The Cozy Mystery List Blog

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 A & B

Authors beginning with C & D

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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This is a list of the mystery authors whose last names begin with J, K, L, M, and N who happen to write mysteries that take place in Great Britain. I realize that there are many more authors who write British mysteries, but I am only including the authors who are on the Cozy Mystery site. Also, as I have said before, not all of the authors who write British mysteries are actually British…

D.E. Ireland: Eliza Doolittle & Henry Higgins Mystery Series, based on the George Bernard Shaw Pygmalion characters.

P. D. James: Very British… Adam Dalgliesh, the Scotland Yard poet, and Cornelia Gray, the heir to a detective agency.

Morag Joss: Sara Selkirk Mystery Series – Sara is a world renown cellist.

Julie Kaewert: Her Booklovers’ series is set in London.

Diana Killian: Although her sleuth is from the USA, she goes to England to fulfill her passion for the English romantic poets.

Laurie R. King:  The Mary Russell Mystery Series features Mary, protégée of Sherlock Holmes.

Peter King: A gourmet detective series and a series that features Jack London.

Kate Kingsbury: One of her series takes place during WW II and the other during the early 1900s.

Janet Laurence: She has two series to pick from, one features a 1700s painter and the other series’ sleuth is a caterer.

John le Carré: He pens the George Smiley series, as well as many stand-alones.

Margaret Leek (aka Sara Woods, Mary Challis, & Anne Burton): Stephen Marryat is a barrister.

Gillian Linscott: Her Nell Bray series features a suffragette, and her other series has an ex-cop.

Catherine Lloyd: The Kurland St. Mary Mystery Series stars the daughter of a vicar in a small English town in the 1810s.

Marianne Macdonald: Her Dido Hoare Mystery Series used to be called the Antiquanarian Book Mystery Series.

Susan Elia MacNeal writes the Maggie Hope Mystery Series. Although Maggie is from the USA, the series takes place in London during the 1940s.

Ngaio Marsh: Her Detective Alleyn series is a long time favorite of cozy readers.

Edward Marston: Several British (as well as non-British) series to choose from.

Sarah J. Mason: The third (and as of this writing, final) author to pen the Miss Emily Seeton novels, and also, she pens another series that takes place in England.

Jill McGown: Her series involves an inspector and chief inspector in England.

Catriona McPherson: The Dandy Gilver Mystery Series is set in Scotland during the 1920s.

Gladys Mitchell (aka Malcolm Torrie): She penned many Mrs. Bradley novels.

Gilbert Morris: Lady Trent Mystery Series

John Mortimer: The Rumpole of the Bailey series

Patricia Moyes: Scotland Yard Inspector Henry Tibbett

Amy Myers: Her Auguste Didier is a chef in the mid to late 1800s London, and Peter Marsh is an ex-policeman in England.

Janet Neel: Her series takes place in London.

Other British lists:

Authors beginning with A & B

Authors beginning with C & D

Authors beginning with E, F, G, & H

Authors beginning with P, R, & S

Authors beginning with T , U, & W

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British Cozy (and not so Cozy) Mysteries from this site. Mystery authors who begin with E, F, G, & H:

Jessica Ellicott (aka Jessie Crockett & Jessica Estevao): Beryl and Edwina Mystery Series

Kate Ellis: Ellis writes three non-cozy mystery series which take place in Great Britain.

Kathy Lynn Emerson (aka Kaitlyn Dunnett): Lady Susanna Appleton Mystery Series – set during the reign of Elizabeth I and features an herbalist…

Kathy Lynn Emerson (aka Kaitlyn Dunnett): Mistress Jaffrey Mystery Series

Olive Etchells: Etchell’s series is set in a seaside village in Cornwall.

Ann C. Fallon: Her series takes place in Ireland.

Charles Finch: His series is set in London during the 1860s.

Anthea Fraser: Both of her series are set in England.

Antonia Fraser: A series that features TV journalist…

Margaret Frazer (aka Monica Ferris & Gail Frazer): the Sister Fevrisse series during the reign of Henry VI.

Frances Fyfield: Two British series from which to pick.

Ashley Gardner: Writes a series that is set during the late 1700s and early 1800s.

Jonathan Gash: His Lovejoy series is set in England, as well as his Clare Burtonall series.

Roberta Gellis: Magdâline la Batarde Mystery Series

Elizabeth George: The Inspector Lynley mystery series… Scotland Yard

Bartholomew Gill: A series that features an Irish Police Officer.

Paula Gosling: One of her three series is set in England.

Celina Grace: Asharton Manor Mystery Series AND Kate Redman Mystery Series AND Miss Hart and Miss Hunter Investigate Mystery Series

Caroline Graham: Some of you probably are already acquainted with her Tom Barnaby from Midsomer Murders.

Ann Granger: Her Markby and Mitchell series is set in the Cotswolds and her Fran Varaday series is set in London.

Pip Granger: Granger’s Rosie Featherby Mystery Series is set in a cafe during post WW II London.

Christine Green: Several British series to choose from…

D. M. Greenwood: Clergy woman in London…

Martha Grimes: One of her series involves investigators from Scotland Yard.

Karen Harper: She writes both an Elizabeth I series and an Amish series.

Tessa Harris: Dr. Thomas Silkstone Mystery Series

Cynthia Harrod-Eagles: An Inspector from his local CID

Patricia Harwin: She pens the Far Wychwood, featuring a New Yorker who transplants to England.

L.B. Hathaway: Posie Parker Mystery Series AND Blood and Stars Trilogy (thrillers)

S. T. Haymon: A series about a Detective Inspector…

Georgette Heyer: Superintendent Hannasyde Mystery Series

Kaye C Hill: Lexy Lomax Mystery Series

Reginald Hill: A wonderful police procedural series (Dalziel and Pascoe)…

Susan Hill: Simon Serrailler Mystery Series AND Stand Alones

Suzette A. Hill: Reverend Oughterard Mystery Series

Teri Holbrook: A series about an ex-American who moves to England…

Hazel Holt: A series that features a literary critic…

Victoria Holt: The classic romantic mysteries…

Other British lists:

Authors beginning with A & B

Authors beginning with C & D

Authors beginning with I, J, K, L, M, & N

Authors beginning with P, R, & S

Authors beginning with T , U, & W

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Here are the mystery authors whose last names begin with C & D who I have on this site. They write books that take place in Great Britain:

Susanna Calkins: Lucy Campion Mystery Series… Lucy is a chambermaid in 17th century London.

Dorothy Cannell: Her Ellie Haskel series includes  Hyacinth and Primrose Tramwell, sisters who own the Flowers Detections Agency.

John Dickson Carr (aka Carter Dickson): Several British series to choose from…

Amanda Carmack: The Elizabethan Mystery series, set in Elizabethan England…

Heron Carvic: The originator of the Miss Emily Seeton cozy series.

Sarah Caudwell: Wrote the Hilary Tamar series.

Henry Cecil (aka Henry Cecil Leon): A British judge who wrote many novels…

Mary Challis (aka Sara Woods, Margaret Leek, & Anne Burton): Jeremy Locke is a barrister.

Cassandra Chan: Phillip Bethancourt & Jack Gibbons Mystery Series

Hampton Charles: The second author to pen the Miss Emily Seeton cozy series…

Kate Charles: Both of her series involve religious/church settings.

Marion Chesney (aka M. C. Beaton): While writing as Chesney, her books tend to include more of a romantic spin.

P. F. Chisholm: Her Sir Robert Carey mystery series takes place during the reign of Elizabeth I.

Agatha Christie: Miss Marple, Hercule Poirot, Tommy and Tuppence…

Anna Clarke: Her series involves two London professors.

Ann Cleeves: Several British series to pick from… one about a birdwatcher…

Barbara Cleverly : Inspector Redfyre Mystery Series – features a Cambridge Criminal Investigation Department detective during the 1920s.

V. C. Clinton-Baddeley: Cambridge Crime Mystery Series featuring a retired professor…

Vivian Conroy: Merula and Raven Mystery Series – Merula is a zoologist in Victorian London.

Vivian Conroy: Lady Alkmene Callender Mystery Series – She’s a British aristocrat in London during the 1920s.

Vivian Conroy: Cornish Castle Mystery Series – Guinevere works in a castle in Cornwall.

Lesley Cookman: Libby Sarjeant Mystery Series with an actress as its sleuth…

Natasha Cooper: Her series feature a romance novelist, a housekeeper, and a barrister.

Hamilton Crane (aka Sarah J. Mason): The third author of the Miss Emily Seeton series…

Edmund Crispin: His series features an Oxford professor.

Deborah Crombie: Scotland Yard… Pretty British!

Clare Curzon: Her Superintendent Mike Yeadings series is amongst many of her novels to choose from.

Jeanne M. Dams: Her Dorothy Martin series features a retired schoolteacher from the States who moves to England.

Dicey Deere: Her novels take place in Ireland.

Julianna Deering (aka DeAnna Julie Dodson): Her Drew Farthering Mystery Series stars an English gentleman in the 1930s.

Colin Dexter: Who hasn’t heard of the police procedurals that feature the great Inspector Morse from the Oxford Homicide Division?

Arthur Conan Doyle: Sherlock Holmes series, starring perhaps the most famous private detective of all fiction.

Sarah Dunant: She has her Hannah Wolfe series and also several stand-alone novels to pick from.

Elizabeth J. Duncan: Her Penny Brannigan is a Canadian in North Wales.

Carola Dunn: 1920s Daisy Dalrymple is a journalist in England.

Other British lists:

Authors beginning with A & B

Authors beginning with E, F, G, & H

Authors beginning with I, J, K, L, M, & N

Authors beginning with P, R, & S

Authors beginning with T , U, & W

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