A while ago I got a recommendation from Denise to include a new mystery book theme to the site. Her wonderful title was "Rich Girl Sleuthing" which I have expanded to include the "Rich Men Can Sleuth, Too." With that said, here is a list of the Cozy site's authors who have written a mystery book (or more!) which includes sleuths who just happen to be rich:
Bruce Alexander (aka Bruce Cook): Sir John Fielding Mystery Series… Sir John is an 18th century English blind judge…
Margery Allinghan: Albert Campion Mystery Series… Campion is a very upper-crust English sleuth…
Margot Arnold: Penny Spring & Sir Toby Glendower Mystery Series… Sir Toby Glendower happens to be a wealthy Cambridge archaeologist…
Rhys Bowen: Lady Georgiana Mystery Series… Hmmm… Penniless 34th in line to the throne of England…
Fiona Buckley: Ursula Blanchard Mystery Series… Being a lady-in-waiting for the Queen brings to mind a "moneyed" family…
Leslie Charteris: The Saint Mystery Series… Simon Templar is not only a millionaire, he is also a thief…
P.R. Chisholm: Sir Robert Carey Mystery Series… 16th century Sir Robert is a deputy warden in the king's service…
Joyce Christmas: Lady Margaret Priam Mystery Series… Lady Margaret may be living in New York, but that doesn't make her any less "vedy British" high society…
Alys Clare: Hawkenlye Mystery Series… Josse d’Acquinis a 12th century French knight who uproots to England…
Margaret Dumas: Charley & Jack Fairfax Mystery Series… It doesn't hurt to be an heiress…
Kathy Lynn Emerson (aka Kaitlyn Dunnett): Lady Susanna Appleton Mystery Series… Lady Susanna is an English herbalist…
Elizabeth George: Inspector Thomas Lynley Mystery Series… A Scotland Yard inspector with a whole lot of money…
Carolyn Haines: Sarah Booth Delaney Mystery Series… Being a southern belle won't stop Sarah from solving crimes…
Karen Harper: Elizabeth I Mystery Series… Just because she is Elizabeth Tudor (daughter of King Henry VIII) doesn't mean she can't sleuth with the best of them…
Nancy Martin: Blackbird Sisters Mystery Series… Libby, Emma, & Nora have to go to work after their "rich" parents die and leave the sisters destitute…
Sharon Kay Penman: Medieval Mystery Series… Justin de Quincy is an English, 12th century son of a bishop…
Deanna Raybourn: Lady Julia Grey Mystery Series… Lady Julia is a Victorian England sleuth…
David Roberts: Lord Edward Corinth Mystery Series… 1930s "vedy" British Lord Edward does his sleuthing with Verity Browne…
Lynda S. Robinson: Lord Meren Mystery Series… The main sleuth of this series which is set in ancient Egypt is the main investigator in the kingdom…
Dorothy L. Sayers: Lord Peter Wimsey Mystery Series… Early 20th century Lord Peter is an extremely rich English nobleman who teams up with Harriet Vane…
Patricia Wynn: Blue Satan Mystery Series… Gideon St. Mars is an aristocrat (viscount) who becomes a highwayman during the 1700s…
Authors on the Cozy Site with Non Mystery Book Series which Feature the VERY Rich:
E. F. Benson: Make Way for Lucia Series… By far my favorite series of all time! Although this is not a mystery book series, it is very Cozy and very English…
Alexander McCall Smith: Isabel Dalhousie Series… I truly enjoy books by Alexander McCall Smith. I would not describe the Isabel Dalhousie Philosophical novels as being mystery books, although some people believe that they are…
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I love your blog. Thanks for all of the hard work that you do to keep it up to date. We are reading it!
I have another series featuring rich sleuths-the Death on Demand series by Carolyn Hart, starring Max and Annie Darling.
Most of them are English…the ones in America have lost it. What does that say of Americans attitude of wealth?
Hmm. The Caroline Haines southern belle heroine is…broke. :>) She does have a house as her inheritance, but in book one she is in danger of losing it entirely. I don't think I've read past book3 so maybe her 'fortunes' are better these days.
GREAT list. I love the idea! Notice how many of them are historicals…
Tasha Alexander's Lady Emily Ashton series features a Victorian aristocratic widow – I started reading them about the same time as Deanna Raybourn's Lady Julia Grey series. Also, Elizabeth Peters' Amelia Peabody is an heiress.
Thank you, ladies, for the above comments.
I wasn't sure whether to include previously rich sleuths who had to work for a living…
More additions to the list, and a good insight on the attitude about wealth here in the USA…
I have just realized that Aurora Teagarden is also an heiress. I have also read three books in a short period (no pun intended) of time that the main characters are 4 feet 11 inches tall. Are short people cozier than taller ones?
You're right… I had forgotten that Aurora inherited all of that money…