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message 1: by Carolien (last edited Dec 02, 2025 01:36PM) (new)

Carolien (carolien_s) | 532 comments Given that I plan on catching up 16 series, I will start some as well! These are either number 1 or 2 in a series.

1. Anderson and Costello #1: Absolution by Caro Ramsay
2. Flavia Albia #1: The Ides of April by Lindsey Davis
3. Karen Pirie #1: The Distant Echo by Val McDermid
4. Detective Clare Mackay #1: See Them Run by Marion Todd
5. Detective Sheridan Holler #1: Long Time Dead by T.M. Payne
6. Cesara Aldo #1: City of Vengeance by D.V. Bishop
7. Detective Harry Virdee #1: Streets of Darkness by A.A. Dhand
8. S-series #1: Skoenlapper by Irma Venter
9. Palliser #1: Can You Forgive Her? by Anthony Trollope
10. Jake Jackson #1: Death Under a Little Sky by Stig Abell
11. Collins and Griffiths #1: The Tower by Kate London
12: Jimmy Mullen #1: The Man on the Street by Trevor Wood

Alternates:
13: DCI Kate Daniels #2: Settled Blood by Mari Hannah
14: John Hadden #2: The Blood-Dimmed Tide by Rennie Airth
15: DI Marjory Fleming #2: The Darkness & the Deep by Aline Templeton
16: Trials of Gabriel Ward #2: A Case of Life and Limb by Sally Smith


message 2: by Bill, Moderator (new)

Bill | 4608 comments Mod
I've been enjoying 3 of your series so far, karen Pirie, John Hadden and the Pallisers. I hope you enjoy all of your selections.


message 3: by Carolien (new)

Carolien (carolien_s) | 532 comments Absolution is a reread, it's one of my all-time best crime novels. I read the complete Falco series and somehow never started Flavia Alba, so that's another series I'm looking forward to.


message 4: by Alondra, Moderator Schmoderator (new)

Alondra Miller | 4445 comments Mod
Great looking list, Carolien. Thank goodness I have a few of these already on my TBR.

I love a good mystery/thriller

Good luck and happy reading


message 5: by Fiona (new)

Fiona | 204 comments Love your list. Have read the Karen Pirie series, Clare Mackay series and Cesare Aldo series. Have Stig Abell on my 12+4 tentative list and am part way through Mari Hannah series

Love crime / mystery books


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