A Few of My Favorite Mysteries 2

 This week, I introduce a few more of my favorite mystery writers.

Scotland Yard investigators Duncan Kincaid and Gemma James (19 books and counting) police procedural mysteries are set in London.In the first book, A Share in Death, Kincaid heads to Yorkshire for a brief vacation but a murder leads him to bring in his new assistant Sergeant Gemma James. I love the characters and how their relationship and family build. The cases are well plotted and the setting makes you fall in love with England (if you weren't already). 

Here is my post on Crombie's utilization of multiple POVs. 

http://dianahurwitz.blogspot.com/2019/12/a-mystery-with-multiple-povs.html

Follow Deborah Crombie on Amazon:  https://www.amazon.com/Deborah-Crombie/e/B000APGQCQ/

I inhaled the entire Miss Fisher book series as well as the television series. There were a few changes and the television series continued beyond the books. You can read more about that here: 

https://bloodredpencil.blogspot.com/2021/01/the-irresistible-miss-phryne-fisher.html

The first book in the series is Cocaine Blues. We are introduced to the audacious Phrynne Fisher. After the first World War, Phrynne leaves London for 1920s Melbourne, Australia. She gathers strays such as her lady's maid Dot Williams, Mr. Butler (and in the books his wife, the housekeeper), and cabbies Bert Johnson and Cec Yates.She adopts two girls along the way. Phryne has many lovers in both the books and television series. In the books, she works with Detective Inspector John "Jack" Robinson, a happily married man who enjoys gardening. In the television version, he is a potential love interest. I recommend the books, the television series, and the television sequel the Modern Miss Fisher in which Phrynne's niece Peregrine inherit's her aunt's house and penchant for meddling in murders. 

Follow Kerry Greenwood on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Kerry-Greenwood/e/B004MLDPYQ

Anne Perry's  Charlotte and Thomas Pitt series spans over twenty books. I found them at the latter end and read them all and would read them again. Thomas Pitt is brought in to investigate the murder of a serial killer when Charlotte Ellison's maid is strangled. Sparks fly and they make a completely socially unacceptable match. I love the way they build a relationship and life together. The first novel in the series, The Cater Street Hangman was made into a movie. 

Recently, Perry has created a series with Thomas and Charlotte's barrister son Daniel Pitt which is equally enjoyable. The first book in his series is Twenty-One Days.

Perry has other sleuth series as well that I have not yet read.

Follow Anne Perry on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Anne-Perry/e/B000APAS2A/

Ariana Franklin's Mistress of the Art of Death series follows  Adelia, a 12th century female pathologist, fighting medieval crime and speaking for victims who otherwise would have been forgotten. Alas, the beloved author, aka Diana Norman, has passed from this realm, so the series is at an end. But the author left many other works for us to enjoy.

I love Tana French's writing style and voice. Hands down, one of the best mystery wordsmiths in mystery. Her Dublin Murder Squad series follows related but different protagonists in each novel. In the first book, In the Woods,  Detective Rob Ryan and Detective Cassie Maddox investigate a case chillingly similar to a previous unsolved mystery from Rob's childhood. He faces long-buried memories and ghosts from the past. In the second book, The Likeness, Cassie and team find the body of a girl who looks just like her and is using one of her former undercover identities. Cassie assumes the girl's identity to find the killer. In the third book Frank Mackay is a detective in the Dublin Murder Squad. When the body of a girl Frank thought stood him up back when he was a teenager is found, he must unravel the mystery of who killed her. The first two books were combined for a short run television series.

Follow Tana French on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Tana-French/e/B001H6IGWU/

Stay tuned for my recommendations in the Fantasy genre.