Book Recs?

[munin]

Okay folks, I'm in serious need of some assistance. My mom has finally started reading more and more now that she's retired and I'm having trouble keeping her in books! I never thought I'd have this problem, it was always the other way around.

She loves books like Janet Evanovich's Stephanie Plum series and the Bird series by Donna Andrews. Mysteries that are a little funny. I've found her a couple authors she likes but she's going through about 3 books a week, give or take, so I need more authors for her to try. I've given her Diane Mott Davidson and some other chick I've now forgotten this week to see if she likes them. Any other ideas?

Comments

[mackiedockie]

I second the No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency. Alexander McCall Smith also writes a second series set in Scotland that might also fit your mother's criteria.

I've also enjoyed Rita Mae Brown's hunt club mysteries, and my own mother likes Margaret Truman, Nevada Barr, Tony Hillerman and Dick Francis (less cozy, more quickly plotted, like Robert Parker.)

The Lovejoy mysteries by Jonathan Gash also have an element of humor.