Here is the beginning of the British (Cozy) Mysteries that I have on the site… Not all of the authors are actually British, but the novels take place in Great Britain.
Catherine Aird: Her Inspector Sloan is the head of his local CID…
Susan Wittig Albert: She writes a cozy series featuring Beatrix Potter…
Bruce Alexander: Writes the Sir John Fielding series… an 18th century blind magistrate in London…
Margery Allingham: The Albert Campion series is set in London, and features a very upper-crust sleuth…
Margot Arnold: Series features an anthropologist and archaeologist team…
Nancy Atherton: Set in the Cotswold, Aunt Dimity helps solve mysteries… even though she is dead…
Marion Babson: Two British series to pick from…
Jo Bannister: Several series to pick from… including the Brodie Farrell Mystery Series, which is full of suspense…
Robert Barnard: Another author with several series and stand alone novels to choose from… including the Charlie Peace police procedural…
Stephanie Barron: She writes a series with Jane Austen as the heroine/sleuth…
M. C. Beaton: Her Agatha Raisin Cozy is set in the Cotswolds and her Hamish Macbeth is set in Scotland…
Carrie Bebris: Her Mr. & Mrs. Darcy series involves the two main characters from Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice…
C. C. Benison: Her Jane Bee series features a housemaid who solves mysteries… with the queen's help…
Ron and Janet Benrey: The Benreys write two series… the Royal Tunbridge Wells Tea Museum is the setting for the series set in England…
Veronica Black: Sister Joan is a nun who investigates mysteries in Cornwall…
Nicholas Blake: Blake is a professor at Oxford who writes a series with an Oxford grad/sleuth…
Janie Bolitho: The Cornish countryside is the location of Bolitho's Rose Trevelyan series, which features an artist/sleuth…
Rhys Bowen: Bowen writes the Evan Evans series which is set in Wales, and is starting a new London-based series…
Christianna Brand: Inspector Cockrill series as well as children's books and stand-alones…
Simon Brett: Several series (based in England) to pick from >>>Fethering Mystery Series, Melita Pargeter Mystery Series, Charles Paris Mystery Series, and several Stand Alones to pick from…
Emily Brightwell: Mrs. Jeffries is the housekeeper (and sleuth) to Inspector Witherspoon…
Barry S. Brown: Mrs. Hudson of Baker Street Mystery Series… Housekeeper for Sherlock Holmes…
Fiona Buckley: A Lady in Waiting in Queen Elizabeth's court (QE I…)
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I’ve just stumbled on this site and can’t believe the amount of information available. I read lots of mysteries but there are dozens of authors here who I’ve never tried. I’m looking forward to discovering some of them during 2009.
Thanks for a great site and good luck with your blog this year.
Laura Essendine
Author – The Accidental Guru
The Accidental Guru Blog
The Books Limited Blog
Hi Laura,
Welcome to the site. I have (also) found a lot of new authors to try… I get so many good author recommendations from site readers.
Thanks for the very nice note, and good luck with your book!
wow..thank you so much….i’ve been looking for a list just like this, but didn’t know quite how to go about it..after about the hundredth try, here you are….i’ll get started soon….thanks again….debbie
Hi, Debbie,
These British Cozy Mystery lists are a great starting point. Hope you are able to find some new authors!
I just happened upon your site and all I can say is WOW. I’m thrilled to have found it. I am always looking for new cozy mysteries and can’t believe how wonderful your list is. Thank you.
Wow! This is what I’ve been looking for. I love mysteries but I have difficulty finding good ones at the library. This is awesome! My reading list is going to greatly increase! Thank you!
Welcome to the site, Mel. There certainly should be a few authors who might interest you on the site. When I started the site I only had Cozy Mystery authors who I had personally read, but once I started posting recommendations, the site took on a life of its own!
I have just stumbled across your site and I am absolutely amazed!! I am starting to struggle to find new titles at the library but no more!! I have added you to my favourites so I can access your website whenever I need to so I know I will never be stuck for a new author to try.
Thank You, and keep up the hard work!!
Hi Jo,
I sure hope that you will be able to find at least a few new authors who you will enjoy, amongst all of the ones posted on the site. I have read a lot of them, and of course, the others come recommended by Cozy Mystery site readers.
Welcome to the site!
Like some of the others, I would go to the library looking for good mysteries. But since I found this site, I can just let my fingers do the walking since I’m in a wheelchair. Our library has volunteers who deliver books to the homebound. I come to this site, make a list of the books I want and e-mail it to the library and they have them brought to me. This site is my favorite source for great cozy mysteries. Thank you.
Hi Linda,
Your library sounds truly awesome! I hope that you are able to find some authors who you really enjoy.
When I started the site I only posted authors with whom I was familiar. Since then, I have been adding more and more authors – thanks to site readers recommendations. And, I have found many authors from those recommendations who I now consider my favorites!
My favorite read is British Mysteries. I’ve come to your website when someone would recommend an author. This time I stayed on the site and discovered your jewel that lists a whole new world of authors to me. Thank you for all the work you do.
Thanks, Carolyn, for the kind words. I’m glad you have been able to find some new authors to try…
I love cozy British mysteries! I love Christie and Peters and Marsh. I prefer the writers of a few decades ago. Is there a place on this site that will tell me if an author is current or not?
I’m sorry Ruth, I don’t know what you mean by “is current or not?”…