The following are the (Cozy) Mysteries that are set in Great Britain. These are by mystery authors (both British and non-British) whose last names begin with P, R, & S:
Robin Paige: The writing team comprised of Susan Wittig Albert and Bill Albert (her husband) write a Victorian mystery series.
Kate Parker: Milliner Mystery Series, Victorian Bookshop Mystery Series, & Deadly Mystery Series
Paula Paul (aka Paula Carter): Dr. Alexandra Gladstone Mystery Series
Andrea Penrose: Lady Arianna Regency Mystery Series
Andrea Penrose: Wrexford & Sloan Mystery Series is set in Regency London.
Anne Perry: She has several British series from which to pick.
Elizabeth Peters (aka Barbara Michaels, Barbara Mertz): She writes a series set in Victorian England which features an Egyptologist.
Ann Purser: She writes a “days of the week” series featuring a house cleaner. Lois Meade Mystery Series & Ivy Beasley Mystery Series
Sheila Radley: Radley writes the Inspector Quantrill Mystery Series which features a country policeman and his sergeant.
Ruth Rendell (aka Barbara Vine): She writes the Chief Inspector Wexford series and many superior stand-alones.
Phil Rickman: The Merrily Watkins Mystery Series
David Roberts: His series is set in the 1930s and features an aristocrat and a journalist duo.
Peter Robinson: The Chief Inspector Alan Banks series.
Kate Ross: Her series is set in 1820s London.
Betty Rowlands: Both of her series are set in England.
C. J. Sansom: 16th century England is the setting for his Matthew Shardlake Mystery Series.
Dorothy L. Sayers: The popular Lord Peter Wimsey novels
Catherine Shaw: Her series is set in late 1800s England.
John Sherwood: His botanist/horticulturalist/sleuth lives in London.
Dorothy Simpson: Her series features a police inspector.
Nicola Slade: Both of her series take place in England, one of them during Victorian times.
Joanna Campbell Slan: Her Jane Eyre Chronicles Mystery Series is set in mid 1800s England.
Cynthia Smith: Her Emma Rhodes Mystery Series features a PI who guarantees to solve her clients’ problems in one week.
Veronica Stallwood: Her mystery series is set in Oxford.
Rosemary Stevens (aka Rosemary Martin): Her series takes place during the late 1700s, early 1800s.
Ann Summerville: Her stand-alones feature British sleuths.
Other British lists:
Authors beginning with E, F, G, & H
Authors beginning with I, J, K, L, M, & N
Authors beginning with T , U, & W
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Violette says
I used to read alot of Dorothy Cannell (did I spell it right?)and Dorothy Sayers when I was in high school. Your blog brings back fond memories of those books. I think that I will start reading them again. I always liked British authors.
Danna - cozy mystery list says
Violette, I wonder if you will like those authors as much now as you did then. That’s exactly how I feel about Victoria Holt…I have wondered if I would like her novels as much now as I did years ago, when I read them at my grandmother’s house. And, yes, you spelled it right!
By the way, I enjoyed perusing your Hand Quilting site…
G'ann says
I am reading my last Miss Silver mystery (I’ve collected them from local bookstores and Amazon and a British site). I have loved them! I need another good author. I am really interested in wholesome reading. Does not have to be a mystery, but well written. (I loved Green Dolphin Street.) I will check out your “cozy mystery” authors at the library. Any other suggestions? Thank you.
Celeste ffrench says
Try some of the lesser known queens of Crime from the Golden Age, i.e Josephine Tey, Dorothy Sayer, Georgette Heyer (she wrote at least seven crime novels as well as her Regency novels), Margery Allingham is an acquired taste and Gladys Mitchell varies from excellent to mediocre. I regularly try to read Ngaio Marsh but fail to warm to her novels.
Aunt Tee says
I have to recommend James Oswald’s Inspector McLean series for anyone who likes a good British police procedural/mystery. There are 2 books so far, Natural Causes and The Book of Souls. Both books take place in Edinburgh, Scotland.
Joan says
Thank you so much for the list of the English/British authors and their tomes. I was pleased to see that you listed Anne Perry. I truly enjoy her work and wait not so patiently for her new novels. They are not as ‘cozy’ as many of the other authors’ books. But, the detail and history of the time is addicting to me. I have yet to find an author who has had the same effect on me. But I see some names on your list that I am going to try. Delightful and informative site. Joan C
Danna - cozy mystery list says
Welcome to the Cozy Mystery site, Joan. I hope you’re able to find lots and lots of authors who you enjoy reading.
Celeste ffrench says
I think there is some confusion regarding Historical crime and cozy crime set in the past. Anne Perry is a novelist who has dark themes of incest, child prostitution and domestic violence in her high quality books set in Victorian England. The definition of a cozy novel is that all the ends are tied up, e.g. God’s in his universe all’s right with the world by the end; there is no aftertaste . If you get up in the night to check your locks you have not been reading a cozy crime novel. I read both, although I draw the line at cat or Ghost as the main protagonist. I think a scale of intensity i.e 1, 2 or 3 bloody daggers might be useful, although this is subjective, of course.
Danna - cozy mystery list says
Celeste ffrench, thank you for this information. As I mentioned in my description of Anne Perry, I have not read any of her books. Over the (almost) ten years I have had this site, I have gotten many, many recommendations of authors from readers who thought their authors should be on the site. Because of this, I have many different mystery authors on the site, some not so Cozy.
I have had other people comment that we should have some sort of rating system on the site. As you said, it all would be subjective, and I think it would be very subjective, at that. What one person might consider, let’s say, “coarse language” is probably not what every other person thinks of as “coarse”, ETC.
Anne says
Danna, I’d like to suggest Neville Steed for yr. list. I really enjoyed his Peter Marklin mysteries when I read them in the 90s and I think they have since been reprinted. Peter Marklin is a collector /dealer in tinplate toys on the south coast in Dorset and the books are very light, real cosies.
Danna - cozy mystery list says
Anne, thanks for telling us about Neville Steed’s Peter Marklin‘s mysteries.