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Johanna Lindsey (1952-2019) was an American novelist of historical romance. She was the daughter of a U.S. Army soldier that was stationed in Germany, where she was born (although as an army brat, she wouldn’t stay long and moved around frequently). While still in school, Johanna married young and became a housewife. The spare time […]

The Matt Royal Mystery series is a mystery/thriller series by American novelist H. Terrell Griffin. The titular character is a trial lawyer who went into early retirement to spend his days on the beautiful beaches of Florida, in his hometown of Longboat Key. This doesn’t mean that Matt is done with trouble though, as trouble […]

H. Terrell Griffin was an American author of mystery/thriller novels. He spent his adult life as a soldier, student, lawyer and writer. Terry got his law degree from Macon, Georgia’s Mercer University and graduated in the top 10% of his class and received the Delta Theta Phi Award for Outstanding Scholarship. He then went home […]

The Needlecraft Mysteries is a series of cozy mystery novels by American author Monica Ferris (Mary Monica Pulver). The series is set in Excelsior, Minnesota and follow a needlecraft shopowner named Betsy Devonshire.

Peter & Kori Brichter is a series of cozy mystery novels by American novelist Mary Monica Pulver (also known as Monica Ferris). Peter Brichter is a detective who has been described as “a hardboiled sleuth who’s somehow landed in a cozy mystery.” Luckily, Peter isn’t on his own, and has his wife Kori to assist […]

Joliffe the Player is the central character in a series of historical mystery novels by American author Margaret Frazer. We first meet Joliffe in Frazer’s Dame Frevisse series, although the series is set slightly before the former series. Joliffe begins the series as apart of an acting troupe that travels the countryside of England, but […]

Sister Frevisse is the main character in a series of historical mystery novels by Margaret Frazer (Gail Frazer & Mary Monica Pulver). The series is set in a convent during the 15th century in Oxfordshire. The series often has an “English village” quality to it, looking at everyday life during the time period, whereas others […]

Margaret Frazer is the pen name of American author Gail Frazer (1946-2013), who wrote historical mysteries and other historical fiction. Margaret Frazer is best known for her Sister Frevisse and Joliffe the Player mysteries. Her first novel was published the same summer that she was first diagnosed with breast cancer. She fought for over twenty […]

Monica Ferris is the pen name of American author Mary Monica Pulver, who writes cozy and historical mysteries. Mary has also written under her maiden name, Margaret Frazer, Mary Kuhfeld (her married name) and Margaret of Shaftesbury. She sold her first short story, entitled Pass the Word to Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine in 1983 and […]

Reverend Curtis Black is the main character in a series of women’s fiction/romance novels by American author Kimberla Lawson Roby. Rev. Curtis Black is a married man and a man of the cloth, but is tempted by some forbidden fruits from the outside. Will Rev. Black be able to control himself or give in to […]