This year so far has been a slow year for reading. I have spent much more time over the last several months listening to music than reading. I think that I will make it a goal to read at least two books, that are part of a series that I read, per month for the rest of the year. Maybe one can be new one from a series that I am current with, and the other an older book in a series that I am trying t catch up on!
One of the aspects of reading all the mystery series that I do are the places that I get to roam, if only through the pictures painted in my mind by the words of these great writers. The major series that I read along with the main character, the main setting for the series and the author of the series are listed on the table below this post. I cover both coast, the central part of the US and five countries!! So which one should I start with… oh no! looks like I left out Kathleen Mallory of New York created by author Carol O’Connell maybe that means I should start, or should I say resume that series. Double oh, no …. Greg Isles’ Penn Cage novels set in Mississippi…. and Greg has a new one out…. and I need to read The Devil’s Punchbowl ... decisions, decisions!! Oh, well let’s go for a run and think about it!!
Character | Location | Author |
Jim Chee/Joe Leaphorn | Arizona/New Mexico | Tony Hillerman |
Elvis Cole | California | Robert Crais |
Nameless Detective | California | Bill Pronzini |
Joe O’Laughlin | England | Michael Robotham |
Jake Lassiter | Florida | Paul Levine |
Will Trent | Georgia | Karin Slaughter |
Detective Erlendur | Iceland | Arnaldur Indriðason |
Dave Robicheaux | Louisiana | James Lee Burke |
Stoney Calhoun | Maine | William G Tapply |
Tess Monaghan | Maryland | Laura Lippman |
Brady Coyne | Mass | William Tapply |
Kenzie &Gennaro | Mass. | Dennis Lahane |
Jane Rizzoli | Massachusetts | Tess Gerritsen |
Alex McKnight | Michigan | Steve Hamilton |
Amos Walker | Michigan | Loren Estleman |
Cork O’Connor | Minnesota | William Kent Krueger |
Myron Bolitar | New York-New Jersey | Harlan Coben |
Stephanie Plum | NJ | Janet Evanovich |
Inspector Sejer | Norway | Karin Fossum |
Inspector Porfiry Petrovich Rostnikov | Russia | Stuart Kaminsky |
Bill Brockton | Tennessee | Jefferson Bass |
Hackberry Holland | Texas | James Lee Burke |
Maggie O’Dell | Washington DC | Alex Kava |
Joe Pickett | Wyoming | C.J. Box |