That’s right, Maggie MacGowen is an investigative documentary filmmaker and the main protagonist of the crime novel series written by Edgar Award-winning author Wendy Hornsby. Working on her documentaries leads Maggie MacGowen to investigate, but her complicated family life is also a source of dangers and mysteries. FYI, the first five books were published between…
Written by British novelist and television producer (and more) James Runcie, The Grantchester Mysteries is a historical detective series about a vicar solving crime in Cambridgeshire, England — inspired by James Runcie’s father, the former Archbishop of Canterbury. More precisely, this is the story of Sidney Chambers, a 32-year-old bachelor, vicar of Grantchester, and amateur…
Created by American writer Thomas Harris, Hannibal Lecter is the most famous cannibal in literature. A respected Baltimore forensic psychiatrist, Hannibal consults with the FBI to assist them in finding other serial killers before being exposed as a psychopathic cannibalistic serial killer. In Harris’s novels and film adaptations, Hannibal Lecter is depicted as a highly…
Bob Skinner is the main character of a crime novel series written by Quintin Jardine, a Scottish author also known for his other series revolving around Oz Blackstone, and Primavera Blackstone. If you are into Ian Rankin and Peter May‘s books, the stories of Deputy Chief Constable Bob Skinner are for you. He’s working at…
Written by Scottish crime writer Val McDermid (author of the Karen Pirie series), this psychological thriller series (also known as the Wire in the Blood series) is about criminal psychologist Tony Hill and DCI Carol Jordan, his police partner. Dr. Tony Hill is a clinical psychologist who specializes in repeat violent offenders. He is trained…
Written by an English novelist, actor, and comedian Mark Billingham, the Tom Thorne series is a mystery crime series set in London, England. More precisely, the stories follow Tom Thorne, a middle-aged detective inspector who is known for being unpredictable, as he investigates violent crimes, hunts serial killers, and tries to save lives. How to…
After working as a marketing manager at a legal publishing company and as an advertising copywriter, Liane Moriarty went back to school and started writing her first novel. Since then, the Australian author published a lot more and some of those books became #1 New York Times Bestsellers and big American TV Shows, like Big…
In the beginning, Hieronymus ‘Harry’ Bosch – the main character in this popular Michael Connelly‘s series named after the 15th-century Dutch artist – is a LA cop working for the homicide detective division. He joined the forces after his return from Vietnam and rose to the rank of detective after a few years as an…
Coming from British author Rachel Amphlett, who’s also writing the Detective Kay Hunter books, this series is focusing on Detective Sergeant Mark Turpin. It all starts when DS Turpin is transferred in from another police station. He is new the area. He has a new partner, Jan West. And he has new gripping murder mysteries…
Born in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1956, Philip Ballantyne Kerr began his literary career when he was just twelve years old, as a self-published writer: Bernie was writing pornographic stories and sold them to classmates. He studied at the University of Birmingham and worked as an advertising copywriter before becoming a full-time writer. Kerr is best…
Carola Dunn is a British writer (living in America) who’s known for her regency romances and, lately, for her cozy mystery novels. Her most famous work is the Daisy Dalrymple series about a freelance writer married to a Scotland Yard Detective in the 1920s who do some sleuthing with her husband. Dunn is also a…
If you like the movie Gone, Baby, Gone. What is the Kenzie & Gennaro series about? Written by the famous Boston writer and screenwriter Dennis Lehane, this detective series features Boston private investigators Patrick Kenzie and Angela Gennaro. Tough and flawed private investigators from the blue-collar streets of Dorchester, Patrick Kenzie and Angela Gennaro work…
