{"id":25337,"date":"2015-08-14T08:00:12","date_gmt":"2015-08-14T13:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs2.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/?p=25337"},"modified":"2015-08-11T15:03:18","modified_gmt":"2015-08-11T20:03:18","slug":"new-mystery-fiction-for-august-long-running-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/new-mystery-fiction-for-august-long-running-series\/","title":{"rendered":"New Mystery Fiction for August: Long-Running Series"},"content":{"rendered":"

Are you a faithful fan of PI Kinsey Millhone, Sheriff Dan Rhodes, Judge Deborah Knott or reporter Lucy Stone? August brings the latest installments of these four long-running mystery series, each set in a different region of the United States and each now including twenty or more novels.<\/p>\n

Curious about the enduring appeal of these series? Start a \u201cmystery\u201d investigation of your own! Find the first book in each series by clicking on the title in the description below.<\/p>\n

\"X<\/a>Starting with “A” (A is for Alibi<\/strong><\/em>,<\/a> 1982) and now up to the letter “X,” Sue Grafton\u2019s much-loved \u201calphabet\u201d mysteries follow the confident, smart-mouthed private eye Kinsey Millhone as she investigates crimes in and around the fictional town of Santa Teresa, California. In X is For…<\/a><\/strong><\/em>, a professional assignment and a personal favor set the gears of an intricate plot in motion, entangling Kinsey in the lives of fascinating new characters and placing her in the path of a devious serial killer.<\/p>\n

\"crider<\/a>We first met Sheriff Dan Rhodes of Clearview, Texas back in 1986 in Bill Crider\u2019s Too Late to Die<\/a><\/strong><\/em>. The 22nd novel in the series, Between the Living and the Dead<\/a><\/strong><\/em>, matches the the lonely laconic lawman against the local meth trade, his colorful rural neighbors, some runaway animals, and…the paranormal.<\/p>\n

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\"long<\/a>Margaret Maron\u2019s 20th Deborah Knott mystery adds yet more intricacy and brilliance to her masterly depiction of small-town North Carolina life. The district court judge first introduced in 1992\u2019s The Bootlegger\u2019s Daughter<\/a><\/strong><\/em> has by now traveled extensively throughout the state, solving crimes in varying locations with her special access to legal information. With each new novel, Maron further explores the relationships between the members of the Knott clan. In\u00a0Long Upon the Land<\/a><\/strong><\/em>,\u00a0the discovery of a dead body on the family farm revives a longstanding feud between the Knotts and the Earps; Deborah\u2019s father and eleven brothers fall suspect and her sheriff\u2019s deputy husband is accused of favoritism in his handling of the case. Meanwhile, Deborah uncovers some surprising — and possibly relevant to the murder investigation — details about her mother\u2019s life as her parents\u2019 courtship began.<\/p>\n

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\"candy<\/a>Traveling from California to Texas and North Carolina, we now land in Tinker\u2019s Cove, Maine, the setting for Leslie Meier\u2019s cozy Lucy Stone mysteries. Our newspaper-reporter heroine can\u2019t help but stumble upon murders connected in some way with holiday celebrations. Halloween is the subject of the 22nd novel as Christmas was for the first: Mistletoe Murder<\/a><\/strong><\/em> (1991). A wayward entry in the Pumpkin Fest\u2019s Pumpkin Catapult Contest crashes open a car trunk to reveal the body of a family\u00a0friend. And so Lucy’s amateur sleuthing skills are once again put to the test in Candy Corn Murder.<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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