A documentary television producer in England, John Lawton became a published author in 1994 with the first book of the Frederick Troy series, “Black Out”. Specializing in Historical fiction, Lawton wrote murder mysteries (with the Frederick Troy Series) set before and after World War II, but also spy novels (with the Joe Wilderness Series) set…
Coming from British author Phil Rickman, the Merrily Watkins series is about tales of murder, mystery, and intrigue. The story revolves around Merrily Watkins–parish priest and single mum–who is a Deliverance Consultant, a position also known as Diocesan Exorcist. As the advisor on the Paranormal for the Diocese of Hereford, Merrily has to work with…
A best-seller writer in the Gothic horror and family saga genre, V.C. Andrews died of breast cancer in 1986. Since then, books written under her name are still published, but they are all written by ghostwriter Andrew Neiderman. At the end of the nineties, the writer released a new family saga, The Orphans consisting of…
Spanning over a millennium, the Roman Empire’s saga is a fascinating blend of military might, political machinations, cultural achievements, and inevitable decline. No surprise these Historical times inspired writers to tell stories of all kinds. The following list of book series offers a diverse range of perspectives on Ancient Rome, exploring various aspects of its…
Joseph Kanon is an American author known for thriller and spy novels–most of those books are set in the period between World War II and 1950, and they often use real events.,Kanon was the editor in chief, CEO, and president of the publishing houses Houghton Mifflin and E. P. Dutton in New York. He started…
Coming from British Canadian writer Maureen Jennings, The Murdoch Mysteries is a historical crime series inspired by John Wilson Murray-who was appointed as Ontario’s first government detective in 1875. The series focuses on Detective William Murdoch, a man of strong principles, who uses his unique abilities to solve crimes, sometimes using advanced science for his…
Written by the American author Christine Feehan, GhostWalkers is a paranormal/romance series about people with psychic abilities. The GhostWalker experiment was created to enhance the psychic abilities of an elite squadron, transforming their natural telekinetic powers into a unique military weapon. Now, they go on impossible missions, using their powers to save lives and find…
From Scottish writer Caro Ramsay, the Anderson and Costello series is a crime procedural taking place in Glasgow. The series focuses on complex murder cases and the detectives Anderson and Costello’s tenacious pursuit of justice. They face both the criminals and the inner demons that stalk them as they delve into each case, navigating Glasgow’s…
Written by British author and public historian Alison Weir, the Six Tudor Queens book series is about, you guessed it, the wives of Henry VIII. What is Anne Boleyn did not adore Henry VIII amid all the romance? Or that Prince Arthur, Katherine of Aragon’s alleged first husband, cared so little for her that he…
Louise Rennison (1951-2016) was an English author and comedian. She found success with her one-woman autobiographical show, “Stevie Wonder Felt My Face,” and began to write for Woman’s Hour on Radio Four, for comedians, and for a London newspaper. This led her to publish in 1999 her first fiction book for teenage girls. The Confessions…
Lilian Jackson Braun (1931 – 2011) was an American journalist and author of 30 novels featuring James Mackintosh Qwilleran (Qwill), a journalist and recovering alcoholic, who successively adopts two Siamese cats, with one of them may have special abilities helping Qwilleran to solve mysteries. She wrote the first three novels in the 1960s, then interrupted…
Like the Landry series, The Cutler Series is actually not written by V.C. Andrews but by Andrew Neiderman, the ghostwriter hired by her estate to continue to write novels to be published under her name (Virginia Andrews’s name is considered a valuable commercial asset). V.C. Andrews had started writing the first book in the series,…
