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This one is a continuation of the same one from 2018. :)

Like so many of my friends here on Aussie Readers, I absolutely love serial stories. I’ve got starts on several, and my aim, (again), this year is to try to catch up on as many of them as I can, and also to start on some which I really can’t wait to get stuck into. 😊

Here are the series that I am currently working my way through - which I'll add (most) here shortly…

Historical Fiction

Donna Douglas - The Nightingales

The Nightingale Girls
The Nightingale Sisters
The Nightingale Nurses
A Child is Born (3.5 - Novella)
Nightingales on Call
A Nightingale Christmas Wish
Nightingales at War
Nightingales Under the Mistletoe Completed 11/01 - 5 stars.
A Nightingale Christmas Carol Completed 27/06 - 5 stars.
The Nightingale Christmas Show
A Nightingale Christmas Promise

Eileen Ramsay - Flowers of Scotland

Rich Girl, Poor Girl
The Farm Girl's Dream: A heartbreaking family saga
A Pinch of Salt

Amy Miller - Wartime Bakery

Heartaches and Christmas Cakes: 1
Wartime Brides and Wedding Cakes
Telegrams and Teacakes

Winston Graham - The Poldark Saga

Ross Poldark
Demelza
Jeremy Poldark
Warleggan
The Black Moon
The Four Swans
The Angry Tide
The Stranger from the Sea
The Miller's Dance
The Loving Cup
The Twisted Sword
Bella Poldark

Rhys Bowen - Molly Murphy

Murphy's Law
Death of Riley
For the Love of Mike
In Like Flynn
Oh Danny Boy
In Dublin's Fair City
Tell Me, Pretty Maiden
In a Gilded Cage
The Last Illusion
Bless the Bride
Hush Now, Don't You Cry
The Face in the Mirror (11.5 - a novella)
The Family Way
Through the Window (12.5 - a novella)
City of Darkness and Light
The Edge of Dreams
Away in a Manger
Time of Fog and Fire
The Ghost of Christmas Past

Kerry Greenwood - Phryne Fisher

Cocaine Blues
Flying Too High
Murder On The Ballarat Train
Death At Victoria Dock Completed 07/03 - 4 stars.
The Green Mill Murder
Blood and Circuses
Ruddy Gore
Urn Burial
Raisins And Almonds
Death Before Wicket
Away With the Fairies
Murder In Montparnasse
The Castlemaine Murders
Queen of the Flowers
Death by Water
Murder In The Dark
Murder On A Midsummer Night
Dead Man's Chest
Unnatural Habits
Murder and Mendelssohn

Chick Lit/Romance

Jojo Moyes - Louisa Clark
Series/Trilogy completed - 02/05/19

Me Before You
After You
Still Me Completed 02/05 - 5 stars.

Fiona McCallum - Button Jar
Series/Trilogy completed - 31/03/19

Saving Grace
Time Will Tell
Meant To Be Completed 31/03 - 4.5 stars.

Crime/Mystery/Suspense

H.Y. Hanna - Oxford Tearoom Mysteries

All-Butter Shortdead
A Scone To Die For
Tea with Milk and Murder Completed 22/04 - 5 stars.
Two Down, Bun to Go
Till Death Do Us Tart
Muffins and Mourning Tea
Four Puddings and a Funeral
Another One Bites the Crust
Apple Strudel Alibi
The Dough Must Go On

Kathryn Fox - Dr Anya Crichton

Malicious Intent
Without Consent Completed 28/02 - 5 stars.
Skin and Bone
Blood Born
Death Mask
Cold Grave
Fatal Impact

Jane Casey - Maeve Kerrigan

The Burning
The Reckoning
The Last Girl
The Stranger You Know
The Kill Completed 22/01 - 5 stars.
After the Fire Completed 19/05 - 5 stars.
Let the Dead Speak
Cruel Acts

Richard Castle - Nikki Heat

Heat Wave
Naked Heat
Heat Rises
Frozen Heat
Deadly Heat
Raging Heat
Driving Heat
High Heat
Heat Storm

Patricia Cornwell - Kay Scarpetta

Postmortem
Body of Evidence
All That Remains
Cruel & Unusual
The Body Farm
From Potter's Field
Cause of Death
Unnatural Exposure
Point of Origin
Scarpetta's Winter Table (9.5 - a novella)
Black Notice
The Last Precinct
Blow Fly
Trace
Predator
Book of the Dead
Scarpetta
The Scarpetta Factor
Port Mortuary
Red Mist
The Bone Bed
Dust
Flesh and Blood
Depraved Heart
Chaos

Matthew Costello, Neil Richards - Cherringham

Cherringham: A Cosy Crime Series Compilation (1-3)
Cherringham: A Cosy Crime Series Compilation (4-6)
Cherringham: A Cosy Crime Series Compilation (7-9)
Cherringham: A Cosy Crime Series Compilation (10-12)
Cherringham - Episode 13 - 15: A Cosy Crime Series Compilation
Cherringham: A Cosy Crime Series Compilation - Episodes 16-18
Cherringham - Episode 19 - 21: A Cosy Crime Series Compilation
Cherringham - Episode 22 - 24: A Cosy Crime Series Compilation

Karen M Davis - Lexie Rogers Series/Trilogy Completed 06/07/19

Sinister Intent
Deadly Obsession
Fatal Mistake Completed 06/07 - 4 stars.

Tess Gerritsen - Rizzoli & Isles

The Surgeon
The Apprentice Completed 11/05 - 5 stars.
The Sinner
Body Double
Vanish
The Mephisto Club
The Keepsake
Ice Cold
The Silent Girl
Last to Die
Die Again
I Know a Secret

Tara Moss - Makedde Vanderwall

Fetish
Split
Covet
Hit
Siren
Assassin

Kathy Reichs - Temperance Brennan

Déjà Dead
Death du Jour
Deadly Decisions
Fatal Voyage
Grave Secrets
Bare Bones
Monday Mourning
Cross Bones
Break No Bones
Bones to Ashes
Devil Bones
206 Bones
Spider Bones
Flash and Bones
Bones Are Forever
Bones in Her Pocket (15.5 - a Novella)
Bones of the Lost
Swamp Bones: A Novella (16.5)
Bones Never Lie
Bones on Ice (17.5 - a Novella)
Speaking in Bones

Michael Robotham - Joseph O'Loughlin

The Suspect
Lost
Shatter
Bleed for Me
The Wreckage
Say You're Sorry
Watching You
Close Your Eyes
The Other Wife

M.C. Beaton - Hamish Macbeth

Death of a Gossip
Death of a Cad
Death of an Outsider
Death of a Perfect Wife
Death of a Hussy
Death of a Snob
Death of a Prankster
Death of a Glutton
Death of a Travelling Man
Death of a Charming Man
Death of a Nag
Death of a Macho Man
Death of a Dentist
Death of a Scriptwriter
Death of an Addict
A Highland Christmas (Novella)
Death of a Dustman
Death of a Celebrity

Series I hope to start in 2019

Historical Fiction

Deborah Burrows - Ambulance Girls

1: Ambulance Girls
2: Ambulance Girls Under Fire
3: Ambulance Girls At War

Frances Brody - Kate Shackleton Mysteries

1: Dying In the Wool
2: A Medal for Murder
3: Murder In The Afternoon
4: A Woman Unknown
5: Murder on a Summer's Day
6: Death of an Avid Reader
7: A Death in the Dales
8: Death at the Seaside
9: Death in the Stars

Donna Douglas - Steeple Street

1: The Nurses of Steeple Street
2: District Nurse on Call

Rosie Goodwin - Dilly's Story

1: Dilly's Sacrifice
2: Dilly's Lass
3: Dilly's Hope

Annie Murray - Chocolate Girls

1: Chocolate Girls
2: The Bells of Bournville Green

Annie Murray - Trilogy #1

1: A Hopscotch Summer Completed 24/02 - 5 stars.
2: Soldier Girl
3: All the Days of Our Lives

Annie Murray - Trilogy #2

1: War Babies
2: Now The War Is Over
3: The Doorstep Child

Crime/Mystery/Suspense

Sharon Bolton - Lacey Flint

1: Now You See Me
1.5 (novella): If Snow Hadn't Fallen
2: Dead Scared
3: Like This, For Ever
4: A Dark and Twisted Tide
4.5 (novella): Here Be Dragons

Robert Bryndza - Detective Erika Foster

1: The Girl In The Ice
2: The Night Stalker
3: Dark Water
4: Last Breath
5: Cold Blood

Patricia Gibney - Detective Lottie Parker

1: The Missing Ones
2: The Stolen Girls
3: The Lost Child
4: No Safe Place: A gripping thriller with a shocking twist

Katherine Howell - Detective Ella Marconi

1: Frantic Completed 06/04 - 5 stars.
2: The Darkest Hour
3: Cold Justice
4: Violent Exposure
5: Silent Fear
6: Web of Deceit
7: Deserving Death
8: Tell the Truth

Goodness Kylie!!! Good luck :)

Hehe, thanks Brenda! I'll most certainly need it! lol ;) :)

I know I'm not going to get this list anywhere near completed in, well, possibly not even in the next 2-3 years, it's more to help me keep track of series' I've started and which ones to (try) to focus on. :)

My first of at least 5 books, (and hopefully a few more than that!), from the many, many series listed above ticked/crossed off in 2019! :)

Nightingales Under the Mistletoe by Donna Douglas. Completed 11/01 - 5 stars.

Time for an update. :)

I've been able to cross off another couple of books from two series.

The Kill by Jane Casey
Without Consent by Kathryn Fox.

I'm about halfway through Death at Victoria Dock by Kerry Greenwood, and hope to start Meant To Be by Fiona McCallum later this month. :)

Are you enjoying Kerry's Kylie? I haven't read that one :)

Yeah, they're a light, pretty quick to read, and well written cosy mystery. I'm finding Phryne lots of fun!

I forgot to add A Hopscotch Summer by Annie Murray to yesterday's list. :) Another series (albeit (another) trilogy) started!

I should keep track of this thread. I don't usually like or read series and have a very hard time finding any for challenges. Once I finish Agatha Christie and Kerry Greenwood, whatever will I do?

I hope you're enjoying Phryne Fisher as much as I am x

Kylie wrote: "Yeah, they're a light, pretty quick to read, and well written cosy mystery. I'm finding Phryne lots of fun!

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Yes they are, that's for sure :) I real pleasure to read!

Jazzy wrote: "I should keep track of this thread. I don't usually like or read series and have a very hard time finding any for challenges. Once I finish Agatha Christie and Kerry Greenwood, whatever will I do?
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Yes, you're definitely much further into our dear Phryne than I am Jazzy!

I can highly recommend almost all of the series that I've started. I'm pretty selective with what I choose to read, however series can be trickier to work out at times. :) By all means, if you wish to keep an eye on this thread, be my guest. You'd be more than welcome to do so. :)

And Brenda, they sure are! :)

Speaking of our Phryne - Death at Victoria Dock by Kerry Greenwood I finished last Thursday (7th March). 4 stars. :)

Up next - Meant To Be by Fiona McCallum - the final of the Button Jar/Emily Oliphant trilogy. :)

Happy reading Kylie :)