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Crime series recommendations?

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Annebronte · 06/02/2021 16:26

Any suggestions of series you’ve loved? I have really enjoyed:
Rendell’s Wexford; Leon’s Brunetti; Lloyd and Hill; P.D. James; Elly Griffiths; Ann Cleeves; Josephine Tey; Nicola Upson; Number 1 Ladies Detective Agency; Strike; Agatha Christie...
I’d love some ideas of what else I might like! Thanks in anticipation.

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elkiedee · 15/02/2021 14:36

If you like Nicola Upson's series featuring Josephine Tey, you might enjoy Frances Brody's Kate Shackleton series set in Yorkshire in the 1920s. Kate lives in the area of Leeds where my dad used to live and we moved nearer there when I was 10 and a lot of the settings are places that we'd go to for days out etc.

Barbara Nadel has a series set in Istanbul with over 20 books, and at least 6 books so far in another series set in London.

I echo recommendations for Peter Robinson's Banks books, another series with more than 20 books,

John Harvey's Charlie Resnick books (Nottingham)

Stephen Booth's Cooper/Fry series (Derbyshire Peak District)

Again, people have suggested Ian Rankin's Rebus books
Denise Mina has a number of series and standalones, mostly set in and around Glasgow.

An older series I love is Patricia Hall's Thackeray and Ackroyd books, again set in West Yorkshire.

Stuart Pawson's Charlie Priest series

John Baker, series set in York

elkiedee · 15/02/2021 15:10

More suggestions:

Peter Lovesey's Peter Diamond series
Jim Kelly has two good series set in East Anglia - there is a police detective series and one with a journalist as the main character.

Blackcountryexile · 16/02/2021 19:41

Catriona Mcpherson Dandy Gilver series. Cosy mysteries set in 1920s and 1930's Scotland .Very funny at times
Elizabeth Mundy Lena Szarka . Set in contemporary London. They have an old fashioned, cosy feel .

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