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- Chief Inspector Armand Gamache series by Louise Penny. Series starter: Still Life (2005) What you’re in for: Homicide (with a hint of cozy), a beloved village, a book-to-TV adaptation.
- The Thursday Murder Club series by Richard Osman. Series starter: The Thursday Murder Club (2020) What you’re in for: Murder and mirth, octogenarians, laugh-out-loud gags.
- Hercule Poirot series by Agatha Christie. Series starter: The Mysterious Affair at Styles (1920) What you’re in for: Classic cozy mysteries, an iconic detective.
- The Dublin Murder Squad series by Tana French. Series starter: In the Woods (2007) What you’re in for: Dark and atmospheric chills, Ireland-set thrills.
- The Best Detective Novel Series
- The Best Historical Mysteries
- The Best Private Detective Mysteries
7. The Dublin Murder Squad Series by Tana French
This is my personal favorite mystery series; the writing is beautiful and each book follows a different detective, so you don’t need to read them in any particular order. French’s novels focus on character development but the mysteries are also compelling. I recommend starting with In the Woods or The Likeness.
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This Canada-based series follows Detectives Getty and Khattak, who travel the world as they attempt to get to the bottom of mysteries. Khan’s books deal with a variety of complex social and political issues, so if you’re bored of domestic thrillers, this might be a good place to go next.
9. The Harry Hole Series by Jo Nesbo
This is the book series that brought us The Snowman. Inspector Harry Hole is the best detective on the Oslo Crime Squad, but he’s not without his personal demons. The first book, The Bat, sees Hole traveling to Sydney to assist local authorities on the investigation into the murder of a twentysomething Norwegian woman. Pro-tip: read The Bat before The Snowmanbecause the latter book contains spoilers!
12. The Perveen Mistry Series by Sujata Massey
Only one book, The Widows of Malabar Hill, has been released in this new series so far. But Massey’s debut will surely keep you waiting for the sequel. Perveen Mistry is a lawyer—the only female lawyer in early 1920s Bombay, in fact—tasked with executing the will of a powerful mill owner survived by three widows. But the paperwork opens more questions than it answers.
13. A Change of Fortune Mystery Series by Jessica Estevao
Ruby Proulx is one the run from the authorities in late-1800s Canada after her con artist father runs afoul of the law. While hiding out at her aunt’s hotel in Maine, she must use her tarot reading skills to help solve a series of crimes…all the while ensuring the cops don’t find out about her dark past.
14. The Flavia de Luce Series by Alan Bradley
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie kicks off this series about Flavia de Luce, an aspiring chemist who knows her poison. It’s a little more contemporary than many other historical mystery series, kicking off in the 1950s.
15. The Jackson Brodie Series by Kate Atkinson
Love detectives but hate the police procedural aspects of these stories? P.I. Jackson Brodie is the perfect compromise—he solves crimes without the police chief breathing down his back.
16. The Cormoran Strike Series by Robert Galbraith
Cormoran Strike is your classic contemporary private eye—brash, reclusive, willing to bend the rules, and better at solving crime than the local police force. The first book in the series is The Cuckoo’s Calling, but I started with The Silkworm. Looking for more personalized mystery book series recommendations? Check out Book Riot’s TBR book recommendation service, which lets you work with an expert bibliologist to stock your bookshelves!
- Erin Mayer
Jan 24, 2019 · Here is a list of 20 delightful murder mystery book series that include the following categories: classics, historical, art, food, and other.
- Claire DeWitt Mysteries. 'Claire DeWitt and the City of the Dead' by Sara Gran. From Come Closer author Sara Gran comes this series, which CNN has hailed as “David Lynch [meets] Raymond Chandler.”
- Detective Elouise Norton. 'Land of Shadows' by Rachel Howzell Hall. Underground Books. In Rachel Howzell Hall’s four-part mystery series, an experienced Los Angeles homicide detective gets partnered with a rookie from Colorado Springs.
- Gethsemane Brown Mysteries. 'Murder in G Major' by Alexia Gordon. Brain Lair Books. Alexia Gordon’s award-winning series follows musician Gethsemane Brown across the Atlantic to Ireland, where she’s just accepted a job with a boys’ orchestra.
- Ice Cream Parlor Mysteries. 'A Deadly Inside Scoop' by Abby Collette. Black Garnet Books. After returning to her small hometown in Ohio, business school grad Bronwyn — Win, to her friends — takes on the challenging job of renovating and rebooting her parents’ business, Crewse Creamery.
Nov 24, 2022 · In murder mystery series, the hardest puzzles to solve usually stem from personal dilemmas rather than corpses. In a satisfying whodunnit, our sleuth usually nabs the killer within 300 pages. Asking the cute coroner out, however? That’s at least three books worth of indecision.
Apr 24, 2023 · Whether it’s the thrill of solving a crime alongside your favorite detective or the satisfaction of getting to know a cast of characters over multiple books, book series offer a unique reading experience that leaves fans clamoring for more. But what are the best mystery book series of all time? Let’s explore.
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Dec 9, 2022 · 10 Bingeable (and Complete!) Mystery Series You Can Enjoy Now. It's the season to hunker down with a good pile of books and read them one after another. December 9, 2022 By Darynda Jones. VIA ST. MARTIN'S PRESS. Can you imagine where we’d be had Agatha Christie and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle decided the writing life was not for them?
