{"id":3876,"date":"2010-03-27T14:43:54","date_gmt":"2010-03-27T20:43:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/?p=3876"},"modified":"2018-10-23T13:02:17","modified_gmt":"2018-10-23T18:02:17","slug":"teachers-as-the-main-sleuths-in-mystery-books","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/teachers-as-the-main-sleuths-in-mystery-books\/","title":{"rendered":"Teachers as the Main Sleuths in Mystery Books&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4130 alignleft\" title=\"21385544[1]\" src=\"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/213855441-e1272651667237.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"130\" height=\"141\" \/>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&#8230; (Obviously, this theme entry does not include all of the mystery books which have teachers as the primary sleuths.)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Teachers as the Primary Sleuths<\/strong> from mystery books found on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cozy-mystery.com\/\">Cozy Mystery<\/a> site:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cozy-mystery.com\/Judith-Arnold.html\"><strong>Judith Arnold<\/strong><\/a>: Lainie Lovett Still Kicking Mystery Series &#8211; Grade School Teacher<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cozy-mystery.com\/Donald-Bain.html\">Donald Bain<\/a><\/strong> (&amp; &#8220;Jessica Fletcher&#8221;): Murder She Wrote Mystery Series &#8211; Retired English teacher<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cozy-mystery.com\/Tace-Baker.html\"><strong>Tace Baker<\/strong><\/a> (aka Edith Maxwell): Speaking of Mystery Mystery Series &#8211; Linguistics Professor<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cozy-mystery.com\/Mignon-F.-Ballard.html\">Mignon F. Ballard<\/a><\/strong>: Miss Dimple Mystery Series &#8211; 1st Grade Teacher<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cozy-mystery.com\/Jo-Bannister.html\">Jo Bannister<\/a><\/strong>: Brodie Farrell Mystery Series &#8211; Math Teacher<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cozy-mystery.com\/Maggie-Barbieri.html\">Maggie Barbieri<\/a><\/strong>: Murder 101 Mystery Series &#8211; English Professor<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cozy-mystery.com\/Laurien-Berenson.html\">Laurien Berenson<\/a><\/strong>: Melanie Travis Mystery Series &#8211; Special Education Teacher<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cozy-mystery.com\/Joan-Blacher.html\">Joan Blacher<\/a><\/strong>: Ardis Jensen Mystery Series &#8211; Ex University Counselor<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cozy-mystery.com\/Alice-Boatwright.html\"><strong>Alice Boatwright<\/strong><\/a>: Ellie Kent Mystery Series &#8211; English Professor<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cozy-mystery.com\/J.-S.-Borthwick.html\">J.S. Borthwick<\/a><\/strong>: Deane &amp; McKenzie Mystery Series &#8211; English Professor<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cozy-mystery.com\/Gail-Bowen.html\">Gail Bowen<\/a><\/strong>: Joanne Kilbourn Mystery Series &#8211; Poly-Sci Professor<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cozy-mystery.com\/julia-buckley.html\"><strong>Julia Buckley<\/strong><\/a>: Teddy Thurber Mystery Series &#8211; English Teacher<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cozy-mystery.com\/Heron-Carvic.html\">Heron Carvic<\/a><\/strong>: Miss Seeton Mystery Series &#8211; Retired Art Teacher<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cozy-mystery.com\/Sarah-Caudwell.html\">Sarah Caudwell<\/a><\/strong>: Hilary Tamar Mystery Series &#8211; Law Professor<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cozy-mystery.com\/Hampton-Charles.html\">Hampton Charles<\/a><\/strong>: Miss Seeton Mystery Series &#8211; Retired Art Teacher<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cozy-mystery.com\/Erika-Chase.html\">Erika Chase<\/a><\/strong>: Ashton Corners Book Club Mystery Series &#8211; Reading Specialist<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cozy-mystery.com\/Anna-Clarke.html\">Anna Clarke<\/a><\/strong>: Paula Glenning\u00a0 &amp; James Goff Mystery Series &#8211; Professors<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cozy-mystery.com\/Melissa-Cleary.html\">Melissa Cleary<\/a><\/strong>: Dog Lover&#8217;s Mystery Series &#8211; Film Studies Professor<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cozy-mystery.com\/V.-C.-Clinton-Baddeley.html\">V. C. Clinton-Baddeley<\/a><\/strong>: Cambridge Crime Mystery Series &#8211; Retired Professor<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cozy-mystery.com\/Elizabeth-Spann-Craig.html\">Elizabeth Spann Craig<\/a><\/strong> (aka Riley Adams): Myrtle Clover Mystery Series &#8211; Retired Octogenarian<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cozy-mystery.com\/Hamilton-Crane.html\">Hamilton Crane<\/a><\/strong> (aka Sarah J. Mason): Miss Seeton Mystery Series &#8211; Retired Art Teacher<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cozy-mystery.com\/Bill-Crider.html\">Bill Crider<\/a><\/strong>: Sally Good Mystery Series &#8211; English Professor AND Carl Burns Mystery Series &#8211; English Professor<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cozy-mystery.com\/Edmund-Crispin.html\">Edmund Crispin<\/a><\/strong>: Gervase Fen Mystery Series &#8211; English Professor<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cozy-mystery.com\/Amanda-Cross.html\">Amanda Cross<\/a><\/strong>: Kate Fansler Mystery Series &#8211; English Professor<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cozy-mystery.com\/Kathi-Daley.html\"><strong>Kathi Daley<\/strong><\/a>: TJ Jensen Paradise Lake Mystery Series &#8211; High School<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cozy-mystery.com\/Jeanne-M.-Dams.html\">Jeanne M. Dams<\/a><\/strong>: Dorothy Martin Mystery Series &#8211; Retired Teacher<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cozy-mystery.com\/lesley-a-diehl.html\"><strong>Lesley A. Diehl<\/strong><\/a>: Laura Murphy Mystery Series &#8211; Psychology Professor<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cozy-mystery.com\/Joanne-Dobson.html\">Joanne Dobson<\/a><\/strong>: Karen Pelletier Mystery Series &#8211; English Professor<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cozy-mystery.com\/Jan-Dunlap.html\">Jan Dunlap<\/a><\/strong>: Bob White Birder Murder Mystery Series &#8211; High School Counselor<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cozy-mystery.com\/Anthony-Eglin.html\">Anthony Eglin<\/a><\/strong>: English Garden Mystery Series &#8211; Retired Botany Professor<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cozy-mystery.com\/Aaron-Elkins.html\">Aaron Elkins<\/a><\/strong>: Gideon Oliver Mystery Series &#8211; Anthropology Professor<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cozy-mystery.com\/Honora-Finkelstein.html\">Honora Finkelstein<\/a><\/strong> &amp; Susan Smily: Ariel Quigley Mystery Series &#8211; English Teacher<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cozy-mystery.com\/Jessica-Fletcher.html\">Jessica Fletcher<\/a><\/strong>&#8221; &amp; Donald Bain: Murder She Wrote Mystery Series &#8211; Retired English Teacher<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cozy-mystery.com\/Linda-French.html\">Linda French<\/a><\/strong>: Professor Teodora Morelli Mystery Series &#8211; History Professor<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cozy-mystery.com\/P.-L.-Gaus.html\">P. L. Gaus<\/a><\/strong>: Ohio Amish Mystery Series &#8211; History Professor<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cozy-mystery.com\/Anne-George.html\">Anne George<\/a><\/strong>: Southern Sisters Mystery Series &#8211; Retired English Teacher<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cozy-mystery.com\/alexia-gordon.html\"><strong>Alexia Gordon<\/strong><\/a>: Gethsemane Brown Mystery Series &#8211; Music Teacher in Ireland<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cozy-mystery.com\/Paula-Gosling.html\">Paula Gosling<\/a><\/strong>: Stryker &amp; Trevorne Mystery Series &#8211; English Professor<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cozy-mystery.com\/Margaret-Grace.html\">Margaret Grace<\/a><\/strong>: Miniature Mystery Series &#8211; Retired English Teacher<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cozy-mystery.com\/elissa-d-grodin.html\">Elissa D. Grodin<\/a><\/strong>: Edwina Goodman Mystery Series &#8211; Physics Instructor<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cozy-mystery.com\/Janice-Hamrick.html\">Janice Hamrick<\/a><\/strong>: Jocelyn Shore Mystery Series &#8211; High School<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cozy-mystery.com\/Maria-Hudgins.html\">Maria Hudgins<\/a><\/strong>: Dotsy Lamb Travel Mystery Series &#8211; Retired History Professor<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cozy-mystery.com\/Mary-Ellen-Hughes.html\">Mary Ellen Hughes<\/a><\/strong>: Maggie Olenski Mystery Series &#8211; Math Teacher<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cozy-mystery.com\/Jane-Isenberg.html\">Jane Isenberg<\/a><\/strong>: Bel Barrett Mystery Series &#8211; English Professor<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cozy-mystery.com\/Abigail-Keam.html\"><strong>Abigail Keam<\/strong><\/a>: Josiah Reynolds, Beekeeper Mystery Series &#8211; Ex-History Professor<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cozy-mystery.com\/Diana-Killian.html\">Diana Killian<\/a><\/strong>: Poetic Death Mystery Series &#8211; Teacher<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/s\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?url=search-alias=aps&amp;field-keywords=cynthia+kuhn+lila+maclean+academic++series&amp;linkCode=ll2&amp;tag=httpwwwmarkes-20&amp;linkId=ad95012b9948cbb6feb514ad25bc7fa6\"><strong>Cynthia Kuhn<\/strong><\/a>: Lila Maclean Academic Mystery Series &#8211; English Professor<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cozy-mystery.com\/Jim-Lacey.html\">Jim Lacey<\/a><\/strong>: Ryan\/Lehrer Mystery Series &#8211; History Professor<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cozy-mystery.com\/Jane-Langton.html\">Jane Langton<\/a><\/strong>: Homer Kelly Mystery Series &#8211; History Professor<\/p>\n<p><strong>Marilyn Levinson<\/strong> (aka <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cozy-mystery.com\/allison-brook.html\">Allison Brook<\/a><\/strong>): Golden Age of Mystery Book Club Mystery Series &#8211; Professor<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cozy-mystery.com\/Charlotte-MacLeod.html\">Charlotte MacLeod<\/a><\/strong> (aka Alisa Craig): Peter Shandy\u00a0Mystery Series &#8211; Botany Professor<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cozy-mystery.com\/Ada-Madison.html\">Ada Madison<\/a><\/strong> (aka Camille Minichino &amp; Margaret Grace):\u00a0Sophie Knowles Mystery Series &#8211; Math Professor<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cozy-mystery.com\/liesa-malik.html\"><strong>Liesa Malik<\/strong><\/a>: Daisy Arthur Mystery Series &#8211; Retired Special Education Teacher<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cozy-mystery.com\/Sarah-J.-Mason.html\">Sarah J. Mason<\/a><\/strong> (as Hamilton Crane): Miss Seeton Mystery Series &#8211; Retired Art Teacher<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cozy-mystery.com\/Sujata-Massey.html\">Sujata Massey<\/a><\/strong>: Rei Shimura Mystery Series &#8211; English Teacher<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cozy-mystery.com\/Ralph-McInerny.html\">Ralph M. McInerny<\/a><\/strong> (aka Monica Quill): Notre Dame Mystery Series &#8211; Philosophy Professor<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cozy-mystery.com\/Tyora-Moody.html\"><strong>Tyora Moody<\/strong><\/a>: Eugeena Patterson Mystery Series &#8211; Retired Social Studies<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cozy-mystery.com\/Mary-Grace-Murphy.html\">Mary Grace Murphy<\/a><\/strong>: Noshes Up North Mystery Series &#8211; Retired Teacher<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cozy-mystery.com\/Tim-Myers.html\"><strong>Tim Myers<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0(aka Chris Cavender, Casey Mayes, Elizabeth Bright, &amp; Melissa Glazer) Slow Cooker Mystery Series &#8211; Instructor of Slow Cooking Techniques<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cozy-mystery.com\/clare-odonohue.html\">Clare O&#8217;Donohue<\/a>: <\/strong>World of Spies Mystery Series &#8211; Hollis and Finn Larsson are college professors who assist Interpol in Ireland.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cozy-mystery.com\/Bernadette-Pajer.html\">Bernadette Pajer<\/a><\/strong>:\u00a0Professor Bradshaw Mystery Series &#8211; Electrical Engineering Professor<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cozy-mystery.com\/Stuart-Palmer.html\">Stuart Palmer<\/a><\/strong>: Hildegarde Withers Mystery Series &#8211; Retired Teacher<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cozy-mystery.com\/Leigh-Perry.html\"><strong>Leigh Perry<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0(aka Toni L.P. Kelner): Family\u00a0Skeleton Mystery Series &#8211; English Professor<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cozy-mystery.com\/Cate-Price.html\"><strong>Cate Price<\/strong><\/a>: Deadly Notions Mystery Series &#8211; Retired Teacher<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cozy-mystery.com\/Gillian-Roberts.html\">Gillian Roberts<\/a><\/strong>: Amanda Pepper Mystery Series &#8211; English Teacher<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cozy-mystery.com\/Patricia-Rockwell.html\"><strong>Patricia Rockwell<\/strong><\/a>: Pamela Barnes, Acoustic Mystery Series &#8211; \u00a0Psychology Professor<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cozy-mystery.com\/Sarah-R.-Shaber.html\">Sarah R. Shaber<\/a><\/strong>: Professor Simon Shaw Mystery Series &#8211; History Professor<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cozy-mystery.com\/Catherine-Shaw.html\">Catherine Shaw<\/a><\/strong>: Vanessa Duncan Cambridge Mystery Series &#8211; Teacher<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cozy-mystery.com\/Susan-Smily.html\">Susan Smily<\/a><\/strong> &amp; Honora Finkelstein: Ariel Quigley Mystery Series &#8211; English Teacher<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cozy-mystery.com\/Robert-Spiller.html\">Robert Spiller<\/a><\/strong>: Bonnie Pinkwater Mystery Series &#8211; High School Math Teacher<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cozy-mystery.com\/Sarah-Stewart-Taylor.html\">Sarah Stewart Taylor<\/a><\/strong>: Sweeney St. George Mystery Series &#8211; History Professor<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cozy-mystery.com\/Denise-Swanson.html\"><strong>Denise Swanson<\/strong><\/a>: Scumble River Mystery Series &#8211; School Social Worker<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cozy-mystery.com\/Margaret-Truman.html\">Margaret Truman<\/a><\/strong>: Smith &amp; Reed Mystery Series &#8211; Law Professor<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cozy-mystery.com\/Ann-Waldron.html\">Ann Waldron<\/a><\/strong>: Princeton Murders Mystery Series &#8211; Writing Professor<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cozy-mystery.com\/Jill-Paton-Walsh.html\">Jill Paton Walsh<\/a><\/strong>: Imogen Quy Mystery Series &#8211; College Nurse<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cozy-mystery.com\/Livia-J.-Washburn.html\"><strong>Livia J. 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