Jonathan “Jack” West Junior is the main character in the book series by Australian author Matthew Reilly. Also nicknamed “Huntsman”, Jack was once considered one of the best soldiers in the world but disliked being a soldier himself. He is now a historian with a knack for solving ancient puzzles and traps. A calm and…
Written by English/Australian author Colin Cotterill, this mystery series takes us back to the 1970s in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic. The story resolves around seventy-two-year-old Dr. Siri Paiboun, one of the last doctors left in Laos after the Communist takeover. He is untrained for the job but has been drafted to be a national…
Written by English author and historian Paul C. Doherty, this murder mystery series is set during the 13th-century reign of Edward I of England. Launched in 1986 with the novel Satan in St Mary’s, this series tells the story of Hugh Corbett, the chancellor of England’s faithful clerk, as he investigates threats to the King…
Coming from Cambridge academic who was previously a coroner’s officer Susanna Gregory (the pseudonym of Elizabeth Cruwys), this series is about Matthew Bartholomew who investigates murders in medieval times. Matthew Bartholomew is an unorthodox physician living in fourteenth-century Cambridge. He is a master at the College of Michaelhouse at the University of Cambridge, where he…
Written by English novelist Elizabeth Jane Howard, the Cazalet Chronicles is a saga about the life of a large privileged family from the 1930s to the ‘1950s. Beginning in 1937, the Cazalets Chronicles explores the affairs, passions, and ambitions of the Cazalet family of Home Place, Sussex. From pre-war through to the Fifties, the three…
Written by American author Will Thomas, this hard-boiled mystery series is about 19th-century British private detective Barker and his assistant, Thomas Llewelyn. Set in the 1880s and often featuring historical events and people, the series follows Private Enquiry Agent Cyrus Barker and Llewelyn in London as they investigate dark and violent murder mysteries (they even…
Suspense thriller series written by American author Iris Johansen (author of the Eve Duncan series), the investigations of Kendra Michaels are taking place in the same universe as the Eve Duncan series. But the two women are definitely not the same. Kendra Michaels was blind for the first twenty years of her life and honed…
Written by Robert Westbrook, The Howard Moon Deer mystery series follows the adventures of Howard Moon Deer, a private investigator based in San Geronimo Peak, New Mexico, who described himself as “seeing eye Indian to a blind detective” as he is a Lakota Sioux, graduate student studying culinary psycho-sociology, who is working with Jack Wilder,…
Written by Stuart Palmer (1905 – 1968), The Hildegarde Withers book series is about an amateur sleuth and schoolteacher named Hildegarde Withers, a sharp-witted and unconventional woman who possesses a keen intellect and a knack for solving crimes in New York City during the 1930s and 1940s. Despite her unassuming appearance and occupation as an elementary school…
Written by Catherine Lloyd (aka Kate Pearce), The Kurland St. Mary Book series is a historical mystery series set in early 19th century England, specifically in the fictional village of Kurland St. Mary. Reverend Robert “Kurland” and his close friend, the widowed heiress Lucy Harrington find themselves entangled in various murder mysteries and crimes that…
Written by David and Aimée Thurlo, The Sister Agatha book series is a mystery series that follows the adventures of Sister Agatha, a former police officer turned nun, who solves crimes while living in a Benedictine monastery in New Mexico. Sister Agatha, with her background in law enforcement, brings a unique set of skills to…
Written by Harry Kemelman, the Rabbi Small book series revolves around Rabbi David Small, who serves as the spiritual leader of a Conservative Jewish congregation in the fictional town of Barnard’s Crossing, Massachusetts. A thoughtful and insightful man, Rabbi Small often finds himself embroiled in mysteries that occur within his community. He is a religious…
