Thirty years after her debut in a column for The Independent, and twenty-four years after the first film adaptation, Bridget Jones is set to return next year in the fourth installment of the Bridget Jones film series. Helen Fielding’s heroine started as a thirty-something single woman in London, on a quest to find her own…
When fantasy readers discuss Grimdark, the grittiest corner of the genre, it’s impossible not to mention The First Law world. Written by British author Joe Abercrombie, The First Law is a fantasy series that includes two trilogies, three standalone novels, and several short stories set within the same world. The series takes place in the Circle…
Written by Rebecca Elliott, The Owl Diaries series is part of Scholastic’s early chapter book line called Branches, which is aimed at newly independent readers. With easy-to-read text, high-interest content, fast-paced plots, and illustrations on every page, these books will boost reading confidence and stamina. Branches books have for vocation to help readers grow! The…
Written by British author Rhys Bowen (Molly Murphy, Evan Evans), Her Royal Spyness is a humorous historical series about the penniless cousin of King George V of England in 1932 who is acting as a spy for the queen. Lady Victoria Georgiana Charlotte Eugenie, daughter to the Duke of Atholt and Rannoch, is flat broke….
Created by Robert Crais, this hard-boiled detective series of books is about a private investigator named Elvis Cole and his partner Joe Pike. This pair of Hollywood unorthodox private eyes focuses mainly on cases of abused and battered women and children – with some exceptions. Elvis is the tough and conscientious type, and Joe is the strong…
Jessica Beatrice Fletcher (known as J.B. Fletcher when writing) is a retired teacher-turned-author of mystery novels, amateur detective, criminology professor, and congresswoman. Not in reality, on the American television series Murder, She Wrote in which she was portrayed by Angela Lansbury. Like Richard Castle, the fictional J.B. Fletcher started publishing real books (she’s credited as…
Written by Kansas City native Julie Mulhern, The Country Club Murders is a series of humorous mysteries set in the 1970s. Kansas City, Mo., socialite Ellison Russell-and a member of the country club-is at the center of the series. In 1974, her husband’s mistress is found dead and Ellison became a murder suspect. After proving…
From American author Donna Leon, this crime series takes us in Italy, in or around Venice, for some murder mysteries. The series revolves around Guido Brunetti, a happily married father of two vice-commissario of police. Intelligent, pragmatic, and compassionate, Brunetti works with his colleague Lorenzo Vianello to solve crimes for a long time now. The…
Written by English author Jacquie Walton under the pen name Faith Martin, the author of the Hillary Greene series, the Ryder and Loveday series is a cozy mystery series set in Oxford during the 1960s. Everything starts with the introduction of Probationary WPC Trudy Loveday – smart, enthusiastic, and always underestimated – who’s assigned to…
The main protagonist in the crime series written by James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge, Michael Bennett is a New York City cop. He is also a six-foot-three Irish American with 10 adopted kids. He cares for them with the help of his au pair, Mary Catherine, and his grandfather Seamus. His wife, Maeve, died of…
Coming from bestselling Scottish author Lin Anderson, the Rhona MacLeod series is a collection of crime thriller novels. Set in Glasgow, the series follows the investigations of forensic scientist Rhona MacLeod, a woman of our time inspired by a former pupil of Lin Anderson who became a forensic scientist for the Met in London. As…
Written by Peter Tremayne (pseudonym of Peter Berresford Ellis), The Sister Fidelma series is a historical mystery series taking us back to the 7th century. Sister Fidelma is an Eognacht princess and sister to the king of Cashel, a religieuse of the Celtic Church, and an advocate of the Brehornn court. With the help of…
