Mystery writers: some that I like

Deborah Crombie, Elizabeth George, Kathy Reichs, and Jacqueline Winspear - stories are more serious and there are lots of details.

Diane Mott Davidson, Joanne Fluke and Mary Jane Maffini are very easy to read.

Julia Spencer Fleming and Louise Penny are probably my favourites.

I like to read a series in order because then you see the development of the characters.

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Kate Charles writes clerical mysteries but not many available at OPL.

Deborah Crombie writes about Scotland Yard detectives who are professionally and personally involved.

Diane Mott Davidson writes a cooking series. What caught my eye about the author is her involvement in the Episcopal Church; the church involvement does come into some of her books.

Joanne Fluke also writes a cooking series.

Elizabeth George writes the Inspector Lynley series which was on PBS. These are also Scotland Yard detectives.

Mary Jane Maffini is a lapsed librarian from Ottawa. She writes several different series. I like the one based in Ottawa because I know where it is all happening.

Louise Penny is a Canadian living in the Eastern Townships and the books are set there and in Montreal.

Kathy Reichs is a Canadian forensic anthropologist. The books are set in Montreal and the States and in real life this is her work.

Julia Spencer Fleming writes a series about police chief and an Episcopal priest.

Maggie Wheeler writes about the St. Lawrence Seaway and the communities that were flooded to build it.

Jacqueline Winspear writes about a female private eye who works in WWI and afterwards.