OK! This should be my last installment of British Cozy Mysteries. I am only including the British Mysteries that are currently on the Cozy Mystery site. Again, I want to point out that not all of the authors are from Great Britain, rather the books take place there:
Alison G. Taylor: Her Welsh sleuth is a Chief Inspector…
Graham Thomas: The series features a Scotland Yard Superintendent…
Charles Todd: A mother & son writing duo(Caroline & Charles) pen a series that is centered around a Scotland Yard detective who has survived WW I…
Rebecca Tope: The Cotswold Mystery Series features a house-sitter sleuth…
Peter Tremayne: The Sister Fidelma series is set in Ireland during the seventh century…
Jill Paton Walsh: Her series features a nurse in Cambridge. The Dorothy L. Sayers had Walsh finish some transcripts for them…
Minette Walters: Not cozy, but very good…
Patricia Wentworth: The Miss Maude Silver series and many stand-alones…
R. D. Wingfield: The wonderful Inspector Jack Frost series…
Jacqueline Winspear: Her sleuth lives in London during the early 1900s…
Patricia Wynn: Set in England during the 1700s…
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You’re right, Minette Walters is NOT a cozy,
so why include her? If you put everyone who
wrote good but not a cozy, you’d fill up your
list with authors we weren’t seeking.
I’m sorry, Lana, that there are a number of non-cozy authors on the site. I happen to enjoy Minette Walters’ books, so that is why I include her on the site.
Hopefully, people who want to only read cozy mysteries will indulge me, and simply ignore my “outside of cozy” authors.
About 5 years ago I picked up an Agatha Christie book (it was Murder on the Links) and began to read, and I have been hooked on cozy mysteries ever since. I have read almost all the AC Poirot and Miss Marple books. I did not really like Tommy and Tuppence. A few months ago I discovered Patricia Wentworth and Miss Silver, and I think I like Miss Silver even more than AC’s characters. I am nearing the end of the 32 Miss Silver books. Do you have any suggestions for an author who writes books in a similar vein? I like reading about England from the 1930′s through the 1950′s, and I prefer that the author actually lived then also.
Lee,
Right off of the top of my head… Margery Allingham, Ngaio Marsh, and Dorothy L. Sayers.
I am reading my last Miss Silver mystery. I have collected them from Amazon, local used book stores and a British site) I have really enjoyed them. I am looking for another wholesome author. I will try your “cozy mystery” writers at the library. Thanks for any other ideas you may have. PS–not necessarily mystery or romantic, but good story that is well written.
Ganne,
If you are looking for a well written series, then I would like to suggest Alexander McCall Smith‘s Number One Ladies’ Detective series. They are the type of books where the character development is of the utmost importance. I love that series.