{"id":11107,"date":"2012-10-02T15:47:33","date_gmt":"2012-10-02T20:47:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/?p=11107"},"modified":"2014-09-20T11:17:45","modified_gmt":"2014-09-20T16:17:45","slug":"cozy-mystery-book-without-a-murder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/cozy-mystery-book-without-a-murder\/","title":{"rendered":"(Cozy) Mystery Book without a Murder (?!?)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"I have received a few comments and letters asking for help in coming up with mystery books that don’t focus on murders. I know, I know, the first thing I also think of when thinking of a mystery novel is… death, and that’s death – as in not natural! But when you think of it, there are all sorts of things that could be the basis of a mystery book: stealing, forging, cheating, cooking… well not really cooking as in the culinary theme sense – but definitely poisoning – but that usually ends in murder, which this theme is NOT about!<\/p>\n

If you know of an author who prefers his\/her mysteries without a requisite corpse, please tell us about him\/her via a comment. Also, if you know of an author who generally deals with death, but has one or more mystery books that don’t require a\u00a0mortician, please post a comment as well.<\/p>\n

Mystery Books without Murders:<\/h3>\n

Susan Wittig Albert<\/strong><\/a>: The Cottage Tales of Beatrix Potter Mystery Series<\/p>\n

Susan Wittig Albert<\/strong><\/a>:\u00a0The Darling Dahlias and the Confederate Rose.<\/p>\n

Nancy Atherton<\/strong><\/a>: Aunt Dimity Mystery Series<\/p>\n

Jane Austen<\/strong>: Northanger Abbey<\/a><\/p>\n

Kathleen Bacus<\/strong><\/a>:\u00a0Tressa (Calamity) Jayne Turner Mystery Series (books 2,3,4,& 5)<\/p>\n

Baxter Black<\/strong>: Ride, Cowboy, Ride: 8 Seconds Ain’t that Long<\/a><\/p>\n

Charlotte Bronte<\/strong>: Jane Eyre<\/a><\/p>\n

Dorothy Cannell<\/strong><\/a>: The Thin Woman<\/a><\/p>\n

Erskine Childers<\/strong>: The Riddle of the Sands<\/a><\/p>\n

Carol Higgins Clark<\/strong><\/a>: Regan Reilly Mystery Series<\/p>\n

Beverly Cochran<\/strong>:\u00a0The Housekeeper<\/a> AND The Visit<\/a><\/p>\n

Wilkie Collins<\/strong>: The Moonstone<\/a> AND The Woman in White<\/a><\/p>\n

Arthur Conan Doyle<\/strong>: Sherlock Holmes Mystery Series<\/a><\/p>\n

Frances Devine<\/strong>: Miss Aggie’s Gone Missing<\/a><\/p>\n

Alice Duncan<\/strong>: Daisy Gumm Majesty Mystery Series<\/a><\/p>\n

Janet Evanovich<\/strong><\/a>: Lizzy & Diesel Mystery Series<\/p>\n

Monica Ferris<\/a><\/strong>: A Stitch in Time<\/a><\/p>\n

Earlene Fowler<\/strong><\/a>: Mariner’s Compass<\/a>\u00a0& Steps to the Altar<\/a><\/p>\n

Dick Francis<\/strong><\/a>: Decider<\/a>\u00a0(“Accidental deaths but no Murder.”)<\/p>\n

Dorothy Gilman<\/strong><\/a>: Mrs. Pollifax Mystery Series<\/p>\n

Jan Gleiter<\/strong>: A House by the Side of the Road<\/a><\/p>\n

E.W. Hornung<\/strong>: Raffles, the Gentleman Thief Mystery Series<\/a><\/p>\n

Laura R. King<\/a>:<\/strong>\u00a0Mary Russell\/Sherlock Holmes Mystery Series<\/p>\n

Virginia Lanier<\/strong><\/a>: Death in Bloodhound Red<\/a><\/p>\n

Maurice Leblanc<\/strong>:\u00a0Ars\u00e8ne Lupin, Gentleman-Burglar Mystery Series<\/a><\/p>\n

Lisa Lutz<\/a><\/strong>: Izzy Spellman Mystery Series<\/p>\n

Peter Mayle<\/strong>: Chasing Cezanne<\/a>,\u00a0Anything Considered<\/a>, AND The Vintage Caper<\/a><\/p>\n

Donna McLean<\/strong><\/a>: The Butterfly Caper<\/a><\/p>\n

Gladys Mitchell<\/a><\/strong>: Mrs. Bradley Mystery Series<\/p>\n

Elizabeth Peters<\/a><\/strong>: Borrower of the Night<\/a><\/p>\n

Ellis Peters<\/strong><\/a>: An Excellent Mystery<\/a><\/p>\n

Ellery Queen<\/strong><\/a>: only some<\/p>\n

Spencer Quinn<\/strong><\/a> (aka Peter Abrahams): Chet and Bernie Mystery Series<\/p>\n

Ellen Raskin<\/strong>: The Westing Game<\/a> (“Technically a Children’s\/YA novel, but suitable for adults.)<\/p>\n

Patricia Rockwell<\/strong>: Bingoed<\/a><\/p>\n

Ann B. Ross<\/strong><\/a>: Miss Julia\u00a0Mystery\u00a0Series<\/p>\n

Ian Sansom<\/strong><\/a>: Mobile Library Mystery Series<\/p>\n

Dorothy L. Sayers<\/strong><\/a>: Gaudy Night<\/a><\/p>\n

Maria E. Schneider<\/strong><\/a>: Sedona Mystery Series AND Haven Mystery Series<\/p>\n

Alexander McCall Smith<\/strong><\/a>: No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency Mystery Series<\/p>\n

Josephine Tey<\/strong><\/a>: The Franchise Affair<\/a><\/p>\n

Edgar Wallace<\/strong>: The Black<\/a><\/p>\n

Donald E. Westlake<\/strong>: John Dortmunder Mystery Series<\/a><\/p>\n

Mildred A. Wirt<\/strong>: Penny Parker Mystery Series<\/a><\/p>\n

(When I have the names of the authors without a specific book listed, this means that generally<\/em>, their books don’t include murder. This is not to say that they absolutely never<\/em> include a body, or two.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I have received a few comments and letters asking for help in coming up with mystery books that don’t focus on murders. I know, I know, the first thing I also think of when thinking of a mystery novel is… death, and that’s death – as in not natural! But when you think of it, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[6,9,13,15],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-11107","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-authors","7":"category-books","8":"category-cozy-mystery-books-by-theme","9":"category-cozy-site-readers-question","10":"entry","11":"override"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pI0sr-2T9","jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11107","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11107"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11107\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19078,"href":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11107\/revisions\/19078"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11107"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11107"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}