A Dozen of My Favorite Murder Mystery Series & Authors

 It's been awhile since I shared some of my favorite books and genres and today I've decided to focus on murder mystery authors/series.  I love a good mystery!  



1. J.D. Robb's In Death Series


2. The Cupcake Murder series by Jenna McKinlay (wonderful cupcake and frosting recipes are included too!)



3. Stephanie Plum Series by Janet Evanovich



4. Mary Jane Clark 



5. Carol Higgins Clark-- any will do but I really like her Regan Reilly series 



6. Mary Higgins Clark-- again I like all that I've read so far. The books where she teams up with Carol Higgins Clark are great fun too. 



7. Lucy Foley



8. Sally Hepworth



9. Good Girl's Guide to Murder Series by Holly Jackson



10. James Patterson; particularly his Alex Cross series



11. Linda Castillo's Kate Burkholder series


12. Shari Lapena 



Others in this series:

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Comments

  1. Maria RineerOctober 20, 2023 at 5:18 AM

    Great list! I am reading The Book of Lost and Found by Lucy Foley right now. It is so good! I think you would like Lucy Clarke. I just read a fourth one of hers and I think it´s my favorite. I´ve heard of many of the ones you´ve listed here but not read them. I will check them out!

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    1. Joanne October 21, 2023 at 6:35 AM

      I do have a Lucy Clarke book in my stack of reading material right now. I did enjoy the one book by her I've read but hesitated to add her to this list since I have only read the one book so far.

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    2. Janet AlcornOctober 21, 2023 at 12:21 PM

      Lucy Clarke's One of the Girls is *wonderful*! I couldn't put it down.

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  2. AnonymousOctober 20, 2023 at 7:00 AM

    Fantastic list! I loved The Younger Wife by Sally Hepworth.
    Ruth@playworkeatrepeat

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  3. HollyOctober 20, 2023 at 7:45 AM

    I loved "Not A Happy Family"- thanks for sharing this list- adding a few more to my queue!

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  4. Dara @ Not In JerseyOctober 20, 2023 at 9:13 AM

    I loved the Good Girl's Guide series until the ending! I enjoy Sally Hepworth and Lucy Foley too.

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  5. NicoleOctober 20, 2023 at 10:26 AM

    I haven't read any of these. I will definitely be looking into these! I love a good mystery/suspense/thriller! The Tracy Crosswhite series by Robert Dugoni is great if you are looking for something new to try.

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    1. Joanne October 21, 2023 at 6:40 AM

      I will definitely look into those; thanks for the suggestion!

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  6. Adrienne PatenaudeOctober 20, 2023 at 11:06 AM

    Now i want to check out cupcake mysteries and eat cupcakes.

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    1. Joanne October 21, 2023 at 6:40 AM

      It is such a fun series but those books always make me crave cupcakes!

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  7. AnonymousOctober 20, 2023 at 11:10 AM

    Great list. Regine
    www.rsrue.blogspot.com

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  8. onceuponatimehappilyeverafter.comOctober 20, 2023 at 12:27 PM

    Always love your book recommendations. Book reviews are my favorite posts. Going to pin some of these. Just learned that John Grisham has a sequel to The Firm, which I inhaled when it first came out. Need to check it out, too.

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  9. Kim CarberryOctober 20, 2023 at 1:04 PM

    What a great selection of books.
    My girls have read the Good Girl's Guide to Murder series and loved them.

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  10. PamelaOctober 20, 2023 at 1:31 PM

    I'm not much of a murder mystery reader but Jenna McKinlay's books look interesting.

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    1. Joanne October 21, 2023 at 6:43 AM

      They are so fun; though after 15 or so books you have to wonder how this same woman keeps stumbling upon bodies. LOL

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  11. JeanieOctober 20, 2023 at 6:30 PM

    I always love seeing what fellow bloggers are reading -- this is an impressive list!

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  12. Nancy 's Fashion StyleOctober 21, 2023 at 3:34 AM

    I get really excited now to put a load of new books on my e reader!

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  13. Janet AlcornOctober 21, 2023 at 12:21 PM

    I've had Lucy Foley's The Guest List on my TBR list for awhile. I really need to get to it--it sounds great.

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  14. Jodie's Touch of StyleOctober 21, 2023 at 12:23 PM

    Gosh, I've read a lot of these and loved them. Thanks for making my list so much bigger 😀😀
    Xoox
    Jodie

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  15. Ratnamurti SaraswatiOctober 21, 2023 at 2:28 PM

    Will look out for the Cupcake Murders. They look like my kind of a mystery. Have just finished Mary Higgin Clark's above book. And thought that it was amazing.

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  16. Tamar SBOctober 22, 2023 at 3:07 PM

    What a fun selection!

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  17. Hena TayebOctober 22, 2023 at 4:33 PM

    I love a good thriller. Thanks for sharing all your favs.

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  18. StephanieOctober 22, 2023 at 5:41 PM

    Great list of books! I love that there are recipes included in the Cupcake Murder series.--How cool is that. :) Thank you for sharing your favorite books with us at Crazy Little Love Birds link party.

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    1. Joanne October 23, 2023 at 6:33 AM

      Thank you! I love a book that includes yummy recipes.

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  19. MarshaOctober 22, 2023 at 8:00 PM

    I really liked A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, but I just couldn't get into the other two. Should I give them another try?

    https://marshainthemiddle.com/

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    1. Joanne October 23, 2023 at 6:34 AM

      I felt compelled to read them all; it's highly unusual for me NOT to read all the books in a series if I like the first one.

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  20. Julie's Creative LifestyleOctober 24, 2023 at 9:42 AM

    Joanne, I've read books by some of these authors. I love a good thriller/mystery book.

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  21. Lindsay's Sweet WorldOctober 25, 2023 at 1:28 PM

    I have gotten into these more recently so I added a few of these to my reading list. I did enjoy The Guest List!

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    1. Joanne October 25, 2023 at 3:55 PM

      I listened to that one on audio and it was fun with some added sounds effects and different voices for each character.

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