Cozy Mystery List
A Guide to Cozy Mystery (and Other Favorite) Books and DVDs
 

 

Craig Rice  (aka Georgiana Ann Randolph Craig, Daphne Sanders, & Michael Venning)
JOHN J. MALONE Series:
Main Character: John J. Malone, Lawyer, Chicago

  1. 8 Faces at 3    '39 (aka Death at Three: Murder Stops the Clock)
  2. The Corpse Steps Out     '40
  3. The Wrong Murder   '40
  4. The Right Murder    '41
  5. Trial by Fury    '41
  6. The Big Midget Murders    '42
  7. Having Wonderful Crime     '43
  8. The Lucky Stiff    '45
  9. The Fourth Postman    '48
  10. Knocked for a Loop    '57 (aka The Double Frame)
  11. My Kingdom for a Hearse     '57
  12. The Name Is Malone     '60
  13. The People Vs. Withers and Malone   '63(Written w/Stuart Palmer)
  14. Murder, Mystery and Malone     '63
  15. But the Doctor Died     '67

RIGGS & KUZAK Series:
Main Characters: Bingo Riggs & Handsome Kuzak, Traveling Photographers

  1. The Sunday Pigeon Murders    '42
  2. The Thursday Turkey Murders     '43
  3. The April Robin Murders    '58 (Finished by Ed McBain)

STAND ALONES:

Yesterday's Murder   '42
Home Sweet Homicide    '44
Innocent Bystander    '49
 

Written as Daphne Sanders:
 
To Catch a Thief    '43

Written as Gypsy Rose Lee's Ghostwriter:

The G-String Murders   '41 (aka Lady of Burlesque: The Strip-Tease Murder)
Mother Finds a Body     '43

Written as George Sanders' Ghostwriter: 
 
Crime on My Hands '44 (Written w/Cleve Cartmill)

Written as Michael Venning:
MELVILLE FAIRR Series:
Main Character: Melville Fairr, New York Lawyer

  1. The Man Who Slept All Day     '42
  2. Murder Through the Looking Glass   '43
  3. Jethro Hammer   '44