Trying to stuff my kindle/ halfprice books cart with tons of cheaper old mystery novels. by Alpha_Lantern
elizabeth-cooper on October 18, 2023 7:09 pm Ed McBain’s 87th Precinct series spans from the 1950s to the early 2000s. Dick Francis also wrote books spanning that time frame. The early books in Sue Grafton’s Kinsey Milhone series were published in the 1980s.
julieputty on October 18, 2023 8:35 pm Charlotte MacLeod’s Kelling & Bittersohn books are a lot of fun. Seconding Dick Francis.
Indifferent_Jackdaw on October 18, 2023 9:44 pm Colin Dexter – Inspector Morse books Richard Stark – Parker novels (These are Heist books really, but when I got hooked on them I was reading a two a day they were so addictive) PD James Patricia Highsmith Martha Grimes (on the cozier end of the spectrum)
flyingleaf555 on October 18, 2023 11:13 pm The Vicky Bliss Mysteries by Elizabeth Peters, the first book is Borrowers of the Night
sd_glokta on October 19, 2023 12:03 am Curtain by Agatha Christie – the last Poirot novel, and the villain is quite unique
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Ed McBain’s 87th Precinct series spans from the 1950s to the early 2000s.
Dick Francis also wrote books spanning that time frame.
The early books in Sue Grafton’s Kinsey Milhone series were published in the 1980s.
Death is a Lonely Business – Ray Bradbury
Tony Hillerman had quite a few published in that range.
Charlotte MacLeod’s Kelling & Bittersohn books are a lot of fun.
Seconding Dick Francis.
Mrs. Pollifax series
The Cat Who series
Colin Dexter – Inspector Morse books
Richard Stark – Parker novels (These are Heist books really, but when I got hooked on them I was reading a two a day they were so addictive)
PD James
Patricia Highsmith
Martha Grimes (on the cozier end of the spectrum)
The Vicky Bliss Mysteries by Elizabeth Peters, the first book is Borrowers of the Night
Curtain by Agatha Christie – the last Poirot novel, and the villain is quite unique