The site just got a comment from a reader who needs help finding two authors. I am not sure how many site viewers read the comments after some of the blogs… so, just in case, I thought I would try to see if any of you are familiar with the two authors who are being sought.
The site viewer wrote:
“I’m trying to find 2 authors (series). First, an interior decorator, male, straight, who gets a female cop (or P.I.) to help him find the “bad guy”. ”
Do any of you have any suggestions? I am at a loss on this one.
“The other one is a lady minister, widow I think, who solves mysteries with a local policeman, married, (named George??). They fall for each other, but do very little about it since he is married.”
Now, this one I think I might have. I posted this answer to her comment:
“I’m glad you found the site, also. I know what you mean about trying to find a series you liked in the past but didn’t annotate… or if you did, your threw the scrap piece of paper away with the series’ details. I am going to write a blog about your mystery series which deals with the interior decorator, and hopefully someone will come up with the specifics… nothing seems to ring a bell for me at this time…
As for the series about the lady minister… I am guessing that the series is by Julia Spencer-Fleming. Her Reverend Clare Fergusson series has the main character working very closely with police chief Russ Van Alstyne. Could this possibly be the series you are thinking about?
Kate Charles writes the Callie Anson Mystery Series. Callie is a newly ordained Anglican Minister in England.
Another possibility would be Cristina Sumners‘ series about an Episcopalian priest named Kathryn Koerney. The police chief in this series is named Tom Holder, and apparently there is a romantic tension between them. I don’t have the series listed on my pages… but Crooked Heart is the first in that particular series.
Hopefully, one of those three series is the one you are looking for…
If any of you have an idea/inkling of who the first author is, please post a comment. As for the second author, I could be missing the boat completely, so if any of you have other suggestions on who that author could be, again, please post a comment. The comment button is just below each particular blog entry, under the faint line…
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Bridget says
Is the decorator one "Jason Lynx, an antiques dealer and interior decorator, in Denver, Colorado" and is assisted by "policewoman Grace Willis." By A.J. Orde (Sheri S. Tupper).
Danna - cozy mystery list says
Thank you so much, Bridget. It looks like you might have just found the right author.
Jaime says
The series is by Julia Spencer-Fleming. I’ve enjoyed the series very much.
Janet says
Another series to try would be, “Mystery and the Minister’s Wife” published by Guideposts.
Our church library readers love this series.
Danna - cozy mystery list says
Janet, thanks for reminding us about the Mystery and the Minister’s Wife series!
HobbitGirl says
Alison Golden’s Annabelle series features an Anglican priest. It’s set mostly in England although one book takes place on a Scottish island and one in the French countryside.
Anne Madison says
Emilie Richards wrote the Ministry Is Murder series.