So, you say you want "REAL PEOPLE" mixed into your mysteries! I went through the authors on the site to find the authors who have incorporated "real people" into their mysteries. Since this is the Cozy Mystery Site… most of the authors write cozies…. (By the way, I am writing the descriptions in present tense… even though in some cases… the author is no longer with us…)
Susan Wittig Albert: The Cottage Tales of Beatrix Potter take place in England during the early 1900s, with Beatrix Potter and her menagerie of animals.
Bruce Alexander (aka Bruce Cook) writes the Sir John Fielding Mystery Series which features Sir John, who along with his older brother Henry, established the first British criminal records and police department.
Steve Allen writes the (comedian) Steve Allen Mystery Series…
Robert Barnard… as Bernard Bastable he writes the (composer) Amadeus Mozart Mystery Series…
Stephanie Barron (aka Francine Mathews) writes the (author) Jane Austen Mystery Series…
George Baxt writes the Celebrity Sleuth Mystery Series featuring such celebrities as Greta Garbo, Alfred Hitchcock, Marlene Dietrich, Bette Davis, Clark Gable, etc.
Peter King writes the (author) Jack London Mystery Series…
Deryn Lake writes the John Rawlings Mystery Series which features Sir John Fielding (the blind British magistrate who started the Bow Street Runners – the first British police force) along with John Rawlings, a young apothecary…
Anna Maclean (aka Jeanne MacKin) writes the (author) Louisa May Alcott Mystery Series…
Elliot Roosevelt writes the (first lady) Eleanor Roosevelt Mystery Series…
Rosemary Stevens (aka Rosemary Martin) writes the (Regency England's fashion expert) Beau Brummel Mystery Series…
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Hi–Please add Beatrix Potter to your list. I have incorporated her into my Cottage Tales mysteries, which span the years 1905-1913 of Potter's life. There are currently four books in the series, with the fifth (The Tale of Briar Bank) to be published in October. Altogether, there will be eight tales.
Hi Susan…
I do not know how I skipped the Cottage Tales of Beatrix Potter Mystery Series in this list! I think that when I was dividing all of "my authors" into piles… I inadvertently put the Cottage Tales into the historical mystery pile only, instead of putting the series into both of these themes. Thank you for reminding me.
You might want to add Peter J. Heck's series of Mark Twain mysteries to this list, too. Not quite citified enough to be properly cozy, but still a lot of fun.
Thanks, Kell, for telling us about Peter J. Heck's Mark Twain series. They sound interesting…
Ron Goulart has written a very good series with Groucho Marx as the Sleuth. As you can imagine these stories are filled with humor , but are actually very good mysteries.
Thanks, Dave, for telling us about Ron Goulart's series. I will try to take a look at them soon… They sound like fun…