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Melanie Travis is the protagonist in a series of mystery novels by American author Laurien Berenson. Melanie is a teacher who owns a bunch of Standard Poodles and takes them to dog shows. She also is talked into taking on a side job as an amateur sleuth whenever something happens to go wrong.
Laurien Berenson is an American novelist of mystery novels, psychological thriller novels, romance novels and young adult novels. She writes the Melanie Travis Mysteries series. She has won the Romantic Times Reviewers’ Choice Award and Maxwell Award, while she has also been nominated for the Agatha and Macavity awards.
Johan Theroin is a Swedish author of Scandinavian crime fiction . For his entire life, Johan has been a regular visitor to Oland and has enjoyed its various tales and folklore. His mother’s family hails from the island, all working as sailors, fisherman and farmers there. His novel Echoes from the Dead was named Best […]
Thea Osborne is the protagonist in a series of mystery novels by British novelist Rebecca Tope. Thea Osborne is a house-sitter based in the Cotswolds area of western England. The series is connected to Rebecca’s other series, the West Country Mysteries featuring Drew Slocombe. The series is also known as the Cotswold Mysteries series.
Drew Slocombe is the protagonist in a series of mystery novels by British author Rebecca Tope. Slocombe was once a nurse, but now works as an undertaker in Bradbourne, England. The books are connected to Tope’s later series, featuring Thea Osborne. The series is also known as the West Country Mysteries series.
Rebecca Tope is an English author of crime fiction. She writes the Den Cooper, Drew Slocombe, Thea Osborne and Lake District Mysteries series. She was raised in Cheshire, England and then moved to Devon, while living the farming life. The experiences she had farming inspired her to write A Dirty Death, her first novel. Before […]
Dr. Siri Paiboun is the lead character in a series of mystery novels by British-Australian author Colin Cotterill. The series is set in the 1970s after Laos is taken over by the Communist party known as Pathet Lao. They appoint Dr. Siri Paiboun as the national coroner, due to the fact that he has been […]
Colin Cotterill is a British-Australian novelist of crime fiction, as well as being a cartoonist. He writes the Dr. Siri Paiboun and the Jimm Juree series. Colin was born in London, but has worked as a P.E. instructor in Israel, as a teacher in Australia, a counselor for educationally handicapped adults in the United States […]
Liza Marklund is a Swedish author of Scandinavian crime fiction and thriller novels in addition to working as a journalist. She writes the Annika Bengtzon series, as well as co-writing the Maria Eriksson series (which has yet to be translated into English) and with James Patterson on the novel The Postcard Killers. Liza is co-owner […]
Benni Harper is the protagonist in a series of cozy mystery novels by American novelist Earlene Fowler. She works as a folk art museum curator in the fictional town of San Celina, California (based on San Luis Obispo). Quilting is a major theme of the series. Other recurring characters in the series include Gabe Ortiz […]