Written by British crime novelist Elly Griffiths, also the author of the Stephens and Mephisto Mystery series, this series is about a forensic archeologist investigating crimes. Forensic archeologist Dr. Ruth Galloway is in her late thirties. She lives happily alone with her two cats in a bleak, remote area near Norfolk when she is called…
Written by English journalist Martin Walker, the Bruno detective series is set in the Périgord region of France. Benoit “Bruno” Courreges is the only policeman in the small village of Saint-Denis in the South of France. He’s a former soldier who has embraced the pleasures and slow rhythms of country life. He has a gun…
Coming from British author J.M. Dalgliesh (Dalgliesh, the writer, not the detective), Hidden Norfolk is a murder mystery series set, you guessed it, in Norfolk. This series is focusing on the investigations led by DI Tom Janssen and his team that are described as “dark murder mysteries peppered with humor and a touch of romance.”…
After the success of the new adaptation of Flowers in the Attic and its sequel, Lifetime continued to adapt V.C. Andrews’ books, first with an adaptation of The Casteel series and then with The Landry series, with V.C. Andrews’ Ruby Movie Series Event. The Ruby Series (or The Landry Series) is actually not written by…
Adapted into the television drama series Big Sky on the ABC network, the Cassie Dewell series was created by Charles James Box, Jr.–aka C.J. Box–and is about a Montana/North Dakota detective. Everything begins with Cody Hoyt, a police investigator who introduces us to his former partner, Cassie Dewell. Together, they are at the center of…
The DCI Matilda Darke crime thriller series is coming from British author, freelance journalist, and proofreader Michael Wood who, like the protagonist of his books, is from Sheffield. Set in South Yorkshire, this police procedural series is about the murder investigations led by DCI Matilda Darke and her team. Wood uses his experience covering crime…
Wilbur Addison Smith (1933-2021) was a Zambian-born British-South African author famous for his best-selling historical novels. This accountant by training became a full-time writer after he gained a film contract with his first published novel. Initially, Wilbur Smith wanted to become a journalist but his father dissuaded him and convinced him to find ‘a real…
Born on 19 May 1981, Kiera Cass is an American writer of young adult fiction. A graduate of Radford University with a B.S. in History, her first book, The Selection, was published in 2012 by HarperTeen. The Selection became a very popular young adult series composed of five full-length novels and multiple short stories. Kiera…
Coming from Scottish writer Alex Gray (pen name of Sandra Lang), the DCI William Lorimer series is a crime series that has sold more than a million copies worldwide. More specifically, the series is set around Glasgow and features the title character, Detective Chief Inspector Lorimer, as he leads the investigation with the help of…
Written by Clive Cussler, this is, of course, an adventure series that will take you all around the world to find forgotten treasures and solve century-old mysteries. More precisely, the series focuses on Sam and Remi Fargo, a couple of adventurers who are professional treasure hunters. They travel to exotic places around the globe in…
The Charlie Parker series of supernatural crime thrillers is written by Irish author John Connolly that was launched in 1999. The story of the Charlie Parker series focuses on a former New York City policeman hunting the killer of his wife and daughter. Parker is now a private investigator whose cases are pushing him into…
Originally created by English author and screenwriter Douglas Adams as a radio comedy broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1978, The Hitchhiker’s guide to the Galaxy–or H2G2 for short–was also adapted into stage shows, comic books, a TV series (in 1981), a computer game (in 1984) and finally in a feature film (in 2005). But…
