She likes (and have read all of/is caught up on) Lee Child (her fav), Agatha Christie, Janet Evanovich (her fav), James Patterson, John Grisham, Diane Mott Davidson (she got into those because of me),
Patricia Cornwell, Nora Roberts, and Sue Grafton.
She likes cozy mysteries and detective stories. Nothing with super dark story lines (please no r@pe or hurting children) or psychological horror.
Anyone got any good suggestions for her? She’s 92 and has read nearly every book in the small library in the town she lives in. She says she’ll read “anything” but I know she has a preference for the more mystery focused stories.
Thanks in advance!
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Benjamin Stevenson’s Ernest Cunningham series
Tony Hillerman,
Dorothy Sayers,
Ask her if she has read these authors. Sayers is like Agatha Christie.
If she likes Lee Child – try the Nick Petrie “Peter Ash” series. Very similar with maybe a little more humanity (not as robotic action) than the Lee Child series.
Also Mike Bowditch series by Paul Doiron
Mary Stewart’s mysteries.
The Thursday Murder Club series (Richard Osman), the Flavia de Luce series (Alan Bradley), or maybe the Bryant & May series (Christopher Fowler)? Thursday Murder Club + Flavia de Luce are both pretty cozy, Bryant & May is a little more straightforward detective stories but tends to be on the lighter side.
Im absolutely obsessed with the cat who mysteries by Lillian Jackson Braun. They are cute, cozy, and witty
Veronica Speedwell Mysteries by Deanna Raybourn.
Martha Grimes’ Richard Jury series. They’re not exactly cozy mysteries but they’re certainly not gory or gross & they’re titled with the name of a pub that features in each book.
The Number One Ladies Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith.
Cold Sassy Tree
Nevada Barr’s Anna Pigeon mysteries – they are wonderful! She is a park ranger so the books are set in interesting locales across the US.
An Elderly Lady is up to no Good by Helene Tursten is the first of two books in a series.
Auntie Poldi and the Sicilian Lions is the first book in a series by Mario Giodano
Both book series star an older female lead if that interests her. Both have been translated into English from another language.
*The Chief Inspector Armand Gamache Series* by Louise Penny is one of my favorite cozy mystery series! It’s ongoing with 18 books out and the 19th coming out this autumn. It’s mostly set in a small Canadian village and revolves around the same cast of characters so you can watch them change and grow which is really nice. There is obviously dark matter such as death in the books but never in graphic details, and as long as I’m remembering correctly no sexual assaults or sexual content at all.