Order of Barker & Llewelyn Books
Barker & Llewelyn is a series of historical mystery/hardboiled crime fiction novels by American author Will Thomas. Set in Victorian London, Cyrus Barker is a Scottish detective who the author based on Richard Francis Burton and Edward William Barton-Wright. He is an eccentric and enigmatic character. Thomas Llewelyn is a Welshman who answers to an ad Barker placed for an assistant, which said there was “some danger involved.” Llewelyn is young, brave and quickly takes an interest into Barker’s work as a “private enquiry agent” as well as the dark underworld of Britain’s capital city. (more…)
Order of Will Thomas Books
Will Thomas is an American novelist of historical mystery novels. He writes the Barker & Llewelyn series. Prior to becoming a novelist, Thomas wrote essays for Sherlock Holmes society publications and lectured on Victorian-era crime fiction. He has also been a librarian for the Tulsa City-County Library System and has been featured on the cover of the trade publication Library Journal. He studies the Victorian martial arts Bartitsu and Hung Gar, which are utilized frequently in his work. Will lives in Oklahoma with his family. (more…)
Order of Michael Brandman Books
Michael Brandman is an American author of crime fiction novels. Following the death of series creator Robert B. Parker, he wrote the Jesse Stone series from 2011 until 2013. Brandman is also a film producer who has worked on such films as Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead, Monte Walsh and Jesse Stone: Stone Cold. He was chosen to take over the reins of the Jesse Stone series after having worked with Robert B. Parker on over a dozen films. Brandman is married to actress Joanna Miles and lives in California. (more…)
Order of Lake District Mysteries (Tope) Books
The Lake District Mysteries series is a series of mystery novels by English novelist Rebecca Tope. The series follows Simmy Brown, a florist who works in Windermere in the Lake District of England, but lives in Troutbeck. However, not everything comes up roses for Simmy, who ends up having to become an amateur sleuth. The series is not to be confused with the Lake District Mysteries series by Martin Edwards. (more…)
Order of Pearl S. Buck Books
Pearl S. Buck (1892–1973) was an American author of literary fiction, non-fiction and children’s books. She won the Pulitzer Prize and the William Dean Howells Medal for her novel The Good Earth. Pearl was the daughter of American missionaries and spent much of her early life in China, which is where she set the majority of her novels and wrote about in non-fiction books. Following civil unrest in China, Buck returned to the United States in 1934. She also supported many causes, including civil rights, women’s rights and helping to establish Welcome House, the first international/interracial adoption agency. Buck was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1938, making her the first American woman to receive such an honour. She died in Vermont in 1973. (more…)
Order of Mystery Man Books
The Mystery Man series is a series of comic caper novels by Irish author Colin Bateman. The series follows The Man with No Name (not Clint Eastwood), who runs a bookshop in Belfast, Northern Ireland called No Alibis. But when the local detective agency goes under, he ends up getting the call to work as a private eye. (more…)
Order of Dan Starkey Books
Dan Starkey is the protagonist in a series of crime fiction novels by Northern Irish novelist Colin Bateman. The series follows journalist-turned-PI Dan Starkey, a divorced cynic with a taste for alcohol. The series is set in Belfast, Northern Ireland. (more…)
Order of Colin Bateman Books
Colin Bateman is an Irish author of crime fiction, thriller and dark comedy novels. Whether it’s his Dan Starkey, Martin Murphy or Mystery Man series for adults or his Eddie and The Gang with No Name, Titanic 2020 or SOS Adventures for children, Bateman writes for both young and old. Bateman began his career as a journalist when he was only 16, starting out as a cub reporter, then graduating to a regular columnist and finally deputy editor. After Divorcing Jack was published in 1995, he has been focusing on his career as a novelist and screenwriter. His screenplays include Divorcing Jack, Crossmaheart, Wild About Harry, Turbulent Priests (unproduced) and Watermelon. (more…)
Order of Andy Broussard & Kit Franklyn Books
Andy Broussard & Kit Franklyn are the protagonists in a series of forensic mystery novels by American novelist D.J. Donaldson (Don Donaldson). Set in New Orleans, the series teams up an obese, but shrewd chief medical examiner Andy Broussard with a young psychologist named Kit Franklyn. (more…)
Order of Don Donaldson Books
Don Donaldson is an American author of forensic mystery and medical thriller novels. He writes the Andy Broussard & Kit Franklyn series (as D.J. Donaldson). Don has his Ph.D in human anatomy. He has taught microscopic anatomy to over 5,000 students in the medical and dental professions and has published dozens of research papers on the subject of wound healing. Donaldson lives in Memphis, Tennessee with his wife and their dogs. (more…)