{"id":2985,"date":"2009-11-10T16:39:28","date_gmt":"2009-11-10T21:39:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/?p=2985"},"modified":"2019-07-29T16:59:19","modified_gmt":"2019-07-29T21:59:19","slug":"mystery-book-sleuths-who-happen-to-be-rich","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/mystery-book-sleuths-who-happen-to-be-rich\/","title":{"rendered":"Rich Sleuths Theme Mysteries …"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"A while ago I got a recommendation from Denise to include a new mystery book theme to the site. Her wonderful title was “Rich Girl Sleuthing” which I have expanded to include the “Rich Men Can Sleuth, Too.” With that said, here is a list of the Cozy site’s authors who have written a mystery book (or more!) which includes sleuths who just happen to be rich<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

Bruce Alexander<\/a><\/strong> (aka Bruce Cook): Sir John Fielding Mystery Series<\/strong>… Sir John is an 18th century English blind judge.<\/p>\n

Margery Allinghan<\/a><\/strong>: Albert Campion Mystery Series<\/strong>… Campion is a very upper-crust English sleuth.<\/p>\n

Tess Arlen<\/a><\/strong>: Lady Montfort Mystery Series<\/strong>… Lady Montfort is an aristocrat in Edwardian England.<\/p>\n

Margot Arnold<\/a><\/strong>: Penny Spring & Sir Toby Glendower Mystery Series<\/strong>… Sir Toby Glendower happens to be a wealthy Cambridge archaeologist.<\/p>\n

C.A. Belmond<\/strong><\/a>: Penny Nichols Mystery Series<\/strong>… Penny is a rich American heiress in Europe.<\/p>\n

Rhys Bowen<\/a><\/strong>: Lady Georgiana Mystery Series<\/strong>… Hmmm… Penniless 34th in line to the throne of England.<\/p>\n

Fiona Buckley<\/a><\/strong>: Ursula Blanchard Mystery Series<\/strong>… Being a lady-in-waiting for the Queen brings to mind a “moneyed” family.<\/p>\n

Cassandra Chan<\/strong><\/a>:\u00a0Phillip Bethancourt & Jack Gibbons Mystery Series <\/strong>Bethancourt is the very rich, college friend of Gibbons.<\/p>\n

Leslie Charteris<\/a><\/strong>: The Saint Mystery Series<\/strong>… Simon Templar is not only a millionaire, he is also a thief.<\/p>\n

Marion Chesney<\/a><\/strong> (aka M. C. Beaton): Edwardian Murder Mystery Series<\/strong>… Lady Rose Summer is daughter of an earl.<\/p>\n

P.F. Chisholm<\/a><\/strong>: Sir Robert Carey Mystery Series<\/strong>… 16th century Sir Robert is a deputy warden in the king’s service.<\/p>\n

Joyce Christmas<\/a><\/strong>: Lady Margaret Priam Mystery Series<\/strong>… Lady Margaret may be living in New York, but that doesn’t make her any less “vedy British” high society.<\/p>\n

Alys Clare<\/a><\/strong>: Hawkenlye Mystery Series<\/strong>… Josse d\u2019Acquinis a 12th century French knight who uproots to England.<\/p>\n

Amanda Cooper<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(aka Victoria Hamilton):\u00a0Teapot Collector Mystery Series<\/strong>… Sophie Taylor works in her family’s Victorian Tea Room in New York.<\/p>\n

Julianna Deering<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>(aka DeAnna Julie Dodson): Drew Farthering Mystery Series<\/strong>… stars an English gentleman in the 1930s.<\/p>\n

Margaret Dumas<\/a><\/strong>: Charley & Jack Fairfax Mystery Series<\/strong>… It doesn’t hurt to be an heiress.<\/p>\n

Carola Dunn<\/a><\/strong>: Daisy Dalrymple Mystery Series<\/strong>… Daisy is the daughter of a viscount.<\/p>\n

Kathy Lynn Emerson<\/a><\/strong> (aka Kaitlyn Dunnett): Lady Susanna Appleton Mystery Series<\/strong>… Lady Susanna is an English herbalist.<\/p>\n

Elizabeth George<\/a><\/strong>: Inspector Thomas Lynley Mystery Series<\/strong>… A Scotland Yard inspector with a whole lot of money.<\/p>\n

Karen Anne Golden<\/strong><\/a>: The Cats That<\/strong>… A wealthy heiress who adopts cats and lives in a Victorian-style home.<\/p>\n

Kerry Greenwood<\/a><\/strong>: Phryne Fisher Mystery Series<\/strong>… Phryne is very, very rich.<\/p>\n

Martha Grimes<\/a><\/strong>: Richard Jury Mystery Series<\/strong>… While Jury may be the inspector, Melrose Plant is a very rich sleuth\/sidekick.<\/p>\n

Carolyn Haines<\/a><\/strong>: Sarah Booth Delaney Mystery Series<\/strong>… Being a southern belle won’t stop Sarah from solving crimes.<\/p>\n

Karen Harper<\/a><\/strong>: Elizabeth I Mystery Series<\/strong>… Just because she is Elizabeth Tudor (daughter of King Henry VIII) doesn’t mean she can’t sleuth with the best of them.<\/p>\n

Anna Lee Huber<\/a>: Lady Darby Mystery Series<\/strong>… Lady Darby is a 1830s Scottish noblewoman.<\/p>\n

Abigail Keam<\/strong><\/a>: 1930s Mona Moon Mystery Series<\/strong> – Mona receives a huge inheritance from her uncle during the Depression.<\/p>\n

Nancy Martin<\/a><\/strong>: Blackbird Sisters Mystery Series<\/strong>… Libby, Emma, & Nora have to go to work after their “rich” parents\u00a0leave the sisters destitute.<\/p>\n

Nancy Martin<\/strong><\/a>: Miss Ruffles Mystery Series<\/strong>: A very rich woman leaves her estate to her beloved Miss Ruffles, a dog!<\/p>\n

Catriona McPherson<\/a><\/strong>: Dandy Gilver Mystery Series<\/strong>… Dandy (Dandelion Dahlia Leston) is a Scottish aristocrat in the 1920s.<\/p>\n

Amy Patricia Meade<\/strong><\/a>: Marjorie McClelland Mystery Series… Creighton Ashcroft, one of the main characters, is a millionaire.<\/p>\n

Catherine O’Connell<\/a><\/strong>: High Society Mystery Series<\/strong>… Pauline Cook is a widowed socialite living in Chicago.<\/p>\n

Katherine Hall Page<\/a><\/strong>: Faith Fairchild Mystery Series<\/strong>… Faith “comes from” money.<\/p>\n

Robin Paige<\/a><\/strong> (aka Susan Wittig Albert & Bill Albert): Kate Ardleigh Sheridan & Sir Charles Sheridan Victorian Mystery\u00a0Series<\/strong>… quite rich.<\/p>\n

Joanne Pence<\/a><\/strong>: Angi Amalfie Mystery Series<\/strong>… Angie is a food critic who happens to be rich.<\/p>\n

Sharon Kay Penman<\/a><\/strong>: Medieval Mystery Series<\/strong>… Justin de Quincy is an English, 12th century son of a bishop.<\/p>\n

Deanna Raybourn<\/a><\/strong>: Lady Julia Grey Mystery Series<\/strong>… Lady Julia is a Victorian England sleuth.<\/p>\n

David Roberts<\/a><\/strong>: Lord Edward Corinth Mystery Series<\/strong>… 1930s “vedy” British Lord Edward does his sleuthing with Verity Browne.<\/p>\n

Lynda S. Robinson<\/a><\/strong>: Lord Meren Mystery Series<\/strong>… The main sleuth of this series which is set in ancient Egypt is the main investigator in the kingdom.<\/p>\n

Dorothy L. Sayers<\/a><\/strong>: Lord Peter Wimsey Mystery Series<\/strong>… Early 20th century Lord Peter is an extremely rich English nobleman who teams up with Harriet Vane.<\/p>\n

Cynthia Smith<\/a><\/strong>: Emma Rhodes Mystery Series<\/strong>… Emma charges her super rich clients $20,000 per case she\u00a0guarantees\u00a0to solve in one week.<\/p>\n

Leann Sweeney<\/a><\/strong>: Yellow Rose Mystery Series<\/strong>… Houston’s Abby Rose is a private detective with a big bank account.<\/p>\n

Ashley Weaver<\/strong><\/a>: The\u00a0Amory Ames Mystery Series<\/strong> features a wealthy, young woman in 1930s Britain.<\/p>\n

Patricia Wynn<\/a><\/strong>: Blue Satan Mystery Series<\/strong>… Gideon St. Mars is an aristocrat (viscount) who becomes a highwayman during the 1700s.<\/p>\n

Authors on the Cozy Site with Non Mystery Book Series which Feature the VERY Rich:<\/p>\n

E. F. Benson<\/a><\/strong>: Make Way for Lucia Series<\/strong>… By far my favorite series of all time! Although this is not a mystery book series, it is very Cozy and very English.<\/p>\n

Alexander McCall Smith<\/a><\/strong>: Isabel Dalhousie Series<\/strong>… I truly enjoy books by Alexander McCall Smith. I would not describe the Isabel Dalhousie Philosophical novels as being\u00a0mystery books, although some people believe that they are.<\/p>\n

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