Series Redux: Mitchell and Markby

Given that I seem to be on a massive binge of Ann Granger’s Cotswold-set mystery series, it would be remiss of me not to do a quick reminder about them. This is a mystery series that started nearly 30 years ago, but are still a lot of fun. In fact sometimes I think I like the older series better because there is a lack of internet and mobile phones. Anyway, our duo are Meredith Mitchell and Alan Markby, who meet in the first book (which I own in paperback, hence it’s absence from the photo) when a death occurs at the house where Meredith is staying. She works for the Foreign Office and is on leave from a posting abroad, he is the policeman sent to investigate. And so it continues, with the two of them tangled up in crimes, usually fairly rural ones. I’ve got as far as the a point where Meredith is working in London but has finally bought a house in Bamford (the main town in the series) although in book seven the mystery is set away from there in a different part of the Cotswolds. The solutions are twisty and in rereading them I’m almost enjoying them more than first time because they hold up so well.

As you can see these are easy to get hold of on Kindle, although perhaps slightly harder in actual book form because it tends to be Granger’s more recent Campbell and Carter or her Victorian mysteries that you see in the shops. Have a great weekend everyone.