MYSTERY SERIES

Who doesn't like to read a good mystery?  And, what's better than one good mystery?  A whole series!

If you can find a character that you love or a writing style you enjoy, then why wouldn't you want to read more like it?

I just started reading the Hannah Swensen series by Joanne Fluke, and I am loving it!  Hannah Swensen is a Minnesota native who owns her own bakery, The Cookie Jar.  Interspersed between chapters, Fluke includes some of Hannah's recipes.  Try them out and get a taste of Hannah's world while enjoying a great read.







There a lot of mystery series out there, and here a few to get you started.

Hannah Swensen Series by Joanne Fluke:

1. Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder
2. Strawberry Shortcake Murder
3. Blueberry Muffin Murder
4. Lemon Meringue Pie Murder
5. Fudge Cupcake Murder
6. Sugar Cookie Murder
7. Peach Cobbler Murder
8. Cherry Cheesecake Murder
9. Key Lime Pie Murder
10. Carrot Cake Murder
11. Cream Puff Murder
12. Plum Pudding Murder
13. Apple Turnover Murder
14. Devil's Food Cake Murder
15. Cinnamon Roll Murder

Maisie Dobbs Series by Jacqueline Winspear:

1. Maisie Dobbs
2. Birds of a Feather
3. Pardonable Lies
4. Messenger of Truth
5. An Incomplete Revenge
6. Among the Mad
7. The Mapping of Love and Death
8. A Lesson in Secrets
9. Elegy for Eddie

Mary Russell & Sherlock Holmes Series by Laurie R. King

1. The Beekeeper's Apprentice
2. A Monstrous Regiment of Women
3. A Letter of Mary
4. The Moor
5. O Jerusalem
6. Justice Hall
7. The Game
8. Locked Rooms
9. The Language of Bees
10. The God of the Hive
11. Pirate King
12. Garment of Shadows

Stephanie Plum Series by Janet Evanovich:

1. One for the Money
2. Two for the Dough
3. Three to Get Deadly
4. Four to Score
5. High Five
6. Hot Six
7. Seven Up
8. Hard Eight
9. To the Nines
10. Ten Big Ones
11. Eleven on Top
12. Twelve Sharp
13. Lean Mean Thirteen
14. Fearless Fourteen
15. Finger Lickin' Fifteen
16. Sizzling Sixteen
17. Smokin' Seventeen
18. Explosive Eighteen
19. Notorious Nineteen

Some other series include:

Goldy Schulz Culinary Series by Diane Mott Davidson follows Goldy Schulz, a small town caterer, as she solves murder mysteries in her spare time.  These novels include recipes for the reader to try at home.

Kinsey Millhone Series by Sue Grafton: Kinsey Millhone is a private detective.  In the first novel in the series, A is for Alibi, Kinsey must find the killer of a hated divorce lawyer.

Women's Murder Club Series by James Patterson: A group of women solve crimes in their home city of San Francisco.  They often meet up to discuss clues and life over food and drinks.  In the first entry of the series (1st to Die), a serial killer is stalking and murdering newlyweds on their honeymoon.  Homicide Inspector Lindsay Boxer takes on the case and meets three other women along the way: a lawyer, a reporter, and the city medical examiner.  Together they solve the crime, and the Women's Murder Club begins.

The Alex Cross Series by James Patterson follows Alex Cross, the Deputy Chief of Detectives.  In the first book (Along Came a Spider), Alex works on a case involving a kidnapping and a $10,000,000 ransom.

Flavia de Luce Series by Alan Bradley takes place in an England in the 1950s.  A young girl, Flavia, lives in an ancient house and frequents a long abandoned Victorian chemistry lab.  In "The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie," Flavia must prove her father did not commit a murder.  Along the way she is able to tie together two distant deaths and is led all the way to the King of England.

Tea Shop Mystery Series by Laura Childs: In "Death by Darjeeling," tea shop owner, Theodosia Browning caters an annual event in which one of the patrons turns up dead.  Her reputation is on the line and with the help of her friends and fellow tea shop owners, she sets out to unravel the mystery of the deadly tea.

Her Royal Spyness by Rhys Bowen is a mystery series that takes place in 1930s London.  It features a young penniless member to the extended royal family as the heroine.  Check out the first book in the series: Her Royal Spyness.

Children's Mystery Series:

Nancy Drew by Carolyn Keene
Hardy Boys by Franklin W. Dixon
Boxcar Children by Gertrude Chandler Warner
A-Z Mysteries by Ron Roy
Nate the Great by Marjorie Weinman Sharmat
Jigsaw Jones by James Preller
Chet Gecko by Bruce Hale
Cam Jansen by David A. Adler
Encyclopedia Brown by Donald J. Sobol