It’s Halloween Freebie week on Top Ten Tuesday! I’m not into vampires or werewolves (except Remus Lupin of course). I do like ghost stories but they have to be done right. I’ve only read two horror-type novels in my life – and liked them both – but they were really closer to thriller than horror. (Strands of Bronze and Gold and Stalking Jack the Ripper in case you were wondering) SO I’m talking about my favorite mystery/suspense series!
(It goes without saying that the O’Malley Family series by Dee Henderson belongs on this list … and because you’ve heard me talk about it more than once twice ten times I didn’t include it this time around)
And… I’ve been sick … so please forgive the bare minimum of graphics, etc. I’m also doing what I hate – just putting the covers up without describing the books. But y’all. The lack of energy is real lol. Bloggers gonna blog but sometimes they just can’t do it all lol.
Also, for several of these series, the first book is free for Kindle or at least KindleUnlimited in case you want to give it a try!
Deadly Reunions by Lynette Eason
Private Justice by Irene Hannon
If I Run by Terri Blackstock
Chesapeake Valor by Dani Pettrey
First Responders by Susan Sleeman
…plus 3 more!
Gwen Marcey by Carrie Stuart Parks
Sunset Cove by Colleen Coble
The Secrets of Crittenden County by Shelley Shepard Gray
Logan Point by Patricia Bradley
Herringford & Watts Mysteries by Rachel McMillan
…plus 3 novellas!
Amish Village Mysteries by Vannetta Chapman
Tourist Trap Mysteries by Lynn Cahoon
…plus 4 more!
What about you? What makes the perfect mystery series for you?
And don’t miss my BOOKISH GIFTS PRIZE PACK GIVEAWAY going on now!
Drew hopes to make your list someday. (Though his first adventure is free until the end of the month. Hee hee.)
Please tell Drew that I KNOW he will be among my favorites and that my goal is to catch up on all of his adventures in December/January so I am prepared for the newest one! 😀
Drew thanks you with his usual suavity.
I respond with my usual blushing idiocy in his presence 🙂
Madeline eyes you with suspicion.
hahaha! Don’t worry, he’s safe from me. Eric’s looking me suspiciously too lol
Snerk. 😉
Some of my favorite series too! And, of course, new books to add to the must-read list. Thanks for sharing!
i’m looking forward to reading your post too!! As always 🙂
O…i need to add a few to my TBR! Thanks!
yay!
I am a huge suspense reader, reading “Tangled Webs” by Irene Hannon right now.I definitely need to put Shelley Gray’s series on my “list”, if you think it’s that good, I love her other books. Diann Mills is the only author that I might add. I have enjoyed all her books.
Feel better soon!
I love Irene Hannon – she is definitely one of my favorite favorites 🙂 And that series by Shelley is so unique – it was the first one I read by her and yet it’s still my favorite. I’m uber-excited that her next series is also an Amish mystery set in Kentucky. YES! Diann Mills is another fantastic author!
Hope you are feeling better! Lots of good books here, some I’ve read, some to add to my list. It’s a two-book series, but I really like Therese Heckenkamp’s Frozen Footprints and After the Thaw. The Private Justice series you mention is one of my favorites. I really like her new series as well, the Men of Valor series.
yes, the Men of Valor series is another of my faves! I limited myself to one per author, which in theory sounds good but in practice was sometimes quite agonizing lol! I will have to definitely check out Heckenkamp’s series! Thanks 🙂
Thank you so much for including me on this list, Carrie! I’m honored to be in such great company.
I’M the honored one – to have you stop by the blog and comment. Thank you! 🙂
Great list Carrie!!!! Thank you for sharing all these titles. 🙂
thanks! 🙂
I don’t read a lot of mystery/suspense (they tend to get into my dreams) but I have read a few that you have listed. I may possibly be adding more to my kindle wishlist.
I hope you start feeling better soon Carrie. I don’t know how you do all you do.
it’s a good idea to be protective of your mind/dreams if mystery/suspense novels do affect you that way <3
Some new to me authors I will have to check out! Oh, goodness.
I hope you feel better soon, Carrie!
thank you so much! it was awful but i’m finally feeling mostly normal again lol
So many books here! I like it! I might have to check some of them out on AMazon.
My TTT.
i hope you do! 🙂 Thanks, Mariela!
I love how you went mystery/suspense with this one! I didn’t see my favorite on here — the In Death series by J.D. Robb — but all of these look interesting!
My TTT.
I still need to read her mysteries!
You done good, my BFFF! I’ve read some of these books and authors, but I really need to get caught up on them. There are so many of them on my TBR list. I really think my TBR list is starting to get some cobwebs. I simply must read faster. Can you give me a speedreading lesson?
hahahaha If I could really explain how i do it, I would 🙂
I actually can usually read quite fast, but those 350-400 pagers slow me down a bit. You really do have Superpower, though, because you can actually remember the book/characters, etc. along with your speedreading. I have to make sure I write the review right after I read the book, or I’m wracking my brain trying to remember the characters and plot. I guess that comes with age and reading so many books.
i have to write the review right after i finish too!! Don’t put me on too much of a pedestal lol 😉
Okay–you just slipped a bit. The pedestal tilted! LOL 😀
LOL! drat… 😉
The If I Run covers make a picture! I had no idea!! Now I have to collect them.
I. KNOW. I didn’t realize it either until I put them side by side like that – I gasped out loud LOL!
The Bachelor Girl’s Guide to Murder looks great, such intriguing covers!
Jane, I think you would really enjoy that series! And I love those covers, yes!
I read Vanished by Irene Hannon not long ago, and would like to read the next books in the series. And I’ve been hearing good things about The Bachelor Girl’s Guide to Murder and would like to give it a try. Just this past week, I read my first Jack Reacher book by Lee Child (The Enemy) and was enthralled — best mystery/suspense/thriller I’ve read in years! I really love The Bourne Identity by Robert Ludlum — have you read that? Some of your others here intrigue me, so I’ll be looking into them.
The perfect mystery series for me has to have characters I care about who grow and change over time, but are still recognizably the same. Some of my favorites are the original Sherlock Holmes mysteries by A. Conan Doyle and Laurie R. King’s Mary Russell/Sherlock Holmes pastiches, the Nero Wolfe books by Rex Stout, and all of Raymond Chandler’s Philip Marlowe books. I really like the Irene Kelly mysteries by Jan Burke too, though I have only read 4 or 5 of them.
oooo you’ve given me lots to add to my own TBR list!! I have read The Bourne Identity a loooong time ago and enjoyed it! One of these days I am determined to read the jack Reacher books
OH.MY. This is my FAVORITE genre! I’m looking forward to reading Herringford & Watts Mysteries by Rachel McMillan.
SPECTACULAR list, Carrie!
yay! My fave genre too!!
I was cheering “yes!!” to several of these….Carrie Stuart Parks and Colleen Coble’s books for example. Then pinning like crazy for the others I haven’t read yet.
Haha yay!
What a fun list! And I have actually read/am reading some of these series! So fun! I will have to check out some of the other series that I haven’t read yet! Thanks for the suggestions!
yay!
LOVE THESE! Most of these are on my FAVORITE AUTHOR LIST. However, you’ve given me some new names to add to my TBR LIST. Now all I need is to go in a Kindle Shopping Spree & settle in with some really, good books. I live in MS where we’re still running the AC so no cozying up to the FIRE yet. I still love my coffee/tea and a good book!
we have just now had to turn on the heat here in KY … but we’ll likely be breaking out the AC again before too long 🙂
Hi Carrie… Wednesday comment for a Tuesday post…I’m really glad you shared this post because I tend to shy away from this genre. Against the Tide by Elizabeth Camden was amazing and as close to suspense as I got. I did discover A Fool and His Monet….that was a great, light-hearted mystery IMHO. 🙂 You may force me yet to venture out. Hope you’re well…is tomorrow your birthday!!?? ?
Those are both fantastic books!!
It is! Lol
I hope you have a fabulous day!
Thank you for the joy your blog provides. The Light shines through you!
Awww Amanda!!! You have just made my day! THANK YOU <3
I really like the look of the Herringford & Watts Mysteries. I already have so many books on my TBR but it looks like I’m adding some more!
Thanks for visiting my post
never too many books, right? 😉
I spy some good titles here! All wonderful suggestions.
thanks!