The small-town mystery keeps a closed cast and a repeat setting. These series have the most books in that tradition.
Series in Reading Order
- Hannah Swensen by Joanne Fluke — 10 books · 2000–2007
Bakery mysteries set in Lake Eden, Minnesota; begun 2000. - Inspector Gamache by Louise Penny — 10 books · 2005–2014
Three Pines, Quebec; begun 2005. - Aurora Teagarden by Charlaine Harris — 10 books · 1990–2017
Librarian-turned-detective in Lawrenceton, Georgia. - Cork O'Connor by William Kent Krueger — 10 books · 1998–2010
Northern Minnesota mystery series, begun 1998. - Miss Marple by Agatha Christie — 15 books · 1930–2005
St Mary Mead; twelve novels and twenty short stories. - Kate Burkholder by Linda Castillo — 21 books · 2009–2023
Painters Mill, Ohio; begun 2009. - Coffeehouse Mysteries by Cleo Coyle — 10 books · 2003–2011
Coffeehouse manager Clare Cosi in New York. - Lucy Stone Mysteries by Leslie Meier — 12 books · 1991–2010
Tinker's Cove, Maine; begun 1991.
How to read these series
Numbered entries follow the order the books were published, which is the order the story was written and the safest order for a first read. Where a series has side novels or novellas, reading them in publication order avoids spoilers from later books.
Where the numbers come from
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