A series of blog posts that pays tribute to those mystery series that I have enjoyed SO much, I recommend them highly, and, if I have the time… will READ AGAIN.
1. 
Ruth Rendell‘s Chief Inspector Wexford mysteries
2. P.D. James‘ Inspector Dalgliesh mysteries
3. L.R. Wright‘s Karl Alberg mysteries
4. Ann Cleeves‘ Shetland mysteries
5. Peter Robinson‘s DCI Banks mysteries
6. Susan Hill’s DCI Simon Serrailler mysteries
7. Elly Griffith‘s Ruth Galloway mysteries
8. Louise Penny‘s Armand Gamache mysteries
9. Elizabeth George‘s Inspector Lynley mysteries
and sometime in the near(ish) future – in no particular order – these other great police procedural mystery series
Deborah Crombie’s Kincaid/James mysteries
Stephen Booth’s Cooper/Fry mysteries
Jussi Adler-Olsen’s Department Q mysteries
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