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Many of us find a character and we just want to keep reading the entire
series. So here is a small guide to a few of the more popular character series.
The books are listed in chronological order by
release date through June 2008. Currently I have one or more of each
series in stock. Check for authors on the mystery, general and bargain bin pages.
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Annie Darling ‘Death on Demand”
by Carolyn Hart
Death on Demand, Design for Murder, Something Wicked , Honeymoon
with Murder, A Little Class of Murder ,Deadly Valentine, The Christie
Caper, Southern Ghost, The Mint Julep Murder, Yankee Doodle Dead, White
Elephant Dead, Sugar Plum Dead, April Fool Dead, Engaged to Die, Murder
Walks the Plank, Death of the Party, Dead Days of Summer,
Death Walked In |
Lucas Davenport "Prey" by John Sandford
Rules of Prey, Shadow Prey, Eyes of Prey, Silent Prey, Winter Prey,
Night Prey, Sudden Prey, Secret Prey, Certain Prey, Easy Prey, Chosen
Prey, Mortal Prey, Naked Prey, Hidden Prey, Broken Prey, Invisible Prey,
Phantom Prey |
Albenia “Benni” Harper by
Earlene Fowler
Fool's Puzzle, Irish Chain, Kansas Trouble, Goose in the Pond, Dove in
the Window, Mariner's Compass, Seven Sisters, Arkansas Traveler, Steps
to the Altar, Sunshine and Shadow, Broken Dishes, Delectable Mountains,
Tumbling Blocks
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| Claire Malloy, small-town
bookstore owner in Farberville, Arkansas, by Joan Hess
Strangled Prose, The Murder at the Mimosa Inn, Dear Miss Demeanor, A
Really Cute Corpse, A Diet to Die For, Roll Over and Play Dead. Death by
the Light of the Moon, Poisoned Pins, Tickled to Death, Busy Bodies,
Closely Akin to Murder, A Holly Jolly Murder, A Conventional Corpse, Out
on A Limb, The Goodbye Body, Damsels in Distress, Mummy Dearest
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Thomas Lynley, a Scotland Yard inspector,
Sergeant Barbara Havers by Elizabeth George A Great Deliverance,
Payment in Blood, Well Schooled in Murder, A Suitable Vengeance, For the
Sake of Elena, Missing Joseph, Playing for the Ashes, In the Presence of
the Enemy, Deception on His Mind, In Pursuit of the Proper Sinner, A
Traitor to Memory, A Place of Hiding, With No One as Witness, What Came
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Milan Jacovich, a
blue-collar Slovenian private eye with a master’s degree in Cleveland,
Ohio by Les Roberts Pepper Pike, Full
Cleveland, Deep Shaker, The Cleveland Connection, The Lake Effect, The
Duke of Cleveland, Collision Bend, The Cleveland Local, A Shoot in
Cleveland, The Best Kept Secret, Indian Sign, The Dutch, The Irish Sport
Pages, King of the Holly Hop
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Henrietta O’Dwyer Collins, a 70-something
reporter, in South Carolina
by Carolyn Hart
Dead
Man’s Island, Scandal in Fair Haven, Death in Lover’ Lane, Death in
Paradise, Death on the River Walk, Resort to Murder, Set Sail for Murder
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Stephanie Plum,
bounty hunter in Trenton, New Jersey by Janet Evanovich
One for the
Money, Two for the Dough, Three to Get Deadly, Four to Score, High Five,
Hot Six, Seven Up, Hard Eight, Visions of Sugar Plums, To the Nines, Ten
Big Ones, Eleven on Top, Twelve Sharp, Plum Lovin’ , Lean Mean 13, Plum
Lucky,
Fearless Fourteen
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Alex Cross, a
psychiatrist and homicide cop, in Washington DC by James Patterson
Along Came a Spider, Kiss the Girls,
Jack and Jill, Cat and Mouse, Pop Goes the Weasel, Roses are Red,
Violets are Blue, Four Blind Mice, The Big Bad Wolf, London Bridges,
Mary, Mary, Cross, Double Cross
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Matt Scudder,
a reformed alcoholic and unlicensed private eye, in New York City by
Lawrence Block
The Sins of the Fathers, Time to Murder and Create, In the Midst of
Death, A Stab in the Dark, Eight Million Ways to Die, When the Sacred
Gin Mill Closes, Out on the Cutting Edge, A Ticket to the Boneyard, A
Dance at the Slaughterhouse, A Walk Among the Tombstones, The Devil
Knows You’re Dead, A Long Line of Dead Men, Even the Wicked, Everybody
Dies, Hope to Die, All the Flowers are Dying
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Betsy Devonshire, a needlework shop owner in Excelsior, Minnesota by
Monica Ferris
Crewel World,
Framed in Lace, A Stitch in Time, Unraveled Sleeve, A Murderous Yarn,
Hanging by a Thread, Cutwork, Crewel Yule, Embroidered Truths, Sins and
Needles, Knitting Bones, Thai Dye
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Dr. Kay Scarpetta, chief medical examiner in Richmond, Virginia by
Patricia Cornwell
Postmortem, Body of Evidence, All That Remains, Cruel and Unusual, The
Body Farm, From Potters Field, Cause of Death, Unnatural Exposure, Point
of Origin, Black Notice, The Last Precinct, Blow Fly, Trace, Predator,
Book of the Dead
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Jesse Stone, a police chief in Paradise,
Massachusetts by Robert B Parker
Night Passage, Trouble in Paradise, Death in Paradise, Stone Cold, Sea
Change, Blue Screen, High Profile, Stranger n Paradise
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Chief
Inspector Morse, an inspector in Oxford, England by Colin Dexter
Last Bus to Woodstock, Last Seen Wearing, The
Silent World of Nicholas Quinn, Service of all the Dead, The Dead of
Jericho, The Riddle of the Third Mile, The Secret of Annexe 3, The Wench
is Dead, That Jewel that was Ours, The Way Through the Woods, The
Daughters of Cain, Death is Now my Neighbor, The Remorseful Day
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Murder
Club Series by James Patterson
(Lindsay
Boxer, a homicide inspector, Cindy Thomas, a reporter, Jill Bernhardt,
an Assistant District Attorney, and Claire Washburn, a medical examiner
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1st to Die, 2nd Chance, #rd Degree, 4th
of July, 5th Horseman, 6th Target, 7th
Heaven
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Emma Lord, small-town newspaper owner and
editor in Alpine, Washington by Mary Daheim
Alpine
Advocate, Alpine Betrayal, Alpine Christmas, Alpine Decoy, Alpine
Escape, Alpine Fury, Alpine Gamble, Alpine Hero, Alpine Icon, Alpine
Journey, Alpine Kindred, Alpine Legacy, Alpine Menace, Alpine Nemesis,
Alpine Obituary, Alpine Pursuit , Alpine Quilt, Alpine Recluse, Alpine
Scandal, Alpine Traitor |
Abigail Timberlake, owner of an
antique
shop in Charlotte, North Carolina by Tamar Myers
Larceny
and Old Lace, Gilt by Association , The Ming and I, So faux so Good,
Baroque and Desperate, Estate of Mind, A Penny Urned, Nightmare in
Shining Armor, Splendor in the Glass, Tiles and Tribulations, Statute of
Limitations, Monet Talks, The Cane Mutiny, Death of a Rug Lord
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Sarah Quilliam, an inn owner, and Meg Quilliam,
a chef, in Hemlock Falls, New York by Claudia Bishop
A Taste
for Murder, A Dash of Death, A Pinch of Poison, Murder Well Done, Death
Dines Out, A Touch of the Grape, A Steak in Murder, Marinade for Murder,
Just Desserts, Fried by Jury, A Puree of Poison, Buried by Breakfast, A
Dinner To Die For, Ground to A Halt, A Carol for a Corpse
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Goldie Bear, a caterer wife and Mom in Colorado by Diane
Mott Davidson
Catering to Nobody, Dying for
Chocolate, The Cereal Murders, The Last Suppers, Killer Pancake, The
Main Corpse, Grilling Season, Prime Cut, Tough Cookie, Sticks and
Scones, Chopping Spree, Double Shot, Dark Tort, Sweet Revenge |
Kinsey Milhone, a licensed
private detective in Santa Teresa California circa the mid to late 1980s
A is for
Alibi, B is for Burglar, C is for Corpse, D is for Deadbeat, E is for
Evidence, F is for Fugitive, G is for Gumshoe, H is for Homicide, I is
for Innocent, J is for Judgment, K is for Killer, L is for Lawless, M is
for Malice, N is for Noose, O is for Outlaw, P is for Peril, Q is for
Quarry, R is for Ricochet, S is for Silence, T is for Trespass |
Susan Henshaw, a suburban housewife in
Connecticut by Valerie Wolzien
Murder at the PTA, The
Fortieth Birthday Body, We Wish You a Merry Murder, All Hallow's Evil,
An Old Faithful Murder, A Star Spangled Murder, A Good Year for a
Corpse, 'Tis the Season to Be Murdered, Remodeled to Death, Elected for
Death, Weddings Are Murder, The Student Body, Death At A Discount, An
Anniversary to Die For, Death in a Beach Chair, Death in Duplicate
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Adam Dalgliesh, a poet and Scotland Yard
officer in London by P D James
Cover Her Face, A Mind to Murder,
Unnatural Causes, Shroud for a Nightingale, The Black Tower, Death of an
Expert Witness, A Taste for Death, Devices and Desires, Original Sin, A
Certain Justice, Death in Holy Orders, Murder Room, The Lighthouse |
Hannah Swensen owner of the Cookie Jar in Lake
Eden Minnesota
Chocolate Chip Murder, Strawberry
Shortcake Murder, Blueberry Muffin Murder, Lemon Meringue Pie Murder,
Fudge Cupcake Murder, Sugar Cookie Murder, Peach Cobbler Murder, Cherry
Cheesecake Murder, Key Lime Pie Murder, Candy Cane Murder, Carrot Cake
Murder |
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