British Cozy Mysteries… and Some Not So Cozy: A & B

January 16, 2008

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…

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…

Emily Brightwell: Mrs. Jeffries is the housekeeper (and sleuth) to Inspector Witherspoon…

Fiona Buckley: A Lady in Waiting in Queen Elizabeth's court (QE I…)

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Laura Essendine January 5, 2009 at 11:39 am

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

Danna - cozy mystery list January 6, 2009 at 10:49 am

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!

debra May 12, 2009 at 3:00 am

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

Danna - cozy mystery list May 12, 2009 at 7:11 pm

Hi, Debbie,

These British Cozy Mystery lists are a great starting point. Hope you are able to find some new authors!

Laura February 20, 2010 at 4:48 pm

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.

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