Cozy Mysteries discussion

Hello everyone!

Can you recommend some long cozy mystery series to binge-read on?
If you could also include the number of books in the series.

Been reading Cleo Coyle and Joanne Fluke series.

Thanks!

Meg Langslow series by Donna Andrews has more than 20 books.


Gaslight Mysteries by Victoria Thompson has 20+ books.

If you like Coyle and Fluke you should give Savannah Reid (20+ books plus an offshoot starring her grandmother) a try. Barb turned me on to them.

I'm probably forgetting some, but here are others not already mentioned :


Laura Child's Tea Shop series with 21 books so far.
Jana Deleon's Miss Fortune series with 17 books so far
Carola Dunn's Daisy Dalrymple series with 23 books
Claudia Bishop's Hemlock Falls series with 18 books
Susan Wittig Albert's China Bayles series with 27 books
Rhys Bowen's Molly Murphy series with 17 books
Earlene Fowler's Benni Harper series with 15 books
Sarah Graves' Home Repair is Homicide series with 16 books
Miranda James' Cat in the Stacks series with 14 books so far
Leslie Meier's Lucy Stone series with 27 books so far
Tamar Myers' Pennsylvania Dutch series with 21 books
Ann B. Ross' Miss Julia series with 22 books
Livia J. Washburn's Freshly Baked series with 14 books
Diana Xarissa's Isle of Man series with 21 books
Joanna Campbell Slan's Kiki Lowenstein Scrap-n-Craft series with 14 books + a lot of half-step books

I also have several series with 10-12 books each, but I'm not sure if they would qualify as "long series."

A couple others:

— Aunt Dimity by Nancy Atherton (24 books)
— A Needlecraft Mystery by Monica Ferris (19)
— Scrapbooking series by Laura Childs (16)


If you want to binge-read an author, I suggest Joyce and Jim Lavene, who also published as J.J. Cook. They have numerous series, the longest being their Sharyn Howard series at 12 books.

Two other good cozy series to binge on are:

Carolyn Hart, Death on Demand - 25+ books


Margaret Maron, Deborah Knott - 20 books

Nell wrote: "Two other good cozy series to binge on are:

Carolyn Hart, Death on Demand - 25+ books..."

Which reminds me of another Carolyn, Carolyn Haines, and her Sarah Booth Delaney series, with 22 books.

Lilian Jackson Braun The Cat Who series around 30

Emily Brightwell Mrs Jeffries 39 Books

and of course Murder, She Wrote.Jessica Fletcher at least 50

Agatha Christie has 39 books in her Hercule Poirot series and 13 in her Miss Marple series
Rex Stout has 47 books in his Nero Wolfe series
Carolyn Haines has 21 (nearly 22) books in her Sarah Booth Delaney series
Rita Mae Brown has 29 in her Mrs. Murphy series and 13 in her Sister Jane Arnold series. (note: I found the last few Mrs. Murphy books to be really very good; beginning with Tail Gait. I am really excited to get Formidable Foes)

And Marian Babson wrote 45 mysteries, including three limited series. Even the stand-alone books are well worth reading. Sometimes it's nice to have a few non-series books to read as reading "palate cleansers" between series.

Nell wrote: "Meg Langslow series by Donna Andrews has more than 20 books.


Gaslight Mysteries by Victoria Thompson has 20+ books.
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Thank you for this recommendation. :)

Jennifer wrote: "If you like Coyle and Fluke you should give Savannah Reid (20+ books plus an offshoot starring her grandmother) a try. Barb turned me on to them."

Thanks. Will check it. :)

Barb wrote: "I'm probably forgetting some, but here are others not already mentioned :


Laura Child's Tea Shop series with 21 books so far.
Jana Deleon's Miss Fortune series with 17 books so far
Carola Dunn's ..."

Wow! This list is great! Thank you.

Heather L wrote: "A couple others:

— Aunt Dimity by Nancy Atherton (24 books)
— A Needlecraft Mystery by Monica Ferris (19)
— Scrapbooking series by Laura Childs (16)

..."

Thank you for the tip! I'll check them out.

Sandy wrote: "Lilian Jackson Braun The Cat Who series around 30

Emily Brightwell Mrs Jeffries 39 Books

and of course Murder, She Wrote.Jessica Fletcher at least 50"

Thank you. I have heard of these on YouTube. Will check them. :)

Lynn wrote: "Agatha Christie has 39 books in her Hercule Poirot series and 13 in her Miss Marple series
Rex Stout has 47 books in his Nero Wolfe series
[author:Carolyn Haines|2421..."

Another great list! Thanks for the recommendations! :)

A few more—

— Kate Collins, Flower Shop series (21)

— MC Beaton, Agatha Raisin (31) & Hamish MacBeth (34)

— Tasha Alexander, Lady Emily (14)

— Alexander McCall Smith, No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency (21), Isabel Dalhousie (13) and 44 Scotland Street (13)

— Denise Swanson, Scumble River (19)

— G.A. McKevett, Savannah Reid (25)

— Diane Mott Davidson, Goldy Bear Culinary (17)

— Aaron Elkins, Gideon Oliver (18)

This discussion is really helpful for me. I've been looking for long read series. Thanks to everyone for their very helpful information.

Barb wrote: "I'm probably forgetting some, but here are others not already mentioned :


Laura Child's Tea Shop series with 21 books so far.
Jana Deleon's Miss Fortune series with 17 books so far
Carola Dunn's ..."

Thanks again for these. I would love to hear about those 10-12 book series you have. :)

Heather L wrote: "A few more— ...
Denise Swanson, Scumble River (19)..."

fyi - Denise Swanson's Scumble River series has continued with a new publisher as Welcome Back to Scumble River. There are 3 books so far in this renewed series. And her Chef-to-Go series spins off a character from one of the Scumble River books.

I'm searching for a new series, preferably one in Ireland, Scotland or England. Would love if there were cats and little if any, romance. Am grateful for any recommendations!

Mama Cass wrote: "I'm searching for a new series, preferably one in Ireland, Scotland or England. Would love if there were cats and little if any, romance. Am grateful for any recommendations!"

A Share in Death by Deborah Crombie

This is book #1 of 18 (so far). Terrific series set in Yorkshire with romance. Hope you enjoy it!

thanks Icewineanne!

Mama Cass wrote: "thanks Icewineanne!"

Let me know what you think when you get around to reading this series Mama Cass!

Mama Cass wrote: "I'm searching for a new series, preferably one in Ireland, Scotland or England. Would love if there were cats and little if any, romance. Am grateful for any recommendations!"

Have you read Dorothy L. Sayers' Lord Peter Wimsey (NOT Whimsey) series? Golden Age, *wonderful* writing. First one is Whose Body.

If *any* of you haven't read these, I plead with you to do so.

Zara Keane- Movie Club Mysteries!

Elisabeth wrote: "Zara Keane- Movie Club Mysteries!"

the first one is free on kindle right now- so I am checking it out

I know the Joanne Fluke Hannah Swensen mysteries are a long-running series but most of the reviews for the newer ones I've seen are bad and that the series has dragged on too long. In your opinion are these still worth starting? Is there a good place to stop before getting to the "bad" ones?

I have been enjoying the A Bought the Farm mystery series by Ellen Riggs.

I've been reading and enjoying the Murder She Wrote mystery novels. There are 62 so far! JoeCosentino.weebly.com

Not sure if this has been mentioned but I just read Mr. Monk Goes to the Firehouse and really enjoyed it. It also was a T.V. series years ago.

The Seaside Knitters Society Mystery series by Sally Goldenbaum is good.

The Secrets of the Blue Hill Library by Emily Thomas is a great choice. It's 24 books long, so I'm pretty sure it can be considered a binge-worthy series 😂.