I love to read and I love a good puzzle! Here's a few of the more recent mystery series that I've really loved.
Sections
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Department Q
Sean Duffy Series
Faroes Series
Tony Hill and Carol Jordan Series
Department Q
Cold cases set in Denmark with a diverse cast of characters including an Iraqi refugee
The first in the series - totally drew me in and made me look for more. A murder mystery without a murder!
The Keeper of Lost Causes: Dept Q Novel
Book Two - enter Rose to keep Carl and Assad in line. Just don't ask her to drive.
The Absent One: A Department Q Novel
More edge of your seat action - Will Carl and Assad make it in time.
A Conspiracy of Faith: A Department Q Novel
A gripping tale of revenge and some more insight into Carl's troubled past career.
The Purity of Vengeance: A Department Q Novel
Sometimes your family is worse than strangers. Run Marco, run.
The Marco Effect: A Department Q Novel
Introducing Gordon - Carl's little basement is getting crowded.
The Hanging Girl: A Department Q Novel
Can Dept. Q save Rose and solve their case too?
The Scarred Woman (Department Q Book 7)
All you ever wanted to know about Assad, wrapped up in pulse pounding action and suspense.
Victim 2117: A Department Q Novel
Only a moment to stop a murder - complicated by the height of the pandemic.
The Shadow Murders: A Department Q Novel
I'm only a few pages in! So excited to find out what really happened to Carl and his partners.
Locked In: A Department Q Novel
Sean Duffy Series
Brave doesn't begin to Describe Sean Duffy - a Catholic Police officer in Northern Ireland during the troubles, with big mysteries on his hands.
While the story may be fictional, the times and events the detective lives in are not. You'll enjoy not only the mystery, but the history in this series.
The Cold Cold Ground: Sean Duffy Book 1
A body in a suitcase and endless politics and a Irish Catholic policeman very much in the middle of the muddle.
I Hear the Sirens in the Street: Sean Duffy 2
Wherein Duffy gets his ace in the hole and solves a locked room mystery.
In the Morning I'll Be Gone: Sean Duffy 3
McKinty liked his detective so much that, much to all of our benefit, he decided to extend what was to be a trilogy - so welcome to book 4
Gun Street Girl: Sean Duffy Series Book 4
Read this book - then go for a virtual roam around Carrikfergus Castle. I promise, it's an awesome ride.
Rain Dogs: Sean Duffy Novel Book 5
Wowee - will Duffy escape this one alive!
Police at the Station: A Sean Duffy Novel
Get out of Ireland while you can Duffy! The penultimate Duffy novel and Sean's hopefully going to find a little peace in Scotland.
The Detective Up Late: Sean Duffy #7
All cued up and I'm so ready to read.
Hang on St. Christopher (Sean Duffy #8)
Faroes Series
British Detective Jan Reyna returns to his estranged family on the remote Faroe Islands. Amidst tragedy and in searching for his roots he finds more than he ever expected.
Detective Jan Reyna rediscovers family and culture in the Faroe islands.
The Blood Strand: A Faroes Novel
Searching for clues about his own life and his long dead mother, Detective Jan Reyna gets tangled in more mystery than he expects.
The Killing Bay: Faroes novel 2
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Reyna solves his personal mysteries and more in the 3rd and final book of the Faroes Series.
The Fire Pit (Faroes novel 3)
Tony Hill and Carol Jordan Series
You may be familiar with the ITV Series Wire in the Blood - but definitely read the series it was based on - only four of the 11 books were used for television so there's much more to discover!
Book one - where it all stared, when Carol and Tony meet.
TONY HILL AND CAROL JORDAN (1)
Book 2 and though the inspiration for the series name, not one of the plots used in the TV series
The Wire in the Blood (Tony Hill & Carol Jordan)
Tony and Carole together again to find a serial killer hunting in all of Europe.
Tony Hill and Carol Jordan Book 3 Last Temptation
Book 4 and another new read. You'll enjoy getting to know these characters in a very different way.
TONY HILL AND CAROL JORDAN (4)
Tony, recovering from being attacked from a patient, helps Carol solve a murder and a bombing
Beneath the Bleeding: Tony Hill & Carol Jordan 5
Tony and Carol track a killer who finds his victims on social media
Fever of the Bone: Tony Hill & Carol Jordan 6
Book 7 and one of the 4 that was used in the TV series. Is a celebrity also a serial killer?
The Retribution (Tony Hill Novels, 1)
Book 8 and Tony is adrift without Carol, but there's still murders to solve
Cross and Burn: Tony Hill & Carol Jordan 2
Book 9 and Carol is back, but she needs help and work to get her life back together.
Splinter the Silence (Tony Hill Novels, 3)
Book 10 Carol and Tony are back on the case. Tony has to make the biggest decision of his life.
Insidious Intent (Tony Hill Novels, 4)
Book 11 and the last in the series. No spoilers! I simply promise you, you don't want to miss it.
