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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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.