Following a Series?
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 July2011. Currently I have one or more of each series in stock. Check for authors on the Mystery, and Bargain Basement pages.
| 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, Dare to Die, Laughed til he Died, Death Comes Silently | 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, Wicked Prey, Storm 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 |
| 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 | 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 Before He Shot Her, Careless in Red | 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 |
| 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 | 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, Plum Spooky, Finger Lickin’ Fifteen, Sizzling Sixteen | 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, Cross Country, Alex Cross’ Trial, I, Alex Cross |
| 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 | 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, Blackwork, Buttons and Bones,Threadbare | 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, Scarpetta, The Scarpetta Factor |
| 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 in Paradise, Night and Day, Split Image | 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 | 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 )1st to Die, 2nd Chance, #rd Degree, 4th of July, 5th Horseman, 6th Target, 7th Heaven, 8th Confession, The 9th Judgment |
| 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, The Alpine Uproar |
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, Poison Ivory, The Glass is Always Greener | 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, A Plateful of Murder |
| 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, Fatally Flakey, Crunch Time | 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, U is for Undertow, V is for Vengence | 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 |
| 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, The Private Patient | Hannah Swensen owner of the Cookie Jar in Lake Eden Minnesota by Joanne Fluke 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, Cream Puff Murder, Plum Pudding Murder, Apple Turnover Murder, Devil’s Food Cake Murder | Lincoln Rhyme, a disabled ex-head of NYPD forensics in NYC by Jeffrey Deaver The Bone Collector, The Coffin Dancer, The Empty Chair, Stone Monkey, The Vanished Man, The Twelfth Card, The Cold Moon, The Broken Window, The Burning Wire |
| Lovejoy, Lovejoy, an antiques expert and forger in East Anglia, England by Jonathan Gash The Judas Pair, Gold from Gemini, The Grail Tree, Spend Game, The Vatican Trip, Firefly Gadroom, The Sleepers of Erin, The Gondola Scam, Pearlhanger, The Tartan Sell, Moonspender, Jade Woman, The Very Last Gambado, The Great California Game, The Lies of Fair Ladies, Paid and Loving Eyes, The Sin Within her Smile, The Grace in Older Women, The Possessions of a Lady, The Rich and the Profane, A Rag, A Bone and a Hank of Hair, Every Last Cent, The Ten Word Game | Jacobia Tiptree, former financial analyst now living in Maine by Sarah Graves Dead Cat Bounce, Triple Witch, Wicked Fix, Repair to Her Grave, Wreck the Halls, Unhinged, Mallets Aforethought, Tool & Die, Nail Biter, Trap Door, The Book of Old Houses, A Face at the Window, Crawlspace, Knockdown | Angelina Amalfi, a food columnist and restaurant reviewer in San Francisco by Joanne Pence Cooking Most Deadly, Cook’s Night Out,Cooks Overboard, A Cook in Time,To Catch a Cook, Bell, Cook, and Candle,If Cooks Could Kill,Two Cooks A-Killing, Courting Disaster,Red Hot Murder, The DaVinci Cook |
