Eva Gates: Lighthouse Library Mysteries

• Main Character: Lucy Richardson, a librarian working at the Bodie Island  Lighthouse Library.
• Setting: North Carolina's Outer Banks. 
• Bold type indicates a book I've read.

1. By Book or By Crook (2015) 
2. Booked for Trouble (2015) 
3. Reading Up a Storm (2016) 
4. The Spook in the Stacks (2018) 
5. Something Read, Something Dead (2019) 
6. Read and Buried (2019) 
7. A Death Long Overdue (2020) 
8. Deadly Ever After (2021) 
9. Death by Beach Read (2022) 
10. Death Knells and Wedding Bells (2023) 
11. The Stranger in the Library (2024) 
12. Shot Through the Book (2025) 
13. Whose Body in the Library (2026) 

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Charles Todd: Inspector Ian Rutledge Mysteries

• Main Characters: Inspector Ian Rutledge, a veteran of the First World War who has returned to the police force as a detective but is battling with "shell shock" (what would be called post-traumatic stress disorder today). 
• Setting: Mostly England, in the years following World War I.
• Bold type indicates a book I've read. 

"Charles Todd" is the pen name used by the mother/son writing team of Caroline and Charles Todd. 

1. A Test of Wills (1994) 
2. Wings of Fire (1998)
3. Search the Dark (1999) 
4. Legacy of the Dead (2000) 
5. Watchers of Time (2001) 
6. A Fearsome Doubt (2002) 
7. A Cold Treachery (2005) 
8. A Long Shadow (2006) 
9. A False Mirror (2007) 
10. A Pale Horse (2008) 
11. A Matter of Justice (2008) 
12. The Red Door (2009) 
13. A Lonely Death (2011) 
14. The Confession (2012) 
15. Proof of Guilt (2013) 
16. Hunting Shadows (2014) 
17. A Fine Summer's Day (2015) 
18. No Shred of Evidence (2016) 
19. Racing the Devil (2017) 
20. The Gate Keeper (2018) 
21. The Black Ascot (2019) 
22. A Divided Loyalty (2020) 
23. A Fatal Lie (2021) 
24. A Game of Fear (2022) 

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Nicholas Meyer: Sherlock Holmes Pastiche Series

• Main Characters: Legendary detective Sherlock Holmes and his friend and biographer John H. Watson, M.D.
• Setting: Mostly Victorian/Early 20th Century England, with occasional visits to other areas. 
• Bold type indicates a book I've read. 

1. The Seven-Percent Solution (1974)
2. The West End Horror (1976)
3. The Canary Trainer (1993)
4. The Adventure of the Peculiar Protocols (2019)
5. The Return of the Pharaoh (2021) 

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Charles Finch: Charles Lenox Mysteries

• Main Characters: Charles Lenox, Victorian gentleman and armchair explorer, who is also an amateur sleuth. Most of the books also feature his aristocratic wife Lady Jane. 
• Setting: Victorian England, mostly London and Oxford.
• Bold type indicates a book I've read.

1. A Beautiful Blue Death (2007)
2. The September Society (2008)
3. The Fleet Street Murders (2009)
4. A Stranger in Mayfair (2010)
5. A Burial at Sea (2011)
6. A Death in the Small Hours (2012)
7. An Old Betrayal (2013)
8. The Laws of Murder (2014)
9. Home by Nightfall (2015)
10. The Inheritance (2016)
11. An Extravagant Death (2021) 
12. The Hidden City (2025) 

There are also several "prequels":

1. The Woman in the Water (2018) 
2. The Vanishing Man (2019) 
3. The Last Passenger (2020) 

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Susan Elia MacNeal: Maggie Hope Mysteries

• Main Characters: Maggie Hope, a British-born American math expert living in London during World War II, who works for British intelligence as a codebreaker and sometimes-agent in the fight against the Nazi menace. 
• Setting: Mostly England, with occasional visits to America and other locales. 
• Bold type indicates a book I've read.

1. Mr. Churchill's Secretary (2012)
2. Princess Elizabeth's Spy (2012)
3. His Majesty's Hope (2013) 
4. The Prime Minister's Secret Agent (2014) 
5. Mrs. Roosevelt's Confidante (2015)
6. The Queen's Accomplice (2016) 
7. The Paris Spy (2017) 
8. The Prisoner in the Castle (2018) 
9. The King's Justice (2020) 
10. The Hollywood Spy (2021) 

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Catherine Aird: Inspector Sloan

(Sometimes referred to as the Chronicles of Calleshire.)

• Main Characters: Detective Chief Inspector Sloan and his assistant, Constable Crosby
• Setting: The fictional County of Calleshire, England 
• Bold type indicates a book I've read. 

1. The Religious Body (1966)
2. Henrietta Who (1968)
3. The Stately Home Murder (1969) [aka: The Complete Steel]
4. A Late Phoenix (1970)
5. His Burial Too (1973)
6. Slight Mourning (1975)
7. Parting Breath (1977)
8. Some Die Eloquent (1979)
9. Passing Strange (1980)
10. Last Respects (1982)
11. Harm's Way (1984)
12. A Dead Liberty (1986)
13. The Body Politic (1990)
14. A Going Concern (1993)
15. After Effects (1996)
16. Stiff News (1998)
17. Little Knell (2001)
18. Amendment of Life (2002)
19. Hole in One (2005)
20. Losing Ground (2007)
21. Past Tense (2010)
22. Dead Heading (2014)
23. Learning Curve (2016)
24. Inheritance Tracks (2019)

Also these short story collections, featuring Sloan and Crosby:

1. Injury Time (1995)
2. Chapter and Hearse (2003) 
3. Last Writes (2014)

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Jerry West: The Happy Hollisters

• Main characters: The Hollister family, consisting of five children (Pete, Pamela, Ricky, Holly, and Sue), and their parents (John and Elaine)
• Setting: The city of Shoreham (as far as I know, no state is ever mentioned)
• Bold type indicates a book I've read.

The Happy Hollisters is a series of books for children, published by the Stratemeyer Syndicate (also the publisher of the Nancy Drew and Hardy Boys series), between 1953 and 1969. The series was written by Andrew E. Svenson, using the pseudonym Jerry West, and was illustrated by Helen S. Hamilton. 

1. The Happy Hollisters  (1953)
   
2. The Happy Hollisters on a River Trip  (1953)
3. The Happy Hollisters at Sea Gull Beach  (1953) 
4. The Happy Hollisters and the Indian Treasure  (1953) 
5. The Happy Hollisters at Mystery Mountain  (1954) 
6. The Happy Hollisters at Snowflake Camp  (1954) 
   
7. The Happy Hollisters and the Trading Post Mystery  (1954) 
8. The Happy Hollisters at Circus Island  (1955) 
9. The Happy Hollisters and the Secret Fort  (1955) 
10. The Happy Hollisters and the Merry-Go-Round Mystery*  (1955) 
11. The Happy Hollisters at Pony Hill Farm*  (1956) 
12. The Happy Hollisters and the Old Clipper Ship  (1956) 
13. The Happy Hollisters at Lizard Cove  (1957) 
14. The Happy Hollisters and the Scarecrow Mystery  (1957) 
15. The Happy Hollisters and the Mystery of the Totem Faces  (1958) 
16. The Happy Hollisters and the Ice Carnival Mystery  (1958) 
17. The Happy Hollisters and the Mystery in Skyscraper City  (1959) 
18. The Happy Hollisters and the Mystery of the Little Mermaid  (1960) 
19. The Happy Hollisters and the Mystery at Missile Town  (1961) 
20. The Happy Hollisters and the Cowboy Mystery  (1961) 
21. The Happy Hollisters and the Haunted House Mystery  (1962) 
22. The Happy Hollisters and the Secret of the Lucky Coins  (1963) 
23. The Happy Hollisters and the Castle Rock Mystery  (1963) 
24. The Happy Hollisters and the Cuckoo Clock Mystery  (1963) 
25. The Happy Hollisters and the Swiss Echo Mystery  (1963) 
26. The Happy Hollisters and the Sea Turtle Mystery  (1964) 
27. The Happy Hollisters and the Punch and Judy Mystery  (1964) 
28. The Happy Hollisters and the Whistle Pig Mystery  (1964) 
29. The Happy Hollisters and the Ghost Horse Mystery  (1965) 
30. The Happy Hollisters and the Mystery of the Golden Witch  (1966) 
31. The Happy Hollisters and the Mystery of the Mexican Idol  (1967) 
32. The Happy Hollisters and the Monster Mystery  (1969) 
33. The Happy Hollisters and the Mystery of the Midnight Trolls  (1969) 

* Numbers 10 and 11 are sometimes switched in publication order, but Pony Hill Farm references their prior mystery about the Merry-Go-Round, so I'm listing Pony Hill Farm as #11.

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Louise Penny: Chief Inspector Armand Gamache

• Main character: Chief Inspector Armand Gamache of Sûreté du Québec, the provincial police force for Quebec
• Setting: Canada, mostly in and around the small Québécois town of Three Pines
• Bold type indicates a book I've read.

1. Still Life (2005)
2. A Fatal Grace (2006) 
3. The Cruelest Month (2007) 
4. A Rule Against Murder (2008) 
5. The Brutal Telling (2009)
6. Bury Your Dead (2010) 
7. A Trick of the Light (2011)
8. The Beautiful Mystery (2012) 
9. How the Light Gets In (2013) 
10. The Long Way Home (2014) 
11. The Nature of the Beast (2015) 
12. A Great Reckoning (2016)
13. Glass Houses (2017) 
14. Kingdom of the Blind (2018) 
15. A Better Man (2019)
16. All the Devils Are Here (2020) 
17. The Madness of Crowds (2021) 
18. A World of Curiosities (2022)
19. The Grey Wolf (2024) 
20. The Black Wolf (2025) 

In addition to the full-length novels, there has also been one novella (or long short story) issued:

1. The Hangman (2010)

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S.J. Parris: Giordano Bruno Mysteries

• Main character: Giordano Bruno — monk, poet, scientist, magician — who investigates crime in the 16th century
• Setting: Primarily England
• Bold type indicates a book I've read.

1. Heresy (2010)
2. Prophecy (2011)
3. Sacrilege (2012)
4. The Secret Dead (2013) 
5. Treachery (2014) 
6. Conspiracy (2016) 
7. Execution (2020) 

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P.G. Wodehouse: Jeeves Series

• Main characters: Bertie Wooster, wealthy and idle young Londoner, and his valet Jeeves
• Setting: England, early-to-mid 20th Century
• Bold type indicates a book I've read.

1. My Man Jeeves (1919)
2. The Inimitable Jeeves (1923) 
3. Carry On, Jeeves (1925)
4. Very Good, Jeeves (1930) 
5. Thank You, Jeeves (1934) 
6. Right Ho, Jeeves (1934) 
7. The Code of the Woosters (1938) 
8. Joy in the Morning (1946) (US title: Jeeves in the Morning)
9. The Mating Season (1949)
10. Ring for Jeeves (1953) (US title: The Return of Jeeves)
11. Jeeves and the Feudal Spirit (1954) (US title: Bertie Wooster Sees It Through)
12. A Few Quick Ones (1959)
13. Jeeves in the Offing (1960) (US title: How Right You Are, Jeeves)
14. Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves (1963)
15. Plum Pie (1966)
16. Much Obliged, Jeeves (1971) (US title: Jeeves and the Tie That Binds)
17. Aunts Aren't Gentlemen (1974) (US title: The Cat-nappers)

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Miss Seeton Mysteries

• Main character: Miss Emily D. Seeton, eccentric retired art teacher, who helps Scotland Yard solve mysteries and right wrongs, armed only with her sketch pad and trusty umbrella.
• Setting: England
• Bold type indicates a book I've read.

The Miss Seeton mystery novels have had three different authors over the years.

By Heron Carvic:

1. Picture Miss Seeton (1968)
2. Miss Seeton Draws the Line (1969)
3. Witch Miss Seeton (1971) (UK title: Miss Seeton, Bewitched)
4. Miss Seeton Sings (1973)
5. Odds on Miss Seeton (1975)

By Roy Peter Martin writing as Hampton Charles:

6. Miss Seeton, by Appointment (1990)
7. Advantage Miss Seeton (1990)
8. Miss Seeton at the Helm (1990)

By Sarah J. Mason writing as Hamilton Crane:

9.  Miss Seeton Cracks the Case (1991)
10. Miss Seeton Paints the Town (1991)
11. Miss Seeton Rocks the Cradle (1992)
12. Hands Up, Miss Seeton (1992)
13. Miss Seeton by Moonlight (1992)
14. Miss Seeton Plants Suspicion (1993)
15. Miss Seeton Goes to Bat (1993)
16. Starring Miss Seeton (1994)
17. Miss Seeton Undercover (1994)
18. Miss Seeton Rules (1994)
19. Sold to Miss Seeton (1995)
20. Sweet Miss Seeton (1996)
21. Bonjour, Miss Seeton (1997)
22. Miss Seeton's Finest Hour (1999)
23. Miss Seeton Quilts the Village (2017)
24. Miss Seeton Flies High (2018)
25. Watch the Wall, Miss Seeton (2019)

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Beverly Cleary: The Ramona Series

• Main characters: Ramona Quimby, her mother and father, and her sister "Beezus"
• Setting: USA, beginning mid-20th Century
• Bold type indicates a book I've read.

1. Beezus and Ramona (1955)
2. Ramona the Pest (1968)
3. Ramona the Brave (1975)
4. Ramona and Her Father (1977)
5. Ramona and Her Mother (1979)
6. Ramona Quimby, Age 8 (1981) 
7. Ramona Forever (1984) 
8. Ramona's World (1999)

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Beverly Cleary: The Henry Huggins Series

• Main characters: Henry Huggins, his family and friends
• Setting: USA, in the 1950s and 1960s
• Bold type indicates a book I've read.

1. Henry Huggins (1950)
2. Henry and Beezus (1952)
3. Henry and Ribsy (1954)
4. Henry and the Paper Route (1957)
5. Henry and the Clubhouse (1962)
6. Ribsy (1964)

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Anthony Trollope: Palliser Novels

• Main characters: Wealthy politician Plantagenet Palliser, his wife, Lady Glencora, and their aristocratic family
• Setting: Victorian England and Ireland
• Bold type indicates a book I've read.

This series of books were originally known as the "Parliamentary Novels"

1. Can You Forgive Her? (1864)
2. Phineas Finn (1869)
3. The Eustace Diamonds (1873)
4. Phineas Redux (1874)
5. The Prime Minister (1876)
6. The Duke's Children (1879)

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Anthony Trollope: Chronicles of Barsetshire

• Main characters: The clergy and gentry of the fictional county of Barsetshire
• Setting: Victorian England
• Bold type indicates a book I've read.

1. The Warden (1855)
2. Barchester Towers (1857)
3. Doctor Thorne (1858)
4. Framley Parsonage (1861)
5. The Small House at Allington (1864)
6. The Last Chronicle of Barset (1867)

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Laura Ingalls Wilder: Little House Series

• Main characters: Laura Ingalls and her family and friends
• Setting: 19th Century America
• Bold type indicates a book I've read.

1. Little House in the Big Woods (1932)
2. Farmer Boy (1933)
3. Little House on the Prairie (1935)
4. On the Banks of Plum Creek (1937)
5. By the Shores of Silver Lake (1939)
6. The Long Winter (1940)
7. Little Town on the Prairie (1941)
8. These Happy Golden Years (1943)
9. The First Four Years (1971)

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Anne Perry: William Monk Mysteries

• Main characters: William Monk, investigator (sometimes with the police force, sometimes working privately); and his wife Hester, formerly a Crimean War nurse.
• Setting: Victorian England
Bold type indicates a book I've read.

1. The Face of a Stranger (1990)
2. A Dangerous Mourning (1991)
3. Defend and Betray (1992)
4. A Sudden, Fearful Death (1993)
5. The Sins of the Wolf (1994)
6. Cain His Brother (1995)
7. Weighed in the Balance (1996)
8. The Silent Cry (1997)
9. A Breach of Promise (aka: Whited Sepulchres) (1997)
10. The Twisted Root (1999)
11. Slaves of Obsession (aka: Slaves and Obsession) (2000)
12. A Funeral in Blue (2001)
13. Death of a Stranger (2002)
14. The Shifting Tide (2004)
15. Dark Assassin (2006)
16. Execution Dock (2009)
17. Acceptable Loss (2011)
18. A Sunless Sea (2012)
19. Blind Justice (2013)
20. Blood on the Water (2014)
21. Corridors of the Night (2015)
22. Revenge in a Cold River (2016)
23. An Echo of Murder (2017)
24. Dark Tide Rising (2018)

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Diana Xarissa: Markham Sisters Cozy Mysteries

• Main characters: Janet and Joan Markham, spinster sisters who have decided to run a bed and breakfast
• Setting: Derbyshire, England
• Bold type indicates a book I've read

The Markham Sisters mysteries are a series of mostly murder-free novella-length cozies.

1. The Appleton Case (2015)
2. The Bennett Case (2015)
3. The Chalmers Case (2015)
4. The Donaldson Case (2016)
5. The Ellsworth Case (2016)
6. The Fenton Case (2016)
7. The Green Case (2016)
8. The Hampton Case (2017)
9. The Irwin Case (2017)
10. The Jackson Case (2017)
11. The Kingston Case (2017)
12. The Lawley Case (2018)
13. The Moody Case (2018)
14. The Norman Case (2018)
15. The Osborne Case (2018)
16. The Patrone Case (2019)
17. The Quinton Case (2019) 
18. The Rhodes Case (2019) 
19. The Somerset Case (2020) 
20. The Tanner Case (2020) 
21. The Underwood Case (2020) 
22. The Vernon Case (2020) 
23. The Walters Case (2020) 
24. The Xanders Case (2020) 
25. The Young Case (2020) 
26. The Zachery Case (2020) 

M.C. Beaton: Agatha Raisin Mysteries

• Main character: Agatha Raisin, a quirky middle-aged public-relations agent who sold her London-based firm and took early retirement
• Setting: Primarily, the small village of Carsely in the English Cotswolds
• Bold type indicates a book I've read

1. Agatha Raisin and the Quiche of Death (1992)
2. Agatha Raisin and the Vicious Vet (1993)
3. Agatha Raisin and the Potted Gardener (1994)
4. Agatha Raisin and the Walkers of Dembley (1995)
5. Agatha Raisin and the Murderous Marriage (1996)
6. Agatha Raisin and the Terrible Tourist (1997)
7. Agatha Raisin and the Wellspring of Death (1998)
8. Agatha Raisin and the Wizard of Evesham (1999)
9. Agatha Raisin and the Witch of Wyckhadden (1999)
10. Agatha Raisin and the Fairies of Fryfam (2000)
11. Agatha Raisin and the Love from Hell (2001)
12. Agatha Raisin and the Day the Floods Came (2002)
13. Agatha Raisin and the Case of the Curious Curate (2003)
14. Agatha Raisin and the Haunted House (2003)
15. Agatha Raisin and the Deadly Dance (2004)
16. The Perfect Paragon: An Agatha Raisin mystery (2005)
17. Love, Lies and Liquor: An Agatha Raisin mystery (2006)
18. Kissing Christmas Goodbye: An Agatha Raisin mystery (2007)
19. A Spoonful of Poison: An Agatha Raisin mystery (2008)
20. There Goes the Bride: An Agatha Raisin mystery (2009)
21. The Busy Body: An Agatha Raisin mystery (2010)
22. As the Pig Turns: An Agatha Raisin mystery (2011)
23. Hiss and Hers: An Agatha Raisin mystery (2012)
24. Something Borrowed, Someone Dead: An Agatha Raisin mystery (2013)
25. The Blood of an Englishman: An Agatha Raisin mystery (2014)
26. Dishing the Dirt: An Agatha Raisin Mystery (2015)
27. Agatha Raisin: Pushing Up Daisies (2016)
28. Agatha Raisin and the Witches' Tree (2017)
29. Agatha Raisin and the Dead Ringer (2018)
30. Beating about the Bush: An Agatha Raisin Mystery (2019) 
31. Hot to Trot (2020) 
32. Down the Hatch (2021)
33. Devil's Delight (2022) 
34. Dead on Target (2023) 
35. Killing Time (2024) 
36. Sugar and Spite (2025)

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(M.C. Beaton was a pseudonym of author Marion Chesney. After Chesney died in 2019, the Agatha Raisin series was continued by R.W. Green. Beginning with Hot to Trot (2020), new books are credited to "M. C. Beaton with R. W. Green.")

John Verdon: Dave Gurney Mysteries

● Main character: Retired NYPD homicide detective, Dave Gurney, known for catching serial killers
● Setting: Mainly upstate New York, although the various stories do move around
● Bold type indicates a book I've read

1. Think of a Number  (2010)
2. Shut Your Eyes Tight  (2011)
3. Let the Devil Sleep  (2012)
4. Peter Pan Must Die  (2014)
5. Wolf Lake  (2016)
6. White River Burning  (2018) 
7. On Harrow Hill  (2021) 
8. The Viper (2023) 

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