Looking for a new mystery author? Here’s a list of authors and titles you may have overlooked. Some write police procedurals in a series, some of them write thrillers or suspense mysteries, and others feature amateur sleuths. The settings vary from the United States, England, Cambodia, Tibet, and elsewhere. Whether you like your mysteries soft- boiled, hard-boiled, or traditional, you can find something here to satisfy your tastes!

All of the titles are available at Hayner Library. You may request them online or give us a call (618-462-0677) and we'll be happy to request them for you!

• The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie (Flavia de Luce series) by Alan Bradley • The Body on the Beach (Fethering series) by Simon Brett • Raven Black (Shetland series) by Ann Cleeves • The Coroner’s Lunch (Dr. Siri Paiboun series) by Colin Cotterill • The Witch’s Grave (Fever Devilin series) by Phillip DePoy • The Life We Bury (Detective Max Rupert series) by Allen Eskens • A Hobby of Murder (Andrew Basnett series) by E.X. Ferrars • Those Who Wish Me Dead (thriller, suspense) by Michael Koryta • Iron Lake (Cork O’Connor series) William Kent Krueger • Death in a Strange Country (Commissario Brunetti series) by Donna Leon • Bluebird, Bluebird (Highway 59 series) by Attica Locke • Wicked Autumn (Max Tudor series) by G.M. Malliet • She Walks These Hills (Ballad series) by Sharyn McCrumb • Bones of the Earth (Inspector Shan Tao Yun series) by Eliot Pattison • Still Life (Chief Inspector Gamache series) by Louise Penny • Harm Done (Inspector Wexford series) by Ruth Rendell • Suspicious Death (Inspector Thanet series) by Dorothy Simpson • A Divided Loyalty (Inspector Ian Rutledge series) by Charles Todd • The Ice House (psychological suspense) by Minette Walters

For more information on these authors and others, please contact the Reference department at [email protected] or call (618) 462-0677, ext. 2849.