
Elizabeth and
Anne George
are two of the authors listed in the "G" alphabetical list of authors. They are not related, and their mysteries are very different. Anne George's
Southern Sisters Series is a funny, very entertaining series featuring two sisters who aren't alike in looks, temperament, or interests (other than solving mysteries!), yet the two sisters have one major thing in common.... their mutual love for each other. This is a cozy mystery series that should definitely be read in chronological order. If you're looking for a good cozy to curl up with... look no further than Anne George's series.
(Can you tell that Anne George's books are favorites of mine?)
Elizabeth George, on the other hand, does not write cozies. Inspector Thomas Linley and his police sergeant Barbara Havers are a very unlikely pair with absolutely nothing in common. He's of the English nobility, rich, pleasing to the eye, and very diplomatic, and she... is not! However, when it comes to solving their cases, this hard-working pair have a lot in common: perseverance, dogged determination, and mutual respect. The Linley/Havers series is rather graphic, definitely not for the "COZIES ONLY" reader!
Yasmine Galenorn
aka India Ink writes the Bath and Body mystery
series. Yasmine Galenorn's two series (Chintz 'n China and Sisters of the
Moon) are mysteries with fantasy/romance, and a little supernatural thrown in.
Ashley Gardner
Gardner has her Master's in English Literature. Her English mystery series
is set in the Regency period (1790-1820) and incorporates Gardner's interest
for culture and history of England during that period.
Jonathan Gash What
do you get when you blend an antiques dealer with a thief? The answer
would have to be the
Lovejoy series!
Louise Gaylord
I just found out about Gaylord's books, and although I have not read any of
them yet (!), they look really interesting to me. She has just released a
"stand alone" mystery and also has a series... Now to decide which to
read first!
Anne George George's Southern Sisters series
is absolutely one of the best cozy mystery series you will ever find.
Elizabeth George
Not Cozy.... but definitely good
(Scotland Yard) mysteries to read. You might recognize George's Inspector Lynley and Barbara
Havers from the delightful television shows. In case you have not yet seen
one of the shows, be forewarned.... Barbara on screen doesn't look at all
like Barbara in the novels. The actress, however, does an excellent job,
even though the physical similarities are not at all obvious! (As much as I
like the television series, I much prefer the novels... but they are not
cozy!)
Bartholomew Gill
Not Cozy.... Police Procedural
Dorothy Gilman Who doesn't know about the mature Mrs. Pollifax and her "spying travels" throughout the world?
Delightful cozy mystery series...
Jaqueline Girdner
aka Claire Daniels.... Girdner has a well-established series
about a sleuth who owns a gag-gift business and now, writing as Claire
Daniels, she has a new series for her fans to look forward to...
Leslie Glass
Not Cozy... Psychological Thrillers
Melissa Glazer
(aka Tim Myers, Elizabeth Bright,
& Chris Cavender) Glazer writes the Clay & Crime Cozy Mystery Series... set in the Fire at
Will pottery shop. What other name could a sleuth-owned shop have?!?
As Bright, the author writes a card-making mystery series. As Myers, he has
three series: Soapmaking,
Candlemaking, and Lighthouse Inns. As Chris Cavender, he has the Pizza
Mystery Series.
Jeanne Glidewell
Glidewell's first cozy mystery has the distinction of having a "blurb" by
Jill Churchill. That's a great start-off for hew new Lexie Starr Mystery
Series which falls under the "older sleuth" (although she's only middle
aged!) and "librarian sleuth" themes.
Christine L. Goff
Goff set out to become a journalist, which she has done, but now she is
devoting her energies to writing a birdwatchers' mystery series.
Lee Goldberg He wrote
and/or produced TV shows like Diagnosis Murder, Mr. Monk.....so it is only natural that he is writing books based on those two very popular TV shows...
Sally Goldenbaum
Goldenbaum is an editor of a publishing company that features veterinary
items. She also writes the Queen Bees Quilt Mystery Series... for all of you
quilters! (And non-quilters, too!) Also, she writes the Seaside Knitters
Mystery Series which is set in a coastal town in Massachusetts.
J. G. Goodhind
Goodhind writes the Honey Driver Mystery Series which features the manager
of a hotel in Bath who is also a liaison with the Bath police.
Nadia Gordon Gordon (a pseudonym for Julianne Balmain) writes the Sunny
McCoskey Napa Valley Mystery Series. Sunny is the chef of an organic
restaurant in the wine country valley.
M. M. Gornell Gornell is new to the world of mystery authors. She has
recently (2008 and 2009) published two
mysteries. Gornell is also a high-fire stoneware potter and avid gardener.
Paula Gosling
Both of Gosling's series are set in Michigan, one features a sheriff and the
other features a professor and policeman.
Laurence Gough
Gough won the prestigious Canadian Arthur Ellis Award for his 1990 mystery
novel Hot Shots.
Margaret Grace
(aka Camille Minichino) Grace is
beginning a new series set amidst dollhouses and miniature settings. She and
her niece have been building dollhouses and furnishing them, so that they
could donate them for school fundraisers to use them as raffle prizes. As
Minichino she writes a series about a physicist/sleuth. Minichino happens to
be a physicist, which comes in pretty handy for her main character!
Sue Grafton The
very popular Kinsey Millhone "alphabet" series...
Caroline Graham TV Midsomer Murders series with Inspector Barnaby, of course!
Ann Granger One of my favorite mystery series... the Markby & Mitchell Village Whodunit Series....
I absolutely love this series! I still haven't tried Granger's Fran Varaday
series, but I am looking forward to starting it.
Sarah Graves The
Home Repair is Homicide series....
Gallagher Gray aka
Katy Munger....
Gray's series is about a retired personnel manager who "sleuths" with his
octogenarian aunt, living in New York, while Munger's series is based in
North Carolina with an unlicensed private investigator in her 30s.
Andrew M. Greeley
Not Cozy... Greeley, an alumni of University of Chicago (both M. A.
and Ph.D.) is a priest who presides in Chicago. He has two best selling
mystery series, along with many stand alone best selling novels and
non-fiction books.
Chloe Green
aka J. Suzanne Frank Green writes the Dallas O'Connor
Mystery Series which features a fashion stylist who lives in Texas...
Christine Green Several British series to pick from......
D. M. Greenwood
Clergy woman in London series.....
Kerry
Greenwood Greenwood is a solicitor in Australia and has
authored books for both children and adults. Her Phryne Fisher series takes
place in the 1920s, in Australia. She is starting a new series in '07.
Susanna
Gregory (aka
Simon Beaufort) Gregory writes the
Chronicles of Matthew Bartholomew Mystery Series and the Thomas Chaloner
Mystery Series. Both are set in Great Britain, one during the 1300s and the
other during the 1600s. As Simon Beaufort, she has teamed with her author
husband (Beau Riffengburgh) to write the Geoffrey Mappestone Mystery Series
set during the 1100s in Great Britain.
Jackie Griffey Griffey writes the Maryvale Mystery Series which is set in
Tennessee and she also has some Stand-Alone mysteries...Griffey's first horror
novel came out in 2008...
Annie Griffin (aka
Sally Chapman) As Griffin, she writes the Hannah & Kiki
Mystery Series which features two sixty-something year old sisters who live in
California. As Chapman, she writes the Silicon Valley Mystery Series which
features an investigator of computer fraud, also based in California.
Kate Grilley
aka Kate Borden…….. Writes two series, one
set on a Caribbean Island and the other set in New England.
Martha Grimes
Police Superintendent Richard Jury & Melrose Plant series, another really good British series...
John Grisham Not cozy. A lawyer who decided to stop "lawyering" and follow his passion
for writing, and who evidently was correct to do so!
Beth Groundwater
Groundwater, an ex-software engineer, writes a mystery series featuring a
Colorado Springs gift basket shop owner...
Patricia Guiver Guiver writes the Pet Detective Mystery
Series... which features Delilah Doolittle... and with a last name like
that, could it be about a detective for anything other than pets? Her
faithful Doberman Pinscher companion (Watson) helps her track down her
missing "clients."
Sally Gunning
Gunning began her writing career with the Peter Bartholomew Mystery Series,
which is set in a New England coastal area. She
is currently writing historical fiction...
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