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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 R - Z

 

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

Louise Eldridge, organic gardener by Ann Ripley
       
(see Hobbies Mysteries)
   
Amanda Pepper, Philadelphia high school teacher by Gillian Roberts
     1.  Caught Dead in Philadelphia
     2.  Philly Stakes
     3.  I'd Rather Be in Philadelphia
     4.  With Friends Like These
     5.  How I Spent My Summer Vacation
     6.  In the Dead of Summer
     7.  The Mummers' Curse
     8.  The Bluest Blood
     9.  Adam and Evil
   10.  Helen Hath No Fury
   12.  Claire and Present Danger
   13.  Till the End of Tom
 
Eleanor Roosevelt, 1940's First Lady by Elliott Roosevelt
        
(see Political Mysteries)
   
Claire Sharples, microbiologist in San Joaquin Valley by Rebecca Rothenberg
        
(see California Mysteries)
   
Cat Austen & Victor Cardenas, reporter & police detective  in Atlantic City by Jane Rubino
     1.  Fruitcake
     2.  Cheat the Devil
     3.  Plot Twist
          Other titles in series
 
Catherine "Cat" Wilde, antique furniture restorer in Montreal by Jean Ruryk
     1.  Whatever Happened to Jennifer Steele
     2.  Next Week Will be Better
          Other titles in series
 
Angela Benbow & Caledonia Wingate, 70something admirals' widows in So. California
          
by Corinne Holt Sawyer
         
(see California Mysteries)
   
Lord Peter Wimsey, pianist, book collector, & criminologist by Dorothy L. Sayers
         
(see British Aristocracy Mysteries)
   
Simon Shaw, professor/historian in North Carolina by Sarah R. Shaber
         
(see Murder Makes the Grade)
   
Celia Grant, botanist/horticulturist in London, England by John Sherwood
         
(see Hobbies Mysteries)
   
Lark Dodge, bookseller in Washington State by Sheila Simonson
         
(see Bibliomysteries)
   
Jolie Wyatt, radio station reporter & aspiring writer in TX by Barbara Burnett Smith
     1.  Writers of the Purple Sage
     2.  Dust Devils of the Purple Sage
     3.  Celebration in Purple Sage
     4.  Mistletoe from Purple Sage
     5.  Skeletons in Purple Sage
 
Emma Rhodes, private resolver for the London rich by Cynthia Smith
     1.  Noblesse Oblige
     2.  Impolite Society
     3.  Misleading Ladies
     4.  Silver and Guilt
     5.  Royals and Rogues
 
Shelia Travis, publicist in Atlanta by Patricia Houck Sprinkle
        
(see Southern Mysteries)
   
Bubbles Yablonsky, hairdresser/journalist in  Pennsylvania by Sarah Strohmeyer
        
(see Humorous Mysteries)
   
Heaven Lee, Kansas City chef & restaurateur by Lou Jane Temple
        
(see Cooking Mysteries)
   
Callahan Garrity, Callahan Garrity, owner of Atlanta, GA cleaning business
         by Kathy Hogan Trocheck
        
(see Humorous Mysteries)
   
Josie Pigeon, owner of all-women construction firm by Valerie Wolzien
     1.  Shore to Die
     2.  Permit for Murder
     3.  Deck the Halls With Murder
     4.  This Old Murder
          Other titles in series
 
Ben Reese, 1960s university archivist in Ohio by Sally S. Wright
     1.  Publish and Perish
     2.  Pride and Predator
     3.  Pursuit and Persuasion
     4.  Out of the Ruins
    


 

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