Easy Rawlins Books in Order: How to read Walter Mosley’s series?

Easy Rawlins Books in Order: How to read Walter Mosley’s series?

Created by mystery author Walter Mosley, Ezekiel “Easy” Porterhouse Rawlins is an African-American private investigator. More precisely, Rawlins is a hard-boiled detective and World War II veteran from, Louisiana living in the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles, from the 1940s to the 1960s. Most of the time, he is reluctant to take on cases, but…

Peter Diamond Books in Order: How to read Peter Lovesey’s series?

Peter Diamond Books in Order: How to read Peter Lovesey’s series?

Coming from Peter Lovesey, a British writer of historical and contemporary detective novels, The Peter Diamond Mysteries is about a modern-day police detective in Bath, Somerset. As described on the Penguin Random House page, the Peter Diamond series is a golden age-style detective, a devotee of old-fashioned gumshoeing. He’s a little out of shape and…

Elizabeth Strout Books in Order (Amy and Isabelle, Olive Kitteridge, My Name is Lucy Barton)

Elizabeth Strout Books in Order (Amy and Isabelle, Olive Kitteridge, My Name is Lucy Barton)

From a young age, Elizabeth Strout was drawn to writing things down and spent hours in the local library. In 1982, she graduated and received a law degree, and had her first story published in New Letters magazine. She rose to prominence in 1998 with her book Amy and Isabelle, adapted into a television movie…

Reading Jane Green Books in Order

Reading Jane Green Books in Order

Jane Green (also known as Jane Green Warburg) is a best-selling English-born American author who’s writing commercial women’s fiction. Green started as a publicist in her early 20s before working as a journalist for a few years–writing for The Daily Express, The Daily Mail, and Cosmopolitan magazine. She started working on her first novel, Straight…

Thea Osborne Books in Order: How to read Rebecca Tope’s Cotswold series?

Thea Osborne Books in Order: How to read Rebecca Tope’s Cotswold series?

Written by British crime novelist and journalist Rebecca Tope, The Thea Osborne mysteries are about house-sitting with a touch of murder. The stories revolve around Thea Osborne–and her loyal spaniel Hepzie-who is working as a house-sitter in the Cotswolds (an area in south-central, West Midlands, and South West England). With each new assignment, Thea hopes…

9 WWII Mystery Book Series To Read, From Billy Boyle to Bernie Gunther

9 WWII Mystery Book Series To Read, From Billy Boyle to Bernie Gunther

After the Victorian era, we are looking at a more recent period in our history, a shorter one, but also a darker one, as we are turning our intention today to the late 1940s, with a few mystery series set during World War II. There is not a lot of place here for cozy mysteries….

The Laundry Files Books in Order: How to read Charles Stross’s series?

The Laundry Files Books in Order: How to read Charles Stross’s series?

So, The Laundry Files is a series of science fiction spy thrillers written by British author Charles Stross (the author of The Merchant Princes series). The story is about Bob Howard, an I.T. consultant who is now a field agent for the British government agency known as The Laundry. This organization deals with occult threats…

Richard K. Morgan Books in Order (Takeshi Kovacs, A Land Fit For Heroes)

Richard K. Morgan Books in Order (Takeshi Kovacs, A Land Fit For Heroes)

British writer Richard Kingsley Morgan is known for his work in the science fiction (the Takeshi Kovacs series) and fantasy (A Land Fit For Heroes series) genres. He is the author of books, short stories, but also Marvel graphic novels. Morgan is a winner of the Philip K. Dick Award for his 2003 book Altered…

Kate Mosse Books in Order (Labyrinth, Languedoc trilogy, The Burning Chambers series)

Kate Mosse Books in Order (Labyrinth, Languedoc trilogy, The Burning Chambers series)

Kate Mosse is an English writer and broadcaster, mostly known for her book Labyrinth. Before becoming a full-time writer, she worked in publishing. She also writes for various newspapers and magazines, is a regular guest on UK radio and television, and has presented a few shows. Mosse was appointed Officer of the Order of the…

Maggie Hope Books in Order: How to read Susan Elia MacNeal’s series?

Maggie Hope Books in Order: How to read Susan Elia MacNeal’s series?

Written by American author Susan Elia MacNeal (author of Mother Daughter Traitor Spy), the Maggie Hope series is about a British spy during World War II. Maggie Hope graduated at the top of her college class and possesses all the skills of the finest minds in British intelligence, but her gender qualifies her only to…

Andrew Raymond Books In Order (Novak and Mitchell, DCI Lomond)

Andrew Raymond Books In Order (Novak and Mitchell, DCI Lomond)

A former bookseller who used to work as a marketing manager with Waterstones in Glasgow, Andrew Raymond became a full-time writer of spy thrillers. He published his first book, the political thriller Official Secrets, in 2018, which launched the Novak and Mitchell series. It became a success and other books followed. Andrew Raymond also writes…

Nick Heller Books in Order: How to read Joseph Finder’s series?

Nick Heller Books in Order: How to read Joseph Finder’s series?

Written by American writer Joseph Finder, the Nick Heller books series follows a “private spy” who specializes in digging up secrets that powerful people would rather keep hidden. In short, Nick Heller is a guy you don’t want to mess with. He’s also the man you call when you need a problem fixed. How to…