Funny Mysteries
Donna Andrews's Meg Lanslow series, which begins with Murder, With Peacocks
Mary Kay Andrews's Savannah Blues, Little Bitty Lies, and Hissy Fit
Lawrence Block's Evan Tanner Series, which begins with The Thief Who Couldn't Sleep
Jill Churchill's Jane Jeffrey series, which begins with Grime and Punishment
Susan Rogers Cooper's E.J. Pugh series, which begins with One, Two, What Did Daddy Do?
Deborah Donnelly's Carnegie Kincaid series, which begins with Veiled Threats
Sparkle Hayter's Robin Hudson series, which begins with What's A Girl Gotta Do
Sharyn McCrumb's Elizabeth MacPherson series, which begins with Sick of Shadows
Gillian Roberts's Amanda Pepper series, which begins with Caught Dead in Philadelphia
Lisa Scottoline's Rosado & Associates series, which begins with Everywhere That Mary Went
More Hardboiled, but Still (at Least Sometimes) Funny Mysteries
Linda Barnes's Carlotta Carlyle series, which begins with A Trouble of Fools
Chris Rogers's Dixie Flannigan series, which begins with Bitch Factor
Kathy Hogan Trocheck's Callahan Garrity series, which begins with Every Crooked Nany
Funny, Violent, Genre-bending Series
MaryJanice Davidson's Betsy the Vampire Queen series, which begins with Undead and Unwed (usually shelved in Romance)
Laurell K. Hamilton's Anita Blake series, which begins with Guilty Pleasures (usually shelved in Science Fiction & Fantasy) [Note: series recommended unreservedly up to The Killing Dance (6th book in the series), thereafter with reservations, see review for more information]
Charlaine Harris's Southern Vampire series, which begins with Dead Until Dark (shelved in Mystery or Science Fiction & Fantasy)
J.D. Robb's In Death series, which begins with Naked in Death (shelved in Mystery or Romance)
Funny Romantic Suspense
Julie Garwood's Mercy
Linda Howard's Mr. Perfect, Now You See Her, and Open Season
Karen Robards's To Trust a Stranger
Nora Roberts's Hidden Riches and Blue Smoke
Contemporary Romance With Light Mystery Elements
Jennifer Crusie's Crazy For You, Fast Women, Tell Me Lies, Welcome to Temptation, and Faking It (sequel to WTT)
Suzanne Enoch's Sam & Rick series, which begins with Flirting With Danger
Rachel Gibson's Lola Carlyle Reveals All
Jane Heller's Princess Charming
Kasey Michaels's Can't Take My Eyes Off of You
Vicki Lewis Thompson's The Nerd Who Loved Me
Contemporary Romance With No Mystery Elements
Jennifer Crusie's Bet Me
Rachel Gibson's True Confessions, Truly Madly Yours, See Jane Score, and Simply Irresistible
Kasey Michaels's Love to Love You Baby, Be My Baby Tonight (sequel to LTLYB), and This Can't be Love
Christie Ridgway's This Perfect Kiss and Do Not Disturb
Series Romance With Light Mystery Elements
Jennifer Crusie's Getting Rid of Bradley
Created 2/16/2002; last updated 1/13/2007.
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