This is the last of the three-part theme list which includes journalist/reporter sleuths in mysteries written by authors whose last names begin with N – Z. These are only the authors who are currently on the Cozy Mystery Site…

Carlene O’Neil: Cypress Cove Mystery Series features former photojournalist, Penny Lively.

Karen E. Olson: Annie Seymour Mystery Series is set in Connecticut

James Patterson (w/Andrew Gross &/or Maxine Paetro): Women’s Murder Club Mystery Series takes place in San Francisco

Joanne Pence: Angie Amalfi Mystery Series features a food critic

Carol J. Perry: Witch City Mystery Series features Lee Barrett, a reporter in Salem, Massachusetts.

Rose Pressey: Chase Charley Mystery Series features Chase Charley, a New Orleans TV reporter

Phyllis Richman: Chas Wheatley Mystery Series features a restaurant critic

Ann Ripley: Gardening Mystery Series features a TV hostess for a gardening show

David Roberts: Lord Edward Corinth Mystery Series is set in Britain during the 1930s

Jennifer Rowe: Verity Birdwood Mystery Series is set in Australia

Jane Rubino: Cat Austen Mystery Series features a New Jersey reporter

Hank Phillippi Ryan: Jane Ryland & Jake Brogan Mystery Series

Eve K. Sandstrom (aka JoAnna Carl): Matthews/Sevenson Mystery Series is set in Oklahoma

Sarah Shankman: Samantha Adams Mystery Series features a crime reporter

Celestine Sibley: Kincaid Mulcay Mystery Series is set in Georgia

Alexander McCall Smith: Isabel Dalhousie Series is about the editor of a very small ethics paper (very light on the mystery)

Barbara Burnett Smith: Purple Sage Mystery Series features a radio reporter

Julie Smith: Paul MacDonald Mystery Series is set in California

Sarah Strohmeyer: Hairdresser Mystery Series features a journalist who is also a  beautician

Nancy Jill Thames: Jillian Bradley Mystery Series features a gardening  columnist and her Yorkie

Aimée and David Thurlo: Sister Agatha Mystery Series has a nun who used to be a reporter

Teresa Trent: Pecan Bayou Mystery Series – Betsy Livingston works for the Pecan Bayou Gazette as the “Helpful Hinter”.

Kathy Hogan Trochek (aka Mary Kay Andrews): Truman Kicklighter Mystery Series features an ex-reporter

Radha Vatsal: Kitty Weeks Mystery Series – Kitty is a journalist in New York during the 1910s.

Elaine Viets: Francesca Vierling Mystery Series has a columnist/sleuth

Ann Waldron: Princeton Murders Mystery Series is set in Princeton

LynDee Walker: Headlines in Heels Mystery Series is set in Virginia

Mary Willis Walker: Mollie Cates Mystery Series features a reporter and author

Penny Warner: Connor Westphal Mystery Series features a California newspaper publisher

Lois Winston: Anastasia Pollack Crafting Mystery Series has a craft magazine editor as its sleuth

Sue Owens Wright: Beanie & Cruiser Mystery Series features a freelance reporter in Lake Tahoe

If I have missed any other Cozy Mystery Site Authors whose last names begin with N – Z, and who have reporter/journalist sleuths, please post a comment so that I can add the omission…

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A journalist seeks out stories that other professionals (other than detectives – either private or police officers) don’t generally try to find, and subsequently solve. Perhaps this is the reason that there are so many journalist/reporter sleuths who star in the mysteries that we love to read. Here is the second part of the three part list of authors (with lasts names beginning with H – M) who are on the Cozy Mystery Site and who happen to write series which feature reporter / journalist sleuths:

Carolyn Haines: Dixon Sinclair Mystery Series is set in Mississippi.

Parnell Hall: Puzzle Lady Mystery Series features a woman who pretends to be the puzzle lady.

David Handler: Berger & Mitry Mystery Series features a film critic.

Carolyn G. Hart: Henrie O Mystery Series features a 70-something reporter in South Carolina.

Ellen Hart: Sophie Greenway Mystery Series has an editor and food critic as its sleuth.

Lee Hollis: Hayley Powell Food & Cocktail Mystery Series has the newspaper’s food column writer as its sleuth.

Hazel Holt: Mrs. Malory Mystery Series features a literary critic.

Charlotte Hughes & Janet Evanovich: Full Mystery Series has, as its protagonist, a newspaper editor.

Julie Hyzy: Alex St. James Mystery Series is set in a Chicago TV station.

Roberta Islieb: Advice Column Mystery Series features an advice columnist.

J.A. Jance: Alison Reynolds Mystery Series is set in Arizona and features a blogger.

Lucille Kallen: C. B. Greenfield Mystery Series has both a reporter and an editor as the sleuths.

Toni L.P. Kelner: Where Are They Now? Mystery Series features a journalist in Boston.

Mary Kennedy: Talk Show Radio Mystery Series features an ex-psychologist who takes up hosting a talk show in Florida.

Lisa Kleinholz: Zoe Szabo Mystery Series features an ex-Rolling Stone reporter.

Joyce Krieg: Talk Radio Mystery Series features a talk show hostess.

Janet Laurence: Darina Lisle Mystery Series revolves around a British food columnist.

Joyce and Jim Lavene: Pet Psychic Mystery Series features a talk show pet psychic.

Kathryn Lilley: Fat City Mystery Series features a TV journalist who happens to be a little overweight.

T.C. LoTempio: Nick and Nora Mystery Series features Nora, a crime reporter.

Jess Lourey: Murder by the Month Mystery Series features a reporter who is also a librarian.

Gail Lukasik: Leigh Girard Mystery Series revolves around a breast cancer survivor who is a journalist.

Amanda Matetsky: Paige Turner Mystery Series features an editorial assistant AND Annie March Mystery Series features a freelance author.

Alyssa Maxwell: Gilded Newport Mystery Series has, as its sleuth, Emmaline Cross, a reporter at the end of the 19th century.

Neil McGaughey: Stokes Moran Mystery Series is about a mystery critic in Connecticut.

Leslie Meier: Lucy Stone Mystery Series – Lucy is a reporter for the Pennysaver.

Kaye Morgan: Sudoku Mystery Series features a Sudoko creator.

Melinda Mullet: Whisky Business Mystery Series – Abi Logan is a Scottish photojournalist.

Tim Myers (aka Chris Cavender, Casey Mayes, Elizabeth Bright, & Melissa Glazer) Slow Cooker Mystery Series – Sarah Jacobs has a column in her local paper.

Hank Phillippi Ryan: Charlotte McNally Mystery Series features a television reporter.

If I have missed any other Cozy Mystery Site Authors whose last names begin with H – M, and who have reporter/journalist sleuths, please post a comment so that I can add the omission.

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There are quite a few mystery authors who started out as journalists. Perhaps this is the reason that there are so many mystery authors who have reporters / journalists as their sleuths. What better profession for your main character to have than something with which you are very knowledgeable. Also, a journalist/reporter is someone who is paid to seek out a story, solve a mystery (of sorts), delve into areas into which others may not feel comfortable doing so. Here is a list of authors (with lasts names beginning with A – G) who are on the Cozy Mystery Site and who happen to write series which feature reporter / journalist sleuths :

Rebecca Adler: Taste of Texas Mystery Series stars a former journalist and current head waitress in Texas.

Sheryl J. Anderson: Molly Forrester Mystery Series features a “Dear Abby” type of columnist in New York City.

Sandra Balzo: Main Street Mystery Series features a reporter who moves to a resort town in North Carolina.

Jo Bannister: Primrose Holland Mystery Series has, as it’s main character, an English advice columnist AND Mickey Flynn Series features a North American photojournalist.

K.K. Beck: Iris Cooper & Jack Clancy Mystery Series takes place during the 1920s.

Lillian Bell (aka Kristi Abbott, Eileen Rendahl, & Eileen Carr): Funeral Parlor Mystery Series – Desiree Turner is an ex-journalist who changes professions big-time to become a funeral director in California.

Laura Bradford: Jenkins & Burns Mystery Series features a reporter and a detective in New Jersey.

Lilian Jackson Braun: The Cat Who *** Mystery Series features Koko, Yum Yum, and Jim Qwilleran.

Kathleen Bridge: Hamptons Home & Garden Mystery Series features Meg Barrett, former Home & Gardens writer.

Edna Buchanan: Britt Montero Mystery Series features one tough Miami reporter.

Julia Buckley: Madeline Mann Mystery Series stars a small town reporter.

Jan Burke: Irene Kelly Mystery Series is about a reporter in California.

Elizabeth Kane Buzzelli (aka Elizabeth Lee): Emily Kincaid Mystery Series is set in Michigan.

Ellen Byerrum: Crime of Fashion Mystery Series features a fashion columnist.

Helen Chappell: Sam & Hollis Mystery Series features a very much “alive” reporter and her very dead ex-husband.

Edie Claire: Leigh Koslow Mystery Series features an advertising copywriter.

Margaret Coel: Catherine McLeod Mystery Series is set in Denver.

Jeffrey Cohen: Aaron Tucker Mystery Series revolves around a screenwriter.

Susan Conant: Dog Lover’s Mystery Series features a writer for a dog magazine.

Vivian Conroy: Lady Alkmene Callender Mystery Series – She’s a British aristocrat in London during the 1920s who partners with Jake Dubois, a reporter.

Sharon Love Cook: Rosie McNichols Mystery Series has Rosie working as a newspaper reporter in a coastal village.

Barbara D’Amato: Cat Marsala Mystery Series is set in Chicago.

Mary Daheim: Emma Lord Alpine Mystery Series features the editor/owner of a Washington (state) newspaper.

Rae Davies: Dusty Deals Mystery Series stars a former reporter turned antiques dealer.

Claire Donally writes the Sunny & Shadow Mystery Series. Sunny is a newspaper reporter.

Carola Dunn: Daisy Dalrymple Mystery Series is set in 1920s’ England.

Kate Dyer-Seeley (aka Ellie Alexander): Pacific Northwest Mystery Series

Janet Evanovich & Charlotte Hughes: Full Mystery Series has, as its protagonist, a newspaper editor.

Anthea Fraser: Rona Parish Mystery Series stars a British biographer and journalist.

Antonia Fraser: Jemima Shore Mystery Series features a British TV journalist.

Shelly Fredman: Brandy Alexander Mystery Series is set in Philadelphia.

If I have missed any other Cozy Mystery site authors whose last names begin with A – G, and who have reporter/journalist sleuths, please post a comment so that I can add the omission.

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