne Fluke - Charming cozies are sprinkled with recipes. These books are known for their quirky characters, humor, clever plots, and twist endings.
Parnell Hall - Offbeat mysteries populated with comic characters and absurd situations. Avoiding many genre clichés, Hall's over the top plots and comedy keeps readers turning pages.
Carolyn Hart - Hart writes two Cozy Mystery series featuring amateur sleuths and the author's signature charm and engaging sense of humor.
Joan Hess - Sly humor and a strong sense of place characterize each of Joan Hess' series. Colorful supporting characters add diversion and complexity to the entertaining and satisfying plots.
Alexander McCall Smith - Richly drawn characters, attention to word choice and a gentle, warm tone with engaging prose and vivid settings have earned him a loyal following.
Katherine Hall Page - Page's series features a charming blend of well-constructed plots, quirky characters, and well realized settings, along with a touch of humor and delicious recipes.
Ann B. Ross - Ann B. Ross is best known for her "Miss Julia" series, which features the eccentric characters of a gossipy small town, including the proper yet sassy Southern septuagenarian Miss Julia.
James Runcie - Granchester mystery series, set in 1950s England, mixing crime, comedy and social history with a clergyman detective, in the tradition of G.K. Chesterton’s classic Father Brown mysteries.
Jacqueline Winspear - The Maisie Dobbs series explores the aftermath of WW I in 1920s England, as the intrepid female private investigator Maisie untangles painful secrets stemming from war experiences.
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