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

[undomielregina]

There's the Puzzly Lady mysteries, which remind me most of the Donna Andrews books. I think they started as crossword mysteries and have recently branched into Sudoku. I know there are more than 10 of them. They're not very good, but they have the kind of humor your mother is probably looking for, given the two series you mentioned, and they are fun.

(Basic premise: woman writes a crossword column and series of books, and has convinced her aunt to act as the kindly face of the work. Her aunt is instead a hard-drinking socialite, but they have to keep the whole thing a secret to avoid ruining their brand. Murders involving crosswords keep happening and the police keep asking the puzzle lady for help. Chaos ensues as they try to keep their secret and solve the murder. There's also some romantic goings-on that remind me a little bit of Andrews' work.)