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Authors Similar to Carolyn Hart

So, you made your way through Carolyn (G.) Hart’s Death on Demand Mystery Series, then the Henrie O Mystery Series. And you were particularly happy to see that Carolyn Hart started the new Bailey Ruth Mystery Series, but you have caught up with that series also. Here is a list of authors who you might enjoy reading now that you have made your way through all of Carolyn Hart’s mysteries.

Authors similar to Carolyn Hart:

Nancy Atherton: Aunt Dimity Mystery Series

Mignon Ballard: Augusta Goodnight Mystery Series

M. C. Beaton (aka Marion Chesney): Hamish Macbeth Mystery Series

Lilian Jackson Braun: The Cat Who ***** Mystery Series

Simon Brett: Melita Pargeter Mystery Series AND Fethering Mystery Series

Jan Burke: Irene Kelly Mystery Series

John Dickson Carr: Henri Bencolin Mystery Series AND Gideon Fell Mystery Series

Jill Churchill: Jane Jeffry Mystery Series AND Grace and Favor Mystery Series

Deborah Crombie: Kincaid & James Mystery Series

Amanda Cross: Kate Fansler Mystery Series

Mary Daheim: Emma Lord/Alpine Mystery Series AND Hillside Manor Bed & Breakfast Mystery Series

Jeanne M. Dams: Dorothy Martin Mystery Series

Sharon Fiffer: Jane Wheel Mystery Series

Earlene Fowler: Benni Harper Mystery Series

Dorothy Gilman: Mrs. Pollifax Mystery Series

Ann Granger: Markby & Mitchell Village Whodunit Mystery Series AND Fran Varaday Mystery Series

Carolyn Haines: Sarah Booth Delaney Mystery Series

Lee Harris: Christine Bennett (Holiday) Mystery Series

Joan Hess (aka Joan Hadley): Claire Malloy Mystery Series

Jane Langton: Homer Kelly Mystery Series

G. A. McKevett: Savannah Reid Mystery Series

Katherine Hall Page: Faith Fairchild Mystery Series

Lora Roberts: Liz Sullivan Mystery Series AND Bridget Montrose Mystery Series

Sarah R. Shaber: Professor Simon Shaw Mystery Series

Josephine Tey: Alan Grant Mystery Series  

Please post your recommendations of authors who are similar to Carolyn (G.) Hart, and I will add them to the list.

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Hercule Poirot : Appointment with Death – Agatha Christie – PBS NEW Masterpiece Mystery!

Here’s another reminder… Appointment with Death, is the last of the first-run Agatha Christie episodes featuring David Suchet as Hercule Poirot this summer. After tonight’s showing, PBS Masterpiece Mystery! will be airing “encore” presentations of one more Poirot episode, followed by three “encore” presentations of Inspector Lewis, with Kevin Whately… who is absolutely fabulous in this role! If you missed those three episodes, I urge you to watch them (or record them) this summer. There will be one first-run Inspector Lewis episode on August 29. Terrific! I’m looking forward to it already!

Appointment with Death is based on the 1938 Agatha Christie mystery.  And yes, I do know that in the late 1980s, Peter Ustinov starred in a movie based on this Agatha Christie mystery. That version was yet another “Who’s Who” from earlier Hollywood movies: Lauren Bacall, Piper Laurie, Hailey Mills, even Princess Leia (Carrie Fisher)!

This 90 minute version of Appointment with Death will (of course) star David Suchet… AND Tim Curry… who happens to be wonderful in every role he undertakes.

Will Hercule’s little gray cells enable him to solve the mystery? Will Hercule sift through all of the clues and be able to reach the correct solution? And last, but not least (perhaps only for me!), will Hercule be the same Hercule we have all grown to love over the last few decades, and, incidentally, the same Hercule Poirot that Agatha Christie wrote about >>>OR Will Hercule be a different (albeit still very convincing Belgian detective), more soul-searching Monsieur Poirot?

Need Help Identifying Mystery Book Series with Pix & Smoky Mountains…

OK, Cozy Mystery site readers >>> I am (again!!!) asking for your help. I have received two requests for help in identifying two mystery series. (As you all know… since I have repeatedly written about it… When I started the site I ONLY had pages for authors I was familiar with… authors who I read and enjoyed. Now, however, with all of the recommendations from site readers about authors who they think belong on the site, I am no longer familiar with all of them. And, let’s be honest… I would have to be a Summa Cum Laude graduate of the Evelyn Wood Speed Reading Course to have read all of the authors on the site!)

Getting back to my requests…

Gayle writes: “… They are set up around the Smoky Mts. This man is rich, has a huge mansion, attends parties in Knoxville, and has these people that work for him to solve mysteries. During one of the mysteries he meets a woman, falls in love with her and brings her there to mansion.”

Here is Susan’s request: “…The mystery solver was a housewife, I think.  One of her neighbors was a large and growing Catholic family who named their children after saints.  One of the sons, named Pix after Pius X, helped her out in her mystery solving.  Do you know what this series is?”

Please post a comment if you have any helpful suggestions for Gayle or Susan.

Mystery Books that Take Place in North Carolina…

Here are some fun North Carolina facts:
The state capital is Raleigh.
The largest city is Charlotte.
State motto is “To Be Rather than to Seem”
State nickname is the Tar Heel State.
State flower is the Flowering Dogwood.
State bird is the Cardinal.
State animal is the Gray Squirrel.
The oldest state university in the USA is the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Mystery authors who are found on the Cozy Mystery Site who feature North Carolina locations in their books:

Ellery Adams: Books by the Bay Mystery Series: Olivia Limoges and her Standard Poodle Capt. Haviland are joined by the Bayside Book Writers Club sleuths.

Ellery Adams (aka J.B. Stanley, Jennifer Stanley, & early Lucy Arlington): Secret, Book & Scone Society Mystery Series – Nora Pennington owns the Miracle Books shop and is able to pick out just the right books for her clients who are in pain. This series is set in Miracle Springs, North Carolina.

Lucy Arlington (co-written by Jennifer Stanley & Sylvia May) (Jennifer Stanley aka J. B. Stanley & Ellery Adams): Novel Idea Mystery Series: Lila Wilkins is a middle-age journalist who has been let go from her job, who then goes to work as an intern at a literary agency.

Donna Ball: Raine Stockton Mystery Series: Raines is an ex-tracker and Cisco is her Golden Retriever.

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

Jessica Beck: Donut Shop Mystery Series: Suzanne Hart owns the Donut Hearts Coffee Shop.

Maggie Bishop: The Appalachian Mystery Series features the daughter of the owners of a guest ranch house.

Chris Cavender (aka Elizabeth Bright, Melissa Glazer, & Tim Myers): Pizza Mystery Series: Eleanor Swift owns the Slice of Delight Pizzeria.

Elizabeth Craig (aka Riley Adams & Elizabeth Spann Craig) writes the Southern Quilting Mystery Series, which is set in North Carolina.

Chris Forman: Ian Wallace Mystery Series: Ian is a food writer and photographer.

Eva Gates: The Lighthouse Library Mystery Series: Lucy Richardson is a librarian on an Outer Banks island.

Victoria Gilbert: Book Lover’s B&B Mystery Series: starring Charlotte Reed, the owner of a B&B in Beaufort, North Carolina.

Ellen Elizabeth Hunter: Magnolia Mystery Series: Ashley Wilkes preserves historic homes and her sister, Melanie Wilkes, is a realtor.

Toni L.P. Kelner: Laura Fleming Mystery Series: Laura is a computer programmer who solves crimes whenever she visits her home town.

Vicki Lane: Elizabeth Goodweather Mystery Series: Elizabeth owns a farm and solves crimes while seeding her crops.

Joyce and Jim Lavene: Missing Pieces Mystery Series: Dae O’Donnell is the mayor/sleuth AND Sheriff Sharyn Howard Mystery Series AND Peggy Lee Garden Mystery Series: Peggy Lee owns the Potting Shed Garden Shop.

Kathryn Lilley: FAT City Mystery Series: Kate Gallagher is a little overweight, and a TV journalist/sleuth.

T.C. LoTempio: Cat Rescue Mystery Series – Sydney McCall returns to Deer Park, North Carolina to help her sister, Kat, run the local animal shelter.

Margaret Maron: Deborah Knott Mystery Series: Deborah is a  judge, with a penchant for the truth.

Carol Ann Martin: Weaving Mystery Series: Della Wright is the owner of a weaving shop where she teaches weaving (and sleuths!)

Casey Mayes: (aka Elizabeth Bright, Melissa Glazer, Chris Cavender, & Tim Myers): Math Puzzle Mystery Series

Donna McLean: Sparrow Falls Mystery Series 

Ruth Moose: Beth McKenzie Mystery Series: Beth McKenzie is the owner of Dixie Dew Bed and Breakfast in Littleboro, North Carolina.

Katy Munger (aka Gallagher Gray): Casey Jones Mystery Series: Casey is a private eye.

Tamar Myers: Den of Antiquity Mystery Series: Abigail Timberlake owns an antique shop and sleuths for bargains and crimes.

Tim Myers (aka Elizabeth Bright, Melissa Glazer, Casey Mayes, & Chris Cavender): Lighthouse Inn Mystery Series: Alex Winston owns the Lighthouse Inn.

Barbara Neely: Blanche White Mystery Series: Blanche is a housekeeper in North Carolina.

Chessen Parker: Crystal Coast Mystery Series: Clara Dare Ivankova is a lawyer/sleuth who lives in a coastal village in North Carolina.

Ann B. Ross: Miss Julia Mystery Series: Miss Julia may be “of a certain age” but she lives and sleuths like she is a whole lot younger.

Mark Schweizer: Liturgical Mystery Series: Hayden Konig wears a lot of hats: he’s a small town police chief who has to keep the peace while playing the organ and directing the choir at his Episcopal church.

Sarah R. Shaber: Professor Simon Shaw Mystery Series: Simon is a history professor/sleuth.

Elizabeth Daniels Squire: Peaches Dann Mystery Series: Peaches is a quinquagenarian/sleuth.

J. B. Stanley (aka Jennifer Stanley, Lucy Arlington, & Ellery Adams): Collectibles Mystery Series: Molly Appleby is a reporter for an antique/collectibles magazine.

Sharon Wildwind: Pepperhawk/Avivah Rosen Mystery Series: Elizabeth “Pepper” Pepperhawk is an Army nurse who returns from Vietnam.

Please feel free to comment if you see an author from the Cozy Mystery Site who belongs on this list, or if you have any corrections.

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