I don’t blame her.

This is the first installment of the instantly beloved British mystery series set between the wars, and the accents on the audiobooks are to die for.

It was impossible to guess how the mystery would conclude because it barely made any sense. Like Maisie Dobbs, this series features an atmospheric, post-WWI England setting and a wartime nurse turned investigator; with the Bess Crawford series, the author's explicitly wanted to show readers the women's side of The Great War. Thanks!

I would, however, add Charles Todd’s other series featuring Ian Rutledge. Norfolk police. Very. But why? The other day, my husband came out of the guest room carrying Brutal Telling.....When I questioned him, he said he was out of books to read, so he raided mine. So I’m ready to READ the first one now! I'm going to sit and think for a while about who can do Gamache justice. I also enjoyed Agatha Raisin and some cozy mysteries. I read all sorts of other genres.. not mysteries. I also love them because I learned a lot about history in the early books—the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, the role of the Vatican during the Holocaust, how Mossad came to be… very gripping. I hope you will be allowed to stay away from the temptation to cast "big names" and find actors who conform to your vision of the characters, and don't already have a lot of other roles affiliated with them. To be totally honest, I find Flavia hard to take on the page (I got bogged down after book #4 when I was reading them in hard copy), but I’ve found the audiobooks to be amazing! Jussi Adler Olsen I’d really rather read a mystery like Gaudy Night by Dorothy Sayers, or even the earlier Lord Whimsy novels… I don’t think I can handle really twisty psychological thrillers or really gruesome murders. Check out THE STRANGLER VINE by M.J.Carter. It seems I waste so much time at the library trying to figure out which book is actually the first installment of a series.

They are very gentle books and include recipes. Just started Louise Penny!! However, the solid procedural layered with relationships – friendships, work colleagues, and romances – that continue to weave and grow through the series. I had to comment about her too I blew through these audiobooks! Enjoy! This is a solid point. Ahhh yes. I also love the Cormoran Strike novels – again, left waiting… And while a bit different, the Rev. We had a very English man playing Gamache and a very Anglo Canadian man playing Beauvoir. I agree! One of the best mysteries I have read in a great while! Are you ready? Thank you for this list! I think. Mary Russell is Sherlock’s wife and she takes dangerous missions in exotic places.

Robert Brynzda There’s always an interesting mystery and I’ve loved following Lady Emily’s story. Luckily she is reading them, too! The story has two primary threads: one revolves around a psychopath, the other around a supernatural disturbance, and you'll be sucked right into both. Really eerie mood and tone, without being ridiculous or too much. And not for nothing, they’re set in atmospheric places like Venice, Vienna, Monaca, and of course, Tel Aviv. The Lady Darby books stay in the UK. I’m going to try realllllly hard to pace myself and not fly through the series….but I just requested the next four from my library! The later books are intimidating tomes. Most of the books (over 20 titles) are taken from existing English pubs with typically odd English names: “Help the Poor Struggler,” “The Old Silent,” etc. Victoria Thompson also writes a delightful mystery series called The Gaslight Mysteries and there are almost twenty books I think, which are all delightful and filled with engaging characters. I am delighted to learn there will be another book from Julia Spencer-Fleming. It worked for me with Longmire, but a lot of that was because the character of the sheriff was retained. Like the Bess Crawford series it is set just after WW1. I think I have read at least one book from the authors you listed and now I will go back and look for subsequent titles from them. Below are some authors of modern fantasy/magical that were great: The series has an endearing cast of quirky characters, which is one of the reasons I think Penny fans would enjoy it. I want to love Louise Penny after all the good things I have heard but I am afraid at this point I cannot. Tana French and Robert Galbraith are definitely more disturbing than Louise Penny! While You all keep telling me I'll love Elizabeth George, but I'm intimidated by the TWENTY existing titles—to be read in order. Also pushing 60 with a short stick! titles. I recently found Charles Finch’s series about a private detective in Victorian London, Charles Lennox. I so loved burning through the series over the course of a summer, catching up to the then-latest installment, and a half dozen books was the perfect number of titles—satisfying, but not overwhelming. FLAVIA DE LUCE! The title is Hid From Our Eyes. I finished The Kingdom of the Blind recently and was glad to hear about her new book to look forward to. How about Mark Pryor.

I have Louise Penny’s latest one to read yet but it is on my bookshelf staring at me! Thank you for these suggestions.