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Cozy Mysteries

           A cozy mystery has interesting characters, a light-hearted tone,
      no graphic violence, and often features an amateur detective and animals.

 



Authors J - Q
 

 

Series
(Series titles below reflect library collection.  Other titles in the series or by that author may not be owned by us.)


Kali O'Brien,
, attorney in gold country by Jonnie Jacobs
    
(see California Mysteries)
   
C.B. Greenfield & Maggie Rome, paper editor & reporter/musician in Conn. by Lucille Kallen
     1.  Introducing C.B. Greenfield
     2.  The Tanglewood Murder
     3.  A Little Madness
          Other titles in series
   
David Small, rabbi sleuth in Barnard's Crossing, Mass. by Harry Kemelman
     1.  Friday the Rabbi Slept Late
     2.  Saturday the Rabbi Went Hungry
     3.  Sunday the Rabbi Stayed Home
     4.  Monday the Rabbi Took Off
     5.  Tuesday the Rabbi Saw Red
     6.  Wednesday the Rabbi Got Wet
     7.  Thursday the Rabbi Walked Out
     8.  Someday the Rabbi Will Leave
     9.  One Fine Day the Rabbi Bought a Cross
   10.  The Day the Rabbi Resigned
   11.  That Day the Rabbi Left Town
 
Calista Jacobs, children's illustrator in Mass. by Kathryn Lasky Knight
         
(see Bibliomysteries)
 
Social Club Mysteries in Borderville, VA by Graham Landrum
         
(see Southern Mysteries)
 
Homer & Mary Kelly, professors in Cambridge Mass. by Jane Langton
         
(see Bibliomysteries)
 
Jo Beth Sidden, bloodhound trainer by Virginia Lanier
        
(see Hobbies Mysteries)
 
John Putnam Thatcher, Wall Street financial whiz by Emma Lathen
     1.  A Place for Murder
     2.  Accounting for Murder
     3.  Murder Makes the Wheels Go 'Round
     4.  Murder Against the Grain in Banking on Murder
     5.  A Stitch in Time in Banking on Murder
     6.  When in Greece
     7.  Murder to Go
     8.  Pick Up Sticks
     9.  Ashes to Ashes
   10.  The Longer the Thread
   11.  Murder Without Icing
   12.  Sweet and Low
   13.  By Hook or by Crook
   14.  Double, Double Oil and Trouble
   15.  Going for the Gold
   16.  Green Grow the Dollars
   17.  Something in the Air
   18.  East is East
   19.  Right on the Money
   20.  Brewing up a Storm
   21.  A Shark Out of Water
          Other titles in series
 
Jerry & Pam North, a book publisher & his wife by Richard & Frances Lockridge
     1.  Murder is Served
     2.  The Dishonest Murderer
     3.  Murder Comes First
     4.  Murder Has Its Points
     5.  Murder by the Book
          Other titles in series
 
Sarah Kelling & Max Bittersohn, investigative couple in Boston by Charlotte MacLeod
        
(see British Aristocracy Mysteries)
   
Peter Shandy, botany professor at Balaclava Agricultural College by Charlotte MacLeod
        
(see Murder Makes the Grade)
   
Torie O'Shea, a genealogist by Rett MacPherson
        
(see Humorous Mysteries)
   
Deborah Knott, Deborah Knott, North Carolina judge by Margaret Maron
        
(see Southern Mysteries)
   
Rei Shimura, antiques dealer in Tokyo by Sujata Massey
        
(see Hobbies Mysteries)
   
Charlotte Graham, actress in New Jersey by Stefanie Matteson
        
(see Senior Sleuths Mysteries)
   
Cassidy McCabe, psychotherapist & her cat in Oak Park, Ill. by Alex Matthews
     1.  Secret's Shadow
     2.  Vendetta's Victim
     3.  Wanton's Web
     4.  Cat's Claw
     5.  Death's Domain
          Other titles in series
 
Bert & Nan Tatum, identical twins by Barbara Taylor McCafferty
        
(see Humorous Mysteries)
   
Elizabeth MacPherson, forensic anthropologist by Sharyn McCrumb
       
(see Archaeology & Anthropology Mysteries)
   
Jay Omega, college professor & sci-fi author by Sharyn McCrumb
     1.  Bimbos of the Death Sun
     2.  Zombies of the Gene Pool
 
Father Roger Dowling, St. Hilary's Parish priest in Fox River, Illinois by Ralph McInerny
     1.  Lying Three
     2.  Second Vespers
     3.  Thicker Than Water
     4.  A Loss of Patients
     5.  The Grass Widow
     6.  Getting a Way with Murder
     7.  Rest in Pieces
     8.  The Basket Case
     9.  Four on the Floor
   10.  Abracadaver
   11.  Judas Priest
   12.  Desert Sinner
   13.  Seed of Doubt
   14.  A Cardinal Offense
   15.  The Tears of Things
   16.  Grave Undertakings
   17.  Triple Pursuit
   18.  Prodigal Father
   19.  Last Things
   20.  Requiem for a Realtor
   21.  Blood Ties
          Other titles in series
 
Andrew Broom, attorney in Wyler, Indiana by Ralph McInerny
     1.  Cause and Effect
     2.  Body and Soil
     3.  Savings and Loam
     4.  Mom and Dead
     5.  Law and Ardor
     6.  Heirs and Parents
   
Lucy Stone, wife & mother of 4 in Tinker's Cove, Maine by Leslie Meier
     1.  Tippy-Toe Murder
     2.  Christmas Cookie Murder
     3.  Valentine Murder
     4.  Wedding Day Murder
     5.  Birthday Party Murder
     6.  Father's Day Murder
     7.  Star Spangled Murder
     8.  New Year's Eve Murder
          Other titles in series
   
Xenia Smith & Leslie Wetzon, Wall Street headhunters by Annette Meyers
     1.  Tender Death
     2.  Blood on the Street
     3.  Murder: The Musical
     4.  These Bones Were Made for Dancin'
     5.  The Groaning Board
     6.  Hedging
          Other titles in series
 
Maggie Kelly, mystery writer by Kasey Michaels
        
(see British Aristocracy Mysteries)
   
Laura Michaels, retirement center social worker in OK by John Miles
     1.  Murder in Retirement
     2.  Most Deadly Retirement
          Other titles in series
 
Glynis Tryon, librarian & suffragette in New York's Seneca Falls mysteries by Miriam Grace Monfredo
        
(see Bibliomysteries)
   
Cassie Swann, professional bridge player in Bellington, England by Susan Moody
        
(see Hobbies Mysteries)
   
Reuben Frost, retired attorney by Haughton Murphy
        
(see Senior Sleuths Mysteries)
   
Joe Grey, feline private investigator in LA by Shirley Rousseau Murphy
        
(see California Mysteries)
   
Magdalene Yoder, solves mysteries & runs an inn by Tamar Meyers
        
(see Cooking Mysteries)
   
Abigail Timberlake, antiques dealer by Tamar Meyers
        
(see Humorous Mysteries)
   
Blanche White, North Carolina house cleaner by Barbara Neely
        
(see African Heritage Mysteries)
   
Sister Mary Helen, retired nun in San Francisco by  Carol Anne O'Marie
        
(see California Mysteries)
   
Faith Sibley Fairchild, New England caterer & wife of a minister by Katherine Hall Page
        
(see Cooking Mysteries)
   
Sir Charles Sheridan & Kate Ardleigh, amateur detective & his wife in Victorian England by Robin Paige
        
(see British Aristocracy Mysteries)
   
Patience Campbell McKenna, romance novelist turned crime writer by Orania Papazoglou
        
(see Bibliomysteries)
   
Angelina Amalfi, S.F. food columnist & restaurant reviewer by Joanne Pence
        
(see California Mysteries)
   
Vicky Bliss, American art historian in Bavaria, Germany by Elizabeth Peters
     1.  Borrower of the Night
     2.  Silhouette in Scarlet
     3.  Trojan Gold
     4.  Night Train to Memphis
          Other titles in series
 
Amelia Peabody Emerson, Victorian feminist Egyptologist by Elizabeth Peters
         
(see Archaeology & Anthropology Mysteries)
   
Jacqueline Kirby, NY librarian turned romance novelist by Elizabeth Peters
         
(see Bibliomysteries)
   
Brother Cadfael, 12th century monk/herbalist in England by Ellis Peters
         
(see Medieval Mysteries)
   
Jenny Cain, Port Frederick, Mass. foundation director by Nancy  Pickard
     1.  Generous Death
     2.  Say No to Murder
     3.  No Body
     4.  Marriage is Murder
     5.  Dead Crazy
     6.  Bum Steer
     7.  I. O. U.
     8.  But I Wouldn't Want to Die There
     9.  Confession
   10.  Twilight
 
Eugenia Potter, widowed chef in Maine and Arizona by Nancy  Pickard
        
(see Cooking Mysteries)
   
Nina Fischman, New York attorney by Marissa Piesman
     1.  Heading Uptown
     2.  Close Quarters
     3.  Alternate Sides
     4.  Survival Instincts
 
Sister Mary Teresa Dempsey, a Chicago nun by Monica Quill
        
(see Senior Sleuths Mysteries)

 

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Last updated June 21, 2006 by Courtney Moore (cmoore@wppl.org).