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Authors Similar to M.C. Beaton (aka Marion Chesney) …

I have received several letters asking me if I would do an “Authors Similar to M.C. Beaton” theme. I have tried to come up with the beginning of a list of authors who write similarly to M.C. Beaton. Here are some of the authors who I think might fit the bill. It would be great if you all would suggest some authors, whom you think other Cozy Mystery readers could read when they run out of M.C. Beaton’s mysteries.

Authors Who Are Similar to M.C. Beaton (aka Marion Chesney):

Cathy Ace: WISE Enquiries Agency Mystery Series

Rhys Bowen: Constable Evan Evans Mystery Series

Simon Brett: Fethering Mystery Series & Mrs. Pargeter Mystery Series

Emily Brightwell: Mrs. Jeffries Msytery Series

Dorothy Cannell: Ellie Haskell Mystery Series

Laura Childs: Cackleberry Club Mystery Series

Cleo Coyle: Coffee House Mystery Series

Jeanne M. Dams: Dorothy Martin Mystery Series

Carola Dunn: Daisy Dalrymple Mystery Series

Janet Evanovich: Stephanie Plum Mystery Series 

Carolyn Hart: Henrie O Mystery Series

Carolyn Hart: Death on Demand

Joan Hess: Maggody Mystery Series

Hazel Holt: Mrs. Malory Mystery Series

Betty Rowlands: Melissa Craig Mystery Series

Elizabeth Spann Craig: Myrtle Clover Mystery Series

Patricia Sprinkle: Thoroughly Southern Mystery Series

Please post your recommendations of authors who are similar to M. C. Beaton (aka Marion Chesney), and I will add them to the list.

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Comments

  1. I’d add the Constable Evans series by Rhys Bowen to that list. She has other series ongoing, but the Evans series is complete with 10 mysteries, I believe. They’re set in Wales.

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    • Thank you, Carole, for the Rhys Bowen suggestion. I’ve added her to the list of authors who are similar to M.C. Beaton.

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  2. This is a non graceful segue…I was wondering if Susan Sundwall has written another book. I read her “Red Shoe-Lace Killer” and really enjoyed it. I did not see her name on the website, which is not hard for me as I am partially blind so I do not catch everything.

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    • Thanks, Martine, I just added all three of them to the list. (I am guessing that you mean the Henrie O Mystery Series by Carolyn Hart.)

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  4. What about Hazel Holt, Jeanne M Dams, Elizabeth Spann, Betty Rowlands. I wish Hazel Holt would write more Sheila Mallory mysteries, I can’t find if she has written a new one and waiting publication. Anyhow here’s a few of my favourites.

    Ronda

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    • Thank you, Ronda, for the suggestions. I’ll go add Jeanne M. Dams, Hazel Holt, Elizabeth Spann, and Betty Rowlands to the list of authors similar to M.C. Beaton.

      I just went through my tentative new mystery book releases list and could not find any upcoming Hazel Holt mysteries. But on a positive note, she is one of the authors who doesn’t publish two, three, or more books each year. (And sometimes it takes her a few years to publish one book.)

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  5. Death On Demand series by Carolyn Hart is a great cozy. Patricia Sprinkle’s Thoroughly Southern Mysteries featuring MacLaren Yarbough is another of my favorites,

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  6. A new author I have recently read is Margery Allingham. “The Black Dudley Murder”. She should be on your Cozy Mystery List. (I think so anyway!) Thank you for your wonderful website.

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  7. There is a series about Bryant and May, detectives. I can’t remember who wrote them. They are charming and cozy! Do you know who the author is?

    Sis

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  8. I like Cozies with a male lead and that is the best part of Macbeth by Beaton. Which ones are similar to that series, with male leads?

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  9. Hello! I think we should include the Miss Zukas mysteries by Jo Dereske. They are delightful, full of the moody weather or the Pacific Northwest and my only complaint is that there will be no more and I’ve read them all at least 5 times! Thanks, sparky

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    • Oh I loved that series too! So straightlaced and yet her risqué underwear. Just the right mix of logic and spiritual. Great reads!

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