Nora Roberts is a prolific American novelist of romance novels. She writes her In Death mystery/suspense series under the pseudonym J.D. Robb. Her other pseudonyms include Jill March and Sarah Hardesty (in the UK). She has written over 200 romance novels.

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SPQR is a series of historical fiction set in Ancient Rome by American novelist John Maddox Roberts. The books fall into the mystery/detective fiction genres as well. SPQR stands for “Senatus Populusque Romanus,” which means “The Senate and People of Rome.”

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John Maddox Roberts is a prolific American author who has written novels in several genres, including science fiction, fantasy, mystery, historical fiction and action. He is perhaps best known for his current writing in the SPQR historical fiction series set in Rome. He has several series of his own and has also contributed to series […]

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Jeff Lindsay is an American author who is best known for his Dexter novels, which spawned an incredibly popular Showtime series starring Michael C. Hall as the title character. He has also written standalone novels alongside his wife Hilary Hemingway (niece of Ernest Hemingway) and Michael Dorn (Worf of Star Trek fame).

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Deborah Crombie is an American author who always felt she belonged in Great Britain. Crombie would eventually move there but found little success as an author. It wasn’t until she moved back to Texas when she got her first Duncan Kincaid/Gemma James book published.

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The Dresden Files is a series of fantasy/mystery novels by American novelist Jim Butcher. The series features Harry Dresden, a wizard/private investigator who looks into strange events that occur in Chicago. Magic is very real in The Dresden Files, so readers who enjoy topics such as werewolves, vampires, spirits, demons and other supernatural phenomena will […]

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Joel Rosenberg (1954-2011) was a Canadian-American science fiction and fantasy novelist, not to be confused with the thriller novelist named Joel C. Rosenberg. He is best known for his Guardians of the Flame series. Rosenberg passed away suddenly on June 2nd, 2011.

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Miss Jane Marple (usually referred to as “Miss Marple”) has appeared in a dozen novels by British author Agatha Christie as well as 20 short stories. This elderly woman is often underestimated, but she is able to solve even the most difficult crimes. This is largely attributed to the time she has spent in St. […]

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Agatha Christie (1890-1976) was an English novelist who is best known for her detective novels featuring characters such as Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple. She has sold four billion novels altogether, making her the best-selling novelist of all time according to the Guinness Book of World Records.

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The Harper Connelly Mysteries is a series of books by American novelist Charlaine Harris. The Harper Connelly character was struck by lightning when she was a teenager, which gave her the ability to find the dead and see how they died. The books are written in the first-person. A common theme in Charlaine Harris novels, […]

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