Do you enjoy mystery series that you might call PG or PG-13 rated?

[raccoon]

(i.e., no graphic violence, graphic sex, and a minimum of gore.)

Here are some series I like:

--Hannah Swensen series by Joanna Fluke

--Mrs. Murphy series by Rita Mae Brown and Sneaky Pie Brown

--Brother Cadfael series by Ellis Peters

--Falco series by Lindsey Davis

--Faith Fairchild series by Katherine Hall Page

--Angela Benbow and Caledonia Wingate series by Corinne Holt Sawyer

Post your favorite series too.

[Bitwit1234]

1. How about scifi PG

Andre Norton (deceased) has written the best darn scifi series going. And they are all PG and for young adults. No sex, nothing like dat....good stories. Can't understand why some of these were not made into movies or at least a TV series.

[salvorhardin]

2. Because there were no angst-ridden teenage Mormon vampires in them?

Just guessing. :D

[raccoon]

3. Never read any of those, but maybe I'll give them a try.

Short decades ago, I read SF, Heinlein, Bradbury, Clarke, a little of Silverberg (HAWKSBILL STATION) and Simak.

[Orrex]

5. Maybe because people didn't know the title?

:shrug:

[BonnieJW]

4. Anything by Sandra Brown

[bain_sidhe]

6. "Amelia Peabody" series by Elizabeth Peters

(Actually, the author's real name is Barbara Mertz, and who also writes under the name Barbara Michaels)

The series takes place, mostly in Egypt from the late 1800s to (currently) just after world war 1. From Wikipedia: (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Peters)

As of 2006, this series contains 18 books; the most recent, Tomb of the Golden Bird, was published in April 2006. The eponymous heroine is an Egyptologist and is married with one child (although she later takes in two other children). The stories are nearly all set in Egypt, beginning in the 1880s with Amelia's decision to see the world as an unexpectedly-wealthy, feminist spinster, and ending with the discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb in 1922.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

7. The Maisie Dobbs series

which takes place in England in the 1920s.

Maisie is a woman from a humble background who has been trained as a psychologist, but she can't get a job in that field, so she sets up as a private detective. If you enjoy the Agatha Christie mysteries that are shown on PBS, this portrays the same era but through the eyes of a contemporary writer.

James Melville's Japanese mysteries. These are out of print, but they portray the Japan I experienced in the 1970s better than any other mystery series set in Japan.

Simon Brett's Charles Parris mysteries are another discontinued series, but they're hilarious if you have ever been associated in any way with theater, TV, radio, or film. Charles Parris is a has-been (or more accurately, a never-was) actor who has to take any job he can get. He self-sabotages in every possible way, but he has an uncanny talent for solving mysteries.

[tigereye]

8. I can always count on you to recommend more great mysteries to read

Sukaya? Massey's series - not sure about the first name (also set in Japan) have that flavor as well - protagonist is a young woman of Asian- American ancestry running a business/consulting in Japan. Very honest, somewhat political with it's social commentary and never sugar-coating anything. The Flower Master is one of hers.

Reginald Hill's books are also very PG-13, fair amount of clever sensuality there.


Also Sarah Shaber's Simon series.