Written by British writer Michael Dibdin, Aurelio Zen is an Italian detective with the bad habit of being honest and a tendency to dig too deep into the cases that otherwise should have been quietly closed and buried. Like Wallander, but with less success, Aurelio Zen has been the star of his own TV series,…
Coming from British-based Australian author Ellie Dean (a pseudonym used by Tamara McKinley), Cliffehaven is a wartime saga set in Beach View Boarding House on the South coast of England. Presented as a heart-warming Second World War saga, Cliffhaven explores the lives of the women and the hardships suffered by families in the close-knit community…
The Museum Mysteries is a historical mystery series by Jim Eldridge that revolves around Daniel Wilson. Former Detective Inspector, he now works as a private inquiry agent assisted by his partner, archaeologist-cum-detective Abigail Fenton. Together, they are dubbed the “The Museum Detectives” as they often investigate museum-related crimes. How to read the Museum Mysteries Series…
Editor, journalist, but now mostly fiction writer, Archer Mayor takes us to his native Vermont with his famous mystery series. Mostly set in Brattleboro, Vermont, this series follows the investigation of Joe Gunther, a Korean War veteran, a widower, and–before anything else–a police officer with 30 years of experience who eventually becomes the head of…
From Australian crime fiction writer Michael Robotham, this series is about a psychiatrist solving crimes. The psychologist is forty-two-year-old Joseph O’Loughlin, a man who had every reason to be happy until his life took an unexpected turn when he was diagnosed with Parkinson’s. Then the police asked for his help. That’s when he starts working…
Written by Polish author Andrzej Sapkowski, The Witcher was a popular fantasy series composed of multiple novels and short stories. The series revolves around the famous Witcher, Geralt of Rivia, a beast hunter with supernatural abilities (he is a man whose magic powers, enhanced by long training and a mysterious elixir, have made him a…
Written by American author Lisa Scottoline, Rosato and Associates is a series of legal thrillers about women who are partners at a law firm. The managing partner of the firm is Benedetta Rosato and she works with Mary DiNunzio, Judy Carrier, and Anne Murphy. Each book focuses on a different main character and a different…
Known for his work as the official author of Robert Ludlum’s Jason Bourne series, Brian Freeman launched his career with a psychological thriller introducing Jonathan Stride. Jonathan Stride is a widower–his wife, Cindy, died of cancer years ago–and a police lieutenant in Duluth, Minnesota, on the shore of Lake Superior. He works with fellow detectives…
The Princess Diaries is a young adult series written by Meg Cabot. It’s about Mia who is the princess and heir to the throne of Genovia, a small country in Europe. Mia lived most of her life in Greenwich Village and uses a talent for writing to chronicle her life in personal diaries. So, this…
From American author Megan Whalen Turner, The Queen’s Thief is a fantasy series for young adults in six volumes. Set in a world rich with political machinations and intrigue, battles, dangerous journeys, divine intervention, power, passion, revenge, and deception, The Queen’s Thief series resolves around the adventures of the incorrigible Eugenides, a thief. He says…
Written by a Canadian author from Toronto named Sienna Mercer, My Sister the Vampire is an urban fantasy series for young readers. The series is about Olivia Abbott who transfers to Franklin Grove Middle School where she discovers her long-lost identical twin, vampire Ivy Vega. The sisters are very different, one is a cheerleader, the…
Andrew Taylor is a British author best known for his crime and historical novels, and the Marwood and Lovett series is combining the two genres. The story is taking us to 17th-century England as the first book began the with Great Fire of London in 1666. In the heart of the tragedy, we met James…
