Humorous Mysteries by Author

Donna Andrews

Murder with Peacocks
Murder with Puffins

Dave Barry

Big Trouble

Nancy Bartholomew

Sierra Lavotini Series
FilmStrip
The Miracle Strip
Drag Strip

Maggie Reid Mystery
Your Cheatin' Heart

M. C. Beaton

Detective Hamish Macbeth Series
Death of a Gossip
Death of a Cad
Death of an Outsider
Death of a Perfect Wife
Death of a Hussy
Death of a Snob
Death of a Prankster
Death of a Glutton
Death of a Travelling Man
Death of a Charming Man
Death of a Nag
Death of a Macho Man

Lawrence Block

Bernie the Burglar Series
The Burglar in the Closet
The Burglar in the Rye
The Burglar Who Painted Like Mondrian
The Burglar in the Library
The Burglar Who Liked to Quote Kipling
The Burglar Who Studied Spinoza
The Burglar Who Thought He Was Bogart
The Burglar Who Traded Ted Williams

Lillian Jackson Braun

“The Cat Who...” Series
The Cat Who Went Underground
Tailed a Thief
Played Brahms
Played Post Office
Said Cheese
Knew Shakespeare
Sniffed Glue
Ate Danish Modern
Blew the Whistle
Came to Breakfast
Could Read Backwards
Knew a Cardinal
Lived High
Moved a Mountain
Saw Red
Talked to Ghosts
Turned On and Off
Wasn't There
Went into the Closet

Simon Brett

Charlie Paris Series
Cast in the Order of Disappearance
So Much Blood
Star Trap
An Amateur Corpse
A Comedian Dies
The Dead Side of the Mike
Situation Tragedy
Murder Unprompted
Murder in the Title
Not Dead, Only Resting
Dead Romantic
Dead Giveaway
What Bloody Man Is That
A Series of Murders
Corporate Bodies
A Reconstructed Corpse
Sicken and So Die
Dead Room Farce

Mrs. Pargeter Mysteries
A Nice Class of Corpse
Mrs. Presumed Dead
Mrs. Pargeter's Package
Mrs. Pargeter's Pound of Flesh
Mrs. Pargeter's Plot
Mrs. Pargeter's Point of Honor

Dorothy Cannell

Down the Garden Path -- a Pastoral Mystery
The Thin Woman -- An Epicurian Mystery
Mum's the Word
Widow's Club
Femmes Fatale
How to Murder Your Mother-In-Law
How to Murder the Man of Your Dreams
The Spring Cleaning Murders
Midnight Louie's Pet Detectives

Charlotte Carter

Ze'ev Chafits

Inherit the Mob
The Bookmakers
Hang Time

Meg Chittenden

Charlie Plato Series
Dying to See You
Don't Forget to Die
Dead Beat and Deadly

Jill Churchill

Jane Jeffry Series
A Groom with a View
A Quiche Before Dying
From Here to Paternity
The Merchant of Menace
Grime and Punishment
A Farewell to Yarns
The Class Menagerie
Silence of the Hams
War and Peas
Fear of Frying
Mulch Ado About Nothing

Grace & Favor Series
Anything Goes
In the Still of the Night

Susan Rogers Cooper

Funny as a Dead Comic
Funny as a Dead Relative

Bill Crider

Carl Burns Series
One Dead Dean
Dying Voices
A Dangerous Thing

Dan Rhodes Series
Too Late to Die
Shotgun Saturday Night
Cursed to Death
Death on the Move
Evil at the Root
Booked for a Hanging
Murder Most Foul
Winning Can Be Murder
Death by Accident

Truman Smith Series
Dead on the Island
Gater Kill
When Old Men Die
The Prairie chicken Kill
Murder Takes a Break

Edmund Crispin

Holy Disorders
Swan Song
The Case of the Gilded Fly
The Moving Toyshop
Love Lies Bleeding
Buried for Pleasure
Frequent Hearses
The Glimpses of the Moon

Mary Daheim

B&B Series
Nutty as a Fruitcake
Creeps Suzette
Just Desserts
Fowl Prey
Holy Terrors
Done to Death
Bantam of the Opera
A Fit of Tempura
Major Vices
Murder, My Suite
Auntie Mayheim
September Mourn

Diane Mott Davidson

Goldy Bear Series
Catering to Nobody
Dying for Chocolate
The Cereal Murders
The Last Suppers
The Main Corpse
The Grilling Season
Prime Cut
Tough Cookie

Sophie Dunbar

Claire Claiborne Series
Behind Eclaire's Doors
A Bad Hair Day
Redneck Riviera
Shiveree

Carola Dunn

Daisy Dalrymple Series
Death at Wentwater Court
Damsel in Distress
The Winter Garden Mystery
Requiem for a Mezzo
Murder on the Flying Scotsman

Ruth Dudley Edwards

Clubbed to Death
The English School of Murder
Murder in a Cathedral
Publish and Be Murdered
Matricide at St. Martha's

Selma Eichler

Desiree Shapiro Series
Murder Can Kill Your Social Life
Murder Can Ruin Your Looks
Murder Can Stunt Your Growth
Murder Can Wreck Your Reunion
Murder Can Spook Your Cat
Murder Can Singe Your Old Flame
Murder Can Spoil Your Appetite

Janet Evanovich

Stephanie Plum Series
One for the Money
Two for the Dough
Three to Get Deadly
Four to Score
High Five
Hot Six

Judy Fitzwater

Dying to Get Published
Dying to Get Even
Dying for a Clue
Dying to Remember

Kinky Friedman

Spanking Watson
Blast from the Past
Road Kill
The Strange Love Song of J. Edgar Hoover
God Bless John Wayne
Armadillos and Old Lace
Elvis, Jesus & Coca-Cola
Musical Chairs
Frequent Flyer
When the Cat's Away
A Case of Lone Star
Greenwich Killing Time

Ann George

Murder on a Girl's Night Out
Murder on a Bad Hair Day
Murder Gets a Life: A Southern Sisters Mystery

Dorothy Gilman

The Nun in the Closet

Mrs. Pollifax Series
The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax
The Amazing Mrs. Pollifax
The Elusive Mrs. Pollifax
Mrs. Pollifax on Safari
A Palm for Mrs. Pollifax
Mrs. Pollifax and the China Station
Mrs. Pollifax and the Hong Kong Buddha
Mrs. Pollifax and the Golden Triangle
Mrs. Pollifax and the Whirling Dervish
Mrs. Pollifax and the Second Theif
Mrs. Pollifax Pursued
Mrs. Pollifax and the Lion Killer
Mrs. Pollifax, Innocent Tourist
Mrs. Pollifax Unveiled

Jaqueline Girdner

Adjusted to Death
The Last Resort
Murder Most Mellow
Fat-Free and Fatal
Tea-Totally Dead
A Stiff Critique
Most Likely to Die
A Cry for Self-Help
Death Hits the Fan
Murder on the Astral Plane
Murder, My Deer

Lee Goldberg

My Gun Has Bullets
Beyond the Beyond

Tod Goldberg

Fake Liar Cheat

Joe Gores

32 Cadillacs

Annie Griffin

A Very Eligible Corpse
Date With a Perfect Dead Man

Michael Guinzburg

Beam Me Up, Scotty

Carolyn Hart

Annie Dowling Series

Sparkle Hayter

The Chelsea Girl Murders
What's a Girl to Do?
The Last Manly Man
Nice Girls Finish Last
Revenge of the Cootie Girls

Gar Anthony Haywood

Loudermilk Series
Going Nowhere Fast
Bad News Travels Fast

Jane Heller

Cha Cha Cha
The Club
Infernal Affairs
Princess Charming
Crystal Clear
Sis Boom Bah

Lauren Milne Henderson

Sam Jones Series
Black Rubber Dress
Freeze My Margarita
The Strawberry Tattoo
Dead White Female
Too Many Blondes

Joan Hess

Arly Hanks Mysteries
Misery Loves Maggody
Malice in Maggody
Mischief in Maggody
Much Ado in Maggody
Mortal Remains in Maggody
Madness in Maggody
O Little Town of Maggody
Martians in Maggody
Miracles in Maggody
The Maggody Militia
Murder@Maggody.com

Claire Malloy Mysteries
Strangled Prose
The Murder at the Mimosa Inn
Dear Miss Demeanor
A Really Cute Corpse
A Diet to Die For
Roll Over and Play Dead
Death by the Light of the Moon
Poisoned Pins
Tickled to Death
Busy Bodies
Closely Akin to Murder
A Holly Jolly Murder

Carl Hiaasen

Native Tongue
Double Whammy
Lucky You
Sick Puppy
Skin Tight
Stormy Weather
Strip Tease
Tourist Season

Christine Jorgensen

Stella the Stargazer Mysteries
A Love to Die For
Death of a Dust Bunny
Curl Up and Die
Dead on Her Feet
You Bet Your Life

Sharon Kahn

Ruby the Rabbi's Wife Mysteries
Fax Me a Bagel
Never Nosh a Matzo Ball
Don't Cry for Me, Hot Pastrami

Stuart Kaminsky

Toby Peter Series
Dancing in the Dark
The Devil Met a Lady
Murder on the Yellow Brick Road
Catch a Falling Clown
Poor Butterfly
Never Cross a Vampire

Jane Kelly

Cape Mayhem
Killing Time in Ocean City

Joe R. Lansdale

Hap and Leonard Series
Mucho Mojo
Bad Chili

Elmore Leonard

Out of Sight
Get Shorty
Be Cool
Glitz
Freaky Deaky

Nan Lyons

Someone Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe
Someone Is Killing the Great Chefs of America
The President Is Coming to Lunch

Lindsay Maracotta

Lucy Freer Series
The Dead Celeb
The Dead Hollywood Mom's Society

Charlotte MacLeod

The Odd Job
The Corpse in Oozak's Pond
Exit the Milkman
Something in the Water
The Balloon Man
One Owl Too Many
Wrack and Rune
Case of the Convivial Codfish

Sharyn McCrumb

Missing Susan
If I'd Killed Him When I Met Him
Bimbos of the Death Sun
Zombies of the Gene Pool

L. A. Morse

The Old Dick
The Big Enchilada

Katy Munger

Casey Jones Series
Legwork
Money to Burn
Out of Time

Tamar Myers

Den of Antiquity Series
Estate of Mind
Baroque and Desperate
Gilt by Association
Larceny and Old Lace
The Ming and I
So Faux, So Good

Pennsylvania Dutch Series
Hand That Rocks the Ladle
Between a Wok and a Hard Place
Eat, Drink and Be Wary
Just Plain Pickled to Death
No Use Dying Over Spilled Milk
Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Crime
Play It Again, Spam
Too Many Crooks Spoil the Broth

Gloria Nagy

Radio Blues

Nancy Pickard

The 27 Ingredient Chili Con Carne Murders

Marissa Piesman

Alternate Sides
Heading Uptown
Unorthodox Practices
Personal Effects
Close Quarters

Michael Ripley

Angels in Arms
Just Another Angel
Angel Touch
Angel Hunt
Angel City
Angel Confidential
Family of Angels
That Angel Look

Jane Rubino

Death of a DJ
Fruitcake
Cheat the Devil
Plot Twist

Charlie Shafer

On Cabrini Green

Sarah Shankman

I Still Miss My Man, but My Aim Is Getting Better

Muriel Spark

Memento Mori

Phoebe Atwood Taylor

The Cape Cod Mysteries

Joseph Wambaugh

The Choir Boys
The Black Marble

Colin Watson

Coffin Scarcely Used
Bump in the Night
Hopjoy Was Here
Charity Ends at Home
Lonelyheart 4122
Just What the Doctor Ordered
Broomsticks Over Flaxborough
Six Nuns and a Shotgun
It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog
Blue Murder
Plaster Sinners
Whatever's Been Going On at Mumblesby?

Donald Westlake

Drowned Hopes

Polly Whitney

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