5 Mystery Book Series From Modern Authors To Keep You Reading All Summer
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Summer is the perfect time to set down those school books and work papers and pick something up that will both engage your mind and ignite your wonder. Whether you’re reading on your beach vacation, in your studio apartment, or on your front porch, a mystery series will do just the trick.
Mysteries invite us into a world with engaging characters, enchanting locations, and a page-turning story, while offering us the chance to follow interesting and intricate heroes to make the world right.
Below is a list of mystery series authored by modern authors that you may not have heard of yet. Each of these series will give you wonderful stories to escape into all summer long.
01 | The Thursday Murder Club series by Richard Osman
Like so many of the best mystery series, The Thursday Murder Club takes place in a small village, one filled with eccentric retirees, four of whom become unlikely friends and meet once a week to discuss unsolved mysteries.
If you’re looking for a fun and colorful series of mystery books this is a wonderful world for you to inhabit as you try to solve each mystery alongside a set of engaging characters.
02 | Because I Could Not Stop Death series by Amanda Flower
This two-book series takes you back to 1855 and sets you down in the New England countryside and has you follow Willa Noble, a newly hired housekeeper by none other than beloved author Emily Dickinson. As the pair form a friendship, tragedy strikes and Willa must solve a mystery with the help of the famous and reclusive poet.
This is a perfect historical function mystery series to escape into for lovers of poetry, history, and mystery.
03 | Detective Gemma Monroe series by Emily Littlejohn
Step into an idyllic mountain town filled with quaint shops, cafes, and the occasional murder, and follow Gemma Monroe, a pregnant woman who is also a detective as she navigates both the difficulties of everyday life, love, and family while attempting to solve the murders that take place in the unassuming town.
Both entertaining and thought-provoking, this series will have you turning its pages and wishing all summer long.
04 | Veronica Speedwell Mystery series by Deanna Raybourn
Follow Veronica Speedwell’s adventures as she uncovers and unravels mystery after mystery in Victorian-era England. Filled with pithy dialogue and descriptions of far-off places, these books are a perfect way to travel the world right from your couch.
So make a cup of tea, put on some classical music, and travel back in time with an engaging lead character with whom you can solve a mystery!
05 | Gaslight Mystery series by Victoria Thompson
This series of more than twenty books follows midwife Sarah Brandt, who teams up with detective Frank Malloy to confront the crimes happening in turn of the century New York City.
Detailed, inviting, and riveting, this historical fiction mystery series will be just the thing to read for your summer in the city.