The Domestic Diva series, written by American author Krista Davis, is a collection of cozy mystery novels set in the historic town of Alexandria, Virginia, near Old Town. Blending elements of culinary culture and amateur sleuthing, the series follows protagonist Sophie Winston, a down-to-earth hostess with a talent for solving murders. While Sophie prefers a…
Created by Dame Agatha Christie, the Tommy and Tuppence Beresford book series follows a couple of secret agents and private detectives who are searching for adventure and money. Tuppence stands out because of her irresistible charm, impulsiveness, and natural intuition. She is the more intelligent of the two. Tommy, on the other hand, may lack…
Written by American authors Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black, The Spiderwick Chronicles is a best-selling series of children’s fantasy books that blends folklore with modern adventure. The story follows the Grace siblings—twin brothers Simon and Jared, and their older sister Mallory—as they uncover a hidden world of magical creatures after moving with their mother, Helen,…
The Miss Peregrine’s Peculiar Children series is a contemporary young adult fantasy saga written by American author Ransom Riggs. The series blends supernatural adventure with vintage photography, incorporating real, eerie photographs as part of its storytelling. Originally conceived as a picture book featuring Riggs’ collection of unusual antique photographs, the series evolved into a novel…
Quarry by Max Allan Collins is a pulp fiction about a US Marine sniper returning from the Vietnam War. He finds his wife in bed with another man and, after dropping a car on her lover, he finds himself unemployable. His proficiency at killing interests a middleman known as the Broker, who runs a murder-for-hire…
Tom Ripley—also known as Thomas Ripley—is one of the most fascinating characters in crime fiction, created by American novelist Patricia Highsmith. First introduced in The Talented Mr. Ripley (1955), Ripley is a masterful con artist and cold-blooded killer whose charm and cunning make him a uniquely unsettling anti-hero. Raised by an unloving aunt, Ripley grows…
From the acclaimed author of the Campbell & Carter Mystery series and the Lizzie Martin historical mysteries comes another beloved crime series—Mitchell & Markby. After a career in British embassies worldwide, Ann Granger turned to crime fiction, launching the Mitchell & Markby series in 1991. Set in the charming yet murder-prone town of Bamford in…
Philip José Farmer’s Riverworld series is one of science fiction’s most ambitious and thought-provoking sagas. Set on a mysterious planet where thirty-five billion people from Earth’s history are resurrected along a vast, winding river, the series explores themes of immortality, free will, and the search for ultimate truth. While many inhabitants accept their new existence…
Written by Mary Anna Evans, the book series follows Faye Longchamp, a woman who uncovers more than artifacts from the past. Faye Longchamp is the owner of Joyeuse, a moldering plantation hidden along the Florida coast. No one knows how Faye’s great-great-grandmother Cally, a newly freed slave barely out of her teens, came to own…
In a famous galaxy… What Star Wars: The High Republic is about? Launched in January 2021, Star Wars: The High Republic is an ongoing multimedia project with the mission to tell a cohesive story taking place during the High Republic. Charles Soule, Justina Ireland, Cavan Scott, Daniel José Older, and Claudia Gray are the principal…
Coming from mystery writer Leigh Russell, the DI Geraldine Steel series is about the investigation of police detectives Geraldine Steel and Ian Peterson (who has his own spin-off now). Those psychological thrillers take us first to the rural part of England before moving to London for a more international appeal. It’s, as you have guessed,…
Historical mystery series written by Robert R. McCammon, the Matthew Corbett book series is set in colonial America and centers on the exploits of a youthful clerk–and professional problem solver–who works for the magistrate in the Carolinas during the 17th and 18th centuries. Throughout the series, Matthew Corbett is lured into a number of fascinating…
