The Cozy Mystery List Blog

I decided to make the Teachers as Sleuths theme a while ago, during the beginning of the school year. But, I got side-tracked (again!) This theme includes the mystery authors who are included on the Cozy Mystery Site… (Obviously, this theme entry does not include all of the mystery books which have teachers as the primary sleuths.)

Teachers as the Primary Sleuths from mystery books found on the Cozy Mystery site:

Judith Arnold: Lainie Lovett Still Kicking Mystery Series – Grade School Teacher

Donald Bain (& “Jessica Fletcher”): Murder She Wrote Mystery Series – Retired English teacher

Tace Baker (aka Edith Maxwell): Speaking of Mystery Mystery Series – Linguistics Professor

Mignon F. Ballard: Miss Dimple Mystery Series – 1st Grade Teacher

Jo Bannister: Brodie Farrell Mystery Series – Math Teacher

Maggie Barbieri: Murder 101 Mystery Series – English Professor

Laurien Berenson: Melanie Travis Mystery Series – Special Education Teacher

Joan Blacher: Ardis Jensen Mystery Series – Ex University Counselor

Alice Boatwright: Ellie Kent Mystery Series – English Professor

J.S. Borthwick: Deane & McKenzie Mystery Series – English Professor

Gail Bowen: Joanne Kilbourn Mystery Series – Poly-Sci Professor

Julia Buckley: Teddy Thurber Mystery Series – English Teacher

Heron Carvic: Miss Seeton Mystery Series – Retired Art Teacher

Sarah Caudwell: Hilary Tamar Mystery Series – Law Professor

Hampton Charles: Miss Seeton Mystery Series – Retired Art Teacher

Erika Chase: Ashton Corners Book Club Mystery Series – Reading Specialist

Anna Clarke: Paula Glenning  & James Goff Mystery Series – Professors

Melissa Cleary: Dog Lover’s Mystery Series – Film Studies Professor

V. C. Clinton-Baddeley: Cambridge Crime Mystery Series – Retired Professor

Elizabeth Spann Craig (aka Riley Adams): Myrtle Clover Mystery Series – Retired Octogenarian

Hamilton Crane (aka Sarah J. Mason): Miss Seeton Mystery Series – Retired Art Teacher

Bill Crider: Sally Good Mystery Series – English Professor AND Carl Burns Mystery Series – English Professor

Edmund Crispin: Gervase Fen Mystery Series – English Professor

Amanda Cross: Kate Fansler Mystery Series – English Professor

Kathi Daley: TJ Jensen Paradise Lake Mystery Series – High School

Jeanne M. Dams: Dorothy Martin Mystery Series – Retired Teacher

Lesley A. Diehl: Laura Murphy Mystery Series – Psychology Professor

Joanne Dobson: Karen Pelletier Mystery Series – English Professor

Jan Dunlap: Bob White Birder Murder Mystery Series – High School Counselor

Anthony Eglin: English Garden Mystery Series – Retired Botany Professor

Aaron Elkins: Gideon Oliver Mystery Series – Anthropology Professor

Honora Finkelstein & Susan Smily: Ariel Quigley Mystery Series – English Teacher

“Jessica Fletcher” & Donald Bain: Murder She Wrote Mystery Series – Retired English Teacher

Linda French: Professor Teodora Morelli Mystery Series – History Professor

P. L. Gaus: Ohio Amish Mystery Series – History Professor

Anne George: Southern Sisters Mystery Series – Retired English Teacher

Alexia Gordon: Gethsemane Brown Mystery Series – Music Teacher in Ireland

Paula Gosling: Stryker & Trevorne Mystery Series – English Professor

Margaret Grace: Miniature Mystery Series – Retired English Teacher

Elissa D. Grodin: Edwina Goodman Mystery Series – Physics Instructor

Janice Hamrick: Jocelyn Shore Mystery Series – High School

Maria Hudgins: Dotsy Lamb Travel Mystery Series – Retired History Professor

Mary Ellen Hughes: Maggie Olenski Mystery Series – Math Teacher

Jane Isenberg: Bel Barrett Mystery Series – English Professor

Abigail Keam: Josiah Reynolds, Beekeeper Mystery Series – Ex-History Professor

Diana Killian: Poetic Death Mystery Series – Teacher

Cynthia Kuhn: Lila Maclean Academic Mystery Series – English Professor

Jim Lacey: Ryan/Lehrer Mystery Series – History Professor

Jane Langton: Homer Kelly Mystery Series – History Professor

Marilyn Levinson (aka Allison Brook): Golden Age of Mystery Book Club Mystery Series – Professor

Charlotte MacLeod (aka Alisa Craig): Peter Shandy Mystery Series – Botany Professor

Ada Madison (aka Camille Minichino & Margaret Grace): Sophie Knowles Mystery Series – Math Professor

Liesa Malik: Daisy Arthur Mystery Series – Retired Special Education Teacher

Sarah J. Mason (as Hamilton Crane): Miss Seeton Mystery Series – Retired Art Teacher

Sujata Massey: Rei Shimura Mystery Series – English Teacher

Ralph M. McInerny (aka Monica Quill): Notre Dame Mystery Series – Philosophy Professor

Tyora Moody: Eugeena Patterson Mystery Series – Retired Social Studies

Mary Grace Murphy: Noshes Up North Mystery Series – Retired Teacher

Tim Myers (aka Chris Cavender, Casey Mayes, Elizabeth Bright, & Melissa Glazer) Slow Cooker Mystery Series – Instructor of Slow Cooking Techniques

Clare O’Donohue: World of Spies Mystery Series – Hollis and Finn Larsson are college professors who assist Interpol in Ireland.

Bernadette Pajer: Professor Bradshaw Mystery Series – Electrical Engineering Professor

Stuart Palmer: Hildegarde Withers Mystery Series – Retired Teacher

Leigh Perry (aka Toni L.P. Kelner): Family Skeleton Mystery Series – English Professor

Cate Price: Deadly Notions Mystery Series – Retired Teacher

Gillian Roberts: Amanda Pepper Mystery Series – English Teacher

Patricia Rockwell: Pamela Barnes, Acoustic Mystery Series –  Psychology Professor

Sarah R. Shaber: Professor Simon Shaw Mystery Series – History Professor

Catherine Shaw: Vanessa Duncan Cambridge Mystery Series – Teacher

Susan Smily & Honora Finkelstein: Ariel Quigley Mystery Series – English Teacher

Robert Spiller: Bonnie Pinkwater Mystery Series – High School Math Teacher

Sarah Stewart Taylor: Sweeney St. George Mystery Series – History Professor

Denise Swanson: Scumble River Mystery Series – School Social Worker

Margaret Truman: Smith & Reed Mystery Series – Law Professor

Ann Waldron: Princeton Murders Mystery Series – Writing Professor

Jill Paton Walsh: Imogen Quy Mystery Series – College Nurse

Livia J. Washburn: Fresh-Baked Mystery Series – Retired Teacher

Tracy Weber: Downward Dog Mystery Series – Yoga Instructor

Margaret Yorke: Dr. Patrick Grant Mystery Series – Professor

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I know, I know! I am supposed to post mystery books… BUT, I have had more than several requests for the Home to Heather Creek Series. Here is the new page on my site:

Home to Heather Creek Book Series

And, while I was at it, since I have received a few requests from Cozy Mystery site readers for the list of the Hope Haven Book Series, I decided to give that series a page of its own:

Hope Haven Book Series

The publisher of both series is Guideposts, and their website makes it virtually impossible for non-members (which would include me) to get the chronological list of the books. However, I sent them a letter, and they were great about providing me with a chronological list of the books in both series. I have managed to figure out most of the authors, but would appreciate some help (in way of a comment) if any of you know who authored the last books on either (or both!) of the lists.

Here are some fun Arizona facts:
The largest city and capital is Phoenix.
State motto is “God Enriches” (Ditat Deus)
State nickname is the Grand Canyon State.
State flower is the Saguaro Cactus Blossom.
State bird is the Cactus Wren.
State animal is the Ringtail.

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

Garrison Allen: Big Mike Mystery Series… Mike is a huge Abyssinian cat who eats lima beans, and is owned by a mystery bookstore owner…

Sarah Atwell (aka Sheila Connolly): Glassblowing Mystery Series… sleuth is the owner of a glassblowing studio…

Deb Baker: Dolls to Die For Mystery Series… doll-collecting sleuths…

Ann Charles: Jackrabbit Junction Mystery Series… humorous series set in fictional small town of Jackrabbit Junction

Anne Hillerman: She continues the Leaphorn/Chee mysteries of her father (Tony Hillerman)

Tony Hillerman: Joe Leaphorn & Jim Chee Mystery Series… Navajo tribe police officers…

J. A. Jance: Joanna Brady Mystery Series… Joanna is a sheriff AND  Alison Reynolds Mystery Series… Alison is a blogger/sleuth…

Jenn McKinlay (aka Lucy Lawrence): Cupcake Bakery Mystery Series… Melanie Cooper is the owner of the Fairy Tale Cupcake Bakery…

Keith Miles (aka Conrad Allen & Edward Marston): Merlin Richards Mystery Series… Merlin is an architect/sleuth…

Nancy Pickard & Virginia Rich: Eugenia Potter Mystery Series… Series originated by Virginia Rich, continued by Nancy Pickard… chef/sleuth…

Louise Ure: Psychological Thrillers…

Betty Webb: Lena Jones Mystery Series…

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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