{"id":18394,"date":"2014-09-25T16:34:22","date_gmt":"2014-09-25T21:34:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/?p=18394"},"modified":"2017-08-01T16:42:21","modified_gmt":"2017-08-01T21:42:21","slug":"authors-who-have-adopted-a-long-standing-mystery-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/authors-who-have-adopted-a-long-standing-mystery-series\/","title":{"rendered":"Authors Who Have “Adopted” a Long-Standing Mystery Series"},"content":{"rendered":"

The very popular Jesse Stone\u00a0Mystery Series<\/strong>, formerly written by the now-passed Robert B. Parker<\/strong><\/a>, has recently had a few new books released by author Michael Brandman. I haven’t had time yet to continue the series (it seems like my back log of mysteries grows every day) but I’ve heard that Brandman has managed to fully capture the “voice” of the characters I’ve come to know so well. Of course, this has gotten me thinking about some of the other popular mystery series that have seen multiple authors over the years.<\/p>\n

Sometimes the new author is related by blood to the previous author, and often may have either directly or indirectly influenced the work. Relatively recently, the popular Dixie Hemingway\u00a0Mystery Series<\/strong> was taken over by John Clement<\/strong><\/a>, following the passing of his mother, Blaize Clement<\/strong>. Lucky for us, he appears to be continuing the series indefinitely, though this isn’t always the case – Graham Landrum<\/strong><\/a>‘s son, Robert Graham Landrum<\/strong>, finished the fifth and final book in the Club<\/strong> Mystery Series,<\/strong> and hasn’t added to the series since.<\/p>\n

Other times it seems that the publisher is responsible for the transition between authors, as in the case of the transition of Lawrence Sanders<\/strong><\/a>‘ Archy McNally Mystery Series<\/strong> to then-relatively unknown author Vincent Lardo<\/strong><\/a>. As far as I know Lardo and Sanders never even met, much less worked together – this was simply a case where the publisher thought that the series could be profitably continued with a new author whose style was similar to the original author’s technique.<\/p>\n

Can you think of any other mystery series (other than the Nancy Drew series) that have been taken over by a second or even third author?<\/p>\n

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Since you all have mentioned so many good examples, I’m going to go ahead and list them. Here are some other mystery authors who have taken on another mystery author’s series:<\/p>\n

Margery Allingham<\/strong><\/a>: Albert Campion Mystery Series<\/strong> to Mike Ripley<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Lucy Arlington<\/a><\/strong> (Jennifer Stanley & Sylvia May): Novel Idea Mystery Series<\/strong> to Lucy Arlington<\/strong><\/a> (Susan Furlong)<\/p>\n

Heron Carvic<\/strong><\/a>: Miss Seeton Mystery Series<\/strong> to Hampton Charles and Hamilton Crane<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Agatha Christie<\/strong><\/a>: Various Plays<\/strong> to Charles Osborne<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Agatha Christie<\/strong><\/a>: Hercule Poirot Mystery Series<\/strong> to Sophie Hannah<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Lila Dare<\/strong><\/a>: Southern Beauty Shop Mystery Series<\/strong> to Joanna Campbell-Slan<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Sir Conan Doyle<\/strong><\/a>: Sherlock Holmes Mystery\u00a0Series\u00a0<\/strong>to Adrian Conan Doyle<\/a> (Son)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sir Conan Doyle<\/strong><\/a>: Sherlock Holmes<\/strong> to Carole Bugg\u00e9<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Sir Conan Doyle<\/a>:<\/strong> Sherlock Holmes<\/strong>\u00a0to Laurie R. King<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Sir Conan Doyle<\/strong><\/a>: Sherlock Holmes<\/strong> to Lora Roberts<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Sir Conan Doyle<\/strong><\/a>: Sherlock Holmes\u00a0<\/strong>to Frank Thomas<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Sir Conan Doyle<\/strong><\/a>: Sherlock Holmes<\/strong>\u00a0to June Thomson<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Sir Conan Doyle<\/strong><\/a>: Sherlock Holmes<\/strong> to Barry S. Brown<\/strong><\/a> (Mrs. Hudson)<\/p>\n

Dick Francis<\/strong><\/a> to Felix Francis <\/strong><\/a>(Son)<\/p>\n

Randall Garrett<\/strong><\/a>: Lord Darcy Fantasy Mystery Series<\/strong> to Michael Kurland<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Dashiell Hammett<\/strong><\/a>: Maltese Falcon Mystery Series<\/strong> to Joe Gores<\/strong><\/a> (prequel)<\/p>\n

Tony Hillerman<\/strong><\/a>: Joe Leaphorn & Jim Chee Mystery Series<\/strong> to Anne Hillerman<\/strong><\/a> (Daughter)<\/p>\n

Robert B. Parker<\/strong><\/a>: Spencer (for Hire) Mystery Series<\/strong> to Ace Atkins<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Virginia Rich<\/strong><\/a>: Eugenia Potter Mystery Series<\/strong> to Nancy Pickard<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Dorothy L. Sayers<\/strong><\/a>: Lord Peter Wimsey Mystery Series<\/strong> to Jill Paton Walsh<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Rex Stout<\/strong><\/a>: Nero Wolfe Mystery Series<\/strong> to Robert Goldsborough<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Margaret Truman<\/a>: Margaret Truman’s Capital Crimes Mystery Series<\/strong> to Donald Bain<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The very popular Jesse Stone\u00a0Mystery Series, formerly written by the now-passed Robert B. Parker, has recently had a few new books released by author Michael Brandman. I haven’t had time yet to continue the series (it seems like my back log of mysteries grows every day) but I’ve heard that Brandman has managed to fully […]<\/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":true,"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],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-18394","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-authors","7":"category-books","8":"entry","9":"override"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pI0sr-4MG","jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18394","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=18394"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18394\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33720,"href":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18394\/revisions\/33720"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18394"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18394"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18394"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}