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Single Titles

 

Maine Mulch Murder  A. Carmen Clark
The Coroner's Lunch  Colin Cotterill
The Dying of the Light  Michael Dibdin
Footprints in the Butter  Denise Dietz
John Keith Drummond
    Mass Murder
    'Tis the Season to be Dying
Mortal Nuts  Pete Hautman
Fear the Night  John Lutz
A Bed by the Window  M. Scott Peck
The Murder Channel  John Philpin
The Package Included Murder  Joyce Porter
Gillian Roberts
      Time and Trouble
      Whatever Doesn't Kill You
A Brother's Blood  Michael White
 

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

Jim Dandy, retired American, featured in Elderhostel Mysteries by Peter Abresch
    1. Bloody Bonsai
    2. Killing Thyme
    3. Tip a Canoe
    4. Painted Lady
    5. Sheep in Wolf's Clothing (novella in Deadly Morsels collection)

Elizabeth Elliot, clerk of the Quaker Meeting by Irene Allen
    1. Quaker Silence
    2. Quaker Witness
    3. Quaker Testimony
    4. Quaker Indictment


Penny Spring, anthropologist & Sir Toby Glendower, Brit. archaeologist by Margot Arnold
    
(
see Archaeology & Anthropology Mysteries)


Trixie Dolan & Evangeline Sinclair, English actresses by Marian Babson
    1. Reel Murder
    2. Encore Murder
    3. Even Yuppies Die
    4. Break a Leg, Darlings
    5. The Cat Who Wasn't a Dog
           Other titles in series

Jessica Fletcher, mystery writer in Cabot Cove, Maine by Donald Bain
    1. Gin and Daggers 
    2. Murder She Wrote
    3. A Little Yuletide Murder
    4. A Palette for Murder
    5. Provence--to die for
    6. Three Strikes and You're Dead
           Other titles in series

Margaret Binton, 70-something New Yorker by Richard Barth
    1. The Rag Bag Clan
    2. A Ragged Plot
    3. One Dollar Death
    4. Deadly Climate
    5. Blood Doesn't Tell
    6. Deathics
          Other titles in series

Agatha Raisin, retired p.r. exec. moves to the Cotswalds by M.C. Beaton
    1. Agatha Raisin and the Quiche of Death
    2. Agatha Raisin and the Vicious Vet
    3. Agatha Raisin and the Potted Gardener
    4. Agatha Raisin and the Walkers of Dembley
    5. Agatha Raisin and the Murderous Marriage
    6. Agatha Raisin and the Terrible Tourist
    7. Agatha Raisin and the Wellspring of Death
    8. Agatha Raisin and the Wizard of Evesham
    9. Agatha Raisin and the Witch of Wyckhadden
  10. Agatha Raisin and the Fairies of Fryfam
  11. Agatha Raisin and the Love From Hell
  12. Agatha Raisin and the Day the Floods Came
  13. Agatha Raisin and the Case of the Curious Curate
  14. Agatha Raisin and the Haunted House
  15. The Deadly Dance
  16. The Perfect Paragon
  17. Love, Lies, and Liquor


Biggie Weatherford, raising her grandson in Texas by Nancy Bell
   
(
see Cooking Mysteries)


Clara Gamadge, widow of a detective by Eleanor Boylan
    1. Working Murder
    2. Murder Observed
    3. Murder Machree
    4. Pushing Murder
    5. Murder Crossed
 

Jim Mackintosh Qwilleran "Quill," wealthy newspaper columnist by Lilian Jackson Braun

    1. The Cat Who Could Read Backwards
    2. The Cat Who Played Post Office
    3. The Cat Who Played Brahms
    4. The Cat Who Lived High
    5. The Cat Who Talked to Ghosts
    6. The Cat Who Wasn't There
    7. The Cat Who Went into the Closet
    8. The Cat Who Moved a Mountain
    9. The Cat Who Came to Breakfast
  10. The Cat Who Knew Shakespeare
  11. The Cat Who Sniffed Glue
  12. The Cat Who Went Underground
  13. The Cat Who Tailed a Thief
  14. The Cat Who Could Read Backwards
  15. The Cat Who Smelled a Rat
  16. The Cat Who Went up a Creek
  17. The Private Life of the Cat Who--: tales of Koko and Yum Yum
  18. The Cat Who Brought Down the House
  19. The Cat Who Went Bananas
  20. The Cat Who Talked Turkey
  21. The Cat Who Dropped a Bombshell
           Other titles in series

Mrs. Melita Pargeter, widow of an English thief by Simon Brett
    1. A Nice Class of Corpse
    2. Mrs, Presumed Dead
    3. Mrs. Pargeter's Package
    4. Mrs. Pargeter's Pound of Flesh
    5. Mrs. Pargeter's Plot
    6. Mrs. Pargeter's Point of Honor

 

Carole Seddon, a retiree in Fethering, England by Simon Brett

    1. The Torso in the Town
    2. Murder in the Museum
    3. Hanging in the Hotel
    4. The Witness at the Wedding
           Other titles in series

Mrs. Jeffries, English housekeeper for Inspector Witherspoon by Emily Brightwell
    1. Mrs. Jeffries Rocks the Boat
    2. Mrs. Jeffries Weeds the Plot
    3. Mrs. Jeffries Pinches the Post
    4. Mrs. Jeffries and the Silent Knight
    5. Mrs. Jeffries Learns the Trade
    6. Mrs. Jeffries Appeals the Verdict
          Other titles in series

 

Sister Jane Arnold, Master of the Fox Hunt in her 70's by Rita Mae Brown

    1. Full Cry
    2. The Hunt Ball
           Other titles in series

 

Henry Bassett, farmer, retired dectective chief superintendent by Pat Burden

    1. Screaming Bones
    2. Wreath of Honesty
    3. Bury Him Kindly
           Other titles in series

Miss Emily Dorothea Seeton, retired art teacher by Heron Carvic

    1. Picture Miss Seton

    2. Miss Seeton Draws the Line
    3. Witch Miss Seeton
    4. Miss Seeton Sings
    5. Odds on Miss Seeton
    6. Picture Miss Seeton
           Other titles in series

Miss Emily D. Seeton, retired British art teacher in Kent, England by Carvic Heron & Hamilton Crane
    1. Picture Miss Seeton
    2. Miss Seeton Draws the Line
    3. Witch Miss Seeton
    4. Miss Seeton Sings
    5. Odds on Miss Seeton
    6. Advantage Miss Seeton
    7. Miss Seeton Cracks the Case
    8. Miss Seeton Paints the Town
    9. Miss Seeton Plants Suspicion
  10. Miss Seeton Goes to Bat
  11. Starring Miss Seeton
  12. Miss Seeton Undercover
  13. Miss Seeton Rules
  14. Sold to Miss Seeton
  15. Sweet Miss Seeton
  16. Bonjour, Miss Seeton
          Other titles in series

Miss Marple, spinster living in St. Mary's Mead, England by Agatha Christie
    1. The Murder at the Vicarage
    2. Thirteen Problems
    3. The Body in the Library
    4. The Moving Finger
    5. A Murder is Announced
    6. They Do It With Mirrors
    7. A Pocket Full of Rye
    8. Double Sin and Other Stories
    9. The Mirror Crack'd
  10. A Caribbean Mystery
  11. At Bertram's Hotel
  12. Nemesis
  13. Miss Marple: The Complete Short Stories
           Other titles in series

 

Hercule Poirot by Agatha Christie

    1. The Big Four
    2. Death on the Nile
    3. The Murder on the Links
    4. The Mysterious Affair at Styles
    5. Cat Among the Pigeons
    6. Third Girl  
           Other titles in series

 

Alvirah and Willy Meehan, lottery winners by Mary Higgins Clark

    1. The Santa Cruise
    2. The Christmas Thief
           Other titles in series

Tish McWhinny, a 70-something Vermont artist and painter by Barbara Comfort
    1. Grave Consequences
    2. The Cashmere Kid
    3. Elusive Quarry
    4. A Pair For the Queen
           Other titles in series

Mario Balzic, police chief in small-town Rocksburg, Pennsylvania by K.C. Constantine
    1. The Man Who Liked to Look at Himself
    2. The Blank Page
    3. The Man Who Liked Slow Tomatoes
    4. Always a Body to Trade
    5. Upon Some Midnights Clear
    6. Joey's Case
    7. Sunshine Enemies
    8. Bottom Liner Blues
    9. Cranks and Shadows
  10. Good Sons
  11. Family Values
  12. Brushback
  13. Blood Mud
  14. Grievance
  15. Saving Room For Dessert
          Other titles in series

Dorothy Martin, a transplanted American widow in England by Jeanne M. Dams
    1. The Body in the Transept
    2. Trouble in the Town Hall
    3. Holy Terror in the Hebrides
    4. Malice in Miniature
    5. The Victim in Victoria Station
    6. Killing Cassidy
    7. To Perish in Penzance
    8. Sins Out of School
    9. Winter of Discontent


Mama Covington and Daughter Simone, case worker in SC & Atlanta paralegal by Nora Deloach
     
(
see African Heritage Mysteries)


Professor Andrew Basnett, retired botany professor in England by E.X. Ferrars
    
(see Academic Mysteries)


Virginia Freer, London physiotherapist by
E.X. Ferrars
    1. Last Will and Testament
    2. In at the Kill
    3. Death of a Minor Character
    4. I Met Murder
    5. Woman Slaughter
    6. Sleep of the Unjust
    7. Beware of the Dog
           Other titles in series

Mary Alice Crane and Patricia Anne Hollowell, Southern sisters by Anne George
    1. Murder on a Girls' Night Out
    2. Murder on a Bad Hair Day
    3. Murder Runs in the Family
    4. Murder Makes Waves
    5. Murder Gets a Life
    6. Murder Shoots the Bull
    7. Murder Carries a Torch
    8. Murder Boogies With Elvis

Mrs. Emily Pollifax, grandmother and spy for CIA by Dorothy Gilman
    1. The Amazing Mrs. Pollifax
    2. The Elusive Mrs.Pollifax
    3. A Palm for Mrs. Pollifax
    4. Mrs. Pollifax on Safari
    5. Mrs. Pollifax on the China Station
    6. The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax
    7. Mrs. Pollifax and the Hong Kong Buddha
    8. Mrs. Pollifax and the Golden Triangle
    9. Mrs. Pollifax and the Whirling Dervish
  10. Mrs. Pollifax and the Second Thief
  11. Mrs. Pollifax Pursued
  12. Mrs. Pollifax and the Lion Killer
  13. Mrs. Pollifax, innocent tourist
  14. Mrs. Pollifax Unveiled
           Other titles in series

 

Robert "Robby" Forsyth, retired London barrister by E.X. Giroux

    1. A Death for a Darling
    2. A Death for a Dancer
    3. A Death for a Doctor
    4. A Death for a Dreamer
    5. A Death for a Dancing Doll
    6. A Death for a Dodo
           Other titles in series

 

Mr. Mosley, elderly English Police Inspector by John Greenwood

    1. Murder, Mr. Mosley
    2. Mosley by Moonight
    3. The Missing Mr. Mosley
    4. The Mind of Mr. Mosley
    5. What, me, Mr. Mosley?
           Other titles in series

 

Gregor Demarkian, retired chief of FBI behavioral sciences unit by Jane Haddam

    1. Precious Blood
    2. A Stillness in Bethlehem
    3. Not a Creature was Stirring
    4. Bleeding Hearts
    5. And One to Die on
    6. Deadly Beloved
    7. Skeleton Key
    8. True Believers
    9. Somebody Else's Music
  10.Conspiracy Theory
  11.The Headmaster's Wife
  12.Hardscrabble Road
            Other titles in series


Emma Chizzit,
Salvage Dealer in Sacramento by Mary Bowen Hall
      
(
see California Mysteries)


Cora Felton, syndicated crossword creator
by
Parnell Hall
    
  (see Hobbies Mysteries)

 

Aurora Teagarden, former librarian in Georgia by Charlaine Harris

    1. Last Scene Alive
    2. Poppy Done to Death
          Other titles in series

Henrietta O’Dwyer Collins, “Henrie O”, professor, former reporter by Carolyn Hart
    1. Dead Man's Island
    2. Scandal in Fair Haven
    3. Death in Lover's Lane
    4. Death in Paradise
    5. Death on the River Walk
    6. Resort to Murder

 

Frank Elder, retired cop in Cornwall, England by John Harvey

    1. Flesh and Blood
    2. Ash and Bone

 

Dottie & Joe Loudermilk, a traveling retired couple by Gar Haywood

    1. Going Nowhere Fast
             Other titles in series

 

Maxine "Maxie" McNab, 60ish Winnebago driving widow by Sue Henry

    1. The Tooth of Time
              Other titles in series

 

Jeremiah Spur, retired Texas Ranger by James Hime

    1. The Night of the Dance
    2. Scared Money

Sheila Malory, literary critic in her 50’s living in England by Hazel Holt
    1. Mrs. Malory Investigates
    2. The Cruellest Month
    3. The Shortest Journey
    4. Mrs. Malory and the Festival Murders
    5. Mrs. Malory: Detective in Residence
    6. Mrs. Malory Wonders Why
    7. Mrs. Malory: Death of a Dean
    8. Mrs. Malory and the Only Good Lawyer
    9. Mrs. Malory: Death Among Friends
  10. Mrs. Malory and the Fatal Legacy
  11. Mrs. Malory and the Lilies That Fester
  12. Mrs. Malory and Death in Practice
  13. Mrs. Malory and the Silent Killer
          Other titles in series

Emily Charters, Chicago grandmother and her grandson, homicide detective Jeremy Ransom by Fred Hunter
    1. Presence of Mind
    2. Ransom For an Angel
    3. Ransom For Our Sins
    4. Ransom For a Holiday
    5. Ransom For a Killing
    6.